# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945 "2021-01-31T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 141
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2810 "2022-03-19T21:07:43Z")
I’ll give you 444 WEI! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2811 "2022-03-19T21:20:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I have a sceeenshot of the time I got the Wordle word on my first submission. I’m impressed! Though not everyone would be … I saw a meme that said “Nobody cares how you’re doing at Wordle.” (I think that was aimed at my elderly mother, who’s surprised at how well her 1920s brain is working…so I don’t mind her sharing) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2812 "2022-03-19T21:26:10Z")
Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2813 "2022-03-19T21:27:30Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Apparently these are virtual rocks that only exist within the context of a blockchain game. It is like owning a link to a picture of a Pet Rock. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2814 "2022-03-19T21:30:23Z")
maybe it is in the form of a scree-shot ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2815 "2022-03-20T02:39:01Z")
I bet the rock NFT was snatched up by a corporate conglomerate. Those faceless monoliths are stinkier than a dirty diapir. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2816 "2022-03-20T12:16:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > maybe it is in the form of a scree-shot > [@Ludovic](#): > > I bet the rock NFT was snatched up by a corporate conglomerate. Those faceless monoliths are stinkier than a dirty diapir. Gneiss ones. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2817 "2022-03-20T20:33:58Z")
This seems like an ill-advised move > **[St. Louis police arrest man who tried to carjack officers](https://fox2now.com/news/st-louis-police-arrest-man-who-tried-carjacking-officers/)** > > Assisting officers found the suspect and took him into custody. No injuries were reported. he tried to jack a clearly marked police car that was sitting in traffic with two officers in it – maybe, just, it was dark? ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2818 "2022-03-21T20:40:47Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > he tried to jack a clearly marked police car that was sitting in traffic with two officers in it – maybe, just, it was dark? I’m gonna go out on a limb here and suggest drugs were involved. Or at least, I hope that’s the explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2819 "2022-03-21T20:45:06Z")
Reminds me of old stories about people who would try to get arrested for a minor offense in late November - in time to enjoy the special Thanksgiving dinner at the county jail. Now here is a person who was REALLY planning ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2820 "2022-03-21T20:56:29Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > Reminds me of old stories about people who would try to get arrested for a minor offense in late November - in time to enjoy the special Thanksgiving dinner at the county jail. > **[The Cop and the Anthem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cop_and_the_Anthem)** > > "The Cop and the Anthem" is a December 1904 short story by the United States author O. Henry. It includes several of the classic elements of an O. Henry story, including a setting in New York City, an empathetic look at the state of mind of a member of an underprivileged class, and an ironic ending. > "The Cop and the Anthem" has only one character who is given a name, the protagonist "Soapy." It is made clear that Soapy is homeless, one of the underclass men and women who flocked to New York C... ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2821 "2022-03-21T21:07:45Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > Reminds me of old stories about people who would try to get arrested for a minor offense in late November - in time to enjoy the special Thanksgiving dinner at the county jail. [hijack] When my aunt first moved into her apartment at the senior living facility, her next door neighbors were a couple who would routinely check the local obituaries for a funeral held in the morning, because they knew a good lunch would follow the service. Supposedly nobody ever questioned their attendance, even though they rarely knew the deceased. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2822 "2022-03-21T21:24:05Z")
We had that story in our American lit books in high school… It wasn’t my very favorite story by O. Henry but I did like it. Does anyone else remember “After Twenty Years” That was probably the saddest O. Henry story. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2823 "2022-03-21T22:49:05Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Supposedly nobody ever questioned their attendance, even though they rarely knew the deceased. Generally, you wouldn’t suspect a quiet elderly couple to be party crashers. And I’m wondering if everyone who saw them and didn’t recognize them was embarrassed to admit that they couldn’t remember them, assuming they were a couple of obscure relatives. It’s possible that they might not have fit in to every group, though. If they showed up at the funeral of someone who was either racially or socioeconomically very different from them, that might have been a bit riskier. Though if questioned, they could always play the confusion card. Again, harmless old people surely weren’t up to any shenanigans. (I have to somewhat admire their gumption.) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2824 "2022-03-21T23:00:00Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s possible that they might not have fit in to every group, though. If they showed up at the funeral of someone who was either racially or socioeconomically very different from them I failed to add that they attended only the funerals of other elderly folks, which meant they could ‘fit in’ much more easily. But, yes, they were not lacking in gumption! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2825 "2022-03-21T23:34:32Z")
My college roommate died a couple of years ago, in his early 50s. At the funeral at a synagogue in Springfield, MA, one of the people there pointed out someone who is a regular attendee at all such events. (And he was nowhere near religious, so I doubt he was known to the people there.) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2826 "2022-03-22T11:10:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If they showed up at the funeral of someone who was either racially or socioeconomically very different from them, that might have been a bit riskier. Though if questioned, they could always play the confusion card. > [@Railer13](#): > > I failed to add that they attended only the funerals of other elderly folks Don’t even need the confusion card - read the obituary, claim they knew Ralph/Alice back in the day. No one is giving someone at a funeral the third degree over eating at the luncheon - it’s not like crashing a wedding with a $100 a plate dinner. Heck, all the old folks I know (and I’m becoming one but not quite there yet in relation to funerals) like to comment on how nice it was that so many people showed up for the service. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2827 "2022-03-22T12:21:56Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Don’t even need the confusion card - read the obituary, claim they knew Ralph/Alice back in the day. I remember when my mom’s sister died, a couple of ladies from her church drove up to the funeral that was 75 miles away. As far as I know, they never met my aunt. Funerals become social occasions when you reach a certain age. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2828 "2022-03-22T13:12:25Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > As far as I know, they never met my aunt. Funerals become social occasions when you reach a certain age. When my grandmother died, there were a large gaggle of older widowed ladies in attendance, as one would expect, yah? Eventually it became apparent that many were there primarily to offer condolences to my still living grandfather, and make sure he had their phone numbers. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/2829 "2022-03-22T13:15:37Z")
My high school buddy became my college roommate in Freshman year. We decided to bring suits with us when we went off to campus. We’d periodically ‘crash’ weddings, under radar, and (conservatively) have a couple of cocktails, and a few appetizers, making ourselves scarce before the actual meal. It wasn’t that hard. People who had looser connections to the bride and groom tended to stay on the periphery a bit (making them easier to find), and the wedding announcements in the newspaper generally gave some high-level info that enterprising young hoodlums could use to craft a sketchy back story. Shrimp cocktails. Yum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=142)