# 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:** 158
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3150 "2022-05-22T01:20:56Z")
Yep, even democrats can say…interesting…things > **[An Oklahoma state rep proposed legislation that would mandate young men get...](https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/an-oklahoma-state-rep-proposed-legislation-that-would-mandate-young-men-get-mandatory-vasectomies/articleshow/91713767.cms)** > > Mickey Dollens made the suggestion before other legislators in response to a restrictive Oklahoma law that bans abortion from the point of conception. Setting aside the liklihood that his parents were most likely BIG Monkees fans, it eventually had to happen that men’s bodies will start getting treated like chattel, too. > [@](#): > > “I would invite you to co-author a bill that I’m considering next year that would mandate that each male, when they reach puberty, get a mandatory vasectomy that’s only reversible when they reach the point of financial and emotional stability,” he told GOP lawmakers. Uh, right, just whip out that ole reversed procedure once he’s, boom! hit that “point of financial and emotional stability”. Right. Got it. Wish I had shit worked out that easily. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3151 "2022-05-22T01:37:01Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Yep, even democrats can say…interesting…things Sauce for the goose, Mr. Saavik. Not that I support this legislation, of course, but it needs to be said, to maybe get these dam repubs thinking about how wrong they are. Probably won’t work, nothing can get through the solid neutronium that passes for their brains. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3152 "2022-05-22T01:39:43Z")
Emotional stability eh? There would be no more children. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3153 "2022-05-22T02:26:11Z")
You say that like it would be a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3154 "2022-05-22T02:37:32Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Sauce for the goose, Mr. Saavik. Or whatever MD’s motivations may be… Probably putting the GOP into a corner - on the one hand - MD is advocating yet more oppression on one’s bodies, but, on the other hand, oh wait - on the male body? This should put the GOP in a tizzy. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3155 "2022-05-22T03:14:20Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > … on the one hand - MD is advocating yet more oppression on one’s bodies, but, on the other hand, oh wait - on the male body? This should put the GOP in a tizzy. Nice thought, but the likelihood of the GQP recognizing its core hypocrisy is on a par with my being elected the Pope of Rome. If that. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3156 "2022-05-22T08:26:15Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > my being elected the Pope of Rome. Nitpick. The Pope is the Pope and the head of the entire Roman Catholic Church, not just Rome. He is also the Bishop of Rome, which I expect led to your confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3157 "2022-05-22T09:26:26Z")
Another nitpick: the Roman Catholic pontiff is not the only pope today. [Here is a list of four reigning popes today](https://evert.meulie.net/faqwd/how-many-popes-are-there/), but I believe there may be a few others carrying that title as head of their particular denomination. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3158 "2022-05-22T14:14:59Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > You say that like it would be a bad thing. 😄 I love you, man. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3159 "2022-05-22T16:43:17Z")
\*le sigh\* I should know better than to provide that wide an opening … Having been raised RC during the 1950s, I do know the Pope’s dual role as Pontiff and Bishop. I was merely riffing a middle ages expression, as in: “Ten o’clock, and if all’s well I’m the Pope o’ Rome!” ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3160 "2022-05-22T17:53:44Z")
I hadn’t heard that one before. Interesting, and thank you. (I was raised RC in the late 60s, early 70s. I got over it, except for the \*&$)!@@ guilt.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3161 "2022-05-23T00:17:00Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > The Pope is the Pope you dope, you dope. :d&r: ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3162 "2022-05-23T00:19:20Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@Morgyn](#): > > > > The Pope is the Pope > > you dope, you dope. And no one can talk to a pope, nope, nope. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3163 "2022-05-23T00:26:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > > [@Morgyn](#): > > > > > > > The Pope is the Pope > > > > > you dope, you dope. > > And no one can talk to a pope, nope, nope. That is, we hope, unless the pope Is the sacred church’s head ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3164 "2022-05-23T00:26:37Z")
Bravo! one and all! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3165 "2022-05-23T05:53:36Z")
This is why I love the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3166 "2022-05-23T06:20:25Z")
How many Popes Would a Pope-Doper dope If a Pope-Doper could dope Popes? ---
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3167 "2022-05-23T11:20:10Z")
I hope I could cope with a Pope who’s a Doper. But I would surely mope if they turned out to be an interloper! ---
**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:** [May 23, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3168 "2022-05-23T13:15:44Z")
If Cecil was the Pope of the Dope, And his column a bully pulpit, Then facts are communion wine I would hope, And teeming millions would gulp it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/3169 "2022-05-23T17:11:51Z")
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