# 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:** 231
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4611 "2022-10-06T14:23:56Z")
Ugly Americans! ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4612 "2022-10-06T14:40:13Z")
I’m not sure why you posted that in this thread, but when I was young I had a viral infection (that’s what they think it was) that caused extreme pain in my joints. I couldn’t walk or move my arms. It was horrible. It lasted a few days and went away. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4613 "2022-10-06T17:05:17Z")
> American tourist **smashes** two sculptures in the Vatican > > “The 2 busts have been **damaged but not particularly badly.** One lost part of a nose and an ear, the head of the other came off the pedestal.” Yes, ‘American behaving badly’. But the headline is misleading. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4614 "2022-10-06T17:12:35Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > American tourist **smashes** two sculptures in the Vatican > > > > “The 2 busts have been **damaged but not particularly badly.** One lost part of a nose and an ear, the head of the other came off the pedestal.” > > Yes, ‘American behaving badly’. But the headline is misleading. - Those ancient Romans built things to _last._ ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4615 "2022-10-06T19:39:38Z")
Destroying solid rock is _hard_ Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4616 "2022-10-06T19:46:29Z")
I don’t think his chances of seeing the pope have improved any. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4617 "2022-10-06T20:08:36Z")
Might have improved if a crozier is good for whacking. _Holds out ring_ “Approach, my son…” \>whop!\< ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4618 "2022-10-06T20:27:45Z")
A good punch with the fisher’s ring between the eyes should suffice. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4619 "2022-10-06T20:38:39Z")
What? Is it like The Phantom’s Skull Ring? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4620 "2022-10-06T20:58:57Z")
It’s rather like…St. Keith’s skull ring: [![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tL8AAOSw6sRa34G3/s-l500.jpg) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tL8AAOSw6sRa34G3/s-l500.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4621 "2022-10-06T21:28:23Z")
Presenting Kansas Man: > **[Man rides on back of semi-truck from Wichita to Logan County; arrested, charged](https://guthrienewspage.com/man-rides-on-back-of-semi-truck-from-wichita-to-logan-county-arrested-charged/)** > > Motorists began making calls around the Oklahoma and Kansas state line early Monday morning. What they saw was a man holding on to the back of the semi-trucks door. The driver of the truck left a W… > The Kansas man on the back, 30-year-old Dustin Michael Slocum, was found standing on the rear rails of the trailer hanging onto the door bar. > > The distance from Wichita to Guthrie is nearly 130 miles. > > Slocum told deputies he had hopped on in hopes of finding his wife (in Kansas). ---
**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:** [October 6, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4622 "2022-10-06T21:48:20Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Slocum told deputies he had hopped on in hopes of finding his wife (in Kansas). I was wondering what they could charge him with, but I see the article mentions at the end “intoxication” (well, that fits) and … joyriding? I can’t see how that fits the definition. Criminal stupidity, yeah. If anything you could as easily charge the driver of the truck with unsafe passenger hauling. I mean, we only have the driver’s word the guy was freeloading. 🙂 I guess that means when Marty McFly skitched a ride on his skateboard, that was “joyriding”? ---
**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:** [October 6, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4623 "2022-10-06T21:57:08Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I was wondering what they could charge him with, but I see the article mentions at the end “intoxication” (well, that fits) and … joyriding? I can’t see how that fits the definition. Kansas probably has a different definition of what it means. [![](https://img.kansasmemory.org/00496960.jpg) ](https://img.kansasmemory.org/00496960.jpg) I mean, WTF? > To much surprise, the driver of the truck was taken aback as to what had just happened. I don’t know why anyone would be surprised that the driver was taken aback by a rando hanging onto his truck for 130 miles like redneck Jackie Chan. I expect that would shock most anyone. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4624 "2022-10-06T22:20:02Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > To much surprise, the driver of the truck was taken aback as to what had just happened. If the dude hopped on as the truck was leaving the shipping yard, the driver wouldn’t have any idea that he was back there. He would have been on there for close to two hours. I wonder how much longer he could have held on. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4625 "2022-10-07T00:04:26Z")
This happened a couple of blocks from our house. > **[Jail release celebration turns into hit-and-run - The Northern Light](https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/jail-release-celebration-turns-into-hit-and-run,21416)** > > A Bellingham man, reportedly celebrating his release from jail, was allegedly speeding at a rate of 80-90 mph on Birch Bay Drive when he crashed into an 84-year-old driver October 1. > > Jordan Garth … > A Bellingham man, reportedly celebrating his release from jail, was allegedly speeding at a rate of 80-90 mph on Birch Bay Drive when he crashed into an 84-year-old driver October 1. The speed limit on Birch Bay Drive is 25 mph, and it’s double-yellow lines all the way. A homeowner’s security camera captured the driver’s car at an estimated 75 mph as he illegally passed another vehicle seconds before the crash. (Someone on Nextdoor said 72 mph.) Per a Nextdoor post, the 84-yeah-old woman was returning from church, having buried her daughter that day or the day before (I forget which). She was treated at the hospital in Bellingham and released. I looked the guy up on Facebook, and he really looks like a winner (not). Here’s his booking notice: | Arrest Origin | Event # | Arrest Type | Offense Description | Case # | Court | Bail Amount | Bail Type | Disposition | Disposition Date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | WHATCOM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE | 22A27688 | DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSP | DWLS 1ST DEGREE | 2210119537 | WHATCOM CO SUPERIOR CRT | $50,000.00 | APPEARANCE BOND | | | | WHATCOM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE | 22A27688 | TRAFFIC, CRIMINAL CITATION | OPER VEH. W/OUT IGNITION INTER | 2210119537 | WHATCOM CO SUPERIOR CRT | INCLUDED | APPEARANCE BOND | | | | WHATCOM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE | 22A27688 | TRAFFIC, ACCIDENT HITRUN | HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT/INJURY | 2210119537 | WHATCOM CO SUPERIOR CRT | INCLUDED | APPEARANCE BOND | | | | WHATCOM COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE | 22A27688 | RECKLESS DRIVING | RECKLESS DRIVING | 2210119537 | WHATCOM CO SUPERIOR CRT | INCLUDED | APPEARANCE BOND | | | It used to say NO BAIL ALLOWED. So Driving While License Suspended 1st Degree, Operating a Vehicle Without an Ignition Interlock, Hit & Run with Injury, and Reckless Driving. Pickett: ‘Yay! I’m outta jail!’ Sheriff: ‘Guess where you’re going!’ ---
**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:** [October 7, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4626 "2022-10-07T00:24:34Z")
36 1/6 detainees are demanding to be transferred to Guantanamo and complain that critical race theory is being forced on them. > **[Jan. 6 defendants held in D.C. jail request transfer to Guantanamo Bay](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna51028)** > > The Jan. 6 detainees also said in a complaint that they’ve been presented with critical race theory “propaganda" at the Washington jail, which has faced serious complaints for years. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4627 "2022-10-07T00:25:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > So Driving While License Suspended 1st Degree, Operating a Vehicle Without an Ignition Interlock, Hit & Run with Injury, and Reckless Driving. > > Pickett: ‘Yay! I’m outta jail!’ > > Sheriff: ‘Guess where you’re going!’ This shit grinds my gears. This asshole needs to have his driving privileges revoked, _permanently_. And if he is ever caught in the future driving without said privileges, he has shown that he is a danger to the public, and he should be jailed. Permanently wouldn’t hurt my feelings. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4628 "2022-10-07T01:40:18Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > This asshole needs to have his driving privileges revoked, _permanently_. I am in favor of drunk drivers having their vehicles confiscated. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4629 "2022-10-07T02:34:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Kron](#): > > > > This asshole needs to have his driving privileges revoked, _permanently_. > > I am in favor of drunk drivers having their vehicles confiscated. Likewise for anyone letting a known repeat offender use their vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/4630 "2022-10-07T02:50:55Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > This asshole needs to have his driving privileges revoked, _permanently_. That’s not going to stop him from driving. We have to be committed to putting people in jail for extended periods of time or they’re just going to continue to drive illegally. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=230) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=232)