# 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:** 256
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5111 "2022-11-10T23:03:59Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > However, any sort of automated system like that ought to exclude any memorial days, remembrance days or things like Yom Kippur. “KFC would like to celebrate the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. by reminding you of our Original Recipe fried chicken, come down and enjoy our 7 herbs and spices on this special day!” I don’t see how that can go wrong. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5112 "2022-11-10T23:18:36Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I can easily see how that went. November 9th is the most important date in German history with a string of crucial historical events happening on that day in different years. The most important were the November Revolution of 1918 and the proclamation of the first German republic and democracy, then of course the progrom night of 1938 and finally the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. So the KFC automated messaging system probably noticed that November 9th was tagged as memorial day with the tags being “Novemberrevolution”, “Mauerfall” and “Kristallnacht”, and randomly picked the totally wrong event. It’s my birthday, so I knew about Kristallnacht and the fall of the Berlin Wall, but I didn’t know about 1918. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5113 "2022-11-10T23:34:33Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > It’s my birthday, so I knew about Kristallnacht and the fall of the Berlin Wall, but I didn’t know about 1918. Here’s the complete list: > **[9 November in German history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_November_in_German_history)** > > 9 November has been the date of a series of events that are considered political turning points in recent German history, some of which also had international repercussions. In particular the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the beginning of the November pogroms in 1938 (German: Kristallnacht or Reichsprogromnacht), the Munich Putsch in 1923 and the proclamation of the Republic in 1918 during the November Revolution in Berlin, when viewed together in their respective contex... ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5114 "2022-11-10T23:52:42Z")
Thanks! I found out through my DNA results that I have a small amount of German ancestry I had no idea about before. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5115 "2022-11-11T01:01:37Z")
> **[Florida police mistook the cane in a legally blind man's pocket for a gun and...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/10/florida-deputies-mistake-legally-blind-man-cane-gun-arrest/10661060002/)** > > A legally-blind Florida man filed a complaint with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office after deputies arrested him with a cane in his back pocket. > Police arrested a legally blind man in Florida after they mistook his cane for a weapon, prompting the sheriff’s office to investigate and temporarily suspend the deputies involved for their behavior. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5116 "2022-11-11T01:30:51Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > Police arrested a legally blind man in Florida after they mistook his cane for a weapon, prompting the sheriff’s office to investigate and temporarily suspend the deputies involved for their behavior. Somone binge-watched _Daredevil_ the day before… ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5117 "2022-11-11T02:07:17Z")
That was posted a couple days ago in the “cops are assholes and self-admitted tyrants” thread: > [@Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/2994): > > A man was [handcuffed for](https://www.thedailybeast.com/viral-video-of-blind-man-jim-hodges-arrest-sparks-probe-of-columbia-county-florida-sheriffs-deputies) not telling an officer his name/DoB. She pulled over and confronted him because she thought she saw a gun sticking out of his pocket – it was a folded-up cane. He shows it to her and then she insists on his name and DoB, to which he replies that he is not doing anything wrong so, no. She asks why he is being a dick to her, to which he replies, because she is being a dick to him. So, be careful out there, you might end up arrested for being where they can see you. […](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5yNlwCQpO0) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5118 "2022-11-11T02:07:41Z")
Not a thread I follow. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5119 "2022-11-11T02:09:30Z")
There is a lot of overlap between that thread and this one. Well, a lot more death in the other… ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5120 "2022-11-11T13:13:40Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > “It’s memorial day for Kristallnacht! Treat yourself with more tender cheese on your crispy chicken. Now at KFCheese!” A Jew who keeps kosher wouldn’t be eating at KFC in any event, but even a cultural Jew who was raised by more observant parents might find the meat and cheese combination a little off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5121 "2022-11-11T13:33:02Z")
And we, but apparently not God, shall ignore the difficulties of getting chicken milk to make chicken cheese! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5122 "2022-11-11T14:13:47Z")
I have a problem with that, the whole “kid seethed in its mother’s milk” shouldn’t apply to non-mammalian species, but who can argue with religion? It’s like when for some reason some Catholics decided that beavers were fish so they could eat them on Fridays during lent. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5123 "2022-11-11T14:22:25Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > It’s like when for some reason some Catholics decided that beavers were fish so they could eat them on Fridays during lent. One does have to admire the chutzpah of thinking they could rewrite the rules and God wouldn’t mind at all. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5124 "2022-11-11T15:01:19Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > I have a problem with that, the whole “kid seethed in its mother’s milk” shouldn’t apply to non-mammalian species It’s building a fence around the law. You not only don’t do the prohibited thing; you don’t do anything that’s like the prohibited thing. It’s actually rather the reverse of deciding that beavers are fish so they can be eaten when meat’s prohibited. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5125 "2022-11-11T15:50:58Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > You not only don’t do the prohibited thing; you don’t do anything that’s like the prohibited thing. It has always seemed bizarre to me that Jewish people were prohibited from eating vegetarian patties with non-dairy cheese ‘burgers’. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5126 "2022-11-11T15:53:53Z")
I’d be surprised if there isn’t disagreement on that issue. (I don’t myself keep kosher, and haven’t been following the details.) ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5127 "2022-11-11T15:55:46Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I’d be surprised if there isn’t disagreement on that issue. I know Jewish people who enjoy rumaki, shrimp, lobster, bacon… So I think many would see no issue with eating a vegan cheeseburger. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5128 "2022-11-11T15:59:27Z")
Anybody eating bacon\* isn’t keeping kosher at all. So no, they’d have no issue with it. I’d assumed you were talking about Jewish people who do keep kosher. \*unless it’s the only choice to ward off starvation, or medically necessary, or somebody’s going to get killed otherwise, of course. The first two seem highly unlikely and I would hope the third would also. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5129 "2022-11-11T18:30:46Z")
This seemed to qualify for this thread. > **[Gun hidden in a raw chicken found at Florida TSA checkpoint](https://www.cnn.com/travel/amp/tsa-finds-gun-in-chicken/index.html)** > > A gun found inside a raw chicken at an airport security checkpoint has the TSA calling "personal fowl." ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5130 "2022-11-11T18:38:26Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > This seemed to qualify for this thread. - > > [https://www.cnn.com/travel/amp/tsa-finds-gun-in-chicken/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/travel/amp/tsa-finds-gun-in-chicken/index.html) That is a serious violation of food handling guidelines. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=255) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=257)