# 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:** 287
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5731 "2023-01-04T14:21:25Z")
Can you get a fair trial if you go by the name [“Young Thug”](https://abcnews.go.com/US/jury-selection-begin-young-thug-trial-rapper-faces/story?id=96131760)? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5732 "2023-01-05T22:28:28Z")
Play with matches and you’re gonna get burned… > **[California arsonists set themselves on fire while attacking business, video...](https://www.fox29.com/news/bakersfield-california-arsonists-set-themselves-on-fire-video)** > > A video captured in Bakersfield, California, shows two suspected arsonists setting themselves on fire while attacking a business early Monday. > [@](#): > > The suspected arsonist who started the blaze is then seen running away with flames trailing up their leg, while the other repeatedly slips trying to flee the fire. > > “Ahhh!” one of the individuals is heard screaming before running off into the night with what appears to be their lower back and buttocks on fire. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5733 "2023-01-05T22:46:16Z")
Now, is THAT ironic, or just laughable? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5734 "2023-01-05T22:49:51Z")
It can be both. And is. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5735 "2023-01-05T23:50:48Z")
Bakersfield. Gateway to Fresno! ---
**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:** [January 5, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5736 "2023-01-05T23:59:22Z")
Who knew aerosolized gasoline could be so flammable? ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5737 "2023-01-06T01:35:11Z")
Fresno: gateway to Lee Vining Bakersfield, uh, on the way to the Tehachapi Loop ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5738 "2023-01-06T03:42:42Z")
And when you’ve gotten to Tehachapi, Barstow is just that much closer! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5739 "2023-01-06T18:12:54Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Fresno: gateway to Lee Vining For a second there, I though you mean [Lee Ving](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898962/mediaviewer/rm2518199040?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_evt_4) ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5740 "2023-01-06T22:31:33Z")
Ah, Barstow! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5741 "2023-01-06T23:18:46Z")
I was happy to see [Elephant Mountain](https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*uRc-JnRCHaUQTX8_rAtDTw.jpeg) again, on our road trip. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5742 "2023-01-07T04:39:34Z")
Ashli Babbitt’s mother got arrested for blocking traffic outside the Capitol building. > **[Woman Charged with Blocking and Obstructing Roadways, Obey an Order](https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/woman-charged-blocking-and-obstructing-roadways-obey-order)** > > This afternoon a group of demonstrators were illegally blocking traffic on Independence Avenue, SW, near First Street, SW. The group did not have a permit to demonstrate on Capitol Grounds. Officers established a clear police line to prevent the... ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5743 "2023-01-07T04:49:18Z")
Cristiani Ronaldo is going to take millions of dollars to play for a Saudi team. But he and his girlfriend, who live together now, are planning on living together when he moves to Saudi. That’s illegal under Saudi law. Any chance they’ll be arrested? ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5744 "2023-01-07T05:09:22Z")
No chance she will get a visa, IMHO. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5745 "2023-01-07T05:11:23Z")
\*Cristiano ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5746 "2023-01-07T06:41:42Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > Fresno: gateway to Lee Vining > > For a second there, I though you mean [Lee Ving](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898962/mediaviewer/rm2518199040?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_evt_4) I’m so disappointed that his IMDb photos didn’t have any that feature him as Mr. Boddy in _Clue_. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5747 "2023-01-07T12:59:38Z")
The Saudi authorities will [pretend not to notice](https://en.as.com/soccer/saudi-arabia-reportedly-set-to-bend-its-law-to-allow-ronaldo-to-live-with-partner-georgina-rodriguez-n/) they aren’t married. Apparently they have a couple of kids together. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5748 "2023-01-08T02:34:07Z")
An executive with Well Fargo India is on the run after urinating on a plane passenger while flying from New York to New Delhi. > **[Wells Fargo sacks top banking executive for urinating on plane passenger](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/wells-fargo-fires-banking-executive-urinating-plane-passenger-air-india-flight-3188221)** > > Wells Fargo vice president Shankar Mishra was reportedly drunk on an Air India flight when he allegedly urinated on a passenger. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5749 "2023-01-08T03:11:58Z")
Huh. Same thing they did to their customers a few years ago. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/5750 "2023-01-08T03:27:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > An executive with Well Fargo India is on the run after urinating on a plane passenger while flying from New York to New Delhi. > > [https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/wells-fargo-sacks-top-banking-executive-urinating-plane-passenger-3188221](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/wells-fargo-sacks-top-banking-executive-urinating-plane-passenger-3188221) He was arrested today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=286) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=288)