# 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:** 323
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6451 "2023-02-13T14:49:57Z")
> [@Dandan](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > > [@Andy\_L](#): > > > > > > [Cracker Barrel adds Impossible Sausage to their menu, conservatives lose their minds - #246 by Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/246) > > > > Maybe the GOP should rebrand themselves “The Sausage Party”. > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > Hey, I saw that movie. They’d have major conniption fits. > > I refused to go to that movie - you know what they say about watching sausage and politics being made! > > Was it good? > > Dan - I didn’t see it but i heard it’s a real banger. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6452 "2023-02-13T15:04:06Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > No one is forcing them to eat the fake meat, they can ignore it and get the regular meat. Remember the byline: “every accusation is a confession”. If they could, _ **they** _ WOULD force vegetarians to have no choice but eat the meat. So of course they believe the opposite **must** be the nefarious plot against them. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6453 "2023-02-13T15:24:27Z")
I get the impression it’s related to the KDF\* belief that the world and all who live in it are constantly balanced on the edge of a knife, and any deviation from the Straight Path (as they see it) is likely to call forth the Old Testament God in all His righteous wrath, who will deliver everything to the Toils of Satan. Or somesuch. I once had the temerity to ask why a Creator would do something like that to His Creation, and got a lecture about the Ways of God not being the Ways of Man, and how even asking such a question could bring about the dreaded result. Pretty much the last discussion I’ve ever had with that person. More to the point, one beauty of this kind of belief is that it can be adapted to any social trend or phenomenon, replacing Eternal Damnation with Social Chaos and Rioting in the Streets. Also useful to keep the rubes in a froth, as I suspect is the case with Cracker Barrel and Chick-Fil-A. \* Knuckle-Dragging Fundamentalist ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6454 "2023-02-13T18:23:21Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Yes, a man died, but… May I pause to decry the writing/editing/translating quality of the _Independent_’s short news piece as posted. I mean, “pulled the lawyer’s weapon was pulled”? Shot “in the tummy”? (c’mon people, “abdomen”? “gut”?) Manly Men take a shot to the gut. I’m sure it annoys his ghost to no end to hear that he died from a shot to his tummy. > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I imagine he had been told he couldn’t bring it in the room, and thought, “Fuck them. They’re not taking away **MY** gun,” and proceeded to hide it. Or, a more likely explanation, is that he was so used to carrying concealed, he forgot he had it on him. Or, an even more likely explanation, he didn’t equate “gun” with “metal”. > [@Dandan](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > Hey, I saw that movie. They’d have major conniption fits. > > I refused to go to that movie - you know what they say about watching sausage and politics being made! > > Was it good? > > Dan It had its moments. I was shocked that there weren’t major Christian protests about the movie. I mean, one of the major plot points was the Non-Perishables characters talking about creating the grocery store “religion” and how it was all made up. (personally, I loved their “Wasn’t there a part today about exterminating juice? I didn’t write that shit, I love juice. Always have,” Bottom line, it’s a lot of “potty” humor; makes fun of WASP life and religions, and ends with a food orgy. Literally. The creators were surprised that the only thing the censors objected to in the ending orgy was the pubic hair. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6455 "2023-02-13T20:41:27Z")
I wish this MFer was a Republican, but no such luck. He deserves to be horse-whipped, tarred, feathered, run out of town on a rail and sent swordless to Palestine. > **[Oregon Liquor Agency Head Resigns Amid Bourbon-Hoarding Scandal](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oregon-liquor-agency-steve-marks-bourbon-hoarding_n_63ea9881e4b02c257378125c)** > > Steve Marks and other senior officials are accused of using their positions to divert rare, sought-after bourbons for personal use. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6456 "2023-02-14T01:55:19Z")
Steve Marks was _born_ to deal in Maker’s Mark. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6457 "2023-02-14T15:23:11Z")
This really isn’t a ‘stupid mother-humper’ thing; just an amusing coincidence. I didn’t know where else to put it. > **[‘Tasteless’ McDonald’s advert by crematorium replaced, new one ‘just as bad’](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mcdonalds-mcrispy-advert-crematorium-cornwall-b2281273.html)** > > New ad by Truro funeral spot splits opinion again If you don’t want to click, a McDonald’s ‘McCrispy’ sign was put up at a bus stop… right next to a sign pointing to a crematorium. Per the article: > Companies do not put up their own posters, so it is unlikely they are fully aware of where these sorts of ads are going to appear. _The Independent_ has approached Tate St Ives for comment. Cornwall Council said it could not comment on the ads. > > Unfortunate advertising placements have become something of a comedy genre online… ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6458 "2023-02-14T15:44:28Z")
But the article wasn’t about the McDonald’s sign. If I’m reading it correctly, they’re saying the _new_ sign is just as bad as that one. I understand where people are coming from with the McDonalds sign, but I’m not understanding the issue with the new sign. > They were left disappointed as the replacement advertised a £5 “locals’ pass” which again drew a line of black humour between the bus stop and the crematorium. Is there a regional thing that makes bus rides or the phrase “local’s pass” funny when placed next to the crematorium sign? How about they just get rid of the crematorium sign, does it attract so many visitors that they need a sign? I’d have expected just about everyone that needs to go [drive themselves] there to have a pretty good idea as to where it is. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6459 "2023-02-14T16:03:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Is there a regional thing that makes bus rides or the phrase “local’s pass” funny when placed next to the crematorium sign? “Passing” is another term for dying. As in “passing away”. Having a sign that says “locals’ pass” next to another sign pointing to the crematorium is pretty macabre. I’m sure they’ll replace it with a fire safety advertisement, or an ad for a local department store with “hot deals”. It’s a curse. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6460 "2023-02-14T16:08:01Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “Passing” is another term for dying. As in “passing away”. I thought about that and assumed that was the case, but it seems like such a stretch as to not be newsworthy, even for local affiliate. To me local’s pass is “just as bad” as if it was this sign, because “bought the farm” is also a way to say that someone died. [![](https://dreamdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/farmsale.jpg) ](https://dreamdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/farmsale.jpg) I think my brain just doesn’t parse “local’s pass” the right way to make the pun work. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6461 "2023-02-14T16:16:55Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > To me local’s pass is “just as bad” as if it was this sign, because “bought the farm” is also a way to say that someone died. Except “bought the farm” is a regional form of slang. Not to mention, it’s probably largely unknown outside of the US (and this story takes places in the UK). “Passing” is the most common way to say that someone has died these days, because it’s a term that’s considered polite and respectful. Most articles in the English language that describe a death will usually say that they “passed”. While someone can make a joke about “buying the farm”, it’s not something that is part of the standard everyday vernacular. Just look at almost any obituary or story about someone who died. If the term “passing” next to a crematorium sign doesn’t cause an instant connection in your mind, I would suggest you are unusual in that way. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6462 "2023-02-14T16:17:52Z")
The apostrophe changes the reading, so the sign is a pretty weak source of concern. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6463 "2023-02-14T16:19:55Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If the term “passing” next to a crematorium sign doesn’t cause an instant connection in your mind, I would suggest you are unusual in that way. It’s not the passing part, it’s the “local’s” part. When it comes after a possessive noun, pass or passing is no longer a verb. A traffic sign that said “NO PASSING” would at least make sense. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6464 "2023-02-14T16:27:31Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > It’s not the passing part, it’s the “local’s” part. When it comes after a possessive noun, pass or passing is no longer a verb. And this is relevant because…? I don’t think anyone is accusing this of being a deliberate and explicit reference to the crematorium. No more than the McCrispy chicken sandwich ad did. In both cases, people thought that it was close enough to be insensitive. Especially at a quick glance, it almost seems to imply that the crematorium is where you go when “locals pass”. I’m sure a number of people who were upset by the sign either didn’t see the apostrophe, didn’t understand it, or didn’t care. You had initially asked why it was “funny”, and then you nitpicked and analyzed it to death. When you do that, nothing is funny. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6465 "2023-02-14T17:11:51Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’m sure a number of people who were upset by the sign either didn’t see the apostrophe, didn’t understand it, or didn’t care. I agree, and I think the point **Joey P** made about part of speech is relevant for how it’s comprehended, but only for readers who use apostrophes correctly. It cues so strongly for a noun to follow that I had to read it in the context of “I don’t get it” to figure out the problem. It might also reflect that I don’t use euphemisms for “die,” so “pass” doesn’t immediately cue for that. > you nitpicked and analyzed it to death I don’t see it that way–yes, any joke explained isn’t funny, but trying to articulate why people have different responses to the joke or error is explanatory and part of the reason for having a conversation about interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6466 "2023-02-14T18:07:03Z")
Only if it can be the Haribo sugar free ones. 💩 ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6467 "2023-02-14T18:10:40Z")
Not to say these guys shouldn’t lose their jobs, but it hardly seems like a huge scandal as government corruption goes. They used their positions to get the opportunity to spend thousands of dollars of their own money on rare bottles of whiskey, which rightfully should have been distributed randomly among Oregon’s liquor stores. So the only Oregonians who were harmed were those who would have wanted to spend four figures on booze and were denied the opportunity. It’s wrong, but it’s not like they were covering up toxic waste in the drinking water or something. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6468 "2023-02-14T18:16:46Z")
Now here is a strong candidate for the most irresistible clickbait headline ever. Warning: the story is even grosser (and the MF even stupider) than you might expect. > **[German ballet director offers no apology over dog faeces incident](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/german-ballet-director-marco-goecke-offers-no-apology-over-dog-faeces-incident)** > > Marco Goecke says he acted in heat of the moment after years of ‘annihilatory' criticism’ ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6469 "2023-02-14T18:21:38Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Now here is a strong candidate for the most irresistible clickbait headline ever. Warning: the story is even grosser (and the MF even stupider) than you might expect. - > > [German ballet director offers no apology over dog faeces incident | Germany | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/german-ballet-director-marco-goecke-offers-no-apology-over-dog-faeces-incident) At least he didn’t dance around the issue. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6470 "2023-02-14T18:50:40Z")
> [@susan](#): > > only for readers who use apostrophes correctly. Which seems to be an ever-decreasing minority. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=324)