# 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:** 331
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6611 "2023-02-24T21:38:56Z")
I live in the UK, and the fruit and vegetable shortage is way overblown. A few veggies, especially tomatoes and bell peppers, are being rationed at some grocery stores. The most stringent rationing is saying an individual can buy only three packages of each per day (per store). Many other stores aren’t rationing at all. And this shortage is supposed to last a few weeks. It’s really not that big of a deal. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6612 "2023-02-24T22:07:26Z")
So you don’t need us in the States to send you care packages containing tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6613 "2023-02-24T22:14:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There is a shortage of fruits and vegetables in the UK, the environment secretary says people should eat more turnips I think a temporary cake subsidy could work well to get everyone through this. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6614 "2023-02-24T22:19:25Z")
I mean, you can send me a care package if you want. I should be eating more veggies in my diet anyway. Just send it C/O Palo Verde, Edinburgh, UK. I’m sure it will get to me! ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6615 "2023-02-24T22:21:35Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > I should be eating more veggies in my diet anyway. I always suspected that you might be a proponent of the Vegan Paleo diet. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6616 "2023-02-24T22:29:17Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > I live in the UK, and the fruit and vegetable shortage is way overblown. A few veggies, especially tomatoes and bell peppers, are being rationed at some grocery stores. Oh, that’s it. That is IT. I no longer wish for Universal Health Care! /s ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6617 "2023-02-24T23:55:17Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I remember as a child some fruits and vegetables only being seasonably available or very expensive. One of the benefits of modern civilization in developed nations is supposed to be the availability of a standard of living beyond mere subsistence. I was watching a show a few weeks ago about moving things; this particular episode focused on a truckload of sweet potatoes bound for the UK. I was blown away to find out that the potatoes were grown and processed in the ~~shithole~~ little town in North Carolina where I was raised. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6618 "2023-02-25T01:51:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There is a shortage of fruits and vegetables in the UK, the environment secretary says people should eat more turnips and fewer tomatoes, and should get used to eating seasonal foods. That sounds like a smart idea, to me. And for what it’s worth, you can’t get tomatoes at all in the US right now. Nor for the past couple of months, nor for at least five months from now. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6619 "2023-02-25T01:53:22Z")
I see no shortage in any of the multiple different stores I visit. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6620 "2023-02-25T02:10:59Z")
Those aren’t tomatoes, just TSOs-- Tomato Shaped Objects. They look a lot like tomatoes, but can be easily distinguished by flavor. Or rather, by the complete and utter lack thereof. ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6621 "2023-02-25T02:41:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Those aren’t tomatoes, just TSOs-- Tomato Shaped Objects. They’re not true ~~Scotsmen~~ tomatoes. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6622 "2023-02-25T02:45:22Z")
It’s been years since I’ve been able to get tomatoes in the stores. Even the organic Tomato Shaped Objects are just tasteless red food(?) items found in the produce department. ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6623 "2023-02-25T02:47:26Z")
I guess it depends on whether you’re trying to find tomaytoes or tomahtoes. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6624 "2023-02-25T02:55:36Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Those aren’t tomatoes, just TSOs-- Tomato Shaped Objects. I have modest ambitions, and as an HSO I am okay with eating TSOs (preferably Camparis). ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6625 "2023-02-25T03:43:15Z")
Tulsi compares Biden to Hitler. > **[Tulsi Gabbard Shocks Fox News Host by Comparing Biden to Hitler](https://www.thedailybeast.com/tulsi-gabbard-shocks-fox-news-host-by-comparing-biden-to-hitler)** > > She claims the Biden administration is using “the very same geneticist core principles embodied by Nazism and Adolf Hitler.” ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6626 "2023-02-25T03:45:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tulsi compares Biden to Hitler. So she’s dropping out of the race and endorsing Biden? [ETA, sorry, I was thinking of Nikki Haley] ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6627 "2023-02-25T03:47:28Z")
The woman who called Michele Obama an “ape in heels” and got fired for it, has been sentenced to jail for defrauding FEMA. > **[Woman who called Michelle Obama an 'ape' sentenced to jail for defrauding...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-who-called-michelle-obama-ape-sentenced-jail-defrauding-fema-n1012936)** > > Pamela Taylor, the ex-West Virginia official who was fired for her remarks about the former first lady, was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison. ---
**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 25, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6628 "2023-02-25T07:06:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tulsi compares Biden to Hitler. Here’s a version you don’t need a subscription to read: > **[Tulsi Gabbard Shocks Fox News Host by Comparing Biden to Hitler](https://news.yahoo.com/tulsi-gabbard-shocks-fox-news-030933012.html)** > > She claims the Biden administration is using “the very same geneticist core principles embodied by Nazism and Adolf Hitler.” ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6629 "2023-02-25T14:59:51Z")
I can’t claim to have nailed it, but I do feel like I was in the ballpark: > [@Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene MUST GO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1171): > > Anybody else wondering how long Tulsi Gabbard is going to stand for this MTG Russophile shit? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6630 "2023-02-25T17:07:23Z")
What’s the over/under on how long it takes before Gabbard/MTG start screaming about shape-shifting lizard people? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=330) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=332)