# 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:** 332
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6631 "2023-02-25T18:27:00Z")
We are having some _fear and loathing_ action happening here, not in a good way. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6632 "2023-02-25T21:21:40Z")
cross-posting from SRIotD Some lamestreammedia organizations are [dropping the Dilbert](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/media-drop-dilbert-after-creator-s-black-hate-group-remark/ar-AA17W5DI) cartoon strip after its author described black people as a hate group, telling white people that they should get the hell away from blacks. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6633 "2023-02-26T22:22:09Z")
In lighter news: ATTENTION: [Clickbait link](https://www.ranker.com/list/us-restaurants-that-failed-overseas/lauren-glen?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=sciencepost&pgid=1856645334555792&utm_campaign=us-restaurants-that-failed-overseas). In 1992, Taco Bell attempted to open a taco stand in… Mexico. It lasted two years. They tried again in 2007, and closed all of their stores there in 2010. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6634 "2023-02-26T22:27:52Z")
Plenty of other American restaurant chains have franchises in Mexico, don’t they? From what I’ve heard, though, it’s KFC that’s really had success expanding overseas. Apparently fried chicken hits just the right balance between “exotic” and “but not too exotic”, in a lot of cultures. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6635 "2023-02-26T22:29:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Plenty of other American restaurant chains have franchises in Mexico, don’t they? Of course. But I don’t think many of them sell ‘Mexican’ food. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6636 "2023-02-26T22:32:03Z")
You know how we here on the Dope (and everybody IRL) point and laugh/retch at what furriners do to a hamburger or pizza? That’s what Mexicans were doing to Taco Bell. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6637 "2023-02-26T23:23:25Z")
Temper Tantrum at a pizzeria, due to (shock) Spanish language TV > **[Racist Rant At Amy's Pizzeria Under Investigation By Hatboro Police](https://patch.com/pennsylvania/horsham/racist-rant-amys-pizzeria-under-investigation-hatboro-police)** > > A television set to a Spanish-language channel prompted a customer to demand a refund and prompted a rant about America and immigration. > In the video, an unidentified customer in the video confronts a counter employee over a Spanish-language channel being on in the eatery. She demands a refund and then threatens to “look up” the employee and “get them out of town.” In the expletive-filled viral video, the woman claims her family as been part of the Hatboro community for 200 years and that her grandfather fought in World War II. ---
**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 26, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6638 "2023-02-26T23:35:04Z")
Holy crap, I swear I thought the article was talking about the Hatbro Police, and I thought for a second they were cops with backwards baseball caps, or maybe some kind of self-appointed citizen activists. “Yo, we’re the Hatbro Police, here’s my identification card. Sorry if the sharpie got smudged.” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6639 "2023-02-26T23:39:20Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FFMuNkseruo/hqdefault.jpg "LIDSVILLE INTRODUCTION") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFMuNkseruo) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6640 "2023-02-27T00:04:43Z")
The proper response is to aak her which side gramps fought for. ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6641 "2023-02-27T00:39:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Of course. But I don’t think many of them sell ‘Mexican’ food. Neither does Taco Bell. ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6642 "2023-02-27T00:40:13Z")
Hence, the quotes. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6643 "2023-02-27T10:11:52Z")
But, for what it’s worth, plenty of Hispanics here in Arizona eat at Taco Bell despite plenty of more authentic places to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6644 "2023-02-27T12:07:15Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > From what I’ve heard, though, it’s KFC that’s really had success expanding overseas. There is a KFC and a McDonalds in Sint Maarten. Nothing like that in Saint Martin (the French side). ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6645 "2023-02-27T13:39:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@Chronos](#): > > > > From what I’ve heard, though, it’s KFC that’s really had success expanding overseas. > > There is a KFC and a McDonalds in Sint Maarten. Nothing like that in Saint Martin (the French side) And yet, guess which country has the [most McDonald’s restaurants in Europe?](https://www.statista.com/statistics/256044/mcdonalds-restaurants-in-europe/) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6646 "2023-02-27T13:56:45Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > And yet, guess which country has the [most McDonald’s restaurants in Europe?](https://www.statista.com/statistics/256044/mcdonalds-restaurants-in-europe/) I’d really have to guess, because the statistic isn’t visible for me without subscribing. And my guess would be either the UK or Germany. Or is it really France? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6647 "2023-02-27T14:13:47Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > And yet, guess which country has the [most McDonald’s restaurants in Europe?](https://www.statista.com/statistics/256044/mcdonalds-restaurants-in-europe/) > > I’d really have to guess, because the statistic isn’t visible for me without subscribing. And my guess would be either the UK or Germany Or is it really France? Okay, that’s weird. When I pulled up that site online, it was perfectly open, no paywall or blocking or anything. But when I clicked on the link I posted, I get a subscription notice. Odd. Anyway, it’s France. 1,517 as of 2021. ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6648 "2023-02-27T18:06:13Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > But, for what it’s worth, plenty of Hispanics here in Arizona eat at Taco Bell despite plenty of more authentic places to choose from. Here in California too. Sometimes you don’t want authentic food - you want Taco Bell. ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6649 "2023-02-27T18:08:53Z")
A woman went to a car dealership and wanted to test drive a car. She had to provide her driver’s license. When she decided that she didn’t like the car, she left without her ID. She contacted the salesman and asked him to mail her her ID, but he said he was out of the office, so she said she’d try again on Monday. While waiting for him to allegedly come back into the office, she discovered that he had posted a video of himself, using his real name, urinating on her ID, with her name and address visible. I have to ask, if she gave him her ID, that means that she drove without her license. In my experience, dealerships only make a copy of the ID, they don’t keep it. > **[Car salesman appearing to urinate on woman's driving license sparks outrage](https://www.newsweek.com/viral-video-urinating-womens-driving-licence-id-car-dealership-wisconsin-1784021)** > > The owner of the driving license said she felt "violated" and concerned that her address and full name had been made public in the viral clip. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/6650 "2023-02-27T18:30:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I have to ask, if she gave him her ID, that means that she drove without her license I don’t think “driving without a license” means what you think it means. She has a license - even when it’s not in her possession. At worst she wouldn’t be able to to present a license upon request - which might get her a small fine at worst. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=333)