# 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:** 368
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7351 "2023-05-18T01:28:22Z")
I don’t think this has been mentioned: > **[Colorado driver tried to avoid DUI by switching seats with dog, police say](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65608917)** > > A Colorado officer watched the bizarre episode unfold at a traffic stop, according to police. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7352 "2023-05-18T01:40:41Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I don’t think this has been mentioned: - > > [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65608917](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65608917) And that’s why you should always get your dog (or cat) licensed. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7353 "2023-05-18T01:42:42Z")
What was the name of the driving cat from the SNL skit? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7354 "2023-05-18T01:51:25Z")
Toonces. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7355 "2023-05-18T02:22:47Z")
Toonces the Driving Cat, the cat who could drive a car. He drives around, all over the town, Toonces the Driving Cat! ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7356 "2023-05-18T03:01:56Z")
The dog was driving and caught on camera. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FGdrv7odttQ/maxresdefault.jpg "CarFax TV Commercial HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGdrv7odttQ) ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7357 "2023-05-18T03:05:15Z")
Hey, how do they know that dog wasn’t a “seeing eye” dog? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7358 "2023-05-18T03:58:24Z")
The bigger question is “does a dog driving a car still have to be on a leash?” ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7359 "2023-05-18T05:45:14Z")
The same way a human does. It’s called a seat belt. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7360 "2023-05-18T07:31:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And that’s why you should always get your dog (or cat) licensed. This is a dog licence with the word ‘dog’ crossed out and ‘cat’ written in in crayon. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7361 "2023-05-18T07:47:03Z")
…Man didn’t have the right form. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7362 "2023-05-18T10:47:59Z")
If you’ve only got one card left to play, give it a shot. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7363 "2023-05-18T13:01:33Z")
“Ministry of Housinge”? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7364 "2023-05-18T13:35:47Z")
He almost got away. > **[Suspect uses ride-share app for pickup while surrounded by officers, Wichita...](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/suspect-uses-ride-share-app-163651750.html)** > > The south Wichita Dollar General alarm went off after burglars broke the glass, police said. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7365 "2023-05-18T17:45:32Z")
Should have gotten the dog to drive. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7366 "2023-05-20T17:55:56Z")
How to blame someone’s death on Covid-19 vaccination when he wasn’t vaccinated? Easy - attribute it to “shedding” by the vaccinated. Followers of Dr. Rashid Buttar, [antivaccine quack and multilevel marketing entrepreneur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Buttar), are making their case that [“shedders” are responsible for his death](https://twitter.com/thereal_truther/status/1659944696687517697/photo/1) (he reportedly experienced a stroke and myocarditis). The late Dr. Buttar achieved recent infamy as one of the “Disinformation Dozen” named by the Centering for Countering Digital Hate, said to be responsible for most of the antivax propaganda spewed out over the Internet. Shame, shame on all you Transgenics. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7367 "2023-05-21T20:09:43Z")
There’s a lot of stupid to go around in this story. The person who made it up. Her organization that promoted it. The lawmaker(s) who were going to pass legislation based on it, without further corroboration. Fox News who ran with it for several days before it was debunked, and then made a very quiet retraction. And last but not least, the MAGAts that believe it implicitly, and will disbelieve the debunking. > **[Group Accused of Making up Story About Homeless Vets Being Evicted to Make...](https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-05-19/group-accused-of-making-up-story-about-homeless-vets-being-evicted-to-make-room-for-migrants)** > > The founder of a nonprofit group has been accused of fabricating a story about homeless military veterans being evicted from a New York hotel to make room for migrants, a tale that stoked days of outrage on cable news networks p.s. there are a lot of other outlets that have published this story. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7368 "2023-05-21T22:36:23Z")
I may have to rethink my position on vouchers, if this is what they’re now teaching in the parochial schools. > **[Their iPad filters off, Kansas Catholic third graders get a six-week lesson —...](https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/education/article275521156.html)** > > “The events that occurred leading to this are truly horrible. That this occurred under my leadership of the school is something that saddens me.” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7369 "2023-05-21T22:40:12Z")
If your current position is to use public tax dollars to fund attendance at private schools, I would encourage you to rethink that position. No problem (Crap ass public schools) is solved by running away from it. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7370 "2023-05-21T22:45:17Z")
My current position is that tax dollars should never be used to fund private schools. /sarcasm/ However, if they’re showing porn in said schools, I may want to rethink that position. /end sarcasm My original post was pure sarcasm as well. Obviously, I should have placed sarcasm brackets around my earlier statement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=367) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=369)