# 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:** 413
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8251 "2023-07-26T23:55:11Z")
Can’t eat gold. Before the 2000 date change happened, and everyone thought the sky was gonna fall, my father bought myself and my brother 10,000 rounds of .22 LR. That’s something you can trade. Or, if you have a squirrel cook book you can eat. Actually a good idea on my fathers part. But of course the sky did not fall. I knew it would not. Lot better than gold though. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8252 "2023-07-27T00:00:11Z")
How long did it last? ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8253 "2023-07-27T00:10:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or, if you have a squirrel cook book you can eat. Make absolutely certain you know how to prepare the squirrels properly. My grandfather shot squirrels as vermin, and so as not to let them go to waste, gave some to my mom for cat food. Her cooking those squirrels raised the most God-awful stench I’ve ever smelled. It was gag-inducing from a block away. I think that there’s some sort of gland you need to remove. I don’t know how to do it right. But I do know that you do NOT want to do it wrong. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8254 "2023-07-27T00:16:47Z")
The old edition of _Joy of Cooking_ had a lovely illustration of skinning the squirrel and a description of how to de-gland it. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8255 "2023-07-27T00:21:08Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Can’t eat gold. [https://www.amazon.com/goldz-SHEETS-3-93inch-Genuine-Cooking/dp/B093KF8YS2/ref=sr\_1\_2\_sspa?hvadid=323371821754&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9031026&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=3142728464448797209&hvtargid=kwd-489154286312&hydadcr=4596\_9619652&keywords=edible+gold&qid=1690417177&sr=8-2-spons&sp\_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1](https://www.amazon.com/goldz-SHEETS-3-93inch-Genuine-Cooking/dp/B093KF8YS2/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?hvadid=323371821754&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9031026&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=3142728464448797209&hvtargid=kwd-489154286312&hydadcr=4596_9619652&keywords=edible+gold&qid=1690417177&sr=8-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1) Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8256 "2023-07-27T01:28:58Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Before the 2000 date change happened, and everyone thought the sky was gonna fall, my father bought myself and my brother 10,000 rounds of .22 LR. That’s been my response to any doomsday hypotheticals whenever they come up. If I have to invest in metals ahead of the apocalypse, I’d rather invest in lead than gold. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8257 "2023-07-27T01:33:42Z")
So…you can poop gold ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8258 "2023-07-27T01:34:39Z")
It’s gold at both ends, Jerry! Gold, I tell ya! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8259 "2023-07-27T02:43:06Z")
I knew someone with one of those Joy of Cooking books that was old enough to have all kinds of descriptions on how to cook game. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8260 "2023-07-27T02:48:04Z")
I have a paperback copy printed in 1974 that my mom gave me. It’s got diagrams in it on how to skin and prepare rabbits and squirrels. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8261 "2023-07-27T02:50:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I knew someone with one of those Joy of Cooking books that was old enough to have all kinds of descriptions on how to cook game. - > [@romansperson](#): > > I have a paperback copy printed in 1974 that my mom gave me. It’s got diagrams in it on how to skin and prepare rabbits and squirrels. - My copy is from 1981. it still has the wild game section. Anyone up for some porcupine or muskrat? Maybe a nice stuffed boar’s head? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8262 "2023-07-27T03:04:04Z")
When my dad was a kid, he would shoot squirrels and my grandmother would prepare them. The problem with squirrel is that it’s lot of work for not much meat. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8263 "2023-07-27T03:04:32Z")
The way I understand it, some of the gold ends up in you bloodstream. That is a thing you probably do not want. If you eat too much gold-decorated food, well, just fail to do that. It is a high-density metal, which means that the gold that gets into your blood will land in the lower bend of your kidney ducts and camp out. Granted, you would have to eat a whole lot of that stuff for it to build up and be a problem, so, luckily, those dishes are expensive. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8264 "2023-07-27T03:04:47Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8fpspzcrlGY/hqdefault.jpg "The Boar's Head Carol: Robert Shaw Chorale") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fpspzcrlGY) The Boar’s Head Carol. ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8265 "2023-07-27T08:26:43Z")
That was the subject of a House, MD episode [2m 49s]: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A0PIDGpXDdA/maxresdefault.jpg "Gold Poison | House M.D.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0PIDGpXDdA) ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8266 "2023-07-27T12:30:11Z")
I remember that episode ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8267 "2023-07-27T13:15:49Z")
[This apple pie containing edible gold was featured in an episode of “Hotel Impossible”.](https://www.northernarizonagazette.com/tag/grand-canyon-coffee-and-cafe/) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8268 "2023-07-27T14:00:16Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Or, if you have a squirrel cook book you can eat. Just don’t rely on _only_ squirrel meat. A diet solely consisting of lean game can give you fatal diarrhea. Hopefully you’re near a fishing hole. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8269 "2023-07-27T14:13:28Z")
Yeah, just saying that bullets are better than bullion in an end of the world scenario. Could also, to a degree, defend yourself and use them to barter. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/8270 "2023-07-27T14:20:33Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Ah, yes. In such a scenario I can see chocolate or coffee worth more than their weight in gold, especially since they’re perishable. Now I’m picturing myself, wandering through a post-apocolyptic wasteland, a few radioactive zombies shuffling by… And me, I’m strolling happily along, munching on a big ol’ Cadbury bar… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=412) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=414)