# 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:** 452
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9031 "2023-10-05T15:52:50Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > So, basically, they’re giant living Ken dolls. > [@Monty](#): > > So, basically, they’re giant living Ken dolls. - Which implies the existence of a Barbie Titan. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9032 "2023-10-05T16:13:21Z")
Accused rapist Nicholas Rossi is to be extradited home to the US from Scotland. Why is he a Stupid MFer? Because he felt that claiming to be someone else and that his very distinctive tattoos were put on him to frame him while he was in the hospital would be a good excuse or legal strategy. It’s a weird story in all. > **[Nicholas Rossi to be extradited to US on rape charges](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67016975)** > > Scotland's justice secretary confirms that the extradition of the American fugitive Nicholas Rossi can go ahead. More info here: [Nicholas Rossi: Arrested man is missing US fugitive, court rules - BBC News](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-63568949) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9033 "2023-10-05T16:40:12Z")
I know we shouldn’t judge by appearances and all, but that guy looks guilty AF. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9034 "2023-10-05T16:45:40Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Which implies the existence of a Barbie Titan. There is, sort of. [![](https://gbf.wiki/images/thumb/5/51/Npc_zoom_3990830000_01.png/480px-Npc_zoom_3990830000_01.png) ](https://gbf.wiki/images/thumb/5/51/Npc_zoom_3990830000_01.png/480px-Npc_zoom_3990830000_01.png) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9035 "2023-10-05T16:59:13Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > > Back in the day he and his crew used to run these massive roasts or hundreds of people, roasting three pigs at a time. > > Okay, so he’d cook three roasts at a time or hundreds of people. Those folks must’ve been mighty small! Oh, “f”. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9036 "2023-10-05T17:15:21Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I tried the tongue; it was pretty gross. Most tongues are basically pure muscle with hardly any fat. Can’t imagine it would have been very good. The fat is where a lot of the flavor comes from. Though organ meat is usually ok ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9037 "2023-10-05T17:39:08Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I remember seeing pork brains in the meat department. David Sedaris tells the story of living in France, slowly learning french and going into a local butcher’s store. There he pointed at the calves brains for sale and basically asked in his rudamentary french “is them the thoughts of cows?” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9038 "2023-10-05T18:50:21Z")
Many years ago I tried sliced calf’s brain sauteed in browned butter, and I thought it was pretty good. (I also like liver and onions, and found tripe cooked properly in an Italian restaurant okay, too, if that tells you something.) Then along came Mad Cow Disease, and brains were no longer available. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9039 "2023-10-05T18:51:38Z")
Can we somehow pay the mods for an end to a particular tangent? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9040 "2023-10-05T18:58:47Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Most tongues are basically pure muscle with hardly any fat. Can’t imagine it would have been very good. When I was a kid, my father worked in the office (well, he was the office staff) for a small meat-packing plant. Smart father, we always had meat to eat. Anyway, once in a while he would bring home beef tongue. A whole tongue. It didn’t look very appetizing, but I have to tell you, thoroughly cooked, cooled and sliced thin, it made pretty good sandwiches. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9041 "2023-10-05T19:01:31Z")
The thin slicing and preparation might be the trick. I’ve also had beef tongue that tasted fine - but prepared before hand. So, probably the issue was just picking one off a freshly roasted pig and digging in ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9042 "2023-10-05T19:07:15Z")
Sedaris cracks me up. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9043 "2023-10-05T19:08:23Z")
These Lowering the Bar posts are well worth reading for more details on Nicholas Rossi’s efforts to avoid extradition. [Suspect Claiming Mistaken Identity Says Someone Tattooed Him Without His Knowledge](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2022/11/suspect-claiming-mistaken-identity-says-tattooed.html) from 2022, and the more recent followup [Nicholas Rossi Will Be Extradited – Or Will He?](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2023/08/nicholas-rossi-will-be-extradited.html) (Spoiler Alert: The first sentence of the second story is “Yes, he will”.) 😁 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9044 "2023-10-05T19:54:17Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > once in a while he would bring home beef tongue. A whole tongue. It didn’t look very appetizing, but I have to tell you, thoroughly cooked, cooled and sliced thin, it made pretty good sandwiches. Especially if marinated for a while first in vinegar and some spices. I use peppercorns, cloves, bayleaf, and some salt. Next time I’m going to try adding ginger. This is good for beef heart, too. Many years ago, my father used to buy jars of pickled lambs’ tongue. I have no idea of the recipe and also no idea where to buy them now, if it’s even possible; but I certainly liked them then. – no, Amazon, I don’t mean pickled pigs’ feet! And no, Google, I don’t mean pickled beef tongue. I put the phrase in quotes, damn it. (Google did turn up a few recipes that actually seem to be for lamb tongue.) ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9045 "2023-10-05T20:35:29Z")
“In Soviet Straight Dope, dinner lick you!” ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9046 "2023-10-05T21:40:04Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > > > > My dad is a pig roast master. Back in the day he and his crew used to run these massive roasts or hundreds of people, roasting three pigs at a time. They had their own sauce recipe and some goofy traditions and recitations - it was quite the production. At the end of every roast was delicacy time, where all the brave folk gathered around the picked apart carcass to dive into tongues, eye balls, brains. > > > > > > I tried the tongue; it was pretty gross. I didn’t come close to the brains, but many did. Ick. > > > > > > This was a long time ago - I don’t eat any sort of pork anything anymore. > > > > Okay, so he’d cook three roasts at a time or hundreds of people. Those folks must’ve been mighty small! > > Oh, “f”. Dang, that’s a lot of people getting roasted! 😃 ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9047 "2023-10-05T21:40:10Z")
I dig the Brown University tattoo. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9048 "2023-10-05T23:50:53Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > The thin slicing and preparation might be the trick. I’ve also had beef tongue that tasted fine - but prepared before hand > > So, probably the issue was just picking one off a freshly roasted pig and digging in I’ve eaten _tacos con lengua_ from a street taqueria in Guadalajara. No idea what animal provided the tongue, but it was sliced very thin, and was delicious. And I’m a real food weenie when it comes to organ meats. On the other hand, I tried the same dish a few weeks later, in a Mexican restaurant in Chicago, and it was disgusting - rubbery, chewy, and altogether far too tongue-like to choke down; it felt like eating a French kiss. Yucko. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9049 "2023-10-06T00:40:29Z")
I’ve tried lengua in a Mission-style burrito. It was basically shredded like carnitas. I was largely indifferent to the flavor (it was okay, nothing special) but really rather disliked the texture, which was a bit “rough” or “furry.” ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9050 "2023-10-06T01:05:57Z")
I thought folks had stopped eating animal brain owing to the JKV disease concern. Whatever happened to that? Oh, I’ve been vegetarian now for over 20 years, so news about that hasn’t really been on my radar, so I probably missed it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=451) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=453)