# 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:** 453
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9051 "2023-10-06T01:31:45Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > My dad is a pig roast master. Does he use kosher salt on them? ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9052 "2023-10-06T01:33:40Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > [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”.) 😁 Are they also extraditing Arthur Knight and Nicholas Alahverdian? Or are those separate hearings? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9053 "2023-10-06T03:08:49Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I thought folks had stopped eating animal brain owing to the JKV disease concern. Whatever happened to that? It [appears](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8006416/#:~:text=Although%20experimental%20transmission%20of%20bovine,diseases%20in%20pig%20were%20reported) that porcine prion protein is paradigmatically proof against prion strain propagation. (I swear to og, folks, I don’t make these titles up.) > [@](#): > > Although experimental transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) to pigs and transgenic mice expressing pig cellular prion protein (PrPC) (porcine PrP [PoPrP]–Tg001) has been described, no natural cases of prion diseases in pig were reported. ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9054 "2023-10-06T03:41:11Z")
If you’re choosing brains not to eat, don’t forget about bats. ---
**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 6, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9055 "2023-10-06T04:04:20Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > > My dad is a pig roast master. > > Does he use kosher salt on them? I’m not sure if that’s a joke that’s sailing over my head or a real question, but in case it’s real … I’m not sure. I want to say yes, because that just seems like something they would do – no ordinary table salt for my pig. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9056 "2023-10-06T04:58:15Z")
> [@susan](#): > > If you’re choosing brains not to eat, don’t forget about bats. I would hope that Jack Batty is not a chiropteravore. ---
**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 6, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9057 "2023-10-06T05:47:57Z")
I don’t eat within my own class - mammalia. No pigs, no cows, no cats, no bats, no dolphins, no warthogs, no nothing. ---
**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 6, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9058 "2023-10-06T06:19:35Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > No pigs, no cows, no cats, no bats, no dolphins, no warthogs, no nothing. Don’t worry, some of us will take up the slack for you. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9059 "2023-10-06T06:58:29Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I don’t eat within my own class But how classy are you? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9060 "2023-10-06T13:27:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I don’t eat within my own class - mammalia. No pigs, no cows, no cats, no bats, no dolphins, no warthogs, no nothing. What about the occasional naked mole rat? ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9061 "2023-10-06T14:29:57Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JKDtUzRIG6I/hqdefault.jpg "The Fish Head Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKDtUzRIG6I) ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9062 "2023-10-06T15:03:21Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’ve eaten _tacos con lengua_ from a street taqueria in Guadalajara. We were at a brewery in Meadville, PA that had a menu written on a big chalkboard. My gf ordered the tacos de lengua. Halfway through our meal, both enjoying our food, I asked her if she knew what “lengua” was in English. She admitted she did not. When I told her she asked me to switch meals with her, and I did. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9063 "2023-10-06T15:44:44Z")
Woman gets busted for trying to bring some really good shit into the country. > **[Box of giraffe feces seized at the border from woman who planned to make...](https://abcnews.go.com/US/box-giraffe-feces-seized-border-woman-planned-make/story?id=103777932)** > > A box of giraffe feces was seized and destroyed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after a woman brought it back from a trip to Kenya and planned to make necklaces. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9064 "2023-10-06T15:52:23Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > I’ve eaten _tacos con lengua_ from a street taqueria in Guadalajara. > > We were at a brewery in Meadville, PA that had a menu written on a big chalkboard. My gf ordered the tacos de lengua. Halfway through our meal, both enjoying our food, I asked her if she knew what “lengua” was in English. She admitted she did not. When I told her she asked me to switch meals with her, and I did. Guy walks into a diner and asks what the blue plate special is. Counterman says, “Beef tongue sandwich.” Guy reacts with disgust. “BLEARCH! That’s disgusting! I ain’t eating something that’s been in a cow’s mouth! Gimme an egg salad!” ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9065 "2023-10-06T17:04:09Z")
When you’re eating tongue, how do you know when you’re finished? I don’t want to taste something that might be tasting me back. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9066 "2023-10-06T17:39:14Z")
Do you eat pineapple? > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I don’t want to taste something that might be tasting me back. It is not just the animal world [that is trying to eat us](https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/bromelain-in-pineapple-how-it-works.html#:~:text=However%2C%20even%20without%20sentience%2C%20the,make%20your%20cells%20and%20bodies.). ---
**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 6, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9067 "2023-10-06T19:14:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I don’t want to taste something that might be tasting me back. > [@Atamasama](#): > > In Soviet Straight Dope, dinner lick you! 😛 ---
**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 6, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9068 "2023-10-06T19:36:54Z")
[![](https://i.postimg.cc/Vkc2s6KM/stay-on-topic.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/Vkc2s6KM/stay-on-topic.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9069 "2023-10-06T22:55:45Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > their warnings/prayers forced Them to postpone the event, but it’s coming eventually, you betcha there were prayers? … why didn’t anybody tell me ahead of time … > [@Monty](#): > > You left out: > > - It really happened but the government suppressed the news. … the g’ment AND big pharma!!! > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Many years ago I tried sliced calf’s brain sauteed in browned butter, and I thought it was pretty good. in a Hanibal kind of way? ---
**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 7, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9070 "2023-10-07T00:42:53Z")
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