# 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:** 454
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9071 "2023-10-07T18:27:08Z")
Was gonna put this in the Canadian politics thread, but nah this toxic fucking idjit belongs here. Things really need to start getting ramped up against this dangerous loon and her qanonites, especially if she’s starting to spout off about threatening public executions. Title of video basically sums it up: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TmuOBmuDlvs/maxresdefault.jpg "'Queen of Canada' cult threatens Sask. village with public executions") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmuOBmuDlvs) RCMP says they’re “allowing freedom of expression”? Um, to threaten to kill? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9072 "2023-10-08T04:21:47Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > 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 necklaces with it - ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/US/box-giraffe-feces-seized-border-woman-planned-make/story?id=103777932) TBF, I’m not sure this person qualifies as a “stupid MFer”. She obtained in Kenya, apparently legally, some samples of dried wild animal excrement, [a material that is fairly routinely used for making art and/or jewelry in some traditions.](http://thewinkingmoose.com/products/alaska-moose-poop-earrings/) She properly declared the item on entry into the US in accordance with customs regulations, and although she was not allowed to bring it in, the officials found that she hadn’t committed any violations and are not subjecting her to any penalties or fines. You might argue that it would have been smarter for her to try to obtain a permit for the poop import before returning home, but I don’t think that her legally compliant choice of action was really dumb or unreasonable per se. (Assuming you’re not just calling her stupid for seeking to use animal poop as an artistic medium in the first place, of course, which ISTM is a matter of opinion. Of course it would be stupid not to sterilize any such material carefully to prevent disease transmission in the items for sale. But that said, I don’t think it’s necessarily any stupider to use excrement in art than to use, say, skins or bones or feathers. All animal parts and wastes are by default filthy and need to be properly cleaned before using as an art medium.) ---
**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 8, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9073 "2023-10-08T04:39:15Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > You might argue that it would have been smarter for her to try to obtain a permit for the poop import before returning home Fwiw, I think she probably could have had it gamma-irradiated and then brought it in. Kills pathogens and seeds. Which I know from watching episodes of low budget “Border Security” reality TV show on youtube. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9074 "2023-10-08T06:10:42Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > 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 necklaces with it - ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/US/box-giraffe-feces-seized-border-woman-planned-make/story?id=103777932) With apologies to Eddie Murphy: “Man, that necklace is beautiful.” “It’s not beautiful; it’s a piece of shit!” ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9075 "2023-10-08T11:08:17Z")
No thank you. We’ve had quite enough trouble with gamma-irradiated monsters in this country. No one wants to watch The Incredible Sh\*t attack Des Moines. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9076 "2023-10-08T11:23:36Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > No one wants to watch The Incredible Sh\*t attack Des Moines. Give it the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment and I’d watch. But the real question is why Biden allows the American giraffe shit industry to fail. The lamestream media gives him a pass. ---
**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 8, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9077 "2023-10-08T11:55:38Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > But the real question is why Biden allows the American giraffe shit industry to fail. The lamestream media gives him a pass. Did you want him to……put his neck out? 🦒 ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9078 "2023-10-08T12:07:40Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Did you want him to……put his neck out? In promoting the American giraffe industry - when they go low, we go high. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9079 "2023-10-09T15:48:00Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > RCMP says they’re “allowing freedom of expression”? Um, to threaten to kill? I love the message from the picture. “God loves you. But I will fucking KILL you!!!” ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9080 "2023-10-09T19:19:20Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > In promoting the American giraffe industry - when they go low, we go high. _shakes head_ ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9081 "2023-10-09T19:24:45Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > shakes head You people in the wolf industry lobby just can’t stand it when the giraffe industry gets some attention, can you? ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9082 "2023-10-09T19:51:46Z")
To hell with giraffes. I toiled for one for 2 1/2 years and was heavily abused, they can all trip on ball bearings and badly break their freakish spider legs for all I care. (Of course, Toys R Us is now in the dust bin so I have that schadenfreude going for me.) ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9083 "2023-10-10T02:02:45Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > (Of course, Toys R Us is now in the dust bin so I have that schadenfreude going for me.) It’s still going strong over here in Asia. ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9084 "2023-10-10T02:21:39Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > It’s still going strong over here in Asia. Apparently Africa also has stores but the others are gone. Canada and Europe have some stores called Toys R Us but they were actually sold to another company, so they just have the name. I guess that’s also the case in parts of Asia. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9085 "2023-10-10T03:41:10Z")
Macy’s has ToysRUs toy areas in some of their stores, but that’s a sad imitation of what their stores were. Walmart and Target have expanded their toy offerings in recent years, but in no way match the variety that ToysRUs offered. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9086 "2023-10-10T04:17:49Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Macy’s has ToysRUs toy areas in some of their stores, but that’s a sad imitation of what their stores were. The actual stores were a sad imitation of themselves when they changed from aisles to islands. ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9087 "2023-10-10T04:51:21Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > The actual stores were a sad imitation of themselves when they changed from aisles to islands… For the stuffed animals, it could have been this process at work: > **[Insular dwarfism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_dwarfism)** > > Insular dwarfism, a form of phyletic dwarfism, is the process and condition of large animals evolving or having a reduced body size\[a\] when their population's range is limited to a small environment, primarily islands. This natural process is distinct from the intentional creation of dwarf breeds, called dwarfing. This process has occurred many times throughout evolutionary history, with examples including dinosaurs, like Europasaurus and Magyarosaurus dacus, and modern animals such as elephan Th... ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9088 "2023-10-10T05:20:00Z")
I am absolutely in awe of this reply. Bravo! ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9089 "2023-10-10T05:36:30Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Canada and Europe have some stores called Toys R Us but they were actually sold to another company, so they just have the name. A friend of mine studied a little Russian. He told me that the backwards ‘R’, as in the Toys R Us logo, is the Cyrillic letter ‘ya’. We took to calling the store “Toys Ya Us”. ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9090 "2023-10-10T21:06:49Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > A friend of mine studied a little Russian. He told me that the backwards ‘R’, as in the Toys R Us logo, is the Cyrillic letter ‘ya’. There is also an element of redundancy: “я” is the first-person-singular-nominative, so it translates to “Toys I Us”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=453) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=455)