# 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:** 499
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9971 "2024-01-04T22:51:12Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > you would probably quickly get tired of jokes about your being called “goose excrement” Personally, I would NEVER get tired of those jokes. I would make them myself. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9972 "2024-01-04T23:01:35Z")
Yeah, to be fair, my own name happens to be the same as an interrogative particle in a foreign language I study, and this has allowed me to make “Who’s on First”-type jokes that IMO are still amusing even several decades down the road. However, it just feels like it’s different when we don’t know that the person with the “funny” name is sharing the enjoyment of the joke. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9973 "2024-01-04T23:44:11Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Yeah, to be fair, my own name happens to be the same as an interrogative particle in a foreign language I study, and this has allowed me to make “Who’s on First”-type jokes that IMO are still amusing even several decades down the road. > > However, it just feels like it’s different when we don’t know that the person with the “funny” name is sharing the enjoyment of the joke I can’t speak for @running_coach or @Johnny_L.A or @Joey_P, but I suspect it’s not just that Dr. Rojanasunan’s name sounds funny to an Anglophone; it’s that she’s cited in conjunction with a sex-based case. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9974 "2024-01-04T23:47:09Z")
Me too. At least my maiden name. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9975 "2024-01-05T00:13:33Z")
Gaaaah, those ruts will be there for a long, long time. Such a stupid thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9976 "2024-01-05T01:08:02Z")
A man after my own heart. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9977 "2024-01-05T01:31:41Z")
People _always_ overestimate the capabilities of their SUVs. It’s a Law. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9978 "2024-01-05T01:50:40Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Gaaaah, those ruts will be there for a long, long time. Such a stupid thing to do. They ought to be court-ordered to pay for restoration – monetarily and with being required to perform the heaviest physical labor involved. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9979 "2024-01-05T02:23:38Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Your own given name doubtless seems equally funny or stupid in several languages that you don’t know. And if you encountered people who did know them, you would probably quickly get tired of jokes about your being called “goose excrement” or whatever your name means in that language. Hey, that’s “Mr. Goose Excrement” to you, pal! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9980 "2024-01-05T02:53:36Z")
Having a surname associated with a certain cow in Chicago has caused much hilarity to ensue. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9981 "2024-01-05T03:10:44Z")
Oh, I bet people are leery of you… ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9982 "2024-01-05T03:15:41Z")
With good reason, particularly if they remark “Oh, you must be Swedish.” Why it’s always “Swedish” is one of the minor mysteries of the universe. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9983 "2024-01-05T03:41:01Z")
I was thinking you meant “O’leary”. People think that’s Swedish!? Or am I missing the reference? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9984 "2024-01-05T03:45:36Z")
Maybe because it sounds kind of like “[Ole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_(name))” or “[Olaf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf)”? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9985 "2024-01-05T04:19:37Z")
Hey! Are we related? Dr. Goosepoop ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9986 "2024-01-05T05:07:55Z")
Guspeaux is pronounced “guss-poe” dammit! 😜 ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9987 "2024-01-05T05:33:53Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > > [@bobot](#): > > > > > > They trade them around like the Catholic church trades priests. > > > > “…and in exchange, the diocese received Archbishop Michael Flanders and a pedophile to be named later.” > > I admit I laughed for real at that one. > > Well played Good Sir!! I had missed that post, well played indeed. In a similar vein, there’s a (genuine) photo doing the rounds of the Pope personally blessing the late Mr Epstein & confidante Ms Maxwell, with the caption “Well great. Now people are going to associate the Catholic Church with pedophiles.” ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9988 "2024-01-05T05:39:24Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Porsche driver faces jail time after going off-road in Death Valley I wish it were true that the drivers faced actual jail time after subsequently ignoring the instruction to wait and paying a second vehicle to get him out - which also got stuck - but I suspect the report is just referencing the theoretical possibility from the wide range of sentences applicable to this charge. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9989 "2024-01-05T05:56:09Z")
You have no idea the Hell high school was when you have a last name that is just a mispronunciation away from _virgin._ ---
**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:** [January 5, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/9990 "2024-01-05T05:58:14Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Hey! Are we related? > > Dr. Goosepoop We could be. My great-grandfather changed it from the original Dutch when he came to this country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=498) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=500)