# 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:** 99
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1970 "2021-12-07T17:41:42Z")
As someone very clever tweeted, it’s not “but her emails”, it’s “but she’s female”. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1971 "2021-12-07T17:45:38Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Clearly they’re scrabbling for a “scandal” here. [Kamala Harris is Bluetooth-phobic - POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2021/12/06/kamala-harris-is-bluetooth-phobic-495343) Wonder if that’s to avoid someone hacking the wireless connection? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1972 "2021-12-07T17:49:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Wonder if that’s to avoid someone hacking the wireless connection? I’m no security expert, but I believe that is the concern here. [Kamala Harris Is Right: Bluetooth Is a Security Risk](https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkpgd7/kamala-harris-is-right-bluetooth-is-a-security-risk) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1973 "2021-12-07T17:51:58Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Well, she’s refusing to wear a tan suit and – being a woman – shouldn’t salute her security detail anyway; that’s for _men_ -at-arms. What else are they gonna do? Wait, is someone criticizing the VP for not saluting her security detail? That’s bullshit, obviously. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1974 "2021-12-07T17:56:48Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Wait, is someone criticizing the VP for not saluting her security detail? That’s bullshit, obviously. At first I thought they were referencing the old “scandal” of Obama not doing so once or twice. But it looks like that was a thing, kinda. [https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-03-24/pentagon-kamala-harris-doesnt-have-to-return-salutes-if-she-doesnt-want-to](https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-03-24/pentagon-kamala-harris-doesnt-have-to-return-salutes-if-she-doesnt-want-to) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1975 "2021-12-07T17:59:44Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Wait, is someone criticizing the VP for not saluting her security detail? That’s bullshit, obviously. Not that I’ve heard of. I was just thinking if she _did_ do so, either crisply or casually, “they” would get the vapors anyway. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1976 "2021-12-07T18:08:24Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Wait, is someone criticizing the VP for not saluting her security detail? That’s bullshit, obviously. > > Not that I’ve heard of. I was just thinking if she _did_ do so, either crisply or casually, “they” would get the vapors anyway. - Unlike the Pres., she’s not in the chain of command so there’s no reason (even marginally) for her to salute. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1977 "2021-12-07T18:10:47Z")
But you don’t understand. She, Biden – hell, every Democrat alive – can’t do _anything_ right, ever. “Look! She’s walking by putting her left foot forward, then her right!” ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1978 "2021-12-07T18:14:08Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > But you don’t understand. She, Biden – hell, every Democrat alive – can’t do _anything_ right, ever. > > “Look! She’s walking by putting her left foot forward, then her right!” - Of course she put her left foot forward, she’s a liberal. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1979 "2021-12-07T18:32:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Of course she put her left foot forward, she’s a liberal. She can’t even do the Hokey Pokey properly. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1980 "2021-12-07T19:47:23Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’m no security expert, but I believe that is the concern here. [Kamala Harris Is Right: Bluetooth Is a Security Risk](https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkpgd7/kamala-harris-is-right-bluetooth-is-a-security-risk) Yeah we’ve had discussions at work along those lines. I’m part of a group that sets hardware standards for our agency and there are some real security concerns with Bluetooth peripherals. And we’re just low-level government cogs, not someone who’d be a major target like the Vice President of the United States. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1981 "2021-12-07T19:53:54Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > She can’t even do the Hokey Pokey properly. I was about to make a joke out of you not spelling Hokey Cokey properly… but now I realize I must add this to the list of obscure things that have minor differences between the U.K. and U.S. > **[Hokey Pokey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokey_Cokey)** > > The Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey Cokey in some parts of Australia, the United Kingdom and the Caribbean, is a campfire song and participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well-known in English-speaking countries. It originates in a British folk dance, with variants attested as early as 1826. The song and accompanying dance peaked in popularity as a music hall song and novelty dance in the mid-1940s in the UK. The song became a chart hit twice in the De... ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1982 "2021-12-07T20:20:53Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I was about to make a joke out of you not spelling Hokey Cokey properly… but now I realize I must add this to the list of obscure things that have minor differences between the U.K. and U.S. Hokey Cokey sounds like talcum powder being sold by a drug dealer to unsuspecting marks. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1983 "2021-12-08T00:09:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Unlike the Pres., she’s not in the chain of command so there’s no reason (even marginally) for her to salute. Well ya, but she’s just walking around _with ovarie_s. Just flaunting them. Terrible, terrible example to set. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1984 "2021-12-08T01:45:56Z")
And with _shoes on!_ ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1985 "2021-12-08T01:55:24Z")
you know very well that those are \<_some designer brand_\> that cost [a metric-shit-ton of simoleans], so keep quiet on the footwear thing ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1986 "2021-12-08T03:01:44Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I was about to make a joke out of you not spelling Hokey Cokey properly… but now I realize I must add this to the list of obscure things that have minor differences between the U.K. and U.S. Apparently the US version [dominated](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr8tOa_En7A) by the 23rd century. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1987 "2021-12-08T03:05:52Z")
What I don’t understand is now all the _other_ lyrics are exactly the same, but somehow C mutated to P (or vice versa). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1988 "2021-12-08T03:11:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He tripped and fell on it. Yeah, right. I note that the linked article put “tripped” in quotes. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/1989 "2021-12-08T03:35:09Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > …I note that the linked article put “tripped” in quotes. It seems perfectly plausible to me. He tripped over an enormous dildo that he had inadvertently left on the floor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945.md?page=100)