# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 125
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2481 "2024-09-13T15:08:35Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Rabbits are, in the USA. True, though I think it’s far less common here now than it was decades ago. Some googling suggests that it’s mostly confined to (a) a niche dish at high-end restaurants, and (b) something which some people raise at home, for consumption, or for small-scale sale (in the same way that some people have a chicken coop). I know that there are commercial farms which raise rabbit meat for retail sale, but I’ve never seen it for sale at any grocery store I’ve gone to, and [this cite](https://www.eater.com/22149324/why-you-should-be-eating-rabbit-meat) suggests that it’s, at least in part, because they aren’t as easy to raise at “factory scale” as chickens, and that there are few USDA-certified processing facilities willing to process rabbit meat. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2482 "2024-09-13T15:14:03Z")
– deleting to post instead in the “stupid rumors about Haitians” thread posted above, as it’s probably closer to on-topic there. ETA again: maybe it’s not on-topic there either. Guess it’ll be lost in the ether; not a big enough loss to be worth starting a topic for it. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2483 "2024-09-13T18:26:47Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I know that there are commercial farms which raise rabbit meat for retail sale, but I’ve never seen it for sale at any grocery store I’ve gone to, Decades ago when I lived in Boston’s North End (still strongly Italian then, not as yuppified as it’s become) I could buy rabbit at the butcher down the street from my apartment. No idea if he’s still in business and selling bunny cuts. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2484 "2024-09-13T18:31:20Z")
I’ve had rabbit. It was yummy ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2485 "2024-09-13T18:35:25Z")
Yes, it is. Just not much meat on the bones. Also very low fat. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2486 "2024-09-13T18:45:50Z")
I’ve seen whole skinned rabbit in off-brand but otherwise conventional grocery stores. It’s packaged on the usual styro tray and shrink-wrapped. Definitely this is in the more “ethnic” neighborhoods, not in whitebread suburbia. I’ve also seen whole pig heads sitting nearby also on styro and shrink-wrapped. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2487 "2024-09-13T20:49:56Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > in parts of the Caribbean cats are viewed both as pets and food animals > > Rabbits are, in the USA. > > For that matter, rats are viewed as pets, as vermin to be exterminated, and as food for snakes. Which are viewed as pets, as beneficial wild creatures, and as vermin to be exterminated. And, occasionally, as food animals: [Rattlesnake meat on the menu](https://www.austinmonthly.com/snakes-as-a-main-the-story-of-texas-weirdest-culinary-obsession/) (and some producers sell [canned versions](https://mountainamericajerky.com/ingredients/rattlesnake-meat/).) ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2488 "2024-09-13T21:02:55Z")
They’ll be eating our plague of locusts next. I hear they’re good with honey. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2489 "2024-09-13T21:33:59Z")
That’s an entirely sensible thing to do with them. (The back of my head personal disgust reaction isn’t entirely sensible about this; but I don’t think I’d have any problem getting locust flour past it.) ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2490 "2024-09-13T22:45:20Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > I’ve had rabbit. It was yummy Tastes like chicken. As do frog legs. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2491 "2024-09-13T22:47:30Z")
> Tastes like chicken. As a kid, I always thought “If all these delicacies taste like chicken, wouldn’t it be cheaper to just have some chicken?” ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2492 "2024-09-13T22:52:18Z")
We had a frog pond nearby in the late 70s early 80s and my friends and I got…creative… about how to get frogs to eat. The winner was an 8’ board with 3" spikes in the end. Tastes like chicken. These frogs weighed well over a pound each. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2493 "2024-09-13T22:53:57Z")
I’ve relocated bullfrogs from one pond to another, catching them with fishing gear and small hooks baited with worms. Catch & release. ETA: I worked in a neurophysiology lab at one point. The lab across the hall was doing muscle physiology tests using bullfrog gastrocnemius muscle preps. They had to discard about 1/4 of their preps due to parasite cysts in the muscle, and these were frogs purchased from a laboratory supplier! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2494 "2024-09-13T23:08:00Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’ve also seen whole pig heads sitting nearby also on styro and shrink-wrapped. Me, in HS at a local Hispanic market, browsing while Mom shopped. Sees label that says “Cabeza de puerco” Huh. Looks down. Yep, that’s a pig’s head ---
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2495 "2024-09-13T23:42:59Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Rabbits are, in the USA. Don’t forget that pigs are often seen as pets too (especially during the pot-bellied pig fad), yet pork has always been a critical part of the American diet. I mean, what you can you do when something that cute also has bacon in it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2496 "2024-09-13T23:57:06Z")
Remind me again: Which side actually listened to the citizens of Springfield during the debate? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2497 "2024-09-15T05:01:38Z")
[The dead traitor’s family is back in the news now.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-says-ashli-babbitt-family-215610539.html) The judge has ordered their lawyers and the government’s lawyers to prepare to go to trial no later than December 2025. On that Yahoo link, I posted this: > So what the family is saying is they do not back the blue. I’ve an idea for a much better use of the court system: try the dead trai-tor for her crime. The police officer who shot her did his duty upholding the constitution and protecting our government from someone committing trea-son. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2498 "2024-09-15T19:47:48Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Yes, it is. Just not much meat on the bones. Also very low fat. Interesting footnote: The very low fat content of some lean meats may have contributed to the death of [Christopher McCandless](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCandless?wprov=sfti1#Alaska), through something known as protein poisoning, or _rabbit starvation_. McCandless was the subject of the book and film _Into the Wild_. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2499 "2024-09-15T21:25:55Z")
From your link, > (Traitor) family’s lawsuit alleges that U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd was negligent when he fired at (traitor) that day, contending he did not identify as an officer and failed to provide her with “any warnings or commands” before shooting. The lawsuit also purports (traitor) “posed no threat to the safety of anyone.” Yeah, whatever. Traitor was climbing through a barricaded window at the van of a riotous mob – what warnings are called for in that situation? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2500 "2024-09-15T21:49:42Z")
…said riotous mob having already smashed through the barriers and harmed LEOs attempting to stop them from trespassing while engaged in insurrection. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=126)