# 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:** 156
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3101 "2024-12-12T20:13:41Z")
Meanwhile, at the New York Times… [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreidto5lkg2urk4wxsjwdviu4l4c5ykqkew6jtlxzmvsccm3retmfdy@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreidto5lkg2urk4wxsjwdviu4l4c5ykqkew6jtlxzmvsccm3retmfdy@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3102 "2024-12-12T21:13:08Z")
> [@Frilly\_Heck](#): > > One Train May Hide Another Thank you. That was lovely. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3103 "2024-12-12T21:30:51Z")
It was indeed. Adding to the thanks. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3104 "2024-12-12T22:39:10Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > I totally disagree. I think the court very much said that “boneless wings” implies no bones. What that description doesn’t do is guarantee no bones There are two separate cases, right? ---
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3105 "2024-12-12T23:52:39Z")
Sure, rock stars are definitely known to say dumb things too, like when aging; still thought the article was worth posting, though. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3106 "2024-12-13T00:12:41Z")
> **[Firefighters rescue Massachusetts man who got stuck in chimney while hiding...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/firefighters-rescue-massachusetts-man-got-stuck-chimney-hiding-police-rcna184061)** > > The man "invoked the essence of the seasonal icon” and hid in a chimney after police executed a search warrant in Fall River, officials said. But doesn’t Santa come down these chimneys? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3107 "2024-12-13T00:43:02Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > I may not be the first to bring this up, but I find it significant that Thompson was shot at an investor conference. During his tenure as head of a health care company, I wonder how many sick people he went out of his way to talk to. ---
**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 13, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3108 "2024-12-13T00:50:42Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > I may not be the first to bring this up, but I find it significant that Thompson was shot at an investor conference. During his tenure as head of a health care company, I wonder how many sick people he went out of his way to talk to. - More like he went out of his way to not talk to them 'cause sick people are _icky_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3109 "2024-12-13T01:27:14Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But some moron tried to sue some restaurant claiming that the fact they were not really wings that had been deboned meant that said restaurant owed said moron eleventy gazillion dollars for “false advertising.” That’s not what happened in the Ohio case. Someone bought boneless wings, but a inch-plus 😱piece of bone stuck in his (as I recall) throat and, with infections and such, he incurred big medical bills, which is what he was suing tor. Can you expect a boneless wing to contain no trace of bone? Probably not. But you should be able to expect it doesn’t have a piece of bone as big as an actual natural wing would have. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3110 "2024-12-13T02:04:46Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ve never had ‘boneless wings’. I thought ‘boneless wings’ were a marketing term for chicken nuggets. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > It _is_ a marketing term for nuggets prepared and spiced in the style of buffalo wings. Having had “boneless wings” I can confirm that they are basically chicken nuggets prepared Buffalo wings style, i. e., a chunk of breaded and fried chicken breast… I was rather disappointed that it wasn’t an actual deboned wing or drumette. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3111 "2024-12-13T02:51:20Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > More like he went out of his way to not talk to them 'cause sick people are _icky_. That’s certainly the stereotype of the out-of-touch, health-care executive, but I don’t know if it’s true of Thompson. Maybe he’s not like that. I don’t want to jump to conclusions either way. It is the kind of thing I’d ask about if I was doing reporting on Thompson’s life and background, especially if I was writing an editorial calling him a working-class hero. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3112 "2024-12-13T04:35:56Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > But you should be able to expect it doesn’t have a piece of bone as big as an actual natural wing would have. Over 2 inches, actually. Very thin, apparently, but still pretty long. I would agree he shouldn’t expect such a large piece of bone, so I’m ok with the suit. On the other hand, what sort of slob chews so poorly he doesn’t notice a 2 inch bone until after swallowing? So, perhaps justified in suing but still one dumb MFer. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3113 "2024-12-13T04:58:18Z")
Doesn’t the fact that it was a rebranded nugget, rather than an actual wing, make it less likely to find a bone, rather than more? I could understand someone trying to remove the bone from a chicken wing, and making a mistake to leave some of it in. A chicken nugget, on the other hand, is supposed to be boneless already. Dipping it in spicy sauce and putting it on a plate with some ranch dressing won’t make a bone suddenly appear. (Yes, I realize that there’s probably some risk of finding a bone in a nugget, but stripping the meat off a chicken breast shouldn’t be all that difficult.) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3114 "2024-12-13T05:54:19Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > On the other hand, what sort of slob chews so poorly he doesn’t notice a 2 inch bone until after swallowing? So, perhaps justified in suing but still one dumb MFer. Choking on fish bones goes all the way back to biblical times. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3115 "2024-12-13T05:55:29Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Having had “boneless wings” I can confirm that they are basically chicken nuggets prepared Buffalo wings style, i. e., a chunk of breaded and fried chicken breast “Nugget”, in my experience, generally implies that it’s made from ground chicken or mechanically separated meat. (Note: whenever the label says “with rib meat”, it means MSM.) “Boneless wing” suggests a piece of otherwise unprocessed chicken breast. If there are bones turning up in a nugget, someone has seriously screwed things up. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3116 "2024-12-13T06:07:42Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Choking on fish bones goes all the way back to biblical times. And chicken is the “tunafish of the land”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3117 "2024-12-13T06:18:22Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > And chicken is the “tunafish of the land” No cheese on your chicken sandwich, though. Someone might think you’re eating a goat boiled in its mother’s milk, and Yahweh would be mighty cross if He heard about it. ---
**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 13, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3118 "2024-12-13T06:25:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Boneless wing” suggests a piece of otherwise unprocessed chicken breast. Then what’s the difference between that and a “chicken strip”? (I honestly don’t know the difference.) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3119 "2024-12-13T06:28:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Then what’s the difference between that and a “chicken strip”? A boneless wing is bite-sized. A strip is longer and generally cut from the tenderloin. Strips are also usually served unsauced. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3120 "2024-12-13T14:07:32Z")
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