# 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:** 189
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3761 "2025-02-05T00:03:26Z")
Well, it was my job! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3762 "2025-02-05T00:04:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The Vatican keeps the official List of who is a saint, but I don’t think they’re particularly concerned with what they’re a saint of. Well, Pope JPII [made St. Isidore the patron saint of the internet](https://catholicism.org/patron-saint-for-the-internet-isidore-of-seville.html), so I think the Vatican is definitely involved in the patron saint business. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3763 "2025-02-05T05:16:50Z")
The Vatican does indeed decide who gets to be patron saints. A no-brainer for [bus drivers,](https://catholicsaintmedals.com/patronage/patron-of-bus-drivers/), deciding that women with shitty husbands [need more than one saint,](https://catholicsaintmedals.com/patronage/patron-of-victims-of-adultery/?srsltid=AfmBOornZForViOTuirgO4cA83p3IVfclvjElHzNXiwck8B1QTZvUKk6) etc. OTOH, Saint Sebastian’s adoption as patron of homosexuals was obviously not the Vatican’s call. It goes back for hundreds of years, even before popularization by Yukio Mishima. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3764 "2025-02-05T05:48:43Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Wouldn’t it have been more useful for God to have done that just before he beheaded his daughter instead of afterwards? But then you wouldn’t have a martyr. Nothing fills the seats like a gen-you-ine martyr. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3765 "2025-02-05T06:02:39Z")
This also goes in this thread > [@Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-2/958428/1817): > > Man says “_Check it out: I have an amazing ability to dodge bullets!_” Friend [checks it out](https://www.odditycentral.com/news/man-arrested-for-testing-friends-bullet-dodging-abilities-with-fatal-consequences.html). Man loses ability to dodge bullets, or anything else, for that matter. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3766 "2025-02-05T17:41:27Z")
Some school board members created sock accounts to push their own agenda. > **[Oshkosh board members use fake profiles to target board policies, elected...](https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/oshkosh-board-members-use-fake-profiles-to-target-board-policies-elected-officials)** > > Two Oshkosh Area School District board members admit to using fake profiles to promote their opinions as elected officials, but they did not violate school board policy. > [Fake profile] makes multiple posts advocating for board member Dr. Timothy Hess, speaking against Title IX regulations and the school board referendum, and urging residents not to vote for Stephanie Carlin in her reelection bid to the school board. > > Another Facebook profile under the name “Missy Green” contains posts telling residents to vote “no” on the April Oshkosh Area School District referendum. Their reply is little more than ‘it’s not illegal’ and it’s actually you guys that are the problem. > They released a joint statement that reads, “We believe the complaint filed by the citizen in question was nothing more than a partisan attempt to cause division among the board and censor views and opinions with which the complainant disagrees” > > The statement continues, “We take the attempt to curtail our constitutionally protected freedom of speech very seriously and will resist with all our strength should it ever resurface again.” ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3767 "2025-02-05T17:54:42Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Well, Pope JPII made St. Isidore the patron saint of the internet When someone that lived in the 6th century becomes a saint, do they get all the knowledge about things like the internet? How long does that take? When do they learn English? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3768 "2025-02-05T18:07:34Z")
[Ma Ferguson\*] If English was good enough for Jesus 
[/Ma Ferguson] \*probably apocryphal but plausible enough, letting us know they exist in all eras, not just the current stupid one ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3769 "2025-02-06T22:03:34Z")
As noted, Saint Barbara isn’t the patron saint of firefighters. That falls under _my_ namesake, Saint Michael (well, technically. Michael is my middle name, and my father’s first name). Saint Michael is the patron saint of rescue workers. Police officers, firefighters, EMTs and paramedics. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3770 "2025-02-06T22:24:30Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > As noted, Saint Barbara isn’t the patron saint of firefighters. That falls under _my_ namesake, Saint Michael (well, technically. Michael is my middle name, and my father’s first name). Well, around here St. Florian is venerated as the patron saint of firefighters. They are often called St. Florian’s disciples. > **[Saint Florian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Florian)** > > Florian (Latin: Florianus; AD 250 – c. 304) was a Christian holy man and the patron saint of chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighters. His feast day is 4 May. Florian is also the patron saint of Poland, the city of Linz, Austria, and Upper Austria, jointly with Leopold III, Margrave of Austria. > Florian was born around AD 250 in the ancient Roman city of Aelium Cetium, present-day Sankt Pölten, Austria. He joined the Roman Army and advanced in the ranks, rising to commander of the imperial ... ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3771 "2025-02-06T22:27:41Z")
It would be fun to separate the saints discussion into it’s own thread. I could post the recipe for the cake made in honor of St. Honorius. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3772 "2025-02-06T23:43:52Z")
That’s interesting. I’ve never seen firefighters specifically excluded from Saint Michael. I’ve only ever seen all rescue workers lumped in together. I’ll defer to your cite, however. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3773 "2025-02-06T23:51:22Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I could post the recipe for the cake made in honor of St. Honorius. And Saint Lawrence is the patron saint of barbecues, which is extremely appropriate for this forum. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3774 "2025-02-07T00:36:11Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > That’s interesting. I’ve never seen firefighters specifically excluded from Saint Michael. Well, I don’t think St. Michael gets excluded as patron for firefighters, it’s just that like one saint can have several patronages, more than one saint can have patronage over the same subject. So be sure to pray to St. Michael _and_ St. Florian to not get into a fire. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3775 "2025-02-07T00:50:55Z")
I went looking and of two or three patron saint threads I think this one would fit what we have been talking about. > [@Oddball Patron Saints](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddball-patron-saints/461397/33): > > (Can someone provide a link to the Times’ daily report on the saint of the day? A quick search of their website does not make it easy.) Nava in Scotland? She travels more than I do. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3776 "2025-02-07T02:45:55Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > [Ma Ferguson\*] If English was good enough for Jesus 
[/Ma Ferguson] > > \*probably apocryphal but plausible enough, letting us know they exist in all eras, not just the current stupid one Sadly, on more than one occasion, I have actually heard, from different people, that English, specificaly KJV English, is the only language Jesus spoke. Of course that really does fly in the face of the actual text of said KJV, but who wants consistency in their irrationality? > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > [Saint Florian - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Florian) I can see why chimney sweeps and firefighters are lumped together, but what’s with the soapmakers? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3777 "2025-02-07T02:56:55Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I can see why chimney sweeps and firefighters are lumped together, but what’s with the soapmakers? Well, soap can be made from ash. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3778 "2025-02-07T03:01:55Z")
If I may once again hijack this theology thread with a story about stupid MFers in the news, police in Bremerton, WA are looking for a driver who tailgated another motorist and then launched fireworks at her car. > **[Fireworks fired at car in Bremerton, sheriff seeks witnesses to dangerous...](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/bremerton/fireworks-shot-at-vehicle-bremerton/281-0b443a6c-f251-4a36-b22c-1bf16975f55f)** > > The sheriff's office said the incident happened Saturday in unincorporated Bremerton. The victim said the truck was chasing her and setting off the fireworks. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3779 "2025-02-07T04:40:31Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I can see why chimney sweeps and firefighters are lumped together, but what’s with the soapmakers? For the cleaning up afterwards, of course. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/3780 "2025-02-07T05:20:14Z")
Lye, an ingredient in soapmaking, is traditionally made from wood-ash, vis-a-vis, remnants from a fire. Yer’ welcome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=190)