# 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:** 20
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/381 "2024-02-18T01:58:08Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Thieves are not necessarily lazy, per se. I watched video of two guys trying to rob from a safe in our office. They worked pretty hard for about 7 hours, but they failed to open it. Another example of “If you’d worked half as hard at a job as you had at a crime, you’d’ve gone home with more money, _and_ some job skills.” As a teacher, the version I’d use was “studying vs cheating”… ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/382 "2024-02-18T02:04:04Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Stunning! We have murder lizards here, but all you have to do is stay away from the water. I thought the proper name was [![](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/alternative-animal-names-gator-american-murder-log.jpg) ](https://www.awesomeinventions.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/alternative-animal-names-gator-american-murder-log.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/383 "2024-02-18T02:22:24Z")
And it seems that Australia is laying claim to **murder noodle** , unless Merriam-Webster or the OED steps up. > **[Gendy nooch, cozzie livs and murder noodle: Australian words lining up for a...](https://www.educationqld.com.au/news/gendy-nooch-cozzie-livs-and-murder-noodle-australian-words-lining-up-for-a-macquarie-dictionary-debut/18292)** > > According to the Macquarie dictionary, these are the top words to watch for in April as editors weigh up their inclusion in upcoming editions ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/384 "2024-02-18T02:44:10Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > And it seems that Australia is laying claim to **murder noodle** , unless Merriam-Webster or the OED steps up. I’ve heard people at work call snakes “danger noodles”. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/385 "2024-02-18T02:46:49Z")
Yes, I’ve certainly heard both in the US, I’m not convinced that it’s Australian in origin. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/386 "2024-02-18T03:48:11Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > It’s always been my policy to assume any large predator wants to kill me. As well as some of your more enterprising scavengers. ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/387 "2024-02-18T03:52:52Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’ve heard people at work call snakes “danger noodles”. Another term I have seen (but not actually heard) is “nope rope”. ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/388 "2024-02-18T05:35:46Z")
My own personal nickname I made up myself is “tail with fangs”. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/389 "2024-02-18T11:39:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > As well as some of your more enterprising scavengers. Well, you can’t expect someone to just wait around forever. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/390 "2024-02-18T14:12:05Z")
I recall a one-panel cartoon I saw years ago. I don’t think it was a Gary Larson _Far Side_, but the style was similar. Anyhow, it’s a US southwest desert scene, with a desiccated partial skeleton laying there in the foreground and a few vultures standing around it looking lean and forlorn. One says: “Patience my ass; let’s go kill something.” ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/391 "2024-02-18T15:02:08Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Anyhow, it’s a US southwest desert scene, with a desiccated partial skeleton laying there in the foreground and a few vultures standing around it looking lean and forlorn. One says: “Patience my ass; let’s go kill something.” That goes back at least to the early-'70s. The scene is two vultures on a branch. [VINTAGE, ORIGINAL 1971 BLACKLIGHT POSTER - “PATIENCE, MY ASS! LET’S KILL SOMETHING!” -BY UNIVERSAL POSTERS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA.](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/original-1971-blacklight-poster-1910991503) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/392 "2024-02-18T15:20:50Z")
I had that t-shirt. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/393 "2024-02-18T15:27:40Z")
I had a brass belt buckle when I was a kid, featuring one of the buzzards with ‘Fly Buzzard Airlines’ around the circumference. I still have it, in the storage unit. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/394 "2024-02-18T16:01:07Z")
That’s nowhere close to the image I remember, but it’s certainly the exact same idea. Boy does that artwork have a '70s vibe to it! Wow. Feels pretty darn remote at the same time it feels instantly recognizable. An odd sensation. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/395 "2024-02-18T16:27:48Z")
I don’t remember the black light poster. This is pretty much the image I remember: [![](https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.4481245271.5101/bg,f8f8f8-flat,750x,075,f-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.jpg) ](https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.4481245271.5101/bg,f8f8f8-flat,750x,075,f-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.jpg) The Far Side image I think of when I think og buzzards is this one: [![](https://www.cardcow.com/images/set856/card00932_fr.jpg) ](https://www.cardcow.com/images/set856/card00932_fr.jpg) ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/396 "2024-02-18T17:10:58Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The Far Side image I think of when I think og buzzards is this one Those are vultures. Buzzards are [![](https://www.birdguides-cdn.com/cdn/gallery/birds/BuzzardinField-2.jpg) ](https://www.birdguides-cdn.com/cdn/gallery/birds/BuzzardinField-2.jpg) more closely related to hawks. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/397 "2024-02-18T17:12:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Those are vultures. Buzzards are They are colloquially the same. ---
**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 18, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/398 "2024-02-18T18:15:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > They are colloquially the same. You are correct, at least in American English common speech the two terms are used interchangeably, although in reality the two animals bear as much a resemblance to each other as chickens and crows do. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/399 "2024-02-18T18:34:26Z")
We also call bison “buffalo” and wapiti “elk.” What do we know? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/400 "2024-02-18T20:46:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What do we know? Buffalo bison Buffalo bison buffalo buffalo Buffalo bison. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=21)