# 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:** 227
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4521 "2025-04-24T03:06:35Z")
That would have been better. I guess I wasn’t confused because had it been the police I would’ve expected something like: > [@](#): > > Video Reveals Police Set Bathroom Fires at Suburban Amazon Facility ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4522 "2025-04-24T04:04:57Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > The story relates to bathrooms, so a colon is most appropriate. I chuckled IRL. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4523 "2025-04-24T11:29:00Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Would it have killed them to have replaced the colon with “said” there? Chicago papers write headlines that way. I’ve (blessedly) never seen it anywhere else. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4524 "2025-04-24T13:12:59Z")
Police: Video fingers Amazon firebug. So much more succinct. Says the guy who usually can’t cough in less than a paragraph. > [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > The story relates to bathrooms, so a colon is most appropriate. > > I chuckled IRL. I had the same idea and chuckled at myself. And then later at @eschereal. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4525 "2025-04-24T14:15:05Z")
I’m more a fan of Cameras Catch Conflagration Cause, Constables Convey ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4526 "2025-04-24T18:37:12Z")
Or “Cameras Catch Comically Confused Criminal Causing Conflagration” ---
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4527 "2025-04-24T19:50:27Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > “Cameras Catch Comically Confused Criminal Causing Conflagration “Cameras Catch Comically Confused Criminal Causing Conflagration: Cops” ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4528 "2025-04-24T19:58:21Z")
“Concealed Cameras Catch Comically Confused Criminal Causing Conflagration, Cops Claim Convincingly” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4529 "2025-04-25T10:54:00Z")
Poor Linotype operator is gonna run out of upper case Cs. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4530 "2025-04-25T11:12:17Z")
Secret Surveillance Spots Suspected Spark-Setting Saboteur, Says State Security. Better? ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4531 "2025-04-25T12:16:42Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Secret Surveillance Spots Suspected Spark-Setting Saboteur, Says State Security I think you meant: Secret Surveillance Spots Suspected Spark-Setting Saboteur: Sherriff ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4532 "2025-04-25T15:57:02Z")
Remember the 1935 _Variety_ headline, ‘Sticks Nix Hick Pix’? Alas, I can’t come up with anything similar. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4533 "2025-04-25T19:27:09Z")
Linotype machines became obsolete over 40 years ago, old timer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4534 "2025-04-25T20:30:36Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Linotype machines became obsolete over 40 years ago, old timer. So did humor, I guess. I almost rolled my eyes into the back of my head. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4535 "2025-04-25T22:51:53Z")
British man has his beloved car stolen. He is so distraught about his loss that he goes out and finds a very similar one [to replace it](https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/25/stolen-Honda-Civic-bought-back-Solihull-England/8411745612535/). After noticing some oddities, he discovers that he bought back his own car (the VIN had been somehow faked to look different). ---
**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:** [April 26, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4536 "2025-04-26T03:30:02Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fsnr9yNEh7c/maxresdefault.jpg "DOJ Inadvertently Files Attorney Client Memo (That Says Their Case Sucks)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsnr9yNEh7c) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4537 "2025-04-26T03:33:22Z")
It seems a bit harsh to call him stupid. The people who know about such things said it was one of the best clone job they had ever seen. It seems like the stupid people were the ones who left all of his stuff in the car, so that he could discover the truth. Without that, there would have been no questions and no investigation (which apparently has not yet borne fruit). ---
**Author:** ![Wincerind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@Wincerind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wincerind)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4538 "2025-04-27T07:14:15Z")
Am I the only one hearing Biggus Dickus saying this? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4539 "2025-04-28T17:06:18Z")
Woman accuses paraplegic (9 months after the alleged incident) of kicking her door down, assaulting her and then fleeing on foot. Police believe her rather than the guy who’s been in a wheelchair for 25 years. He finds out there’s a warrant, comes to the police station to inquire, gets thrown to the floor, accused of faking it and arrested. > **[‘Is This a Joke?’: Police Oddly Arrest Paraplegic Atlanta Man for 'Kicking...](https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/04/17/police-oddly-arrest-paraplegic-atlanta-man-for-kicking-in-womans-door-and-assaulting-her-stand-by-after-he-falls-from-wheelchair/)** > > A metro Atlanta police department arrested a paraplegic man confined to a wheelchair after a woman with a history of lying to police accused him of ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/4540 "2025-04-28T19:09:51Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Drunk driver drives wrong way on freeway towards…wait for it…Kamala Harris’ motorcade. > > [Milwaukee wrong-way driver passes motorcade for Kamala Harris | FOX6 Milwaukee](https://www.fox6now.com/news/wrong-way-driver-kamala-harris-motorcade-arrest) $500 fine. > **[Milwaukee man avoids jail time after drunk, wrong-way drive toward VP motorcade](https://www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-county/milwaukee-man-avoids-jail-time-after-drunk-wrong-way-drive-toward-vp-motorcade)** > > A Milwaukee man was sentenced to 12 months of probation Monday after driving drunk the wrong way on the interstate toward a vice presidential motorcade. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=226) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=228)