# 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:** 285
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5681 "2025-10-07T20:49:13Z")
Fucking Gary Larson could see the future. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5682 "2025-10-07T20:51:16Z")
The cartoon was 10 years after the dingo ate her baby. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5683 "2025-10-07T20:51:46Z")
I cannot imagine (and don’t particularly want to) what the first responders saw when they arrived. I suspect they may have nightmares for a long while. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5684 "2025-10-07T20:52:32Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > The cartoon was 10 years after the dingo ate her baby. But to the best of my knowledge, that incident in Australia did not actually involve domesticated canines or a nursery/daycare, unlike this most recent incident in Georgia. Which makes that cartoon disturbingly prescient. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5685 "2025-10-07T21:06:33Z")
I’ve been reading the Far Side strips as they’re posted each day, and noticed many that reference people or events (like that one involving a dingo) that are going to be unfamiliar to younger people. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5686 "2025-10-07T21:12:38Z")
Yeah, “dingo ate my baby” is relevant to people who remember the 80s, less so for anyone younger than that. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5687 "2025-10-07T21:37:07Z")
Unless they are Buffy tVS fans. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5688 "2025-10-07T23:10:05Z")
Ask somebody under forty about “clubbing baby seals”. You’ll get a look of total bafflement. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5689 "2025-10-07T23:28:34Z")
Seems pretty obvious to me. [![](https://i.imgur.com/H8mhBr5.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/H8mhBr5.jpeg) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5690 "2025-10-07T23:31:04Z")
[Missing Australian 4 year old](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-07/significant-aerial-search-for-missing-boy-gus-police-say/105861608) ongoing story. And of course the first thing that came to mind was a shopworn four word phrase ---
**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:** [October 7, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5691 "2025-10-07T23:49:52Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Seems pretty obvious to me. I wish I could see [this skit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-air-canada/707630) again. (Links to 12/2014 thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5692 "2025-10-08T00:12:09Z")
I’m gonna guess that one was on Larsen’s banned list. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5693 "2025-10-08T03:42:56Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > (like that one involving a dingo) that are going to be unfamiliar to younger people. The _original_ reference, probably, but at this point, more people probably know it from Seinfeld. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ghCTZF61ey0/hqdefault.jpg "Maybe the Dingo Ate Your Baby") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghCTZF61ey0) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5694 "2025-10-08T23:48:20Z")
I guess this didn’t work out as planned. [Rocha told police he shot Vasquez as he approached the driver’s side door of the Taurus and looked through the window because he did not want to go to jail or have his vehicle towed.](https://www.kctv5.com/2025/10/08/joshua-rocha-face-death-penalty-killing-north-kansas-city-officer/) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5695 "2025-10-09T00:04:55Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > I guess this didn’t work out as planned. Hold on. Maybe not. He was sentenced to death (or it was recommended that he be), so maybe they can grant his wish and skip the jail part? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5696 "2025-10-09T00:05:31Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Ask somebody under forty about “clubbing baby seals”. You’ll get a look of total bafflement. I mean, I’m 48, and I’m familiar with it memetically, but I have no idea the actual origin. Did someone ever literally bludgeon seal cubs? Why? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5697 "2025-10-09T00:07:29Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Did someone ever literally bludgeon seal cubs? Of course. Blunt instruments prevent the pelt from being damaged. Seriously, it was legal and regulated in Canada. > **[Canada Announces Ban on Hunting Baby Seals | Research Starters | EBSCO Research](https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/canada-announces-ban-hunting-baby-seals)** > > In recent decades, Canada has made significant strides toward the protection of baby seals, particularly in response to public outcry over their hunting. The practice of hunting baby seals, especially harp seal pups with their distinctive white... > In 1970, the Canadian government enacted regulations that restricted the hunting of baby seals, allowing only older seals to be hunted with rifles rather than clubs. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5698 "2025-10-09T00:29:50Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > so maybe they can grant his wish and skip the jail part? Possibly, but he’s still going to have a tow bill. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5699 "2025-10-09T00:43:29Z")
[![](https://media.tenor.com/nq6C5xO1W0gAAAAM/trombone-pusheen.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/nq6C5xO1W0gAAAAM/trombone-pusheen.gif) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5700 "2025-10-09T01:07:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Did someone ever literally bludgeon seal cubs? **Atamasama** ’s link gives the facts but the > **images** > > [clubbing baby seals news - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=clubbing+baby+seals+news&sca_esv=fa0d648ec49d7a9f&hl=en&authuser=0&biw=1280&bih=561&udm=2&sxsrf=AE3TifNz7ureawT3c2iY09Vkje-knZSwJg%3A1759971734606&ei=lgnnaI7mJKHfkPIPl6Xf0Qc&ved=0ahUKEwiOibnQ9ZWQAxWhL0QIHZfSN3oQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=clubbing+baby+seals+news&gs_lp=Egtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZyIYY2x1YmJpbmcgYmFieSBzZWFscyBuZXdzSIwZUIsKWMAVcAF4AJABAJgBQqABuwKqAQE1uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIDoAKXAcICBhAAGAcYHsICBRAAGIAEwgIKEAAYgAQYigUYQ8ICBBAAGB7CAgYQABgIGB6YAwCIBgGSBwEzoAeaBrIHATK4B4kBwgcHMC4xLjEuMcgHEA&sclient=gws-wiz-img) were more visceral. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=286)