# 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:** 329
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6561 "2026-03-06T02:07:18Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > For other’s benefit: idiot plants bombs all over town then asserts post arrest that he had no idea bomb planting was illegal. Thanks. I was also stopped by the paywall. > [@Atamasama](#): > > He needed to place it in the clearly-marked bin for explosives. This is what I get when I try to download the image (which did not appear in the thread: > Your client does not have permission to get URL `/rd-gg-dl/[blahblahblah]` from this server. (Client IP address: 2601:602:67e:1720:c85a:1e90:96fd:fadf) > > Forbidden That’s all we know. Can you describe what you want us to see? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6562 "2026-03-06T02:19:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > This is what I get when I try to download the image (which did not appear in the thread: Fucking Gemini, I forget that it works for one second then stops working. Here it is in a way that actually works. [![](https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/render/00-853hJen_IE3Y8EgiSSvyXoqjB288pGW02iOVOopvW3oLJdmpbnG0M-ExxcCLWspe5cYdfB3jRoL_VZILaXEufg?cn=THISLIFE&res=large&ts=1772763585799) ](https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/render/00-853hJen_IE3Y8EgiSSvyXoqjB288pGW02iOVOopvW3oLJdmpbnG0M-ExxcCLWspe5cYdfB3jRoL_VZILaXEufg?cn=THISLIFE&res=large&ts=1772763585799) Having to repost an image feels like explaining a punchline to a joke; it ruins it. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6563 "2026-03-06T02:28:04Z")
That’s garbage explosives. The recyclable ones go here. [![](https://www.jjxlogistics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_1579-1024x821.jpg) ](https://www.jjxlogistics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_1579-1024x821.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6564 "2026-03-06T12:00:31Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > SC is getting Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk roads. > > [https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/sc-house-votes-name-roads-after-charlie-kirk-donald-trump-over-democrats-protests](https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/sc-house-votes-name-roads-after-charlie-kirk-donald-trump-over-democrats-protests) I’m amazed that I like living here in SC as much as I do. The political stupidity is just breathtaking. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6565 "2026-03-06T13:21:02Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Having to repost an image feels like explaining a punchline to a joke; it ruins it. Oh well. You’ll also notice that just like real trash or recycling bins, the public steadfastly refuses to cooperate by separating their refuse. The bomb can is full of ordinary trash and recyclables. Probably nary a bomb in there at all. This is why we can’t have nice things; humans just can’t cooperate on anything. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6566 "2026-03-06T14:16:42Z")
That may be an American thing. I think some countries have residents who are better about properly separating their recycling (and separating the compost from the landfill waste). ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6567 "2026-03-06T15:39:16Z")
Here in Mesa we used to have a comprehensive recycle program where they’d collect almost everything popular except plastic film. I still have the sticker on my bin They didn’t expect to make money selling the goods but people kept putting crap in the bins so it was costing way more for the labor to separate it than they figured. They cut back so now the only items accepted are, - Tin cans and aluminum beverage cans - Flattened clean corrugated cardboard – no pizza boxes - Paper – newspapers, magazines, chipboard, office paper - Plastic bottles, produce clamshells - Glass Our mainstay would be plastic water bottles and aluminum beverage cans but an abuela collects those to sell, so we set those out for her. We rarely empty a tin can or get anything in a glass bottle so we wind up setting the bin out once a month or so when there’s a reasonable amount in it. Still, on collection day I see an awful lot of blue bins with definitely non-accepted items poking out the top. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6568 "2026-03-06T16:13:52Z")
Regarding pizza boxes, I read the suggestion someplace to rip off the clean lid of the pizza box to put in the recycling bin and to put the grease-stained bottom portion in the regular landfill trash. So that’s what I’ve been doing. And in some places, the whole pizza box can go in the compost bin. And regarding plastic film, the transfer station where my parents live has a collection point for that and other soft plastics. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6569 "2026-03-06T16:25:03Z")
Lotta pizza box tops are not clean. It only takes a smidgen of grease to ruin a bin of recyclable paper. I’d not be surprised to learn that recycling sorters are trained to discard anything that looks like it had been a pizza box. Easier / quicker = cheaper for them to trash your carefully torn box top than to examine it carefully for grease before deciding what to do with it. Especially when 99% of your fellow citizens just toss their entire pizza boxes into the recycling bins despite the signs & labels not to. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6570 "2026-03-06T20:16:14Z")
British woman is told by the government that her 6-year-old daughter is ineligible for a passport because her name is the property of Warner Brothers. > **[Little girl denied passport because her name is "trademarked"](https://en.newsner.com/news/little-girl-denied-passport-because-her-name-is-trademarked/)** > > Read more after a girl was denied a passport and missed a trip to Disney Land because her name is "trademarked". ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6571 "2026-03-06T20:26:45Z")
Glad that the US doesn’t have a monopoly on stupid shit like that… The federal government in the UK can also be really stupid. Luckily, she received advice that it was a bullshit call and wrong, and to try again, and it worked. > Legal advice Holloway later received suggested that while companies can trademark names for specific goods and services, trademarks do not apply to personal names in the way the passport office had implied. > > And, after Holloway shared her experience publicly, the situation began to shift. The passport office has since contacted the mom to apologize, confirming that a mistake had been made in handling the application. > > Officials explained that there had been a misunderstanding and clarified that the guidance initially cited by staff applies only to individuals who are changing their names – not to children given the name at birth. > > “He advised me that they should be able to process my daughter’s passport now,” Holloway said. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6572 "2026-03-06T20:26:51Z")
I’m skeptical. Any mention of the story anywhere else? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6573 "2026-03-06T20:28:33Z")
> **[Game of Thrones name sparks passport mix-up for family](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ng1xd06xwo)** > > The family are still hoping to go on their dream holiday later this year. > **[Disneyland dream over as girl named after Game of Thrones character refused...](https://www.the-independent.com/travel/news-and-advice/passport-child-game-of-thrones-disneyland-b2592389.html)** > > The delay in issuing a passport meant the girl and her family missed their Paris holiday > **[Girl, 6, denied a passport because she's named after a Game of Thrones character](https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/05/girl-6-denied-passport-name-game-thrones-character-21362954/)** > > 'I was absolutely devastated, we were so looking forward to our first holiday together.' > **[Girl named Khaleesi has passport application bizarrely rejected before trip](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/girl-named-khaleesi-passport-application-33394857)** > > Mum Lucy, from Swindon, has told how she was planning on a dream trip to Disneyland with her daughter Khaleesi when the passport application was rejected for the six-year-old due to her name > **[Six-year-old has passport application rejected as Home Office claims her name...](https://www.gbnews.com/news/six-year-old-girl-passport-rejected-home-office-khaleesi-daenerys-targaryen-game-of-thrones)** > > Khaleesi's mother was 'devastated' by the news, adding: 'It was the first I've heard of such a thing - I was astonished' There’s a lot more, I just listed a handful. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6574 "2026-03-06T20:45:54Z")
At least she wasn’t named Daenerys or else they might have regretted her heel turn at the end. Now they can say that she wasn’t necessarily named after the Princess Who Was Promised, but any random Khaleesi. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6575 "2026-03-06T21:30:44Z")
At least her name wasn’t Shamwowguy. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6576 "2026-03-06T22:20:33Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Glad that the US doesn’t have a monopoly on stupid shit like that… She’d be told her daughter owed WB $1M a year royalties from the day she was born. And that she would need to prove her that gender matched her “birth” certificate before being allowed to change it. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6577 "2026-03-06T22:23:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > British woman is told by the government that her 6-year-old daughter is ineligible for a passport because her name is the property of Warner Brothers. Her name is Khaleesi, so clearly she deserved it. /s ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6578 "2026-03-06T22:37:55Z")
Cynthia McKinney has been offensively insane for many years. The only thing she has going for her is that she’s arguably less of a bigoted fruitcake than Candace Owens. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6579 "2026-03-06T22:58:44Z")
Seems to me the real problem was a girl with a Warner Brothers name trying to visit a Disney park. Had she gotten there, who knows what eldritch horror would have been released when she entered Disney’s hallowed grounds. _Do not cross the streams!_ ---
**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:** [March 6, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/6580 "2026-03-06T23:17:40Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Had she gotten there, who knows what eldritch horror would have been released when she entered Disney’s hallowed grounds. “The dark prophecy has been fulfilled! A child bearing the mark of the Brothers Warner has entered the Maguc Kingdom, as foretold in the Scrolls of Yen-Sid, thus dispersing the seals imprisoning the Eldritch Rodent M’Qi! It is our doom, the doom of all!!!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=328) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=330)