# 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:** 38
**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 8, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/741 "2024-04-08T01:46:55Z")
[Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Yp2L6c2KM) ---
**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 8, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/742 "2024-04-08T02:01:59Z")
Nope. More obscure. ---
**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 8, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/743 "2024-04-08T02:21:22Z")
I wasn’t guessing. It’s just what I think of when I hear ‘Zed’. But now I’m curious… ---
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/744 "2024-04-08T02:52:43Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > We went through the alphabet once with a word association thing. A stands for… B stands for. It was very easy. Not sure what we had for ‘Z’, I would have to think about it. Zero-sum. ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/745 "2024-04-08T03:16:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I wasn’t guessing. It’s just what I think of when I hear ‘Zed’. > > But now I’m curious… Think Sean Connery. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/746 "2024-04-08T03:22:33Z")
Is this a reference to _Zardoz_? ---
**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 8, 2024, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/747 "2024-04-08T03:37:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Think Sean Connery. Got it. ---
**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 8, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/748 "2024-04-08T05:21:33Z")
Here are your points . +10 ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/749 "2024-04-08T05:31:50Z")
_Insert picture of Sean Connery riding a chopper in his Zardoz testicle bandolier here._ ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/750 "2024-04-08T19:02:22Z")
Thank you for not inserting that. Here. Have some internet points. +10 ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/751 "2024-04-08T19:08:06Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > _Insert picture of Sean Connery riding a chopper in his Zardoz testicle bandolier here._ - How about [riding a horse?](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CAD6J1/sean-connery-in-the-1974-film-zardoz-playing-the-character-zed-directed-by-john-boorman-2CAD6J1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/752 "2024-04-08T19:12:22Z")
_10 internet points have been transferred to your account._ ---
**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 8, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/753 "2024-04-08T21:28:09Z")
Zardoz… Proof that drug usage was quite prevalent in 1970s fillmmaking. ---
**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 8, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/754 "2024-04-08T21:51:40Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Proof that drug usage was quite prevalent in 1970s fillmmaking. Drug use used to be quite prevalent in filmmaking. It still is, but it used to be too. [![](https://www.tvguide.com/a/img/resize/50c0957d54b9e993b5e6ea6389fef10163ef2115/catalog/provider/10/8/10-FD153DE5-2239-4122-99BA-DE9985668554.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200) ](https://www.tvguide.com/a/img/resize/50c0957d54b9e993b5e6ea6389fef10163ef2115/catalog/provider/10/8/10-FD153DE5-2239-4122-99BA-DE9985668554.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200) ---
**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 8, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/755 "2024-04-08T23:14:26Z")
TIL about the existence of Zardoz. The 70s were a very weird place. I was there and thought it weird then, and it hasn’t aged all that well. ---
**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 8, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/756 "2024-04-08T23:49:23Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > TIL about the existence of Zardoz. That movie came about because they wanted to adapt the Lord of the Rings to film, but the studio thought it was too expensive. So the filmmaker who still had the creative urge thought, fuck it, I’ll just make up my own fantasy realm. I shudder to think what Peter Jackson would have done in those circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/757 "2024-04-08T23:54:22Z")
Isn’t that how we’d gotten Excalibur as well? ---
**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 8, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/758 "2024-04-08T23:58:15Z")
You’re right, I’d forgotten about that. I liked Excalibur though, especially Patrick Stewart as a knight. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/85/b4/0a/85b40a8c75a61f7fdd96714b12e94b69.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/85/b4/0a/85b40a8c75a61f7fdd96714b12e94b69.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/759 "2024-04-08T23:59:15Z")
It’s a fucking awesome movie. I still watch it regularly. ---
**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 8, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/760 "2024-04-08T23:59:37Z")
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