# 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:** 401
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8001 "2026-07-30T23:56:26Z")
[Moderating] I added spoiler tags to the picture of the hiker’s injury in **PastTense** ’s post, which unfortunately breaks the image preview, but the link still works. No fault to **PastTense** for posting it, but it’s a bit much if you weren’t expecting it. [/Moderating] ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8002 "2026-07-31T00:02:02Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I’d buy him a beer if I wasn’t worried that it would leak all over the place. Win. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8003 "2026-07-31T00:14:00Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > But something I’d be concerned about is ending up in an even more inaccessible place when the adrenaline wears off and the pain/shock/fear sets in. He was with other people, he’s a medical professional and has a handy carrying pole attached. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8004 "2026-07-31T01:03:51Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > My dad used to try to convert the JWs. He knew his bible probably better than they did. Had a friend years ago who was raised JW and later converted away. He said, “You cannot argue the Bible with JWs because they use their own Bible translation.” And now to a really stupid MFer! [Go to Singapore and commit a crime against public hygiene. What could go wrong?](https://www.aol.com/articles/french-teenager-fined-348-licking-134033000.html) > [@](#): > > A French teenager was fined in [Singapore](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/singapore) after pleading guilty to a public nuisance charge for licking a straw and placing it back in a vending machine. > > Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, was handed a Sg$600 (£348) fine after admitting to posting on [social media](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/social-media) a video of himself putting a straw he had licked back into the dispenser for orange juice. > > The clip went viral shortly after the incident on March 12, triggering a backlash that led to his arrest in Singapore, which is known for its strict enforcement of public order and [hygiene rules](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/singapore-dengue-prevention-disease-control-mosquitoes/). > > Handing down the sentence, Judge Kelly Ho said that, given Maximilien’s “age and nature of the offence”, alternatives like probation or a community-based sentence would not be imposed. He got off light. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8005 "2026-07-31T02:17:02Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > He got off light. That should be a paddlin’, I mean, a caning. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8006 "2026-07-31T03:13:23Z")
And make him lick the cane after. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8007 "2026-07-31T10:17:01Z")
> [@Nightaudit](#): > > How un-American of him to shirk his patriotic duty to go bankrupt by being over charged for health care. Think of the poor CEOs and their executive VPs … private schools, county clubs and third wife’s titty jobs don’t pay for them selves. Meh. Charging $50 for an asprin or $500 for a doctor to glance in the door at you is artificially overpriced. But use of a helicopter and crew for x amount of time is genuinely expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8008 "2026-07-31T11:40:19Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > But use of a helicopter and crew for x amount of time is genuinely expensive. Plus, you need to have a “we’re not a taxi service” fee to discourage the “I’m too tired to walk down” abusers. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8009 "2026-07-31T12:32:09Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > But use of a helicopter and crew for x amount of time is genuinely expensive. Which is a good reason to avoid using it if you can. ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8010 "2026-07-31T15:17:41Z")
Ambulance service fees are ridiculously expensive, can’t even imagine how Kafkaesque the cost is for a life flight off a mountain would cost… you know insurance is not covering that. Thank goodness for liberal bankruptcy laws. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8011 "2026-07-31T17:36:48Z")
Tony Romo has been placed on leave by CBS Sports after his (alleged) drunk driving escapade, so for awhile at least, we won’t have to hear his irritating raspy voice blathering on and on during TV football broadcasts. > [@](#): > > Romo told deputies that he had been coming from a golf course and was on his way “to visit grandma and grandpa” when he was stopped. _Yeah my whole family done give up on me And it makes me feel oh so bad The only one who will hang out with me Is my dear old granddad_ > **[Tony Romo placed on leave by CBS Sports following arrest](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49496985/tony-romo-placed-leave-cbs-sports-following-arrest)** > > CBS Sports has placed NFL analyst Tony Romo on leave following his arrest last week on suspicion of driving under the influence. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8012 "2026-07-31T18:26:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Tony Romo has been placed on leave by CBS Sports after his (alleged) drunk driving escapade If you want to watch the police-cam video, here it is. The first five minutes are on the highway bridge where he was pulled over, then the last half is in what appears to be the police parking garage. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ezmGQdgGtxk/maxresdefault.jpg "Bodycam Video Shows Tony Romo's DUI Arrest, Field Sobriety Tests in Wisconsin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezmGQdgGtxk) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8013 "2026-07-31T18:36:05Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Tony Romo has been placed on leave by CBS Sports after his (alleged) drunk driving escapade, so for awhile at least, we won’t have to hear his irritating raspy voice blathering on and on during TV football broadcasts. When Romo first joined CBS Sports, I thought he was great. He would watch the plays in real time, predict what was going to happen, and be able to dissect exactly what the QB was thinking. I think as time has gone on, he has lost a little of that “QB Whisperer” mojo, and also the game itself has changed (and team strategies have changed) to the point where he’s now somewhat out of touch. He was my favorite announcer for a bit there, now he irritates me probably just as much as he does you. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8014 "2026-07-31T18:44:01Z")
I can never hear the name “Tony Romo” without thinking of that great clip made from the movie _Downfall_ with Hitler in his bunker raving about the Cowboys and Romo. Which seems to have disappeared from YT. Having said that, I’m not sure what I think about the police bodycam footage being released and widely publicized. We got rid of the pillory a couple centuries ago because of many things, but abuse potential was one of them. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8015 "2026-07-31T18:57:19Z")
> [@Nightaudit](#): > > Ambulance service fees are ridiculously expensive, can’t even imagine how Kafkaesque the cost is for a life flight off a mountain would cost… you know insurance is not covering that. It was quoted here in the thread: > The average cost for an air ambulance to transport a patient to a hospital is about $40,000. According to Amber Hanes-Miller, the community outreach expert for Life Flight, insurance companies have historically covered about 80% of the helicopter transport. So, on average, the patient is slapped with a $9,000 bill. “And that’s being increased by today’s rates,” Hanes-Miller says. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8016 "2026-08-01T00:57:05Z")
Google launched a feature allowing users to insert AI-generated images into Google Earth, then withdrew it a day later after realizing that was a terrible idea. [https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5914652/google-adds-ai-to-satellite-images-raising-fears-of-deepfakes-in-the-sky](https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5914652/google-adds-ai-to-satellite-images-raising-fears-of-deepfakes-in-the-sky) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8017 "2026-08-01T00:59:45Z")
According to this reddit thread: > 211 points 3 days ago > > Montana is also free for SAR evac. Helicopter, wheeled litter, any medical resources on scene are free. If they fly you to an ambulance, the ambulance will obviously cost money. But they can fly you to your friend’s vehicle for free. Too bad this guy didn’t know that! > > Call as soon as you need help. Waiting until you realize you absolutely need it makes it more dangerous for everyone involved. https://embed.reddit.com/r/Mountaineering/comments/1v941lz/a_hiker_impaled_himself_with_trekking_pole_on/?embed=true&ref_source=embed&ref=share ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8018 "2026-08-01T03:13:14Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > According to this reddit thread: Oh good point. An anonymous poster contradicts what Gallatin County Sheriff Search and Rescue (GCSAR) says. Let’s go with reddit. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8019 "2026-08-01T13:42:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I think as time has gone on, he has lost a little of that “QB Whisperer” mojo, and also the game It happened pretty much right after the first season. There’s good reason to believe CBS told him to tone it down and be more like “regular” analysts. I get the feeling network executives might not be in touch with regular folks, sometimes. Or maybe all the time. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8020 "2026-08-01T18:26:54Z")
They don’t want everyone else on their commentating staff looking stupid. And pretty quickly the few people who remember how Romo was that first season will have forgotten. The hard core expert fan is not, and never has been, the core of network sportscasting’s target market. They want max headcount in their audience, not max expertise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=400) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=402)