# 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:** 441
**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:** [October 4, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8801 "2026-10-04T20:24:25Z")
Excuse me, but people who sneak into underground labyrinths looking for gold aren’t called “invaders”, they’re called “adventurers”! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8802 "2026-10-04T20:35:43Z")
Spelunkers… ---
**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 4, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8803 "2026-10-04T20:50:07Z")
Watch out for the otyughs, though. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8804 "2026-10-04T21:08:50Z")
And bring a 10-foot pole. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8805 "2026-10-04T21:09:18Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Excuse me, but people who sneak into underground labyrinths looking for gold aren’t called “invaders”, they’re called “adventurers”! Problem is, they only bring meat shields (i.e., self-proclaimed tanks); nary a cleric, rogue, mage or bard among them. No wonder the watch always arrests them. ---
**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 4, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8806 "2026-10-04T21:11:17Z")
A few weeks ago a guy in my area hopped out of a manhole and attacked someone. Then said something about kids being sex trafficked in the tunnels. > **[Man charged after prosecutors say he crawled from manhole, attacked shuttle...](https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/in-your-community/milwaukee-county/man-charged-after-prosecutors-say-he-crawled-from-manhole-attacked-shuttle-bus-worker-outside-fiserv-forum)** > > A 21-year-old man faces two felony charges after prosecutors say he crawled out of a street manhole and attacked a shuttle bus worker outside Fiserv Forum following a concert on Sept. 13. ---
**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 4, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8807 "2026-10-04T21:31:42Z")
I’d usually say the wackos are crawling out of the woodwork. But now, just like the apocryphal toilet pythons, they’re climbing out of the plumbing. Truly we live in accursed times. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8808 "2026-10-04T21:35:41Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Excuse me, but people who sneak into underground labyrinths looking for gold aren’t called “invaders”, they’re called “adventurers”! > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Spelunkers… Mudlarks. ---
**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 4, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8809 "2026-10-04T21:40:37Z")
From the article: > Steve Duncan, a former urban explorer who has spent a lot of time in New York’s sewers and subway tunnels, [told](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/nyregion/what-motivates-the-sewer-explorers.html) the New York Times that in more than 100 sewer trips, the most valuable thing he found was an expired credit card. There is something about gold that drives people nuts, even kids. The natural history museum where I volunteer has a courtyard that includes a plateaued fountain with horizontal runs at various heights. We put sand in the runs, salt them with iron pyrite and bill it as gold panning, supplying pans and little baggies for the purpose. The kids before the fourth grade or so go absolutely _nuts_, showing off a couple grams of pyrite excited about how rich they are. I try not to lie, calling it “panning” rather than “gold panning,” If they specifically ask if it’s pyrite I’ll tell them but if they ask if it’s real gold I direct them to a case in the geology exhibit that has native gold, silver, copper, and pyrite. [![](https://www.mountaineers.org/activities/routes-places/global-adventures/backpack-alaskas-chilkoot-trail/@@images/image) ](https://www.mountaineers.org/activities/routes-places/global-adventures/backpack-alaskas-chilkoot-trail/@@images/image) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8810 "2026-10-05T09:25:07Z")
From DesertDog’s quoted article… > a former urban explorer who has spent a lot of time in New York’s sewers and subway tunnels, told the New York Times that in more than 100 sewer trips, the most valuable thing he found was an expired credit card. It could be that he’s protecting his supply.. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8811 "2026-10-05T12:35:22Z")
Cheesesteaks should always be used for good, not evil. ---
**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 5, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8812 "2026-10-05T16:48:47Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > According to their advertising, most Americans are drinking ‘tired or wilted water’ and the reason they’re so sick is because they’re desperately in need of radioactive water. > > [Radium Ore Revigator - museumofquackery.com](https://www.museumofquackery.com/devices/revig.htm) **LOUNE** made a joke yesterday because he found that his cinnamon was non-irradiated and was worried he’d been eating radiation in his cinammon all this time. I said, “Radiation kills cancer. It’s fine.” Clearly this guy was thinking along the same lines. Also I have to say it’s getting harder for me to tell the difference these days between conspiracy/health nut claims and actual psychosis. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8813 "2026-10-07T19:52:22Z")
“issues with her medication” > **[Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’](https://metro.co.uk/2026/10/07/woman-posed-substitute-teacher-insult-students-hates-kids-29688310/)** > > Amy Jones allegedly caused mayhem in a classroom at a Milwaukee high school before she was escorted from the building. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8814 "2026-10-07T20:04:38Z")
> **[Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’](https://metro.co.uk/2026/10/07/woman-posed-substitute-teacher-insult-students-hates-kids-29688310/)** > > Amy Jones allegedly caused mayhem in a classroom at a Milwaukee high school before she was escorted from the building. I’m sorry - having raised three young men through their High School careers, I find this hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8815 "2026-10-07T20:54:24Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Anyway, another great role of his was Thomas Cromwell in A Man For All Seasons. And the father in Ryan’s Daughter. The man you love to hate (except for Rumpole). And he was Professor Moriarty in _The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother_. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8816 "2026-10-08T12:08:06Z")
I’m with you, but holy shit - it’s good thing she was just there to insult them and not throw a grenade at them or something. ---
**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, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8817 "2026-10-08T19:23:33Z")
Yes it’s funny but this part: > However, after that teacher left she allegedly proceeded to organise students by race and gender, insult them using racial slurs and derogatory statements… Maybe not so much. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8818 "2026-10-08T19:28:04Z")
Ooh - wow. That’s what I get for not reading the article. ---
**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, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8819 "2026-10-08T20:20:48Z")
My husband’s comment:. > That next PTO meeting is going to be brutal. ---
**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 8, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/8820 "2026-10-08T21:38:50Z")
That fake teacher was also using her pretend authority to body shame teenagers, and that is definitely not something that teenagers need more of, let alone from someone who is (supposedly) in such a position. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=440) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=442)