# 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:** 48
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/941 "2024-04-20T15:20:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@Czarcasm](#): > > > > The funny thing is that all the military has to do issue a press statement to the effect that, as of now, any and all use of chemtrails has been banned. > > That’s a very eye-openingly novel idea. Good one! > > But I’m not really understanding what you’re advocating and what you expect would be the response from who. Care to flesh this out a bit? > > I see such an announcement as totally validating everything QAnon ever said about the secret government running cover-ups. This would be the announcement that launches a thousand (at least) fresh CTs about any-/ everything. In addition, they wouldn’t believe it. They’d just say “they said they stopped, but they haven’t stopped! And they’ve admitted that they’ve been doing it!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/942 "2024-04-20T17:34:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I thought the law was that the rain must never fall ‘til after sundown. Or was that exclusively in Camelot? Need answer fast, so I can make plans for July and August. ---
**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 20, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/943 "2024-04-20T17:37:19Z")
At least you don’t have to worry about them being too hot. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/944 "2024-04-20T18:16:27Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > “they said they stopped, but they haven’t stopped! And you can still see them! Are you blind!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/945 "2024-04-20T22:37:49Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > At least you don’t have to worry about them being too hot. I’ve told this story before, but years ago I was in Minneapolis and went to a shopping mall. The different parking areas around the mall had names and pictures of animals to help you remember where your car was. I parked, looked at the sign, and as I walked into the mall I started singing. _A law was made a distant moon ago here, July and August can not be too hot, and there’s a legal limit to the snow here, in Camel Lot._ As it happens, I’m in Minneapolis again this weekend for the first time in 30 years, so that story has been on my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/946 "2024-04-20T22:59:43Z")
Rainy? In the UK? Bizarre! It’s legendarily as sunny as that tanning spot called Seattle, when the government isn’t interfering ---
**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 20, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/947 "2024-04-20T23:50:16Z")
Yup. I understand the “London Fog” clothing line was named after a plot point in a science fiction story. Can’t remember the name of the story though. It’s really frustrating. Little help? TIA ---
**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:** [April 21, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/948 "2024-04-21T02:01:01Z")
Can’t be this one, could it? > **[For a Foggy Night](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44666403)** > > In one of Niven's rare stories of cross-dimensional tra… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/949 "2024-04-21T02:41:28Z")
I read that story in Niven’s _All The Myriad Ways_ collection, the same collection that has “Man Of Steel, Woman Of Kleenex”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/950 "2024-04-22T18:23:47Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Some people in Brazil accept a “let’s get frostbite on our feet” challenge, get frostbite on their feet. It is okay, though, because a firefighter was supervising. The _Daily Fail_ and other media outlets which have credibility problems, such as [the _Daily Star_,](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/injuries) appear to be the only ones reporting this so I’d take the whole thing with a grain of salt. Hold the ice. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/951 "2024-04-23T02:10:57Z")
Sometimes state legislators (in this case Minnesota) don’t make a lot of money, so need a part-time income: > **[Minnesota state senator arrested on suspicion of burglary](https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-senator-arrested-legislature-5565424572092b725e2a15c15b73a339)** > > Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, of Woodbury, was being held in the Becker County Jail on suspicion of first-degree burglary. [Actually in this case it may be that a man died and his daughter and the step-mother had big conflicts, so the daughter illegally went into the house to retrieve something.] > Public records and an obituary posted by a Detroit Lakes funeral home show that Mitchell’s father, who died last month, and stepmother lived on the same block of the same road in Detroit Lakes as where the senator was arrested. The stepmother did not immediately return a call seeking comment. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/952 "2024-04-23T18:37:00Z")
Here is [a TYT video showing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Vz_Sdq2hU) a guy who used to be no Saturday Night Live (briefly, I think) trying to do a far-right stand-up. I think it is supposed to be funny. Not seeing it. He just comes off as a SMFer. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/953 "2024-04-23T21:44:09Z")
If he’s as (un)funny as, say, Mallard Fillmore, I’ll pass, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/954 "2024-04-23T23:08:19Z")
That’s [Jim Breuer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Breuer) who, besides being on SNL for three years, was a fairly big time name in comedy for a while. It’s a shame to see how far he’s fallen, like SNL alum Dennis Miller. ---
**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 24, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/955 "2024-04-24T00:49:13Z")
I liked him in _Half Baked_ too. ☹ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dzIJNG5__8s/hqdefault.jpg "Half Baked - Munchies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIJNG5__8s) ---
**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 24, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/956 "2024-04-24T04:25:26Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > If he’s as (un)funny as, say, Mallard Fillmore, I’ll pass, thanks. Good call. I foolishly watched the entire video. Evidently his sole idea of humor is to insinuate non-rightwing nutjobs are parrots. He just listed a bunch of the rightwing’s pet hatreds, climate change and January 6th being an insurrection among them, while squawking like a parrot after each item on the list. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/957 "2024-04-24T04:46:43Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Evidently his sole idea of humor is to insinuate non-rightwing nutjobs are parrots. “Cockatoos”. Because “parrot” does not have “cock” in it. ---
**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 24, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/958 "2024-04-24T05:46:33Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > Evidently his sole idea of humor is to insinuate non-rightwing nutjobs are parrots. - > > “Cockatoos”. Because “parrot” does not have “cock” in it. Also because parrots hate to dance. It takes 'toos to tango. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/959 "2024-04-24T12:44:47Z")
How do you accidentally, innocently get ammo mixed into your luggage? > **[American tourist facing possible 12 year prison sentence after ammo found in...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/turks-and-caicos-ammo-prison-sentence-american-tourists/)** > > Ryan Watson could face at least 12 years in prison in Turks and Caicos after airport security allegedly found four rounds of hunting ammo in his carry-on. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/960 "2024-04-24T12:54:08Z")
I saw this report last night and am pretty amazed at the attitude of the couple. I’m sure it wasn’t intentional, but to fly internationally without knowing that you have ammo in your luggage is ridiculous. The wife kept saying it was an innocent mistake - but not all countries treat guns and ammo like we do in the US. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=49)