# 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:** 88
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1741 "2024-06-30T14:21:22Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Not the sharpest gutting knife on the boat? - That is not a sufficiently barbed remark. šŸ˜‰ Not the sharpest hook on the line. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1742 "2024-06-30T14:32:55Z")
Trawling for brains - without a net. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1743 "2024-06-30T14:40:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@Andy\_L](#): > > > > Not the sharpest gutting knife on the boat? - > > That is not a sufficiently barbed remark. šŸ˜‰ It does, however, cut right to the core of the matter. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1744 "2024-06-30T16:19:11Z")
Iā€™m really super morbid curious if itā€™s eventually found out what was in those bottles. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1745 "2024-06-30T17:02:45Z")
And why they were floating in the middle of the ocean. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1746 "2024-06-30T17:15:29Z")
My WAG is that their overall density was lower than that of the ocean. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1747 "2024-06-30T17:19:40Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Iā€™m really super morbid curious if itā€™s eventually found out what was in those bottles. Iā€™m making the assumption that they smelled like alcohol or they wouldnā€™t have drank it or at least wouldnā€™t have said they thought it was booze. My WAG is rubbing alcohol, a lot of rubbing alcohol. The other things I thought of are acetone or antifreeze. Nether of which really smell like alcohol though. Is it possible the bottles were full of seawater? Either instead of alcohol or mixed with the alcohol and they didnā€™t notice? ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1748 "2024-06-30T17:25:01Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > My WAG is that their overall density was lower than that of the ocean. Yeah, blame the victims. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1749 "2024-06-30T17:49:57Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Is it possible the bottles were full of seawater? Either instead of alcohol or mixed with the alcohol and they didnā€™t notice? I doubt it. The danger of seawater is that consuming that much sodium so quickly is more than your kidneys can process, and if it was that salty theyā€™d be able to taste it. I donā€™t think itā€™s something a person would do by accident. The dangerous alcohol idea makes more sense. Either methanol or isopropanol would make sense as they are very poisonous but smell and taste much like the ethanol we consume recreationally. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1750 "2024-06-30T18:48:17Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > My WAG is that their overall density was lower than that of the ocean. That was a truly great comeback ā›³šŸ‘ ā›³šŸ‘ (sincerely, not mockingly). ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1751 "2024-06-30T19:19:29Z")
Yeahā€¦gotta respect a shot. Well - stroked, sir. Well-stroked. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1752 "2024-07-01T01:22:12Z")
Just, not a shot from one of those bottles. ---
**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 1, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1753 "2024-07-01T01:36:38Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > My WAG is that their overall density was lower than that of the ocean. > > Yeah, blame the victims. Iā€™m not ashamed to admit it took me a few readings to get the joke. ---
**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 1, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1754 "2024-07-01T05:50:48Z")
One more of the fishermen has died. > **[Death toll after fishermen drink from bottle found in sea climbs to 05](https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=100195)** > > The Director General of the Department of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources, Susantha Kahawatta, stated that one of the two Sri Lankan fishermen taken onboard the Singaporean merchant vessel for emergency treatment has been reported dead, raising the... ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1755 "2024-07-01T12:57:26Z")
JosƩ Salvador Alvarenga survived at sea for over a year. He found small bottles floating, and drank them. Turns out that islanders chewed on some berry or something, spit into bottles and threw them into the sea. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1756 "2024-07-01T13:00:10Z")
Gawd, that sounds awful. Iā€™d rather die, thank you very much. ---
**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 1, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1757 "2024-07-01T13:50:31Z")
Thatā€™s going to make it a heck of a lot easier for any future discrimination lawsuits against them. ---
**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 1, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1758 "2024-07-01T13:59:36Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Turns out that islanders chewed on some berry or something, spit into bottles and threw them into the sea. Sounds like betel nut (pronounced ā€œbeetleā€), people chew it and spit it out like tobacco as it stains their teeth and gums red like blood. When I lived on Guam it was a very popular and IMO gross habit because the palm trees grew on were widespread. Also called areca nut. > **[Areca nut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut)** > > The areca nut (/ĖˆĆ¦rÉŖkə/ or /əĖˆriĖkə/) or betel nut is the fruit of the areca palm (Areca catechu). The palm is originally native to the Philippines, but was carried widely through the tropics by the Austronesian migrations and trade since at least 1500 BCE due to its use in betel nut chewing. It is widespread in cultivation and is considered naturalized in much of the tropical Pacific (Melanesia and Micronesia), South Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of east Africa. It is not to be confus Betel ... ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1759 "2024-07-01T14:13:23Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Sounds like betel nut (pronounced ā€œbeetleā€), people chew it and spit it out like tobacco as it stains their teeth and gums red like blood. All day long? _Now ainā€™t that too damn bad._ ---
**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:** [July 1, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/1760 "2024-07-01T15:07:55Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Individually, these arenā€™t a big deal, but this is all the time. As far as the Mayor doing something about it, heā€™s been saying that for a while now. Upthread I posted about how bad the speeding problem has been in my area and how, when the mayor says heā€™s going to do something about it, I didnā€™t really believe it. Well, I was wrong. He IS doing something about it. Theyā€™re running an ā€˜anti-speedingā€™ campaign where citizens are encouraged to drive slower share stories about how speeding has affected their lives via an online portal. Seriously, thatā€™s the answer to this shit happening so often that people avoid areas of the city. Tell them not drive so fast? > **[Milwaukee anti-speeding campaign launches Monday; 'drive slower'](https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-anti-speeding-campaign)** > > The campaign aims to reduce the speeds of people driving by sharing stories of residents who have suffered the consequences of speeding. Also, we have highest rate in the country for speed-related fatal crashes. Over half of out fatal crashes are attributed to speeding. > **[Milwaukee Tops U.S. Cities in Speed-Related Fatal Crash Rates](https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/milwaukee-tops-us-cities-in-speed-related-fatal-crash-rates/)** > > In a recent study conducted by Heninger Garrison Davis, Milwaukee has emerged as the city with the highest rate of speed-related fatal crashes in the United States. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657.md?page=89)