Odds and sods I look at regularly, just because they amuse me. I hope they do the same for you. Incidentally, I found this page’s title on Greg Ross’s Futility Closet (it’s somewhere on this page) in a mini-article which also includes the delightful sentence in Icelandic: Barbara Ara bar Ara araba bara rabbabara. Ross points out that this, “besides being fun to say, is spelled with only three letters. It means “Barbara, daughter of Ari, brought only rhubarb to Ari the Arab.”
Fark.com RSS » Medical marijuana growers take fight to grow pot on Parliament Hill, err, TO, to Parliament Hill [Spiffy]
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The Onion » Kevin Garnett Mostly Just Pounding Chest To Keep Heart Going At This Point
Kevin Garnett Mostly Just Pounding Chest To Keep Heart Going At This Point 
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Fark.com RSS » He described it as "a Pre-Constitutionalist Community that offers those who seek True patriotism and are looking for absolute Freedom by doing the Will of God" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » It's tough being an arsonist in Seattle because the rain keeps putting out all your fires [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Most people use anti-bacterial soap improperly. You mean I'm not supposed to drink it? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Mom's April Fools' "shots fired inside the school" prank fails to fool her daughter, April [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 8 Moments in Knock Knock Joke History
Knock knock. Who’s there? Shakespeare. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Conservative Republican" Jake Rush, who is primarying first-term Congressman Ted "You Only Herp Once" Yoho (R-FL) is also a Vampire LARPer [Florida]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my girlfriend and I were snuggling and we placed our hands together, palm to palm. I can bend the tips of my fingers over hers, which apparently surprised her because she commented, "Huh, so big hands AREN'T related to penis size." FML [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: ‘Jeopardy’ Turns 50
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Jeopardy, the popular NBC trivia show known for its trademark rule of requiring contestants to phrase their answers in the form of a question. 
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Batman's Craziest Covers
Don’t Judge A Superhero By His Cover Batman has been around 75 years. So, he was bound to have some really odd and interesting covers. Here are some of the weirdest. * The Dark Knight’s Dark Side Through his three-quarters of a century, Batman has always stood for true justice. Except, of course, when he brutally murdered people. * Books … [Link]
The Onion » NBA Players Unhappy About New Full-Body Jerseys
NBA Players Unhappy About New Full-Body Jerseys 
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Fark.com RSS » Scots want to go back to driving on the wrong side of the road [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Countries That Haven't Adopted the Metric System
"At this time, only three countries have not adopted the the metric system as their official system of weights and measures." [Link]
The Onion » New Law Requires Richard Gere To Personally Inform Residents When He Moves To New Neighborhood
SACRAMENTO, CA—Asserting that citizens have the right to know when the Golden Globe winner resides nearby, a newly enacted California statute dubbed “Richard’s Law” requires film actor Richard Gere to personally introduce himself t… 
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Fark.com RSS » Guide to airport quickie spots. As little as $10 an hour gets you real privacy with no one reaching into your space for toilet paper or with a wide-stance [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Old and Busted: War on Christmas — New Hotness: War on Easter [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Boy Scouts boot gay leader for "deliberately injecting" his sexuality into the job. Er, wait… that didn't come out right [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » So apparently Hobby Lobby's retirement plan invests in contraception manufacturers. Still no birth-control pills for you, though, you wanton hussy [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these skillfull dancers [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Letter purportedly from the USGS warning of an imminent "Big One" is a hoax. You will actually have no warning whatsoever, but let's hear from a Cucamonga ambulance driver: "I thought it might be credible" [Followup]
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Mental Floss » The 1957 Spaghetti Harvest
Author's note: I'm re-running this story from 2010 to celebrate World Pasta Month, and also the surprisingly robust ziti harvest reported in Milan. Enjoy! On April 1, 1957, BBC television viewers were treated to a short documentary about the spaghetti harvest in Ticino, Switzerland. The film showed spaghetti trees laden with ripe pasta, and Swiss farmers harvesting long strands and … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Murder a man in cold blood, 10 years. Sell heroin to puppies, 11 years. Laser a childrens hospital helicopter, that will be 14 years of PMITA prison time [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Call the cops on your violent husband and they end up killing him? That's a suing. By the Deputy. Against your mother who wasn't even there (link replaced) [Stupid]
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Futility Closet » Penny Wisdom
More proverbs from Poor Richard’s Alamanack: Those who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing. Great modesty often hides great merit. The Muses love the Morning. Do me the favour to deny me at once. There’s none deceived but he that trusts. If evils come not, then our fears are vain; and if they do, fear but … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Fruits and vegetables may reduce risk of death." Subby is pretty sure that his risk of death is still 100% [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Mother nature gets drunk, sends tornado and blizzard to simultaneously visit Minnesota at the same time [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Lululemon now offering spray-on yoga pants. I'm sad because they don't come in my size [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Daylight Saving Time claims another victim [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » How about you Instagramers keep your 'selfles after sex' rage to yourselves? Kthxbye [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » The best way to curb global warming could be a low-key nuclear war [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » You know you are either extremely disliked or really unlucky when you get stabbed in two different incidents on the same day [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » You just know Spam has gone full rectangle because it's now hip again in NYC restaurants. And yes, it's over priced [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » 20 April Fools' Day pranks that won't make you feel like a terrible person. Maybe a bad person, but not a terrible person [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Good news, everyone, the fight to stop climate change is officially over Unfortunately, the fight to survive climate change has just begun [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Anyone who has stepped on a Lego brick at 3am barefoot might agree, but for different reasons [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » As part of BP's Deepwater Horizon settlement, they are building a water theme park and ferris wheel 4 miles from shore in the Gulf of Mexico [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 10 of the Internet's Best April Fools' Day Pranks for 2014
April Fools' Day is a horrible day for link bloggers like myself. I am always looking for something new, fun, and different on the web, but on April the first, it’s hard to tell if something is new, fun, and different, or just made up to see who’s gullible. And the strangest things that could possibly be thought up are … [Link]
The Onion » Infographic: How The TSA Plans To Improve Airport Security
The Transportation Security Administration has released a new report with recommendations for improving security at airports around the nation. 
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The Onion » Study Finds Majority Of Non-Shark-Related Fears Completely Unjustified
ROCKVILLE, MD—A study released Tuesday by the National Institute for Mental Health confirmed that the vast majority of Americans’ anxieties and phobias have no logical grounding in reality, aside from those related to being attacked in open wa… 
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Mental Floss » The Curious Case of the Flying Communist Bears
There was something off about some of the bears. They didn’t belong there. [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Adorable Cats React to Viral Videos
Cats are often the subject of internet videos, but how do they feel about this representation? [Link]
Mental Floss » Ten Online April Fools Day Pranks for 2014
April Fools Day is a horrible day for link bloggers like myself. I am always looking for something new, fun, and different on the web, but on April the first, it’s hard to tell if something is new, fun, and different, or just made up to see who’s gullible. And the strangest things that could possibly be thought up are … [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Innovative Ways to Save Money Around the House
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The Onion » Opinion: If God Exists, Why Doesn’t He Throw Us, Like, A Really Fucking Sweet Party? (by Chet Prosser)
By Chet Prosser 
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Mental Floss » 25 Things You Might Not Know About The Shining
All month long, we're bringing you little-known facts about your favorite movies and TV shows. Meredith Danko starts us off. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dear Prudie, I want to propose to my twin brother's drunken one night stand. She's been dating me, and only banged him the one time. Does she really need to know she got in on with her future BIL? [Strange]
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Whipped Cream
Today's mentalfloss.com Tuesday Test Time Brain Game asks you to break down an eight-letter word, one letter at a time. Are you up to the challenge? By removing one letter from the mix at each step,
and rearranging the other letters as necessary to form new words,
reduce the word "DELIGHTS" to the letter "I." D E L I G H … [Link]
Mental Floss » How the Owners of All 30 MLB Teams Made Their Money
Baseball season is finally here, so let's take a look at the people profiting from $16 stadium beers. [Link]
The Onion » Lazy Wildlife Rescuer Lets Oily Pelicans Pile Up In Sink For 5 Days
Lazy Wildlife Rescuer Lets Oily Pelicans Pile Up In Sink For 5 Days 
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Fark.com RSS » Naming an alligator 'Puppy Puppy' is legal. Hand-feeding it breakfast cereal is not [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » San Antonio police arrest Juggernaut [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Ever think city code inspectors are just a bunch of thieves? New evidence says you're right [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » As 40,000 Russian troops mass on its new "border" doing "military exercises" Ukraine decides to let NATO borrow its back yard to do some war games of their own [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » New employee orientation doesn't cover getting shot, plugging hole with your own finger, chasing shooter to get identifying information, then driving yourself to the hospital — leave that to the Navy SEAL program [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Police get a convenient wrap-up of two cases after discovering the body floating in a nearby creek turns out to be the felon that got away during a police chase a couple weeks ago [Strange]
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The Onion » Older Cousin Thinks It About Time To Have Uninformed Sex Talk With Area 8-Year-Old
HAMILTON, OH—Noting that his younger cousin Alex Connors had nearly completed second grade, local child Peter Brooks, 10, told reporters Tuesday that he believed it was time for him to sit down with the 8-year-old and have a frank, completely uninfo… 
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Mental Floss » 10 Events That Actually Happened April 1st
While today is a good day to be skeptical of any unusual news you hear, do keep in mind that, sometimes, the truth is stranger than pranks. [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Do We Call Pranks "Practical" Jokes?
Every year on April Fools Day, you might find yourself the victim of a practical joke or two—the old water over the door trick, maybe, or short sheeting a bed. But why are these jokes called practical? [Link]
The Onion » Netflix Town Criers Announce Arrival Of ‘Mad Men’ Season 6 On Streaming
LOS GATOS, CA—Arousing the attention of townspeople with repeated peals of their handbells before pausing to recite from scrolls stowed in their red frock coats, Netflix town criers were dispatched to public squares across the land Tuesday to herald… 
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my husband and I had some bath time to ourselves. After having sex, he decided to put bath salts in my vagina to spice things up for the next round. It's been twenty minutes out of the bath and it still feels like there are pop rocks in my vagina. FML [Link]
FMyLife » IcyWindows says FML
Today, my neighbor yelled at me because, according to him, the sound of me scraping the ice off my windshield wakes him up every morning. This is the same neighbor who ran over my mailbox last week because there was too much snow on his windows to see properly. FML [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: NASA Asks Public To Vote On New Spacesuit
NASA has announced that it wants the public’s input to select the cover layer design for its next-generation spacesuit called the Z-2, which will eventually replace the bulky white designs of current models. 
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Fark.com RSS » Escaped mental patient flees hospital on foot, finds deputy helpfully left keys in patrolcar for chance to recreate "Blues Brothers" in both Carolinas [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Marijuana advertising in my Times Square to promote the legalization of it? Next thing you know, they'll be putting up neon signs [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » "Well, the antique cup known as the Chalice of Dona Urruca, which sits in Leon's basilica of Saint Isidore, which, I've just remembered, is Grail shaped. It's not the first time we've had this problem" [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » You might think your parents were weird growing up but at least they were never caught drinking your blood inside a rotting log [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Saudi Arabia declares atheism and free thought as equivalent to terrorism. US fundies look on jealously and ask "why can't WE have that?" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "We must hate teachers. I've won awards, my kids thrive. But thanks to crazy tests, I'm considered one of the worst teachers in the state because I don't teach to the test, and I'm being shamed by my home state." Well, the tag
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Fark.com RSS » Ever wanted to travel the country by tractor? This man is going to, and the money raised will be going to the Wounded Warriors Project [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Elton John weds Bill Clinton in the UK [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Munch's "The Scream" stolen from museum. If only there were some expression of disbelief to illustrate the temerity of this crime [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » It's a lot of work to write a perfectly straightlaced article just to get away with this headline, but well worth it [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Beach rental apartment isn't complete without kitchen appliances, washer/dryer, hidden cameras in bedrooms, bathrooms [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Kidnapper gets stoned by school children after trying to grab a 10-year-old girl. Never change, Philadelphia [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » For Sandwich Monday, a brave NPR columnist decides to try the newest breakfast sandwich: Taco Bell's Waffle Taco sandwich [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Bang Ding Ow tells his side of the story [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » New bill would give teachers harsher penalties for having sex with their students. Yes, even women [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Meanwhile in Japan [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » The Holy Grail has been found. They chose wisely [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » If a baby elephant wanders into your house, do you get to keep it? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Just a dog and her elephant, playing in the water [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Flight from Jamaica diverted back to the island after someone smelled a "smokelike substance" on the plane. Wonder what that could have been, mon [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Tenfold increase in measles cases this year baffles California doctors, health officials, and the growing number of parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Atlanta Bishop apologizes for building himself $2.2 million mansion. Well, Jesus was a carpenter [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Tokushima City wages war on toilet paper bandits. In other news, Japan is back to its normal state of weirdness [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Subby will never tire of seeing breathtaking photos like this [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » News: High School senior applies to all eight Ivy League schools. Not News: He's not accepted by one of them. Fark: He's accepted by ALL of them [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who previously drove in circles for nearly an hour while demanding to talk to the governor is again arrested for beating up a telephone poll with a baseball bat, pepper spraying a cop and locking himself in to his trailer triggering a standoff [S
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Fark.com RSS » Prosecutor and former Marine takes rescue bulldogs for a walk at 5:00 a.m., interrupts burglary of neighbor's house in progress. Let's see how many times the article uses "his training kicked in" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Man awaiting trial goes into a hardware store, cuts off his ankle monitor, and hops on board the next flight to Maui. Tom Hanks and George Clooney in a bidding war to buy the movie rights to this story [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Q
We talked to the author about making gross topics palatable to readers, putting yourself out there for science, and the parts of the alimentary canal that just aren't that interesting. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Old and busted: Cell phones give you cancer. New hotness: Cell phones give you drug-resistant mutant head lice [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this bathing beauty [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » "Dear Harvard: I give up, you won" [Sick]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: April Foolin'?
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Weird Universe » Passion of Spies
At the new nadir of USA-Russia relations, let us recall when things were even worse–and funnier!
I love the look and style of the artwork here.
The creator. [Link]
Weird Universe » Sound Jar
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: April Fools' Day
The Best April Fools’ Pranks Ever. A few classic -and very public- stunts that some folks actually fell for.
*
Five Things You Shouldn’t Do On Social Media On April Fool’s Day. You might want to just avoid posting anything at all for 24 hours.
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Gmail starts April Fools' Day with an invitation to send selfies as the background … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Worst. Valet. Ever [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » British sniper in Afghanistan hits suicide bomber's bomb vest, killing would be bomber and five nearby insurgents [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Dodgers and Angels fans fighting led to the stabbing of three Marines on Sunday making them wish they were deployed to a safer area like Kabul or Baghdad instead of war torn Orange County [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » A five-year-old boy was kept in a locked cupboard under the stairs. Vernon Dursley wanted for questioning [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » The 45rpm record turns 65 years old. Now where did I put that spindle adapter? [Cool]
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FMyLife » Chris73 says FML
Today, from just weeks of graduating and getting my bachelor's degree, my engineering professor dropped me from his class for scoring higher than his daughter on an exam he gave us. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Remembering the First Opening Day at Four Iconic Ballparks
Early reviews of Fenway Park, Ebbets Field, Wrigley Field, and Yankee Stadium. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bags of mountain air brought to smoggy Chinese city. BRILLIANT [Sad]
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Futility Closet » Zebras at Sea
What is this? It’s the American cargo ship West Mahomet in port, circa November 1918. During World War I British and American merchant ships adopted “dazzle camouflage” in hopes that it would help to confuse their type, size, and heading in enemy rangefinders. It’s hard to say how well it succeeded as camouflage, but it’s a notable episode in art … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Food trucks have officially jumped the shark [Sad]
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FMyLife » awks says FML
Today, I was dismissed from my job at an unemployment agency. In order to receive financial support from the government I need to be cooperating with a job service provider. They paired me up with the same place I was just fired from. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Inside the pantry that time forgot. Landlord discovers cupboard that hadn't been opened since the seventies, stocked with vintage food. Do not eat [Amusing]
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FMyLife » anon says FML
Today, my dad got me one of those word locks for my gym locker, for which the password had to be a four-letter word instead of numbers. My dad chose the combo for me. It was "diet". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Don't discipline your son after he hits your daughter in the face with a bag of chips at a 7-Eleven? That's a car to the legs [Scary]
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FMyLife » Jaime says FML
Today, I went on a first date with a guy I met online. Not only was he boring, he twice excused himself to go to the bathroom and both times he came back smelling of weed. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bad Day? Waitress attacks customer after bad service complaint. Really bad day? Waitress threatens cops with butter knife [Weird]
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Mental Floss » The 14 Greatest Hoaxes of All Time
With effort and a little luck, you can fool a lot of the people, all of the time. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Drug traffickers accidentally hired a cop to deliver 1,000 lbs. of marijuana [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » California's Obamacare website sends deaf callers to hotline offering "hot ladies" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » "People without children should pay higher taxes" [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » How lucky do you have to be to win the lottery not once, not twice, but three times… in one month? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't bring a gun to a robot fight [Interesting]
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FMyLife » off to the whorehouse, then says FML
Today, my Game of Thrones addicted girlfriend decided to name my penis Tyrion Lannister. FML [Link]
FMyLife » dunno why we bother says FML
Today, while on patrol with my partner, we came across a guy getting a beat-down on the sidewalk. After restraining the attacker, we helped the victim to his feet, only for him to spit at us and call us "goddamn pigs". You're welcome, sir. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, as I walked out the door to head to class, my neighbour's kid threw a balloon at me, filled with some kind of foul-smelling liquid that he calls "liquid ass". I had a presentation 20 minutes later and couldn't get the smell off myself in time. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Beer made from kudzu? M-m-m, sounds delicious [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this guy with a couple of cormorants [Photoshop]
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