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 » Capt. Obvious checking in to tell you there is a LOT of booze in the dribble coming off our favorite state [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Drug smugglers forced to alter their methods of bringing in cocaine and marijuana after the mean old cops figured out all their smuggling routes [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Thought to have gone extinct in Libya, the elusive biker has been spotted in the wild after a 30-year absence [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Problem: Your rather common Russian name unfortunately happens to be "Sergey Ivanov". US online shoe company cancels your order citing Russian sanctions. Solution: Reorder using exactly the same information but with a different name. Sneakers
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Fark.com RSS » Bad boys bad boys what ya gonna do [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis: "No, I am not a Communist. I believe that the poor are the center of the Gospel of Jesus." Of course, that's just what a dirty, sneaky, hippie Commie mole would say [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Student arrested after telling principal he is: a) going to kill him, b) going to punch him, or c) disappointed in him? [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » If you have a camera and are near two or more kids, you are a potential child predator [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I found out that the squeaking I've heard for the past three months, that I thought was my guinea pig, is actually my girlfriend cheating on me with my older brother. FML [Link]
FMyLife » armtits and big pits says FML
Today, I went to my crush's house. We were watching a movie when suddenly he started kissing me. As it deepened he began to feel around. He was groping my armpit the whole time but I was too embarrassed that my underarm could pass for my boobs to redirect him. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Lost 1945 color film from Chicago Board of Education discovered and digitized, featuring deep-voiced narrator who promotes the most American of American cities to tourists and families. Holy Cow [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » A Massachusetts lawyer was just disciplined for letting a man get custody of his daughter [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Strip Club files lawsuit against San Diego Police Department, asks for punitive damages to be paid in $1 bills [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this Hoff on wheels [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Q
The American Museum of Natural History's latest exhibition, Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs, opens today (check out just a few of the things we learned at the exhibit here). At the media preview, we spoke with pterosaur flight expert Dr. Michael Habib about figuring out how these reptiles flew. When you and other scientists are trying to figure out … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Beam Me Up, Bambi: Trail camera captures UFO observing deer in the woods in Jackson, Mississippi (w/pics) [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » "Welcome to JP Morgan Chase, how may I help you? You'd like to make a deposit? I'm sorry, we don't accept cash. How else may we serve you today?" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » "What is it with airplanes and the "black boxes"? They aren't even black, they're ORANGE" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Best Korea has a new space agency. The name says it all [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Detroit man pays $1,100 to get his stolen car out of an impound lot, only to have it towed away again 15 minutes later. Even worse, the Creedence was missing [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » There are two kinds of men in the world: Those who are 6 feet tall or taller, and those who don't matter [Amusing]
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Futility Closet » Rich Talk
Some favorite words of Stockholm University linguist Mikael Parkvall, from his Limits of Language (2006): klunen (Dutch): “to walk or run overland with skates on (usually from one body of frozen water to another)” aɣone (Kuot): “to drink from a bottle in such a fashion that drool trickles from the mouth back into the bottle” fringsen (German): “to steal coal … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nine mistakes you're making with scrambled eggs, including adding milk. But it seems orange juice is still okay to add to the mix [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Snitches get riches [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Obama administration seeks to move Marijuana from Schedule 1 classification. Fark: It will require Congressional cooperation [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Japan to begin playing Missile Command with North Korea [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Sensible Chicago Alderman put the brakes on a hippie-backed ban on plastic bags [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Man crashes through ceiling of the Roxy nightclub. Baby don't hurt me, baby don't hurt me, no more [Florida]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, while in line at my local bakery, an old man passed wind in front of me. The smell was like nothing I've ever experienced before. I managed to withstand it, but the child behind me could not, and spewed orange vomit all over my back. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Violet says FML
Today, my boyfriend wanted me to get a shirt saying "I'm a girl," just so people won't think he's gay. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman accused of defrauding a 93 year-old man out of $1.3 million, though she insists he was fine giving up the money in exchange for her company [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Duke sucks [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Chinese verify range to target, one ping only [News]
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Mental Floss » Weekend Links: So Many British Accents
Don't get caught out naïvely referring to a single "British" accent—the British Isles have dozens of different ways of speaking English, each distinct but all equally British. * Vending machines have come a long way since their cigarettes and chewing gum days. * Body language can be tricky for the untrained observer to read, despite the widespread belief that it’s … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today is International Pillow Fight Day. Take a pillow to lunch [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Australian groom banned from getting married because he showed up to the wedding drunk. If this happened in the US, there wouldn't be a chapel left in Las Vegas [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » HEY there kids, I'm HEROIN BEAR. Ya'll wanna FREEBASE? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » High school students under investigation for spreading nude selfies. Clearly, they do not understand the rules of BIE [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » The perfect gift for the man who has everything? A $100 tube of chocolate toothpaste, of course [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Here are 31 beautiful, simple ways to drink coffee. Thanks, I'll take it black [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Rare Nirvana Video from 1988
Today marks 20 years since Kurt Cobain committed suicide. I remember that day vividly—I was in high school and I remember watching MTV run the Unplugged concert over and over, seemingly unable to figure out what else to do. To remember Cobain and his band, let's look at some extremely early footage of Nirvana. Krist's Mom's Basement This home video … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Why is tea so popular these days? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Family trying to enjoy a day at the park calls the police on a homeless man sleeping on a bench. Fark: Homeless man sitting on a bench calls the police on a family laying down in the park [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Has the VA solved their backlog problems? Let's just say you still never want to get sick after you've served our country [Fail]
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Weird Universe » Would you like a little DDT with your food?
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Jones Beach, New York, 1948. Model Kay Heffernon poses with a hot dog and coke as a cloud of DDT from a Todd Insecticidal Fog Applicator (TIFA) wafts around her, demonstrating that the bug spray won't contaminate her food.
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New Jersey Children play in a cloud of DDT
Some background info from the website of TIFA international. Evidently … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Amsterdam woman tries to live as if it were 1938. She even has a big attic just in case [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this truck lifting [Photoshop]
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FMyLife » King_of_hearts says FML
Today, my phone rang just seconds after I left a conference meeting to go use the restroom. It wouldn't have been a problem, except it seems one of my friends thought it would be funny to change my ringtone to a woman having an orgasm. FML [Link]
Weird Universe » The Origin of Crash Test Dummies
Not the musical group. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I see your previous jobs included mouse catcher, box inspector and couch shredder? You're hired. You can start on Caturday [Caturday]
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Fark.com RSS » A zip line? Across MY Ohio River? It's more likely than you think [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Wait, I didn't order any raisins on my cronut [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Underground ocean found on moon of Saturn. Search for MH370 to start there Monday [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The unluckiest man in the universe learns his hotel room is directly underneath that of Justin Bieber and his entourage [Amusing]
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Futility Closet » Asked and Answered
A college professor once offered the following creative final exam: Write a suitable final exam for this course and supply a key. The first paper handed in read ‘Final Exam: Write suitable final exam for this course and supply a key. Key: Any reasonable variation of the previous sentence = 100%.’ – Michael Stueben, Twenty Years Before the Blackboard, 1998 … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » As god as my witness, I thought turkeys could ride the bus [Scary]
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FMyLife » ohai ur hawt, wanna fuzzzZzZZzzZzz says FML
Today, I met a really nice girl at a club, and we went back to my place. I was finally going to lose my virginity, but just as she started kissing me, I panicked and ended up fainting. When I came to, I was still clothed, and she was long gone. FML [Link]
FMyLife » kaheera4 says FML
Today, my mom visited, and I left her for a few minutes while I used the bathroom. While I was stuck taking a crap, she went on one of her religious rants, telling my children that Easter was off this year because their precious "pagan" Easter Bunny had been murdered. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Teen sets bags of bird seed on fire to mask shoplifting spree. In other news, bird seed makes a great fire starter [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » fuck you with a bacon cock says FML
Today, I got up early in the morning to get a snack, only to walk in on my "vegan" housemate eating a turkey sandwich. This bastard harasses me every other day about my meat-eating, but all he could do after he noticed me was drop the sandwich and claim he'd been sleepwalking. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » St Petersburg, FL. The only place you own is water front property, but you don't own the dock you've used and water in front of your place for years. For $7,800 you can really own it now [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Number of alcohol-free bars in Britain soaring. Which is good news for livers, bad news for ugly people [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Summer is approaching. A time for fruit punch and a snack of Oreos. Wait, I've got an idea [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Lawn mower sets new world speed record of 116mph+. YOU MISSED A SPOT [Strange]
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FMyLife » fuck off, dad says FML
Today, my dad had a chat with my fiancé, telling him he can do better than me, and to think carefully before going through with our wedding. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was feeling adventurous and decided to freeball it to school. As I went to sit down during first class, I managed to sit on my own balls, scream, then collapse on the floor gasping. My teacher thought I was screwing around and gave me detention. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Blood-soaked chain saw, a legless corpse in the tub and severed limbs in a freezer: Police suspect foul play [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Supermom of the year with eight children takes in dying friend's five children for a total of thirteen mouths to feed [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Note to liquor store clerks: If a customer asks you to hold up cash for a picture, you should be very suspicious [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » TechCrunch CEO defends former Mozilla CEO. "My point is this. WE'VE WON. After eons gays can now mostly feel free to be themselves, love whoever, with no stigma." You hear that gays and gals? "MOSTLY" feel free. Yay [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Photographer spends a year in the underworld of Chicago's heroin epidemic, brings back harrowing images of potent Mexican drug that's been sweeping the city [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I went to the store to buy a phone I saw last week. I looked around a little first, then continued to the electronics section. I couldn't find the phone I saw, so I went to leave. Halfway to the exit, I was detained by security and grilled for ages over my "suspicious behaviour". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Irish sheep farmer inadvertently lets goat mate with his ewe, producing thriving geep that runs faster than a sheep and has softer fur than a goat. "He said the new arrival had created a lot of laughter in the pub" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » The rise in Americans who claim no religious affiliation coincides with the rise of the Internet, global warming, and pirates [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » COMMUNITY CHEST Bank error in your favor, collect $37,000 [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman on maternity leave fired for checking and deleting email from home, "which the company considered destruction of company property" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this castle on a hill [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 10 Pterosaur Facts from the New Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
Here's what we learned from an early tour. [Link]
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