John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons

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Whittle It a Little, It’ll Fit

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.”

FMyLife » furball says FML

Sunday 15 June 23:05:34 UTC 2014

Today, I was at Sea World and was about to take a picture of the big walrus. I noticed my phone was still set to use the front camera, and I muttered "Oops, selfie mode." A guy next to me turned, looked at me, and said "Not like there's a difference for you." FML [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Sunday 15 June 23:05:33 UTC 2014

Today, I found out that my wife has had more sex in the last two months than I have in our last year of marriage. FML [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Sunday 15 June 23:05:32 UTC 2014

Today, my brother got pantsed by his idiot friends. It was a surprise to everyone that he was wearing women's underwear at the time, but even more of a surprise for me that the underwear belonged to me. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Police save raccoon with peanut butter jar stuck on its head. Surprisingly, no bullets were used during the course of this rescue [Florida]

Sunday 15 June 22:53:49 UTC 2014

Florida [link] [42 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » This just in: Summer is the worst time for teenage drivers [Florida]

Sunday 15 June 22:41:54 UTC 2014

Florida [link] [19 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Woman and her dog attacked by deer shocked that Oregon hippies aren't cool with (deer) population control: "Their first response was not, 'are you OK?' but that I should have known better and the deer must have fawns nearby" [Stra

Sunday 15 June 22:25:48 UTC 2014

Strange [link] [121 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Nobody's buying sausage pizza anymore in NYC. The sausage slice has been replaced by buffalo chicken and pineapples, artichokes and ziti [Interesting]

Sunday 15 June 22:24:37 UTC 2014

Interesting [link] [143 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » From the "Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't" department: bicyclist punched in the face for refusing to run a red light [Stupid]

Sunday 15 June 21:11:35 UTC 2014

Stupid [link] [112 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » US surpasses Russia as world's top oil and natural gas producer. Thanks Obama [Interesting]

Sunday 15 June 20:46:50 UTC 2014

Interesting [link] [98 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Bobby Jindal vetoes bill that would make it illegal to haul your dogs unrestrained at 70 miles per hour in the back of your truck [Interesting]

Sunday 15 June 20:14:37 UTC 2014

Interesting [link] [233 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » IT worker quits job so he can play a corpse for a living. Seems like a logical transition [Obvious]

Sunday 15 June 20:00:56 UTC 2014

Obvious [link] [34 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this house starting kit [Photoshop]

Sunday 15 June 20:00:01 UTC 2014

Photoshop [link] [22 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Superb animal has already should not abandon the garbage – cigarette buttocks in this area [Fail]

Sunday 15 June 19:53:52 UTC 2014

Fail [link] [73 comments] [Link]

FMyLife » ToddlersWife says FML

Sunday 15 June 19:40:18 UTC 2014

Today, my husband and I got into an argument over him not brushing his teeth. It ended with him snapping his toothbrush in half. He's 52. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » County forced to move its morgue due to mold. It's not like it was bothering the corpses [Strange]

Sunday 15 June 19:36:13 UTC 2014

Strange [link] [13 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The Civil War claims three more victims [Scary]

Sunday 15 June 19:32:22 UTC 2014

Scary [link] [52 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Nobody would fall for that #EndFathersDay parody hashtag, right? Let's ask this Time columnist [Fail]

Sunday 15 June 17:21:09 UTC 2014

Fail [link] [139 comments] [Link]

FMyLife » mydatinglifesucks says FML

Sunday 15 June 16:56:01 UTC 2014

Today, I had a date with a man who works as a psychiatrist. He diagnosed me with borderline personality disorder during dinner. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » His feet are off the ground, and he has finally reached the stars. Casey Kasem dies at 82 [NewsFlash]

Sunday 15 June 16:51:35 UTC 2014

NewsFlash [link] [266 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "Excuse me, we know that your 3 year old is recovering from a pit bull mauling, but…uh…her face is scaring customers, so I'm going to have to ask you to leave" [Asinine]

Sunday 15 June 16:27:18 UTC 2014

Asinine [link] [175 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » Father’s Day Greetings

Sunday 15 June 16:10:45 UTC 2014

Happy Fathers Day [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Research shows that throwing money down the toilet or buying sunscreen is pretty much the same thing [Interesting]

Sunday 15 June 16:02:13 UTC 2014

Interesting [link] [56 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis wants everyone to know that the Global Economy is about to come crashing down upon us [PSA]

Sunday 15 June 15:50:53 UTC 2014

PSA [link] [110 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Who wants to bid on this historic farm? It was home to a haunted attraction and a sex club…wait, wait, WHAT? [Cool]

Sunday 15 June 15:36:45 UTC 2014

Cool [link] [26 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Weekend Links: The Hottest New Sport: Futevolei

Sunday 15 June 15:10:00 UTC 2014

It's World Cup time again, but some Brazilians have taken their soccer skills off the field and to the beach for an intense new hybrid sport that looks a lot tougher than simple running and passing. * Not content with an off-the-rack dress, one high schooler hand-painted herself a recreation Van Gogh prom gown with incredible results. * Seattle native … [Link]

Mental Floss » Gulls Turn Cannibal on Sundays

Sunday 15 June 15:00:00 UTC 2014

Ah Sunday. The day of rest. A day for sleeping in, having a big brunch and watching bad action movies on basic cable. A day for murdering your own children and consuming their bodies. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Delaware celebrates their independence day, when they threw off the yoke of tyranny that is Pennsylvania [Followup]

Sunday 15 June 14:57:07 UTC 2014

Followup [link] [35 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The end of Fark is near [Spiffy]

Sunday 15 June 14:45:40 UTC 2014

Spiffy [link] [130 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis refuses to use the Popemobile, even though he knows that could make him the holeyist Pope ever [Interesting]

Sunday 15 June 14:44:54 UTC 2014

Interesting [link] [41 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 28 Awesome Historical Photos of Dads

Sunday 15 June 14:44:09 UTC 2014

Happy Father's Day! [Link]

Weird Universe » How to pick-up women

Sunday 15 June 14:10:58 UTC 2014

Bryan "Double B" Barton of Sacramento teaches a class on how to pick-up women. In it, you'll learn lines such as these:

“Do you have something in your eye… oh wait, it’s just a sparkle.”
“You’re so beautiful you made me forget my pick-up line.”
“Are you a parking ticket? Because you got fine written all over you.”
There's also … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Cliff Notes of Tony Blair's tl;dr opinion on Iraq: because we didn't jump into Syria, not because the 2003 invasion was a shiat-stained farkup of a mistake [Asinine]

Sunday 15 June 13:56:22 UTC 2014

Asinine [link] [122 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Tomato truck overturns on I-8. Cleanup took quite a while, since procuring a truck full bacon and lettuce is a difficult task on a weekend [Interesting]

Sunday 15 June 13:34:52 UTC 2014

Interesting [link] [19 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Working in Tall Trees

Sunday 15 June 13:30:00 UTC 2014

Jim Meyers is an arborist: he works with trees. He also works in my hometown of Portland, Oregon, where we have an abundance of very tall firs. These trees have a nasty habit of dropping limbs; I should know, as I have three of them (80-footers) in my back yard, and during windstorms we get windfall in the form of … [Link]

FMyLife » ItsJustMe1616 says FML

Sunday 15 June 13:13:26 UTC 2014

Today, I went to spend my last $50 on gas, since I get paid in 5 days. I paid for the gas and stepped into the restroom briefly. I came out, only to discover that the attendant had put the gas on the wrong pump, and someone had used it for themselves. My tank is empty. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this pipe puller [Photoshop]

Sunday 15 June 13:00:01 UTC 2014

Photoshop [link] [12 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #221

Sunday 15 June 12:39:00 UTC 2014

Family lives in eerie black hole environment, stores floating possessions at many levels but without formal order.

Original ad here. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Another school shooting rocks the nation. Well, substitute "Waffle House" for "school," and change "rocks the nation" to "surprises nobody" [Sad]

Sunday 15 June 12:09:31 UTC 2014

Sad [link] [135 comments] [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Sunday 15 June 11:37:09 UTC 2014

Today, I started my job as a driving instructor. My first client showed up piss drunk. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Anaheim City Hall janitor arrested for hiding camera in women's restroom. Detectives described it as Mickey Mouse setup [Dumbass]

Sunday 15 June 10:21:57 UTC 2014

Dumbass [link] [17 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » JetBlue denies a 3-year old child permission to use the restroom while the plane is stuck on the tarmac, and nature takes its course, anyway [Dumbass]

Sunday 15 June 9:06:40 UTC 2014

Dumbass [link] [158 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » News of the Weird (June 15, 2014)

Sunday 15 June 8:44:11 UTC 2014

News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M375, June 15, 2014
Copyright 2014 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.

Lead Story

Thirty thousand spiders led by members of the British Tarantula Society gathered in Coventry on May 18th for the annual BTS exhibition, with a “Socotra Island blue baboon” spider taking “Best in Show” for first-time entrant Mike Dawkins. According to news reports, … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Hospice patient was former forest ranger, but hasn't been able to go outside for several years, because of his illness. Firefighters decide to take him on one last hike in the forest. Dust, dust… it's everywhere [Sappy]

Sunday 15 June 8:01:33 UTC 2014

Sappy [link] [34 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Good news, ladies living in Alaska. You can now get free pregnancy tests in bar bathrooms, the same place you can get condoms, cigarettes, tampons, before and after mints, edible underwear, fake tattoos and in some cases dinner [Strange]

Sunday 15 June 7:07:36 UTC 2014

Strange [link] [27 comments] [Link]

Futility Closet » Milestones

Sunday 15 June 6:41:57 UTC 2014

A conundrum by French puzzle maven Pierre Berloquin: Caroline leaves town driving at a constant speed. After some time she passes a milestone displaying a two-digit number. An hour later she passes a milestone displaying the same two digits but in reverse order. In another hour she passes a third milestone with the same two digits (in some order) separated … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "…schools have tried to avoid the ambiguity by mandating that students get explicit verbal permission before making any sexual advance…The only way around the rule is if students have a prior verbal agreement to use a pre-arranged hand signal

Sunday 15 June 6:31:27 UTC 2014

Stupid [link] [192 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » To be fair, no one would expect a submarine base in Idaho [Interesting]

Sunday 15 June 5:36:59 UTC 2014

Interesting [link] [44 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Coming up at the top of the hour, it's Livingston Stapler Company Presents. 2 hours of music on public radio from Juneau, Alaska, hosted by a farker [Spiffy]

Sunday 15 June 4:59:07 UTC 2014

Spiffy [link] [300 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » (checks date) Seven Years Running. What would you say to your Dad today if you could? [Hero]

Sunday 15 June 4:01:00 UTC 2014

Hero [link] [322 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Why Malaysia Flight MH370 will never officially be declared lost. CNN executives seen popping open champagne bottles [Obvious]

Sunday 15 June 3:34:12 UTC 2014

Obvious [link] [28 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Mormon jihad? Oregon school shooter was 'devout Mormon' who wanted to kill 'sinners' who 'smoked cigarettes and took the Lord's name in vain' [Scary]

Sunday 15 June 3:30:48 UTC 2014

Scary [link] [134 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Woman is admitted to the hospital to have her ovaries removed, comes out with a 32-week-old baby [Strange]

Sunday 15 June 3:24:54 UTC 2014

Strange [link] [29 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Baghdad Bob's replacement would like you to know that everything is normal and there's nothing to see here [Followup]

Sunday 15 June 2:38:39 UTC 2014

Followup [link] [49 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Dog falls 16 stories and survives. That's the equivalent of a human falling 112 stories [Florida]

Sunday 15 June 2:00:51 UTC 2014

Florida [link] [30 comments] [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Sunday 15 June 1:37:04 UTC 2014

Today, I was using my phone while in a crowded waiting room, and I accidentally tapped on a YouTube video with the volume still at maximum. The first words everyone heard? "Fuck her right in the pussy!" FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "If homeowners discover a bee or wasp nest in their house, we would urge them to get it inspected and removed by a professional. Starting fires is not an effective way to clear these nests and we would encourage people not to do this" [Dumbas

Sunday 15 June 1:06:57 UTC 2014

Dumbass [link] [47 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » So, apparently there's a "Sandwich Generation" [Strange]

Sunday 15 June 0:00:22 UTC 2014

Strange [link] [81 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this 83-year-old man working out [Photoshop]

Sunday 15 June 0:00:01 UTC 2014

Photoshop [link] [23 comments] [Link]

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