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.”
Mental Floss » How the Criterion Collection Restored 'A Hard Day’s Night' for a Theater Near You
When they were gathering the original source materials for their new restoration of A Hard Day’s Night, the experts at the Criterion Collection—the famed home video label that gathers some of cinema's best films and releases them in editions of the highest possibly quality—had a big problem. “The first and last reels of the negative were missing,” Criterion President Peter … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Grandmother of a 2-year old girl who was shot to death by her 5-year old brother after he was allowed to play unsupervised with a loaded .22 rifle he was given for his birthday:" "It was God's will. It was her time to go, I guess" [As
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FMyLife » starflares says FML
Today, I moved fifteen stacks of bricks from our store to a customer's van. After I made all that effort, he decided he didn't like the colour of the bricks after all, and demanded a full refund. FML [Link]
FMyLife » blood buddies says FML
Today, I was showing the guy I like something on my phone. My period tracking app decided it was the perfect time to tell me that I need to stock up on tampons, because I'm getting my period tomorrow. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I came home from vacation, only to find my neighbours relaxing on my patio, and their kids swimming in my pool. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » From the CIA Twitter feed: Remember reports of unusual activity in the skies in the '50s? That was us [Amusing]
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Futility Closet » Black and White
By Alexander Yarosh. The position above was reached in a legal game, except that one piece has been knocked off the board. What was it? Click for solution … [Link]
Mental Floss » 6 Winners and Losers of Globe Making
Sometimes it’s good to be a little fish in a big pond—especially if you’re a municipality yearning for recognition on a mapmaker's globe. It’s easy to miss the cut if your metropolis juts up against another, larger megalopolis, or a capital city. Or perhaps your hometown falls right in the path of a big, bold continent label. In either case, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I'm sorry, I can't reply to your post because I'm out doing really fun things. I'll check for green arrows when I'm back on the site and might post a reply later. Toodles [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: USA WEEKEND – Show us your holiday cookouts and red/white/blue creations. We've got a whole weekend so you've got plenty of time to get it right. Show us them vittles [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Radioactive room so dangerous that no one has entered since 1976 can be found in A: Russia, B: Japan, C: Washington State [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » That independent privacy board that Obama appointed to look into NSA's data collection has concluded everything the agency does is totally legal and effective and they'd really like it if NSA would delete those copies of their search historie
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Fark.com RSS » "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We're well on our way to lawn-darting into the tarmac since my computer went out, but on the bright side here in the back I'll survive for a few hundredths of a second longer than any
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this fashionable singer [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » IBM supercomputer proves you don't need taste buds, a mouth, or a soul to create a barbeque sauce recipe, something Kraft has known for decades [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Six out of ten Brits admit to "daredevil" behavior on vacation, risking their life and health by drinking heavily, getting tattooed, bungee jumping and eating a salad once [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Ukraine and Russia agree to hold a three-way. Looks like the separatists are getting screwed [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » This July 4th, celebrate Ted Nugent and his superior patriotism, says Ted Nugent [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: A Visual Guide to Space Junk
Space Junk Here’s an infographic breakdown of space junk—how much there is, where it is, and how big it is. * The Age-Old Debate This video finally explores for us which hurts more: being a woman delivering a baby or being a man getting kicked in the, ummmm, area. Slightly NSFW. * The Most Believable UFO Stories A lot of … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Things aren't looking so good for you when "staggering amount" and "child porn" are in the same sentence [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Man's testicles removed from his throat after first ride on World's Tallest Waterslide [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » The rate by which Americans injure themselves with fireworks has reached the highest level recorded in 10 years. Thanks, Obama [Dumbass]
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The Oatmeal – Comics, Quizzes, & Stories » How your body responds to exercise
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Fark.com RSS » Passionate kissing is "over" for couples once they've been married for three months, beating subby's over/under bet on 'three days' [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Nanny from hell is in fact meting out justice [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » If you've always felt like there's been a void in your life because you could never accurately track the yearly wildebeest migration between Tanzania and Kenya, your suffering is over [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Looking for work? Check out this map to see where the most jobs STEM from [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Group refused service at Atlanta restaurant because a member of the party's sleeveless t-shirt violated the "gentleman's dress code" for the establishment. The fact that he was 4-years old did not sway management to make an exception
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Fark.com RSS » Louis Zamperini, WWII hero, Olympian, subject of the book 'Unbroken' and one of the toughest people ever to live passes away at age 97 [Hero]
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FMyLife » notacashier says FML
Today, I used the self-checkout for the first time. I didn't see a slot for bills, so I tried to put them in the coin slot for a solid three minutes. There was a huge line behind me, silently judging. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Q
A lot can change in 15 years. National Geographic Channel's upcoming three-part miniseries 'The '90s: The Last Great Decade?' makes that quite apparent, with a look back on the decade that gave us Bill Clinton's presidency, the rise of America Online, the musical stylings of Vanilla Ice, and a spooky little television series called 'The X-Files.' [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man with 10 inch penis gets surgery to make it bigger. "I wanted a monster" (Not safe for work) [Hero]
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Mental Floss » Animating Adam Savage's Workshop
Here's a treat. MythBuster Adam Savage invited animator Marty Cooper (previously on mental_floss…) to talk about animation, and make a stop-motion cel animation in Savage's workshop. In the process, Savage drops a bit of trivia I'd never heard: his father worked on Sesame Street interstitial animations (!). Enjoy: For more from Cooper, check out his YouTube Channel or his Instagram … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "We expect sewers to get blocked with fats or baby wipes, but not tennis ball. How on earth people managed to flush quite so many tennis balls I don't know, but this is just one example of amazing things we find blocking the sewers" [Inte
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Fark.com RSS » Regarding the impending hurricane, NC Governor warns against putting on 'stupid hat'. Silly pants, ugly tie presumably still ok [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently the borough of Queens has a problem with a therapy pig within its boundaries [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » "Growing rates of obesity in pets have led to the emergence of fat farms offering 'pawlates,' 'doga' and 'Barko Polo,' doggie versions of Pilates, yoga and Marco Polo to help slim down man's best friend." Your dog
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Fark.com RSS » Don't you hate it when the jet you're in starts flooding at 30,000 feet over the ocean? You might want to stay away from this link, then [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 8 Odd Festivals and Events in July
July is filled with local fairs and festivals filled with family fun. But even as each festival tries to stand out among the others, a few float to the top for their wacky uniqueness. Here are some that may be worth planning a road trip around! 1. UFO Festival Photograph from UFO Festival Roswell. The UFO Festival in Roswell, New … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The owners of Timo The Cat would like you to know that after four months, he has figured out how to work a hammock (pics, vid) [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photographer who submitted Jewish baby pic for Ideal Aryan 1935 magazine cover was indeed the greatest troll of his generation. "I wanted to make the Nazis look ridiculous" [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Toughest mathematical problem for general public to solve is 7 X 8. A shocking sixty percent of people come up with answers other than '42' [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: I'm Free!
The mentalfloss.com Brain Game is taking Independence Day off, so I'm moving the Free-for-All Friday challenge forward one day. Enjoy! Give ONE example of an English word
that begins with the letters "FREE." EXAMPLES: FREEDOM, FREEWHEELING, FREEZER Please add your single entry to our
comment list below, and have a great weekend! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 'Bubbling' Is the new teen trend that no teen anywhere has ever done but will be reported in horrified tones by news outlets across the country [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » The World Cup was so popular in America this year that it beat the NBA Finals and the World Series in TV ratings [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Lee Boyd Malvo, the DC sniper, believes that he's learned some important lessons about not using human beings as target practice and would like to be let out of prison now, please [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » The Names of 10 Fireworks Effects
Try to spot them this Fourth of July. [Link]
Futility Closet » Saving Face
Image: Wikimedia Commons “The Joker,” a picture-preserving geomagic square by Lee Sallows. The 16 pieces can be assembled in varying groups of 4 to produce the same picture in 16 different ways, without rotation or reflection. The outline need not be a joker — it can take almost any shape. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Transparent salaries are actually great motivators for employees [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » How Does the Farmers' Almanac Work?
Labor Day may have signaled the unofficial end of summer, but that milestone hasn't done much to cool off the regions that are still sweating in oppressively hot weather. There may be good news on the horizon for fans of chillier weather, though. The recently released 2016 editions of both the Farmers' Almanac and the Old Farmers' Almanac are predicting … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's a little known fact that on the nation's first Fourth of July our Founding Fathers gathered together in celebration and raised in hearty cheer mugs filled with cucumber dill fizz [Unlikely]
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Weird Universe » One-Armed Rider
The headline tells the whole story:
"German police apologise for fining one-armed cyclist for riding his bike with only one arm."
Technically he was fined for having only one handbrake, even though he had modified the bicycle, per legal requirements, to also have a foot-operated brake. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this disembodied soccer fan [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Hurricane Arthur not expected to threaten Beaufort County [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Hurricane Arthur expected to threaten Beaufort County [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » USPS takes 83 years to deliver a letter 150 miles. That sounds about right [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Twins: The Mid-'90s NYC Restaurant Staffed Entirely By Identical Twins
Employees had to work at the same time and wear the same outfit, and if one called out sick, the other twin was forced to take the day off. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Explosion at General Motors plant injures workers. GM immediately recalls all factories [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Man with only one arm fined for riding his bike with only one brake [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Hawaii's alien spaceport opens for business. Apparently "first contact" is less about warp drive, and more about hippie girls in white dresses [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » "You're not a true American until you've cooked your bacon with a machine gun" [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I broke up with my girlfriend. After breaking the news to my parents, I heard my dad mutter when I left, "Damn it, I liked her better than him." My mother didn't protest. FML [Link]
Weird Universe » Home VCR: 1965
I really was unaware that home video outfits debuted as early as 1965.
Of course, there was the stated price range to consider, from $500.00 to $1100.00.
Full article here.
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Mental Floss » mental_floss magazine is hiring!
mental_floss magazine is hiring an assistant editor. This is a full-time, in-house position based in New York City. We are published 10x a year and there are some late nights involved. Also, accordingly, some pizza. We are a small team and we all wear many hats—therefore looking good in a variety of hats is a prerequisite. The assistant editor will: … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » After woman suffers pain for six months, doctors remove fountain pen lodged in her stomach. Hospital calls it a write-off [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » When you're being interviewed on live television about the fact that your nephews just died in a house fire, don't tell the reporter that you're more concerned about the condition of the food stamps in your purse inside the house [Asinine
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Mental Floss » Watch Out for Snakes!
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FMyLife » thatsnotmyname says FML
Today, my boyfriend of a couple of weeks mixed up my name with his ex wife's name. After he said it, he looked at me and said, "You knew it was going to happen." FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Last Foot-Binding Survivors
China’s Last Foot-Binding Survivors. The ancient practice affects some women who still cannot walk normally eighty years later.
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Shane has been causing some problems for the management at Walmart. Whether he’s a real employee or not has no bearing on how funny his shenanigans are.
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Please Enjoy This Fully Playable Tetris T-Shirt. A barrel of laughs for about two … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Researchers claim a third of women have gone through a sex dry spell lasting at least a year. Subby's got that beat by six years [Sad]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I opened my window due to the good weather. I was lucky enough to listen to the sounds of someone violently throwing up for over an hour. The window got stuck open. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my shoes were rubbing against my heel so much that one heel started to bleed. Not having any plasters, I stuffed some tissue down my shoe. When I walked off the train, a wad of blood-stained tissue fell out the back of my shoe. The guy behind me didn't think it came from my shoe. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » In a Word
titivil n. “Name for a devil said to collect fragments of words dropped, skipped, or mumbled in the recitation of divine service, and to carry them to hell, to be registered against the offender.” [OED] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chicken rescued from street outside a branch of KFC 'not in great condition', although not fried or inside a bucket [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » "I'm a doctor, can I check your body for ticks?" might work in a bar, but not on a playground [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 478: "You Can't Fight City Hall 2". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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FMyLife » pissed off says FML
Today, my dad finished installing our new home security system. One of the features lets him control any light in the house from his phone. He keeps trying to piss me off by turning my bedroom light on at random intervals. I don't know how to make it stop, and I can't sleep. FML [Link]
FMyLife » HazingNight says FML
Today, my girlfriend asked me where I've always wanted to settle down, and I told her that Italy had always appealed to me. She snorted and told me what a bad idea that was, because "you don't speak French". FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 46 Facts About First Ladies
Bring some First Lady facts to this year's Fourth of July barbecue. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Here's a story you'll never see in the mainstream Western media: Ever since 2004 China has outlawed the construction of new golf courses and is currently bulldozing rogue operations [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend: "That biatch be crazy, yo" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Two-year investigation to find out how much U.N. officials pay themselves results in discovery that nobody in the U.N. knows how much they're paying themselves. Strongly worded letter to follow [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Reminder to all kitchen staff: Band-Aids belong on your foot, not in your food [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » These urban explorers see one infiltration of Neverland Ranch and raise it by a mothballed fleet of warships and two US rocket testing sites [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Ten questions to help you determine if your religious liberty is being threatened. Don't have time to answer 10 questions? Fine, here's the cheat sheet: It's not being threatened [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Sadly, the spatula is not mightier than the sword [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Jockey arrested for driving away from a traffic stop with a sheriff's deputy clinging onto his truck [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » The reasons Tibetans can thrive at altitudes that would make the rest of us gasp and reach for an oxygen bottle? Apparently it's because their ancestors did a lot of farking with the now-extinct human species known as "Denisovans" [Intere
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Mental Floss » 7 Taboos From a 17th-Century Coffeehouse
Thanks to Paul Greenwod, who penned The RULES and ORDERS of the Coffee-House in 1674, we’ve got the basics to keep you from embarrassing yourself in front of 17th century London’s most progressive socialites. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop who should sit next to this fashionable squirrel [Photoshop]
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