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 » Eerie Drone Footage Shows Chernobyl From Above
"Armed with a camera and a dosimeter geiger counter, I explored…" [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police use schoolchildren as stand ins for protesters during drill, accidentally let them know what rubber bullets really feel like [Fail]
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Overheard In The Office » Don’t Bring Me Solutions, Bring Me Problems!
Woman #1: I hate living alone.Woman #2: I love living alone.Woman #1: It sucks going home to nobody, having nobody to talk to — it just sucks.Woman #2: You want to live together?Woman #1: No!Motorola, 1301 East Algonquin Road
Schaumburg, Illinois [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate in December
Keep your holiday spirit high heading into the end of the year with a roster of quirky celebrations to fill these final weeks before Christmas. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How to donate to food banks without looking like a dumbass. Bottom line: instead of processed garbage like ramen and marshmallows, give canned or unprocessed food like beans and lentils. Better yet, just give money since your "food" is pretty
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Dealing with Annoying Coworkers
We all know one. Here are some tips for getting along with that irritating person at work. * Watching Jack Nicholson jump around and pump himself up for the famous door axe chopping scene in The Shining is really entertaining. * Learn the stories behind some of history’s grandest hoaxes. * Well this didn’t take long. Someone made a LEGO … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Are you staring at my butt?" "Sorry, I was just trying to find out how to get to Albuquerque" [Strange]
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FMyLife » foreveralone says FML
Today, I got friendzoned by three different women. Each girl suggested I should ask out one of the other two women who also friendzoned me. FML [Link]
FMyLife » virgacs says FML
Today, my husband shaved off his beard. Turns out he looks like my ex. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mother enlists people from 100 countries to scatter son's ashes around the world [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Porta-potty engineering isn't exactly rocket science. Well, usually [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » FBI warns U.S. military that a group calling itself ISIS plans to violently attack them with weapons, with the intention of causing bodily harm or death [Obvious]
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The Onion » Area Man Locked In Protracted Battle With Sweatshirt Neckhole
GARY, IN—Struggling valiantly against the elusive long-sleeved garment, local man Kyle Villalobos is currently locked in a protracted battle to locate the neckhole of his sweatshirt, sources said Monday. 
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this fancy lunch [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 27 Things You Might Not Know About 'Christmas Vacation'
The Griswold family Christmas classic is the gift that keeps on giving throughout the entire year. [Link]
The Onion » Infographic: Credit Card Safety Tips
Here are some tips for keeping your credit cards and banking information safe and sound 
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The Onion » Millions Of Holiday Travelers Return From Parents’ Homes All Caught Up On ‘The Mentalist’
WASHINGTON—After visiting their parents over the long Thanksgiving weekend, millions of holiday travelers reportedly returned to their daily lives Monday having completely caught up on the CBS procedural crime drama The Mentalist. 
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Fark.com RSS » If you're going to try to elude police, make sure you take the right lesson from Formula 500 drivers: the 'go fast' one, not the 'drive in a circle' one [Dumbass]
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The Onion » American Voices: Girl Scouts To Sell Cookies Online
The Girl Scouts of America announced that though scouts have always sold cookies face-to-face to encourage salesmanship, the organization will now allow them to sell the popular cookies online to “use modern tools to expand the size and scope of the… 
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The Onion » Sportsgraphic: NFL Week 13 Winners And Losers
Onion Sports presents its winners and losers from the 13th week of the NFL season 
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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter #15: Where the deer and the antelope play World of Warcraft [FarkBlog]
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Mental Floss » Dr. Watson’s 1962 Nobel Prize Could Be Yours…
James Watson and Francis Crick stand amongst the winners receiving their Nobel Prizes in Stockholm in 1962. From left to right: Professor Maurice Williams; Dr. Max Perutz; Dr. Francis Crick; John Steinbeck; Professor James Watson, and Dr. John C. Kendrew. …if you have a couple million dollars lying around. According to Fine Books & Collections, Dr. James D. Watson’s 1962 … [Link]
The Onion » 3 Toddlers Dredged From Chuck E. Cheese Ball Pit
3 Toddlers Dredged From Chuck E. Cheese Ball Pit 
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Fark.com RSS » Forget Kim Kardashian's buttocks, THIS is going to break the Internet [Cool]
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Mental Floss » "Wanderers," a Glimpse of Humanity's Possible Future
"The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of childhood. We invest far-off places with a certain romance." -Carl Sagan. [Link]
The Onion » Consumer Entering That Awkward Age Between Target Demographics
SAN LEANDRO, CA—Acknowledging that he has reached a stage in his life when he doesn’t quite seem to fit in anywhere, marketing experts confirmed Monday that local consumer Keith Eberhardt, 34, is entering that awkward period of transition betw… 
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Mental Floss » Name the 50 Largest U.S. Cities
How many of the 50 largest U.S. cities can you name without getting one wrong? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's Cyber Monday again. A/S/L? [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Mama June added to no-fly list, dwarf twins for Christmas, and a victory for the Association of Lesbian Lumberjack Grunge Fans: some of Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week for 11/23 – 11/29 [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Recognizing that Prop 65 warning labels are ubiquitous and meaningless, California proposes different warning for chemicals that are actually dangerous [Interesting]
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The Onion » Empty ‘About Us’ Page Leaves Chinese Buffet’s Origins Shrouded In Mystery
BROOKLYN PARK, MN—Mystified internet users confirmed this week that the peculiar, completely empty “About Us” page on the website of local restaurant Imperial Garden has left the origins of the Chinese buffet shrouded in an impenetrable … 
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Futility Closet » Bridges and Bell Ropes
Two puzzles from the new Futility Closet book are featured this week on the New York Times’ Numberplay blog. I’ll post the solutions and comment there on Friday. Many thanks to Gary Antonick for setting this up. Both Futility Closet books are available now on Amazon, in paperback and as ebooks. Thanks for your support! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ferguson protestors bring DC traffic to a halt. What, you mean DC traffic was moving for a change? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » When your 13'6" truck is headed for a 12'9" bridge, are you thinking (a) oh crap, (b) OMG, my BFF Jack, or (c) no problem, it's only a $40 fine [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » 7 Authors Who Wrote Themselves into Their Work
The best books cast a spell over readers, inviting them to forget that the world they’re invested in is the result of the author’s imagination. But this becomes exponentially harder to do when novelists decide to write themselves into their fiction, breaking the trance and reminding everyone there is no magic in the world. It’s somewhat cruel. Here are seven … [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: "Mack" Daddy
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Fark.com RSS » Celebrate the 179th birthday of Mark Twain by watching the only film footage of him in existence …. captured in 1909 by Thomas Edison [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Fancy getting 50% off LSD? Or vials of botox with a 66% discount off their normal price? Cyber Monday deals extend to the dark web [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » How to react when your children start using swear words. Apparently, laughing isn't the right reaction [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Dude thinks his mom gave his dad cancer. That's the least crazy aspect of this story [Florida]
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The Onion » Slideshow: The Week In Pictures – Week Of December 1, 2014
The Week In Pictures – Week Of December 1, 2014 
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Fark.com RSS » Yes, an art history degree can come in handy. Like when you spot a rare long-lost painting being used as a prop in a children's movie [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Indian IS recruit finds out the hard way that being a glorious Islamic State warrior in the great holy war is not all it's cut out to be after getting assigned toilet duty [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Researchers unearth new clues about an ancient Greek computer. Since it needed bright sunlight and had to be placed near a wall opening – it's now called the first computer to operate by windows [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » Long Island community leaders cause shiat storm after considering raising fine for not cleaning up after dogs from $25 to $250 because they're too cheap to replace a misprinted sign [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » The total costs of the things associated with the 12 days of Christmas is now at $116,273, a modest 1.4 percent increase from the totally made up figure a year ago [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember Anna Chapman, that hot, red-headed Russian spy? She's now starring in a pro-Kremlin video where she fires a rifle, climb on tanks, pumps iron, marches, and learns how to stab somebody in the back [Followup]
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FMyLife » shitty candles says FML
Today, I dug out the 5 fancy, extremely expensive candles I bought during Black Friday. I lit one up, and was delighted that it smelled so great. My mother then walked into my room and stated that it smelled "like shit". The other four were going to be a Christmas gift for her. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Do Trick Candles Keep Relighting?
For children of a certain age, there are few things more amazing than blowing out a birthday candle only to have it relight—as if by magic!—soon after the flame has been extinguished. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Things not to leave behind on a train: Number one – A $1.25 million artwork from the 13th century [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 11 Innovative Gifts for the DIY Master
It can be hard to know what to buy your DIY-enthusiast friends since they’re so clever about making the things they need. This holiday, get them something that will make their next project even better. 1. HDMI Pocket Projector Mobile, 100-Lumen; $299.99 
You never know when (or where) your crafty friend might start a new project. Projectors are great for … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "We're going to fight pollution with billboards" [Florida]
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The Onion » Editorial Cartoon: Offensive (Tr)end
Offensive (Tr)end 
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 36: The Great Moon Hoax
In 1835 the New York Sun announced that astronomers had discovered bat-winged humanoids on the moon, as well as reindeer, unicorns, bipedal beavers and temples made of sapphire. The fake news was reprinted around the world, impressing even P.T. Barnum; Edgar Allan Poe said that “not one person in ten” doubted the story. In this episode of the Futility Closet … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Germany moving to ban companies from sending work emails after 6PM [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this average day at the amusement park [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Internet comments shouldn't be anonymous because anonymity allows people to be assholes, says someone who has obviously never seen a comment section linked to Facebook that is full of assholes using their real names [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Idi Amin's son wishes to register a complaint with the Guardian about his dad's obituary…from 11 years ago. First of all, when the dictator engaged in cannibalism he did NOT use mornay sauce. Are we clear? [Strange]
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Weird Universe » Stolta the Moose
There aren't many famous moose, except for Bullwinkle who doesn't count because he's fictional. So because Stolta achieved some fame in Sweden, that might make her the most famous moose in the world!
After her mother was accidentally killed by a train (circa 1900), Stolta was adopted by a lineman and raised like a tame horse. She pulled carts and … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Who's scared of legal marijuana? Alcohol and tobacco companies, police forces, private prisons, and anyone else who makes money off of it staying illegal [Obvious]
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FMyLife » fishtacos says FML
Today, my boyfriend bought me some feminine cleansing wipes for my birthday so I could, "get the hoo-ha spick-and-span." FML [Link]
FMyLife » Nose Numb says FML
Today, for the first time ever, my family bought a real Christmas tree instead of using our old fake one. Today, I also found out I'm allergic to Christmas trees. My family won't get rid of it because they paid so much for it and intend to "get their money's worth". FML [Link]
FMyLife » pooplife says FML
Today, I sat down for a poop. The toilet seat slid off immediately, taking me with it. I lay on the bathroom floor for several moments stunned, still pooping. FML [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 9AM Back to Work
Supervisor to dark-skinned Indian employee: Were you out much this weekend? You are so tan. 473 Ridge Road
Dayton, New Jersey Overheard by: office peon [Link]
Overheard In The Office » So How Long You Been With the Escort Service?
Southern woman: No! You suck the head because that’s where all the juice is!Confused employee #1: I thought your shirt said “Bite the head off and eat the meat!”Confused employee #2: What the fuck are you sadistic bitches talking about?Southern woman (laughing): Crawdads! I’m talking about crawdads!West Fargo, North DakotaOverheard by: Orion [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Eh, to Air Is Human.
Female coworker, about manager: I'm not sayin' that I'm fuckin' Coretta Scott King in this bitch, but I'm not fartin' in a cubicle!West Lafayette, Indiana [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Despite His Love of Waffles
Angry boss: Aristotle is not Belgian!Chicago, IllinoisOverheard by: Hear No Evil [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Not If He's Worried About E. Coli.
Psychiatric nurse, to rest of treatment team, about patient who almost choked: You know Mark*, he sees a big piece of meat, he just puts the whole thing in his mouth.Catawba, Virginia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » But I’ve Realized It’s Just Not Practical to Maintain a Mule in New York City
Banker lady: You know, Catherine Deneuve said, ‘At a certain point you have to decide between your ass and your face…’9 West 57th Street
New York, New York [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Still Upset about the Caulking Incident
PC tech: How’s your wife?Printer tech: Pretty good. I tried to give her a massage last night, but she said that I couldn’t.PC tech: Why? My girl loves massages.Printer tech: She said that I’ll just end up filling up a hole, and she wasn’t in the mood.West Palm Beach, Florida [Link]
Overheard In The Office » I Knew This Tiara Was a Bad Idea.
Engineer to operations guy: You're all evil in this department. (points at administrative assistant) Especially you, you're the leader.Administrative assistant: What?Manhattan, New York [Link]
Mental Floss » "Mack" Daddy
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Overheard In The Office » I Would Pay Just to Watch That Infomercial
Coworker: Hey dude, that's how I'm going to make my money. Cat exercise equipment.Marshfield, MassachusettsOverheard by: Mikaela [Link]
Weird Universe » Mystery Illustration 3
This "futuristic" plane was:
1) conceived in the 1920s to occur in the 1940s
2) conceived in the 1930s to occur in the 1950s
3) conceived in the 1940s to occur in the 1970s
4) conceived in the 1950s to occur in the 1980s
The answer is here. [Link]
Mental Floss » Rare First Folio of Shakespeare's Plays Discovered
This fall, librarians at a public library in St. Omer, France who were readying an exhibition on British literature made an incredible discovery: A first folio of Shakespeare's plays. The books are among the rarest in the world; this latest folio brings the total to 233. This Folio, which contains 36 of the Bard's 38 plays, was mislabeled as "an … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fewer people took part in Black Friday this year and retailers don't know why. How about the rent is too damn high? [Sad]
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Overheard In The Office » Gimme a Hand with It, Okay?
From inside copy room: Oh my god, my flap’s gone up! Don’t you hate it when your flap goes up?Queensland
AustraliaOverheard by: EM [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Toys Worth Fighting For
10 Toys So Popular They Incited Violence. Hell hath no fury like a parent looking for this year’s hottest toy.
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10 Life Lessons Atticus Finch Taught Us in To Kill A Mockingbird. You’ll remember as soon as you see Gregory Peck fill those big shoes.
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Big Cat Tracker Boone Smith Says We 'Have A Responsibility' To Protect Lions. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Warning: Nutmeg could make you higher than injecting 10 marijuanas, and leave you with loose morals and an appreciation for Jazz music (link fixed) [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » "He suspects English taste buds will never be sophisticated enough to appreciate 25-layer pig intestines" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Is there a better way to spend Thanksgiving than by spraying your neighbor with bear repellent? [Fail]
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FMyLife » Greatgrandpa says FML
Today, my only child introduced his new girlfriend to me. He is 36 and has no children. She is 46 and has a pregnant daughter who she is very close with. I don't know if I'll ever be a grandfather, but in any case, my son is going to be one before me. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Free shipping is a myth designed to get you to buy more [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » The History of Hollywood's 'It Girls' (And Their Tragic Downfalls)
Heavy is the head that wears the "It Girl" tiara. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Britain has a secretive naked village called Nope, not even gonna click that (Not safe for work) [Obvious]
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Overheard In The Office » Oh, Yeah, You Gotta Keep Your Pool Clean
Receptionist #1: You know, I need a big, magic tool. One that doesn’t take batteries.Receptionist #2: Hahaha!Receptionist #1: For my pool! To clean my pool… Get your mind out of the gutter…Receptionist #2: [Still snickering.]State Street
Augusta, MaineOverheard by: broken girl [Link]
Overheard In The Office » When the Blood-Dimmed Tide Is Loosed
20-ish peon #1: I have to go and see my sister and her new baby.20-ish peon #2: You’ll come back smelling like babies. I love that smell.20-ish peon #3: They smell like uterus.Parliament Place
West Perth
Australia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » I’m Thinking of Knitting One
Cute chick holding up ballpoint pen: How does this work?250 Bloor Street
Toronto, Ontario
CanadiaOverheard by: working on a manual [Link]
Overheard In The Office » But the Hottest One of Those in the Office
Biotech peon: Someone should tell her that dress makes her look like a 90-year-old Hawaiian woman. A blind, drunk 90-year-old Hawaiian woman.York Road
Elmhurst, Illinois [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 4PM Maternity Leave
Worker: What’s up with Charlotte*? Is she okay?
Supervisor: I honestly don’t know.
Worker: When I was pregnant, I worked all the way up ’til I dropped the load, and then I came back. Kids these days… 1 Easton Oval
Columbus, Ohio [Link]
Overheard In The Office » She’s Moving Very Fast
Office guy #1: Look! There goes the cocaine lady! You should try to catch her!Office guy #2: Damn, she’s gone! Maybe next time.Clackamas, OregonOverheard by: Stephanie [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Missing Ohio State University football player Kosta Karageorge has been found dead inside a dumpster of what police suspect is a self-inflicted gunshot wound [Followup]
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Overheard In The Office » You Could Probably Steal One From a White Castle in the Bronx and No One Would Notice For a Week
Woman: Oh, I want the baby. I just don’t want the pregnancy. If I could just go to a fast food place and order a baby, I would.4910 16th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch the Trailer for 'Star Wars: Episode VII' — The George Lucas Version
CGI critters, over-elaborate lightsabers, needless Jabba, musical numbers, and—of course—trade negotiations. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cool before and after images of Darwin after Cyclone Tracy 40 years ago [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » Yet It Only Takes One Wang to Make a Right
Coworker #1: What are we getting for lunch today?Coworker #2: Wang.Coworker #1: Again? I'm sick of Wang.Coworker #2: That's a lie, you never get sick of Wang.Glastonbury, ConnecticutOverheard by: Can't wait for my contract to end [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you were one of millions of people planning on flying home today so you could return to work tomorrow…yeah, probably not gonna happen as more than 3,000 flights have been delayed across the US [PSA]
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Overheard In The Office » And by Nice, I Mean “How Soul-Destroyingly Gauche”
Office girl #1 in skimpy outfit gathering promotional material: You look whipped.Office girl #2: Yeah… I had a date. I didn’t get home until four A.M.Office girl #1: I didn’t get to sleep until four A.M., either, but that’s because I was having sex… with my man…Office girl #2: Yeah, I was at a bar. It was the first date. We … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Headline: Flu vaccine kills 13 in Italy. Article: There's no evidence they died from the vaccine [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » The moral of this story is if you like to write rap songs about killing your estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent then maybe you shouldn't post the lyrics where others can see them. Like Facebook [Scary]
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Overheard In The Office » Or Possibly a More Competent Lawyer
Programmer #1: I don’t think my brother has been out of jail for Christmas or his birthday for the last six years.
Programmer #2: Maybe you should get him a subscription to Playboy?
Programmer #1: I was thinking cigarettes. Tech center
Denver, Colorado Overheard by: so glad I’m not related [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this super-sleek cedar sauna scene [Photoshop]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my wife was giving me a blowjob when I foolishly asked her how she got so good at giving them. She looked straight into my eyes and replied, "Practising on about six guys before you." FML [Link]
FMyLife » davy0540 says FML
Today, my wife and I drove two hours from our rural town to buy a new sofa. When we got home, it took us an hour to figure out there was no way to fit it through our door. We made the two hour drive back to return it, only to find the store was closed. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my little sister asked if she could play on my laptop, but I said no because I was writing an essay for school. She then bit herself hard and showed the mark to our parents, saying I did it. As they bitched me out, my sister got on my laptop and deleted my half-finished essay. FML [Link]
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