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 » Good news, everyone: The Supreme Court ruled today that, contrary to popular belief, ignorance of the law is a perfectly good excuse — as long as it's a cop who's claiming ignorance… wait, that's not good news at all [Scary]
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Overheard In The Office » Sir, You’ll Have to Take Your Green Tiger Outside
Customer with CD: Don’t make fun of the Transformers.Bookseller: I’m not making fun. I had that soundtrack. I lost it in the hurricane.Customer with CD: Well, you can’t have mine.Bookseller: I have The Matrix.Customer with CD: I have the touch.Passing customer: And I have the power!Barnes & Noble, Irving Mall
Irving, TexasOverheard by: shelving drone [Link]
Fark.com RSS » While whacked on Suboxone, daughter visits mother in hospital. "Nurses stated (that) Ms. Key appeared groggy and unsteady when she was there but then tripped over her mother's catheter tube and dislodged it," [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » "Witness #40" whose "eyewitness" testimony was instrumental in clearing officer Darren Wilson is convicted felon with memory problems and brain damage who posted some seriously racist stuff to FB about Brown before "remembering
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Mental Floss » 15 Harsh Things Critics Said About 'The Nutcracker' After Its 1892 Premiere
The road from its Saint Petersburg premiere in 1892 to annual must-see was neither direct nor easy. [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Animals With Misleading Names
The animal kingdom is filled with a vast collection of wonderful creatures—perhaps too many for any hopeful zoologist to commit to memory. But doing so would be much easier if so many species didn't have such misleading names! With dolphins masquerading as whales, lizards as toads, and marsupials as bears, it can be tough to keep track of which animals … [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Sixth Day of Christmas
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Fark.com RSS » The esteemed supreme court justice Antonin Scalia assures us that torture is an acceptable tool of modern statecraft because he has 24 on blu-ray [Followup]
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Mental Floss » The Amazing Origins of 15 Etiquette Rules
Nowadays, they’re just considered good manners, but some of our most familiar etiquette rules have long and surprising histories. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Massachusetts Baby born at 10:11 12-13-14. This is the last "sequential date" that will be possible this century [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Belarus: Opposition group seeks to 'recruit Gandalf' [Misc]
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Overheard In The Office » She Unwittingly Picked Her Career on ‘Opposite Day’
Very pregnant elementary school teacher: God, I hate screaming kids!1 Raider Circle
Houston, TexasOverheard by: Fellow Teacher [Link]
Overheard In The Office » A Girl Can Be Too Hot, You Know
Secretary to new receptionist: Will you light the candles on the birthday cake?New receptionist: I'm not allowed to use matches.Sarasota, Florida [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Murderous Granny had a dark side, according to police reports from the department of No shiat [Scary]
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FMyLife » dawg says FML
Today, I found out that the "IRS scam" that I ignored last week was actually not a scam, and now I have a warrant out for me. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » PSA: To avoid pitbull attacks always carry a pineapple [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: What Santa will look like in the future [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » California should stop asking people to conserve water and talking about the drought because it rained once last week [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Tired of being the only person in your cube farm without Christmas decorations at your desk? Here's a handy guide for making your very own Christmas Krampus [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Six people killed, one wounded in Pennsylvania shooting spree, suspect on the loose [Scary]
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Overheard In The Office » But Instead, the Gerbil Was Under Your Desk.
Office supply delivery guy: Well, I was just afraid it was shoved up there and wouldn't be found.Receptionist: (silence)Wilmington, DelawareOverheard by: olamac [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Town releases photo of mayor inspecting road work. For some strange reason, people are claiming that it's photoshopped [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Santa's sleigh slapped with ticket for illegal parking as he is out collecting toys: "Santa was absolutely shocked. He said the traffic warden should be put on the naughty list and get a lump of coal for Christmas" (pics) [Amusing]
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FMyLife » LonelyGuy says FML
Today, I called this girl I've had a crush on for 2 years to confess my love to her. However, as she picked up the phone, I got so nervous that I froze and couldn't say a word. I was standing there, breathing heavily for 20 seconds. She got so freaked out that she threatened to call the police. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "So when I said torture was okay, I meant like, little 't' torture, not Torture Torture" [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Floridians shot themselves by accident at least seven times this year [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Well, endowed is no longer an apt description of Bill Cosby [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 15 Quirky Winter Sports to Try This Season
If snowboarding makes you yawn and skiing seems positively humdrum, maybe it’s time to shake up your winter activities. Here are 15 quirky sports to add to your cold weather to-do list this year. 1. Ski Ballet Popular in the ‘70s, ski ballet (also known as acroski) took the already challenging sport of skiing and asked athletes to add flips, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Breathing in vaporized pig's brains turns out to be bad for you. Huh, who'da guessed? [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » Well I'm Not Sore, for One Thing.
Advisor #1: Wow, you're really almost done packing up your office. All the rainbow stuff is gone…Advisor #2: I never had any rainbow stuff up. It was just colorful.Advisor #1: True. It's like the party's over.Advisor #2: Yup. The make-up's off. My hair's messed up… Can't find my underwear.Advisor #1: Wait, how is that different from any other day?Manhattan, New YorkOverheard … [Link]
Futility Closet » Square Deal
This unit square is divided into four regions by a diagonal and a line that connects a vertex to the midpoint of an opposite side. What are the areas of the four regions? SelectClick for Answer a + b = 1/4, b + c = 1/2, and a + d = 1/2. Triangles a and c are similar, and c … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: In which Drew Curtis explains WTFark WTFark is [FarkBlog]
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Mental Floss » 15 Ongoing Space Missions You Should Know About
What else is going on up there? [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Your Soda's Probably Gay, Honey
Oblivious female coworker trying to drink soda through a straw: I think it's broken. I keep sucking and sucking, but nothing comes out.Baton Rouge, Louisiana [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Porn star passes California bar exam. Will ensure that all evidence will stand up in court [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Shortly after gunning him down for carrying a toy gun in a Walmart toy aisle, Ohio police interrogated John Crawford's girlfriend by using a bit of "Bad Cop, Worse Cop" to get answers [Followup]
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Overheard In The Office » No, on the Guy He’s Kneeling Next To
Boss, looking at photograph: Geez, look at the smile on this guy!Peon: That’s a mustache.Middlemount, Queensland
AustraliaOverheard by: Glad he shaves… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Guilt-ridden burglar returns cash that he stole from children's fundraising event – with interest [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » New study reveals California is populated with transplants from Arizona and Arizona is populated with transplants from California [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Naked cyclist ticketed by police for not wearing a helmet [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » It has begun, the hamburgers are fighting back [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » 100 million Americans could lose power during a major sun storm. Or for PG&E customers, if more than three raindrops fall in any one given area [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple stuck in keyless car for 13 hours, can't figure out how to open door handle, nearly wins Darwin Award [Fail]
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Overheard In The Office » It’s What She Would Want If She Weren’t Selfishly Preoccupied With Her Little Personal Problems
Co-Worker #1: …and who ordered the salad?Co-Worker #2: Marie*, but she left for the day.Co-Worker #1: Is she okay?Co-Worker #2: I hope so. She was crying when she left. I guess the police called and said her 7-year-old daughter was a town over from where she was supposed to be, and no one knows where the sitter went.Co-Worker #1: Oh, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Party guests hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after someone decided they were tired of the wind burning out their propane-powered cooker, so it was moved inside for the sake of convenience [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Cam Newton drive ends in turnover, the Origin of Feces, and the EPA to regulate eagle tears: some of Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week for 12/7 – 12/13 [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » A new graphic shows the average face of a CEO in 10 different industries – unsurprisingly, it's whiter than a Michael McDonald concert [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » "Excuse me oldtimer, but did you know you don't have a current inspection sticker on your car? Prepare to be tazed, you violent scofflaw" [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » "Help, a mud crab broke into my house" [Fail]
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Mental Floss » 15 Podcasts for Extremely Specific Kinds of Nerds
The specificity of the nerdiness in some of these programs is incredible. [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 of History’s Most Amazing Gifts
Do you have a pal who always leaves you scratching your head when it comes to gifts? Perhaps something here will inspire the perfect present for that person in your life who has everything (except a 196-carat diamond or a unicorn horn). 1. The Statue of Liberty The official dedication ceremony for France’s gift of the “New Colossus” was in … [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Forgotten Holiday Traditions We Need to Bring Back
December is full of amazing traditions and festivities, but many wonderful holiday customs have faded into near-obscurity. These fifteen examples deserve a comeback. 1. Decorate With Rose Petals 
Ease up on the poinsettias this year and do as the Colonial Virginians did—spruce up your home with fragrant roses and lavender during the holiday season. It gives a nice floral alternative … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Remember that Nets fan who was dragged from a game after removing his prosthetic leg and beating another fan with it? Yeah, he just committed suicide by jumping out a two-story window. However, his leg end will live on [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » There are now only five white rhinoceroses left in the world because humanity hunted them to extinction. Wait. How would the plural of rhinoceros not be rhinoceri? That just looks weird "Rhinoceroses" [Sad]
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Weird Universe » Wings and Prayer
Alabama pastor Wesley Savage has decided to start holding Sunday services at the local Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in order to reach people who ordinarily "wouldn't go to a church." He's promoting this with the tagline "Wings. Prayer. Sports." The service will be held 45 minutes before the restaurant opens. Savage says the ministry will provide a place where people … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man shot and killed outside a check cashing store. Talk about one final indignity [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Theme: ♫ ♪ "On the 13th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…" ♪ ♫ [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 15 Perfect Gift Ideas for 'West Wing' Superfans
Bartlet for America. And for the holidays. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And you thought there were no more interesting criminal nicknames left. Behold the "Duct Tape Bandit" [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Christmas Villan Quiz
Take the Christmas Villain Quiz to see which villain you are. Share the results in extended. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Florida office party hospitalizes 50 people. Company immediately named one of the top ten greatest places to work [Florida]
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Weird Universe » One-Man Barbershop Quartet
Thanks to Sandy Pearlman. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New study confirms what Patch Adams knew all along: clown laughter is the best medicine [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » LEGO Daft Punk Minifigures Might Become a Reality
You can already get your hands on Daft Punk action figures, but someday soon you might be able to buy the electronic band in Lego form. User Autorazr started a campaign on the Lego Ideas page in May, 2013 to get the French duo their own Lego line. The project has 135 days left, but it's halfway there— it needs … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Left-handed people are basically dumber versions of right-handed people, but possibly better in hand-to-hand fighting. So we keep them around but we pay them less [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Stump grinder lives up to its name [Scary]
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FMyLife » AsianSensation says FML
Today, my new friend tried to introduce me to "American Culture," as I am new to the city. He explained what a hamburger is and how it differs from the Asian food I was used to eating. I moved from Seattle and have worked at Burger King. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: 2014 Celebrity Cats and Dogs
The Celebrity Cats and Dogs of 2014. They wormed their way into our hearts just being their lovable selves.
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17 Unexpected Studying Hacks. Some may seem silly, but most will help you learn and retain what you need to know.
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The 10 Biggest Bugs on Earth. They look nice enough, as long as they stay out of my house! … [Link]
FMyLife » lonesome says FML
Today, I was so lonely, I tried to get into bed noiselessly while pretending I had a boyfriend asleep in it. FML [Link]
FMyLife » endure_survive says FML
Today, I ate at Subway during my lunch hour. A group of teenage girls sat down at the table next to mine. They all shared good laugh about the "friendless, chubby chick" sitting near them, while attempting to discreetly point at me. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Sixth Day of Christmas
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Fark.com RSS » Thrill-seeking Russian couple has sex in different railroad tunnels. Authorities yet to apprehend them, but promise to follow the tracks [Weird]
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FMyLife » BFons says FML
Today, my wife and I are about to move across the country when the landlord for our new house called and said a water line busted and flooded the house. The movers are coming tomorrow. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » New York's First Cat Cafe Opens Today
If you love cats, but apartment restrictions or general reticence towards the added responsibility has kept you from pet ownership, Manhattan's first cat cafe, Meow Parlour, has you covered. (Presumably, you are also welcome if, like me, you have two perfectly wonderful feline friends at home but still want to hang out with a bunch of cool cats.) Macaroon shop … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ten-year-old boy finds spider in loaf; nearly pinches one himself [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Do you use a wood-burning stove to heat your home in the winter? You're doing it wrong [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » I am an artisanal attorney [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » 15 Fun Facts About Fruitcake
Fruitcake has long been the holiday season’s favorite neon-dotted loaf, joke, and re-gift. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man undergoes surgery in Kazakhstan, discovers 12 years later doctors left scissors inside him. GREAT SUCCESS [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 15 International Holiday Delicacies Americans Should Add to Their Menus
Fruitcake and eggnog may be the two biggest culinary indicators that the holiday season has arrived in the United States, but make your way beyond the American border and you’ll find a smorgasbord of international holiday delicacies just waiting to delight your family and friends. 1. SUFGANIYOT Where you’ll find it: Israel Though they originated in Israel, sufganiyot can now … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "World's worst neighbor" looks just about the way you would expect [Scary]
[link] [57 comments] [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Um, This Is a Dip Cone
Woman in line: Anal licking causes sepsis.Marlborough, Massachusetts [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Psh, Like Verizon Gives a Shit
30-something woman in sundress, angrily on cell: I'm not going to do this anymore, I'm done, do you hear me, done! (pause) Can't we ever just have a normal conversation, ever? (pause) I'm done, really done. (pause) Are you okay with this? With me being done?El Paso, TexasOverheard by: Elizabeth [Link]
Overheard In The Office » …With My Head Up My Butt and All.
Sous chef, passing behind inept intern: Behind you.(intern backs into him)Sous chef: Uh, hey…Intern: I didn't know which direction you were coming from!VermontOverheard by: I know front from back [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Uber continues its public relations lovefest by quadrupling prices in downtown Sydney during hostage crisis [Obvious]
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Overheard In The Office » Now Get Me Some Sandy Taupe Coffee
New hire looking at spreadsheet: So, the blue fields are–Supervisor, interrupting: –Blue? That’s not blue, it’s cyan. Are you colorblind?430 Park Avenue
New York, New YorkOverheard by: Roy G. Biv [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Forced recount of Romulus election turns a one-vote loss into a one-vote win for incumbent. Tal Shiar involvement is not believed to be a factor, because no one dares think that [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Microbrewery complains about not winning state beer medal. Beer reviewer points out they took third. Brewery says everyone in town is idiotic and they're leaving. Beer review says wellbye.gif [Asinine]
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Overheard In The Office » 9AM Back to Work
Dev #1: Did you put this in my office?
Dev #2: What is it?
Dev #1: Looks like a feather or something. Maybe from a feather duster? You always put random things in my office.
Dev #2: No, I only put things in your office I find on my body. 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » The Really Busted Ones Get Turned Into NYC Subway Cars
Office girl: I mean, you've gotta wonder what happens to old planes. They send 'em to third-world countries.Boston, Massachusetts [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cow jumps six-foot fence, damages three vehicles as it leads police on chase through town after escaping from butcher, offered athletic scholarship to Bovine University [Strange]
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Overheard In The Office » Just Look at These Blisters!
Director of tech support, in heavy French accent: Busy week, yes. I have had to beat off many clients.Tech dude: Wait, what?Director: Oh, yeah. At least 30.Tech support conference call
California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » For-profit "college" ITT Tech wants to build for-profit charter "high schools" across the U.S. But, fortunately, lots of people have a problem with this [Scary]
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Overheard In The Office » Oh, and Photocopy the Porn
Male coworker #1: So, what do you even do back there, Allen*?Male coworker #2: Apart from sifting through all of that mail.Male coworker #1: And making photocopies.Allen: Watch porn and whack off.Male coworker #1, laughing: Seriously?Allen: Hell yeah.Male coworker #1: Dude. You’re my idol.Office on 48th Avenue
New York, New York [Link]
Overheard In The Office » As a Co-Utterer or a Target?
Boss: From now on, every time I call someone a ‘twat,’ just presume you’re Cc:ed in on it.Power station
Wales [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Congress shuts down the government, and we scoff and complain. But what would happen if Congress shut down the Super Bowl? [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge: Replace the basketball with something more interesting [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Vending machines of the future will be more like your mom, less like your unemployed cousin who doesn't work [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » Celebrity Wit
After four years of documenting the insights of the Unknown Man in the Street,
we’re branching out and documenting the insights of the Celebrity, too. Let
us know what you think of our new site, Celebrity Wit, by e-mailing us at
hatemail@overheardinnewyork.com or lovemail@overheardinnewyork.comTeam Overheard [Link]
Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 38: The Thunder Stone
In 1768, Catherine the Great ordered her subjects to move a 3-million-pound granite boulder intact into Saint Petersburg to serve as the pedestal for a statue of Peter the Great. In this episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll learn how some inspired engineering moved the Thunder Stone 13 miles from its forest home to Senate Square, making it the … [Link]
FMyLife » I'm Trading Up For A Dog says FML
Today, I finished a painting I'd spent 3 weeks working on for an exhibition. When I came back from lunch, my cat was perched above it on my desk. He looked at me, then down at the painting, then jumped down onto it. He slipped and smeared the wet paint everywhere, ruining the whole thing. FML [Link]
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