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 » The obituary says "She was in A Bedful of Foreigners for 10 months", after which it gets weird. Before which it gets weird, also. RIP, Profumo scandal-crumpet Mandy Rice-Davies [Sad]
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Overheard In The Office » Oh, That Old Question?
Coworker #1: [taking on the phone.]Coworker #2: Do you sleep in a butter dish or something?Coworker #1: [continues talking on the phone.]Houston, Texas [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Staying in a Marriott hotel? Hope you like paying their wifi fee. You're going to use your phone? Good luck with that [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 5 Meals That Changed History
1. FOSTERING THE FDA American food in the late 19th century was not very safe for eating. Syrups contained morphine. Canned peas glowed neon green. Chemical additives like borax (now ant bait) and copper sulfate (now a pesticide) were common. Dr. Harvey Wiley wanted them off America’s tables, but every bill he introduced was killed by powerful food lobbies. So … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Whose fault is it that airline travel sucks so bad? Yours, mainly [Fail]
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FMyLife » Lokiara says FML
Today, I told my father I'm going to a club with a friend and staying the night at my friend's place. He asked for my friend's name, number, and address so he knows where I'll be. I'm 30 years old. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, a friend invited me to christmas dinner since I have no family close by. When I got there she told me her and her husband forgot they had another dinner to go to and asked if I would watch their kids for them. They each grabbed a handful of cookies I had baked and rushed out the door. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I accidentally texted my mother instead of my drug dealer. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, at a Christmas party, a cute girl was making a show of standing under some mistletoe. As I walked over, she quickly moved away in the opposite direction. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this playing with fire in the water [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » And now, a very special Boxing Day episode of the Fark Weird News Quiz [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » Ebola is a U.S. bio-weapon. ISIS is a Jewish-led creation of Israel and the CIA. Get the real story, sheeple [Amusing]
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Futility Closet » Black and White
By S.C. Dickinson. White to mate in two moves. Click for solution … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Neil deGrasse Tyson decided to acknowledge Sir Isaac Newton as the most important figure born on December 25th, something that irritated Christians who think Jesus was born in December and not February [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Man drives to Temecula on Christmas day just to kick some guy's ass over Kobe beef [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » NYPD arrests 7 people for saying mean things about them. The First Amendment was on its way to help but got detained by a stop and frisk [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Académie française wants you to STFU with the LOL although IFIYGD and YMWAHAYFSOE are both sort of okay [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Fecal bacteria is lurking in the waterways of Wasilla, Alaska, which I'm sure nobody will try to turn into a political metaphor [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Gesundheit. *POW* [Weird]
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Overheard In The Office » You Mean Rhode Island Red?
Lady suit: Did you see that chicken?Male suit: What?Lady suit: Yeah, the chicken with the keyboard…Male suit: Um…120 Fairview Park
Washington, DC [Link]
Overheard In The Office » He’d Better Bring His “A” Game or a Friend
Film crew girl #1: So, it was really awful, then? Film crew girl #2: Oh my god, it was worse. He gave me the worst sex ever. I mean, the least you can do when you’ve made me pay for dinner and the cinema and drinks and stayed at my house all weekend is give me a right good seeing to. … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » That Still Doesn’t Explain the Grill
Worker #1: German Shepherds used to terrorize the Congolese when the British were colonizing. That’s one of the reasons that the Congolese didn’t like George Foreman when he fought there.Worker #2: Oh, I thought you were going to say that is why black people don’t like dogs.Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Time Is Cheap in Indiana
Man at photo kiosk: I just finished sending my selections and edits through, and then it froze.Worker: Hmm. Locked up. Happens a lot. All the info is gone, unfortunately.Man: I spent 45 minutes here, doing this.Worker: I’m sorry. Here’s a $3-off coupon for next time.Man: Three bucks for 45 minutes?Worker’s cell phone rings. He walks away.Avon Target
Avon, IndianaOverheard by: Shatmandu … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » …But Have Fun in Mexico, You Two!
Coworker: I need to leave while I can still be a character witness…Middleboro, MassachusettsOverheard by: Mikey [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Jesus, Mary, and Josef Stalin [Fail]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, the wolf tail my mom ordered for a costume party arrived. She came into my room asking how to clip it to her jeans. After examining it, I realized she'd somehow accidentally ordered a wolf-tail butt-plug. She keeps bugging me to tell her how to put it on. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my dad has discovered selfies and my mom has discovered taking pictures of food. Now I'm at a restaurant, suffering through it all and not being able to eat anything until my mom has taken pictures of it. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It isn't really Christmas in L.A. until the palm trees burst into flames [Weird]
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Overheard In The Office » Melissa Gets Fired. Again
Female supervisor: Here, Melissa…scrape off some of that frosting, and jam your nuts into it! It's really good!Madison, Wisconsin [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You're not going to believe this, but jihadis have likely reached 'Peak ISIS.' Apparently you can only promise "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" so many times before they start to question your ability to deliver [Followup]
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Overheard In The Office » 12PM Work on Hospital Marketing Campaign
Co-worker #1: Can I use the abbreviation RNA?
Co-worker #2: You mean, like the stuff in your blood?
Co-worker #3: What’s the abbreviation for “the customer’s a jerk”? 962 Coronado Boulevard
Universal City, Texas [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this hair-flipper [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » Tony Sarg’s Marionettes: “In the Orient”
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Weird Universe » The best photo wins
Back in 1956, there was a lot of harrumphing in political circles after Virginia Grant was elected Democratic national committeewoman from Oregon, beating her rival Gladys Last. The complaints centered on the fact that 33-year-old Grant was pretty much an unknown with no political experience (she was a waitress at the Aloha Room bar in Portland) who didn't bother to … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Heroin Chic Finally Arrives in Utah
“well, I actually like to stick things into my body." said by team manager when someone expressed disdain about getting a flu shot. 2835 Decker Lake Drive, Salt Lake City [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're a surgeon about to perform surgery on a woman's son, don't try to assure her that everything will be okay while you're eating a jelly doughnut. And whatever you do, don't let her see you drop jelly onto the hand you'
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Fark.com RSS » Depending on how high and adventurous you are, there are at least 17 different things you can cook on a waffle iron, including crab cakes, grilled squash, and sticky rice with tofu [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Pittsburgh hospital sends babies home in Christmas stockings. It's the ultimate stocking stuffer [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Not sure what to do with your old Christmas tree next week? Feed it to the goats. "It takes less than an hour for the goats to strip the tree bare" [Spiffy]
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Overheard In The Office » Saves Thousands in Severance Pay, Though
Worker bee #1: Was this a fire alarm or a severe weather alert?Worker bee #2: I don’t think they would kick us outside during a tornado.Opperman Drive
Eagan, Minnesota [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And they might have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those meddlesome Orthodox nuns living at St. Nilus Skete [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » 18-year-old man and his 42-year-old wife arrested for stealing Christmas decorations, his defense? "Well, this is my job" [Dumbass]
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Overheard In The Office » And If They Show Up Here, I Called in Sick, Okay?
Employee: Hey, Kathy!* I was so happy to see you come to work this morning!Kathy: Yup, the police didn’t pick me up! Whew!Swiss chalet near Highway 401
Whitby, OntarioOverheard by: too naughty 4 tv [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you know who swapped the baby Jesus with a real pig's head the Haverhill police would like a word with ya [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Music Appreciation
The first movement of Beethoven’s piano sonata no. 29, the Hammerklavier, bears a puzzlingly fast tempo marking, half-note=138. Most pianists play it considerably more slowly, judging that the indicated tempo would test the limits of the player’s technique and the listeners’ comprehension. Well, most listeners. In Fred Hoyle’s 1957 science fiction novel The Black Cloud, an intelligent cloud of gas … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » One man's trash is another man's opportunity to shoot at people [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Bear that had been foiling Game Department officials for three days captured in suburban Phoenix backyard. Thank good-a-ness for bait pic-a-nic baskets [Scary]
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FMyLife » anon says FML
Today, a very drunk woman at the family Christmas party told me she felt terrible that I don't have a mother who cares about me. She is my mother. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Daily Mail would like to remind you that of all the dumb shiat you do this Christmas, don't drunkenly burn down the house heating up your Hot Pockets [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Washington DC's panda cub Bao Bao has come down from his tree. You may rest easy now [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Here are 12 places to sleep before you turn 50. No, that's not on the list [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Black Santa. White Santa. Asian Santa. Turns out, kids don't really care, as long as the fat man delivers [Obvious]
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Overheard In The Office » Hey, Academic Freedom Isn’t Free
Professor: … And so, if X equals three, then Y— [loud commotion out in the hall] … I’ve been a little jumpy ever since this one time when I got stabbed in class by a student.Norfolk, VirginiaOverheard by: thinking about transferring [Link]
Overheard In The Office » At the Super Bowel
Guy exiting bathroom to coworker: Seriously, you could have measured first downs with that. Lititz, Pennsylvania [Link]
Overheard In The Office » A Cautionary Tale About Hiring People Who Sound Like Robots
Receptionist: Cindy's at lunch. I can give you her voice mail.Woman on phone: Oh…is this her voice mail?Receptionist (after long, disbelieving pause): One…moment…Boston, Massachusetts [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A list of things lodged in people's rectums this year. "Head" mysteriously absent [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » sneeuwbal says FML
Today, my girlfriend's dad called to say she wasn't allowed to come with me on a three-day trip on New Year's. He waited until Christmas to say it, even though we booked and paid for the trip nearly a month ago. Now he ruined both holidays. FML [Link]
Overheard In The Office » My Birthday's Coming Up. Hint, Hint.
Engineer: If I could get a 12-year-old for $10, I'd do it!Orlando, Florida [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 11AM Staff Meeting (Con’td)
Boss: What you are talking about only adds up to 10% of snake shit
compared to the problems we have.
Meeting: … 2000 West NASA Boulevard
Melbourne, Florida [Link]
FMyLife » BowTiesAr3Cool says FML
Today, the kid who who lives next door and shares a bedroom wall with me got a drum set for Christmas. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hideous, sharp-kneed, hambeast cheer mom arrested for having sex with a 17-year-old boy in a parked car [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this known landmark [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » This just in: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 never happened. You'll get over it [Interesting]
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FMyLife » CalebNotShomo says FML
Today, my boss sent me a text message saying, "You're fired. Merry Christmas!" FML [Link]
FMyLife » whovian says FML
Today, my mom got me a Christmas present. Since I'm a whovian, she thought it would be cool to get me what she thought was a sonic screwdriver. It was actually a dildo shaped as one. I opened the gift in front of my entire family. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee." The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the drunks in a hot tub go swimming [Fail]
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