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 » How bad are race relations in the US? Iran is taking shots at us [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark's 2014 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR contest [HOTY]
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Fark.com RSS » Credibility of man who wanted to kill cops diminished when Google history shows he also intended to kill Sara Palin, Obama, Bill O'Reilly, and the entire Fox "News" Team [Dumbass]
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Overheard In The Office » Terrible Movies Always Do.
Manager to supervisor at lunch: Hey, are you going to a movie tonight? Want some beans?Supervisor to manager: No, thanks, they'll make me shit.Toronto
CanadiaOverheard by: PrayingForDeath [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not guilty? Here, have some court costs. Oh, can't pay your court costs because you don't have a job because your son is dying in the hospital? Here, have some jail time [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark's 2014 Headline of the Year contest: Geek headlines [HOTY]
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Fark.com RSS » Hmmmm, Air Asia CEO traded a bunch of stock just before the newest plane went missing [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » 1PM Lunch
Secretary: Oh wow, these are good.
Attorney: What are you eating?
Secretary: They are meatless meatballs.
Attorney: So essentially, you’re just eating balls. 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tourist thread. If I were to come to your city, what's some cool architecture/design your city has to offer? [Survey]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: "Return" Policy
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge: Fix up this rundown street [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » The eleven best media corrections of 2014. Just 11? [Fail]
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FMyLife » okay17 says FML
Today, I met my new roommate. I hadn't even gotten her name yet, because the first thing she said to me instead was that she wanted to hang her confederate flag on the wall. I'm black. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Strange States: New York’s Bottle Beach
Jason Eppink, Flickr If you want to learn about someplace, you can always pick up a textbook. But if you want to get to know a place, you're going to have to dig a little deeper. And what you find there might be a little strange. The Strange States series will take you on a virtual tour of America to … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Islamic State has executed 1,878 people in past six months, narrowly edging out Texas [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark's 2014 Headline of the Year contest: Sports headlines [HOTY]
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Fark.com RSS » Everyone in West Fairview, PA plans to get nailed this New Year's Eve [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Ugly-ass fluffy two-week-old baby seal goes for first swim in Antarctica, probably to escape a polar bear (pics) [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Friends don't let friends walk drunk [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: John Daly was charged with driving while intoxicated and with a revoked license following a high speed chase. News: It wasn't in a golf cart [Obvious]
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Futility Closet » Two Can Play
At Chancellorsville in 1863, a Confederate sniper was plaguing Union troops until an Army sharpshooter thought of a clever solution: First he took off his cap, and shoved it over the earthwork. Of course, Johnnie Reb let go at it, thinking to kill the careless man under it. His bullet struck into the bank, and instantly our sharpshooter ran his … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Charles Krauthammer says America may rue the day "The Interview" was released. "Rue the day?" Who talks like that? [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » Hibernating Bats Don’t Forget
Wikimedia Commons This time of year, many animals are getting ready to hibernate or are already at it. Bats across Europe and North America, for example, started tucking themselves away a month or two ago to wait out the winter. While we often think of hibernation as a long winter’s nap, it’s very different from plain old sleep and studies … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Street racers inspired by "Fast & The Furious" take over the freeway from "Speed" where they end up like the finale of "Monty Python & The Holy Grail" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Small college in Michigan promises to pay the student loans of students who do not make at least $37,000 a year at their jobs. Finally a reason to major in philosophy [Spiffy]
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Weird Universe » Free Fiction!
My new story, for free, at TERRAFORM.
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Mental Floss » The 10 Coolest Dinosaur Discoveries of 2014
It’s been a great year for dinosaur buffs, and not just because the latest Jurassic Park movie unleashed an exhilarating new trailer. As January draws near, we’re taking a look back and counting down 2014’s ten awesomest dinosaur stories. [Link]
Mental Floss » "Return" Policy
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Overheard In The Office » How about a Compromise? One Could Be a Priest
Young wife sighing: All I pray for is a gay son.Husband: All our sons will be straight.Young wife: Just the youngest one can be gay. I need one gay son. You won’t even notice.Husband: No, it won’t happen. Costa Ricans don’t have gay sons. And I want my name passed on.Young wife: I’ll wait until you go to work, then put … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » And, Um, I Believe That Paper Gown Violates Dress Code, Mister
Employee with cancer: I'm bringing these files back.Account executive: What…they don't allow files at the hospice?San Francisco, CaliforniaOverheard by: Alia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » What’s That on Your Upper Lip?
Professor: Given the above table, who thinks penguin milk has less fat than seal milk?Half the class raises their hands.Professor: How many think penguin milk has more fat than seal milk?Other half raises their hands.Professor to TA: This is a bad sign.UC Davis
Davis, CaliforniaOverheard by: someone easily tricked at 8am sans coffee [Link]
Overheard In The Office » I don’t foresee a lot of sudoku success for her.
Office bimbette: So, my friend got me a Sudoku book, but I can’t start doing it yet because she has to send the Sudoku pencil. It has an eraser on the end — only Sudoku makes them that way.Auckland
New ZealandOverheard by: Sarah [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 12PM Lunch
Attorney’s wife: I’m getting so fat.
Attorney: You’re not fat.
Attorney’s wife: Aw, well…
Attorney interrupts: You’re old. You just look fat. 319 West Woodlawn Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Don't you hate it when you're sitting out on the front porch of your trailer at 1:30 a.m. playing Xbox games and for no reason at all a group of men show up and start throwing bottles, cans, and Christmas decorations at you? [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this muscly guy [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Writing a holiday note to your parents is sweet. Writing a holiday note to your parents that reads, "Your house is paid off. Merry Xmas" is awesome [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Headlines of the Week for 12/21 – 12/27. Keep an eye out for the Headline of the Year contests later this morning [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Her 21-year-old daughter's trained 'seizure-dog' was killed 12/8/14. Now this family is trying to raise $3,500 to train two other family dogs to be able to detect when the daughter has a seizure and alert others [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Greek Parliament dissolves itself over austerity measures [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Werewolf bar mitzvah, spooky scary. Boys becoming men, men becoming wolves [Strange]
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FMyLife » justwantedtounpack says FML
Today, my parents threw a hissy fit calling me ungrateful and disrespectful for wanting to do laundry and clean at home, instead of going out to their friends' house for dinner. They also disconnected the Internet to punish me when they left. I'm 20 and visiting home on a college break. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Get ready to pay 80 cents a mile to park on I-95 north this morning, D.C. farkers [Stupid]
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Weird Universe » The Angel of Hadley
I had long been aware of the WWI legend of The Angel of Mons, in which a piece of deliberate fiction was accepted as literal truth.
But I was unaware until recently that right in my own backyard, in nearby Hadley, Massachusetts, a similar bit of fiction-as-history existed, the Angel of Hadley, the account of how a mysterious elderly warrior … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Pssst. He's talking about drugs.
Boss: I want to order 2000 sheets of 100-gram organic paper.Colleague: Does he mean “recycled”?Kent
England [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Something went wong for this thief who tried to rob a Chinese restaurant of its tip jar by ordering egg rolls to distract them [Fail]
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Weird Universe » Tim Hortons Yarn Bombed
Corporate-sponsored "yarn bombing" stunt. Tim Hortons hired knitters to entirely enclose everything inside one of its restaurants in knitted wool. Yahoo! News.
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Fark.com RSS » Wreckage of QZ8501 found…according to Twitter [Unlikely]
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FMyLife » stilldatingahick says FML
Today I made the two-hour trip to my boyfriend's house for the first time. He pulled up in front of a cute old barn, paused then said, "just kidding, babe, I'm no hick." Then, he pulled into his real home, a dirty and run down trailer. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Have you ever heard a bird singing and thought to yourself, "That bird sounds like it's drunk?" Well, chances are, it was drunk [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » Followed by a Scourging with Birch Twigs
Female coworker: I do a dry rub followed up with a vinegar wash.Portland, Oregon [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was having sex with my girlfriend. Things got heated and I yelled, "Who's your daddy?" With a blank expression she replied, "I don't know." FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you've ever wondered why raw spaghetti always snaps in more than two pieces, today is your lucky day [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » Unless Addiction Is an Illness, and Crackheads Go to Heaven
Intern #1: Keep doing that! You look like a seal!Intern #2: Shut the fuck up. You look like a crackhead from hell.Omaha, Nebraska [Link]
Overheard In The Office » But Since You’re Standing Right Here, I Can Just Tell You in Person
Boss: Can we talk for a few minutes?Colleague: In a minute. I need to finish writing nasty emails to staff who don’t learn.Boss: We can’t write nasty emails! We have to be encouraging.Colleague: Dear sir, I’m delighted to be able to tell you that you are a complete idiot…Australia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Sarah Palin's Original Platform in Alaska
Girl to coworker: I can't stop complaining, I'm a woman!Hudson Street
New York City, New York [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Like If You Put Bleach in My Coffee
Line cook #1: Man, I had a friend that just got fired after being at her job for 20 years. That’s messed up.Line cook #2: That’s terrible. What happened?Line cook #1: She put bleach in her coworker’s coffee. She said it was just a practical joke, and they fired her for that, after 20 years.Line cook #2: She did what?!Line cook … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Until They Put You Into That Rectangular Solid in the Ground
Arrogant idiot: You see, the older you get, the more geometrically expensive your health insurance gets.Stamford, ConnecticutOverheard by: my brain is dying [Link]
Futility Closet » A Second Paradox of Blackmail
We covered one paradox regarding blackmail in 2010: If it’s legal for me to reveal your secret, and it’s legal for me to ask you for money, why is it illegal for me to demand payment to keep your secret? In the words of Northwestern University law professor James Lindgren, “Why do two rights make a wrong?” Here’s a second … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » And Likes Booty
Coworker at reseller conference: I thought one of the resellers was talking like a pirate, but he was just Australian.Grapevine, TexasOverheard by: Chuckles The Porn Star [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, at the airport, a lady bitched me out for changing her departure gate. She called me incompetent and accused me of "messing with people's lives" by "making them walk." I didn't change the gate, and the other gate was less than 10 feet away. FML [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Just Getting You Back for the Infamous Glitter Incident of ’05
Coworker entering another’s cube with hole-puncher, stack of paper, and beginning to punch holes: If I do this in my office, then there will be little paper circles all over my floor, and that’s really annoying.1632 Da Vinci Court
Davis, California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The LA Times' 15 places to visit in 2015 includes such exotic locales as Singapore, Los Cabos, Cuba, and Cleveland, Ohio [Cool]
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Overheard In The Office » Today We’ve Replaced Sally’s Network TV with HBO. Let’s See What Happens.
Bubbly girl: You know what’s a funny word? ‘Fucker…’ And ‘bitches.’Oak Lawn
Cook County, IllinoisOverheard by: erin [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I got a gift-wrapped package in the mail from my racist mother-in-law. She's always hated me, so I thought it was a bit strange. Inside was a squirt gun and a note telling me to take my "black ass" for a walk around a police station with it, followed with a smiley face. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » People under 40 don't have the skills necessary to fix anything [Sad]
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Overheard In The Office » On the Plus Side, They Can Name at Least Two Presidents.
Boss to underling: Who was President after Lincoln?
Underling: Wasn't Carter after Lincoln? Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Overheard by: About a 100 years after [Link]
Overheard In The Office » They’re Having Their Annual Gala Next Door
Office liar: The Navy hires very conservative people to captain nuclear submarines.Male coworker: Really?Office liar: Yeah, every nuclear submarine captain I’ve ever met has been very level-headed.Female coworker: How many nuclear submarine captains have you met?Office liar: Hundreds!West Loop
Chicago, Illinois [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ← Free coat [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this Olmec baby [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: car accident with injuries while out driving drunk with your mistress on a Sunday morning. News: While fleeing the scene, you wreck again and try to resist arrest. Fark: you're the Sheriff [Asinine]
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Overheard In The Office » Or to the Statistically Inevitable Divorce Celebration
Cube dweller #1: For my wedding the colors were black and white. So I took my bridesmaids to the dress shop and told them to pick out whatever dress they wanted. They all ended up picking the same one.Cube dweller #2: Well, that's nice.Cube dweller #1: Of course they picked the most expensive dress, but I didn't have to pay for … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Jesus returns [Spiffy]
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