John Gordon Ross

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 » Man gets five day jail sentence for defecating in a potted plant in a government office building and explained his actions to police: "Sometimes you have to let the bear outside the woods" [Dumbass]

Friday 6 March 23:20:38 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Man who mailed himself to Australia in a 5'x3'x2' box says it was about the same as flying coach [Obvious]

Friday 6 March 23:02:16 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » This week's "Thousands of dollars worth of panties stolen" story comes from Cheyenne, Wyoming [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 22:51:13 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » 10 Fearsome Facts About Utahraptor

Friday 6 March 22:30:00 UTC 2015

Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 During the Jurassic Park-crazed early ‘90s, Utahraptor became a media darling. Now, more than 20 years later, some great new finds just might push this predator back into the limelight. 1. It Was One of the World’s Largest “Raptors.” Scientists call Velociraptor, Microraptor, and their kin “dromaeosaurs” (the unofficial raptor nickname is way cooler, … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Kim Kardashian says she's having sex 500 times a day. Hmm, maybe Kanye should let her finish [Unlikely]

Friday 6 March 22:18:52 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Danish tourist dies saving Michigan Mayor from drowning. No this is not a metaphor or a subtle Detroit joke [Hero]

Friday 6 March 22:01:51 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » 15 Very Specific Mario Facts From a 1993 Nintendo Internal Guide

Friday 6 March 22:00:35 UTC 2015

If you've been waiting 22 years to find out where Toad's family lives or what Yoshi's full name is, today is your lucky day. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Revenge is best served… with 11 herbs and spices [Weird]

Friday 6 March 21:56:16 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » Q

Friday 6 March 21:30:00 UTC 2015

Director Neill Blomkamp's third film, Chappie—about a sentient police robot in a near-future Johannesburg overrun by crime—hits theaters today. We sat down with Terri Tatchell, Blomkamp's partner and co-screenwriter, to talk about script changes, writing for non-actors, and how to make robots sympathetic. Chappie was inspired by a short. How did you and Neill develop the idea further from that, and … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » An international fleet of icebreakers is trying to reach a cargo ship trapped in the arctic. And by arctic we mean Ohio [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 21:28:14 UTC 2015

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Weird Universe » Do You Measure Up?

Friday 6 March 21:27:02 UTC 2015

The average size of an erect penis is 5.17 inches. So don't sweat it fellas. [Link]

FMyLife » Byepax says FML

Friday 6 March 21:20:31 UTC 2015

Today, my mom found out I'm failing three classes. Now she won't let me go to a convention I bought passes for weeks in advance. Each pass was $45, and I bought 2 more for my friends. You do the math on that, because I apparently can't. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Man, laughed off dance floor, rescued by Twitter. Happy dance [Sappy]

Friday 6 March 21:19:10 UTC 2015

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FMyLife » no touching says FML

Friday 6 March 21:03:52 UTC 2015

Today, at a music festival, some douche unzipped the back of my skirt, exposing my Ninja Turtle undies to everyone before running off. FML [Link]

FMyLife » UncleMonkey says FML

Friday 6 March 21:03:44 UTC 2015

Today, while flirting with a cute nurse at my dad's bedside, I accidentally let a noxious fart slip out and she thought the foul smell came from my sleeping father soiling himself. I let her roll him over and check his ass while he cried out in pain because I wasn't man enough to own up to it. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this fetching little sports car, perfect for the daily commute [Photoshop]

Friday 6 March 21:00:01 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Dumbing Down the Theory of Relativity

Friday 6 March 21:00:00 UTC 2015

This fantastic infographic breaks down Einstein’s Theory of Relativity for those of us that aren’t, well, Einstein. * The new Toy Story sequel apparently won’t be a sequel at all. * Check out this homemade amusement park built in an Italian forest. I would totally ride those rides. * Even after all these years, Adam Sandler and Bob Barker are … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Authorities will not bring murder charges against a 15-year-old girl who shot her brother to death apparently after being physically and sexually abused by her family for years, apparently figuring she was owed at least one killin' [Florida]

Friday 6 March 20:51:19 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » What Was Your Best/Worst Science Fair Project?

Friday 6 March 20:34:19 UTC 2015

On Fridays, we ask a bunch of unrelated questions. Your answers help get us through the afternoon. Answer one, answer all, or ask your own question. On to this week's topics… [Link]

The Onion » Producers Carefully Monitoring Buster Olney’s Question Count During Interview

Friday 6 March 20:17:00 UTC 2015

TAMPA, FL—Keeping a close eye on the analyst during a taping of Baseball Tonight, sources confirmed Friday that ESPN producers have been carefully monitoring Buster Olney’s question count to ensure that the veteran MLB columnist avoids …
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Mental Floss » Proper Handshake Etiquette in 14 Countries

Friday 6 March 20:07:45 UTC 2015

Sometimes even the simplest things—like handshakes—can be entirely different. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Welcome back to a current edition of the Fark Weird News Quiz. Featuring songbirds, lovebirds, and jailbirds [Survey]

Friday 6 March 20:00:52 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Yes, the Great Lakes may be frozen, but that doesn't mean they're a pedestrian route to Toronto. Just sayin' [PSA]

Friday 6 March 19:59:08 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Man killed by crossbow in national park. Police suspect the death was the result of a quarrel [Scary]

Friday 6 March 19:56:51 UTC 2015

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The Onion » American Voices: Ringling Bros. To Phase Out Elephants

Friday 6 March 19:49:00 UTC 2015

Citing “a mood shift” among their consumers, officials for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have announced that “The Greatest Show on Earth” will phase out its elephant performers by 2018 and retire them to a 200-acre …
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Fark.com RSS » Parents outraged after elementary school assigns new permanent homework to students called "Go outside and play." Tag is for the school [Hero]

Friday 6 March 19:41:45 UTC 2015

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Futility Closet » Note

Friday 6 March 19:41:07 UTC 2015

If you follow us on Twitter, please follow the new official account. The old “egg” account, apparently set up by a fan, posts only a truncated reference to each new post. The new account provides links to all new posts as well as a stream of hand-picked facts, quotations, oddities, puzzles, and theorems from the archives. (Also, if you message … [Link]

Mental Floss » 14 Incredible Images from Smithsonian.com's Photo Contest

Friday 6 March 19:30:00 UTC 2015

Every year, Smithsonian.com lets photographers all over the world submit their work to the annual photo contest. This year, there were more than 26,500 entries from 93 different countries. Ten photos were selected from each category (Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, Altered Images, and Mobile) and now, it's up to the readers to pick their favorites. The voting is happening … [Link]

The Onion » Pope Francis Recalls Starting Out At Some Real Shithole Churches

Friday 6 March 19:25:00 UTC 2015

VATICAN CITY—Saying he never imagined he’d one day be filling a basilica as large and prestigious as St.
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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested after calling 911 to say wife stole his cocaine [Dumbass]

Friday 6 March 19:22:59 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » 10-year-old boy jumps onto moving vehicle, distracts his sister's kidnapper long enough for the girl to escape [Hero]

Friday 6 March 19:19:56 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review

Friday 6 March 19:00:25 UTC 2015

Alcoholic Russian Bears May Get Rehab in Romania Two bears who live in cages outside of a restaurant in Sochi, Russia, have been getting alcoholic drinks from diners for twenty years. Patrons often become inebriated and give beer to the animals. A court ruled in February that the bears were to be seized from the restaurant owners. Now a British … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Iran hints that it might be open to a partial ten year freeze in its attempts to get the Israel Destroying Bomb. A partial freeze [Obvious]

Friday 6 March 18:53:20 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » States, if you want to learn how to do solar right, look no further than what New York has just done for your answer [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 18:51:12 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » "Dear Prudence: I'm a tall drink of water, well-respected by colleagues and friends. I've dated lots of men, and everyone is used to me with a certain type. Now, however, I'm dating a much shorter man. Should I warn everyone?" [Si

Friday 6 March 18:44:48 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Teacher jailed for being the best substitute teacher in the history of ever [Followup]

Friday 6 March 18:41:21 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » Physicist Jon Butterworth on Discovering the Higgs Boson

Friday 6 March 18:30:00 UTC 2015

by Jon Butterworth as told to Caitlin Schneider How do you find something that’s not made of anything? That’s exactly what a team of physicists, including London-based professor Jon Butterworth, did when they pinpointed the Higgs boson particle in 2012. We asked Butterworth, author of the new book Most Wanted Particle, how he ended up involved in one of the … [Link]

The Onion » Walgreens To Begin Keeping Most Valuable Employees Behind Glass

Friday 6 March 18:24:00 UTC 2015

Walgreens To Begin Keeping Most Valuable Employees Behind Glass
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Fark.com RSS » Woman learns Planet Fitness *really* means it when they say "Judgement Free" [Hero]

Friday 6 March 18:17:27 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Robert Mugabe celebrates World Wildlife Day by eating a baby elephant. Problem? [Sad]

Friday 6 March 18:14:30 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » DirecTV should know better than to let Creepy Rob Lowe do its install work [Scary]

Friday 6 March 18:14:16 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Winter storms leave motorists stranded on Kentucky highways. One gubernatorial candidate reportedly studying the feasibility of providing vodak to those stranded motorists [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 18:10:13 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Looking to have a nice meal today? YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 18:04:27 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Um, hey, guys… does the Book of Revelation mention anything about flocks of birds dropping dead out of the sky and splitting in two? Why? No reason [Weird]

Friday 6 March 18:00:35 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » It has been 70 years since the death of Anne Frank, and here is her life….in pictures [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 17:56:07 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Man steals $1600 from woman during magic trick. TA-DAAAHHH [Strange]

Friday 6 March 17:54:50 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » What's it like when the Grim Reaper comes calling? You DON'T want to know [Scary]

Friday 6 March 17:54:33 UTC 2015

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The Onion » Statshot: Why Are We Deferring Our College Loans?

Friday 6 March 17:53:00 UTC 2015

Why Are We Deferring Our College Loans?
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Fark.com RSS » Things to do if you have a car accident: check for injuries, exchange driver information, call the police. Things not to do if you have a car accident: call an auto insurance company to purchase coverage [Dumbass]

Friday 6 March 17:35:26 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » Name the Songs From Their Second Verses

Friday 6 March 17:30:00 UTC 2015

Take the quiz! [Link]

Mental Floss » Pod City: Highlights from ‘On Being,’ ‘The Moth,’ and More of This Week's Podcasts

Friday 6 March 17:30:00 UTC 2015

It has been an exceptional week for podcasts, and I probably spent as much time listening to them as I did reading, watching TV, and playing music combined. Find my recent recs below, and head to the archive for more: 1. ICE T AND BUSTA RHYMES KNOW THEIR STAR TREK. Ice T: Final Level, Episode 30 On a particularly entertaining … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Couple arrested over Walmart party fowl [Dumbass]

Friday 6 March 17:25:17 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Employee stunned after being told he's late for work [Scary]

Friday 6 March 17:22:35 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » 11 Times When Having Both a Tablet and Laptop is Incredibly Handy

Friday 6 March 16:54:09 UTC 2015

Tablets and laptops each have their own unique strengths. Whether you’re trying to maximize utility or portability, a 2 in 1 fits the bill in ways you never even thought possible. 1. Traveling Tablets are the ultimate portable tool for keeping entertained in the tight quarters you’ll find on an airplane or train. But when you’re traveling for business, you’ll … [Link]

Mental Floss » 18 Things You Might Not Have Known About 'Beavis and Butt-head'

Friday 6 March 16:54:08 UTC 2015

You're smarter than its stars, but you might not know everything about one of the most infamous shows of all time. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Student builds replica Soviet tank in his grandmother's front garden from 20 tonnes of snow. All the other grandmothers in the street now disappointed they don't have a grandson who builds snow tanks [Cool]

Friday 6 March 16:36:22 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Remember that movie "Neighbors"? Of course you don't, no one saw it. Anyway, life imitates art [Sad]

Friday 6 March 16:18:59 UTC 2015

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The Onion » Passengers Feel Sorry For Flustered Toddler Traveling With Loud, Obnoxious Parents

Friday 6 March 16:18:00 UTC 2015

DENVER—Expressing their sympathy for the difficult and humiliating situation he was currently enduring, passengers seated in Terminal B of Denver International Airport told reporters Friday how sorry they felt for a flustered toddler who was traveli…
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The Onion » Dad Receives Advance Intelligence On Visiting Son’s New Eyeliner

Friday 6 March 16:16:00 UTC 2015

BUFFALO, NY—Providing sufficient time for him to strategize and make necessary preparations ahead of his son Brendan’s arrival, area father Thomas Glidewell reportedly received a highly sensitive communiqué Thursday providing advance in…
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Overheard In The Office » We Told Her Star Jones Had Just Been Pregnant with Sextuplets for Twenty-Five Years

Friday 6 March 16:09:18 UTC 2015

Older lady suit on conference call: My hero is having babies today.Long Island, New YorkOverheard by: in the cubicle next to her [Link]

Overheard In The Office » 3PM Smoke Break

Friday 6 March 16:09:17 UTC 2015

Accounts Payable: I wish sometimes I was tippin’ it at my desk.
Accounts Receivable: Tippin’ what?
Accounts Payable: You know, the bottle.
Accounts Payable: Yeah, but you gotta be a good alcoholic, and at least show up for work every day. That’s what I do. 2000 Plainfield Pike
Cranston, Rhode Island [Link]

Overheard In The Office » 1PM Technical Advice

Friday 6 March 16:09:16 UTC 2015

Engineer: Nasty letters always work! 315 Park Avenue South
New York, New York Overheard by: Priscilla Perez [Link]

The Onion » American Voices: Court: Man Can’t Sue Applebee’s For Burning Self On Fajitas While Praying

Friday 6 March 16:08:00 UTC 2015

An appellate court in New Jersey ruled this week that an Applebee’s customer who bowed his head close to his table for prayer before a meal and burned his face on a plate of sizzling-hot fajitas cannot sue the restaurant for damages, saying that hot…
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Fark.com RSS » Weakened U.S. Navy loses aircraft carrier and half of its battle fleet to French sub. Thanks Obama [Scary]

Friday 6 March 15:38:30 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » How Does Your Computer Recognize Spam Mail?

Friday 6 March 15:30:00 UTC 2015

Of all the email sent worldwide over the next 24 hours, around 70% will be spam—unsolicited electronic junk messages. Spam is a problem for all email users, but it could be a lot worse. Thanks to an 18th century English mathematician who’d never even heard of Viagra, your daily trickle of laser eye-surgery and organ-enlargement throwaways is prevented from becoming … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Anti-violence crusader who ran anger management and anti-drug programs for teens gets angry at one of his teenage drug dealers and shoots him in the head [Scary]

Friday 6 March 15:10:51 UTC 2015

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Overheard In The Office » What Early Urkel Exposure Does to Ghetto Children

Friday 6 March 14:57:12 UTC 2015

Thug #1: Yo, man, this place is lined up!Thug #2: Yo, this place got more lines than algebra class.Thug #1: Man, this place prob’ly got more signs in it.Thug #2: Fo’ sho’. It prob’ly got more cosines in it, too.Coliseum Ottawa, 3090 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
CanadiaOverheard by: Beth [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The six best beer festivals in the world you need to experience in person before committing to that liver transplant [Cool]

Friday 6 March 14:38:51 UTC 2015

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Futility Closet » Team Spirit

Friday 6 March 14:35:11 UTC 2015

Thomas Huxley’s Evolution and Ethics took China by storm — phrases such as the strong are victorious and the weak perish resonated in the national consciousness and “spread like a prairie fire, setting ablaze the hearts and blood of many young people,” noted philosopher Hu Shih. People even adopted Darwin’s ideas as names. “The once famous General Chen Chiung-ming called … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Okay man dies in Tulsa collision, is now "Formerly Okay man" [Unlikely]

Friday 6 March 14:19:21 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Ford is making e-bikes that will need to be fixed or repaired daily [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 14:16:48 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Unexpected people wearing this mask [Photoshop]

Friday 6 March 14:00:01 UTC 2015

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GraphJam » 

Friday 6 March 13:59:07 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: car , insanity , Pie Chart , same thing over and over , seat belt Share on Facebook [Link]

FMyLife » Josh says FML

Friday 6 March 13:59:07 UTC 2015

Today, some guy on the street threatened to stab me. I called his bluff, and walked away. He wasn't bluffing. FML [Link]

GraphJam » Deep Stuff, Man

Friday 6 March 13:59:06 UTC 2015

Graph by: yumTako Tagged: gordon freeman , half life , Pie Chart , quotes , video games Share on Facebook [Link]

FMyLife » pabj208 says FML

Friday 6 March 13:59:06 UTC 2015

Today, during a meal out with my team and bosses, I wasn't drinking. The waiter complained, "If you're not ordering alcohol, how am I supposed to take advantage of you later?" I'm not sure what's worse, the rapey pre-dinner joke or the awkward silence as my colleagues looked on. FML [Link]

GraphJam » Vacation Clothes Reality

Friday 6 March 13:59:05 UTC 2015

Vacation Clothes Reality Graph by: skitface Tagged: alarms , beds , clothes , difficulty , hotels , packing , planning , summer , vacation Share on Facebook [Link]

FMyLife » bushwhacker says FML

Friday 6 March 13:59:05 UTC 2015

Today, it's been almost two months that I've been taking hair, skin and nails vitamins. The only thing growing noticeably longer, faster, stronger, and healthier are my pubes. I've never sheared a sheep before, but I imagine the maintenance I just did was comparable. FML [Link]

GraphJam » How Often A Device Will Work

Friday 6 March 13:59:04 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: always , break , day , device , fix , Line Graph , never , normal , person , show , work Share on Facebook [Link]

FMyLife » Why? says FML

Friday 6 March 13:59:04 UTC 2015

Today, I'm faced with the prospect of having to defend my sister from a herd of very angry bronies. FML [Link]

GraphJam » Sol Is So Much Hotter Than The Biebs

Friday 6 March 13:59:03 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: celeb , kim karadashian , Pie Chart , stars , the biebs , The Sun Share on Facebook [Link]

FMyLife » phishy says FML

Friday 6 March 13:59:03 UTC 2015

Today, I got a call from a potential employer. Unfortunately, I couldn't understand the man due to his incoherent mumbling. I had to decline the job after asking him to repeat everything he said, over and over again. I still don't know exactly which job I declined. FML [Link]

GraphJam » 2010 Food Pyramid

Friday 6 March 13:59:02 UTC 2015

Graph by: cornstalker Tagged: 2010 , birthdays , bleeding , food pyramid , infographic , stomach Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Let's Just Pray They Never Figure This Out

Friday 6 March 13:59:01 UTC 2015

Graph by: Elite4_Maddy Tagged: cockroaches , nokia 3310 , nuclear war , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » 10 Easy Ways to Lower Your Lifespan

Friday 6 March 13:59:00 UTC 2015

Graph by: (via Pleated Jeans) Tagged: best of week , Death , gender , health , lifespan , smoking Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » What My Computer Security System Catches

Friday 6 March 13:58:59 UTC 2015

What My Computer Security System Catches Graph by: iCookieMonster Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Why I ask to use the bathroom during class .

Friday 6 March 13:58:57 UTC 2015

Graph by: Tagged: automatic , Bar Graph , bathroom , camera , class , flush , line , mirror , package post , pee , Pie Chart , poop , restroom , school , sensor , water Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Welcome! Have a Nice Day! Welcome!

Friday 6 March 13:58:56 UTC 2015

Graph by: brawlmaster Tagged: center , healing , nice day , nurse joy , Pie Chart , Pokémon , welcome Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » My Tupperware Cabinet

Friday 6 March 13:58:53 UTC 2015

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GraphJam » Music Blasting From Cars Music We Want to Hear

Friday 6 March 13:58:51 UTC 2015

Graph by: ThePurpleDinsaur Tagged: blasting , cars , loud , Music , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » But Now You Don't Have to Blink

Friday 6 March 13:58:50 UTC 2015

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GraphJam » So Does Bill Murray

Friday 6 March 13:58:49 UTC 2015

Graph by: emma_woo Tagged: bill murray , expiration date , Pie Chart , twinkies , Zombieland Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » The Tooth About Truthpaste

Friday 6 March 13:58:48 UTC 2015

Graph by: pariksit007 Tagged: best of week , dyslexia , toothpaste , truth Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » What I Think When I See Someone Wearing a Red-and-White Striped Shirt

Friday 6 March 13:58:46 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Bar Graph , candy cane , clothing , nautical , red , striped , T.Shirt , wheres waldo , white Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » You Wouldn't Like Her When She's Angry

Friday 6 March 13:58:45 UTC 2015

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Friday 6 March 13:58:44 UTC 2015

Graph by: ABucketOfFAIL Tagged: cancer , dolly parton , internet , matrix , spoon , too big , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » The Seussabet

Friday 6 March 13:58:41 UTC 2015

Quantifying Everything For Great Justice Graph by: Unknown Tagged: alphabet , dr seuss , Memes Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » What People Think About "What People Think About"

Friday 6 March 13:58:40 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , parody , what people think , who cares Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Justin Beiber's Popularity

Friday 6 March 13:58:39 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: fans , justin bieber , Line Graph , Music , popularity , puberty , singer , tweens , voice , youtube Share on Facebook [Link]

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Friday 6 March 13:58:37 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: all out , gluttony , greed , gum , homeless people , Pie Chart , selfishness , sorry , vices Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » The Lengths of the Law

Friday 6 March 13:58:36 UTC 2015

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GraphJam » Likelihood of a song starting on the radio that you actually want to hear.

Friday 6 March 13:58:31 UTC 2015

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GraphJam » Practical Uses for a Spork

Friday 6 March 13:58:29 UTC 2015

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GraphJam » I Like My Vegetables Covered in Grease

Friday 6 March 13:58:27 UTC 2015

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GraphJam » Mm, That's So Good

Friday 6 March 13:58:26 UTC 2015

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GraphJam » To Know Is to Love

Friday 6 March 13:58:25 UTC 2015

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Friday 6 March 13:58:24 UTC 2015

Graph by: cmanikan17 Tagged: frustration , paranoid , Pie Chart , the computer is plotting against me Share on Facebook [Link]

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Friday 6 March 13:58:20 UTC 2015

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Weird Universe » Woodward’s Gripe Water

Friday 6 March 13:38:30 UTC 2015

Gripe water is what people used to give to kids to calm them down if they had colic, teething pains, etc. But what exactly was in the stuff? According to wikipedia, the main ingredients were alcohol, dill oil, sodium bicarbonate, sugar, and water. But this ad makes me think there must have been a little something extra in the Indian … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Illinois was once home to an ancient city known as Cahokia that is so old it hosted the last Cubs' World Series victory parade [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 13:18:32 UTC 2015

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Overheard In The Office » And Where Else Would We Store Our Hash?

Friday 6 March 12:52:20 UTC 2015

Male cop: Just so you know, no matter what she said, I was not trying to play with her boobs. I was just trying to throw something down in there… You can ask Susan* — she was there.Augusta, GeorgiaOverheard by: uh… didn’t need to know that [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Nuclear wessel featured in such films as Top Gun and Star Trek IV begins its final voyage home [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 12:51:48 UTC 2015

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Weird Universe » Johnson Smith Catalog Item #33

Friday 6 March 12:49:50 UTC 2015

Which is your favorite? [Link]

Mental Floss » 5 Questions: "Bon" Appetit!

Friday 6 March 12:45:00 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Fark-ready headline: Bailey and his missing testicle [Sad]

Friday 6 March 12:27:03 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » A Children's Book Guide to Travel

Friday 6 March 12:00:00 UTC 2015

Primary Image credit: Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0 When planning the perfect vacation for a bibliophile, look no further than these real-life locations of classic children's books. CheapTravel put together this charming infographic of real places that inspired fictional ones. What could be more inspirational than a stroll through the real Hundred Acre Wood? [Link]

Overheard In The Office » To Work in HR Is to Be Judgmental, Dear Reader

Friday 6 March 11:45:02 UTC 2015

HR girl #1: Did you hear? Mike* is dating a 17 year old. In high school!HR girl #2: How old is he?HR girl #3: 24! That's not right. I used to have respect for him because he works with cancer patients, but I don't anymore.Manhattan, New YorkOverheard by: Daniel [Link]

Fark.com RSS » This artist likes to work with pencils. By carving minute sculptures into the tips of the lead [Spiffy]

Friday 6 March 11:36:04 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Alaskan congressman suggests we could solve the nation's homeless problem by unleashing packs of wild wolves [Interesting]

Friday 6 March 11:19:20 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Ringling to Retire Elephants

Friday 6 March 11:00:17 UTC 2015

Ringling Brothers is giving in to animal lovers and will retire their elephant acts. Their last elephants will retire to a Florida sanctuary in 2018.
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10 Unsolved Mysteries That Have Been Solved. In case you may have missed the news when it happened.
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There’s a new world record for knocking over books domino-style. United Biscuits employees set up … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » 'I'm burning for Jesus. Pass me the OxyContin' [Strange]

Friday 6 March 10:59:21 UTC 2015

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Overheard In The Office » Yeah, We Saw The Bullet-Point on Your Resume.

Friday 6 March 10:40:55 UTC 2015

Intern, after a lengthy conversation with a make-up artist: Oh, and by the way, I’m here to do more than have conversations about murder and rape…Sargent Place
Los Angeles, California [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Law enforcement holds a press conference to announce they've discovered that as marijuana becomes more legal in the United States, the less the Mexican cartels are smuggling it into the country [Obvious]

Friday 6 March 10:18:15 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Now two women have come forward to say Massage Envy employees rubbed them the wrong way [Followup]

Friday 6 March 9:48:28 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Since malls and retail in general are doing so well, the owners of Mall of America are proposing an even larger mall for Miami [Stupid]

Friday 6 March 9:36:00 UTC 2015

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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Friday 6 March 9:19:40 UTC 2015

Today, my mother walked in on me watching porn. As punishment, she sat down and made me watch the rest of it with her as she gave play-by-play commentary. FML [Link]

Mental Floss » New York City Rats Are Hosts To Disease-Carrying Fleas

Friday 6 March 9:00:00 UTC 2015

You probably don't need another reason—or any reasons other than good sense—to avoid getting too close to the rats that scurry around New York City's subways and garbage cans. But you can consider contracting diseases like the bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, the pestilence icing on the avoidance cake. In the first study of its kind since … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "With four American states so far having defied the United Nations and the federal government by ending marijuana prohibition, the UN's army of drug warriors is meeting in Vienna to plan a response, demand obedience to its global drug-control

Friday 6 March 8:37:54 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Group of Sheriffs from Colorado join Kansas and Nebraska to sue the state of Colorado, ask courts to strike down legal marijuana laws, because WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN [Obvious]

Friday 6 March 8:17:42 UTC 2015

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FMyLife » Not Homeless says FML

Friday 6 March 7:38:50 UTC 2015

Today, as I was riding my bike home from school, I saw a homeless man sitting on a bench. I was about to walk up to him and give him money, but before I could do anything my mother walked up and kissed him. My mom is dating this guy. FML [Link]

GraphJam » Now You're Thinking in Portals

Friday 6 March 7:37:04 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , engineering , major , Pie Chart , Portal Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » That's Just Wrong

Friday 6 March 7:37:02 UTC 2015

Graph by: Headbanger93 Tagged: jokes , offensive , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Or It Eats Its Feces

Friday 6 March 7:37:01 UTC 2015

Graph by: InProduction Tagged: feces , feeding , Pie Chart , starvation , tamagachi , wings Share on Facebook [Link]

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Friday 6 March 7:36:57 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Bar Graph , blades , lifetime , razor , shaving , time , weeks Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Comfort of a chair or sofa

Friday 6 March 7:36:56 UTC 2015

Graph by: dreaml Tagged: Bar Graph , chair , comfort , furniture , home , shop , sofa Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Laws of Thermodymeowics

Friday 6 March 7:36:55 UTC 2015

Graph by: Sosij Tagged: Cats , food , pets , science , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Looks Like Higher Education Is Not So Much About Education Anymore

Friday 6 March 7:36:54 UTC 2015

A representation of student dept, adjusted for inflation Graph by: (via ThinkProgress.org) Tagged: education , loan , student dept Share on Facebook [Link]

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Friday 6 March 7:36:52 UTC 2015

Graph by: jollercoaster Tagged: Pie Chart , the game , you have lost it Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Project Accomplishement Schedule

Friday 6 March 7:36:51 UTC 2015

Graph by: Bailiwick2002 Tagged: accomplishment , avoid , complete , fear , project , schedule , time , worry Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Oh, I Love Caricature Drawings

Friday 6 March 7:36:49 UTC 2015

Graph by: owls6499 Tagged: artist , caricature , drawings , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Cheetos are Real Cheese, Right?

Friday 6 March 7:36:48 UTC 2015

Graph by: kenbez123 Tagged: food , healthy , not the same , tasty , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Time for My Annual House Cleaning

Friday 6 March 7:36:46 UTC 2015

Graph by: (via Pleated Jeans) Tagged: best of week , crumbs , dirty dishes , dusting , house cleaning , laundry basket Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Hawai'i Is Disappoint

Friday 6 March 7:36:45 UTC 2015

Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: continent , math , Video , wtf Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » What people think of you VS how many girls you are with

Friday 6 March 7:36:44 UTC 2015

Graph by: catni Tagged: amount , Bar Graph , gay , girls , loser , millionaire , people , pimp , player , think Share on Facebook [Link]

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Friday 6 March 7:36:43 UTC 2015

Graph by: sneevley Tagged: glee , internet , Pie Chart , super bowl , television , tumblr Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Quick, Quill, Quack!

Friday 6 March 7:36:41 UTC 2015

Graph by: Romadom Tagged: letters , Pie Chart , Q , scrabble Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Where Weirdness Comes From

Friday 6 March 7:36:40 UTC 2015

Graph by: kbh101 Tagged: 4chan , alaska , interwebs , Japan , mom , Pie Chart , reality tv , wasilla , weirdness , where Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Rule 34

Friday 6 March 7:36:38 UTC 2015

Graph by: goxdie Tagged: internet , porn , rules , Video Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Final Frontier Facts

Friday 6 March 7:36:37 UTC 2015

Graph by: saltyteabag Tagged: infographic , Star Trek Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Things Parents Do When Their Kids see Animals Mating at the Zoo

Friday 6 March 7:36:36 UTC 2015

LoL by: light.in.the.waves Tagged: animals , kids , parents , zoo Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Tailgating

Friday 6 March 7:36:35 UTC 2015

LoL by: Spencer Garrison Tagged: cars , distance , driving , man , mom , passenger , woman Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Every Bit Helps

Friday 6 March 7:36:33 UTC 2015

Graph by: buckles_b (via www.bite.ca) Tagged: crane , flow chart , homeless , sick , whooping cough Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Whales of Mass Destruction

Friday 6 March 7:36:32 UTC 2015

Graph by: (via Cracked) Tagged: cracked , evil , infographic , killer whales , orcas Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Those Movies All Take Place on the Same Day

Friday 6 March 7:36:30 UTC 2015

Graph by: Ellimistopher Tagged: movies , Pie Chart , running of the bulls , Spain Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Distribution of Valentines Day roses at my school

Friday 6 March 7:36:28 UTC 2015

LoL by: MowMowkat11 Tagged: flowers , football , high school , roses , valentines Share on Facebook [Link]

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Friday 6 March 7:36:27 UTC 2015

Graph by: wtfudgsicle Tagged: animals , family outing , infographic , nature , vacation , zoo Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Things I Would Do During A Zombie Apocalypse

Friday 6 March 7:36:25 UTC 2015

Graph by: mossrolled01 Tagged: apocalypse , diary , excited , food , Hall of Fame , Pie Chart , raid , refuge , Video , weaponse , zombie Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Things to do during Winter Break

Friday 6 March 7:36:24 UTC 2015

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GraphJam » I've Got 99.999… Problems, But a Repeating Decimal Ain't One

Friday 6 March 7:36:22 UTC 2015

Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , math , repeating decimal , Video Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » DEATH TOLLS

Friday 6 March 7:36:21 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Bar Graph , black plague , count , Death , flu , swine flu , toll , world war , wwI , WWII , year Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Untitled

Friday 6 March 7:36:18 UTC 2015

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: bo , Grandpa , hipsters , Indiana Jones , snakes , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Friday 6 March 7:34:40 UTC 2015

Today, my wife complained that the coffee grounds I swept into the sink grossed her out. Yesterday, I removed several panty-liners from her soiled underwear before doing the laundry. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Italian teacher who posed for nude pics told she can keep her job. MAMA MIA (Not safe for work images in article) [Spiffy]

Friday 6 March 7:30:00 UTC 2015

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Futility Closet » Green Activism

Friday 6 March 6:32:07 UTC 2015

There must be a story behind this one: In 1900 Ludwig Ederer patented an “alarm bed” to wake an attendant when a greenhouse grows too cold. If the steam pressure in the boiler drops, the bed suddenly tilts upright, “so that the sleeper will slide or roll off, thus reminding him that the steam within the pipe system is below … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Japanese woman, the world's oldest person, turns 117. Which means if she lived in the U.S. she would be just a few years shy of being able to think about retirement [Spiffy]

Friday 6 March 5:26:00 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About 'The Rum Diary'

Friday 6 March 5:22:36 UTC 2015

Grab a bottle—or more—of your favorite booze and head down to the tropics with Hunter Thompson and Johnny Depp as we look at a few facts you may not have known about The Rum Diary. 1. IT’S BASED ON HUNTER S. THOMPSON’S SECOND NOVEL A then 22-year-old Thompson wrote The Rum Diary in 1959, but it was abandoned until Johnny … [Link]

Weird Universe » Dancing Paper

Friday 6 March 4:02:38 UTC 2015

I saw this BC* so…. let's call it art.

*Before Coffee [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Speed dating. For seniors [Ironic]

Friday 6 March 3:22:30 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » China is about to build Pakistan a pair of unproven nuclear reactors in a tsunami and earthquake zone, right next to a densely populated city with a growing terrorism problem. What could possibly go wrong? [Scary]

Friday 6 March 2:11:35 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » "There are no laws in existence that protect the rights of people whose photographs have unwittingly become internet memes." Well, that's what happens when you huff gold paint or look like you're a crazy stalker [Sad]

Friday 6 March 1:57:32 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Train carrying crude oil derails and is on fire. This is not a repeat from last month. Or last year [News]

Friday 6 March 1:40:36 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » Graphic Posters Representing 60 Real and Fictional Space Destinations

Friday 6 March 1:30:00 UTC 2015

If you have an eye for minimalist aesthetic, and an abiding love of all things outer space, check out these posters from Toronto-based graphic design company Fabled Creative, which is composed of Ron Guyatt and his fiancee Indy Lytle. From the sun spots to the asteroid belt to the Messina Chasma on the Uranian moon Titania, the posters—which are available … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » We've all tried to get into a car in a parking lot only to find it wasn't ours. However, we haven't all been stabbed over it [Scary]

Friday 6 March 1:27:11 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » No sledding, no peace [Spiffy]

Friday 6 March 1:26:25 UTC 2015

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Overheard In The Office » Men Seem to Prescribe That for Everything

Friday 6 March 1:24:43 UTC 2015

Male employee: Do you know what you really need right now?Female employee: I need coffee.Male employee: No, you really need to get laid. Now.419 Lafayette Street
New York, New York [Link]

Overheard In The Office » If Grammar Worked Like The Price Is Right

Friday 6 March 1:24:41 UTC 2015

School district superintendent: I underget what you're saying…Central Texas [Link]

Overheard In The Office » I Love Denny’s

Friday 6 March 1:24:40 UTC 2015

Developer to business analyst: Well, if I get herpes, it tasted really good.3600 American Boulevard
Bloomington, Minnesota [Link]

Overheard In The Office » We Edited Out the Offensive Sign Language

Friday 6 March 1:24:38 UTC 2015

Designer: So, David*, what are you doing tonight?Deaf box office manager: I’m-on-eh-leh.Designer: Oh, you’re going to get laid? (deaf box office manager nods) Designer: Well, that’s nice.Fort Lauderdale, Florida [Link]

Overheard In The Office » It's Always a Mistake to Outsource a Core Business Function

Friday 6 March 1:21:27 UTC 2015

Loud female boss behind office door: Well, it's happened four times now. You obviously don't find me attractive anymore. Boss' husband, on speakerphone: I don't control it! I simply submit requests!Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Link]

Mental Floss » 14 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Garbage Collectors

Friday 6 March 1:11:06 UTC 2015

There are more than 116,000 garbage collectors in the United States. And yet, these intrepid men and women are shrouded in mystery. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this king sized candy [Photoshop]

Friday 6 March 1:00:01 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Florida cops hunt suspect in brazen daylight aerophone heist [Amusing]

Friday 6 March 0:53:16 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Workers set to demolish house accidentally demolish house [Dumbass]

Friday 6 March 0:52:37 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » The latest thing you probably haven't heard about? Western hipsters are calling themselves "lumbersexuals," and that's OK [Strange]

Friday 6 March 0:46:30 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Man may move cross-country just for house that can contain his huge organ [Spiffy]

Friday 6 March 0:36:03 UTC 2015

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Fark.com RSS » Nate Silver is calling it for Obamacare [Followup]

Friday 6 March 0:33:52 UTC 2015

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Mental Floss » Walls Splash Pee Back at Public Urinaters

Friday 6 March 0:30:00 UTC 2015

Hamburg's lively St. Pauli district is home to wild bars and all-night revelers. With drinking and partying comes urination, and, unfortunately for the neighborhood's residents, nature isn't always called in the privacy of a bathroom stall. To combat the scourge of public pee, high-traffic walls in St. Pauli have been sprayed with hydrophobic paint. The result? All that urine hits … [Link]

Overheard In The Office » How Do You Feel About Carrier Pigeons?

Friday 6 March 0:12:29 UTC 2015

Cube dweller: So I came in today, and my phone is blank, and my computer is disconnected from the network. And there's nobody over in it to help me.Boss: Call the help desk.Cube dweller: With what? My phone? It's broken.Boss: So e-mail it!San Carlos, CaliforniaOverheard by: The Punvert [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Daesh nimrods bulldoze ancient town of Nimrud and its 3,000 year-old palace [Sad]

Friday 6 March 0:10:37 UTC 2015

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