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 » British police say busted drug-smuggling ring had enough cannabis to give two joints to every person who lives in Britain [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Batteries stolen from portable stoplights in construction zone. Police still have some leads, hope to charge someone [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Man loses his job after mercilessly beating a police officer's fist with his face [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Class action suit challenging $90 million worth of illegal red light camera tickets settled by paying $2 million to plaintiffs and $2 million to plaintiffs' lawyers [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Notoriously ugly bus station dubbed the "mouth of hell" to be demolished by controlled implosion, over no objection whatsoever: "Is that smelly cafe still there in the basement? You'd see people dry heaving before they got on their bu
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FMyLife » minty says FML
Today, after days of being too sick to leave my house, I went to get some medicine. While picking out cough drops, an old man leaned over and said, "You smell quite delicious today". I haven't showered and the only "perfume" I'm wearing is VapoRub. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, while walking my dog, we came across two men having a heated argument in the street. My dog decided the perfect place to poop was right next to them. He wouldn't budge no matter what. Meanwhile, one of the men pulled a knife, and I practically shat myself. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » First the good news: Scientists have created a drug that will make your sex life better than ever. Now the bad news: It requires an injection into your penis [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Cops: "Raid you later, alligator" Crooks: "In a while, crocodile" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » While everyone else is still waiting for winter to melt, Southern California is broiling in a record-breaking heat wave [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this window hanger outer [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » How are you planning to celebrate Pi day? [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Guy who murdered wife claims that the "Karma Kandy Orange Ginger" pot candy made him do it, and not their mounting debt and life insurance money [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » 15 Relatively Brilliant Albert Einstein Quotes
Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Agents said they were undetected until a marked car showed up outside for an unrelated incident. At that point, it looked like something out of a movie with dozens of people running away, leaving behind drugs and money, officials said [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » The Son-of-Sam defense is back in play [Amusing]
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Futility Closet » A Tidy Theorem
Image: Wikimedia Commons If an equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle, then the distance from any point on the circle to the triangle’s farthest vertex is equal to the sum of its distances to the two nearer vertices (above, q = p + r). (A corollary of Ptolemy’s theorem.) [Link]
GraphJam » How awesome different types of Newtons are
LoL by: Quellek2 Tagged: fig newtons , food , snacks Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » This is why you hire a professional and insured tree trimmer [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » If you are a super villain looking for a new global super lair, here are some great ideas [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » More and more Americans are buying fancy toilet paper, so that's a sign of…something economical [Silly]
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GraphJam » What happens in Vegas
Graph by: xiphoniii Tagged: husband , internet , las vegas , spouse , what happens in vegas , wife Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » So Lady-Like
Graph by: Penny_Laine Tagged: crush , embarrassing , life , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » That Tie
Graph by: supermoron Tagged: 90s , awesome , bill nye the science guy , Pie Chart , television Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Freedom isn't free. Especially if you're illegally squatting on an abandoned military base that the government wants to sell [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Time to make the donuts. Time to make the donuts. Time to put out the burning police cruiser [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » The Kremlin doesn't think Fark is very amusing lately. "We've already said this a hundred times. This isn't funny any more" [Followup]
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Overheard In The Office » 5PM That’s a Wrap
Project Manager: What’s that band-aid on your neck for?
Owner: I had a melanoma removed.
Worker: Oh, I thought you were on the patch, but I didn’t know they made a patch for “Asshole”.
Owner: No, it’s for hemorrhoids. I’m going to disappear. 8929 Rosedale Highway
Bakersfield, California [Link]
Overheard In The Office » I Used to Vacation on Fire Island.
Operations manager: This chart really gets into the details if you're interested.Assistant director: I don't think we really need to go into all the sausage-making details.Director: Yeah, I've seen way too much sausage.Portland, OregonOverheard by: Worst part? No one else laughed. [Link]
Overheard In The Office » One Sign You’re Not Giving Your Writers Enough to Do
Writer to editor: I was having a staring contest with you a little while ago, but you weren’t paying attention so I won.Broad Street
Augusta, Georgia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Like You Did with Our Last Project
Boss: So, is your dog dead yet?Worker: No! Why would you even say that!Boss: I mean, don't get me wrong… I didn't think you would kill it… I just thought you would neglect it till it died.Knoxville, Tennessee [Link]
Overheard In The Office » …On Pink Stationery
TA #1: Can you let Mike* know that a student came by for him?TA #2: Sure, was it a boy or a girl?TA #1: Uh, he left a note.Stony Brook, New York [Link]
Overheard In The Office » For Those Who Are Always Getting Sucker-Taught
Coworker #1: You know how there are teachable moments?Coworker #2: Yeah.Coworker #1: Well, there should also be punchable moments.Austin, Texas [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Other than the chemicals, trans fats, and an overload of sodium and artery-clogging saturated fat, microwave popcorn is really healthy for you [Sick]
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Mental Floss » How to Memorize Pi if You’re a Word Person
Pi Day offers something for the math-lover and baked-goods lover. What about the word lover? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Judge gives man who fatally punched a soccer referee 8-15 years, after the widow holds up a red card [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » I heard you liked beer and cocktails so here are some cocktails made with beer [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis is starting to understand what Benedict XVI was going through; says he might only have a few years left [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » If you pave it, they will come [Sad]
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Mental Floss » The Physics of Jumping Popcorn
Expanding water causes the pop…but what causes the jump? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Caption this Roman emperor [Caption]
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Fark.com RSS » "I think a basic observation can be made and that is that using a selfie stick makes a person look like a dork" [Obvious]
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FMyLife » jking2z says FML
Today, I tried to boycott an 80's theme party by wearing my regular clothes. Everyone said they loved my costume. FML [Link]
GraphJam » My Best Friend Gave Me That Gum Wrapper!
Graph by: GraceJediHeart Tagged: cleaning , mom , trash , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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Weird Universe » Hung Like A Horse
Of course it was a Floriduh man who got a horse penis transplant. The surgery was last year and was successful with full function. He is now under contract to appear in a number of adult films, anyone surprised?? This kind of upstages those South African docs who just transplanted a human penis. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Animal Shelter brings adoptable puppies and kittens to offices for "snuggle delivery," say they got the idea from outcall escort services [Florida]
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Overheard In The Office » Here, I’ll Show You with My Fingers — The Difference Is the Long One in the Middle
Senior consultant: Hey, what’s the difference between four and five?Consultant: How am I getting paid less than you?Waterloo, LondonOverheard by: he said what I was thinking [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Of all the Photoshops, in all the threads, in all the internets, she walks into mine" [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Weekend Links: Robots vs. Robots
The 25 finalists in the Darpa Robotics Challenge will compete against each other during "the biggest collection of robots in one place that's ever happened." The winning team of roboticists will win $2 million and, presumably, preferential treatment when their creation achieves sentience and destroys all of its competition once and for all. * With a finite number of flavor … [Link]
FMyLife » Eddy says FML
Today, I decided to have cereal for breakfast. I poured the cereal in the bowl, added the milk and had a spoonful. Then I realized that my cereal was moving in the back of my mouth. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Global warming is a hoax because look at all this snow." Yeah, about that… [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Losing 103 lbs to Music!
Mrs. Derby suffered from a "mountainous burden of flesh," but when the music started to play, the pounds just melted away.
Source: The Ladies Home Journal, Nov. 1922 [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Then Cancel Her?
Female coworker: She’s so adorable it makes me want to lick her stamps.Wausau, Wisconsin [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Olaf the one footed cat found a human to wrap around his remaining paw and gets a happy home [Caturday]
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Mental Floss » 11 Moments Where You'll Never Need to Touch Your Device Again
You need your device; that’s why it’s seemingly always glued to your hands. But what if your hands were freed up to actually do things other than paw at a tablet or smartphone? With gesture technology, you don’t have to sacrifice actions or activities in the real world in order to stay connected in the virtual one. Here are 11 … [Link]
Weird Universe » Steal This Record!
What other ethical choice do you have, if you support Barbara Dane's point of view?
I do feel sorry for her husband, though, working in the coal mine without any shoes. Ouch!
Still, if you insist on purchasing this CD and supporting the vile capitalist system, the link is below.
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Fark.com RSS » Afghan Air Force's first female fixed-wing pilot flies with the Blue Angels [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Auction for Seattle's "Up" house doesn't go down well [Sad]
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GraphJam »
Graph by: Koolguy_GT500 Tagged: eating is delicious , families , fast food , McDonald's , movies , Pie Chart , super size me Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » "I don't honestly know what the stereotype looks like for a heroin smuggler, but I don't think a couple of senior citizens driving a handicapped license plate car with their little cocker spaniel really looks like we're much of a thre
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Fark.com RSS » Good: You buy the winning powerball ticket. Bad: Then you lose it [Fail]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I spent 5 hours organizing my porn collection on my computer. What the hell am I doing with my life? FML [Link]
FMyLife » scared and alone says FML
Today, I found out my husband has been sleeping with one of the women in our marriage counselling group. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A broken door at a German university doesn't get repaired so the students a) take another door, b) repair the door, or c) start a meme war [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Hipster beards were bacterial sponges long before bacterial sponges were cool [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » You may soon finally be able to download a car. But of course, you wouldn't [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Best Korea once again shows off its capability of dealing with rising sea levels. Take THAT ocean [Stupid]
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FMyLife » laureri says FML
Today, I ate a wonderful meal, after which I fell asleep on my couch and had a dream that my husband was passionately kissing me. I woke up to realize it was actually my cat licking bits of food out of my teeth. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » Three-Cornered Baseball
In 1944, eager to help the war effort, a group of New York sportswriters arranged a three-way baseball game among the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Yankees, and the New York Giants. The teams took turns batting, fielding, and sitting so that each played a total of six innings, under a scheme concocted by Columbia University math professor Paul A. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know when you're going to smear feces all over your face while at your murder trial [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Carl Sagan's son proves that the apple can, in fact, fall very, very, very far — billions of miles, perhaps — from the tree [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Vladimir Putin has spent the past week going through Hillary Clinton's emails (w/ photographic evidence) [Followup]
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Overheard In The Office » Jessica Simpson Finally Gets It
Consultant: Oh my god, sorry! I'm slow. And like… dumb.Chicago, IllinoisOverheard by: meeting jockey [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Then She Must Have Been Very Flexible.
Waiter #1: My cherry popped in my mouth.Waiter #2: That's what she said.British Columbia
Canadia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Just Like It Promised in the Med School Brochure
Endocrinologist to another doctor: They're both GI doctors, so you know they're really pulling it in. And they've got good hours, well, unless someone starts bleeding in the middle of the night. The only way one of mine bleeds is if I stab them in the thyroid.Fairview Hospital
Minneapolis, MinnesotaOverheard by: A Very Scared Patient [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Yours Is Much Thicker, Though.
Dude: I just got back from waxing my board.Receptionist: Oh, yeah? I noticed your board is long, like my husband's. Must be because you're both tall.University Avenue
Palo Alto, CaliforniaOverheard by: that's what she said [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police shoot your dog for barking on his own property? All good. Stab a police dog in self defense in your own home? 44 years for you [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » Fall of the South: Confederates Vote to Arm Slaves
Wikimedia Commons [1][2][3] For the next few months, we'll be covering the final days of the Civil War exactly 150 years later. This is the fourth installment of the series. March 13, 1865: Confederates Vote to Arm Slaves One of the Civil War’s bizarre historical footnotes took place on March 13, 1865, when the Confederate Congress voted to bolster their … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » We'll Continue to Monitor This Development Closely
Receptionist: Ooh! I like your boots! Teaching assistant: Thanks! I actually have legs now! Receptionist: You have great legs! Passing teacher: She's never had legs before.Bexhill College
England [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Vladimir Putin's body doubles spotted in Hollywood (w/photographic evidence) [Followup]
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Overheard In The Office » 3PM Smoke Break
Business Officer: You remember when I told you that?
Editor: No, I was drunk at the time. 409 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Feeling patriotic? Enough to buy a Billy Bass that sings the Star Spangled Banner? Well, too bad. The best we can get is this self-wagging 18 inch replica American Flag that's a perfect decoration for your dinner table, right next to the apple pi
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Fark.com RSS » Oh hell no. Not even Vladimir Putin would try this (with photographic evidence) [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 5 Flashy Facts About Peacock Spiders
They’re fuzzy, they’re flashy, and they’ve got great moves. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Do you feel the need to brag about how big your house is? Well the world's biggest house is on the market. This would be pretty good in the bragging rights department [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Vladimir Putin found invading Britain in 55 BC (w/ photographic evidence) [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Laptop full of child porn? It's probably going to sit on the shelf for a while. $50, best I can do [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Cubans go cuckoo for Coco Farms illegal slaughterhouse. Until the alleged operator was arrested for "committing atrocious acts against animals" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Vladimir Putin to fight Vin Diesel to the death (w/photographic evidence) [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Is that a joint? Call in the bomb squad, people [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what this machine is really used for [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The Weird History of the "Ashcan Copy"
Last month, an incredibly rushed and slapdash TV version of Robert Jordan’s fantasy series The Wheel of Time was shown late at night on the FXX cable channel. It was confusing. It wasn’t part of an ongoing series, it was only a half-hour long, and it seemed to have been made for almost no money. The adaptation, which was broadcast … [Link]
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