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.”
Overheard In The Office » We're a Family Pesticide Company
Office guy: We want this cockroach to look gorgeous, but at the same time, you know, not a cockroach of the night.Las Cruces, New Mexico [Link]
FMyLife » _Tater_Tot_ says FML
Today, my mom let me know that I'll have to spend my entire tax return on replacing my car brakes. The reason I need new brakes is because almost every single time she uses the car, she floors the gas while the parking brake is still on. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Escaped murder suspect recaptured because he failed to plan for one of the most treacherous realities of life on the run: laundry [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 10 Fun Facts About Corythosaurus
Daderot via Wikimedia Commons // CC0 You might not have known this week’s dino by name, but there’s a good chance you’ve seen it before. From Philly to Ontario to western Kansas, Corythosaurus appears in dozens of museums across North America. Does your hometown have one on display? Let us know in the comments section. 1. Corythosaurus Had a Twiggy … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pop quiz, hot shot. Your airplane is smoking but the nearest landing is West Virginia. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO? [Scary]
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Mental Floss » The Truth About Icebergs
Only 10 percent of an iceberg sits about the waterline—the rest is below the surface. And that's where it gets interesting. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's not a random act of kindness. It's a toomah [Sad]
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FMyLife » WiFucked says FML
Today, my internet was out and wasn't due to be fixed until at least Tuesday. I'm a grad student with a lot of online research to do and deadlines to meet, so I desperately bought an expensive and non-returnable portable wifi hub. An hour ago, the internet came back on. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What are you doing for Good Friday? This guy nailed it, hands down [Weird]
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Mental Floss » The Incredible Work Habits of 12 Great Artists
What does it take to make great art? Work habits and muses may vary. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Study finds cigarette smoke makes you stronger, well that is if you are the MRSA bacteria [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Crane becomes new sculpture exhibit at Dallas Museum of Art [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Ravhi Karia says FML
Today, I went to see my ill granddad in hospital. I saw lots of doctors around his bed, and they pronounced him dead, so I ran out crying. A little later, I found out that my granddad had been moved, and it was a different man in his bed. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The coolest Fabergé eggs made out of cake that you'll see today [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » "And in other news, there is a traffic alert at I-74 and John Deere Road due to cattle roaming the freeway" [Silly]
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The Onion » American Voices: Stanford Offering Free Tuition To Students Whose Families Make Less Than $125,000
As part of an effort to make college accessible and affordable, Stanford University has announced that it will offer free tuition to students whose parents make less than $125,000 per year.
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this hair-raising moment [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » California now getting second hand smog from Asia. Which means that if you are in L.A. and go to Chinatown, even the pollution is now authentic [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Clear your desks, it's time for the Fark Weird News Quiz. Might as well take off those pants, too [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » America's only gay gang is in Washington DC, and Steve Buscemi wants to make a movie about them [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Pipeline company to 100 West Virginia landowners: Don't you folks think your land would be improved if it had one our pipelines running through it? No? Oh, well, that's what eminent domain is for [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Veteran's prosthetic eye stolen from his car. When asked why he left it in the car, the vet could only say he was trying to keep an eye out [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Making Ice Cream That Tastes Like Color
In September 2014, on one of her frequent stops in New York City, Jeni Britton Bauer swung by the Museum of Modern Art to see Henri Matisse’s Cut-Outs. Bauer, who had studied art at Ohio State University and now owns Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, was familiar with the artworks; she had books about them and posters of them on her … [Link]
Futility Closet » Leisure Travel
H.M. Small found it difficult to sleep in railway seats in 1889 — so he invented a hammock. It’s actually possible to sleep at full length if the seat in front is pushed forward — but that might be going too far. The post Leisure Travel appeared first on Futility Closet. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This is why checking the spam folder every now and then isn't such a bad idea [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » GE: We set good things on fire [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Nigeria's new president promises to crush Boko Haram. Because if anyone knows about crushing people down, it's a former brutal military dictator [Hero]
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FMyLife » clothesthief says FML
Today, I finally had nice enough weather to dry my clothes on the washing line. Two hours later, all my clothes were stolen. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cancer vaccines soon to become a reality. Anti-vaxxer heads to asplode. Win, win [Hero]
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Overheard In The Office » …Hello? Hello?
Wireless tech support: Could you pull the battery from the phone?Customer: I didn't realize these things had batteries.Millbury, Massachusetts [Link]
The Onion » Cubs Insist Wrigley Field Beef Machine Will Be Ready For Opening Day
CHICAGO—Responding to growing concerns about the state of offseason renovations to Wrigley Field, officials from the Chicago Cubs assured fans Friday that the stadium’s beef machine will be ready for the team’s opening game.
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Mental Floss » 20 Things You Might Not Know About ‘Mad Men’
As fans of Matthew Weiner’s acclaimed series ready for its final seven episodes, we’ve gathered up 20 things you might not know about 'Mad Men.' [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 2PM Warehouse Inventory Due
Warehouse Manager: Be sure to take all the plywood runners, and all the woodchucks you can find.
Driver: “Woodchucks”?
Warehouse Manager: Yeah, put them under the wheels to help with traction. 41049 Boyce Road
Fremont, California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ex-IRS ethics office lawyer disbarred for … ethics violations [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Man digs under house and finds 5,000-year-old underground city, barrels of Old Toby and hairy feet [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Police leave note to say sorry for raiding wrong home [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Judge rules a court battle over a giant emerald can proceed, no word on if a blue hedgehog still wants his claim on this valuable object [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Pug named Dug was bitten in the face by rattlesnake, expected to survive. Is now "brother to a snake," and knows his life's mission [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » After 20 years of non-stop running to the toilet, a man has discovered the number #1 source of his discomfort [Strange]
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The Onion » Out-Of-Style Woman Still Has Last Season’s Body Issues
NEW YORK—Describing her self-image problems as “totally passé,” sources confirmed Friday that woefully out-of-style woman Denise Agolado, 28, is still beset with last season’s body issues.
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Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Coyote Spotted on Roof of Queens Bar New Yorkers were astonished by the sight of a coyote on the roof of the L.I.C. Bar in Long Island City, Queens, on Monday. Nearby tenants alerted bar owner Brian Porter. He said he suspects the coyote was living in a vacant building next door and hopped through an open window onto the … [Link]
Mental Floss » How an Extreme Psychological Study May Have Affected a Young Ted Kaczynski
George Bergman via Wikimedia Commons // GNU Free Documentation License As a Psych 101 student in college, you may have participated in experiments grad students concocted as part of their research papers or theses. Ted Kaczynski did, and it was so extreme, it may have helped shape the worldview of the man who would later build and send 16 bombs, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pig stand-off at Burger King gets extra weird when employee tried to feed the pig bacon [Dumbass]
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Overheard In The Office » Ooo, or That Speed Bump in the Parking Lot!
Female coworker: I'm so mad, I'm going to explode like Mt. Rushmore.Male coworker: Ginny, did you just say, “explode like Mt. Rushmore”?Female coworker: Uuuuuuhhh…Male coworker: Don't you mean like a volcano or something?Female coworker: Like Mt. Everest!Omaha, Nebraska [Link]
The Onion » Conversational Lamprey Slowly Draining Life From Dinner Party
LANCASTER, PA—Explaining how their once-active discussion barely had the strength to continue on, sources confirmed Thursday that conversational lamprey Brian Kenney was slowly draining the life from acquaintance Josh Carrington’s dinner party…
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Fark.com RSS » Sailor who was lost at sea for 66 days rescued by Coast Guard. No word on the condition of his volleyball [Spiffy]
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The Onion » American Voices: McDonald’s Raising Wages 10% To Attract Better Workers
McDonald’s has announced that beginning July 1, it is raising employee wages at corporate-owned locations 10 percent, from an average of $9.01 per hour to an average of $9.90 per hour, which experts say will help it attract better and more sought-af…
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Fark.com RSS » The first iPad was made available in stores five years ago today, thus revolutionizing the way we view porn [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Pod City Crash Course: 19 TV Podcasts You Need to Hear
These are the best of the best when it comes to podcasts about TV. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're going to pay $450 for a phony doctorate degree, you might as well pony up the extra $100 to graduate Summa Cum Laude [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 21 Things You Might Not Know About 'Full House'
An upcoming spinoff might tell us if Uncle Jesse's nightmare of needing hair plugs came true. In the meantime, here are 21 things we know about the classic show for sure. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Brief, Enduring Life of the Pony Express
Even prospectors and cowboys need to keep up with their correspondence. In the mid-19th century, there was no transcontinental telegraph line, and as California’s population approached 400,000 with a civil war looming, waiting weeks or months for cross-country mail (by ship or stagecoach) was more than annoyance—it was a real problem. Enter the Pony Express, whose first rider hit the … [Link]
The Onion » Geologists Unearth Fully Intact Rock
FORT COLLINS, CO—Describing the discovery as the most flawless specimen ever unearthed, a team of geologists working in northern Colorado announced Friday they had excavated a fully intact rock.
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Fark.com RSS » Easter egg cocktail hunt is like a fun family game, but with more vomiting, falling over and blackouts [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » New York chapter of the Boy Scouts of America becomes first in history to hire gay adult employee, immediately earns a merit badge of defiance [Spiffy]
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The Onion » Philadelphia Museum Of Art Erects Statue Of Overweight Tourist Posing Next To Rocky Statue
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Erects Statue Of Overweight Tourist Posing Next To Rocky Statue
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Fark.com RSS » Yes, but would you want to order a pizza with custard creme, mud and old shoe topping? [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 15 Commercials Directed By David Lynch
Here are 15 of David Lynch's commercials, for everything from perfumes to pastas to pregnancy tests. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dutch engineering student to oceans: Clean yourselves up [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Because you're not spending enough on your engagement and wedding as it is, you now need a pre-engagement party and rings [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Why Do We Eat Chocolate Bunnies at Easter?
As far as holidays go, Easter is second only to Halloween in American candy sales—that’s a lot of chocolate bunnies. [Link]
FMyLife » Jordan says FML
Today, I wore a new shirt, but forgot to remove the price tag. It was kind of windy outside, so when I got outside, the tag hit me on the neck, I thought it was a giant insect attacking my neck. I started screaming like a little girl. I'm a 30 year old guy. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Bunsostriker says FML
Today, I found out where my stolen car was. It was all the way in Maine. I live in Ohio and I got a $300 fine for illegal parking. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man dies during sex with scarecrow he dressed in lipstick and long-haired wig [Dumbass]
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FMyLife » overreacting says FML
Today, I picked up a rock outside and put it in my pocket because it looked cool. A teacher holding the door open stopped me and sent me to the principal. I was confused and asked the teacher why the strict action. She replied that someone has been putting rocks in the toilet. I got a detention. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Apparently if you were born outside the U.S. and your adoptive parents didn't bother getting you citizenship, you can be deported when you're 40 [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this walk with a view [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Three utility workers killed in Rube Goldberg-esque crash caused by 93 year-old man [Florida]
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Weird Universe » The Art of Rear Ends
Artist Catalina Viejo Lopez de Roda has an upcoming show in Brooklyn titled "A View of the End." It consists of tiny paintings of celebrities' rear ends. They're small to force viewers to lean in to see them and in this way "become conscious of the ways that they follow their own voyeuristic tendencies." Each celebrity is identified by rear … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Buffalo State SGA has no sense of humor and freezes campus newspaper budget because of April Fool's day edition that 'reported' on drone strikes on the administrators and Gov. Cuomo banning snacks [Dumbass]
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Overheard In The Office » You Have to Cut Out Sugar
Guy on phone: Slim-Fast doesn’t work if you eat half a cake every night.Stratford, Connecticut [Link]
Weird Universe » A Tale of Momentum and Inertia
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FMyLife » eaglesmile says FML
Today, during work hours, I took time off and discreetly went for an interview for a prospective job at our rival company. As soon as I reached the place, I bumped into my current boss. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man spends £10,000 on a bathtub for his girlfriend that's filled with melted chocolate, hopes that's just a Snickers floating to the top [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: "Ski" Names
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Fark.com RSS » For the 2nd time this season, a counterfeiter matches wits with that eagle-eyed crime fighting organization, the Girl Scouts Cookie Brigade. Guess who won [Sad]
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Overheard In The Office » Even Though He and I Have Nothing in Common
Boss to coworker, as they leave office: All right, I'll meet the goddamn baby!Los Angeles, California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In 2005, radiation levels 200 times normal were found across 265 acres of a national park due to contaminated fill used in the 1940s. A decade later, nothing has been done to clean it up [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » A woman got a $200 ticket for putting on lip balm behind the wheel because the state trooper said it fell under "distracted driving" [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » 28 time world gurning champion dead at 67. With helpful pic of what gurning is [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Add Life to Your Home With a Whimsical Terrarium Table
Paige Russell put together a cool table that is literally brimming with life. "I've been wanting to make a piece of indoor 'garden' furniture for ages," Russell explained on Instructables. "Not only do plants help improve indoor air quality (see NASA study), they also are huge mood enhancers for me." She reused a wood and glass cabinet door to make … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I'm a little tea pot, short and stout, fill me full of pee, and watch the rout [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Top 12 spring-cleaning hacks to save you time and money. #13: Not cleaning also saves time and money [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Seattle SWAT execute no knock warrant. Shoot no one. In fact, they don't even wake the baby. No, really [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Because who wouldn't want to live in a steel shipping container. In Phoenix. In the summer [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're going to work as a valet parking attendant, it really helps if you know the difference between the gas and brake pedals, especially the ones in a $600k Ferrari GTO 599 [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Perfect English Rabbit
In Search of the Impossible: The Perfect English Rabbit. The number of spots on its side could be the difference between championships and rabbit stew.
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The Total Lunar Eclipse On Saturday Will Last For Just 5 Minutes. If you’re in the path of totality, you’ll have to get up pretty early to see it.
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Mad Men Fashion: Joan Holloway’s … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Wow. Who'd imagine that posing with £250k in cash and bragging about your drug dealing on Facebook would lead to your arrest? [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » How does he smell? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Headline Fail: Tragic student dies on route to handing in final piece of coursework after being struck by car [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Doctor claims that he was driving drunk because he had dislocated his shoulder at a party and needed to get medical help. Fark: Judge agrees, lets him off [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Man claims he caught chlamydia from a car. Who knew its transmission was that easy? [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » This App Lets You Send Messages Many Years in the Future
Developing new technology that intentionally takes extra long—decades, even—to send messages to your friends and family seems like the antithesis of modern communication, but developers of one new app are banking on the fact that we have room in our lives for this sort of delayed gratification. Incubate: The Time-Delay Messenger, which launched this month, allows users to send texts, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Utah man finds over $22,000 in a bag in the middle of the road and returns it to the owner [Cool]
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Futility Closet » In a Word
interfector
n. a death-bringing planet mundicidious
adj. likely or able to destroy the world In 2012 an online petition urged the Obama administration to build a Death Star like the one in Star Wars. The campaign amassed 25,000 signatures, enough to require an official response, and it fell to Paul Shawcross, chief of the Science and Space Branch at the … [Link]
Mental Floss » 14 Facts About 'Sonic the Hedgehog'
Here are a few things you might not know about Sega’s iconic standard bearer. [Link]
Mental Floss » How Good Is Your Eyesight?
Test your eyesight with this simple illusion. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Let's take a look inside this old abandoned toy shop? *Jackpot* A treasure trove of Star Wars, Barbies and Action Man collectibles [Cool]
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Overheard In The Office » I’m Talking Quantum-Singularity Black
Manager: Could you make this a lighter red?Designer: You mean pink?Manager: No, not pink. A lighter red.Designer: Uh…Manager: And this part here — do you have a darker black?Designer: No, black is pretty much black.Manager: Well, it needs to be darker than black.Scottsdale, ArizonaOverheard by: bobby [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Meet Maryland's Best Boss
Employee: I have to come in on Monday for a training. It's my normal day off, so I might take off Tuesday or Friday instead.Supervisor: We have the supervisor's retreat on Tuesday, so none of us will be here that day. I'd work then.Hagerstown, Maryland [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Good Thing We Have a Monopoly
Dispatcher to supervisor: The customer on the phone is pissed off and talking about canceling all her services.Manager, walking by: It's because we suck!San Francisco, California [Link]
Overheard In The Office » … Instead of Just the FBI and Major League Baseball
Professor: Someone hacked into the university’s website, and now the Russian mafia has all of your information.University of Arizona
Tucson, ArizonaOverheard by: Colleen [Link]
Overheard In The Office » You Know, Killing All Those Spades
Boss, holding meeting: So, you want to handle this thing?Female employee: No.Boss: What’s the matter? You can’t handle Harlem at night?Female employee: No.Boss: Faggot.Queer employee: I’m surprised you used that word.Boss: What? ‘Faggot’?Queer employee: Yes.Boss: Obviously I don’t think she’s gay. I said ‘faggot’ in the sense of, you know, a sissy. No guts.Drama queen employee: Besides, you faggots call each … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Aren’t There Operations for That Now?
Angry office drone: Don’t fuck up the entire presentation… It will be really hard to unfuck!Latham
New York [Link]
Overheard In The Office » They Won’t Know and I Won’t Tell
Coworker #1: I brought these back from vacation. Would you like to try a chocolate-covered ant?Coworker #2: No, thank you. I’m a vegetarian.Coworker #1: But they’re dead!Tremont Street
Boston, MassachusettsOverheard by: Monkey in the Box Office [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Petitions for New Ben
Image Credit: If It's Hip, It's Here Ben & Jerry's has never announced that they were open to flavor suggestions, but that hasn’t stopped the changemakers among us from campaigning for new ice creams. A quick search through Change.org’s archives revealed five fan-made petitions that aimed to garner support for both the launch of specific flavors (and their corresponding names) … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » …I Like That in a Girl.
Manager to employee: The look on your face says “constipated.”Fast Food Restaurant
MinnesotaOverheard by: tonette [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Indiana clarifies the RFRA. Sexual orientation and gender identity is now protected under the RFRA. So, I guess you all feel pretty silly now, don't you? [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » What do you do when your llamas get too exhausted to walk? Call a taxi [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this calm skier [Photoshop]
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