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.”
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, the girl I've been seeing for less than a week started raging and ended up threatening me with a knife, after I shot down her idea of getting married next month. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Colorado House passes bill allowing transgender people to get new birth certificates [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » Dealing with Foul-Mouthed Jerks All Day
Customer: Man, you have a shitty fucking job. Sales rep: Yeah.Whitcoulls
Lower Hutt
New ZealandOverheard by: You Bet I Did [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Selling figurine soldiers in Nazi regalia at Moscow's most renowned children's store? That's possible charges of inciting hatred and undermining the dignity of veterans of World War II [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Meet the most violent prisoner in all of Britain. His stats include being in more than 120 prisons, holding at least 11 hostages, more than half a million pounds in damages and only about four months and nine days out of prison since 1974 [Scary]
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Overheard In The Office » Other Than a List of Unmarried Employees in Bullet-Point Format?
Peon: Will there be an agenda at the holiday party?42 Broadway
New York, New York [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Kickboxer explains that burglar who broke into his house at 3 a.m."found the wrong guy in the wrong place." The burglar had to be told few times [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Parents are shocked, SHOCKED that a student who wrote a blog where he wrote stories about murdering other students was let back in to school because the school found the blog to be a work of fiction and protected by the First Amendment [Scary]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, while at the zoo with my boyfriend, he pointed at the howling gorillas and shouted over to me: "Hah! That's what you sound like in bed!" FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was forced into accepting a "promotion" for a position that pays less than what I get right now. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » South Carolina student suspended after photo of her writing racist epithet goes viral. No punishment announced yet for vertical photo taker [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » There is no such thing as a ticket quota [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Sea plane. Sea plane crash. Crash, plane, crash [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this stylish hat [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Here are 6 everyday foods that have killed somebody. #4 would be an average female's dream death [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple whose home has a 200,000-plus light display learns you can't unscrooge City Hall [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Old school: Mutiny on the Bounty. New school: Mutiny on the Qatar Airways flight [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Los Angeles has invented a better parking sign, which can confuse people no matter what language they speak [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I visited my girlfriend's apartment for the first time. I guess she forgot to do some spring cleaning before I showed up, because I saw my laptop on her couch. The same laptop that was stolen from my house along with several other valuables last week. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, the last thing I remember before getting the shit beaten out of me at the bar, was my dipshit brother saying to me, "Dude, I'm not a racist, but" and then ranting about how non-whites should get out of America. FML [Link]
FMyLife » lameows says FML
Today, things got heated with my boyfriend for the first time. Turns out he's even more inexperienced than I thought; when I started grinding against him, he frowned and said, "Um… why're you doing that? We've still got clothes on…" FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Pillow Fights That Caused Serious Trouble
Trove Happy International Pillow Fight Day! In honor of the occasion, grab the pillow off your bed and start whacking people! Just use caution: Pillow fights can lead to some serious trouble. Don’t believe us? Here are some examples of times pillow fights took a turn for the worse, ripped straight from the headlines. 1. "Fights Postponed" In 1896, a … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Britain's Isles of Scilly is seeking a new constable for the world's most cushy police posting. Qualifications include knowing how to deal with wandering sea pups, catching speeding golf cars and saving goldfish" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Just when you finally got over the fact that some people carve better jack-o-lanterns then you do, here are some magnificently painted Easter eggs [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » "Early morning, April 4. Shot rings out in the Memphis sky; free at last, they took your life. They could not take your pride" [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Newest version of Oregon Trail released in 32 U.S. states and Puerto Rico [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » What happens when you let elementary school kids design ice cream flavors [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » The buyer of a homeless shelter who arranged for all homeless to be taken aboard buses to unknown destinations "up north" revealed to be none other than the town itself [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » "Curiously, the Internet offers up slim pickings when it comes to recipes for cooking pythons" [Weird]
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Mental Floss » 16 of Maya Angelou’s Best Quotes
Today would have been Maya Angelou’s 88th birthday. Let’s remember the poet, author, singer, and thinker with some of her most memorable quotes. 1. "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." — From Letter to My Daughter, 2008. 2. “[T]here is no thing so powerful as an … [Link]
FMyLife » NotDrunk says FML
Today, I was pulled over by a policeman. He thought I was drunk, after doing the "walk in a straight line" test and the "finger-to-nose" test. It wasn't until after I got a fine that I got it through to him that I have cerebellar ataxia, and that I wasn't drunk. FML [Link]
FMyLife » big_bail says FML
Today, I found out I wasn't invited to the annual family reunion. The reason? Everyone thinks I'm "creepy" because I'm the only adult who will go out and play with the kids. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Texas police help round up loose buffalo. Onlookers say they haven't seen a team of Texans take down a buffalo like that since Super Bowl 27… or 28 [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » A real-life 'Fault in Our Stars' couple discovers hospital red tape is even sadder than the book and movie [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Giggity giggity [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Man accused of taking his friends on a joyride in a stolen Maserati, going 185 [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » City to remove trees from median. Florida: Because someone might drive into them. Florida^2: They're not removing the light poles between the trees [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » No, yoga is not a religion, says judge. Clearly under the influence of Kundalini [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Honestly, who puts peeps in a craft beer? [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Wapo asking the tough questions that really matter. Like: Why is the White House Easter Bunny always so creepy? [Scary]
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Mental Floss » What Earth Looks Like From the International Space Station
The ISS astronauts are looking down on us right now. Here's what they see. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Penmanship is a dying art, much like spelling, grammar, and witty repartee [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » You think dealing with old baby boomers in the office without being able to punch them is bad? Try dealing with office millennials [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Long Island high school senior accepted by all colleges to which he applied. News: All 8 Ivy League colleges [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Sorry Buddhists [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Winners all around at Queens casino. Payout will be sweet, sure bet [Dumbass]
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Overheard In The Office » Hey, Those Shackles Were for Our Safety
(at a three day workshop)
Suit #1: I don’t think I can sit through another afternoon of this.
Suit #2: It’s not as bad as yesterday. I’m finding it quite interesting.
Suit #1: That’s what you call Stockholm Syndrome, when you start to love your kidnapper. Istanbul
Turkey [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Sorry, I Don’t Bi That
Control room guy: I’m sorry, but if you get a hard-on from another guy, YOU’RE GAY. You can’t just say you were just acting. DeNiro couldn’t even act that well.Toronto, Ontario, Canada [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Big Girls Are Understandably Concerned About Towage
we’re having dinner on a barge, and you're coming. I refuse to be stuck on a barge alone with them.233 S Wacker Dr.
Chicago, IL [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 2PM Douche Presentation
Client: May I ask you a question?
Patent Agent: Uh, sure.
Client: I’d like your opinion on my [douche] invention as an engineer and as a woman. 508 Riverbend Drive
Kitchener, Ontario
Canadia [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 12PM Hire New Secretary
Attorney: I have a small problem.
Secretary: Well, you have to work with what God gave you. 8555 United Plaza Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Why All Her Kids Are Adopted
Coworker, after boss made big volunteerism speech: I don’t want to do anything where there’s the possibility of seeing something gross.Little Rock, ArkansasOverheard by: that’s the spirit [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this sad Guy [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Teaching your 16-year-old to drive? Lesson 1 – This is the brake. This is the gas [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Because nothing impresses the ladies quite like taking them back to your home that you built with low-cost materials for only $500 [Spiffy]
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Overheard In The Office » This Cubicle Is Greased and Ready to Kick Ass
Coworker: I’ve got more Vaseline than a porn star could use in a year.330 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois [Link]
Weird Universe » Concussion Test
1958: Dr. Henry Montoye of Michigan State University studied the shock resistance of football helmets by having players wear the helmets and then dropping weights on their head. Try getting approval to do that experiment today! Source: Life – May 19, 1958
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Mental Floss » 6 Movies That Almost Starred Robert Downey Jr.
Before he was one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, Robert Downey Jr.—who turns 50 today—famously lost some major gigs. [Link]
Weird Universe » Prince Monolulu
His Majesty in typical garb.
The Prince comes on at the 16-minute mark.
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Fark.com RSS » If you're on trial for murder, telling the judge you're a robot isn't going to help things [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Feline survives a 17 day, 3,000 mile trip from Egypt to Britain locked in a shipping container with no food or water. Sinbad the sailor is just fine and looking forward to a relaxing Caturday [Caturday]
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Fark.com RSS » How come everybody is always searching for the lost city of Atlantis, but nobody cares about the lost city of Paititi? [Weird]
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Overheard In The Office » I Don't See Much Market for a Pants Cam, Though
Guy in cubicle on phone: Well, it feels like it's about 3 or 4 inches up in there! No… No. Well, did you see the pictures? Because you can totally see it's all the way up in there!Oil Company
Tulsa, Oklahoma [Link]
Overheard In The Office » I Heard the Whole Country Is below Sea Level and Surrounded by a Ring of Lesbians
Auditor: What is a ‘Dutch Auction Tender Offer’? Is that where they go to Dutch and have an auction? … Where is Dutch?Parham Road
Richmond, Virginia [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ever get so tired of waiting in line at a theme park that you want to shoot yourself? [Scary]
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FMyLife » HtotheFtotheS says FML
Today, I used an air freshener in my room to make it smell good. At first, the smell was pretty pleasant. However, by the time it'd "soaked in" it smelled just like weed. My whole room stinks of it, and now my mum is convinced I've been smoking pot in my room. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I explained to my sister that the reason she isn't getting job offers is probably because her résumé is in Comic Sans and contains TXT language and a lot of typos. She thanked me for my help by calling me a "clueless horse-fucker" and telling me to shut my mouth. FML [Link]
FMyLife » glocked and goaded says FML
Today, at my cousin's wedding, there was a bouquet toss. I jumped to catch it, only to get knocked down and crushed by a woman twice my size who'd jumped backwards. It still feels like someone shattered my ribs with a sledgehammer. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Women, please leave the time traveling to the men. We are more likely to make the right choice of killing Hitler [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » 10AM Chris Back from Vacation
Exec: I was in this fabulous hotel in Banff, in Alberta. And these Japanese businessmen were there too, and you know, the Japanese are so…what’s the word? Xenophobic. These Japanese businessmen come walking down the hall, seven abreast, as though everyone should just naturally get out of their way. So I just clipped the guy on the shoulder and spun … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Pirates, Duh
CEO, to no one in particular: So we're talking to this fucking prick up in Alaska, and I keep hearing this whistling. So I say “hey man, what the fuck is that noise? Turns out it's his fucking parrot, so I tell him to kill the fucker. Who has parrots?Portland, Oregon [Link]
Overheard In The Office » The Elevator Operators Are Messing with Him
Yuppie #1: You coming out tomorrow night? Gonna be a shit show.Yuppie #2: As long as I don’t wake up on random floors as I have the past two Thursdays!5th Avenue
New York, New York [Link]
Overheard In The Office » They're the Wind Beneath My Woodwind
Professor: I like nuns. Nuns taught me to the play the clarinet. So I love nuns!Suffolk County Community College, New YorkOverheard by: Rachel [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Shoppers who bring reusable shopping bags to supermarket buy more junk food than those who don't, likely as subconscious treat to themselves. 'I don't think people are actively thinking, "I'm using reusable bags, so I will get som
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Overheard In The Office » 1PM Sorting Mail
CSR: I just got one of those uh, uh, NAFTA things. What does that stand for? National Automobile–
Supervisor: Um, I think it’s North American Free Trade Agreement. Or Association. One of those two.
CSR: Are you sure it’s not National Automobile something?
Supervisor: I think you’re thinking of NASCAR?
CSR: Ahh, yes. 473 Ridge Road
Dayton, NewJersy Overheard by: … [Link]
Mental Floss » Fall of the South: Breakthrough and the Burning of Richmond
For the next few weeks, we'll be covering the final days of the Civil War exactly 150 years later. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » To get away from it all, hipster A-list celebrities, supermodels, and millionaire playboys take their vacations in Uruguayan fishing village you've probably never heard of [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » no, YOU raised him says FML
Today, I asked my 5-year-old son how school went today. He sighed and said "Fuck off, dad." I thought kids only became such colossal douchebags in their teens. FML [Link]
Overheard In The Office » And Nobody Will Talk about Building 231
Intern: You’d expect building 233 to be right next to 230, but 230 is, like, totally inside and 233 is totally, like, right here.NASA Ames Research Center
CaliforniaOverheard by: shyinvisiblegirl [Link]
Overheard In The Office » They Answer Only to God
White female coworker, about guy holding exotic bird: That’s one of those talking birds.Hispanic female coworker: Yeah, I’ve seen those before.White female coworker: They can talk, but you can’t hold a conversation with them. They’re not that smart. They can’t answer when you ask them a question.Hispanic female coworker: Uh-huh.633 3rd Avenue
New York, New YorkOverheard by: Appalled [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 12-year-old boy discovers world's biggest NOPE in Tasmania [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Georgia residents are both staunchly Orthodox Christian and fans of American culture, which is why they have deemed Dunkin Donuts "fasting doughnuts" permissible for Lent [Strange]
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Overheard In The Office » Tough Pregnancy, Al?
Guy #1: All that movie is about is white people punching their wives in the face.Guy #2: Really?Guy #1: I think it would be more fun to punch your wife in the stomach then in the face.Woodlands, Texas [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Senator Feinstein: It's time to start censoring the internet [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this attention whore (sfw) [Photoshop]
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