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 » One Hundred Dollars— a Special Deal for You
Customer: What price tickets do you have available?Call center rep: $70, $60, and $35.Customer: Okay…(long pause) What tickets do you still have though?Call center rep: Um…70 dollar tickets, 60 dollar tickets, and 35 dollar tickets.Customer: Okay… (pause) But how much are the tickets that you have left?Grand Rapids, MichiganOverheard by: Kathy [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I started having chest pains and shortness of breath. I thought I was having a heart attack and I asked my husband to take me to the hospital. He told me to wait because he'd just ordered a pizza. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not news: Jihadist traveling from Norway to Syria to join IS. News: More than one in ten come from the same street in a sleepy little backwood town. Fark: They used to be the town's potheads until they found radical Islam [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Judge shows douchebag that revenge pr0n is a site best served with 18 years of cold, hard time [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » hailthesaint says FML
Today, my 6'3 boyfriend got on a chair and taped my car key to our high ceiling for the shits and giggles. I'm only 5 feet tall, and no matter what I stand on, I can't reach it. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this gyroscope geek [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » This Australian Clinic for Orphaned Bats is Adorable
The Australian Bat Clinic & Wildlife Trauma Centre Facebook Bats are often seen as scary or creepy creatures of the night, commonly found in Halloween themed decorations, or haunted houses. Even the animal-loving Ace Ventura didn't like them. But bats aren’t scary—they’re downright adorable. The Australian Bat Clinic & Wildlife Trauma Centre, founded by American-born Terry Wimberle, aims to help … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Can you tell me why I'm being arrested?" a friend asks in the video. "Because I feel like arresting you," the officer replied [Scary]
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Weird Universe » News of the Weird (April 5, 2015)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M417, April 5, 2015
Copyright 2015 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
Lead Story
Wait, What? An unarmed man, suspected of no crime, who three years ago was shot 16 times by police while lying in his bed, told a Seattle Times reporter in March that he bears no ill will for the cops who shot … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Heroin" has replaced "Murder" as the #1 cause of death in New York [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Here's George Takei's response to Memories Pizza's crowd fund. You know you want to [Obvious]
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FMyLife » gooddaydude says FML
Today, my mom called 5 times and I didn't pick up due to being in class at college. I was later called to the front desk, where my mom was crying. She said she was worried about me because I didn't say "I love you" to her after she dropped me off at college. FML [Link]
FMyLife » n says FML
Today, my boyfriend made me breakfast because I had a cold. Because my nose was so stuffed, I couldn't tell that our milk had gone bad. I had two cups. And now I'm stuck on the toilet. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Why can't we fix Easter weekend so it falls at the same time every year? [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » Who Invented Deep Dish Pizza?
"It's an enigma, wrapped in a pie crust. Every day, it feels a little more lost to history," -Jeff Ruby, co-author of Everybody Loves Pizza. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A new synthetic designer street drug called flakka is unleashing maniacal paranoia, rage, and delirium on the streets, just like bath salts did before this insidious creation [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » "We have prayerfully considered your request that the Church return all or part of this donor's gifts and tithe monies, and must respectfully decline to do so" [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Pop Quiz, Easter edition: How many Peeps stacked on top of each other would it take to reach the top of the Space Needle? [Amusing]
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Overheard In The Office » 1PM Lunch
Staff #1: Does anyone know what that sign refers to?
Senior Associate: Which one?
Staff #1: The one that says “2121 Lunch E On”.
Staff #2: Did you just say “Lunch E On”?
Staff #1: Well, what does it say? 2345 Crystal Drive
Arlington, Virginia Overheard by: Ten Kay [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Only If I Can Take Photos
Office worker to secretary, in raspy voice: I need something to suck on, my throat is killing me.Reston, VirginiaOverheard by: Geoff [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Because Ring Toss Games Are Fine Family Fun?
Male coworker #1: Sorry, dude, I was trying to throw something at your D, and I missed.Male coworker #2 (angrily): Why are you always trying to throw things at my dick?New York City, New YorkOverheard by: Thank God I don't have a D… [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Joseph K Had a Difficult First Day at Castle College
Student: Hi! I need to get a list of course requirements so I can fill out this form, please.Receptionist: Okay, we’ll just need a copy of the form first.Student: But I need the requirements to fill out the form…Receptionist: I’m sorry, we don’t work in hypotheticals.Student: Um… okay… What was it in the past?Receptionist: We don’t file them that way. We’ll … [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Delightful Talking to Someone Who Takes the Time to Inquire
Field claims manager: Hello? (pause) My cookies taste just fine, thank you!Brentwood, Tennessee [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Theatergoer claims Cobb Cinemas discriminated against him and his big Cookie Monster bag just because he's a grown adult male (w/ pic and video) [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Once again, if a headline ends with a question mark, the answer is always "no." Or, in this case, "No, you mouth-breathing moronic conspiracy freaks" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » They say that "fake it till you make it" is good advice when trying to learn on the job. This, however, is not good advice when working in law enforcement. Especially if you aren't really a cop [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » What's wrong with just making a really nice stew? Is that wrong? Should I not have said that? [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Science for Kids: Making Butter and Whipped Cream
No churn required. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this apparent dust lover [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: First Dates- the good, the bad, and the ugly [CSB]
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Overheard In The Office » Better Throw in the Bone, Too
Customer: I’ll take this sushi and the spicy chicken with brown rice.Girl at counter: Do you want dark meat or sub with all natural chicken breast?Customer: I don’t know — it’s not for me, it’s for a coworker.Girl at counter: Is it a guy or a girl?Customer: A guy.Girl at counter: Just get the dark chicken. He’ll never tell the difference.Customer: … [Link]
Weird Universe » Town terrorized by mad cats
This sounds like it could have been the start of a horror movie. The feline version of The Birds perhaps.
Source: San Francisco Call – May 26, 1890. via WSIHN [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Clash over $1.4 billion telescope at sacred Hawaiian site intensifies. With "artist rendering" of said 'scope that looks like it was Photoshopped by subby's nearsighted 12-year-old cousin [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » For centuries, dancing and loud music have been banned in Germany over the Easter weekend. If only there was someone, someone with fabulous hair and an insouciant grin, who could do something about this [Strange]
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FMyLife » TKPhai says FML
Today, my parents, my aunt and her husband went out to dinner. There, my aunt told us that she was pregnant, and out of instinct, I asked her who the father is. FML [Link]
Weird Universe » Happy Easter 2015!
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Fark.com RSS » Just in time for Easter, UK prisoners at one jail are receiving Kinder eggs filled with surprise drugs from the Easter drugs bunny sent over the fence from magical tennis ball launchers [Strange]
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Overheard In The Office » 1PM Lunch
Programming #1: I totally didn’t realize he was holding a bong.
Programming #2: That explains why the smores thing was funny. 11951 Freedom Drive
Reston, Virginia [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Enjoying your chocolate Easter eggs? Then you're a bad person and should feel bad [Obvious]
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FMyLife » :/ says FML
Today, I had a date over for the first time since I moved out. I made a beautiful dinner… for one of us. I'm so used to cooking for just myself that I only made one serving. FML [Link]
FMyLife » fuck right off says FML
Today, as I was walking to work, a cyclist shot out of nowhere and slammed into me. I hit the ground hard and lay there in agony. The guy quickly dusted himself off, said "Sorry man. It's a vicious cycle." then chuckled at his own stupid pun and cycled away. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, at work, I tripped and fell face-first into a food display. As I picked myself up, totally humiliated, I tripped again and fell right back into it, earning a bunch of pitying looks from nearby customers. FML [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Mister Softee Has Another Head Injury
Editor-in-chief on phone: Now we know whose ice cream to stick our fingers into.Dayton, Ohio [Link]
Fark.com RSS » TV telethon posts generous $32 donation from Hugh G. Rection [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Coast Guard checks out substance in water near Cleveland. Evacuations ordered when the substance was identified as Lake Erie [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » There are those who cry over spilt milk, and then there's Tesco [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Keep renting that chicken [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » France passes law requiring models to eat a sammich [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Baby boomers were such terrible parents they have ruined every subsequent generation [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Naked and holding a towel is no way to rob a convenience store, lady [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Surprise crash landing. As if there's any other kind [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » To be fair, who hasn't slit their husband's throat and claimed they were dreaming of filleting fish? [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Law professor sends link for her students to read. News: It's a video on Pornhub. Fark: featuring anal beads [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » And you all thought that allowing portable electronic devices on board aircraft was a good idea [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Nitrous oxide – aka "hippie crack" – is now second only to cannabis as the drug of choice for teenagers. Stop laughing [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » "Residents of a small southeast Alaska town no longer have nighttime access to emergency medical care because the border with Canada is now closed at midnight" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Instant Carma [Florida]
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Overheard In The Office » Librarians Often Hone Their Skills With Eighties References
Reference librarian to another: Bitch! You da rock lobster!Charleston County, South CarolinaOverheard by: I wish I had heard the first part of this conversation… [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Well, I Certainly Hope That Person Was Fired
Copy writer #1: What is a leap year?Copy writer #2 (disdainfully): It has to do with making up time that people screwed up back in the day.Main Street, Buffalo [Link]
Overheard In The Office » She’s Not the Sharpest Tool in the Shed
Woman: She made it herself out of paper machete!Massachusetts [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Society Would Crumble without Hypocrisy
Coworker #1: You don’t believe in the five-second rule?Coworker #2, who dropped a chip and threw it away: I do, just not when people are watching…Richardson, Texas [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 3PM Customer Service
Telephone sales rep at airline company: The flight leaves at 10:30.
… No, TEN THIRTY.
… No, TEN… THIRTY…
… It leaves at ten thirty, yeah.
… no… ten THIRTY…”
… at half past ten…”
… No. No. No… It leaves at TEN THIRTY!
… Half eleven, half past ten, ten THIRTY!
… Yes!
… Would you like to make … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » North Korea launches successful attack on their old foe, the sea [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Who's Van Halen's best front-man? The results are in. It's David Lee Roth by a nose [Amusing]
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Overheard In The Office » …So My Husband Is No Longer a Teacher.
Woman on phone: He saw some pornography on the internet and went to school and touched some girl and got in a lot of trouble.Birmingham, AlabamaOverheard by: your D.A.D. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Idiot 'trying to have sex' in ambulance punched paramedic preparing to take 92-year-old to hospital [Dumbass]
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Weird Universe » Can’t Fix Stupid
Using lights and siren to jump to the front of the fast food drive-thru line is sketchy behaviour as a cop. But when you aren't and an off duty real cop sees you its a felony. Oh and he admitted to the arresting officer that he uses the lights and sirens to beat red lights as well. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these fashion statements [Photoshop]
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