John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons

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Whittle It a Little, It’ll Fit

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 » Good: Baby bump. Bad: Baby speed bump [Scary]

Thursday 16 April 23:25:37 UTC 2015

Scary [link] [36 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Detroit has 'come to Jesus' moment after realizing they're suing the wrong church [Dumbass]

Thursday 16 April 22:42:38 UTC 2015

Dumbass [link] [17 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » How Charlie Chaplin Changed Paternity Laws in America

Thursday 16 April 22:39:22 UTC 2015

In 1943, Charlie Chaplin became embroiled in a famously scandalous paternity suit that would change the future of family law in America. [Link]

Mental Floss » 30 Fun Facts About '30 Rock'

Thursday 16 April 22:39:21 UTC 2015

Fill your mind grapes with these 30 fun facts about '30 Rock.' [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Pat "Big Daddy" Robertson says to smack your kid around so he'll stop listening to devil music [Dumbass]

Thursday 16 April 22:38:51 UTC 2015

Dumbass [link] [144 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » World's oldest pilot is 95, farmers markets installing air defenses [Spiffy]

Thursday 16 April 22:36:15 UTC 2015

Spiffy [link] [12 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Judge hears lawsuit filed by deaf inmate. Well, at least someone can [Interesting]

Thursday 16 April 22:29:56 UTC 2015

Interesting [link] [18 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » The Teenage Putin Fan Club

Thursday 16 April 21:55:00 UTC 2015

If you love Vladimir Putin, but don't have the shirts, posters and throw pillows to prove it, this club can show you the way. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Nazi cross-dressing nymphomaniac dominatrix prostitute fired for being a banker. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it [Weird]

Thursday 16 April 21:52:39 UTC 2015

Weird [link] [86 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Women in Medicine: Dr. Anandi Joshee

Thursday 16 April 21:51:35 UTC 2015

Anandabai Gopal Joshee was not only the first Indian woman to receive a Western medical degree, but also the first known Hindu woman to travel to America. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Woman jumps out of a window while police were trying to…. who cares about the story, this is all about the his-and-her mugshots [Amusing]

Thursday 16 April 21:37:22 UTC 2015

Amusing [link] [68 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » London homeowner applies for permission to demolish house and rebuild with two-story basement. Neighbors object. Homeowner responds in hilarious fashion [Amusing]

Thursday 16 April 21:35:25 UTC 2015

Amusing [link] [111 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Dissecting a Sandwich

Thursday 16 April 21:30:00 UTC 2015

Is a sandwich really greater than the sum of its parts? Or should it be like a chorus–all the ingredients worthy of a solo? In The New York Times' interactive feature "Build a Better Sandwich," the chefs consulted prove that the process is far more intensive than slapping a slice of turkey and a blob of mayo onto two pieces … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Did you hear the one about what the Polish archaeologists pulled out of an 18th century latrine? [Strange]

Thursday 16 April 21:28:05 UTC 2015

Strange [link] [54 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Ever do your own crawfish boil? Make your own crab cakes? If you're ready to enjoy shellfish, is it time to go to a restaurant or do you have a recipe to share? [Interesting]

Thursday 16 April 21:00:45 UTC 2015

Interesting [link] [122 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Damn it feels good to be an ice cream gangsta [Strange]

Thursday 16 April 20:49:14 UTC 2015

Strange [link] [24 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Looks like the Fairfax County Police Department is going to need to find another spokesman to announce that their spokesman was just arrested for kiddie porn [Sick]

Thursday 16 April 20:37:45 UTC 2015

Sick [link] [30 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » The Top IMDb Rated Movie Set in Each State

Thursday 16 April 20:33:24 UTC 2015

If you were in charge of the ratings, which movie would take the top spot for your state? [Link]

Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Super Secret Household Hiding Spots

Thursday 16 April 20:30:00 UTC 2015

If you’re ever looking to hide something really well—and possibly never find it again—you should take a look at this list of super secretive hiding spots. I never would have thought of most of these. * You never know what’s going to happen, as proven by this list of 10 decisions with bizarrely unexpected consequences. * Taste of Cinema put … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Ohio man charged with trying to help the Islamic State, or as they say in Ohio, THE Islamic State [Dumbass]

Thursday 16 April 20:22:06 UTC 2015

Dumbass [link] [53 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Drunk motorcyclist found trapped under his own bike. Twice [Dumbass]

Thursday 16 April 20:21:01 UTC 2015

Dumbass [link] [15 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "Dear Prudence: Have you read Hamlet? No? Okay, well here it goes…my father was murdered when I was young, and through a string of eerie coincidences I learned my uncle probably murdered him. Should I stage a fake play to get my uncle to confes

Thursday 16 April 20:17:26 UTC 2015

Silly [link] [63 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Not news: guy gets a tattoo of his newborn baby. You farking idiot: on the whole side of his face [Dumbass]

Thursday 16 April 20:16:59 UTC 2015

Dumbass [link] [62 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Looks like there's gonna be a transgender model on the cover of Men's Health. Man, that's gonna make the two straight guys who read Men's Health *really* uncomfortable while they're checking each other out in the shower [Interesti

Thursday 16 April 20:08:24 UTC 2015

Interesting [link] [60 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "Astonishing" footage has emerged of the moment an apocalyptic storm turned day into night as it engulfed a busy city in Belarus and we have that footage [Scary]

Thursday 16 April 20:02:04 UTC 2015

Scary [link] [38 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this alarmist [Photoshop]

Thursday 16 April 20:00:01 UTC 2015

Photoshop [link] [12 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 9 Things We Learned About ‘Saved by the Bell’ From Dennis Haskins’ AMA

Thursday 16 April 20:00:00 UTC 2015

Dennis Haskins, a.k.a. Mr. Belding, gave the lowdown on ‘Saved by the Bell’ in last night’s Reddit AMA. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Your dog wants steak, but he'll settle for just about anything [Obvious]

Thursday 16 April 19:58:32 UTC 2015

Obvious [link] [17 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Toronto raccoon climbs 650' crane to take a dump [Amusing]

Thursday 16 April 19:41:40 UTC 2015

Amusing [link] [36 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Beautiful snowflakes complain about the 'presentation' of their school lunch, with a–*looks at pic* Holy God, who's the cook over there, Mussolini? [Sick]

Thursday 16 April 19:37:59 UTC 2015

Sick [link] [131 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Fishing boat crew: We got a big one in the nets Captain, what should we do? Captain: Being it's a Russian submarine, we're probably going to need a bigger boat [Weird]

Thursday 16 April 19:32:03 UTC 2015

Weird [link] [19 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Name the Most Populous States (Without Missing One)

Thursday 16 April 19:18:50 UTC 2015

Without naming one of the 25 least populous. [Link]

Futility Closet » Unquote

Thursday 16 April 18:38:52 UTC 2015

“It is only through fiction that facts can be made instructive or even intelligible.” — George Bernard Shaw “People think that because a novel’s invented, it isn’t true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that.” — Anthony Powell … [Link]

Mental Floss » 11 Writers Who Started Late

Thursday 16 April 18:30:00 UTC 2015

Forget “under 30” or even “under 40” lists. Some of the world's most celebrated writers didn’t hit their literary stride until their mid-forties or later. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Ben and Jerry's is making beer. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY [Cool]

Thursday 16 April 18:25:26 UTC 2015

Cool [link] [68 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » So that's how it works: Iranian cleric claims thinking about another woman while having sex with your partner will make your children gay [Stupid]

Thursday 16 April 18:13:39 UTC 2015

Stupid [link] [125 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Brighton's tree ninja has been captured. That would be the new Brighton of transient college students, not the old Brighton of beaches and literary novels [PSA]

Thursday 16 April 17:47:57 UTC 2015

PSA [link] [13 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » ATTENTION: Ambulance personnel do not have the equipment or training to handle downed pigeon calls [Stupid]

Thursday 16 April 17:32:58 UTC 2015

Stupid [link] [19 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Use mobile banking? Here's five ways you're doomed. DOOMED [Scary]

Thursday 16 April 17:32:55 UTC 2015

Scary [link] [45 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Donut goes where no donuts have gone before after Swedish brothers launch 'first donut in space' in Norway [Weird]

Thursday 16 April 17:31:14 UTC 2015

Weird [link] [16 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » How Susan B. Anthony Fought the Law in 1872

Thursday 16 April 17:30:00 UTC 2015

In November 1872, Susan B. Anthony headed to a barbershop in Rochester, New York to register to vote. She was accompanied by three of her sisters and a small group of other women. After the confused registrars conferred, they decided to allow the women to register. Four days later, Anthony and her entourage all cast their official votes. But on … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Medical professor attends son's abstinence-only sex ed class, live tweets the proceedings: "Paper babies are being handed out to EVERYONE. They have ALL HAD CONDOM FAILURE AND THE WHOLE CLASS IS PREGNANT" [Amusing]

Thursday 16 April 17:27:45 UTC 2015

Amusing [link] [104 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Washington DC celebrates Emancipation Day. It was actually 153 years ago, but better late than never [Spiffy]

Thursday 16 April 17:23:20 UTC 2015

Spiffy [link] [5 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » High school student not allowed to attend class because her black leather lace-ups aren't the type of shoes they're looking for, even though they are black leather lace-ups. What a bunch of heels [Silly]

Thursday 16 April 17:21:46 UTC 2015

Silly [link] [60 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 'The Making of Star Wars,' 1977 Documentary

Thursday 16 April 17:11:59 UTC 2015

C-3PO and R2-D2 guide you through the making of Star Wars in this 1977 TV special. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The reason why there are far fewer breweries in the south is exactly what you think it is [Obvious]

Thursday 16 April 17:09:20 UTC 2015

Obvious [link] [99 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » A Brief History of the High Five

Thursday 16 April 17:00:33 UTC 2015

Today is National High Five Day! Here's a look at the evolution of the celebratory hand gesture. [Link]

Mental Floss » 11 Things You Might Not Know About ‘Lord of the Flies’

Thursday 16 April 17:00:00 UTC 2015

A fixture of English class syllabi, William Golding’s 1954 novel Lord of the Flies keeps winning over new generations of readers. Here are a few precious gems we dug up to celebrate the dystopian island. [Link]

FMyLife » HM says FML

Thursday 16 April 16:54:43 UTC 2015

Today, I invited a guy I've been crushing on for ages to my house, and I really wanted to make a good impression. We were sitting in the living room having drinks when my cat came in, dragging a pair of my dirty underwear and dropped them right in front of us. FML [Link]

FMyLife » Marona says FML

Thursday 16 April 16:54:42 UTC 2015

Today, after a discussion, my boyfriend said, "I think it's time you found somebody better." After I gave him a look, he continued, "For me." FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Cancer robs woman of identity [Weird]

Thursday 16 April 16:44:06 UTC 2015

Weird [link] [13 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Thirty years ago, Tommy Tutone (the band) played its last show. A couple months ago, they reunited in New York. Here's an interview with them talking about how they thought they'd made it…and how wrong they were [Audio]

Thursday 16 April 16:22:51 UTC 2015

Audio [link] [64 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Hobo graffiti is back, and if you see one of these symbols chalked on your house, you are going to be – or just have been – robbed [Scary]

Thursday 16 April 16:21:59 UTC 2015

Scary [link] [84 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Today's pretext for SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN: Johnny Cash lyrics [Dumbass]

Thursday 16 April 16:11:11 UTC 2015

Dumbass [link] [66 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The first immortal human has already been born [Interesting]

Thursday 16 April 16:10:06 UTC 2015

Interesting [link] [149 comments] [Link]

The Onion » Left Fielder Thinking About The Ways A Triple Play Could End With Him

Thursday 16 April 16:06:48 UTC 2015

SAN DIEGO—Racking his brain for every conceivable sequence of events that could potentially happen on a baseball field, team sources confirmed that San Diego Padres left fielder Justin Upton spent most of Wednesday night’s game against the Ari…
[Link]

Mental Floss » 5 Questions: What a "Stud"!

Thursday 16 April 15:44:16 UTC 2015

[Link]

Fark.com RSS » "At the age of 9, Kim Jong Un raced the chief executive of a foreign yacht company who was visiting North Korea at the time," he won that race "despite the odds"… But wait, there's more [Hero]

Thursday 16 April 15:43:50 UTC 2015

Hero [link] [96 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "This is not the first time radioactive materials have gone missing in Mexico" [Scary]

Thursday 16 April 15:36:02 UTC 2015

Scary [link] [25 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "If the drought doesn't kill your lawn, zombie gnomes will" [Scary]

Thursday 16 April 15:32:04 UTC 2015

Scary [link] [20 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Name the Most Populous States (Without Missing)

Thursday 16 April 15:30:00 UTC 2015

Without naming one of the 25 least populous. [Link]

Mental Floss » Michelangelo's 'David' on the Duomo Roof

Thursday 16 April 15:30:00 UTC 2015

A version of this story originally appeared on The History Blog. Michelangelo's iconic sculpture of David now stands in the Accademia Gallery in Florence, but that's not where it was originally supposed to go. Before it was moved to the Accademia in 1873, it stood guard outside the Palazzo della Signoria, Florence's city hall, for 370 years—but even that wasn't … [Link]

The Onion » Infographic: Corporate Wellness Programs

Thursday 16 April 15:14:00 UTC 2015

Following in the footsteps of Google’s new employee meditation program, companies across the country are introducing more wellness initiatives aimed at keeping health care costs down and boosting worker productivity.
[Link]

Fark.com RSS » On Jackie Robinson day, let's remember when he was fired from the New York Post for being too Republican [Interesting]

Thursday 16 April 14:48:55 UTC 2015

Interesting [link] [122 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Jail to inmates: Buy underwear in commissary or go commando [Interesting]

Thursday 16 April 14:45:27 UTC 2015

Interesting [link] [61 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 11 Awesome Axolotl Facts

Thursday 16 April 14:30:00 UTC 2015

With big branch-like gills, lizard-like limbs, and a cute perma-smile, it’s hard not to fall in love with the axolotl. [Link]

Mental Floss » How Far Can You Fall and Still Survive?

Thursday 16 April 13:57:38 UTC 2015

You’re on a plane. You’re bored. You stare out the window at the clouds. You wonder what would happen if you couldn’t resist the urge to open the emergency exit and plummet to the earth below. Is death certain? Or would you pick yourself up, set a broken bone or two, and proceed directly to a mental institution with a … [Link]

The Onion » American Voices: Study Links Facebook To Depression

Thursday 16 April 13:30:00 UTC 2015

A new study has found that people who use Facebook are more likely to report feelings of depression, most likely due to the phenomenon of “social comparison” in which people weigh the average moments in their own lives against the “highl…
[Link]

Weird Universe » Walking in the streets

Thursday 16 April 13:20:24 UTC 2015

Here's another idiotic fad of yesteryear (the early 1960s) — teenagers walking in the streets: "Not only do many students shun the sidewalks completely but they are walking four and five abreast, completely taking up one lane of the road."


Source: The Holland Evening Sentinel – Feb 21, 1963. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Rub me tender (Not safe for work) [Amusing]

Thursday 16 April 13:20:11 UTC 2015

Amusing [link] [142 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this handout [Photoshop]

Thursday 16 April 13:00:01 UTC 2015

Photoshop [link] [16 comments] [Link]

Overheard In The Office » I Do Eat a Lot of Chicken. Why?

Thursday 16 April 12:52:56 UTC 2015

German engineer: Yeah, it’s a backdoor thing, and I got him right in the morning.29663 Arnold Drive
Sonoma, CaliforniaOverheard by: E40 [Link]

Overheard In The Office » No Request Is Too Bizarre for a New Orleans Escort Service

Thursday 16 April 12:52:55 UTC 2015

Advertising intern, dialing number: Hello, I was wondering if you still have the silver ferret from yesterday? Okay, thanks.New Orleans, LouisianaOverheard by: get me out of here [Link]

Overheard In The Office » Unless You Seriously Consider a Boob Job

Thursday 16 April 12:52:54 UTC 2015

Office grunt: Tony*, you're retarded–of course you're going to be poor!Wall Street
New York City, New York [Link]

Overheard In The Office » This Problem Was to Follow Charlie Sheen Into Adulthood

Thursday 16 April 12:52:53 UTC 2015

Mother: Do they sell headboards here? I think you should get one that’s attached to the wall. They look better.Young child: I don’t think I’m ready for that kind of commitment.Home Depot
Perrysburg, OhioOverheard by: Treesha [Link]

Overheard In The Office » Imagine Being Loved With All One’s Default Settings Unchanged

Thursday 16 April 12:52:52 UTC 2015

Co-worker #1: We all have icky hairy things.Co-worker #2: I shave mine.Co-worker #3: I tried that once, but kept hunching the corners of desks.Co-worker #1: Okay, so some of us have icky hairy things.Washington Street
Indianapolis, Indiana [Link]

Overheard In The Office » I, for One, Welcome the Coming of That Day!

Thursday 16 April 12:52:49 UTC 2015

Office grunt #1: You know, it must be kind of easy to be conservative.Office grunt #2: Yeah, it probably is.Office grunt #1: Because they always have the fall-back slippery slope type of argument. ‘Well, if we allow this, then this could happen, and this could happen, and what about this? Camels may roam the streets in gangs!’St. Louis, MissouriOverheard by: Shannon … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » And now, all the good things about the California drought [PSA]

Thursday 16 April 12:32:16 UTC 2015

PSA [link] [124 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 11 Delicious Facts About Bagels

Thursday 16 April 12:30:00 UTC 2015

Here’s everything you need to know about the Polish treat that took New York by storm. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » If reality shows about ghosts do well on cable TV, and reality shows about Alaska do well on cable TV, think how well a reality show about ghosts in Alaska will do on cable TV [Stupid]

Thursday 16 April 12:24:04 UTC 2015

Stupid [link] [53 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Another cop who can't mind his own business goes rogue…finding diner's lost wedding ring in plumbing while moonlighting as restaurant chef: "In the past year when it seems all you hear and see on TV are negative things about police offi

Thursday 16 April 12:17:01 UTC 2015

Hero [link] [74 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » The Gospel Singing Jubilee

Thursday 16 April 12:15:55 UTC 2015

Those suits! Those hair-dos! Those pop arrangements of venerable tunes! It's Lawrence Welk for Bible-thumpers.

Some background.

Three more segments below the jump, and even more on YouTube..

[Link]

Weird Universe » Wooden Head

Thursday 16 April 12:06:52 UTC 2015

Archeologists on a dig in Gdansk, Poland found something interesting in a 18th century toilet. A 300 year old dildo. It is constructed from leather with a wooden head. At 8 inches it seems to indicate high expectations. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Well, it looks like you can have a stripper school. Just be quiet when running it [Florida]

Thursday 16 April 12:05:14 UTC 2015

Florida [link] [117 comments] [Link]

FMyLife » Evra says FML

Thursday 16 April 12:04:40 UTC 2015

Today, my husband came too soon during sex. He then tried to pretend it didn't happen and continued. He humped me with a half-erect noodle for about seven minutes before I finally called him out. FML [Link]

Overheard In The Office » Management Would Be Fun If It Weren't for the Employees

Thursday 16 April 11:35:18 UTC 2015

Office drone to VP: Hey Bob*, Bill* asked me to ask you to e-mail to me the e-mail that he e-mailed to you that you made changes to, and then e-mailed back to him because he can't e-mail it to me, and he wants me to e-mail it to Mary* from his e-mail address, so that it looks like Bill* e-mailed … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Former Obama pilot concludes TWA Flight 800 was shot down. "This investigation smelled like bull all those years back, and time has done nothing to soften that stench. I don't believe the findings, and neither do hundreds of other pilots that

Thursday 16 April 11:24:10 UTC 2015

Followup [link] [203 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Lïndström, Mïnnësöta tö gët ïts ümläuts bäck [Spiffy]

Thursday 16 April 11:21:15 UTC 2015

Spiffy [link] [47 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » What a "Stud"!

Thursday 16 April 11:15:01 UTC 2015

[Link]

Fark.com RSS » And you get a grope, you get a grope, you get a grope [Followup]

Thursday 16 April 10:43:13 UTC 2015

Followup [link] [31 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Throw the Virtual Wedding Ceremony of Your Dreams with IKEA

Thursday 16 April 10:30:00 UTC 2015

Finally, you can proclaim your love from the comfort of your own couch. [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Thursday 16 April 9:41:31 UTC 2015

Today, I got up feeling refreshed and positive for the first time in ages, so I happily threw my window open to greet the beautiful morning. A bee flew into my eye. FML [Link]

Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Shark Facts

Thursday 16 April 9:30:43 UTC 2015

14 Reasons Sharks Are Terribly Misunderstood Creatures. You can’t generalize all sharks, because there’s so many different kinds.
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The First Man to Descend into Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell. George Kourounis went to the bottom of the Darvaza Crater, which has been on fire for 40 years.
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The media was all over a “leaked” video of Dennis Quaid’s NSFW … [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Thursday 16 April 9:23:43 UTC 2015

Today, while cleaning my desk I found a stray gumball. I quickly popped it into my mouth only to discover with horror that it was a paintball. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Texas aquarium accidentally kills nearly all fish in its biggest indoor tanks [Fail]

Thursday 16 April 9:00:20 UTC 2015

Fail [link] [78 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Want to fight pollution? You could block traffic in your village [Silly]

Thursday 16 April 8:42:12 UTC 2015

Silly [link] [12 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » How do you confuse a taser on your chest with a revolver on your hip? First, falsify your weapons training records [Followup]

Thursday 16 April 8:23:52 UTC 2015

Followup [link] [148 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Watch a knuckle crack on an MRI for the first time [Cool]

Thursday 16 April 7:50:00 UTC 2015

Cool [link] [37 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » Professor Shaves Her Head For A Neuroscience Demonstration

Thursday 16 April 7:30:00 UTC 2015

MIT neuroscientist and professor Nancy Kanwisher is really committed to teaching students about the brain. So committed, in fact, that she shaved her head and enlisted grad student Rosa Lafer-Souza to draw on her skull in order to make it easier to visualize the different parts of the brain and where specific regions of the cortex—the pizza-sized outer portion of … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Russia straps a jet engine to a tractor to clean carrier decks, because … why the hell not? [Cool]

Thursday 16 April 6:48:24 UTC 2015

Cool [link] [33 comments] [Link]

Futility Closet » The Bird Cage

Thursday 16 April 6:33:09 UTC 2015

In the 1870s baseball catchers played bare-faced, routinely suffering broken noses and teeth; to protect themselves they stood two dozen feet behind the batter, which prevented the pitcher from throwing his best pitches. Finally Fred Winthrop Thayer, captain of Harvard’s team, invented a “Safety-Mask for Base-Ball Players” to minimize the damage. “It is not an unfrequent occurrence in the game … [Link]

Mental Floss » Inside the Factory Where Boeing Planes are Made

Thursday 16 April 6:30:00 UTC 2015

Take a peek at the world's largest maternity ward—Boeing's 98-acre factory in Everett, Wash., where newborn planes are delivered every day. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » You know the economy is bad when thieves on bikes using slingshots are robbing San Francisco stores. Hey, it's cheaper than bullets and gasoline [Dumbass]

Thursday 16 April 6:15:00 UTC 2015

Dumbass [link] [24 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Full video of SpaceX CRS-6 barge arrival released. We're gonna need some bigger RCS thrusters [Cool]

Thursday 16 April 6:09:28 UTC 2015

Cool [link] [74 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 10 Secrets of eBay PowerSellers

Thursday 16 April 5:30:00 UTC 2015

When selling on eBay ceases to be a hobby and starts to become a career, the site may honor you with its vaunted PowerSeller status—a designation reserved only for those with high sales volume and exceptional customer service. It’s an exclusive club with a lot of benefits and more than a few headaches: a seller’s policies, after all, may not … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Police consider manslaughter charges for man who shook four week old baby. Fark: Who died 20 years later [Interesting]

Thursday 16 April 5:30:00 UTC 2015

Interesting [link] [47 comments] [Link]

FMyLife » Devildrake says FML

Thursday 16 April 5:02:05 UTC 2015

Today, I went into work early so I could get my work all done and leave on time, rather than staying back. The later shift starters had other ideas and called in sick. FML [Link]

FMyLife » Drill Drilled says FML

Thursday 16 April 4:42:51 UTC 2015

Today, I tripped while rushing to my classes. In a desperate attempt to regain my balance, I grabbed the nearest thing to me. A fire alarm. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Mother of the year candidate: Sure I left my 4 year-old home alone at night, but it's not like I didn't give her instructions about what to eat and when to go to bed [Dumbass]

Thursday 16 April 4:30:00 UTC 2015

Dumbass [link] [37 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 519: "Money Shots 3" Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]

Thursday 16 April 4:01:00 UTC 2015

Farktography [link] [13 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Let me introduce you to the internet's next mercilessly bullied teen [Obvious]

Thursday 16 April 3:16:52 UTC 2015

Obvious [link] [95 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 10 Famous People Who Protested Sacco and Vanzetti's Conviction

Thursday 16 April 3:00:00 UTC 2015

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti’s names are associated with one of the most infamous double homicides in American history. But were they guilty? Albert Einstein and a host of other great thinkers didn’t believe so. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Teen sent home from school because of gingervitis [Stupid]

Thursday 16 April 2:58:41 UTC 2015

Stupid [link] [83 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 27 Temporarily Banned Episodes of Popular TV Shows

Thursday 16 April 2:36:40 UTC 2015

Over the years, a number of TV series have removed specific episodes from their rerun schedules. Some eventually return to the airwaves, while others may be serving a lifetime ban. [Link]

Mental Floss » Two New Baby Gorillas On View At the Bronx Zoo (And Here!)

Thursday 16 April 1:30:00 UTC 2015

In January, 16-year-old western lowland gorillas Layla and Kumi each gave birth to a new baby, both fathered by 32-year-old Ernie, at the Bronx Zoo. This is the second pair of gorillas born at the zoo in just over a year, and brings the total population of The Congo Gorilla Forest up to 19—the largest in North America—spread about among … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Convicted felon hatches brilliant escape plan which basically consisted of just walking out the front door [Asinine]

Thursday 16 April 0:55:35 UTC 2015

Asinine [link] [72 comments] [Link]

Mental Floss » 5 Ways The Grimms Fairytales Changed After the First Edition

Thursday 16 April 0:30:00 UTC 2015

You probably know that the original Brothers Grimm Fairytales didn’t have the same sort of child-friendly happy endings as the Disney versions. But it’s not because Jacob and Wilhelm were a pair of perverts eager to write about child abuse. When they set out to produce the two-volume first edition of their Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children’s and Household Tales)—published in … [Link]

Overheard In The Office » Look, Madge, There’s Those Two Retarded Customers Again

Thursday 16 April 0:29:20 UTC 2015

Woman #1 in line at cafeteria: That one girl never gives out the big portions. She must be cheap.Woman #2: I know, eh? She seems slow, too. Do you think she’s retarded?Woman #1: Yeah, Down’s-lite.Front Street
Toronto, Ontario
CanadiaOverheard by: nothingsacred [Link]

Overheard In The Office » And As Stenographers

Thursday 16 April 0:29:19 UTC 2015

Publisher rep: This guy did a study on blind men who use prostitutes.Book buyer: Ok.Publisher rep, whispering: For sex.308 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, California [Link]

Overheard In The Office » Thank God I Always Buy Mules in Bulk

Thursday 16 April 0:29:18 UTC 2015

Tech: I came home last night and my right ass was killing me! I had to sit on my left ass!Austin, TexasOverheard by: Server-tron [Link]

Overheard In The Office » 9AM Back to Work

Thursday 16 April 0:29:17 UTC 2015

Customer: Are you open?
Cashier: Uh, excuse me?
Customer: Are you open?
Cashier: Um…yeah.
Customer: Oh, well you’re not supposed to be.
Cashier: What?
Customer: Well, it says you’re not supposed to be open until 10!
Cashier: Um…oh, well pharmacy opens at 10. We’ve been open since 8.
Customer: Okay, well I can come back.
Cashier: Um, okay…but we are … [Link]

Overheard In The Office » Why You Should Never Date Your Boss

Thursday 16 April 0:29:15 UTC 2015

Boss: What?Employee: What…?Boss: No, I just said “what?”Employee: What?Boss: No, that is what I am asking: what?Employee: What…?Boss: Never mind!Lincoln Park, Michigan [Link]

Overheard In The Office » Not a Nice Way to Talk About Your Husband.

Thursday 16 April 0:29:12 UTC 2015

Elderly sales rep: I still have that yeast infection thing I've had for 30 years.Delran, New JerseyOverheard by: Bruce Banner [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this distortion [Photoshop]

Thursday 16 April 0:00:01 UTC 2015

Photoshop [link] [15 comments] [Link]

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