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.”
Mental Floss » 7 NPR Spoofs To Get You Through Pledge Drive Season
Image Credit: Yahoo For public radio listeners, it’s pledge drive season once again—that time of year when the good people at NPR interrupt your favorite programming and urge you to give, luring you in with the possibility of a tote bag or your very own coffee mug. Since May 3, 1971, when "All Things Considered" became its first program to … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A handy guide to the price of pot in every state – for no particular reason, man [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Meet Jonathan, the 183-Year-Old Tortoise
At an estimated 183 years old, Jonathan the Tortoise just might be the world’s oldest living land creature. He resides at Plantation House on the island of St. Helena, a small island in the South Atlantic. Nobody's quite sure how he got there, nor how he managed to survive during a time when thousands of others like him ended up … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New from Hasbro, it's My First Reproductive Organ. Grab one today [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » What do you do when you're CPS and you discover 200 messages asking for help? Delete them and go on with your day, of course [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 23 Things That David Letterman Invented
As the innovative progenitor of the ironic comedy era gets ready to sign off, we look back at David Letterman's greatest comedic inventions. [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: Scientists: Flies May Have Capacity For Fear
According to new research from Caltech, fruit flies are capable of entering a fear-like state when they see a shadow from a fly swatter, suggesting that small insects might contain the building blocks for emotion, though it’s unclear whether they experience emotions the way humans do. What do you think?
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Mental Floss » Essential Talking Points for the Dark Ride Enthusiast
Mark Willard, Flickr // CC BY NC ND 2.0 Dark rides, also known as ghost trains, are those amusement parks rides where you’re carried through a building by a vehicle on a track. They include everything from Hersheypark’s Chocolate World to Disney’s It's a Small World, to many of the haunted houses I’ve loved since I was a kid—like the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Legoland Hotel to open Friday in Winter Haven. Difficulty: You have to build your own room [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » The police are coming for control of the restaurants next [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 17 Windproof Facts About Zippo Lighters
Wikimedia Commons This iconic American brand has been around since 1933, but you might not know its rich history. 1. The original lighter was inspired by a clunkier Austrian version. The idea for the windproof lighter emerged in Bradford, Penn. in 1932. George Blaisdell was smoking a cigarette on the porch of the Bradford Country Club when he noticed a … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Study finds gay, bisexual teens more likely to get pregnant than straight peers. Wait, what? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » "There were these policemen with guns running around Saint Alfege's churchyard, everybody in their floaty clothes, and these officers looked like something out of Rambo. It was quite surreal. I said to the vicar, 'More tea, vicar?'
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FMyLife » norpedo says FML
Today, in bare consciousness, I found out what it feels like to be stabbed in the hand with an earring. How? By slamming my hand on the snooze button of my alarm and missing horribly. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Idle_Twin says FML
Today, I was finishing my chest workout at the gym when this really cute girl started using the machine next to me. To impress her, I tried lifting a lot of weight on the barbell. It ended up landing on my neck and she had to help me get it off. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Smart Things To Pack in Your Carry-On (And One Not To)
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Mental Floss » 15 Unique Illnesses You Can Only Come Down With in German
The German language is so perfectly suited for these syndromes, coming down with them in any other language just won’t do. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Missing Links: Darth Vader Spoils the Movie
Darth Vader really is evil. He kills people, blows up planets and gives out movie spoilers. The actor inside the Vader suit in the original trilogy gave away the biggest twist in Star Wars, or film, history. * Is this the best slam dunk of all time? What do you think? * This series of photos gives you a very … [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Things You Might Not Know About 'Of Mice and Men'
You probably spent some time as a teenager reading John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Even if you know about Lennie and George’s heartbreaking pursuit of life, liberty, and a hutch full of rabbits, there are a few things you might have missed about the iconic story during English class. 1. STEINBECK HAD DONE LENNIE AND GEORGE’S GIG. Although … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you use Airbnb to rent out a room in your house and the couple who takes a 2-week reservation ends up staying long enough to establish residency and won't leave until you pay them $1000, you may be doing it wrong [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Futuristic Locket Gives You Access to Unlimited Pictures
As wearables continue to grow in popularity, the desire for more sleek and stylish gadgets increases. Purple by Artefact is a contemporary spin on the classic locket that allows its owner to see endless pictures from friends and family with the flick of a finger. The high-tech pendant connects to your social media wirelessly so you can import pictures and … [Link]
Mental Floss » Pick the States That Border Kentucky
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Fark.com RSS » Whiskey vagina is real, ladies [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Think you like "Friends"? Not as much as this guy [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Terrible Jokes from an 1886 Handwritten Gag Book
The jokes are carefully numbered, 1-530, and most are absolutely terrible. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California golf courses begin water-saving measures. To be penalized for landing in a water hazard, golfers now need to hit a slice bad enough to end up in Oregon [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » How the dog got a place in the family home, steak [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 11 Fascinating Facts About ‘Goodnight Moon’
Goodnight Moon, a deceptively simple children’s book that falls somewhere between a going-to-sleep narrative and a lullaby, will turn 68 later this year—and yet it remains one of the most universal cultural references even all these decades later. Here are a few things you might not have known about Margaret Wise Brown's sparse classic. 1. Goodnight Moon's style reflects real … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Now with a dose of TotalFark Discussion [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Bad: Falling into a coma. Worse: Waking up thinking you're Matthew McConaughey [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Family arrested for smuggling guns was "probably the most anti-gun family I've ever met" [Followup]
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The Onion » Infographic: Famous Television Finales
The award-winning AMC series Mad Men ended its seven-season run on Sunday night and drew critical acclaim for its final episode, a conclusion that many felt was poignant and satisfying. Here are some other memorable TV finales across the years: The Wire: McNulty, Bunk, and the rest of the narcotics unit stand on a hill overlooking a newly crimeless Baltimore, … [Link]
Mental Floss » Living Bio-Concrete Can Heal Itself
Image Credit: Delft University of Technology Concrete is the world’s most common building material, and a particularly long-lasting one. Concrete structures from the Roman Empire still stand today. But it’s not indestructible, and when this cement mixture cracks under pressure, it’s both dangerous and expensive to fix. Cracks in concrete allow in salt and water that can corrode the steel … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You know that Sovereign Citizen who's been telling you over and over that income taxes are illegal? Well, the Supreme Court just kinda agreed with him [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » If you've been making jokes about the guy arrested for stealing macaroni salad, his mom would like you to stop [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » General Movie Trivia Questions
How many can you answer without getting one wrong? [Link]
Mental Floss » There Are Genetic Differences Between Early Risers and Night Owls
Whether or not you’re a morning person may be encoded in your DNA. A team of geneticists from the University of Leicester has identified almost 80 genes in flies that seem to be associated with different circadian rhythms, as they explain in a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Neurology. Fruit flies are often used as model organisms … [Link]
Futility Closet » Forward and Back
When my brother and I built and flew the first man-carrying flying machine, we thought that we were introducing into the world an invention which would make further wars practically impossible. That we were not alone in this thought is evidenced by the fact that the French Peace Society presented us with medals on account of our invention. We thought … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » At age 86, Dr. Ruth Westheimer is still making all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren really uncomfortable at family gatherings [Spiffy]
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The Onion » News in Brief: Wedding Guest Blissfully Unaware She Barely Made The Cut
CARLISLE, PA—Saying she was having a “wonderful time” as she danced and socialized with fellow guests Saturday night, wedding-goer Corinne Bauer was said to be blissfully unaware she had barely made the cut to receive an invitation. “The ceremony was just gorgeous, and you couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather,” said the wholly oblivious Bauer, 29, who narrowly beat … [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Study: Average Father Thinks About Sealing In Meat’s Juices 4 To 5 Hours A Day
VILLANOVA, PA—Confirming that it is the single most frequent thought on fathers’ minds, a study released Monday by researchers at Villanova University found that the average dad thinks about sealing in meat’s juices between four and five hours per day. “Our research indicates that the typical dad thinks about sealing the juices into steaks, burgers, chops, and other meats hundreds … [Link]
The Onion » Editorial Cartoon: Wall Or Nothing
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Mental Floss » 17 Amazing Facts About He-Man (Powered by Grayskull)
In 1982, toy stores began to receive stock for a peculiar new line of action figures. With a hyper-muscular frame nearly as wide as he was tall and crouched in an attack stance, He-Man was a radical departure from the long and lean heroes of G.I. Joe or the puny dimensions of Luke Skywalker. Here was a burly swordsman whose … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Whiny revenue whore whines about adblockers … say has anyone fed the FARK squirrel lately? [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 20 Things You Didn't Know About Dairy Queen
What does "Brazier" mean, anyway? [Link]
The Onion » Slideshow: The Week In Pictures – Week Of May 18, 2015
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Fark.com RSS » How do you know when your haircut has gone wrong? When the stylist starts crying and they refuse to let you look in the mirror [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Science confirms it's not what you know but who you know: "As humans, we store a lot of our most vital information in other people's heads" [Interesting]
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FMyLife » hobo says FML
Today, I woke up to "we're leaving". I'm now homeless because my Dad and his girlfriend got into an argument over toilet paper. FML [Link]
FMyLife » smellynelly says FML
Today, I found out the reason my co-workers have been giving me gum every day is not because of their generosity, but because everyone in the office thinks my breath smells. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: X-Men and Avengers
14 Avengers Who Were Also X-Men. We’re not surprised that being born a mutant can be a shortcut to superhero status.
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10 Incredible Bits Of Advice From Famous Writers' Commencement Speeches. Inspiring, no matter how long ago you graduated.
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This May Be The Biggest Picture Day Fail Of All Time. But honestly, who expects toddlers to sit still … [Link]
The Onion » News in Brief: Self-Deprecating Man Just Scratching Surface Of How Pathetic He Actually Is
MILL VALLEY, CA—Noting that there are dozens of awful aspects of his personality that he hasn’t even begun to address, sources confirmed Monday that local 28-year-old Ryan Glass’ constant self-deprecation only scratches the surface of how truly pathetic he is. “I should just apologize to people in advance when they try to get in touch with me; it always takes … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » By law, Amtrak's liability for the Philadelphia train wreck limited to $200 million dollars. After paying lawyers, that is about $755 per passenger [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman who absconded with her child days after getting a visit from Child Protective Services says she "probably overreacted" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Former Congressional candidate arrested for planning to massacre an entire town of American Muslims, saying, "We will cut them to shreds" [Sick]
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The Onion » American Voices: Study: Most Parents Of Obese Children Think Kids Are ‘Just Right’
According to a new study, most parents of obese children don’t recognize their own child as obese because they measure him or her to peers rather than medical standards and estimate that the child is “about the right weight” even if they are significantly overweight. What do you think?
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Mental Floss » A Day in the Outback with Australia's Most Popular Postman
No one loves the mailman quite like outback Australians do. It’s mid-afternoon when the truck pulls into the dusty driveway in front of a small ranch house. The door bangs open and a small blond boy comes running down the walk pushing a big yellow Tonka. He wraps a hearty hug around the mailman’s legs—and receives a pat on the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Thug with a string of priors involved in another shooting, why there is no longer a Carl Senior, and Grindr to sell for a key of meth, a case of poppers, and two gallons of lube: a few of Fark's favorite Headlines of the Week for 5/10 – 5/16 [Far
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Fark.com RSS » A shy, gay man from West Virginia found himself operating "the largest gay escort service in Washington, D.C" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Once again, when a headline ends with a question mark, you know the answer is automatically "no" [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » News of the Weird / Plus, May 18, 2015
News of the Weird / Plus
May 18, 2015 (Part 1) [weird stuff that made me excited (frightened) (ROTFL) (appalled) last week, some of which will appear in News of the Weird soon] [Part 1 on Monday, Part 2 on Tuesday]
Once Again–Rothko! Every time Mark Rothko’s Untitled, (Yellow and Blue) gets resold, it provokes News of the Weird to … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Elian Gonzalez emerges from Cuban prison, thanks Americans for their love, then gets forcibly extracted from his press conference by armed soldiers [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 9 Ways Japanese Schools Are Different From American Schools
They say education is the foundation of society—and since Japanese and American societies are different in many ways, it may not surprise you that aspects of the two countries’ educational systems are like chalk and cheese. To find out just how different learning your ABCs (or あいうs) can be in the U.S. and Japan, study up on these nine things … [Link]
Weird Universe » In-home lice removal
This company has found an odd, but apparently profitable, niche: "personalized and discreet head lice removal services" in the comfort of your own home.
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Fark.com RSS » That didn't take long [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Where Does Space Begin?
If 'Star Trek' has taught us anything, it's that space is "the final frontier." But where exactly does that frontier lie? It depends on whom you ask. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The finalists in Britain's annual Shed Of The Year competition have been announced, and they're spectacular (pics) [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » If you shoot a man and he dies, it's murder. However, if you shoot a man and he dies because he refused a potentially life-saving blood transfusion due to his religion, is it really murder? This, folks, is why we have lawyers [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 5 Things We Learned from John Oliver on 'Bullseye'
5. He Met His Wife-To-Be at the Republican National Convention [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: What your hometown will look like in 100 years [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » 192 people face charges after the Waco biker shootout, in the best news for criminal defence lawyers since the OJ Simpson verdict [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Columbiana University and Barkley University are apparently not real [Fail]
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Mental Floss » 12 Snuffly Facts About Pugs
These wrinkly-faced dogs have an adorably rich history. [Link]
Weird Universe » Robot Commando Or Zeroids? Your Choice!
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 58: English as She Is Spoke
In 1855 Pedro Carolino decided to write a Portuguese-English phrasebook despite the fact that he didn’t actually speak English. The result is one of the all-time masterpieces of unintentional comedy, a language guide full of phrases like “The ears are too length” and “He has spit in my coat.” In this episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll sample Carolino’s … [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Nautical Nooks
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Fark.com RSS » Nigerians to serve mankind [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » To circumcise or not to circumcise, that is the question / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous lawyers' fees / Or to take arms against a sea of judgments / And by opposing flee them [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Display Your Favorite Books on the Wall Like Works of Art
Seiko Ishikawa // 3xDesign If you have a particularly beautiful book, but limited coffee table space, consider sticking it on your wall. The handy Tape Shelf comes in the form of four braces that can be stuck into the wall push-pin style, and are designed to make it look like you taped your books to the wall. This way, the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dominique Sharpton sues NYC to the tune of $5 million after spraining her ankle. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree [Asinine]
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FMyLife » creepedoutmom says FML
Today, I took my family to Disneyland. My husband had more fun than my five year old daughter. He was hitting on the princesses. FML [Link]
FMyLife » no more flips says FML
Today, I decided to impress my friends by doing a flip on the trampoline. What did impress them, was my lack of tears after I hit the edge of the trampoline and broke my nose. FML [Link]
FMyLife » PISSED OFF says FML
Today, I bought an expensive video game and decided to show it off and post a photo of it on Instagram. When I got home to play it, it rejected my activation key. I then realised it was showing in the Instagram post. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Romance Vampires Books in "Teen" Section
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GraphJam » Animal abuse in peta's view
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GraphJam » Talking speeds
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GraphJam » When You Should Start Dating According To
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GraphJam » I Didn't Even Know Some of These Were Options
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GraphJam » That's Why Old Couples Hate Each Other
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GraphJam » Red Belt? Pfft, Is That Even a Thing?
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GraphJam » Winners of Miss Universe
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GraphJam » Timmy's Dad Knows What's Up
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GraphJam » Hot Like Fire
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GraphJam » iKnot
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GraphJam » It's Funny Because it was AlgeBRA
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GraphJam » Why Can't They Figure This Out Sooner?
Doesn't everyone want to experience Death by Dinosaur? Or is that just me? Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Armageddon , cloning , dinosaur Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » That Tastes Like Feet
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GraphJam » They're Too Mainstream to Understand What It Is
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GraphJam » Why I Am Majoring in Physics
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GraphJam » Things people think I'll do because I like Heavy Metal.
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GraphJam » Destroy ALL the Stuff
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GraphJam » I Bet You Think You're So Much Better Than Me
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GraphJam » Seasons in the Sun
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GraphJam » I Guess I Shouldn't Have Taken Lessons From That Witch
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GraphJam » People you believe
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GraphJam » How Computers Have Changed Our Lives
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GraphJam » We're Going to Need a Bigger Bag
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GraphJam » Now Kiss!
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GraphJam » Pisses everyone off Solves problems Honking at other cars
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GraphJam » Dripping with Embarrassment
Oh God, he knows how wide I am. Graph by: Archadell Tagged: Aunt Flo , cashier , girl problems , lady canals , periods , Pie Chart , tampons Share on Facebook [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mick Jagger is one of the savviest political observers in the world [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Not to be out done by some biker shooting, 42 people and an ambulance have been shot in Chicago over the weekend [Scary]
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Mental Floss » McDonald's to Start Serving Kale
Aol.com screenshot Just a few short months after mocking the leafy stuff (and the foodies who partake) in a Big Mac commercial that features the voiceover proclaiming their lettuce "will never be kale," McDonald's announced that they will roll out a new breakfast bowl that blends kale and spinach with turkey sausage and egg whites. The announcement comes on the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Legendary BASE jumper makes his final impact on the world [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Middle Eastern country admits to buying nuclear weapons [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Curious George's Great Escape
How the inquisitive monkey and two bicycles saved a German couple's lives. [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Unlikely Animal Surrogate Parents
Cleveland Animal Protective League Twitter In the animal world, a good parent can be hard to come by. Most snakes will abandon their eggs, harp seals nurse their pups for just 12 days before leaving them on the ice (where they stay for up to six weeks without eating before entering the ocean on their own), and some animals, like … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » On second thought, dropping 700,000 tires into the ocean may not have been the best idea [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Some people usually break a lamp or punch a pillow in frustration. Then there's this guy [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Japan's island chain increases by 1 [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this vegeterrorist [Photoshop]
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FMyLife » fuckkkkk says FML
Today, after getting my dream job and quitting old one, I was told my position is strictly "experimental" and will only last 2 months. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my husband missed the toilet again. I would have been less disgusted if he'd peed this time. FML [Link]
Overheard In The Office » As Cited in the Madonna Song “You Must Be My Lucky Stall”
Woman on cell passing row of cubes: He has a lucky stall.White Plains, New York [Link]
Overheard In The Office » We’re Right on Top of That, Senator
Coworker on cell: So, my friend was like, ‘Dude, they might not let you get on a plane…’ So how do I found out if there’s a warrant out for my arrest?28 East 28th Street
New York, New York [Link]
Overheard In The Office » 4PM Catching Up
Guy in next cubicle on phone: Speak up! I can’t hear you because of the solar flares. 1500 West County Road
Roseville, Minnesota Overheard by: I can’t believe I work here [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Go Go Gadget Fake-Smile!
Employee, loudly and angrily into walkie: I am implementing customer service now!620 6th Avenue
New York, New YorkOverheard by: Tigertail [Link]
Overheard In The Office » People in Middle-America Generally Try to Remain Ignorant of What’s Happening in San Francisco
CSR #1: Don’t make fun of me, but where is San Francisco?CSR #2, laughing: What? Are you serious? We have an office there!CSR #1: I said don’t make fun of me!CSR #2: California, Lisa*. It’s in California.Fishers, IndianaOverheard by: Geography is not her best subject [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Ten Bucks Says They Didn't Tell Him.
Cheery coworker on Thursday: Thank god it's Friday!Melbourne
AustraliaOverheard by: confused but amused [Link]
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