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 » Kazakhstan town council: "Those are just…you know…plants, man" [Fail]
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FMyLife » bonehead69 says FML
Today, I'm so deprived of intimacy that I got a raging boner when a waitress called me "hun". FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my hateful mother-in-law showed up unexpectedly. I faked taking a phone call so the bitter old hag would leave me alone. She then pulled out her phone, called my number, and glared at me as my phone rang against my ear. FML [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Please Hold It Up So I Can See It
CSR: Thank you for calling Widgets Inc.* How may I help you?Customer: I’m calling about my bill.CSR: OK, which bill are you calling about?Customer: The one I received.3445 North M-291 Highway
Independence, Missouri [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What it's like to be a clown in an age when people think it's fun to hate and fear clowns. Strangely, no mention of porn [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Twenty-seven underrated U.S. vacation spots. Did YOUR favorite hidden gem make the list? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » 11 bodies found at Ohio funeral home. Well, where the hell else would they be? [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Not News: Government worker caught watching porn at work. News: He's a politician. Fark: During a debate [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Jury acquits drug czar on felony possession charges despite the czar's full confession [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » You might want to sit down for this: New photo raises doubt about police account of shooting [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » Vibrate them bigger
Leave it to our overseas Asian friends to find a way to bigger tata's without surgery etc.
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Fark.com RSS » Police looking for one surprised-looking thief [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » There's low, and there's stealing clothes from a donation box low. At least the surveillance cameras worked [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Today in Pointless Fear Mongering, "Is your neighborhood killing you?" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Another buzzed driving incident [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Not wanting to be outdone by Baltimore, Chicago's weekend gun violence sees two dead and twenty-one wounded [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Jaws was released 40 years ago and being eaten alive from the feet up on a sinking boat is still the most petrifying death scene ever made. You can keep your 'one in 3.7 million chance' [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » A "Use-of-Force" symposium put on by the Palm Beach Police Department brought together officials and citizens who wanted to see how police defined use of force and how they could avoid getting shot [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Police forced to intervene in naked cycling event after one of the riders gets 'aroused'. SCHWINN (Not safe for work) [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Ex-Nazis received $20.2 million in Social Security benefits [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Meteorologists say enough rain fell in Texas during May to cover the entire state 8 inches deep. Whoa [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Meet the Press is worried that all this talk about sex scandals and molestation will keep moderate, pragmatic child molesters from wanting to run for political office [Creepy]
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Mental Floss » 5 Fast Facts About Drunk Birds
Every wet season, helpless Australians watch as wasted parrots rain down from their skies. Elsewhere, flocks of tipsy songbirds are constantly smacking into windows, towers, and moving cars. What’s behind this airborne alcoholism? Fermented berries and nectars, which can make life miserable for careless avians. Here’s a quick primer on winged boozers. 1. Inebriated Birds Slur Their Songs. Pro tip: … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this parental supervision [Photoshop]
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FMyLife » bruhskoni says FML
Today, I was exhausted due to staying up all night practicing for the most important performance of my orchestral career. I decided to take a nap to energize myself in preparation of the evening and woke up just in time to realize I'd missed the entire concert. FML [Link]
FMyLife » TooLoud says FML
Today, I got a text from my neighbor complaining about my girlfriend and me being too noisy in bed. I'm at work. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Artist Uses Paint Chips as the Backdrops of His Paintings
At first glance, it looks like artist Shawn Huckins painted hyper-realistic scenes onto paint chips from the hardware store. These swatches are actually large paintings that Huckins expertly recreated with oil paint. He uses the blown-up replicas as a setting and inserts everyday imagery that mingles with the cards. The subjects will even occasionally interact with the paint chips and … [Link]
Mental Floss » Weekend Links: Edible LEGOs
By far the least fun part of building a LEGO structure is, at the end, tearing it all down. Soften the blow of demolition by using DIY gummy bricks, which make for a tasty snack once playtime is over. * Reporting straight from a class of kindergartners who say some seriously weird stuff, "Live from Snacktime" exposes just what kind … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man from Alabama goes to Ohio to steal $3000 worth of coins and gets arrested in West Virginia, all in an apparent plan for neck reduction surgery [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Never spit in the street in Singapore. Especially not near the hotel where the U.S. Secretary of Defense is staying [Scary]
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Weird Universe » News of the Weird (May 31, 2015)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M425, May 31, 2015
Copyright 2015 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
Lead Story
When officials in Richmond, Calif., learned in 2009 that 70 percent of the city’s murders and firearms assaults were directly linked to 17 people, they decided on a bold program: to pay off those 17 to behave themselves. For a budget of … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Norway's prisons are awesome vacation resorts, so why don't prisoners ever want to go back? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Please Master hand in your resignation [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman found not guilty of screwdriver attack after it was determined she had something loose [Followup]
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Futility Closet » Beginners’ Welsh
From a letter from Adam Sedgwick to his niece Fanny Hicks, July 23, 1846: The miserable damp weather made me rheumatic and low-spirited, so I nursed one day in Carnarvon and then drove to Pwllheli. What a charming name! In order to pronounce the first part (Pwll), you must blow out your cheeks just as you do when puffing at … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » See the Fieri Hamster, whose bold, brash personality is any annoying and "in your face" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Say what you will, but Hillary would have back pedaled [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » When stealing a car you might want to make sure the car's owner isn't asleep in the backseat [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Pig terrorizes town and craps in squad car, expected to be suspended two weeks with pay [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » This is your captain speaking, if you could just look out of the windows on the left side of the airplane, you won't notice the ground crew applying adhesive tape to the engine casing on the right side [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "That's it. I needed to go on the lam in order to test the quality of the security at the prison where I was locked up. Yup, that's it officers" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman bails on taxi fare. Judge orders her to walk the entire length of the trip … 30 miles [Followup]
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Mental Floss » A Language Based Only On Whistles
The human voice can only carry so far, but a whistle can travel for miles. In the mountains and ravines of La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, a language of whistles has been used for centuries to transmit long distance messages with amazing accuracy. The messages can travel so reliably because the whistling is not a simple signaling system, like … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ancient Greek formula is used to find the world's most perfect body. And the winner, with a score of 96.4 is __________ ___________ [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey, if my kids don't get to the bus on time, "it's on them" [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Well free-falling into an airbag is a dangerous thing to begin with, right? [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman claims men aren't put off by her luxuriant pelt. Well, she is British [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » Scientists Reveal Dinosaur Egg Colors for the First Time
Today’s bird nests are awash with an array of lively colors. Magpies often lay reddened eggs, nightingales can produce olive ones, and the great tinamou’s range from deep purple to sky blue. Yet, for over a century, scientists had no idea if their prehistoric ancestors echoed this diversity. The first dinosaur eggs to be recognized as such were discovered in … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Electronics recycling center: "If you anonymously dropped off an ultra-rare Apple 1 computer at our location, please return for your $100,000 check" [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » For only $310, you can out-hip your hippest hipster friends with genuine ant vodak [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » "American universities are addicted to Chinese students'" [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Disappointed says FML
Today, my boyfriend and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary. All I got was him stopping by for a quickie before he went into work. FML [Link]
FMyLife » broke and hungry says FML
Today, I had to skip lunch to work on a big project, so I stopped by a vending machine. The number I wanted was 126, but I accidentally typed 124, using my last dollar. 124 was the only empty row. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anathema_360 says FML
Today, it's been so long since I had sex that even in my sex dreams I'm watching porn alone. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, tears and 3 hours on the toilet have made me reevaluate my desire for new culinary experiences. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oh Deer [Sad]
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Mental Floss » 15 Things You Might Not Know About 'Moulin Rouge!'
Baz Luhrmann's musical rom-com was a surprisingly painful experience for all involved. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this heated race [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Camping Adventures [CSB]
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Weird Universe » Love’s Baby Soft, 1975 Commercial
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Fark.com RSS » UK man finds a bullet in his glass of beer, immediately complains of eating in a low caliber restaurant [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: A musician gets kicked out of the band for his behavior. Fark: An oboist for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra [Dumbass]
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Weird Universe » Captain Z-Ro
Wikipedia page. [Link]
GraphJam » Schrodinger’s cat is watching
LoL by: Danimal Tagged: Chart , schrodiners-cat , science Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Don't Worry, Be Happy
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: be happy , best of week , dont worry , flow chart , problems , song Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » But What Did It Accomplish?
Graph by: skppy1225 Tagged: NYPD , Occupy Wall Street , Pie Chart , Protest Share on Facebook
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GraphJam »
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: cat , dogs , mind reader , thoughts , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » You're Naturally Pretty
Graph by: BassGrrl Tagged: bedhead , doorbell , Pie Chart , visitors Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » It's in Lolistan
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Bar Graph , hiding , osama , remote , waldo Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Always Wiggle My Finger In the Palm and Give a Wink
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , handshake , line of sight , manly Share on Facebook
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GraphJam »
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: jonas brothers , justin bieber , katy perry , keha , lady gaga , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Gucci Mane: Too Cool!
Graph by: Unknown Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Walrus and the Carpenter Disagree
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: edible , ew , gross , Lewis Carroll , oysters , Pie Chart , shells , walrus and the carpenter Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Hide and Go Seek
Graph by: Toffee99 Tagged: Area , bladder , closet , comfortable , cramped , dark , found , full , good , hide and seek , plain , sight , small , spot , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Re-Plotted: We Can't All Be Believers
[polldaddy poll="5536027"] Graph by: Evertide Tagged: best of week , movies , Pie Chart , ridiculous , romantic comedy Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The cost of a plain white T-shirt
Graph by: darkwulf Tagged: cheap , cost , expensive , fashion , goodwill , magazines , money , sears , shirt , t shirts , Walmart , white Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Replotted: At This Point I Think Stephenie Meyer Is the Person Who Doesn't
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Pie Chart , regret , replotted , stephenie meyer , twilight Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Where I sneeze
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: bless you , computer , Pie Chart , sick , sneeze Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » They Said I Was a Fool to Try, But I Showed Them
Graph by: mynameismonkey Tagged: best of week , Challenge Accepted , fool , homework , Pie Chart , school Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Birthday Card Paradox
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: age , amusing , birthday , caption , card , expensive , funny , lame , offensive , paradox , picture , price , reasonable , venn diagram , wording , wrong Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Social Networking at It's Worst
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , facebook , forever alone , obsessive , social networking , stalking , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Should Cook More!
Graph by: (via buzz feed) Tagged: cooking , flow chart , food , leftovers , pizza Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Cable TV
LoL by: Nothere227 Tagged: basic , cable , channels , pay , TV , watch Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » What You Know About Math?
We are pleased to announce that Graphjam is officially being changed to 'Graph Jams', a site completely dedicated to songs about graphing and math. Hope you enjoy it! Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: april fools , math , rap , Video , what you know Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Child's Estimate of Parents' IQ
Graph by: fdes Tagged: adult , age , children , estimate , IQ , Line Graph , parents , teenage Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Jobs That…
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: fast food , french fries , hot , jobs , robots , temperature , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Remember to Bring Tupperware!
Graph by: madhattery Tagged: college , free food , Pie Chart , student events Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » When someone asks "Guess What?"
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: ask , guess what , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Gay Head icon slid gently along soap-lathered rails, snugly placed in new position on the beach [Followup]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, while driving home from work, I saw my boyfriend mugging a woman on the sidewalk. FML [Link]
FMyLife » well then says FML
Today, my girlfriend randomly confessed to basically having a "phobia" of monogamy. But don't worry, she defensively assured me she's never ever cheated on me, even though I never said she had, so I guess that's okay then. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tribunal calls for firing of teacher who let students play a different version of seven minutes in heaven in a classroom storage closet [Followup]
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Futility Closet » Digit Spans
A puzzle by A. Savin: Using each of the digits 1, 2, 3, and 4 twice, write out an eight-digit number in which there is one digit between the 1s, two digits between the 2s, three digits between the 3s, and four digits between the 4s. Click for solution … Please support Futility Closet on Patreon! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Coming up at the top of the hour (9 pm AKDT/10 pm PDT), it's Livingston Stapler Company Presents. Two hours of music from Juneau, Alaska hosted live by a farker [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Our long national nightmare is over as Zoey the 8-week-old puppy who was stolen from the Humane Society of Southern Arizona has been found and will be going home with the family that adopted her soon [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Man sues multiple parties $11 million for failing to warn him that butane is flammable [Fail]
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Overheard In The Office » And You People Can Stop Averting Your Eyes
Male worker: Wow, it's cold! Another front is supposed to be moving through later this week, too.Female office worker #1: It's not so bad, as long as I have a jacket on.Female office worker #2: Yeah! Now I get to wear pants!Carillon Center
St. Petersburg, Florida [Link]
Overheard In The Office » But Will It Affect My Tan?
Customer squinting at ‘No cell phones’ sign: Why do we have to turn off our cell phones? What happens if you use them in the tanning bed?Tanning consultant: You’ll die.222 Plaza, 5th Street Highway
Pennsylvania [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Susie Kicked Ass at the Gender Stereotype Semifinals
Girl coworker: Well, I think I'm probably better at math than you are, cause I'm good at calculus and algebra. But you're good at… that one with the angles and triangles and stuff. What's it called?Guy coworker: You mean geometry?Girl coworker: Yeah! Geography!Calgary
CanadiaOverheard by: Smarter than both of them [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Don’t Let That Cut into Your 20% Napping Time
Marketing director: Eighty percent of what we do is called ‘wasting time.’Massachusetts Avenue NE
Washington, DC [Link]
Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: Young Turks Issue Deportation Decree
Erik Sass is covering the events of World War I exactly 100 years later. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Vice President Joe Biden's son, Beau, has died. Fark cancer [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » Family finds out the hard way that there are old mushroom identifying apps and bold mushroom identifying apps, but no old and bold mushroom identifying apps [Facepalm]
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Overheard In The Office » Okay, but No Toddler-Punching This Time, Daphne
Coworker #1: Yes, we are going to go to McDonald's.Coworker #2: Oh! Can I come? I'll get my socks so I can go on the slide.Appleton, Wisconsin [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Get arrested while drunk, physically attacked and have pepper spray discharged into your face? That's a $175,000 settlement [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Treasure trove of trash teems from toppled tractor-trailer. Oscar the Grouch demands tour of wreckage [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Spain agrees to support America being permanently Moronic [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » D.C. man featured on 'Catfish' now charged with terrorist threats [Strange]
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Overheard In The Office » 11AM Staff Meeting
Boss: Your job isn’t to solve problems; your job is to find solutions. 117 South Street
Hopkinton, Massachusetts Overheard by: Guido Sarducci [Link]
FMyLife » L_lives says FML
Today, I realized out how sad my love life is when I got excited that the number a girl gave me turned out to really be hers. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my dad met my boyfriend. It took less than 10 seconds for him to accuse my boyfriend of being a "queer" because his handshake was "too limp". FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my crackhead neighbour got slightly annoyed at my 2-day-old daughter's late-night wailing. Well, I think so, anyway, as she politely requested us to "SHUT THAT CUNT KID UP." or she would "BLOW BOTH OUR HOUSES UP, YOU FUCKING ASSFUCKS." But I'm not 100% sure. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these space geeks [Photoshop]
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