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.”
Weird Universe » News of the Weird (September 20, 2015)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M441, September 20, 2015
Copyright 2015 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
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Your English Teacher Was Right: In September, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery concluded that records of an investigation need not be released to the Memphis city council–because there was no comma. The law requires the records’ release “only in compliance with a … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "You're more likely to get prosecuted for counterfeiting a Gucci purse than a drug" [Scary]
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Mental Floss » The 20 Most Profitable Movies of All Time (Based on Return on Investment)
The recipe for a successful movie is simple. Perfecting it is not. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » STOP EVERYTHING. Donut holes have gotten progressively smaller over the years. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Anti-gay preacher: 0 Young bagpiper: 1 [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Semi-news: Boy pulled from classroom over "disruptive" Mohawk haircut. Facepalm: Second grader. Asinine: Native American second grader [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Guy wanted for embezzling $8.7 million from Pepsi, arrested by FBI. Fark: After hiding out in plain sight along the Appalachian Trail for the past 6 years, looking like Jerry Garcia [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, while enjoying a truly epic move from my wife in the hotel shower, I managed to accidentally pull the "grab bar" from the wall and clock her in the side of the head. Three stitches at the Urgent Care later, she's explaining to the entire waiting room how it happened. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » How GM Restored Its Sinkhole-Damaged 1 Millionth Corvette
After 1200 hours and four months, the convertible looks as good as new. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "He said 'Are you the lost hiker?' and I said 'I suppose I am,'" recalled Sluyter. "My philosophy is I didn't feel lost, I just didn't know where I was for a little while" [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » "Mercury in retrograde" is not causing all your problems. In fact, believing Mercury is causing all your problems is actually much more likely to be the cause of all your problems [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » To swerve and protect [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this protectorate [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Homeless guy sentenced to 6 months for littering in National Forest. Well, it was 8500 pounds of stuff he took from local community "free box" over 6 months, and it did take a team of 48 and a helicopter to clean up [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Two drivers targeted at by random fire. News: By blow dart [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 25 Things You Should Know About Denver
11. It's the home of the cheeseburger. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 13 year old demands to be treated like an adult. Mom says fine, that'll be $700 a month for rent and expenses, please [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Well, folks, it's happened. A North Carolina teen has been arrested and may be charged as a sex offender for having naked pictures on his cell phone…of himself [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Vandalism in Cochrane labelled a hate crime by OPP. Police say suspects may be naughty by nature, and hope they may come forward to say, "Yeah, you know me" [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » How Do 'Star Trek' Stardates Work?
"Captain's Log, stardate [totally bogus made-up number]." Highly illogical. [Link]
FMyLife » Severus_Snape_ says FML
Today, I got a mosquito bite on my wrist. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I am pretty sure mosquito bites are not supposed to start crawling up to your armpit while swelling. FML [Link]
FMyLife » IamHM says FML
Today, I found my diamond earring, which had gone missing. The vet had to surgically remove it from my dog. Despite having made the voyage through the dog's digestive tract, the earring is more expensive than ever. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good news everyone, it has come to our attention that the world will indeed not end due to the oncoming asteroid apocalypse … this week [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » 14 Fun Facts About ‘Empire Records’
Liv Tyler’s “teenaged” co-star was also her real-life stepfather. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Legendary font designer Adrian Frutiger dead at 87. Univers mourns [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Man takes the D.E.N.N.I.S. system a step too far [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this power triad [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Near misses [CSB]
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Mental Floss » Cheeky Cans Reduce Litter by Asking People to Vote With Their Trash
Why toss your cigarette butts in the gutter when you could use them to vote for the world's greatest footballer? [Link]
Weird Universe » RIP Adam Purple
American eccentric Adam Purple died last week, at the age of 84. The NY Times says he collapsed on the walkway of the Williamsburg Bridge. We've previously noted some of his achievements here on WU. He's most famous as the "original hipster" and a "Guerrilla Gardener" who created a "Garden of Eden" on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Some of … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » George Carlin has a funny daughter [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Leslie Allen Merritt: "Dude, you got the wrong neckbeard" [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » "This is not Sodom and Gomorrah. You need to enforce the laws" [Florida]
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Weird Universe » Brickplayer
Here is an old British toy that had a lot of good intentions, but also some unanticipated drawbacks.
Buildings were constructed on allegedly waterproof waxed card bases. The bricks etc. were stuck together with a mortar made from a mixture of flour and chalk powder. It required a great amount of skill to erect buildings accurately, very time-consuming and beyond … [Link]
Mental Floss » Sir Arthur and the Fairies
by Mary Losure In the spring of 1920, at the beginning of a growing fascination with spiritualism brought on by the death of his son and brother in WWI, Arthur Conan Doyle took up the case of the Cottingley Fairies. Mary Losure explores how the creator of Sherlock Holmes became convinced that the ‘fairy photographs’ taken by two girls from … [Link]
FMyLife » garol says FML
Today, my new boyfriend and I decided tonight would be our first time for sex. To help set the mood, I bought a few bottles of nice wine and smoked salmon. Instead of having sex, we ended up drunkenly sobbing on the floor reminiscing about dead pets we used to own, while his cat ate all the salmon. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my mother-in-law turned up at my doorstep close to midnight, drunk off her tits, crying about how my wife is punishing her and throwing her life away by marrying me. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was confiding in my grandma about how lonely I am and how everything in my life seems to be falling apart. While I was in mid-sentence, she rolled her eyes and made a show of removing her hearing aid. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I'm travelling across the country with my family. My grandma thought it would be a good idea to take her shoes off. It's been 5 minutes and my eyes are watering from the stench. We still have over 200 miles left until we get home. FML [Link]
GraphJam » I Just Call it the Boot
Graph by: piotr_mil Tagged: countries , infographic , Italy , languages , spelling , weird Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Sharing the TV between Math-based Diciplines
Graph by: 626ish Tagged: disciplines , engineering , macgyver , math , mythbusters , numbers , physics , TV Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Have a Bedside Stash of Noisy Projectiles
Graph by: liteshaodow Tagged: Cats , dust off , keyboards , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » That Settles It, Snickers for Breakfast
Graph by: (via Mother Nature Network) Tagged: breakfast , fast food , infographic , McDonald's , oatmeal Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » When Was the Last Time They Updated This?
Graph by: danube Tagged: apartment , earth , goggle earth , google , omg , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Driver Courtesy
Graph by: djxealot Tagged: Bar Graph , commute , courtesy , driver , holidays , home , neighborhood , nice , own , road rage , town Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Law Is Life
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , college , law school , Pie Chart , Professors Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Know Where Your Tongue Has Been
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: cat , gross , lick , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » As Only Seen On TV
Graph by: artyfowl Tagged: commercials , overpriced , products , quality , snuggie , TV , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » THAT TREE IS FAR AWAY
Graph by: CallMeCal Tagged: insignificance , jokes , mitch hedberg , repetition , spreadsheet , volume , what Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Are Smart, Me Swears
Graph by: sauvignonblanca Tagged: Bar Graph , grammar , interviews , jobs , life , nervousness Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » That's What's In a Cappuccino?!
Graph by: (via 22 Words) Tagged: chocolate , coffee , foam , milk , types , venn diagram , water Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » How I Feel About My Dorm Room
Graph by: Greygirlie Tagged: bad , cool , dorm , great , home , Line Graph , room , weekend , weeks Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Tidings, Maybe, But Where's the Great Joy?
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: cards , checks , cheques-if-youre-english , christmas , comfort and joy , Pie Chart , relatives , tidings of great joy Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » Watch State-of-the-Art Computer Graphics and Music from 1968
Computer graphics, speech synthesizers, and music—amazing for 47 years ago. [Link]
Mental Floss » Scientists Are Working on a Real-Life Invisibility Cloak
Take that, Harry Potter! [Link]
Futility Closet » Ancient Wordplay
The 19th canto of the Sanskrit epic poem Shishupala Vadha is a tour de force of ingenious wordplay, including double meanings, constrained writing, and concrete poetry. The 27th stanza has been called “the most complex and exquisite type of palindrome ever invented” — it produces the same text when read forward, backward, down, or up: 
“[That army], which relished battle, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Austria saw the arrival of at least 10,000 migrants on Saturday. Crikey [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Portland jail tells female attorneys to remove metal detector-triggering bras before seeing clients. Not surprisingly, people have a problem with this [Obvious]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I sneezed so hard that I re-dislocated my shoulder. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Coming to you from rainy Juneau, Alaska, it's once again time for Livingston Stapler Company Presents. Two hours of music hosted live by a farker (9 pm AKDT/10 pm PDT) [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » So, we burned 80% of your vagina, causing incredible pain and cost you thousands in medical bills. Here's a $50 fuel voucher; we're good, right? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Drug lord transported heroin in Apple Jacks boxes, felt using Honey Smacks would be too obvious [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Dead crows litter streets of Spokane. Officials try to determine if it was a murder [Strange]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my scumfuck brother and his friends spent my baby sister's funeral snickering and telling dead baby jokes to one another. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Lady Vulva of the Redwater says FML
Today, I lost my virginity to my boyfriend. It lasted about 20 seconds, and he cried during it. I later heard him telling his friends he'd given me a "damn good pounding" and "made her cum 3 times". I wish. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I asked my girlfriend why she's been avoiding kissing me lately. Apparently she had a dream that one of my teeth caught on her braces, and all of her teeth got pulled out like a string of pearls. It seems unlikely she will be un-scarred any time soon. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Required Viewing: 'Everything is a Remix'
How George Lucas, Led Zeppelin, the Beastie Boys, and tons of artists borrowed from others…and why that's okay. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "He just smashed right through the gate, hit multiple cars and went through. And I was just like, '[That's] some stuff, man'" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this offering [Photoshop]
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