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 » New Zealand town experiencing weird wave of biting attacks. "We've never seen these people before – they're certainly not locals. This is a local shop, for local people" [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Troll Aid [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Forget sleeping dogs, let sleeping elephants lie (Warning: Graphic images/some Not safe for work content) [Scary]
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Mental Floss » London Is Adapting Heathrow's Shuttles Into Driverless Cars
The airport's UltraPODS are being adapted to hit the pavement this summer. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Monday is National Sickie Day in the UK. Here are 16 reasons to call off tomorrow. Subby would consider it, but calling in sick would be a lie and management cannot lie to itself. Plus, there's that conference call and End of Month reports [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this show of force [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Things you don't want to hear on your flight: "I saw an older gentleman. He had thrown up all over himself. " "Rumors of airborne contamination spread through the plane." "It was probably as tense as anyone wants to be at 30,0
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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested for selling fake sports memorabilia, because most people are pretty sure there are no such players as Barry Binds or Emit Smith [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 12 Facts About Carol Channing For Her 95th Birthday
Give her an old trombone, give her an old baton! Carol Channing has never let the parade pass her by. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hilarity ensues as police officer is called to woman's noisy 50th birthday party, is mistaken for stripper: "Someone shouted: 'Oh, are you the stripogram?' It was flattering, I suppose" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Nikon awards photography prize to photoshop. Can Farkers do better? [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » How To Drink Your Own Urine (Spoiler: It Involves Filtration)
Hey, let's pee in a science bag and then drink it! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » El Salvador: No sex until 2018 [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Guardian headline: Terry Wogan, veteran BBC broadcaster, dies of cancer aged 77. Daily Mail headline: Immigrants are taking our cemetery plots [Sad]
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The Onion » News in Brief: Clinton Ominously Tells Iowan Supporters To Mark Front Doors With Campaign Logo Before Sundown
DES MOINES, IA—Declaring that all voting-age citizens who took the measures would be spared, Hillary Clinton ominously instructed her supporters throughout Iowa to mark their front doors with her campaign logo before sundown, sources confirmed Sunday. “All those residing in Iowa take heed: Your home shall bear the mark of my campaign this eve, or may God help you,” said … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ♫ In the navy / We'll behead on seven seas / In the Navy / With my fellow jihadis ♪ [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » On January 31, 1956, a B-25 bomber flying from Nevada to Olmstead Air Force Base, crashed into the Monongahela River, never to be seen again. "There is nothing logical about losing a 15-foot plane in a 20-foot river" [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple unhappy with the restaurant food and service: A) complains to the manager. B) leaves no tip. C) steals the mirrors [Stupid]
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FMyLife » Xandriajoy10 says FML
Today, I confronted my husband about a pair of panties I found in his office. They're his. He put them on to show me that they fit. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my dad decided I was too hairy and taught me to shave. This would be a great bonding experience if I weren't a girl. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Facts About 'The Critic' That Don't Stink
Hachi machi! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Seems we all just got trolled. (Quick follow up to below link) [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » How many fingers am I holding up? 14? Good [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Objected to taking out trash
One for the weird death file. The tragic case of Jamella Jackson, age 12. She threw her life away.
Cincinnati Enquirer – Feb 15, 1985 [Link]
Fark.com RSS » After welcoming their second child, married couple have friends over for a little placenta nosh [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Police find something Hokie in the death of 13 year old [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this live fire exercise [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Checkout adventures [CSB]
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Mental Floss » 'Social Robots' May One Day Help Your Doctor
Meet Nadine. She says she's "completely self-aware." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Noted: Never go to a robbery with a gun when the shopkeeper has a flame thrower [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Dildos on parade in Burns [Facepalm]
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Weird Universe » Mystery Illustration 15
Why was this horse brought inside a house, if not just as a photo stunt?
The answer is here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » College students spend 1/5 of class time texting and checking Facebook. Why those lazy, good for nothing… As soon as Subby is done posting this to Fark, he's going to call his kid and… shhhhh… boss coming, look busy everyone [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 15 Uses for a Binder Clip That Don't Involve Paper
The humble office supply can help you eat, knit, pack, and, well, live with greater efficiency. [Link]
FMyLife » thanks iphone says FML
Today, I realized I wasn't getting notifications for my voicemail, so I decided to check it and found out that I had 3 job offerings that are no longer an option. FML [Link]
FMyLife » gingerlover01 says FML
Today, when I went to see my therapist, she handed me a tube of tooth paste and said, "Please use it". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Boston police arrest over 50 members of notorious MS-13 gang. Still no progress in rounding up remaining members of the MS IE death cult [Hero]
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Mental Floss » How They Found the World's Biggest Prime Number
Here's how mathematicians test numbers to see if they're prime. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Romans May Have Flooded the Colosseum for Aquatic Gladiator Battles
It turns out that just throwing fighters into an arena and watching them go at it might not have been enough for the Romans. [Link]
GraphJam » You Know Which One You Are
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: bus , field trip , noisy , school Share on Facebook
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Graph by: marzoz10 Tagged: cat toy , laser pointers , Pie Chart , universal truth Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Watch Out Next Time You're at the Doctor's
Graph by: cococococo Tagged: best of week , doctors , flow chart , medical Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Axes
Graph by: (via This Is Fluffware) Tagged: axes , axis , chart art , puns Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Don't Look Like a Tasty Seal
Do I? Are you calling me fat, shark? Graph by: wArm_FuZzies Tagged: ocean , Pie Chart , scary , shark week , sharks , television Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » If you are a disgraced former NBA star, please don't use Instagram to post questionable things, like this admission to grand theft and credit card fraud [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Ethan Couch will remain in juvie at least until his February 19 hearing, judge rules when he finally stops laughing at bail request [Followup]
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FMyLife » AV says FML
Today, a car backfired as I waited for my bus and I screamed, thinking I'd been shot. The only thing more humiliating than that was the pissy underwear I had to go back home to change out of. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Allergic to Assholes says FML
Today, I got in trouble with my boss for not showing up to work yesterday. It seems going into anaphylactic shock isn't a valid excuse. FML [Link]
FMyLife » MandieL says FML
Today, I rushed over to stop my infant daughter from falling off her swing. Luckily just before she hit the ground, I woke up. Unfortunately, I woke up because I'd rolled off my bed and hit the floor. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tough guy threatens to break the legs of the passenger kicking his airplane seat. Fark: A 7-year-old kid [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » It was terrible when the kitty got eaten by the mices, so terrible in fact he couldn't even wake up for it [Sappy]
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Futility Closet » Last Wishes
British Army gunner Frank Bracey wrote this letter to his wife in May 1916 and left it to be opened in the event of his death: Dearest Win I am writing just a line Win in case of accidents. Just to let you know how I have always loved you Dear. You are the best little girl on God’s earth … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Coming up at the top of the hour it's Livingston Stapler Company Presents. Two hours of music hosted live by a farker in chilly Juneau, Alaska. (9PM AKST/10PM PST) [Live]
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Mental Floss » Make Realistic-Looking LEGO Cake Bites
Cake you can build with. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hard working college students to be penalized for finding a way to pay for overpriced college education [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 10 Facts About The Beatles' Final Rooftop Show
On January 30, 1969, at lunch time, The Beatles appeared on the rooftop of their record label’s headquarters, unannounced, and started performing. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ← Free BBQ [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Two Minutes on an Arctic Expedition
Be glad you're not spending five months on sea ice—these folks are. [Link]
FMyLife » :/ says FML
Today, I'm so broke, I walked into a nursing home and pretended to be a gentleman's son just so I could get some free food "for him". FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, while crying at my grandma's funeral I was told to man up. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I called the cops on my elderly neighbor for blaring loud war music yet again. They chatted and laughed with him on his lawn for a good half hour. As they left, he slapped the female officer's ass, only for her to just giggle about it. After they drove off, he fired up his music again. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this dark warrior [Photoshop]
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