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 » A disappointingly SFW history of underwear, still no explanation for magic underoos [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 14 Up-Tempo Facts About ‘Saturday Night Fever’
Put on your boogie shoes. [Link]
FMyLife » broken down and flat broke says FML
Today, I had the lovely experience of witnessing a tow truck cause a couple thousand dollars' worth of damage to my broken-down car. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New investigation conducted by The Ric Romero Institution for Journalism Institute discovers the majority of teachers in one state who receive bonuses teach in affluent areas [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Top scientist says that with all of the recent large earthquakes around the ring of fire "Current conditions might trigger at least four earthquakes greater than 8.0 in magnitude." Sleep well my friends [Followup]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my mom finally noticed the joke file I have on my PC desktop called "bigcocklovespussy.jpg". It's just a cute picture of a chicken snuggling with a cat. She didn't actually open the file and just deleted it. She won't believe my explanation and grounded me for a month for "looking at porn". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I'll see your "zookeeper makes a mistake and gets killed by tiger story" and raise you a "dumbass drops a hat in the tiger enclosure; goes in after it without getting hurt" story. Darwin, you're just phoning it in, man [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Seems you can't stick a shovel in the ground anywhere in Great Britain without turning up something [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » This is why we can't have nice things: Drone hits passenger airliner landing at Heathrow [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Never Misplace Your Glasses Again With These Nose-Shaped Stands
Nothing holds glasses better than a nose. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this presidential playroom [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » To mark the 30th anniversary of Chernobyl, here's a walking tour of the Exclusion Zone [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Here are three of the most effective ways to tell the IRS that you would like to be audited this year [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » "Vast majority" distrust the news media, claims untrustworthy media article [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 25 Things You Should Know About Charlotte
6. The Queen City is obsessed with hornets—all thanks to a remark made by a British general in 1780. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » North Korea's new shipment of fireworks has arrived [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » There's evil and then there's threatening to kill a kitten to extort $20 evil [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: E-learning Advanced Cloud Computing for Amazon Web Services. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » You know you've been drinking too much when you think it's a good idea to brew beer that tastes like hummus, oysters, or beard [Sick]
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Mental Floss » The Infinite Hotel Paradox
(Brain explodes) [Link]
FMyLife » K.S.S. says FML
Today, when I tried to break up with my girlfriend of 2 years, she had no idea we were even dating. She thought of all the movies, dinners and "sleep overs" I had with her was because we were such great friends. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Finding Kemo says FML
Today, I went to school with a bad haircut. I got about 50 cancer jokes so far. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » The Best Amazon Deals We Could Find This Week
As a new recurring feature, we’re going to share some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. These items were the ones that were the most popular with our readers this week, and they’re still available. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Boaty McBoatface it is, then [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Famous 'Inverted Jenny' postage stamp resurfaces 61 years after it was stolen. Entire American Philatelic Society turned upside down [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » The Making of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
One of the most iconic songs of all time made its public premiere 25 years ago today. [Link]
FMyLife » Clumsy Clumsy says FML
Today, I ran up to my boyfriend to kiss him when he got home from work. I tripped and I fell on him, and he fell backwards. He ended up hitting his head on the sidewalk and had to get stitches. He also had a concussion. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Unsuspecting says FML
Today, I started my period almost a week earlier than I expected to. I also happened to be at the beach with a guy that I really liked when it started. He was the one who noticed, and he informed me by saying that we couldn't go back in the water or we would be eaten by sharks. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to make minor announcement this week that will in no way be any cause for news coverage or political commentary. Just another day at the office [Unlikely]
[link] [188 comments] [Link]
Weird Universe » Clock Ladies of Frankfurt
November 1950: To advertise a Watch and Clock Makers fair, young women were hired to wander around the streets of Frankfurt carrying giant clocks on their backs.
The Eagle (Bryan, Texas) – Nov 8, 1950 [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Senior senior prom [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this expert diver [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Battles with confidence [CSB]
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Weird Universe » Cold Medicine of the Beast
Still being made and sold today.
Home page here.
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » Gay pride [Interesting]
[link] [99 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » WNYC Listeners Transformed 1040 Tax Forms Into Original Works of Art
Submissions to the station's "De-File Your Taxes" contest included paper dresses, jewelry, inlay works, and more. [Link]
GraphJam » I Consume Less Food When I'm Online All Day
Graph by: (via Flyingmouse365) Tagged: air , food , internet , needs , Pie Chart , water Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Frozen Meals
Graph by: graphjamusername Tagged: bored , consume , dots , dying , eating , ending , facebook , food , frozen , ghosts , gibberish , Heat , information , meals , movies , Music , pac man , package post , Pie Chart , plot , quoting , random , spiderpig , talking , the simpsons , updates , … [Link]
Mental Floss » Video: Exploding Bags of Hydrogen
Oh, the humanity! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What's worse than your baby having brain cancer? Getting the news your baby may also have been exposed to measles while at the hospital [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Sloth bear attacks woman in Maan forest. No this isn't about bachelorette parties and gay bars [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Founder of Hickory Farms, who sold it for $40 million and then devoted himself to starting an adoption agency and service dog school, goes off to the great cheese log in the sky [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Athlete Attempts to Travel From Florida to Bermuda via Floating Bubble
His first (unsuccessful) shot at the journey was in 2014. [Link]
Futility Closet » Loss
From C.S. Lewis’ A Grief Observed, a collection of reflections on the loss of his wife, Joy, in 1960: It is hard to have patience with people who say ‘There is no death’ or ‘Death doesn’t matter.’ There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as … [Link]
FMyLife » fuck's sake says FML
Today, I went to a karaoke bar for the first time. I'd never sung in front of others, but I gave it a try. I was accused of being way too drunk and was asked to leave. I didn't get kicked out in the end, but I was told that my singing voice sounds like a dying goat. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my boyfriend called condoms the "biggest scam in history" and said I won't get pregnant if I just wash myself out with vinegar after we finish. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Another Saturday night, another Livingston Stapler Company Presents show. Live from Juneau, Alaska, 2 or more hours of music. You know, for your ears. LGT stream [Live]
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Mental Floss » This is How Rainbow Sprinkles Come Together
How It's Made explains how rainbow sprinkles come together. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mind you, Rhinoceros bites can be pretty nasty [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Massive quake strikes Ecuador. Magnitude updated to 7.8 [News]
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Mental Floss » Sioux Falls Rock City? Celebrating South Dakota's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Every year, the South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association Hall of Fame inducts a slate of musicians, DJs, promoters, venues, and instrument stores that, at some time, played a part in the music scene of America’s 46th most populous state. [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my 3 year-old woke up with diarrhea. The stench caused him to throw up. My husband started sympathy puking all over the floor. I'm so exhausted already that I'm considering just burning the damn house down to avoid cleaning it all up. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my fiancé's mom was driving me to the store to pick up my wedding dress. A few minutes into the drive, she said the car's tank was nearly out of "Jews" and that she'd have to give it "a whole lotta gas", then chuckled to herself. She's well aware that I'm Jewish. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Where should we leave the baby during the strip club audition? Hot car in the sun? Yup. Let's go with that [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Cheaper by the dozen? [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » Video: Can Space Elevators Actually Work?
All we need is a 36,000-kilometer tether and an absurdly large budget. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this gentle man [Photoshop]
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