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.”
FMyLife » lohandork says FML
Today, a motorist yelled at me for texting and driving. I was too ashamed to admit that I'd been admiring the booger I just picked from my nose. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I found out my mother had been stealing from my grandfather's pension payments before he died. He had severe dementia and never would've known. Obviously, I gave her hell for it. Now I have 1 week to move out and find some kind of job even though I'm heavily disabled. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cop responds to complaint of kids playing soccer in a parking lot, shoots, does not score [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » A Turkish plane is shot down with a Russian missile, putting both countries even more on edge. U.S. media: "We'll keep focusing on an election that's six months away, thanks" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » You can enter to win a stay in the Eiffel Tower. I'm Blue da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: TarDisk 64GB – expand your MacBook Air's hard drive. Just insert this card into the SD card slot. *Deal missing additional USB SD card reader for alternative SD card-reading needs. Otherwise pretty damn cool. (Sponsored Lin
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Mental Floss » 10 Meaty Facts About ‘Harold
2. It could have been 'Harold & Kumar Go to Krispy Kreme.' [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Jesus: Son of God. Savior of the Christian Faith. The first transgendered man, The light and the…wait, WAT [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » What's America's last jaguar worth against plans for a multibillion-dollar copper mine? Probably not much [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Artificial Meteor Shower Proposed for 2020 Olympic Opening Ceremonies
The concept involves shooting metal pellets towards Earth. (What could go wrong?) [Link]
Weird Universe » News of the Weird (May 22, 2016)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M476, May 22, 2016
Copyright 2016 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
Lead Story
Researchers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced they had recently (a first, they claimed) transmitted high-speed digital data through slabs of pork loin and beef liver. The signal cleared the muscle and gristle so cleanly that it permitted streaming of high-definition … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this 'Powder Monkey' [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Gary Linepurr gets rescued from tree with a crisp package on its head: "I guess you could say we 'salted' it" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Ontario High Shcool issues unfortunate diplomas. Don't worry, callidge will be better [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Denver high school where the boys and girls are kept separate is having a sexual harassment problem. Looks like they'll have to keep them separate from each other on the internet, as well. Yes, Denver, keep it all bottled up, that always works [C
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FMyLife » seththing says FML
Today, I locked my keys in my car. I had a spare key in my wallet, that I also left in the car. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man kills two people and himself at motorcycle club concert. Probably because he couldn't figure out what a motorcycle club concert was [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » A look at the painstaking restoration that went into one of the world's oldest libraries, a repository of Islamic tomes in Morocco [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Really connected dog tests positive for meth and heroin [Sick]
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Mental Floss » The Speedy History of Recreational Running
Before the 1960s, running for exercise could get you chased by the police. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman builds pyramid, mummifies husband, and buries him there. OK, maybe she didn't build it. And not exactly a pyramid. A shed [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » The horror: Seven-year-old girl rides on the back of a motorcycle. Mother arrested and sentenced to life in prison. Just kidding, she was just criticized a lot on the internet [Amusing]
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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 » It's all fun and games 'til you unearth a live WWI artillery shell in your garden [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Simpsonville, South Carolina arrests 54 people in what may be their largest prostitution bust ever dubbed "Operation Good Time" [Misc]
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Mental Floss » 16 Far Out Facts About '3rd Rock from the Sun'
The more-watched but older NBC comedy with a number and a rock in the title. [Link]
FMyLife » really says FML
Today, I realized my boyfriend's right hand gets more action in a week than I do in a month. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Kendall14159 says FML
Today, I was babysitting a 6 year-old and a 9 year-old. After they went to bed, I started working on a project for on my laptop that was due in 12 hours and fell asleep. I woke up to a dog licking my peanut buttered keyboard and the two kids sitting in the corner giggling. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chilean man decides to commit suicide by stripping naked and jumping into a lion's den at a zoo. Two lions proceed to maul him, but zoo officials shoot and kill the lions before they can finish the job [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "Puppy play" in which grown men dress up as dogs to romp about together is "definitely not about sex." You might want to check out the pics before rendering judgement though [Strange]
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Overheard In The Office » Have You Tried to Copper Feel?
Handyman: Can you see the pipe?
Owner of record store, with head in ceiling: Yeah, I think it's rusted though.
Handyman, under breath: Your mom's pipes are rusted through. Newark, Delaware [Link]
Weird Universe » Now you can lick your cat
The inventors of the Licki Brush say, "We have designed LICKI brush to bring you and your cat closer. By using LICKI with your cat on a regular basis, you'll develop a more intimate and bonded relationship, much like a mama cat bonds with her young."
As of May 22, on Kickstarter they're one-third of the way to successfully funding … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Grab your eyeliner & fishnets. It's World Goth Day [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » PhotoShop this paralympian [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Unplanned home demos [CSB]
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Mental Floss » CDC Report Confirms That Public Pools Are Gross
A recent report found health or safety violations in 80 percent of inspected facilities in five states. [Link]
Weird Universe » That Sly Old Gentleman from Featherbed Lane
Charming song about elderly neighborhood Peeping Tom. [Link]
FMyLife » hrs220 says FML
Today, I gave a presentation for my final on class. While I was giving the speech my shirt strap broke. I ended up flashing everyone including the teacher. At least I got an A. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Kaibel says FML
Today, I found out my parents have been slipping birth control pills into my morning orange juice since I was 13. FML [Link]
FMyLife » sastgamer says FML
Today, I asked about 30 students and 3 of my teachers to sign my yearbook. So far, only my math teacher agreed to write in it. He wrote, "You need to try harder next year." FML [Link]
FMyLife » proud parent says FML
Today, my two year old has learned new things from his best friend. His best friend is our dog. He's learned to eat dog food, lick people, and now he's started taking off his diaper to lift his leg and pee. FML [Link]
GraphJam » the perfect habitat according to spiders
Graph by: prettypandaprincess Tagged: girly scream , hygiene , Pie Chart , shower , spider Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » See Also: The Gods Are Sneezing
Graph by: Siouxperman Tagged: it just got worse , Pie Chart , precipitation , rain , snot , the water cycle , tut tut Share on Facebook
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Futility Closet » Followup
During World War I, cable censors would sometimes change a word here and there in a telegram, preserving the meaning but hoping to interfere with any enemy codes the messages might contain. ‘Father is dead,’ ran a cablegram from Sweden to New York which passed through the British censorship. For some inexplicable reason the censor didn’t like the word ‘dead.’ … [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch This Speedy History of Recreational Running
Before the 1960s, running for exercise could get you chased by the police. [Link]
FMyLife » xoxo_retailslave420_xoxo says FML
Today, a woman threw a sandwich at me, told me to go back to "fucktard island" and demanded to see my manager. All because the mayonnaise sandwich she ordered, shockingly enough, had mayonnaise in it. FML [Link]
FMyLife » chronic masticator says FML
Today, after I skipped dessert for the third day in a row, my mom cornered me and accused me of being anorexic. I'm actually not far off being clinically obese and I'm just trying to diet, but nothing I say will convince her. She wants me to see a psychiatrist about a disorder I don't even have. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 41 people killed, two dozen injured in India by mountain roads, gravity [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Keep Your Phone Powered Up With Emoji Chargers
Never suffer the horror of a dead battery again. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There won't be a Livingston Stapler Company Presents show tonight as our host is attending a Mavis Staples concert. For your listening enjoyment here is an archived show from July 14, 2012 [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 11 Rome-Sacking Facts About the Original Goths
Though “savages” and “barbarians” to the Romans, they were actually complex, intelligent, and misunderstood people. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » School kids asked "What will it be like when you are 40?" Seriously who wouldn't want to own a pet lion, drink beer and wear cardigans in France [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » U.S. drone strike mansplains a few things to Taliban chief Mullah Mansour [News]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I found out the cheerful tune I've been humming for the past few days is actually from a Nazi marching song. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I babysat a kid who was such a bratty little prick that I actually considered walking out on the job. After his mom finally got home 4 hours later, he called her a slut. When he got in trouble for it, he claimed that I taught him the word. Needless to say, I didn't get paid. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has fallen to its lowest level since it was first filled in the 1930s [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » This just in: Keeping tons of highly radioactive spent fuel rods in on-site pools just might be a little bit risky [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » I heard you like Photoshops, so I put a Photoshop in your Photoshop to Photoshop [Photoshop]
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