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 » slim_breezy says FML
Today, I had to rush my son to the ER after he ate a poisonous plant. He said the plant looked like one in Skyrim and he thought he'd get super powers from eating it. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my car broke down. The good news is I can afford to have it fixed. The bad news is paying for the fix will wipe out my savings, which I need to get certified for a non-minimum-wage job. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man holds up bank to get three hots and a cot. Police do not oblige. Bonus: He did the same thing last year with the same result [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » No shirt, no shoes, no marriage license [Weird]
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Mental Floss » 15 Chest-Bursting Facts About ‘Alien’
Ridley Scott’s horror sci-fi masterpiece was perhaps the first movie to reveal the true terrors of space, where no one can hear you scream. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » University of Alberta belatedly cancels spoon-bending workshop after ridicule online, says they only listed it to be polite to Edmonton energy healer who assured them bending spoons with your mind was medically proven [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Everything you wanted to know about sunscreen but were afraid to ask [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Here is how to make pizza on a stick over a campfire. What are some of your favorite campfire recipes? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Little girl turns up to dance class's Princess Day dressed as a hotdog, immediately crowned the wiener [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Beaver woman finds snake on her SUV. Not a euphemism [Strange]
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FMyLife » RingofFire says FML
Today, I was standing on the patio when one of my upstairs neighbors threw a cigarette butt over the balcony. It landed on my head and burned some of my hair. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Reeen says FML
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me via text, right after I finished cleaning his apartment and dropping off a bunch of booze I bought for a big party we were having. It turns out that big party was his "newly single" party. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Fish Breath says FML
Today, as part of my job at a pet store, I helped our frat house president pick out goldfish for the new aquarium the big brothers are installing over summer break. And, once I'm initiated, I'll get to swallow one of the fish. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Your mother sews socks that smell" [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this old beach scene [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The FBI is Developing Tattoo Recognition Technology
The research is being challenged as a violation of free speech and privacy. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 'No duh' study of the week finds: Lego toys are getting more weaponized [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Since there are no missing planes to report on, CNN decides to remind everyone that Chicago is a violent cesspool and you'll be killed if you set foot in the city. Also, the Cubs suck [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman buys a lobster and then returns it …. 2,000 miles away to set it free [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Student livestreams a movie via Facebook. Hilarity ensues [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Sorry, cemetery is closed. Corpse out front should have told you [Weird]
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Mental Floss » Burger King Made a Whopper-Scented Air Freshener
What a time to be alive. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » We've all seen so-called 'amazing' footage of UFOs, but a new video blows them all out the water [Weird]
[link] [87 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pancakes should never ever be the main course for breakfast, always just a side dish …also should never be worn on your head [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: AtmosRX Vaporizer. Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Mental Floss » Dogs May Have Been Domesticated Twice, New Study Argues
A new analysis brings together contradictory theories of dog evolution. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "I have spoken to one man who wants to be buried in a mushroom suit he found in California" [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Bad guy with gun was stopped by good guy closing a door [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Here are 14 strange facts to consider while celebrating National Cheese Day [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » If you use so much power that you blow out the transformer supplying your house twice, don't be surprised when the police raid your house and take all 1654 marijuana plants, just saying [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » "We have teachers who use their classroom like a single's bar where they can pick up anybody they want to." Can we please get a Texas tag? [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » So, I have a blanket on the couch where the dog sleeps. I know, I'm a big softee. But this morning, the dog was laying on the floor and my Roomba was on the couch on the blanket. What exactly is going on here? [PSA]
[link] [66 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The National Weather Service 2016 Hurricane Season Forecast Is Here
If you live near the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, this isn't the best year to let your guard down while you enjoy the warm weather. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » On the 48th anniversary of Andy Warhol's attempted assassination, visitor to San Fran's MOMA Museum trips and damages $82,000,000 "Triple Elvis" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » On its way out: El Niño. On its way in: La Niña [Followup]
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Mental Floss » The Best Amazon Deals We Could Find Today, June 4
As a recurring feature, our team combs the Web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, June 4. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Louisiana's long statewide nightmare is over as Yuengling beer will finally be available later this year [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Going on a vodak drinking binge & assaulting a police officer is no way to go through life…..vicar [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Weimaraner and its Dachshund pals become hits on Instagram because DAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Dozens injured from lightning strikes at German rock festival. This is not a repeat from last year when the same thing happened at the same event [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman goes to great lengths to save her son's "sick" teddy bear by swapping it out for a new one. Too bad the kid will figure it out if he has internet access [Sappy]
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Mental Floss » 15 Inspiring Celebrity Commencement Speeches
“Don’t settle,” Steve Jobs told Stanford's Class of 2005. [Link]
FMyLife » Revelyn says FML
Today, I went to get my first acupuncture. The doctor was a cute Korean woman, so I tried to start a conversation. When she pricked me with a needle near the tailbone, I involuntarily let one loose and saw her gag. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Arachnaphobe says FML
Today, a large spider climbed inside my lunchbox while my mom was making me sandwiches. She didn't tell me about it until after I got home from school, though, and only because I mentioned a strange aftertaste in the sandwiches. She said she didn't want me to worry over lunch because she knows I hate spiders. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Americans love their National Parks. Except when it comes to proposing the creation of a new one. Then they hate the idea [Murica]
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Overheard In The Office » And What’s This Clause about Dingleberries?
Two managers are determining whether palm tree maintenance is covered in a landscape maintenance contract. Property manager: It says ‘pruning as needed,’ but that says ‘shaving of the pineapple.’ It can’t be the same thing. 11150 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this slider [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » What's the one book that has most influenced your life? The Saturday Morning Book Club is getting all inspirational this week [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The Army, fearing its soldiers rely too much on contractors, puts soldiering back into its training program. "It was a lot harder than I thought to dig your own foxhole" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Because Penn Live is running out of stories to report on, they are now looking for the owner of a car that's stranded on the roof of a Harrisburg tire shop since May 5th [PSA]
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Mental Floss » This Laundry-Folder is the Machine You Didn’t Know You Needed
The FoldiMate can fold, steam, soften, and stack your laundry in just a few steps. [Link]
Weird Universe » Joel Slater, the Stateless Man
It's pretty common to hear people say that they're so disgusted with American politics that they're going to move to Canada and renounce their U.S. citizenship… especially if candidate X or Y wins the election. But people almost never follow through with this threat/promise.
But Joel Slater did. Back in the Reagan era (1987), he became so angry at U.S. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A cat in Brooklyn was unceremoniously left alone on a busy street, with his litter box, pillow and other cat supplies. He was crying. The entire neighborhood then joined together and took to the streets to rescue him in time for Caturday [Caturday]
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Weird Universe » Dean Jones, Singer
Like Shatner, Nimoy and other actors, well-known Disney star Dean Jones fancied himself a singer as well. The opening bellow of this first track reminds me faintly of Jim Morrison.
What do you all think of his talents in this arena?
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Fark.com RSS » "I was watching tv and all of a sudden – boom I mean you know and one of my deals came falling down off the wall," said Paulyn West [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 5 Challenges Scientists Working on Mars Will Face
Astrobiologist Cyprien Verseux is one of six researchers living in a Mars simulation colony for a year. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Who hasn't thought, "The only way they could improve chocolate would be to add beef to it." Yeah, I thought so [Sick]
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GraphJam »
Graph by: TSAagent Tagged: arrested development , groping , jail , Line Graph , no touching , security , strip club , TSA Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Don't Forget a Hearty Dash of Morals
Graph by: kissmeimmapedo Tagged: creative process , flow chart , stephenie meyer , twilight Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » Visit the Northernmost Town on Earth (in 4K Video)
800 miles from the North Pole, two thousand people live in frozen solitude. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Rich Manhattanite problems are when you feel the need to buy a second 'staycation' apartment in Manhattan for 'a change of scenery' [Interesting]
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FMyLife » larsn says FML
Today, I regret calling my hardass boss a cocksucking bastard when I quit a few months back. My new job just laid me off, and I could desperately use a good reference from the aforementioned cocksucking bastard. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, the police finally recovered my stolen car. All it took was a shootout and two people dying. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Bogrbon says FML
Today, I went in for a root canal. After a heavy dose of anesthetic, my tooth still wasn't numb, which I only realized when they started drilling. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Listen to a 1906 Recording of a Phonograph Advertising Itself
“The more you become acquainted with me, the better you will like me.” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're going to install a 15' long swing set in your yard, against town ordinance, by submitting for a variance by calling it a wisteria arbor, don't go crying when things don't go the way you planned [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Vulture Picnic
For her 2009 work In Ictu Oculi (“In the Twinkling of an Eye”), artist Greta Alfaro spread a table outside the Spanish village of Fitero and filmed a feast among 40 vultures. “It was not easy to get them to jump on the table,” she told the Translocal Institute for Contemporary Art. “I had to wait for one week, setting … [Link]
Mental Floss » Salt Plum and Pickled Radish-Flavored Sodas Are For Sale Now in Japan
Another Japanese-based product to add to your wish list. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Rest In Power [NewsFlash]
[link] [548 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's internet excitement is brought to you by a stick that was checked in to the airport and was waiting for pickup (with 'yep, it's a stick' picture) [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Penis-measuring competition falls under the axe [Weeners]
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Fark.com RSS » As Leon keeps getting larger, his chances for Prostate Cancer increase [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Dog walks into a tavern and starts telling the bartender bad jokes [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Million-dollar idea here: Uber, but for cops in the middle of a foot chase with a suspect [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Well it's floodin' down in Texas, all the soldiers are being drowned. Well it's floodin' down in Texas and subby is still stuck in Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport like a clown [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » World's loneliest dog to take time off waiting for Fry to star in a Michael Bay movie [Interesting]
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FMyLife » RoseRodent says FML
Today, I dropped my daughter off at a concert where she was performing and went to look for parking. I got caught in freak traffic and it took me an hour to get back there. I missed her act. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Joshua says FML
Today, the woman I have been seeing said she couldn't see a future with me. This was all because I didn't text her back when I fell asleep after working a double night/morning shift. FML [Link]
FMyLife » jeffcarp says FML
Today, I went to a professional development meeting with my boss to discuss how I'm doing and what we want from each other next year. I left without a job. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chicago's cop union call city's release of shooting and excessive force videos "irresponsible." That's the joke [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Unicode 9 will feature 72 new Emoji, with symbols such as bacon, whisky tumbler, shrug, facepalm, and potato. There you have it folks, every Fark thread reduced to emojis [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » This Jurassic Park reenactment brought to you by Australia [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Parisians evacuating as flooding is causing the city to go in Seine [Scary]
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Mental Floss » These Are The Latest Food Trends, According to Google
Get your Instagram ready: turmeric is in and quinoa is out. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Getting popped for DUI is embarrassing. Getting popped for DUI at 14 years old is newsworthy. Getting popped for DUI at 14 years old with your much drunker dad in the passenger seat is FARK-Worthy [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Married couples are now safe from catching the Zika virus [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey, octopus selfie [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Area man writes own obituary, including this advice: "…do your best, follow your heart, and never settle for cheap beer" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » HA HA Quaker bars may kill you [Scary]
[link] [522 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » New Rule Bans Most African Elephant Ivory Trade in America
Musical instruments, furniture, and gun parts are among the only exceptions. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » North Korea savagely punishes rebellious launch pad [Amusing]
[link] [35 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these garden partiers [Photoshop]
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