Whittle It a Little, It’ll Fit

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 » Bring these BBQ stats with you to your Fourth of July get-together and be King of the Cookout [Spiffy]

Saturday 2 July 23:45:21 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » A good read about bad sex from a "sex object"…who sadly knows a lot about bad sex [Interesting]

Saturday 2 July 22:35:31 UTC 2016

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FMyLife » sickofthisshit says FML

Saturday 2 July 22:34:03 UTC 2016

Today, I nearly got written up for "publicly humiliating" a coworker. All because I left a note in the restroom asking whoever keeps peeing all over the floor to please be considerate of other people. FML [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Saturday 2 July 22:34:02 UTC 2016

Today, my brother set me up on a blind date. I've been single for years and he said she was a perfect match for me, so I was excited. Turned out the fucker was playing a prank. The girl was my sister, who was just as surprised as I was. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Want to live near the beach in a pleasant island community and don't mind moving? New Zealand has just the town for you. And, they'll give you a job and a place to live and some land for only a couple a hundred grand… where'd everybody

Saturday 2 July 22:05:24 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Governor: Thanks Ben Franklin…and your lightning rod on this Fourth of July weekend for saving the Maryland State House [Spiffy]

Saturday 2 July 21:51:20 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » These game shows are getting out of hand [Scary]

Saturday 2 July 21:20:25 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Amaryllo iCamPRO FHD Home Security Camera. 360 degree field of view, day and night recording. CES award winner. Also Magic 8-ball imposter. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]

Saturday 2 July 21:14:50 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Woman in handcuffs escapes police, K-9s released, SUV rams cop car…just another Friday night in Ft. Lauderdale [Florida]

Saturday 2 July 21:03:09 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » If a "vampire" truck driver wearing false fangs asks you to climb into his big rig, the "Twilight Express," just say no [PSA]

Saturday 2 July 20:58:57 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Don't do drugs. Doing drugs can lead to an arrest. An arrest can lead to refusing a drug test. Refusing a drug test can lead to a warrant being issued. A warrant can lead to being strapped down to a bed and having a catheter shoved up your OUCH [

Saturday 2 July 20:35:27 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » A Brief History of ‘God Bless America’

Saturday 2 July 20:30:00 UTC 2016

World War II brought the song to light decades after it had been discarded. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » RIP Elie Wiesel [NewsFlash]

Saturday 2 July 20:21:43 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Some hikers are furious that Phoenix might close trails on 110-degree-plus days. "Every single day, I have the choice and the freedom as an adult to climb that mountain and look up and look amongst everybody and say, I'm here to live life&#34

Saturday 2 July 20:07:15 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this scene from a Tennessee courtroom [Photoshop]

Saturday 2 July 20:00:01 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Is the Statue Of Liberty a man? [Interesting]

Saturday 2 July 19:50:15 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Just when you thought holiday weekend traffic couldn't get worse, some jerk cuts you off with a plane [Scary]

Saturday 2 July 19:31:18 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Scientists warn "drunkorexia" trend is ruining otherwise healthy and normal college binge drinking [Unlikely]

Saturday 2 July 18:46:13 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » Infographic: 10 Times Science Fiction Predicted the Future of Transportation

Saturday 2 July 18:30:00 UTC 2016

From books to movies, sci-fi creators have a knack for knowing what's next. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Ramen noodles: serious business [Misc]

Saturday 2 July 17:16:28 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Tarzan the ass man arrested for mating call [Asinine]

Saturday 2 July 16:44:39 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Just in time for the holiday, hot dog flavored ice cream [Cool]

Saturday 2 July 16:34:41 UTC 2016

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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Saturday 2 July 16:33:49 UTC 2016

Today, after 3 days of interrupted sleep, I confronted my new neighbor about the noise his wife keeps making during their "private time". He then let me know the noise is actually from his daughter, who's mentally disabled and isn't taking the move well. FML [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Saturday 2 July 16:33:48 UTC 2016

Today, I found out the lump on my leg, which my doctor kept assuring me was a just sack of fat, is actually a cancerous tumor. FML [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Group of Millennial interns rally together in protest of their large employer's dress code. Which ends just about how every non-Millennial would expect [Fail]

Saturday 2 July 16:31:10 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » 6 Ways Humans Influence the Weather

Saturday 2 July 16:30:00 UTC 2016

Our everyday activities really are able to indirectly influence the weather in ways that go far beyond our addiction to greenhouse gases. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » There's something terribly wrong about drinking a martini that came from a can or sucking on a piece of sparkling wine candy [Strange]

Saturday 2 July 16:04:45 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Hannah Cohen, a young disabled woman whose mother describes as "partially deaf, blind in one eye, paralyzed and easily confused" treated to an Independence weekend celebration upon her arrival home in Memphis by the TSA [Sad]

Saturday 2 July 15:55:36 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » 16 Surprising Facts About 'Boyz N the Hood'

Saturday 2 July 15:38:19 UTC 2016

John Singleton's groundbreaking directorial debut was released 25 years ago. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Woman that proudly proclaimed herself "The Duck Whisperer" pulls a gun on a neighbor over a missing duck. I guess you could say… puts on sunglasses… she didn't have all her ducks in a row [Murica]

Saturday 2 July 15:24:11 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » The Amazon Deals You'll Want to See Today

Saturday 2 July 15:00:00 UTC 2016

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, July 2. Mental Floss has affiliate relationships with certain retailers and may receive a small percentage of any sale. But we only get commission on items you buy and don’t return, so we’re only happy if … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » You are your credit score. You will never escape it. You are a number, 592 [PSA]

Saturday 2 July 14:54:02 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, CRACK, SQUAWK [Hero]

Saturday 2 July 14:47:17 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » OK people, it's that time of year, so let's go over this once again. Please don't put fireworks in your butt [PSA]

Saturday 2 July 14:24:15 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Tesla's "autopilot" feature keeps you in your lane and your speed steady. It does not, however, get you out of the way of the onrushing 18-wheeler if you are too busy watching a movie on your portable DVD player [Followup]

Saturday 2 July 14:18:18 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » You know you have a bitter heart if you write your own obituary just so you can tell your relatives not to attend your funeral [Strange]

Saturday 2 July 13:46:21 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this balloon girl [Photoshop]

Saturday 2 July 13:00:01 UTC 2016

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Weird Universe » Mr Burger

Saturday 2 July 12:43:21 UTC 2016

Mr Burger, a Melbourne-based chain of hamburger restaurants, recently offered to give "free burgers for life" to anyone who would legally change their last name to "Burger." They specified that this meant seven burgers a week, for as long as the person maintained the name Burger. However, anyone whose last name already was Burger, was disqualified from getting the award. … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » String of unbriedled cheese thefts leave sharp Americans grated and bleu [Sad]

Saturday 2 July 12:31:22 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » You might be a pothead if you build a bong so complex and elaborate, the cops mistake it for a meth lab and call in a hazmat team [Stupid]

Saturday 2 July 12:23:18 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » A week after losing the George Lucas museum to California, Chicago's Friends of the Park group stands firm on their belief parking is more important than Star Wars, Indiana Jones, American Graffiti, and tourism [Followup]

Saturday 2 July 12:14:23 UTC 2016

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Weird Universe » Rock Hudson Sings Rod McKuen

Saturday 2 July 12:13:01 UTC 2016

Full playlist here. [Link]

Mental Floss » A Super-Thin Bookmark That Transforms Into a Reading Light

Saturday 2 July 12:00:00 UTC 2016

Keep your place in a book and read it in the dark with the same handy device. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Now you can have a cat that will always look like a little kitten even after it grows up. Difficulty: you will have to move to the desert to take pics to post on Caturday [Caturday]

Saturday 2 July 12:00:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Pat the Bunny is a twisted, dark tale [Creepy]

Saturday 2 July 11:13:41 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » Researchers Develop 3D-Printed Jaw for Cancer Survivor

Saturday 2 July 11:00:00 UTC 2016

After traditional methods failed, the team used digital technology to create the unique prosthesis. [Link]

FMyLife » SJDAOisdjlkSADlksda says FML

Saturday 2 July 10:46:41 UTC 2016

Today, I witnessed my sister use some ice cubes on her blistered toes, then quietly return them to the tray in the fridge. I've been putting ice from there into my drinks for weeks. FML [Link]

FMyLife » Anonymous says FML

Saturday 2 July 10:46:40 UTC 2016

Today, I saw my ex best friend and my cheating ex-girlfriend hanging out at the gym, where I work. They signed up here just to piss me off. It's working. FML [Link]

Mental Floss » 9-Year-Old Reporter Hilde Lysiak Lands 4-Book Deal

Saturday 2 July 10:00:00 UTC 2016

She has already founded a local newspaper, and now she's moving on to fiction. [Link]

Mental Floss » The Case of the Green-Eyed Squid

Saturday 2 July 8:00:00 UTC 2016

This squid has one giant, bulbous green eye…and one small blue one. What gives? [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Worms eat hair. Who knew? [Interesting]

Saturday 2 July 7:53:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Man invents the most manliest diaper bag you have ever seen. Made at a military armor facility. USA USA USA [Hero]

Saturday 2 July 6:08:00 UTC 2016

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Futility Closet » The Tipping Point

Saturday 2 July 6:03:13 UTC 2016

English meteorologist Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953) spent the last 25 years of his life trying to establish a mathematical theory of the causes of war. In the first of two books on this subject, Arms and Insecurity, he works out a model of arms races using differential equations and reaches the conclusion that $\frac{d\left ( U + V \right )}{dt}=\left ( k - \alpha \right )\left \{ U + V - \left [ U_{0} + V_{0} - \frac{g + h}{k - \alpha } \right ] \right \}$ where: U and V are the annual … [Link]

Mental Floss » The Ozone Layer Hole Over Antarctica Is Healing

Saturday 2 July 6:00:00 UTC 2016

Researchers in the Antarctic report that a tear in the ozone layer above the continent is showing signs of healing. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The Orangutan exhibit at Busch Gardens in Orlando is now interactive. Bring bananas [Scary]

Saturday 2 July 5:33:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Need some cool grilling ideas for your July 4th cookout? Try these 10, including grilled donuts with blueberry sauce. Make America proud [Spiffy]

Saturday 2 July 5:09:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Using a baseball bat to go to town on the back of a stranger's head is rarely OK. Sometimes, however, it is very, very OK [Hero]

Saturday 2 July 5:02:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Good morning children, hope you all are ready for the Holiday weekend. Oh and you 1st graders over there, you were born racist and should feel guilty benefiting from "white privilege". Snack? [Facepalm]

Saturday 2 July 0:28:20 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » The U.S. Cities With the Most Vibrant Nightlife

Saturday 2 July 0:27:41 UTC 2016

These are the best places for dancing the night away. [Link]

Mental Floss » 10 Can't-Miss Titles Coming to Netflix This Month

Saturday 2 July 0:27:40 UTC 2016

More reasons to avoid sunlight. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Homeowner discovers an underground railroad hidden beneath the floor of her family home. This IS a repeat from 1855 [Interesting]

Saturday 2 July 0:16:17 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this smug piper [Photoshop]

Saturday 2 July 0:00:01 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » SurgeFX Augments Reality in the Weather Channel's Studio

Saturday 2 July 0:00:00 UTC 2016

From virtually flooding the studio to zapping lightning strikes, the tech brings the elements indoors. [Link]

John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons