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 » Pokémon Go: Girlfriend informer edition. "She saw that I had caught a Pokémon while at my ex's house" [Amusing]
[link] [61 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » dumped and dusted says FML
Today, 3 weeks after my girlfriend told me she was pregnant, she admitted it was a lie. Turned out it was just a test to see if I'd break up with her or not. I didn't, but I did just break the bank buying all the things we'd need for an actual kid. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, thanks to puberty, I have an acne rash around my mouth. Rumors are already flying around school saying I have herpes. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » This Organization Is Building a Bike Path Across the Entire East Coast
One day in the not-too-distant future, you’ll be able to bike along a single path from Maine to Florida. [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Samuel L. Jackson's Guide to 'Game of Thrones'
To help newcomers to the popular fantasy show, HBO has enlisted the help of Samuel L. Jackson to give a mostly spoiler-free overview of the first five seasons of the series. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Problem: New Jersey's pistol permit process is so onerous suicidal people can't buy guns to kill themselves with. Solution: Rent a gun at local range and kill yourself there. Fark: Second gun rental suicide at same range in last two months [S
[link] [188 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Five times the U.S. was even more divided over race [Interesting]
[link] [69 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Do Animals Have Whiskers?
From cats and dogs to rats and seals, animals use whiskers to help them find their way and follow their prey. [Link]
Mental Floss » The FBI Officially Closes the D.B. Cooper Case
The infamous skyjacker is no longer wanted, dead or alive. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Russia develops hypersonic nuclear space bomber that can reach any part of the world in one or two hours [Cool]
[link] [123 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In what Knoxville Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran called "a first in our books," a woman attempted to cook a brisket over an open flame in her bathtub [Murica]
[link] [56 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Google Chrome's Hidden Dinosaur Game Lets You Play Offline
Losing an internet connection doesn't mean you can't still have fun. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not everything the NC legislature does is bad. For example, wild hogs can now be shot from helicopters [Spiffy]
[link] [124 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Your Favorite Beer May Soon Be Getting a Nutrition Label
Enjoy your heavy beers in ignorance while you can. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cop: Sir, what's this meeting about? Superior: Well, we've been looking at your stops. Only two blacks? Cop: I stop everyone. Superior: Then, you've got something to work on. Cop: Oops, is that a voice recorder in my pocket? [Hero]
[link] [169 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This just in, in case you haven't noticed: "The media is obsessed with Pokemon Go" [Obvious]
[link] [65 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Vincent Van Gogh May Have Cut off His Entire Ear
A drawing of the famously mangled organ surfaced in an American archive. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nottinghamshire police to count wolf-whistling in street as a hate crime. Tex Avery and his gang move to Sherwood Forest [Interesting]
[link] [94 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Juno Captures Its First Image of Jupiter From Orbit
This is the first of many images that will come from the spacecraft. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Have you ever been so mad that you detach your own arm and beat people with it? [Strange]
[link] [40 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Don Cherry rips the Tenors' rendition of O Canada, calls them "left wing weirdos". Close enough, Don [Followup]
[link] [52 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Spouse of the UK Prime Minister, Philip "100% Peckham hipster" May, undergoes traditional wardrobe inspection and comes up grolive [Amusing]
[link] [36 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Times Very Different Animals Evolved Very Similar Traits
It's called convergent evolution. When you have a good idea, you stick with it. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Arson plan found to be half-baked after police find DNA on tailpipe potato [Amusing]
[link] [26 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New York man arrested after firefighters found a dead cat cooking in his oven. Charges to depend on what the cat was cooking [Sick]
[link] [66 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop the broken Hood Canal Bridge [Photoshop]
[link] [32 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Incredible Deluge Floods Minnesota and Wisconsin
Communities north of Minneapolis, Minnesota, measured double-digit rain totals in just over a day’s time. [Link]
Mental Floss » Sheep Fitted With Cameras Are Mapping the Faroe Islands
Google Street View hasn't arrived in the remote islands yet, so residents will have to settle for "Sheep View 360." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You know you can just get a divorce, right? [Asinine]
[link] [88 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Does the Way You Cut a Vegetable Change Its Flavor?
Chopping, slicing, and dicing can have different results. [Link]
Futility Closet » Reminder
This site is supported entirely by its readers. If you value Futility Closet, please consider making a contribution to keep us going. You can get bonus posts and other rewards by pledging a monthly donation on Patreon — you choose the amount to contribute, and you can change or cancel it at any time. You can also make a one-time … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Rare tag trifecta. Asinine: Restaurant diners don't want to sit next to cops. Cool: Cops pay their bill. Facepalm: That things have come to this [Murica]
[link] [236 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Infographic: 27 Travel Hacks for a Stress-Free Trip
You know that sitting next to the airplane bathroom is no fun. But did you know that booking two one-way tickets instead of a round-trip flight can save you money? [Link]
Mental Floss » Silly Little Arms Evolved at Least Twice in Dinosaurs
Scientists say Tyrannosaurus rex and the newly discovered species Gualicho shinyae developed their absurd forelimbs independent of one another. [Link]
Mental Floss » 4 Planets in Our Solar System You've Probably Never Heard Of
On Monday June 11, astronomers announced the discovery of a new dwarf planet beyond the orbit of Neptune. Here are four others we already know about. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And in today's Pokemon Go coverage: "Help me, I'm locked in the farking graveyard" [Fail]
[link] [64 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Beer to get nutritional labels. "Contains: Beer" is good enough for subby [Obvious]
[link] [57 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This handsome couple found a new use for unused Pringles cans (with a "Pringles can goes where?" mugshot) [Stupid]
[link] [35 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Check Out the Great Deals Amazon is Running Today
Prime Day 2016 may have come and gone, but Amazon didn't run out of bargains just because the clock struck midnight. Whether you struck out on a Prime Day Lightning Deal or still have a few items on your shopping list, the site is still offering users plenty of ways to save money. Here’s what caught our eye today, July … [Link]
Mental Floss » Italian Students Create Vending Machine That Turns Trash Into Phone Cases
MyProGeneration turns plastic bottles into materials for a 3D printer. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Next time I run, I'm going to run faster, says American gored by bull in Pamplona who describes it as "best fun ever" [Dumbass]
[link] [56 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hard to say which is more remarkable: The fact that Trump campaign has yet to run a single TV ad, or that almost half of voters surveyed say they think they have seen one of his ads anyway [Strange]
[link] [144 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police say they are "pretty confident this would exceed personal use" [Dumbass]
[link] [79 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Online Tool Shows Apartment Rentals Near Public Transportation
Never be more than 15 minutes away from the subway. [Link]
Mental Floss » Name the One Syllable Words That Rhyme With 'And'
Take the quiz! [Link]
Mental Floss » The Hot Seats: 5 Famous Senate Desks
The historic moments that happened at these desks—and the Senate VIPs who sat behind them—mean that some have taken on lives of their own. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Lean Six Sigma Green and Black Belt Training & Certification courses. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
[link] [36 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » How Much Energy Could the Tour de France Generate?
The numbers might surprise you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There's nothing as relaxing as strolling down the beach barefoot with your toes in the sand and AAAAAH GET THIS DEVIL FISH OFF MY FOOT [Scary]
[link] [50 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not sure if you're about to commit a war crime? There's an app for that [Interesting]
[link] [80 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Futuristic Yacht Concept Would Appear to Hover at High Speeds
The out-of-this-world design would make travel more efficient. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Fluff
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » The first birth in one hospital's history comes back to have her own first child. A non story, until you find out it was Subby's first grade teacher's daughter [Sappy]
[link] [57 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » DrumrollPlease says FML
Today, my phone autocorrected "with chills" to "with child" in the middle of a message, and I didn't notice until I was contacted several hours later by a panicking friend. My gastric flu is now rumoured to have been morning sickness, all because I can't proofread. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » So a small town mayor walks into a courtroom [Awkward]
[link] [32 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Former Playboy bunny facing jail time for luring a Bosnian crime lord into a trap [Followup]
[link] [40 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » See Another Side of the Highlands With Scotland’s First Snorkeling Trail
The waters off the trail’s nine stops boast corals, cuttlefish, jellies, urchins, and sea stars. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What can you do when Pokémon Go decides your house is a gym? Well, aside from turning your house into a recreation of "Home Alone," that is [Stupid]
[link] [184 comments] [Link]
Overheard In The Office » …We Are Quite Conservatory.
Very country legal assistant to hearing office rep: Well… That Irene Davis and I have been commuting.
Hearing office rep: What?
Very country legal assistant: Commuting… Ya know, talking. Law Firm
Lower Alabama Overheard by: How embarassing for the rest of us [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Georgia police raided a retired Atlanta man's okra garden, noting that the okra has "quite a number of characteristics that were similar to a cannabis plant" [Facepalm]
[link] [22 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Court denies Brady's appeal. Rest of the league pumped up, except Cleveland who knows what it's like to not have a QB [Followup]
[link] [192 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When fleeing from cops, the trick is usually to make it harder for them to catch you. Usually [Facepalm]
[link] [16 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » With the release of the Fark Fiction Anthology and the first Fark Book Fair this Saturday, you may not find the time to write, but we did it anyway. It must be a day beginning in "Wed". Come on in and spin a yarn. THIS is your Fark Writer'
[link] [51 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The IKEA monkey just appeared on a dog's butt and of course some creeper had to take a picture [Amusing]
[link] [33 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In 2000, George W. Bush was the presidential candidate people would most want to have a beer with. Looks like he's the most fun to go to funerals with too [Awkward]
[link] [200 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop some action into this otherwise boring back yard [Photoshop]
[link] [30 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chinese foreign minister expresses concern about money in politics [Followup]
[link] [20 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The (Real) Ghost-Hunting History of the Aykroyds
The Aykroyd family tree includes several generations of paranormal investigators. [Link]
Weird Universe » Corn with odd number of rows
Hood County News-Tablet – Mar 17, 1966
Ears of corn almost always have an even number of rows. Foodreference.com explains the science:
Row number is always an even number because corn spikelets are borne in pairs, and each spikelet produces two florets: one fertile and one sterile. Stress at a particular stage in development could theoretically produce an ear with an … [Link]
Mental Floss » 13 Sweet Facts About Cherries
From Roman orchards to modern-day supermarkets, the humble cherry has enjoyed a long and fruitful history. Here are a few facts worth snacking on. [Link]
Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #288
This was not a model of car that had nine lives. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Best Movie Theaters, According to Filmmakers
Academy Originals asked a group of actors, directors, producers, and other industry professionals to share their favorite movie theaters. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Google Sheep View [Amusing]
[link] [22 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » grosstoenail says FML
Today, while I selling merch at a festival, a volunteer lost her toenail. Not only did she immediately show me, but she then took a picture and showed everyone coming up to my station. I lost sales because she wouldn't leave. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Draw Electrical Circuits With This Pen's Special Ink
Watch as this unassuming pen makes conductive paths and connects batteries to tiny LEDs. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It was only a matter of time before somebody tried to give Albert Einstein credit for creating Pokemon GO [Unlikely]
[link] [29 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Fluff & Stuff
[Link]
Mental Floss » Celebrate Your Birthplace With One of These State-Shaped Mirrors
You can love Kentucky in your heart, and hang it on your wall. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Turns out that you probably do have an alt in real life, not just on Fark [Creepy]
[link] [134 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Breastfeeding employee looking for a private room at her place of work where she can express her milk is told to use the store's computer server room. Fark: Woman finds out a few days later that the room has a surveillance camera [Awkward]
[link] [158 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » jelrid says FML
Today, my worst fears were realized as an insect pinged off the back of my mouth while I was singing along to the radio on my motorcycle. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, while working at my new job at a surgery center, I noticed how odd it was that the room began to smell like fried chicken. I thought it smelt pretty good, until I learned it was actually the smell of someone getting their ear cauterized. I enjoyed the smell of someone's burning ear flesh. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Foot In Mouth says FML
Today, while meeting a new client, their assistant said I looked familiar. Before my brain could stop me, I blurted out, "I do porn." FML [Link]
FMyLife » TheFriskyBadger says FML
Today, a customer complained that her salad had "too much lettuce." Her bowl was less than half-filled with lettuce and the rest was cheese. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: “Love Make the World Go Round”
Enjoy your day with these fascinating links! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » George Takei visited the Heart Mountain Japanese Internment Camp. No jokes, just a damn interesting read [Interesting]
[link] [47 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » married to a bipedal husky says FML
Today, I found out that my wife sheds worse than a husky when she showers. I've had to clean the drain before I shower or it floods the bathroom floorrrrr. FML [Link]
FMyLife » wellthen says FML
Today, I was at a rodeo warming up while my mom unnecessarily bragged about my training skills to a client. My horse then threw me into a gate at a full gallop, in front of everyone. That was the first time he'd ever misbehaved. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Rub On It Before You Eat It
Graph by: smithy998 Tagged: best of week , Cats , flow chart , food , ideology , object Share on Facebook
[Link]
GraphJam » 80's Kids Will Get This
Submitted by: (via Wrong Hands 1) Tagged: Songs , my sharona , graphs , web comics , 1980s Share on Facebook
[Link]
GraphJam »
Graph by: EmzHello Tagged: cycle , dinner , flow chart , infinity , mom , seinfeld , siblings , THESE PRETZELS Share on Facebook
[Link]
GraphJam » After Tonight, What Will I Do With My Tuesday Nights?!
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: glee , schuester , Statistics , Video Share on Facebook
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » Turns out Subarus are popular with bears, too [Amusing]
[link] [53 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » TooGulible says FML
Today, I was at work at an ice cream shop when a hot guy came in and started chatting me up. I got him his ice cream and as I handed it to him, he mentioned that I was cute and walked away. Then I realised he hadn't paid for the ice cream, and I didn't even get a date … [Link]
Mental Floss » 'Weird Al' Yankovic's 'My Little Pony' Character Is Now an Action Figure
Say hello to mini Cheese Sandwich. [Link]
Futility Closet » Hat Check
A puzzle from MIT Technology Review, July/August 2008: Each of three logicians, A, B, and C, wears a hat that displays a positive integer. The number on one of the hats is the sum of the numbers on the other two. They make the following statements: A: “I don’t know my number.” B: “My number is 15.” What numbers appear … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Those of you too young to have experienced the worry of Skylab landing on your head: Good news [Scary]
[link] [109 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » At last, the solution to Maverick's flybys [Interesting]
[link] [40 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Rare Movie Footage of Early 20th Century Artists
In 1915, Renoir, Degas, and more appeared on film created with the then-new-fangled technology of motion pictures. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What's next for NYC's Rikers Island prison if they're considering arming "elite officers" with tasers and training them with private military contractors, sharks with laser beams surrounding the joint? [Interesting]
[link] [26 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not news: Hackers got into some databases. News: Oklahoma state police database among those hacked. Fark: A reporter is yelled at for warning them [Facepalm]
[link] [37 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nine-year-old girl sets Maryland record after catching fish larger than herself [Cool]
[link] [38 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Simple Changes to Make Over Your Bedroom This Weekend
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » St. Anthony Police Department is fielding irate calls, emails, and Facebook posts about the Castile shooting. Difficulty: St. Anthony, Idaho PD, not St. Anthony, Minnesota PD [Facepalm]
[link] [29 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Article on on all the strange places Pokemon Go gyms can be found including White House, Pentagon, your mom's bedroom and that windowless white van over there [Strange]
[link] [84 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Brooklyn Park Launches Experimental Dog Poop Composting Program
The park will attempt to transform canine poop into flower fertilizer. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Greenland's melting ice sheets are going to wreak havoc on the region and mean doom for the locals and…. wait, you mean tourists are willing to pay big bucks to see the new landscape? Bring on global warming [Cool]
[link] [24 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » Sarcasmo says FML
Today, I'm so broke that I had to get a refund for my unopened hummus, just so I'd be able to afford the bus fare to get to work tomorrow. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Now Google Street View will actually be useful for time travel. Finally [Spiffy]
[link] [12 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Meet George Murphy, the Tap-Dancing Senator
Long before Arnold Schwarzenegger made the transition from acting to politics, and even before Ronald Reagan went from Gipper to governor, George Murphy paved the way with his tap shoes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When faced with trespassing cats do you a) move b) get a guard dog or c) create a motion sensing, deep learning, cat-deterring sprinkler system [Spiffy]
[link] [56 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Setting your Tesla autopilot to speed on a winding shoulderless road through a canyon might be the best way to test it out [Fail]
[link] [95 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Thumb-Sucking and Nail-Biting May Decrease Allergy Risk
Kids who did both had an even lower risk of developing common allergies. [Link]
FMyLife » Victoria says FML
Today, my mother still refuses to acknowledge my son as her grandson, all because I had a C-section, which she says is unnatural and against God's will. I only had the C-section in the first place for health reasons. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nursing home hosts internet dating service, happy hours, lemon parties [Giggity]
[link] [26 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 14 Things We Learned From Werner Herzog's Reddit AMA
He's a fan of cat videos. He's not big on biopics. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Want to go on a day trip but can't find a sitter for the 5-year-old? Well it's not really a problem if you have an empty cupboard and some tape [Dumbass]
[link] [25 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Monkeys have been smashing their nuts with tools for 700 years, according to an extremely lengthy and strange study by some really old scientists [Spiffy]
[link] [19 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » A Retired Engineer Built a Backyard Disneyland for His Grandkids
Meet the World's Best Grandpa. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » High school rowing coach arrested for gathering stroke material from his crew [Creepy]
[link] [40 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A Chihuahua is crazy enough without meth [Florida]
[link] [36 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sure cancer sucks ….but that doesn't mean you can't have fun with it [Spiffy]
[link] [31 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch This Weather Reporter Deliver a Forecast Full of 'Ghostbusters’ Puns
Sian Welby ain’t afraid of no puns. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And in the latest news that will surely doom us all, the world's clouds are shifting toward the poles and getting taller [Interesting]
[link] [74 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Top 35 Companies for Working Remotely Part-Time
Looking to work from home? Here's a good place to start. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Gingers: the silent killers [Scary]
[link] [96 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman wearing only a bra arrested after flipping boyfriend's truck for breaking up with her. Sounds like he made the right decision [Florida]
[link] [74 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Polygamist leader gives the FBI the slip by using old holy olive oil trick [Awkward]
[link] [74 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this angry bird [Photoshop]
[link] [14 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Historic National Conventions That Will Make This Year’s Look Tame
History tells us that contested nominations, calling names, and throwing punches are just par for the course. [Link]
Archive
19 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2024 17 Apr 2024 16 Apr 2024 15 Apr 2024 14 Apr 2024 13 Apr 2024 12 Apr 2024 11 Apr 2024 10 Apr 2024 09 Apr 2024 08 Apr 2024 07 Apr 2024 06 Apr 2024 05 Apr 2024 04 Apr 2024 03 Apr 2024 02 Apr 2024 01 Apr 2024 31 Mar 2024 30 Mar 2024 29 Mar 2024 28 Mar 2024 27 Mar 2024 26 Mar 2024 25 Mar 2024 24 Mar 2024 23 Mar 2024 22 Mar 2024 21 Mar 2024 20 Mar 2024 19 Mar 2024
0 responses so far ↓
There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below.
You must log in to post a comment.