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 » Cops should give some thought to their "how you doin'" gestures in the current climate, it would seem [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Nothing is sacred at Google, who now wants to store sensors all over our bathrooms to help optimize our lives. Maybe next will the sensors will be in the bedroom, so we can know just how badly we're disappointing our significant others [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Boob sweat, and how to deal with it [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Come one, come all to Montana's annual bare-all Testicle Festival. If you miss this event, you're nuts [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Play Pokemon Go for college p.e. credit. Because the world's going to hell anyway, so why not? [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Drew Peterson will spend an extra forty years in prison for his plot to try and assassinate a prosecutor [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Snooty, world's oldest manatee in captivity, celebrates 68th birthday with party attended by 100s of kids, plans to wait to 70 to start Social Security [Florida]
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Weird Universe » Upgrade Madness
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Fark.com RSS » And now, for a little light humor, seven amazing facts about the penis [Weeners]
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FMyLife » Jacqueline H'ghar says FML
Today, I missed my bus to the doctor's office for my scheduled pap test. I was so desperate, I called my deadbeat mom to ask for a ride. She said "Virgins don't need pap tests", laughed, then hung up on me. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This was probably not on his bucket list [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Employees stop a thief at Walmart. Are they a) immediately fired B) praised and rewarded C) charged with manslaughter [Scary]
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Mental Floss » New Floating Hotel Lets You Experience Paris Like Never Before
The OFF Paris Seine hotel is part of a wider effort to reconnect the city with the waterway. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » All the Royal Navy's 45 destroyers are in port so the crews can enjoy the summer with their families. The same thing happens every Christmas: "They spend so much time away and this is about harmony time – getting the work-life balance right&#
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this action scene [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » How do you do, fellow kids? [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » BoboCracker says FML
Today, I have an ear infection. I was resting outside when my young neighbor flew his RC plane right into my ear. FML [Link]
FMyLife » SilverAuthor says FML
Today, I slipped money into my mother's purse after she refused to let me pay for lunch. She caught me in the act and thought I was stealing money from her instead. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When the confetti stopped fluttering, and the lights had turned on, and the crowd had left, and the hall fell quiet, one man at the Democratic National Convention was responsible for popping all the balloons [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » I had to think twice about submitting this, wondering if we've reached the point where "Anti-gay, family values Republican found to have video of himself in a sex act on his official computer" is not even Fark-worthy any more [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Note to undercover cops: If you tell someone you represent a terrorist group that will kill them if they bail on their plan to stage an attack you planned for them, it just might be entrapment [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » THC possession in Illinois now akin to a traffic offense [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Where's Waldo? [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » You're a rescuer who boards a disabled yacht off the Irish coast, with three Norwegian girls bound for the Caribbean aboard. Difficulty: not a Penthouse letter [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Hot air balloon crashes and catches fire in Texas, killing at least 16 [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Darwin’s Obsession With Barnacle Penises Makes a Lot of Sense Now
The crustaceans’ extraordinary genitals can get longer, thicker, change shape, and even fall off and regenerate in order to suit their environment. [Link]
Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #289
Erotic embrace of gasoline pump by 1920s woman indicates America's love affair with cars dates to earliest era.
Original ad here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Apparently T-Shirts are no longer considered proper attire at a theme park [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » This Weekend's Can't-Miss Amazon Deals
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 30. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The moral of this story is: Just because your neighbor is dead doesn't mean you can take his stuff [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Burping in school? Of course that requires police intervention. And of course the Court agrees with the school [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Boiled baby bottles bother breathers [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Tired of all the news coverage the Zika virus has been getting, West Nile decides to reemerge and make a new claim for the "EVERYBODY PANIC" crown. Difficulty: Doing it in South Dakota [Scary]
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FMyLife » Egtat216 says FML
Today, whilst tuning my guitar, one of the steel strings snapped and hit me in the face. Now I'm on my way to my first date with the girl of my dreams, and I'm wearing an eye patch and have a thick red line across my face. FML [Link]
FMyLife » NeitherHrotsvitNorErkembaldus says FML
Today, I learned that the hardest part of marrying a historian is choosing baby names. His top choices derive from two Roman magistrates, two abbesses, a tenth-century author, and an obscure Greek official. I already let him name our pug, for whom he chose the name "Tertullianus." FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » National Geographic filmmaker has chosen this photo as the most touching to him. So what's so special about this herd of elephants? It's all in the details [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this door stopper [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » The Saturday Morning Book Club is looking for some helpful advice. Specifically, what are the best self-help books one should read? [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » This Gorgeous “Leather” Bag is Actually Made from Pineapples
You already knew that pineapples tasted delicious, but did you know that they could make a great purse? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not to freak you out the next time you go for a walk alone in the forest, but trees do talk to each other and recognize their offspring [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » The second annual Clear the Shelters campaign, with over 40 local NBC and Telemundo TV stations teamed up with more than 680 animal shelters has been a rousing success. So far 47,127 animals now have a new home in which to celebrate Caturday [Caturda
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Fark.com RSS » What's a true craft brewer to do now that craft breweries are doing so well? CRY MOAR [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey, remember when the NRA supported gun control? [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Non-Spanish speaker sues school after not getting Spanish teaching position [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Penguin Books Debuted On This Date in 1935
The first colors were orange (general fiction), green (crime), and dark blue (biography). [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I woke up to my balls being sucked. Unfortunately, by a mosquito. I hate the summer. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Classic: How to Fix Anything
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GraphJam » ShamWow Absorbency
Graph by: macgeek800 Tagged: absorbency , as seen on tv , grease , infomercials , milk , money , Shamwow , Vince Offer , water , wine Share on Facebook
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I threw a party. My drunk boyfriend decided to bring my 50-inch flatscreen TV downstairs from our bedroom. The TV didn't make it. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » What's the 'Most Metal' Word?
Hint: It's not 'secretary.' [Link]
FMyLife » Toroka says FML
Today, I had to spend two hours in the car with my mother. That doesn't sound so bad until you realize she's the kind of person who can, and did, spend nearly half an hour ranting about how the Big Beautiful Woman porn niche is the root of obesity in America. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » Crime and Punishment
Image: Wikimedia Commons German playwright Ernst Toller was arrested for socialist activities in 1919. His 1937 collection of letters from prison, Look Through the Bars, includes this memory: Stadelheim 1919 Dear ——, We are a hundred men here in prison, separated from our wives for months. Every conversation between any two men always ends in the same way — women. The … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A tip from the Travelocity Gnome: When visiting India, ALWAYS make sure you have exact change [Scary]
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Mental Floss » T. Rex Chatbot Answers All of Your Pressing Dino Questions
Tina the T.rex can tell children all about her size, diet, and where she lived millions of years ago. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Come to Cheesecake Factory and we'll put a spring in your step – also your salad [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Many have speculated on how global warming will kill us all. I don't recall any of them mentioning Siberian reindeer anthrax, though [Scary]
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Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: Russians Resume Brusilov Offensive
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 245th installment in the series. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You're probably holding your glass of wine all wrong. Wait … "glass?" [Interesting]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was playing a game with my family where we had to say the name of an actor/actress that started with a certain letter. When I said mine, my dad grounded me because he knew it was a pornstar. Now my mom is mad at my dad for watching porn too. FML [Link]
FMyLife » icefly says FML
Today, I've owned my dream car for 11 days. Someone backed into it while it parked at work, and drove away without leaving a note. A man at a nearby business knows who did it but won't tell me because it was one of his customers. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How Jackie the cow got pregnant no one knows because the nearest bull lives two-and-half miles away which seems like a long way to traipse for a quickie [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » The average full-time college student spends 2.76 hours per day on education-related activity (leaving only 21.24 hours for Pokémon Go) [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Scared about the Zika virus, or Ebola? Relax, THIS is the deadliest disease in human history [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Show
In the Chinese court, it was customary to use snuff bottles, small corked containers that kept the pricey contents fresh and flavorful. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Combination of too many Nickelback songs and middle-aged disc jockey hemorrhoid crumbs causes radio station van to spontaneously combust [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these bottles of juice [Photoshop]
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