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 » Here's a look at the plane-spotter culture, those people who spend all their free time outside airport fences with cameras: "It's a bit like a drug. I keep telling myself I'm not going to do this, but then I find myself back here"
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Fark.com RSS » Once again the Vikings are descending onto Canada [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Sometimes a good deed goes unpunished [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » If you go to a restaurant and the menu has pictures of their drinks on it, that just means they want you to hurry up and order [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Unexpected freebies that come with a purchase are one thing, but bags filled with meth stashed in a video game case, well, that's a case for law enforcement [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this familiar looking minfig [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » How Beards Can (Partly) Tell the History of Civilization
Hair can be a lot more than a fashion statement. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A paean to Florida man [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » ♫ I'll tumble for ya, I'll tumble for ya / I'll tumble for ya, I'll tumble for you / I'll tumble for ya, I'll tumble for ya / I'll tumble for ya, I'll tumble … ♫ [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested for wearing Disney princess outfits and harassing women by throwing bras and panties on their driveways. This was not his first time. However, it was his first time as Mulan. Usually he likes to creep women out as Ariel [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » According to the 1878 Farmers' Almanac, the best way to get a baby to stay quiet for hours is to smear its fingers with thick molasses and then put half a dozen feathers in its hands [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Four year-old kid plays dress-up and then things get out of hand [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » After 27 years, Jacob Wetterling's killer led authorities to his remains. RIP Jacob [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » There's small, medium, OMG, and now "in your dreams, buddy" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » When your wanted poster is so good you must use it as your Facebook profile picture [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » 10 Things You Might Not Know About Chili’s Grill
Who else would you celebrate National Baby Back Ribs Day with? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » How to avoid sharks. Surprisingly missing from the list: Stay out of the ocean [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » What Is the 'Cone of Uncertainty'?
Predicting the future inherently involves some level of uncertainty, and some situations are more uncertain than others. Hurricanes are no different. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » London's wealthiest are being priced out of London [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Man carries copy of his "young-looking" 32-year-old girlfriend's ID to prove he's not a pedophile [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » This Weekend's Top Amazon Deals You Need to See
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, September 3. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're a cop, can you at least wait until you're off-duty before you have sex with a prostitute, even if your name is Officer Dick [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Note to pizza delivery drivers: the customers phone numbers are to alert them if you are late, not to send weird texts to 15 year old girls [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Middle-aged Americans more likely to use marijuana than their teenage kids [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Man caught with sick pictures of pervert having sex with a….FISH [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » This week, the Saturday Morning Book Club is looking for the best books about mythical or legendary creatures [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » 1PM Application Support
Support tech on headset: Ok, so do you have the application loaded on your handheld now? 45 second pause Support tech: Sir, sir, excuse me, sir, it was a yes or no question. 1521 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There's a very very nice beach, plus terns nest there. SWAT team optional, of course [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this big mouth [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » A 5.6 earthquake wakes up Oklahoma and surrounding states [News]
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Weird Universe » Senate Candidate George V. Fried
March 1954: George V. Fried of Oklahoma City announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. His platform was, "If it's right, I'm for it."
But when asked what ticket he planned to file on for the race, he replied, "It's none of your ________ business."
Two months later he was arrested, charged with passing an insufficient funds check for slightly … [Link]
Weird Universe » The Giant Bible of 1917
Why, one hundred years later, can I find no extant traces of this massive Bible?
Original text here.
Original article here.
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Fark.com RSS » Maryland has a message for its teenagers: Papers, please [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Mental health workers are joining Denver police on foot and in their patrol cars to help handle calls involving people in mental health crisis, a new program aimed at getting people into treatment instead of caskets [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » ♫ Call Roto-Rooter, that's the name, and up come kittens from the drain ♫ [Caturday]
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Fark.com RSS » Japanese reporter thinks something strange is afoot with Putin's schedule, also noticed his recent unpublished obituary and three posthumous articles on his editor's desk [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » USAF was doing the whole Google Earth thing before Google even existed, to keep us safe from the Commies [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Can people live on fruit alone (?) is the eternal question first asked in the garden of Eden. Then man discovered bacon and home fries and said fark it, apples are good, but c'mon [Silly]
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Mental Floss » Even the Worst Artists Can Learn to Draw With This Kids' App
Artie's Magic Pencil teaches kids how to draw the world around them using only basic shapes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "The majority of this week's American mass shootings were fairly typical by national standards" [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Two months ago: "'I just poured a keg of cleaning fluid all over my pants. Went outside to stand in the sun as a Google Maps car drove by. Look for me on Street View soon. I'll be the guy that looks like he pissed himself.' Today: Hey
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Mental Floss » Watch Rare 'Star Trek' Home Movies
Including footage of Shatner's Doberman Pinscher, Morgan. [Link]
GraphJam »
Graph by: Moresheth Tagged: Bar Graph , ents , frodo , legs , Lord of the Rings , mount doom , on the shoulders of giants , pippin , Sam , THE OTHER ONE Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Whoops, Was I Supposed to Leave My Portal There?
[polldaddy poll="5611528"] Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , co-op , Pie Chart , Portal , video games Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Despite the best efforts of anti-vaxxers, chickenpox cases in the US are down 85% [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Stressed out at work? Why not fondle a prosthetic scrotum and testicles mounted under your desk? (probably Not safe for work) [Giggity]
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Futility Closet » Crossing Guard
Suppose some 2n points in the plane are chosen so that no three are collinear, and then half are colored red and half blue. Will it always be possible to connect each red point with a blue one, in pairs, so that none of the connecting lines intersect? SelectClick for Answer Yes. Since n is finite, there are a limited … [Link]
Mental Floss » Beautiful and Historic Glass Models of Sea Creatures Are on Display in New Exhibit
In the late 19th century, the Blaschka glass models of marine invertebrates ended up all over the world. Now some are on display at the Corning Museum of Glass. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Being a TV weatherman in Phoenix should not be a hard job, except for having to come up with new ways to say "it's hot" each day [Amusing]
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Mental Floss » Lawyer Visits Every NYC Subway Station in Record-Breaking Speed
He made it to all 469 stations in 21 hours, 28 minutes, and 14 seconds. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Delta Airlines claims a power outage cost it about $100M, which is about 10 minutes of baggage fees [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Some kids want birthday cakes shaped like cars, others want sports themed ones. And then there is this kid [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Man, that is a rough 38 [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » California legislature takes time from their busy schedule to make denim the official state fabric thanks to assembly bill 501 [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Kid hands out ghost peppers in school lunch room and all hell breaks loose [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Hermine kills 1. Snape kills Dumbledore [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Future generations will point to the NAFTA superhighway connecting FEMA concentration camps and say it all started with a bike path [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Chinese NOPE bridge closed to upgrade the area due to the high number of visitors and NOT because it's a giant deathtrap [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Point: You can help advocate for immigrants. Counterpoint: You'll have to stare at a naked statue of Donald Trump in your living room [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » An ISIS supporter compared martyrdom to the Super Mario Brother 'warp zone'. More like negative world [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » "Enraged Pikmin fans" … no wait come back this is important [Strange]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my boyfriend told me he'd drive me to the jeweler's to pick out a ring. We drove there, I picked the ring, and the sales person rang it up. I glanced at my boyfriend, only for him to reply, "Well don't look at me!" FML [Link]
FMyLife » whoops says FML
Today, I accidentally sent my boss an explicit text message. She replied saying, "Very detailed, if only you put that much effort into your work". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Arrest made in Kaija attack on local grocery store. Man, the Pacific Rim sequel looks like crap [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » "Ummm… thanks for the birthday cake Mom, but it kinda wants to make me puke after reminding me of my hangover" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Christian Pastor says he resurrected a dead woman by "Sending a text message through Facebook". Jesus strangely unavailable for comment [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Not as good as Buddha's face on a piece of toast, but almost [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this moose reconstruction [Photoshop]
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