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 » anonymous says FML
Today, I was told I needed to start carrying bandaids with me at work because practically every day I hurt myself. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Put down the pint bloke, the next thing you're going to tell me is that there's a 'lost' underground street with homes and tunnels in this North East England town [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » The tiny hotel trend comes to…where else, Portland [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » News of the Weird (September 25, 2016)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M494, September 25, 2016
Copyright 2016 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
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Police and prosecutors in Dallas, Tex., appropriately sensitive at having been the site of the 1963 killing of President Kennedy, have apparently taken out their shame on assassination buff Robert Groden. As the Dallas Observer reported in September, Groden has been ticketed … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Protip: When landing a commercial jet, don't accidentally press the hijack warning button [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » City officials demand security gets beefed up at a destination for a "volatile mix of people" who show up every weekend, get into fights and cause damage that takes up valuable police time and resources. No comment from Chuck E. Cheese manage
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Fark.com RSS » This is why you should always check your footwear before putting them on, but this is Australia and you already knew that, didn't you? [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Twinkling Star Chart Skirt Lets You Wear the Night Sky
The perfect piece to showcase your stellar fashion sense. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this classic image [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Alaska to vote on a cat leash law. Pet owners show their claws [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Slow news day: Police looking for the owner of a turkey found walking down the street. Mmmm…turkey [Silly]
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Mental Floss » Trees Communicate Underground (Here's How)
Trees communicate and trade resources using underground networks. Yes, really. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Charlotte FOP spokesman Friday: 70% of those we've arrested in the protests come from out of state. Newspaper: actually your arrest records show 79% live in Charlotte. FOP spokesman : well, "I wasn't quoting facts" when I made that st
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Weird Universe » Horseback Dinner
Conspicuous Consumption – as it was done in 1903. In order to celebrate the completion of his $200,000 stable, C.K.G. Billings held a "horseback dinner" on March 28, 1903 for 33 of his pals from the Equestrian club. It took 24 workers three days to convert the second-floor banquet hall at Sherry's restaurant in New York into a faux rural … [Link]
Weird Universe » The Gods Were Angry With Me
Man's carnal lusts cause Armageddon and make the gods open up the Book of Revelation. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » This is how bad it has gotten for cops these days: GA policewoman shot by a black man while on duty finds herself charged with four felonies, all because the black guy didn't exist…and she wasn't actually shot [Followup]
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Mental Floss » This Week's Best Amazon Deals You Can Still Get
As a recurring feature, we share some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. These items were the ones that were the most popular with our readers this week, and they’re still available. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Happy 30th birthday to my liver" [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Keyboard Maestro – award winning Mac software, create your own macros and shortcuts. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » This could be the last police shooting video North Carolina ever releases thanks to a proposed new law [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Duck, duck, loose [Amusing]
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Overheard In The Office » Companies Who Hire Motivational Speakers Have Lost Their Way
Meeting speaker: Either get on the train or get off the boat. Washington, DC [Link]
FMyLife » b.fritz says FML
Today, I'm sitting in the emergency room because my girlfriend thought it would be funny to superglue my penis to my thigh while I was sleeping. FML [Link]
FMyLife » NoJob says FML
Today, I had my first interview. Everything was going well until I made him repeat his name numerous times, as I couldn't understand what he was saying due to his thick accent. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this WWII airgunner [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Interviews gone wrong [CSB]
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Mental Floss » What Can Urban Wildlife Teach Us About Pollution?
Pigeons are like urban canaries in a coal mine. But they're not the only ones cluing us in. [Link]
Mental Floss » Austrian Airline Claims to Have Launched the World's Shortest International Flight
The trip from St. Gallen, Switzerland to Friedrichshafen, Germany, reportedly takes eight minutes, [Link]
FMyLife » spaceavery says FML
Today, I was having amazing sex with my husband. When he blew his load, he also blew something else – a giant glob of snot, directly at my face. FML [Link]
FMyLife » do you want a bag says FML
Today, after 3 weeks of my new job, I'm already having work-related dreams. I'm having troubles differentiating between the 8 hour shifts in real life and the 8 hour shifts in my dream. I'm doubly exhausted. FML [Link]
FMyLife » very very lonely says FML
Today, I bought a friendship bracelet. I'm not sure what's sadder, the fact that I don't actually have a friend to give the other half to, or that I'm actually wearing one of them so it looks like I have friends. FML [Link]
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Mental Floss » Watch: What's in Toothpaste?
Abrasives, humectants, foaming agents, binders…what's all that stuff for? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You are more likely to be killed by a deer than you are a shark, alligator, or bear. Combined [PSA]
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Mental Floss » Driverless Highway Lane Could Eventually Connect Vancouver and Seattle
A group of West Coast tech entrepreneurs want to dedicate an entire highway lane to autonomous cars. [Link]
Futility Closet » Coming and Going
In Through the Looking-Glass, John Tenniel’s two illustrations above are designed to fall on opposite sides of a single page. In this way the page itself becomes the looking-glass — Alice enters one side and emerges from the other, where all the details are reversed, including Tenniel’s signature and initials. “Tenniel this time clearly draws the borderline between the world … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "When I die please just read my best jokes at my funeral." It was The Internet that tweeted pictures of a naked man to the TV station [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Text Adventures VI (c) 2016. You are inside Walmart and sitting on a scooter. The craft section surrounds you. In your pocket is a lighter. What do you wish to do?_ [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » Watch the World's Largest Elevator Carry Ships Over a Dam
Elevators aren't just for people. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Our host isn't in the studio this evening due to transportation problems, but for your listening enjoyment here is a show he uploaded tonight [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Washington State Mall Turkey Shooter Captured [NewsFlash]
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Mental Floss » Which Movie Characters Asked These Famous Questions?
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Adam LaRoche will see your ex-NFLer helping to solve a murder and raise you by going undercover in Southeast Asia in a child slavery sex sting. Your move NHL [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Is a cocktail ever worth $26? [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » "I'm not dead." "Yes you are. It says right here." "I got better" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Teen posts picture of discolored water coming from the sink at her high school, so authorities immediately A) report the issue to the school district, B) report the issue to the local utility, or C) suspend the student [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » Behold, the Live Shark Cam!
It's mostly rays, but those are cool too. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Charlotte PD release video of Scott shooting after determining it doesn't definitively incriminate them [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » "Rudy Rudy Rudy" Photoshop this dog of war [Photoshop]
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