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 » Ryanair passenger fined after leaving his opinion of the airline on the tarmac [Followup]
[link] [25 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Skydiver Loses His Shoe—And Somehow Catches It Mid-Fall
That's one lucky catch. [Link]
Mental Floss » Brexit Fallout Leads to Shortage of Marmite in the UK
The plummeting pound spells bad news for the yeast spread. [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Video Game Easter Eggs That Took Years to Discover
Some games have secrets to tell well after they hit store shelves. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Don't take potshots at U.S. warships. We have satellite- and laser-guided missiles [Followup]
[link] [97 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch the Perilous (and Poetic) Sport of Bull-Leaping
José Manuel Medina doesn’t fight bovines—he flips over them. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A 7-year-old boy breaks into tears of joy as his parents surprise him with a pony – after he spent two years selling lemonade to save up for it. Ice-T unavailable for comment [Sappy]
[link] [78 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "A naked American gorilla stole my balloons" [Fail]
[link] [41 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Things You Might Not Know About Dictionaries
There are dictionaries that will teach you words like "junkettaceous" and "cuggermugger." [Link]
Mental Floss » Infographic: The Most Unique Pizza Toppings by City
Lobster pizza in Boston might not surprise you, but some others will. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Wait… that's not blood. It looks more like… um, let's move on [Awkward]
[link] [64 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » What the Color of Your Pee Can Tell You About Your Health
Just because it's yellow doesn't mean everything's mellow. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Halloween's 2016 costumes that want to signal "sexy fox" but actually just say "sexy weirdo" [Fail]
[link] [145 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Which Thai foods do you like to make? I see your hot basil dish and raise you a roast duck red curry.. Wait, someone knows how to cook pok pok? Show us the goodies [Interesting]
[link] [72 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Close advisor and ally to Vladimir Putin openly threatens nuclear war with the United States unless Trump is elected president. In other news, Russia still claims not to be interfering in the U.S. 2016 election. Fark may need an Apocalypse tag soon [
[link] [77 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Name the First Word of Each Song Title
Take the quiz! [Link]
Mental Floss » Thursday's Amazon Deals You Can't Miss
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, October 13. [Link]
Mental Floss » 6 Steps for Disputing an Error on Your Credit Report
A 2012 study by the Federal Trade Commission found that one in four people found errors on their credit reports that might affect their scores. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Judge tacks 90 days onto 3-day sentence because defendant in a restraining order case is being defiant and belligerent. Then the robe comes off (with awesome video) [Amusing]
[link] [153 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this hike [Photoshop]
[link] [21 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » U.S. and Cuban Officials Collaborate to Preserve Hemingway Memorabilia
The neglected artifacts include books, letters, and hunting trophies. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Las Vegas pastor gets the first ever tattoo during a sermon. Faith healer put on standby for possible Hepatitis C [Strange]
[link] [30 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Remembering the First Smart Toy: 2-XL
The sassy robot quizzed users with multiple choice questions stored on 8-track cassettes. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » World Health Organization says governments should tax sugar to fight obesity. Mostly because creating taxes is about the only thing governments around the world can ever be easily talked into doing [Unlikely]
[link] [132 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » TripAdvisor to Cease Selling Tickets to Unethical Wildlife Attractions
The attractions sometimes drug, beat, or isolate animals into submission. [Link]
Mental Floss » Oldest Evidence of Birds’ Voice Box Found in Antarctica
It's at least 66 million years old—significantly older than any syrinx fossil evidence found before. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you were a fighter pilot, what would your call sign be? [Silly]
[link] [365 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Space Nation needs your help to design a flag and insignia. It also needs a national anthem [Cool]
[link] [96 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » In a pinch, frozen bacon makes a convenient weapon [Followup]
[link] [46 comments] [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 make a one-time donation on our Support Us page. And 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 … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Genuine clown issues warning about killer clowns. You could cause a child to have a heart attack. Let's not forget nightmares and bed-wetting. Then there's the issue of no erection unless your date wears a Bozo mask. Maybe that's just me
[link] [42 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Apparently the going price for a baby on eBay is $5,000 [Dumbass]
[link] [62 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » How Your Gym Might Be Holding You Back
If you find yourself uncomfortable at your local sweat box, there might be a few good reasons why. [Link]
Mental Floss » Barbershop Offers Discounts to Young Clients Who Read Out Loud
Reading a book to the barber trims $2 off the bill. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » County carves pumpkins underwater, known as Halloween H20 [Weird]
[link] [21 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 13 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Dog Walkers
It's not always a walk in the park. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Once again, just a reminder – When adopting a pet, a wolf puppy looks just like a dog [Awkward]
[link] [90 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Life-Size Graphite Skeleton Draws Itself Into Oblivion
Artist Agelio Batle’s “Ash Dancer” will eventually vanish like the lead of a person-shaped pencil. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Chicago named third best city for active living. Mostly for family lake outings, elderly using the walking trails, residents learning to run from gunfire [Spiffy]
[link] [91 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
An American hasn’t won the world’s most prestigious writing prize since 1993. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Boko Haram reportedly releases 21 Nigerian schoolgirls. Trump reportedly excited [Spiffy]
[link] [80 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Monumental Scholarly Dictionary of Slang Is Now Online
This week, with the launching of Green's Dictionary of Slang Online, it's become a whole lot easier to dig into the fascinating, long history of English slang. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » NJ judge issues probable cause criminal summons against Governor Chris Christie for official misconduct in office over Bridgegate Scandal [News]
[link] [171 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Computer glitch sends woman jury duty nine times. Nine times? Ni-ne times [Fail]
[link] [88 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Saddam Hussein had a secret "torture chamber" in New York City for kinky weekends in the '70s. Probably a little different from yours [Sick]
[link] [61 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Syrg rush [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » You think you've got it rough, at least you're not a college professor who supports Trump [Strange]
[link] [177 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 18 Spooky Halloween Sayings From Around the U.S.
Use these terms to confuse and delight your fellow trick or treaters. [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Ringo Starr
[Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Facts About ‘The Secret of NIMH’
5. The movie only tells us once what "NIMH" means. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Braven 705 Bluetooth Speaker. Needs a better tagline. How about: looks like a brick, plays like a dream. Comes in multiple colors too. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
[link] [1 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Two Boston police officers shot in stand-off with man wearing body armor in "domestic dispute gone bad." You never hear about all the domestic disputes that go well [Sad]
[link] [108 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Long, Sweet History of Marshmallows
Ancient Egyptians combined marshmallow sap with nuts and honey, and the dish was reserved for nobility. The gods were supposedly big fans, as well. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » U.S. ships fire missiles at Yemen in retaliation for attacks on U.S. ships [Followup]
[link] [148 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Republican Party to be renamed Donner Party [Followup]
[link] [189 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop the greenway [Photoshop]
[link] [21 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » World's longest reigning monarch, Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, dies. Queen Elizabeth II nervously duct tapes crown to her head [Sad]
[link] [75 comments] [Link]
Weird Universe » “Panty-waist stuff burns me”
Panty-waist is a term you don't hear often anymore. Though according to the Columbia Journalism Review, it still pops up every now and then:
“pantywaist” has endured, sometimes below the radar, as a mild slur, meaning someone who is weak; a sissy. It is almost universally applied to men.
That insulting definition of “pantywaist” (sometimes hyphenated as “panty-waist,” sometimes rendered … [Link]
Weird Universe » The Pyréolophore
The fuel for the world's first internal combustion engine was exploding plant spores.
Details here.
And here.
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man carrying machete forces bridge closure. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE [Dumbass]
[link] [23 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » ♫ How many songs must I mumble through, before I get a Nobel Prize, the answer my friend is blowing in the wind ♪ [Cool]
[link] [214 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ghost ship appears in Lake Superior, probably filled with ghost pirates. Or is it pirate ghosts? [Scary]
[link] [89 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sticking crisps between your drunken boobs in front of the students and saying how sexy they are is no way to get ahead in life, headteacher [Dumbass]
[link] [50 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Ringo Starr
[Link]
Futility Closet » Hear Hear
Where is a sound? If I play a note at the piano, you and I both seem to locate it at the instrument. But we both also know that we perceive the note because the piano sends waves through the air that strike our ears. That would mean that most of our auditory perception is illusion. Is that what we … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today is National No Bra Day, so read about these five 'perks' of leaving your cool starry bra at home [Interesting]
[link] [224 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » The Government Is Buying Up $20 Million Worth of Excess Cheese
That's a lot of cheddar. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Dog-Headed Men
Start your day with these fascinating links! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New Clinton site lets you pick any year to compare what she and Trump were each doing. Example: 2008 – Clinton introduces legislation to reign in CEO pay; Trump fires Stephen Baldwin and Gene Simmons on Celebrity Apprentice [Cool]
[link] [109 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » See the Hypnotic, Laborious Process of Making Chinese Nanshan Noodles
Mix, roll, stretch, dry, repeat. [Link]
FMyLife » Iris says FML
Today I bought a 50$ voucher card to refill my phone. After I purchased it, I threw the receipt in the dustbin. When I got home, I found out that the 14-digit pin code was on the receipt. I basically threw 57 bucks in the dustbin. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » French lawyers say their terror suspect client refuses to talk, just wears white makeup and pantomimes gunning people down [Dumbass]
[link] [39 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Britain outraged after Tesco stops selling Ben & Jerry's, Hellman's mayo, and a bunch of other products that aren't as important as ice cream and mayo [Scary]
[link] [87 comments] [Link]
FMyLife » Cow lover says FML
Today, my girlfriend of five months told me that she had booked us reservations to our town's Halloween barbecue party. When I reminded her that I'm vegan, she told me she specifically got the reservations to help me to quit my "stupid fad". Weird, I never knew being a devout Hindu was a fad. FML [Link]
FMyLife » The_Life says FML
Today, I'm staying at my boyfriend's house and things were getting heated when he got a call from one of his mates wanting to play Counter Strike. Next thing I know, I'm laying in bed by myself listening to him rage. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Common Moving Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Presented by Allstate. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Hottest teacher in the world? Pics to your left, comments about pointy knees to the right [Giggity]
[link] [195 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you're good at selling shingles you get a free gun [Spiffy]
[link] [34 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 597: "Collections 2". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
[link] [47 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Know Your Company Slogans
Take the quiz! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Study finds that people who frequently smoke large amounts of cannabis may face a higher risk of reduced bone density and fractures, Cheetos breath [Interesting]
[link] [92 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Better ingredients, better pizza, better way to check on grandma after a hurricane, Papa John's [Florida]
[link] [28 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Let's play "jump the car". Darwin – 1, Sixteen year old – 0 [Dumbass]
[link] [31 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Step on it, driver" [Unlikely]
[link] [7 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "I wore a tail for one week and learned nothing" [Weird]
[link] [58 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If someone finds your infant wandering the neighborhood barefoot on a cold Montana night, don't punch him in the face when he brings the child home. Especially if the man has identified himself as a police officer [Asinine]
[link] [28 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 'Boi you better fix that stupid ass headline of yours' [Dumbass]
[link] [22 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » TripAdvisor will stop letting people go view endangered and wild animals. So if you wanted to go view pandas or elephants in their natural habitat surrounded by hunters, bad news [PSA]
[link] [18 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » Retrobituaries: Virginia Apgar, the Woman Whose Name Saves Newborns
The Apgar test has rescued countless infants, but people are often surprised to discover Virginia Apgar was a real person. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Just in time for Halloween – the sexy Ken Bone costume [Amusing]
[link] [53 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "This is 911. How can I help you?" "Yes, I want to report…" *click* [Dumbass]
[link] [75 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Houston police searching for burglary suspect at car dealership who left his homework behind. Larry Sellers unavailable for comment [Dumbass]
[link] [18 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Places Straight Out of Your Nightmares
This Halloween, do something really scary. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Putin's ally says there will be a Russian/U.S. nuclear war unless the U.S. elects Trump. We usually accommodate demands like that, so this should be no problem [Obvious]
[link] [136 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » First rule of Bear Mating Club don't interrupt Bear Mating Club [Stupid]
[link] [28 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » We have a $9 million deficit We're going to have to lay off people We're going to have to close schools Wait, someone forgot to carry the 2. Math error. Never mind [Dumbass]
[link] [27 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » So Rube Goldberg decided he wanted to go out with friends [Stupid]
[link] [15 comments] [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these futuristic models [Photoshop]
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