Whittle It a Little, It’ll Fit

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 » Underwater pumpkin carving is a thing, I guess [Florida]

Saturday 22 October 23:18:08 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested by cops who mistook Krispy Kreme glaze for meth decides to sue because this is America [Followup]

Saturday 22 October 23:07:08 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Here's how ignorant the average 18-year-old is. They can't even complete the chorus "I feel like chicken tonight…" and they've never seen an ice cube tray [Obvious]

Saturday 22 October 22:26:08 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Darwin: "Soon" [Dumbass]

Saturday 22 October 22:18:08 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Thanks for your service, your sacrifices will never be forgotten. P.S., that signing bonus and student loan money we contractually signed for was by accident. Pay it back, or we'll garnish your wages [Asinine]

Saturday 22 October 21:48:42 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Here's the list of this year's Halloween costumes officially deemed "Not Amusing" by university students. Bonus for infographic "detailing the steps of thought involved in whether a costume should or should not be worn" [PSA]

Saturday 22 October 21:35:09 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Nuu Mobile X4 5" HD unlocked Android smartphone. Nanuu Nanuu? (Sponsored Link) [Plug]

Saturday 22 October 20:28:52 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this hot-handed woman [Photoshop]

Saturday 22 October 20:00:01 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » New York has a rodent problem. They also have a feral cat problem. The solution seems obvious: organize a Stray Cat Strut [Cool]

Saturday 22 October 19:24:59 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Okay, you armchair GEDs in law: A U.S. border guard shoots into Mexico and kills Mexican boy. Can the kid's parents sue? [Interesting]

Saturday 22 October 18:40:59 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » See sometimes when the hospital doesn't take your walk-in emergency visit seriously you need to use the drive-thru with your 4WD [Scary]

Saturday 22 October 18:35:30 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Viral real estate listing leads to only one question: what's the seller's Fark screenname? [Amusing]

Saturday 22 October 16:39:17 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Scientists design the ultimate UK pub crawl and with 25,000 stops along 28,270 miles, it's longer than circumnavigating the globe so you better get started [Cool]

Saturday 22 October 16:32:21 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Hey, it isn't easy being the "number one male escort in the world." You should see some of the weird things he's had to do [Giggity]

Saturday 22 October 16:15:17 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Rare disease leaves 5-year-old British girl at risk for eating herself to death. Or, as the affliction is known around the rest of the world, being an American [Strange]

Saturday 22 October 15:42:16 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » Don't Miss This Weekend's Best Amazon Deals

Saturday 22 October 15:30:00 UTC 2016

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 22. [Link]

Weird Universe » Windsurfing Swans

Saturday 22 October 15:28:13 UTC 2016

In the latest issue of The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Olle Terenius of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences reports observing swans windsurfing (i.e. "using tailwind as a support for high-speed water transportation"). This is something that bird experts were apparently unaware that swans could do.

Terenius hopes to spread awareness of the phenomenon of windsurfing swans, although he notes … [Link]

Weird Universe » The Silence of the Hams

Saturday 22 October 15:28:12 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Awwwww… these parents are 'embarrassed and angry' that their little snowflakes were shamed by a coffee cafe for throwing a temper tantrum. GOOD [Dumbass]

Saturday 22 October 14:55:07 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Police breathalyse female driver who had "a couple of bottles", drove with no license, no tax and no insurance on car, then let her go without charge. That's some police work there, Lou [Asinine]

Saturday 22 October 14:51:07 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Woman decides to open-carry her gun in a Walmart parking lot. You know what happens next [Dumbass]

Saturday 22 October 14:44:06 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Wouldn't it be awesome if you ran across a black metal band in the woods and they agreed to be part of your engagement photos shoot? Especially if your surname is Awesome? [Weird]

Saturday 22 October 14:31:07 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » PETA takes on the Inuits, because, why is it exactly they don't just grow wheat instead of murdering seals? [Facepalm]

Saturday 22 October 13:53:07 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » American Academy of Pediatrics says kids should be allowed to watch as much TV as they want. Great. Where were you guys 30 years ago? [Followup]

Saturday 22 October 13:27:02 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Raise a glass. Striking Jim Beam workers accept a new contract [Followup]

Saturday 22 October 13:12:06 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Fear of violence and vandalism is resulting in fewer political lawn signs and bumper stickers this year. Which means there may be some good coming out of this election after all [Murica]

Saturday 22 October 13:11:07 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what could be behind the green door [Photoshop]

Saturday 22 October 13:00:01 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » 94-year-old man who has been fire chief since 1953 finally feels burned out [Spiffy]

Saturday 22 October 12:34:07 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » What Makes Chewing Gum Chewy?

Saturday 22 October 12:30:00 UTC 2016

"What the hell is in gum that makes it so magical?" -Chemist George Zaidan [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Many young adults leave home to live on campus while attending classes, visiting the library, and of course maintaining an active social presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Not all of them are human, especially on Caturday [Caturday]

Saturday 22 October 12:00:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » At least 55 killed, 575 injured in a train crash in Cameroon. Government ministers claim, "The cause of the accident is not yet clear,". 1300 passengers on a train that normally has 600 might have something to do with it [Scary]

Saturday 22 October 11:23:59 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Have some spare time on your hands? Love the great outdoors? Why not hike the Trans Canada Trail…only 13,000 miles long, no big deal [Cool]

Saturday 22 October 11:05:00 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » The Best Wines to Pair With Your Halloween Candy

Saturday 22 October 10:30:00 UTC 2016

If you're gonna go to town on that pack of SweeTARTS, you should grab a Riesling. [Link]

GraphJam » Seriously, I Sound Like Darth Vader

Saturday 22 October 7:59:27 UTC 2016

breathing games hide and seek loud Pie Chart spider - 4712192512 Graph by: Iateanickel Tagged: breathing , games , hide and seek , loud , Pie Chart , spider Share on Facebook [Link]

Futility Closet » Seeing and Saying

Saturday 22 October 6:44:09 UTC 2016

New York radio station WQXR used to inflict this pronunciation test on prospective announcers — try reading it aloud: The old man with the flaccid face and dour expression grimaced when asked if he were conversant with zoology, mineralogy, or the culinary arts. ‘Not to be secretive,’ he said, ‘I may tell you that I’d given precedence to the study … [Link]

Mental Floss » “Neither Snow nor Rain …" Isn't the USPS Motto

Saturday 22 October 6:30:00 UTC 2016

It was actually written about another set of postal workers from 500 B.C.E. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Why was the emu running down Interstate 10? Because it can't fly, duh [Amusing]

Saturday 22 October 6:17:53 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Old Brit: "Why I think gentrification is pants." Answer: because his favorite old high-street lingerie shop closed down [Strange]

Saturday 22 October 6:15:01 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » The Duchess of Krakenthorp has been nominated and confirmed for the Supreme Court [Cool]

Saturday 22 October 5:27:12 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Is it legal to shoot Bigfoot? [Interesting]

Saturday 22 October 4:59:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Back in the good ol' days we didn't even have professional lice removal businesses. Mom had to shave off all the body hair. And I mean all [Weird]

Saturday 22 October 4:49:21 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » Deck Yourself Out With Space-Themed Jewelry

Saturday 22 October 4:30:00 UTC 2016

Wear the Heart Nebula on your sleeves. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Should men sit down to pee or not? The debate rages on [Obvious]

Saturday 22 October 4:04:43 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Woman with skull stuck on a stick leads Sacramento police to dead body. No word why the rest of the Fellowship didn't go with them [Creepy]

Saturday 22 October 2:46:46 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Auto insurers now wrestling with the question – If a driverless car gets into an accident, whose fault is it? [Strange]

Saturday 22 October 2:35:45 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Women (and some men), you've been putting your bra on wrong this whole time [Interesting]

Saturday 22 October 2:22:46 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Man breaks into Vancouver home apparently because he couldn't cook eggs naked at his own house [Strange]

Saturday 22 October 1:58:46 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Rolling Stone reporter at the UVA libel trial: "It was a mistake to rely on someone whose intent was to deceive me." Ya think? [Followup]

Saturday 22 October 1:34:46 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Court orders a brick wall to be built through the middle of a £2 million luxury mansion shared by a feuding couple [Stupid]

Saturday 22 October 1:10:46 UTC 2016

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons