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 » Man discovers he can't ride in the engine compartment of a driverless car without hitting a building [Dumbass]

Saturday 12 November 23:30:04 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Redflex executive in charge of bribing Chicago to use red light cameras sentenced to 2½ years in prison and 10% pay cut [Followup]

Saturday 12 November 23:29:16 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » America has a new hero: The Girl with the Unusually Large Cabbage [Cool]

Saturday 12 November 23:13:04 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Germany has its own spin on "sovereign citizens," though more organized because Germany [Stupid]

Saturday 12 November 22:58:04 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Just a story about a man rushed to the hospital with a chopstick stuck in his penis [Weeners]

Saturday 12 November 22:10:51 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Oklahoma votes to repeal Prohibition [Cool]

Saturday 12 November 21:50:04 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Today is National Pizza Day. Arguments about who has the best pizza to the right. (Hint: It's Chicago, haters) [PSA]

Saturday 12 November 21:27:52 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this mock rescue [Photoshop]

Saturday 12 November 21:00:01 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » 79-year-old father (who's battling cancer) says it's time for assisted living. What should subby be on the lookout for when visiting various places? All tips and advice welcome [Advice]

Saturday 12 November 20:10:22 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Every British swear word officially ranked (Damn Not safe for work) [Silly]

Saturday 12 November 19:49:40 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » If You're a tax commissioner there is one thing you should remember to do [Ironic]

Saturday 12 November 19:28:40 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » You just stole a box of Miss America crowns. Now what? [Strange]

Saturday 12 November 19:06:40 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Judge declares mistrial for former Cincinnati officer who killed driver in traffic stop [Followup]

Saturday 12 November 17:43:34 UTC 2016

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Weird Universe » Toe Wrestling

Saturday 12 November 17:16:33 UTC 2016

Wikipedia page here.
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Weird Universe » Extortion by pigeon

Saturday 12 November 16:45:00 UTC 2016

During the early twentieth century, an unusual method of crime enjoyed some popularity — extortionists and blackmailers demanding that payments be delivered via carrier pigeon. The criminals hoped that the pigeons would be untraceable. But as it turned out, the police often (though not always) were able to track the pigeons and capture the bad guys.

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Mental Floss » DC Heroes and Villains Come Together for a New Line of Christmas Sweaters

Saturday 12 November 16:00:00 UTC 2016

Get in the holiday spirit with Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman Christmas sweaters. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Sperm whale vomit is kind of like your cat's hairball, except it's worth three million dollars [Weird]

Saturday 12 November 15:32:15 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Proof Aussies are descended from convicts: Crooks steal Sydney man's cash and laptop while his Ferrari goes up in flames [Amusing]

Saturday 12 November 15:32:15 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » You Have to See This Weekend's Best Amazon Deals

Saturday 12 November 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, November 12. Mental Floss has affiliate relationships with certain retailers, including Amazon, and may receive a small percentage of any sale. But we only get commission on items you buy and don’t return, so we’re only … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » World power with very large army building a new military base right near the border of Best Korea. Fark: The northern border of Best Korea [Interesting]

Saturday 12 November 15:20:06 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » In the Saturday Morning Book Club, we talk a lot about classic books. But what about the new stuff? What new book(s) have you read this year that you think the rest of us should know about? [Interesting]

Saturday 12 November 15:00:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » "Pedestrians know that drivers typically have no interest in running them down. So why not simply step out into the street and assert the right of way?" [Unlikely]

Saturday 12 November 14:58:15 UTC 2016

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Overheard In The Office » Sure, Hog the Brain Damage

Saturday 12 November 14:20:52 UTC 2016

Lab tech finding other scientists spraying glue: Ahhh! Free isocyanates!
Scientist: Get out of here! Rockland, Maryland Overheard by: Chemdork [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Not sure what type of vermouth is best for you? Here's a handy flowchart [Spiffy]

Saturday 12 November 14:12:15 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » New Zealand build its first penguin-crossing tunnel. The ribbon cutting ceremony is expected to be a black tie affair [Cool]

Saturday 12 November 14:01:15 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Changes we can expect to see at the White House once Trump moves in [Photoshop]

Saturday 12 November 14:00:01 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » Twins Born Across Daylight Saving Create Confusion Over Who's the Older Brother

Saturday 12 November 14:00:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Used Corolla. Runs good. Some dents [Amusing]

Saturday 12 November 13:30:25 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » A group of fourth graders are being credited with saving a kitten from certain death by stopping a woman who was attempting to drown it. Somebody tell these kids that they are more than welcome on Caturday [Caturday]

Saturday 12 November 13:00:24 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » News anchor shreds the media's last vestiges of respectability by saying she prayed for a Trump victory and as much as she hates to say it, the number of African Americans killing one another far outweighs the number of them being killed by white

Saturday 12 November 12:30:14 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Looks like I picked the wrong week to start harassing people on airplanes [Facepalm]

Saturday 12 November 12:12:14 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » Watch Animals Defend Themselves by Puking

Saturday 12 November 12:00:00 UTC 2016

Some animals' vomit is downright dangerous. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "It's tradition for him to have his guns brought to him around hunting season so he can get them out and go through the whole process of cleaning them and getting them ready. And then the guns are put away until the next year." Not anymor

Saturday 12 November 11:24:14 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » We're not saying cats are dicks, but they will sit on another cat's head just to get a better view looking out the window [Amusing]

Saturday 12 November 11:17:14 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Measure to remove fluoride from the drinking in water in Maine wins by the skin of its rotten, rickety, cavity-pocked teeth [Stupid]

Saturday 12 November 10:00:14 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » On This Day in 1980, Voyager 1 Showed Us Saturn

Saturday 12 November 10:00:00 UTC 2016

It also discovered three new moons. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » With their fourth night of televised coverage, Portland anti-Trump riots are longer running than most of the new Fall TV shows [Asinine]

Saturday 12 November 9:49:52 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Man who set up camp in front of a Best Buy explains why he has to be the first in line Black Friday deals. "I just can't have nobody taking my spot. It is a competition" [Murica]

Saturday 12 November 8:34:05 UTC 2016

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Mental Floss » 10 Natural Landmarks That No Longer Exist

Saturday 12 November 8:00:00 UTC 2016

Many of our ancient natural landmarks have taken a hit in the last century [Link]

Fark.com RSS » YouTube video star pleads guilty for faking a hate crime, since there isn't a jury in the country that would convict anyone for assaulting a YouTube star [Followup]

Saturday 12 November 7:44:05 UTC 2016

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Futility Closet » Self-Descriptive Squares

Saturday 12 November 6:23:11 UTC 2016

Lee Sallows has been working on a new experiment in self-reference that he calls self-descriptive squares, arrays of numbers that inventory their own contents. Here’s an example of a 4×4 square: The sums of the rows and columns are listed to the right and below the square. These sums also tally the number of times that each row’s rightmost entry, … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » There are better ways to pick up followers on Facebook than by purposely starting a wildfire to draw attention to your videos [Dumbass]

Saturday 12 November 5:44:00 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » China reacts to the results of the presidential election with censorship and mocking of the U.S. Or as it's otherwise known in China, Wednesday [Followup]

Saturday 12 November 4:14:37 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Legend has it that if you die on Facebook, you die in real life [Scary]

Saturday 12 November 4:06:43 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » You know that scene where the plumber comes by and starts chatting up the teen girl? From his van? At 70 mph? [Dumbass]

Saturday 12 November 3:50:04 UTC 2016

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Fark.com RSS » Boat captain rescues dog who swam for two miles after jumping from sea wall. Your dog wants a life jacket [Spiffy]

Saturday 12 November 2:03:24 UTC 2016

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons