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 » Willie Rogers, Medal of Honor recipient and the oldest surviving member of the original Tuskegee Airmen has slipped the surly bonds of Earth [Hero]
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Mental Floss » Green Apartment Building in Paris Spreads Seeds Across the City
Steel netting allows plants to climb the 16-story facade. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ok, which one of you Farkers works for The Outbound Collective? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these movers and shakers [Photoshop]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“People will tell you that science, philosophy, and religion have nowadays all come together. So they have in a sense … they have come together as three people may come together at a funeral. The funeral is that of Dead Certainty.” — Stephen Leacock [Link]
FMyLife » murtato says FML
Today, I discovered that the fire alarm in my building will go insane when I'm trying to cook chicken, but won't make a sound when my towels start actually burning on the radiator. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Indiana city renames Columbus Day and Good Friday to be more culturally sensitive (link fixed) [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Winter snowstorm causes 340 crashes in the Midwestern US as apparently everyone forgets how to drive in snow the eight months between storms [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » If you come across a couple of men wearing yoga pants, long red fingernails, and false eyelashes, the Spartanburg police department would appreciate a heads up [Strange]
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FMyLife » wtfamidoing98 says FML
Today, at my job in a pub, I was cleaning the pub garden ready for closedown. There was a girl crouched on the floor under a table. By the time I'd realised what she was doing and turned around, she'd already finished, apologised, and left me to clean up her piss. FML [Link]
FMyLife » nerd says FML
Today, I understand the finer points of the government in Star Wars better than I understand the U.S. government. FML [Link]
FMyLife » emeraldarcher74 says FML
Today, my mother made me a delicious meal of gravy, stuffing, mashed and sweet potatoes, and cranberries. Overjoyed, I tried to give her a hug. Instead, I accidentally punched her in the face. FML [Link]
FMyLife » NotTHATbad says FML
Today, I found out that sometimes when my girlfriend is mad at me she will allow our unfixed male dog to jack off on my pillows when I'm at work. She won the battle and the war. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch 'The Forger,' About A Teen WWII Hero
"If I slept for one hour, 30 people would die." -Adolfo Kaminsky [Link]
Fark.com RSS » World's shortest couple gets married, and inches their way into the Guinness Book of Worlds Records [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » Alaska fire says FML
Today, I was the only sober person at a bonfire. After being hit in the eye with a snowball, taking people's keys away because they were too wasted to drive, making sure no one died and stabbing the bottom of my foot with a nail, I got to sleep in the snow. Without any blankets. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » The Best Pre-Black Friday 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 » A police officer who was there to comfort a girl who just saw her father kill her mother has been demoted [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Cancer-stricken girl whose picture broke the world's hearts has died [Followup]
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FMyLife » emisara93 says FML
Today, I found out that the insurance that my husband signed us up with for next year doesn't cover any of our doctors. Now we need to find 4 different doctors who take our insurance. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Behold the most maligned wine that gets no respect. No, not Thunderbird; we're talking about Merlot [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » In Soviet France, the government names you [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » New elementary school sponsored activity: fight club [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Giving thanks [CSB]
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Fark.com RSS » When made correctly, pizza is (seriously) a health food [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop 'Bombshell Betty' [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Quick: Name the top three states with the highest rate of divorce. California? Nope. New York? Nah. Texas? Nice try [Unlikely]
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Weird Universe » No Kissing Zones
In 1979, officials in Deerfield, Illinois created a "No Kissing Zone" at the town's railroad station. The zone was designated by a sign showing a man and woman kissing, with a red slash superimposed over their profiles. The idea was to stop commuters from slowing down traffic by kissing their significant other as they were dropped off. Deerfield simultaneously created … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California airport closed due to: A) weather, B) power outage, C) bubbles? [Fail]
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FMyLife » catastrophy says FML
Today, a guy I've been seeing called me really drunk again to talk about his and his cat's angst. He put me on speaker so I could have a meowing-conversation with his cat to soothe her. FML [Link]
FMyLife » LifeLikeLemons says FML
Today, I got rear-ended trying to move off the road because I heard a police siren. It was the radio. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Starting a family is important and isn't selfish or environmentally unfriendly. It's a public good and it gets a bad rap." And off we go… [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Professor Jay Forrester, inventor of RAM, dies at 1100010 [Sad]
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FMyLife » Alittlebitiffy says FML
Today, for the 16th day in a row, my husband slept in the guest room because he doesn't want to disturb the dogs once they've fallen asleep on our bed, so they don't hate him. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 'Home Alone'-Themed Bobbleheads Are Here
Looking for the ultimate quirky stocking stuffer? The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame has got you covered. [Link]
Weird Universe » Alma Deutscher
Alma Deutscher, 11-year-old composer, about to premiere her first full opera, "Cinderella" [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's not really news when a teenager gets killed for his tennis shoes, but it is when the teen is the grandson of a U.S. congressman [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » The last remaining hospital in Aleppo was destroyed by air strikes [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » So now we're booing Gold Star families on planes going to see their dead child? [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Watch: Stanley Kubrick's Boxes
"It's like the '2001' of boxes." -Jon Ronson, commenting on one of Kubrick's custom-made boxes [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Alt-right surprised to learn that constitution has nothing to do with private business, while espousing virtues of constitution [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman finds WWII dog tags after Hurricane Matthew, returns them to veteran's son and proves good stories can still come out of Florida [Sappy]
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FMyLife » inthesticks says FML
Today, I was cleaning off my couch so my nephew could crash here for a few nights. It's been so long since we've sat on it that it is now inhabited by rats we didn't know were in the house, including newly born ones. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Kml says FML
Today, and like every year, my godmother sent me a card asking me why I never call her, and why we don't go out on my birthday. Six years ago, she told me on my birthday I was going to hell for moving with my boyfriend and then sprayed me with perfume. He is now my husband, and she claims … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Eight-month-old baby had a coin stuck in his throat for 37 DAYS before doctors notice change [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Do you want a consent decree? Because this is how you get a consent decree [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Man hurling bricks from roof demands chocolate from police [Strange]
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Futility Closet » Self-Service
A Mrs. Harris published this verse in Golden Days on Oct. 10, 1885: He squanders recklessly his cash
In cultivating a mustache;
A shameless fop is Mr. Dude,
Vain, shallow, fond of being viewed.
‘Tis true that he is quite a swell —
A smile he has for every belle;
What time he has to spare from dress
Is taken … [Link]
FMyLife » Rain says FML
Today, I discovered my own mother has been stealing money from me for months when I opened my savings box to find it empty. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Make Christmas Weird With Candy Canes That Taste Like Pickles, Gravy, Wasabi, and Bacon
… Yum? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mynd you, møøse stories Kan be pretti dusti [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » avocadotoe says FML
Today, my boyfriend and I were house sitting. We were a little on edge because we'd heard noises. We were starting to get intimate, and suddenly the house alarm started going off. We locked ourselves in the room, called the police, and they told us that we were the ones who'd set it off. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California drought has killed 102 million trees [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Behold Britain's most fattening sandwich – 8,000 calories of kebab meat, surrounded by breaded chicken and coated with cheese. In addition – Diners have to sign a form to say they won't sue in the event of a heart attack [Facepalm]
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FMyLife » Oy Vay says FML
Today, my daughter, whom I consigned a credit card for, told me she was in a bit of financial trouble. It turns out that she was trying to pay off her credit card with the same credit card her bill was for, and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pope names seventeen new Cardinals, hopes to unseat the Chicago Cubs as NLDS Champions [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Experience Voyager's Golden Record in 360 Video
You don't need a VR headset to enjoy it. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Judge presiding over citizenship ceremony tells new Americans they should leave if they don't like President Trump [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop a billboard for Fark [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » And in today's Incomprehensible News From Australia: "Daredevil speedboat hooners terrorise locals in a dangerous new social media craze called 'Tinny Bashing'" (w/ pics, video of tinny bashing) [Weird]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I flew 1800 km with my two small children to a remote northern village for work. Our bags were lost, leaving us without winter gear and only one change of clothes. Just to make things extra fun, we now all have uncontrollable vomiting and diarrhea. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The good news is the air ambulance aircraft arrived at the scene of the accident immediately [Sad]
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