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 » Today in Australia: A kangaroo takes a man's dog hostage, so the man punches the kangaroo in the face [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » U.S. Customs shows up to seize and repatriate a treasured painting, claiming the Nazis stole in WWII. Goofus hires a team of lawyers to fight back against the Man. Gallant throws a grant farewell party and writes a letter about its time in America [C
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Fark.com RSS » Forget those eight glasses of water a day, beer is safer [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The largest pyramid in the world and you've never heard about it [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Kangaroo light. Squishy, hexagonal, flexible light pillow with 24 LEDs, lithium battery charged via USB, bluetooth enabled and iOS and Android apps available. Entirely too expensive yet oddly compelling. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember the guy who had a bionic penis installed with a pioneering surgery recently? Well he now has FIFTY women who want him to try it out on them [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Standing Rock sits [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this thingamajiggy [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » A Nicktoons-Inspired Art Show Is Coming to Austin, Texas
SpongeBob, Rocko, and Ren & Stimpy all make appearances. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » China promises be free of poverty and homelessness within 5 years. Whether that means helping the poor get better paying jobs, or just killing them, remains to be seen [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The risk of getting infected with Zika in the US is minimal. Now, West Nile Virus on the other hand [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Ever try putting cheese in a hot glue gun? Would you want to? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Dog who escaped Florida only to end up in New Jersey probably not real impressed with the world [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Vets "worried" by dramatic rise in number of drunk pets. Your dog wants bourbon with his steak, and hold the steak [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Not News: Canada Post puts up new "super mailbox", eh? Still Not News: They change the locks, eh? FARK: They accidentally lock the new keys *inside*, eh? Take off, ya hoser [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Watch: 'Creating Your Success With Posture And Personality,' 1949
"Jack may be an A student, but his personality and poise would be improved if his posture were not so lopsided." [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Russia has just given up on launching fighters from its floating dumpster fire in the Med [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Here's everything you need to know about eating roadkill. Wayyyy more than you need, actually: "This one here is badger meat. These are ram's balls – much bigger than the otter's balls, as you can see" [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Amazon's Best Cyber Week Deals You Can Still Get
All the best bargains you can still grab from Amazon's holiday blitz. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ever see a 112-pound catfish? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Oxford University sued for £1 million by student who didn't get an 'A.' Sixteen years ago: "Faiz Siddiqui claims he would have had a successful career as an international commercial lawyer if he'd achieved a higher grade in M
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Fark.com RSS » Statue of Fred Rogers unveiled in Pennsylvania hometown [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Drunk ex-postman broke into post office to steal packages. Newman has clearly fallen on hard times [Florida]
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Weird Universe » Fur-Lined Pot
Swiss artist Meret Oppenheim's fur-wrapped teacup and saucer, first exhibited in 1936, is considered a masterpiece of surrealist art. Oppenheim said that her only intention when creating it was to take something familiar and make it strange. (Read more about it here).
“Luncheon in Fur," by Meret Oppenheim
But what was the intention of Lincoln Products when they came out with … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Express your feelings about Christmas music, in Haiku [Misc]
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FMyLife » ghostninja4593 says FML
Today, my reflexes kicked in when I saw a hot glue gun falling. FML [Link]
FMyLife » CheeseLover says FML
Today, the pizza delivery man and I know more about each other than me and my family ever have. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not to discourage you from getting off your butt and exercising, but chances are you are stretching wrong, lunging wrong, and crunching wrong [Obvious]
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Overheard In The Office » Mom Was a Hellishly Bad Cook– Don't Ask
Manager: I'd always give up something I hate for lent…like string beans, or vagina. New York City, New York Overheard by: Sarah R [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these Russian nesting dolls [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Changing it up [CSB]
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Fark.com RSS » Man sentenced to six months in jail for uploading sexually explicit videos of a woman onto several …. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HIS EYE??? [Weird]
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FMyLife » BohGlam says FML
Today, my boss reprimanded me for my lack of media communications skills. It would be more understandable if I weren't a janitor. FML [Link]
FMyLife » KereKris says FML
Today, I wrote a bad review for a pizza place after their pizza gave me food poisoning. Now, they won't stop calling me, begging me to take my review down in exchange for free pizza. I have tried to tell them that I wouldn't eat their pizza again even if I got paid to do so, but they won't listen. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What should I ask for for Christmas? Nothing pricey [Survey]
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Mental Floss » Showtime Launches New Line of 'Twin Peaks'-Inspired Gear
Some of the items feature artwork by the show's co-creator, David Lynch. [Link]
Weird Universe » Bosch Parade
Explanation here.
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Fark.com RSS » There are a couple of family members that should be nowhere near the funeral or gathering after. Just politely ask not to come? [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » Substitute teacher arrested for duct-taping unruly middle school students to their desks. Hey, if you've ever been around middle schoolers, you'll understand why the "Hero" tag is warranted [Hero]
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Mental Floss » Watch: Final Match, 2016 Classic Tetris World Championship
Two players do battle on original Nintendo hardware, in front of a massive live audience. [Link]
FMyLife » buttpain says FML
Today, I had dinner with my boyfriend's family. His 3-year-old nephew came running for a hug. At the last second, he darted past my arms and bit me on the ass. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » In a Word
ubiety
n. the state of occupying a certain place or position; the place in which a person or thing is; “whereness” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Coming up at the top of the hour it's Livingston Stapler Company Presents. Two hours of music hosted live by a farker in Juneau, Alaska. (9PM AKST/10PM PST) [Live]
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FMyLife » EggBomb says FML
Today, after boiling eggs my whole life, I wanted to try a packaged hard-boiled egg for the first time. I'd never had a cold egg before, so I thought it would be a good idea to warm it up. Now, I'm cleaning out a billion pieces of egg shrapnel in the microwave. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Iron gate bearing the slogan, "Arbeit Macht Frei" stolen from the Dachau concentration camp may have been discovered in a Norway suburb. Authorities are canvassing the neighborhood asking if anyone has seen Kyle [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Prince Harry announces scholarships for training in hospitality at Buckingham Palace. Which is great for anyone looking for a career as an 18th century domestic servant [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 20 of Steven Wright's Funniest Jokes
Steven Wright once supposedly said, "I intend to live forever. So far, so good." [Link]
FMyLife » anonymous says FML
Today, my family was watching a football game and kept mentioning their team's quarterback's name and, as I'm not a football fan by any means, asked them who this was. My grandma then turned to me and said, "This is why you don't have a boyfriend." FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » LAPD uses fake news about deportation to apprehend suspects, regret nothing [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » And in the obvious next stage of the news cycle, women's bizarre abduction story is now being referred to as an "alleged" abduction. Gee…it's almost like we've seen this story before [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Watch the 'Star Trek: Voyager' Captain Janeway Who Almost Was
Captain Janeway was originally named Nicole, and was played by Canadian actor Geneviève Bujold. [Link]
FMyLife » GTA_VI says FML
Today, a week after dropping my car off for the third time in a month at the dealership because of an unresolved issue, the dealership mistakenly reported the rental vehicle I'm using in the meantime as stolen. The police surrounded my work as I was meeting with a potential client. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The 100 funniest moments in Facebook history. I'd like to take this opportunity to give a shout out to Marky Zuck and the Funky Facebook Bunch [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this classic magician [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Yu-Gi-Ouch [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Three words that prove 2016 wasn't ALL bad: cinnamon roll Peeps [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Moose that wants to be a cow won't be cowed [Sappy]
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