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 » "Men who got away with it in 2016" instead of a pretty annual recap fluff piece. Because 2016 [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Four more officials charged in Flint water crisis. Two of them reported to governor Rick Snyder. Governor Rick Snyder still charge free [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Yeah, Trump, you just watch yourself, or we'll respond with Canada's weapons of mass destruction…RABID BEAVERS [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Don't look like a criminal. This has been a message from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles facial recognition department [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Flow chart that shows connections between Trump, Russia and White Nationalists looks exactly like an Escher staircase after a fight with a Xerox machine [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Man dressed in Chewbacca costume committed grand theft. Now the police force is with him [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » We can expect "war, famine, disaster and disease" say the Dems who lost the election? No. Says the ancient religious relic that refuses to ooze [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Snorlax Slippers That Snore While You Walk
Let people know which Pokemon you most identify with. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Soylent: "We're not causing you that violent diarrhea, it's that algal flour stuff." Algal flour supplier TerraVia: "Then I guess you won't be needing us for any of your other products" [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » We all know the "war on Christmas" is a thing, here's a brief history of how it got that way [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Listerine may cure gonorrhea, giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "The Burn Means It's Working" [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Lobster Boat Captain: A freak storm killed my crew. The waves…the lightning…it was horrible. I barely survived. Investigators: So what's with all this Oxy and alcohol in your system? Lobster Boat Captain: FREAK STORM [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » 'No way to prevent this' says region where this happens regularly [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » The Episcopal/Anglican "Christmas Carol Service" was invented in the 1880's by future Archbishop of Canterbury Edward White Benson, whose wife was a famous diarist with 39 lesbian lovers and whose sons were the novelists–wait, back up ju
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Mental Floss » Singapore’s New Driverless Bus Will Start Shuttling Passengers in 2017
The vehicle is fully electric. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » $2 million worth of psychedelic mushrooms were seized from a NYC house. Authorities then watched as the house transformed into a spaceship with Chrissie Hynde at the helm and flew away into a swirling multi-colored vortex [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Russian deep-sea fisherman posts some of the weirder things he has caught. Japanese diners reach for the wasabi [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Singer Richard Marx helps flight crew subdue violent passenger. Also helping were Daisy Fuentes, Groucho, Harpo, and some lady who speaks jive [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Smuggling Coke into the country inside a crate of Pepsi. There's a certain level of genius at play here. Not much, but some [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » PETA to protest wool clothing, because apparently industries that rely on keeping animals alive and healthy are bad [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » For the first time in years, Texas did not lead the nation in executions. LOSERS [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this nightmarish antique toy [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Gunman in Zurich mosque shooting had 'links to occult' according to police. Peace-loving Cthulhu cultists around the world issue immediate denunciations [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Why You Should Definitely Get a Bidet
They're sanitary, eco-friendly, and amazing. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark's 2016 Headline of the Year contest: Politics headlines [HOTY]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark's 2016 Headline of the Year contest: Entertainment headlines [HOTY]
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Fark.com RSS » Your child will love the My Friend Cayla doll, lovingly designed at Fort Meade to spy on you [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Insert rectum, damn near killed him joke here. Heh, insert [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're seeking Kyle, he's on his porch across from the elementary school… cradling an assault rifle. Because, you know, he's a "hunter" [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 8 Must-Have Products for Dog and Cat Owners
Cat and dog lovers will want to put these items on their wish lists (or buy them themselves). [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Berlin police discover that maybe grabbing the first swarthy-looking guy you see after a possible terrorist attack isn't such a good idea [Followup]
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Mental Floss » A Soft Robot That Can Move Like a Human Thumb
It can bend AND twist, just like a biological finger or wrist. [Link]
Mental Floss » Chicago Is Colder Than Mars This Week
Keep your tongues away from those flagpoles, kids. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Those Bothans didn't just die stealing the Death Star plans. A lot of them fell to their deaths through all the gaping plot holes in the movie [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » North Korea's "nuclear explosion" in 2010 was actually an earthquake [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » You're the Pentagon, and you've commissioned a new "blast gauge" that you hope will help detect soldiers' brain injuries caused by nearby explosions. Except, it's actually detecting brain injuries caused by soldiers firing the
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Mental Floss » We Really Need to Stop Assuming Healthy Food Is More Expensive
Researchers say not only are we less likely to believe that affordable foods could be healthy, but we also assume health claims on expensive foods are more trustworthy. [Link]
Mental Floss » 14 Online Stores That Will Still Deliver by Christmas Eve
Need any last minute gift ideas? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Help solve the ten second attempted robbery, which is also what your wife calls the last time you had sex [Fail]
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FMyLife » happysingleone says FML
Today, the last of my college friends is getting married and now I'm the last single one. Don't worry though, if one ever gets a divorce we can hang out again. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Questions: More Christmas "Card"s
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Mental Floss » How to Get Your Hands on an NES Classic This Tuesday
Here are the details of Best Buy's anticipated flash sale. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: Flying Spaghetti Monster / Cthulhu ski mask. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Fark.com RSS » Detectives originally thought the victim died of natural causes having previously had keyhole surgery to his chest, but it later emerged he had been shot six times [Fail]
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Mental Floss » Scientists Unlock the Secret to Super-Tough Antlers
The antlers’ staggered molecular structure could be used to create super-tough composite materials in the future. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Awww yeah I just caught a pikachu, who da man, who da ma-*BOUMP BOUMP* [Florida]
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FMyLife » ClumsyBarista says FML
Today, while serving a line of ten customers by myself at the coffee shop I work at, I knocked over a cup of steaming hot milk and it went all over the coffee bar, espresso machine, floor, and myself. I then had to act like everything was fine and make a line of drinks with milk everywhere. FML [Link]
FMyLife » steffansk1997 says FML
Today, I had an appointment with the CEO of a big company about a game I'm going to make for them. The first thing I did after sitting down was to throw my coffee all over his desk. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman wins over $77k on scratch-off lottery ticket after husband dies of cancer. No word on what her third wish was [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » See the Damage Those 'Home Alone' Booby Traps Would Do in Real Life
Harry and Marv shouldn't have made it out alive. [Link]
Overheard In The Office » To Be Fair, Size Doesn't Matter If You Press All the Right Buttons.
Male coworker #1: I've got a Mac mini in my drawer if you want one.
Male coworker #2: That's what you say to all the ladies.
Female coworker: I'm not sure that would be very effective! Berkeley, California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Well at least the Upper Mid-West will get to enjoy a white Christmas. They'll freeze off their jingle-bells in the process, but hey, anything for Bing Crosby. Love that guy [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this LED tunnel [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » America’s First Theme Park Was All Santa, All the Time
When Santa Land opened in Indiana in 1946, it was America's first theme park. [Link]
Weird Universe » Frank Luckel — Collector of Weird News
In the world of weird news there are the professionals (such as Chuck) who write about weird news, and there's also a larger group of weird news collectors whose hobby is finding and saving items of oddness from the news, often sharing what they find with the professionals. Chuck, for instance, has his Board of Editorial Advisors.
The collectors tend … [Link]
Weird Universe » Let the Dog Drive
Original story here.
Original story here.
From THE NEW YORK TIMES for November 7, 1916.
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Fark.com RSS » Actual math problem: "Tony can send 5 texts and 3 nudes in 19 minutes. He could also send 3 texts and 1 nude in 9 minutes. How long would it take him to send one text and one nude?" Teacher now learning impact of negative numbers in HR file [
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Mental Floss » 11 Brilliant Gifts for the Young Explorers in Your Life
Gifts are a great place to grow their curiosity even further! [Link]
FMyLife » Discouraged despite my effort says FML
Today, I told my future MIL that we couldn't see her on Christmas because I have to work that day passing out gifts to elderly patients, but that I would call off work to travel to see her any day after. That isn't good enough, so she asked my fiance to spend Christmas without me. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Uber driver really, really doesn't like it when you tap on the window of his vehicle. Really [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » More Christmas "Card"s
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Fark.com RSS » Breaking: After two years, investigators have concluded that MH370 is still lost [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Handy Kitchen Device Lets You Make Your Own Rolled Ice Cream
Get the Instagrammable dessert in your own home. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Nativity scene removed over concerns it might offend town's four Muslims. That makes no frankincense [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » You've got your red wine in my hot chocolate …no you've got your hot chocolate in my red wine. Any way you pour it, it sounds great [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Today in Scientists Are Cash-Grabbing Whores: "Sugar Ain't So Bad," sponsored by the sugar industry [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » China hands back US drone. Perhaps they'd like an exchange? [Followup]
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FMyLife » klutz says FML
Today, I broke my fifth bone in three years. While I'd like say that they've all been scary, athletic injuries, most have been from attempting to do things as mundane as walking. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Reindeer are Real
Great links for great folks! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » As it has always been and will forever be, Farkers, your number is zero [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Instead of putting all your money in the stock markets, you'd be better off investing it in preschool [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Another great reason to visit the famous Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado: the 1,200 choices of whiskey [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » Diagnosing the 'Home Alone' Burglars' Injuries: A Professional Weighs In
Can a man really be hit square in the face with a steam iron and walk away unfazed? [Link]
FMyLife » madeline9322 says FML
Today, the lack of heating in my room has gotten to the point where I have to cuddle my clothes for the next day at night so they're not freezing when I wake up. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Sad elf says FML
Today, after weeks of tirelessly organising a Secret Santa with work colleagues, we finally exchanged gifts. I got a stapler, which had been stolen from my desk the day before. FML [Link]
FMyLife » realnotimaginary says FML
Today, my boss gave me a lecture accompanied with a formal warning because I failed to take notes during a client meeting. I was never at this client meeting, in fact, I had a call with another client at the same time. Regardless, he insists I was there and refuses to listen to reason. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my girlfriend gave me a choice of having a circumcision or breaking up with her. Either way I'm going to lose something I hold dear. FML [Link]
GraphJam » Teh1337sniper1
Graph by: TRUdog Tagged: gamertags , Pie Chart , video games , xbox Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Today's ridiculously priced, attention-whoring food item is a $2,000 pizza [Stupid]
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FMyLife » tyler_powellROTC says FML
Today, while practicing for a competition, someone decided to spin a rifle with a bayonet. I'm currently sitting in the ER with stitches in my foot. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 8 Expert-Approved Time Management Tips
Presented by Florida Tech. [Link]
Mental Floss » How to Say Merry Christmas in 26 Different Languages
Expand your foreign language greeting repertoire beyond "Feliz Navidad." [Link]
Futility Closet » Self-Seeking
Why do we cultivate friendships? What reason do I have to be a friend to another person, that is, to care about him for his own sake? In order to make the friendship worthwhile, such a reason would have to explain how doing it makes my own life better. But that’s a problem: If I pursue the friendship in order … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Is grandma spry? [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 20 Heartwarming Stories That Will Brighten Your Holiday Season
Though the holiday season can be fraught with stress and a last-minute to-do list, it’s also a time of extreme generosity. [Link]
FMyLife » band13geek says FML
Today, I tried to give a four-year-old I was working with a high-five for finishing his math worksheet. He high-fived me with the pencil. And I don't mean the eraser side. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Synagogue beefs up security after receiving threatening letters blaming the world's problems on the Jews and Ron Howard [Florida]
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Mental Floss » Do Hats Cause Balding?
Is it true that if you wear a hat often enough it will cause you to bald? In short: No. Whether or not you keep your hair is up to genetics. Allow mental_floss List Show host Craig Benzine to walk you through the common causes of baldness and debunk this myth once and for all. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you got your teeth cleaned at the Center for Family and Specialty Dentistry in Reading, Pa., you should probably get tested for HIV. That is all [PSA]
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FMyLife » ThatsIncentive says FML
Today, I stooped to pick up an earring back off the ground. It was actually a spider. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When the Grand Trunk meets a Grand Cherokee you can be pretty sure there's a Grand Drunk: "I don't think she realized she was driving on train tracks" [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Man sues McDonald's over the erroneous middle word in "extra value meals" [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Charter school, Success Academy, is successful at stealing tax-payer dollars. Teaching students? Not so much [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Ah, the old "Give me full access to your bank account — I promise I won't steal your money (name of pro athlete)" dodge [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this wall-washer [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » You know what we should do to prank Trump? Change the Wifi's name to "Hackthis-Russians" [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman selling positive pregnancy tests on Craigslist to pay way through school, helping out those with no spare time for sex [Florida]
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FMyLife » homealone says FML
Today, after a long day at work, I fell asleep in my living room. When I woke up, I saw a man leaving my bedroom wearing my pajamas, and I started screaming as he casually left. The cops came and apparently he's mentally ill. He truly believed it was his house. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman takes baby Jesus from Nativity, delivers to hospital, reports neglect [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Russia's answer to the F-35 is cheaper, faster, and stays in the air longer, although the same can also be said of a thrown brick [Obvious]
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