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 » "Son, hold my wine while I find out what this cop wants" [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Dad-to-be posts heartbreaking picture as girlfriend dies days before Christmas [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Augsburg evacuated to defuse massive IED left by unknown British national over 70 years ago. Inflate your paper bags [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Arizona welcomes its new self-driving overlords [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Science says your grandparents are having the kind of mindblowing sex you could only dream of. Now you have something to talk about over Christmas dinner with the family [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop This Instructional Padawan [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Everything Leaving Netflix in January
You’d better get your ‘Saved by the Bell’ fix in now. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Strange sulfur smell presages Hellmouth reopening under Philadelphia [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Police on lookout for wanted Canterbury hitchhiker, last seen with some uncouth losers while cracking bawdy jokes in virtually unintelligible English [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Santa Claus is coming to town, and here's how you can track him flying around the world this Christmas Eve [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Headline of the Year preliminaries: Context headlines, Round 5 [HOTY]
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Fark.com RSS » Give me an M …"M"… Give me a U …"U"… Give me an M …"M"… Give me a P …"P"… Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand an S …"S"… What do you get? [Sick]
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FMyLife » Grinch says FML
Today, it's Xmas Eve, and my partner's quick afternoon catch-up with his friends has turned into 5 messy drunks in our house at 1am. So it's no to the "us" time evening we had planned before spending tomorrow with our families who live over 3 hours away. Guess who had promised to drive and now can't? FML [Link]
FMyLife » Scarlett_Pixie says FML
Today, my partner convinced both of our little brothers that we are naming our son Obi-Wan. They now won't stop rubbing my belly and quoting Star Wars. This is going to be one long Christmas. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » A Group of Suitcase-Sized Satellites Will Transform Hurricane Tracking
CYGNSS "will improve our knowledge of how hurricanes grow so that we can better prepare and protect people in the path of each hurricane as it comes." [Link]
Mental Floss » Everything New Coming to Netflix in January
A new year means dozens of new movies and TV shows to stream. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Not News: Vesna Vulovic dies. News: After free falling 33,000 feet in a plane accident. Fark: 44 years later. Curse you, 2016 [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » If you love Christmas and hate other motorists, why not decorate your car with 10,000 Christmas lights? "The kilometer-long string of lights is connected to power in the boot of the car ensuring the car is a standout" (pics) [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » It's Slinky, it's Slinky / For fun it's a wonderful toy / What protects a bird feeder, makes squirrels take a breather / And makes a slinkety sound? / A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing / Everyone knows it's Slinky [Spiffy]
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FMyLife » Nick M says FML
Today, my 18th birthday, I woke up vomiting with a temperature of 104 degrees. After I settled back in bed with some water, my mom said, "This is how you're supposed to feel on your 21st birthday, not your 18th." FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Saturday Morning Book Club is curious: if you could meet any character from a book, who would you be most interested in meeting? [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » What’s the Difference Between a Gift and a Present?
Sometimes we call them gifts, sometimes presents. Is there a difference? [Link]
Weird Universe » Surrealist Furniture
Italian sideboard, 1964, created by Fabio de Sanctis. Made from walnut wood and the doors of a Fiat 600. Titled "Cielo, Mare, Terra" (Sky, Sea, Land).
Estimated cost: $15,500 – $18,800.
More info: dorotheum, Fondazione Fabio de Sanctis, artnet.
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Weird Universe » Tiny Town, PA
Homepage here.
News article here. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ever wanted to see a 6-1/2 foot swamp eel? Well, today you're in luck [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what he's surfing out of [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » But think of all the good things Giant Meteor 2016 could have brought us, like global unity [Unlikely]
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FMyLife » FabFor87 says FML
Today, my boss asked me to send an email on his behalf with an important report attached. I've already received 3 responses from directors commenting on poor spelling and factual errors. I get paid 1/4 the salary of my boss and he can't even write properly. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California man fights DUI charge for driving under influence … of caffeine: "It's really stupid" [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Teenager who rescued a stray cat just received some very unexpected holiday presents when her new kitty gave birth to Noel, Joy, Christmas, and Faith under the tree, just in time for a very merry Caturday [Caturday]
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Fark.com RSS » If you plan on attending Alaska's biggest Hanukkah celebration, then you better be ready for menorah ice sculptures, a dreidel-shaped bounce house, and circus acrobats [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Visit any rural, small-town church potluck dinner and you'll see main street America is still cooking like we're in the middle of the Great Depression [Murica]
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Mental Floss » Rogue Ales Releases Candy Beer for 2017
It tastes like a nutty candy bar, apparently. [Link]
FMyLife » stk says FML
Today, I woke up at 3am to catch my flight back home, only to realize that my flight was pushed back 14 hours. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Andy says FML
Today, on my Facebook newsfeed, I noticed a photo of a coworker. In the comment section of the photo he and his wife had written "I love you" to each other. As a joke I commented "get a room". Turns out the woman with the same surname as my coworker wasn't in fact his wife, but his daughter. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Here are 25 ingredients that everyone still uses, but shouldn't. Subby would like that pizza with a little extra sausage, please [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Rebel Scum Makes Bamboo Death Star, Puts Plans on YouTube
"No one was hurt in bringing us this information." -Frank Howarth. [Link]
FMyLife » Tom Riddle says FML
Today, I was about to go out and get some groceries, but the moment I slammed the door I realized my keys were still inside. My inner caveman instincts told me to immediately break down the door, so now I have to get a doorknob replacement instead of food. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » If you like it, put a ring on it … but be prepared to call emergency services when you can't get it off [Awkward]
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Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Silly and strange news stories for your holiday weekend. [Link]
FMyLife » jeffnn says FML
Today, while building a gingerbread house with my two kids, they thought it would be funny to pee on it while I wasn't looking. Nobody noticed until my wife ate one of the pee-covered gingerbread men. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Turtleizer567 says FML
Today, after waiting several hours for my foreman to drop off material, I finally got a text back from him saying "Oh sorry, I totally forgot about you. I'm at the Christmas party." The Christmas party that no one told me about. FML [Link]
FMyLife » SHRINKY says FML
Today, we were looking forward to spending x-mas eve with our best friends of 13 years before moving across the country where we know no one. That was the plan. The stomach flu virus has a different plan. FML [Link]
FMyLife » sad associate says FML
Today, I swung my arm with a product in my hand, and the product flew out of the packaging and hit an old lady on her head. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » The Jeep Problem
Image: Wikipedia An adventurer wants to explore a desert. He has a jeep that can carry up to 1 unit of fuel at any time and that will travel 1 unit of distance on 1 unit of fuel. As he travels he can leave any amount of the fuel that he’s carrying at any point, as a fuel dump to be … [Link]
Mental Floss » 27 Amazing Accomplishments of People Over 80
For some people, youth is just a warm-up. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "It's not every day you see Jesus and Crocodile Dundee running out of a landing craft, but there you go" [Amusing]
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FMyLife » Dandy says FML
Today, after having given up video games for two weeks to focus on school, I finished my last exam of the semester and finally became free. I got home to find that Steam is down worldwide. I just received an email saying every game on my wish list is on sale, but I can't log in. FML [Link]
FMyLife » not chicken spaghetti says FML
Today, while cooking supper with my boyfriend, we both smelled something funny. He tasted the sauce I was making, then asked me to taste it because something was off. I guess the burned teflon of our cheap pot mixed with Rotel just doesn't work that well. Now we're having dry chicken and plain noodles. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 5 reasons fake news killed facts in 2016. Reason #6: Your grandparents finally set up their wifi router to autoconnect [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » The 100 funniest Santa's lap photos ever. Or as Santa likes to say, these are kids who are clearly "Claus-trophobic" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » After 50 years, Batman still smells and the Joker still gets away [Amusing]
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FMyLife » ow says FML
Today, while playing paintball, a shot ricocheted off a wall and slammed into my nuts. I told the other team I was out and tried to run out of the field, but as I was jogging to the door I was hit again in the balls. My friend saw this and dropped his gun, laughing. It hit me too. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tipster Who Recognized 'Burrito Bandit' Rewarded with $5,000, complimentary hose-down [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Oregon law professor, who wore blackface at party and intended her costume to provoke discussion, discovers the problems with nuance and the media. The moral of this story is don't do blackface no matter what the reason [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » So what happens to all the unsold Christmas trees on Dec. 26? Two words: goat food [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » There are still some people in the world who try to solve their problems by throwing snakes at them [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Semi driver hogs road [Fail]
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FMyLife » bookworm4332 says FML
Today, I received an email telling me that the t-shirt I ordered almost a month ago as a Christmas present for my brother had finally been delivered. Unfortunately, it was delivered to my college dorm, which is 2 hours away. I won't be able to pick it up until mid-January. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my sister gave me a early Christmas present. It's lice. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my 70-year-old boss asked me to order sexy lingerie she saw on the cover a magazine. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Christmas Foods of Yesteryear
Over the centuries, yuletide revelers have enjoyed far different culinary fare than we do today. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man with baggage proposes to woman on carousel. Unfortunately, his proposal was left unclaimed [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Theme: Christmas movie parody [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Listen, there have to be some consequences for opening Christmas gifts early, that's all I'm saying [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Youtube views down across the board. Find out why after this ad finishes [Obvious]
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