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 » 80-year-old twins finish hiking the Appalachian Trail, and I hope to God that's not a euphemism for something [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » The Uber driver taking you from Philadelphia to New York is feeling a little tired, and you agree to switch places to let him catch some shut-eye. This frees you to C) drive 90mph while fleeing state police until crashing the car, cackling maniacally
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Fark.com RSS » No, there is another [NewsFlash]
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Mental Floss » Someone Set Up a GoFundMe Page to Protect Betty White From 2016
The grim specter of death seems to have it out for celebrities in 2016, but someone is looking to protect Betty White from its wrath. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And here we have the stylish gauze fez mug shot [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » "Randy kept thinking back to the moment everything changed. He had been the skinniest kid among his friends. And then he got cut by that chicken" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Blow up doll mistakenly reported as dead body. Fark: someone put a blow up doll out with their trash (w/pic) [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » This just in: 2017 could be better or even worse than 2016. Film at 11 [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » 2016 is reportedly warming up for the big finale [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge: Design a book cover for your autobiography [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Where Does ‘Ditto’ Come From?
It predates Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore's on-screen exchange, and the copy machine. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police suspect Social Media in mall violence in at least nine states. Subby hopes they will get that guy before he strikes again [Followup]
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Futility Closet » The Last Blessing
After his daughter Jean’s death in 1909, Mark Twain began to write: Would I bring her back to life if I could do it? I would not. If a word would do it, I would beg for strength to withhold the word. And I would have the strength; I am sure of it. In her loss I am almost bankrupt, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » After a night of drinking, breaking into a house, holding a knife to your throat, getting arrested, and not remembering how you got there, you can take comfort in the fact that you're wearing a t-shirt with your attorney's name on it for your
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Fark.com RSS » From President Obama's pardon of Bill Cosby and Cosby's subsequent suicide, to Cam Newton's arrest for throwing the Superbowl, and Martin Shkrelli being gunned down in a drive- by, this is the year in review as told by Fake news [Interest
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Fark.com RSS » There are only a few more days left in 2016, so if your New Year's Resolution was to finally finish a novel this year, you better get cracking. Or you can hang out with the rest of us, because THIS is your Fark Writer's Thread, New Year's
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Mental Floss » 5 Money Challenges to Try in 2017
If you’re looking to kick off a challenge on January 1, try one of these five free ones recommended by personal finance experts. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "You're a mean one, Mr and Mrs Grinch." Ok, that would be "mean two," I suppose… and maybe they aren't married, so I can't call her Mrs…OK I'M HUNGOVER FROM THE HOLIDAYS, ALRIGHT? YOU COME UP WITH A FUNNIER HEADLIN
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Fark.com RSS » Perhaps it is time to reassess our relevance as a society when a major concern is apparently the lack of a hummus emoji on our smartphones [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » The biggest trend of 2016 was the disconnect between fantasy and reality [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Cheese sandwiches served to Virgin passengers cause vomiting. Doctors immediately rule out morning sickness [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Rapper's tweet "God made me bulletproof" deleted after being shot at Waffle House [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Israel: On second thought, maybe we won't build all those new settlements. Please don't take away our tanks [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » "Kentucky travelers will not be able to fly with driver's license." Well DUH. Everyone knows you need a pilot's license to fly [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » We are elephants. We attack at dawn [Strange]
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Mental Floss » This Start-Up Fits a Whole Farm in a Box
If the holiday season has taught us anything, it’s that you can fit just about anything in a box—including the makings of a two-acre farm. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You think that your worst day at work ever can't be topped? Think again: Steel bar pierces workman's scrotum [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » FLA Woman yells racial slurs, & then aims her gun's laser pointer at African Americans in McDonald's. She should have waited until January 20 when this becomes legal [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida is home to the loudest voices claiming the 2012 massacre of 26 children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT never happened [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Twenty-six patients at a Dutch fertility clinic learn they may have been given the wrong sperm [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Actual headline: Lebanon prepares for bologna drop [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Husband saves drowning dog. Then wife saves husband who's saving the drowning dog. Then a lifeboat saves the wife who's saving the husband who's saving the drowning dog [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » A new translation is being published of the most obscene and offensive work of fiction ever written [PSA]
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Mental Floss » 12 Facts About 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'
The popular con man comedy went through plenty of changes before finally hitting the big screen. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's main road closure due to A) DOT, B) Accidents, Florida) Naked guy jumping on cars and intentionally beating his head on their windshields [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Cinnabon apologizes over Carrie Fisher 'best buns' tweet [Facepalm]
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Weird Universe » England’s Poorest Baronet
Sir John Stuart Knill (1886- 1973) achieved a minor degree of fame because he was poor — and because he also happened to be a Baronet and so was part of the UK's hereditary aristocracy. As the British media often described him, he was "England's only Baronet in public housing." As Sir Knill struggled to scrape by, moving from one low-paying … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And now the bad news – Nearly all middle-aged people are overweight, inactive or drinking way too much [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: T3 Tactical Auto Rescue Tool. Survival knife with serrated blade, hook blade, steel tip to break windows, and LED light. Not TSA approved. (Sponsored Link) [Plug]
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Mental Floss » A Simple Trick for Defrosting Your Windshield in Less Than 60 Seconds
Never scrape again. [Link]
Mental Floss » Attention Chocolate Lovers: Starbucks Has Three New Tuxedo Beverages
If you want to try one, you'd better act fast! [Link]
Mental Floss » IBM and Rice University Team Up on a Robot to Care for the Elderly
The Watson-powered robot will directly aid both patients and their caregivers. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this martial artist [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » If you left a vibrator on a tram in Manchester, transit staff have found it. Proof of ownership may be required (not safe for work) [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Was 2016 really the worst year ever? 72,000 BC doesn't think so. Or 1348 [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » An unsettling number of "Hatchimals" are reported to have had defective peckers on Christmas morning [Giggity]
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Weird Universe » Cuckoo Girl
Justin Bieber fangirl phenomenon, 1959 version. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Our national security has been based on the perception that nuclear war is unhealthy. I mean, one nuclear war could ruin 2016's entire year [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 9 Knitting Projects to Tackle This Winter
Staying cozy has never been so fun. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Life of Carrie Fisher
5 Times Carrie Fisher Made Hollywood History. She was much more than Princess Leia.
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Full Star Wars Movie Schedule and Release Date Calendar. Mark your appointment book through the year 2020.
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Cheetahs Are Far Closer To Extinction Than We Realized. Loss of habitat has the numbers down to little over 7,000.
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Let Kids Lose! Scientists Say It Helps Children … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » I guess taking mom still isn't enough for the '16 reaper [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » The life cycle of a gummy candy. In reverse. It's much more disturbing than you could ever imagine [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Spend too much this Christmas? Good news: Braising can make any cheap meat cut as awesome as the expensive ones. Tag is for the author [Hero]
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Mental Floss » August Musger: The Priest and Physicist Who Invented Slow Motion
Musger, a movie fan, set out to create a projector that would keep film from flickering—and accidentally created slow motion. [Link]
Mental Floss » 11 Common Misconceptions About Robots
Presented by Neato Robotics. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The 400lb fur seal that likes to climb on cars in Australia has been returned to the outback: "We got up and there was this great big seal on the roof of the car which is definitely not what you'd expect on Boxing Day" (pics) [Followup]
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Futility Closet » Floor, Please?
Image: Wikimedia Commons Reader Alex Freuman passed this along — a simple method of establishing any row in Pascal’s triangle, attributed to Edric Cane. To establish, for example, the seventh row (after the initial solitary 1), create a row of fractions in which the numerators are 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and the denominators are 1, 2, 3, 4, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » My God. Todd Starnes may have finally written an article that many Farkers will agree with [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 21 Things That Turned 21 in 2016
Oh, how they grow up so fast! EBay—or "the world's biggest garage sale" as most regard it today—celebrated its big 2-1 this year. In 1995, the company founded by Pierre Omidyar went by a different name, though: AuctionWeb. The domain ebay.com would have directed you to an informational landing page for the ebola virus. EBay wasn't the only notable thing … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Trump Towers evacuated after a suspicious package was discovered. Turns out a bag of toys that are not gold plated is considered suspicious in Trump's world [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Here's a headline that will surely be included in some future dystopian sci-fi montage sequence: Giant robot takes first steps [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » In Arkansas Christmas doesn't officially start until one family member pulls a knife on another [Fail]
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Mental Floss » 7 Tips for Achieving Your Goals From a Productivity Expert
Setting goals helps you focus your attention, get more done, and change your life. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » When a win is bad news. Browns perfect season parade has been canceled [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » What are the odds of two blind people bumping into each other and recognizing each other on the subway? Apparently pretty good [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Romania rejects leftist female Muslim prime minister with Syrian husband and ties to corruption. In related news, apparently there is alt-Right fanfic [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Richard Adams can no longer tell us about the bunnies [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Miamians pretty much indistinguishable from other Americans, report says [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this sleepy bear [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Thai student first to be arrested, denied bail for insulting new poopy-head King Vaginalonghorn [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Three people die and five others injured in a four-car pileup in one of New York's seven boroughs that jammed six lanes of traffic for up to two hours. And a partridge in a pear tree [Sad]
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