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 » Man reportedly worth 1.3 trillion is reduced to urinating on sidewalk, shouting at the devil. No, it's not Trump [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » China invites Japan to check out its awesome new aircraft carrier by doing water donuts and handbrake turns just outside Japan's territorial waters [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 9 Ways Christmas Trees Are Reused After the Holidays
Discarded trees are the gifts that keep on giving. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pan-Pan is gone-gone [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Russian government says new US sanctions would harm "possible cooperation" between US and Russia [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » After kicking your buddy's ass to death for stealing your bong, maybe you should check for a pulse before posting his bleeding, lifeless body on Snapchat [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Are These Tiny Robots the Solution to the World's Bee Problem?
The B-Droid's developers hope that it will one day pollinate plants just as well as a real bee, both through the air and on wheels. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bad things can happen when you invite a teenager you just met to your motel room [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Surfing teen wears a shark-repelling armband device for the first time. Guess what happens next [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » That awkward moment after you push the button but you don't blow up [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Iceland has a breed of horse that boxes. Meet Rocky and Apollo [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Illustrate a sports announcer cliché phrase [Photoshop]
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Futility Closet » Get On With It
Here are the Boston Beaneaters and the New York Giants on opening day 1886. Tempers must have been running high that day — pitcher Old Hoss Radbourn (back row, far left) is giving the finger to the cameraman, the first known photograph of the gesture. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Boy Scouts ban transgender scout, fearing that scout leaders would get confused about who to molest [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Charlie Hebdo staffers decide that gunfire is played out, select the Polonium poisoning option instead [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » British police seek pub burglar with man boobs. Repeat, man boobs (pics) [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Columnist collects his 30 favorite tweets of 2016. Subby's: "Ann Coulter has managed to stay so thin because the last solid meal she ate was Hansel and Gretel" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Obama unveils sanctions against Russia for election meddling, including limiting Russian operatives to three U.S. cabinet posts [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » After getting pulled over, man decides to test his theory that not all cops are bad by exiting his car while holding a rifle he's not legally allowed to possess. With predictable results [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » So your fiance just dumped you and you want to know who gets the ring? Here's a primer on Engagement Ring Law [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » How to Get a Pay Raise in 8 Steps
Only 36 percent of employees feel like they're fairly compensated—here's how to snag that pay increase you deserve. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Time travel room for dementia sufferers allows them to relive the nostaligic past [Cool]
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Mental Floss » Amazon Echo Might Hold Key Evidence in a Murder
Alexa may be a key witness in a homicide. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police stop posting popular videos of trucks hitting low bridge because they reflect poorly on the town [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » President Obama declares Cliven Bundy's cows a national monument [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » If you really want a good team building exercise, let everyone be bartenders [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Trump to congratulate himself on bringing peace to Syria [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Man says he can't be guilty of road rage assault because he's a PETA member [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who stabbed girlfriend to death sued by company that cleaned up the crime scene because everybody needed to see psychologists afterwards [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Dylann Roof, who will continue representing himself during the penalty phase of his trial, opts for the "fark it" defense strategy [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Department of Homeland Security: Bribes Welcome [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Drunken McDonald's customer demands workers play 'Muslim and Hindu' music and shut the f*ck off the "Christian music". Because Christmas [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark Store Daily Deal: FruitBouquets.com: $30 Credit for $15. New Year's arrangements start at $39.99, standard shipping $14.99. If the trains are traveling at 35 and 67 mph respectively, how many soccer balls does Jim save? (Sponsored Link) [Plu
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Fark.com RSS » Unexpected benefit of legal pot: fewer traffic deaths, probably because everyone is driving at 9mph while enjoying colors they've never seen before [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Peggy: American Legion “Flying” Parade Car
[Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fish oil pills for pregnant moms may cut asthma risk in kids, lead to gills, creation of Inhumans [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » Pssst. They’re Talking About Pot.
Prime-time show employee #1: I am going to do some farming after this.
Prime-time show employee #2: I agree. You could use it. CBS Television City
Hollywood, California Overheard by: working too late [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this seashell by the seashore [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Morning all, here's your very own smoothie, just some frozen berries, honey, milk, and a touch of placenta. Drink up and cheers [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Nevada leaks personal data of 11,700 future targets for Jeff Sessions [Fail]
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Mental Floss » NASA Wants to Make a Mobile Water Factory on the Moon
The goal is to harness and use available resources on other worlds. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Philippines leader offers to give helicopter rides to citizens [Hero]
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Mental Floss » Cheesecake M
The Golden Girls would approve. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "The suspect is childless… I repeat, childless. All playground units move in" [Stupid]
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Weird Universe » Name That List, #35
What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.
Floating in a pool Sitting in hot oil Sitting in a room screaming Walking for weeks without lying down, not even to sleep Staying awake for three days Sitting in a box with pythons Sitting in a coffin Sitting next to a rotting corpse Total silence for ten … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You know you're a true Canadian when you find yourself punching a snow cougar in the face outside a Tim Hortons [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 14 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Paramedics
They probably hate the sirens, too. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Britain might not have enough salad to go around. Still plenty of roasted lamb innards and boiled pig snout for everyone [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » For those of you who've lost track this year, here is 2016's scoreboard [Sad]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Classic TV Show Deaths
Great links to start a great day! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Today's Fark-ready headline: "Robber says he was just joking after store clerk takes his gun" [Dumbass]
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GraphJam »
Graph by: WoodPaper Tagged: I see what you did there , Pie Chart , senses , sight , touch , what people mean Share on Facebook
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Mental Floss » How Much Money Would the Ghostbusters' Business Actually Be Worth?
Who knew that busting ghosts could be so lucrative? [Link]
Futility Closet » First Things First
In Languages and Their Speakers (1979), linguist Timothy Shopen shows how greetings and leave-takings can reflect a society’s cultural values. First he gives a typical American conversation in which one friend encounters another who is 15 minutes late for work: Hello Ed! — Hi! How are you? Sorry, I’m in a hurry. — Yeah, me too. See you on Saturday. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Some men fire guns to stop would-be intruders, others just firewood. Bonus: Mugshot included [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Smart Vending Machines Will Dispense Locally Sourced Food and Drinks
A California startup is reinventing vending machine food. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Just won a car on Normathon…don't need a car. Wat do? [Audio]
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FMyLife » watchyoself says FML
Today, my boyfriend had the very expensive watch he got me for Xmas resized. I dropped it trying to put it on and shattered the glass. The warranty won't cover it because of the adjustments made. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » Wilson A. Bentley: The Man Who Photographed Snowflakes
His research is credited with establishing the theory that no two snowflakes are alike. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » CNN's hard-hitting, comprehensive coverage on stories CNN's hard-hitting, comprehensive coverage didn't cover in 2016. But there's still three days left, so we're cool, right? [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 608: "Red Light, Green Light ". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » To celebrate the cluster-fark that was 2016, here is a collection of the worst red light runners of the year [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Today in Seemingly Innocent Things That Can Kill You: a noisy neighborhood [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » "Ach, back ye go now. We'll be havin' none o' that" [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » We are halfway between Christmas and New Years. Now's the time to catch up on your sleep, read a book, and practice saying 'no.' These suggestions are much easier if you don't have to work this week [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember that Colorado study that showed that legalizing pot didn't lead to teenagers smoking more of it? Seems as if things are a little different in Washington. Like don't Bogart that joint, man [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Debbie Reynolds has become more powerful than you can possibly imagine [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » 'Faulty wing flaps' to blame for Russian air crash. Next time you fly in a Russian plane, make sure the pilot knows how to flap its wings [Followup]
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Mental Floss » Taco Bell Is Testing Loaded French Fries in California
If the fries are a hit, they could expand nationally. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Dog and pig duo befriend young cow… in Homeward Bound III: Scraping the Barrel [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Zip ties for tire chains? Oh, sure, they look cool, but will they work? Cops: NO [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this yummy burger [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » California teens rescued after boat capsizes in Florida Keys. "Make sure your bilge works before you run five miles offshore and realize it's too late. Other than that great day on the water" [Florida]
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Mental Floss » 10 Disgusting Classic Cocktail Names
Bottom's up! [Link]
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