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 » If you could sum up in 2016 with a single word, what would it be? [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » Girl may be kicked out of her family because she ate at McDonald's [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » A policeman at the scene said: 'I have spoken to this male. He is OK. He has not mentioned lemon meringue pies. He is going for his train.' [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Head of the British National Health Service pleads with Brits to stop drinking so much that they wind up in emergency rooms: "We're not the National Hangover Service" [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Good news to help bring in the new year: There's now 'overwhelming evidence' that Planet X is going to destroy Earth in 2017 [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this snow shuffle [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » If the puppers and doggos of 2016 don't put a smile on your face, you're probably a cat [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » The origins of the New Year's Eve ball drop [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Our 35 Most Popular Stories of 2016
In case you weren't obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all year, here's what you missed. [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 of the World's Most Entertaining New Year's Customs
Throwing things seems to be very popular. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Yeah, we know the Saturday Morning Book Club is a bit late today, but we're still wading through all the new releases this year trying to pick the best books of 2016. So…want to help with your suggestions? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Yeah, this is probably not a big deal, but Russia hasn't hacked into the U.S. Power Grid [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » NJ Weedman is jonesing for a new weedmobile after the police bogarted his old one [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember that one time when you did acid and a rainbow-colored lobster from Brier Island crawled out of a cupboard and sat on your shoulder whispering nuggets of life revelations for the next six hours? Guess what: He's real and he's been fou
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: NTSB to examine flight data recorder. News: from an Eastern Airlines flight. Fark: that crashed in 1985 [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Creepy man banned from Starbucks for being a creep calls for creepy people to unite for creep rights and end the discrimination against creeps. For creep sake [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » New York chefs, nutritionists say gold leaf topping is tasteless on $2,000 pizza [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Watch Liquid Mercury Freeze Solid … And Hammer Rubber Nails
It's all about entropy. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Remember back when men were men and women smoked fine cigars, we would ring in the New Year's by snorting cocaine off an escort's butt before using a sword to uncork a bottle of champagne? Now the night's all about 'cuddle parties'
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Fark.com RSS » Kid problems: can't afford a horse. Kid solutions: ride the cow and teach it to jump [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Yes, 2016 was a pretty crappy year. But let's not forget the 13 awesome things that happened, including advances in clean energy, the eradication of measles in North America, and the international agreement that ended the illegal trade of pangoli
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Fark.com RSS » Yeah, this is probably not a big deal, but Russia has hacked into the U.S. Power Grid. There is nothing to wor [Scary]
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FMyLife » Estranged Fiance says FML
Today, my fiance got impatient and passed a lady doing 15 mph under the speed limit. The lady was driving slowly in case the black ice in the other lane was in both. We spun out and drove right into a guard rail. I just filled the tank, so now I'm down $40 and need to pay for a rental … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Amazon's flying warehouse idea looks like a total disaster" [Fail]
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Overheard In The Office » He's Bent on Doing Some Real Damage
Computer technician: I swear to you, they're going to find Bin Laden, and he's going to be working at the Dell call center. Manhattan, New York [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this keen cut [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » "This guy skied off a cliff. Why the heck should he sue us?" [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » The Case of the X-Ray Camera
New Year's Eve, 1946 was the occasion of a classic weird crime.
19-year-old Pearl Lusk thought she had been employed to do some detective work by Allen La Rue, whom she had met on the subway. He told her that he was an insurance investigator. Her mission was to track a suspected jewel thief, Olga Trapani, and collect evidence to … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman bequeaths her entire estate of $1.2 million dollars to help homeless shelter pets in Tennessee, ensuring they will have a very happy new year on Caturday [Caturday]
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Fark.com RSS » Adventures In Georgia™ (c) 2016. You are outside your business near Atlanta Highway and McFarland Parkway. A feral kitten comes out of the ravine nearby. What do you wish to do?_ [Scary]
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FMyLife » Iknowhowtoraisethem says FML
Today, my 25-year-old daughter, who normally doesn't drive, was out using the family car when she came back annoyed and emotional over the "stupid" cars heating being broken. She said no matter how high she turned it up it was still blowing cold air. I checked and it was set to A/C the entire time. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Foosa801 says FML
Today, I woke up my friend and had him take me to the ER. I had trouble breathing and my chest hurt, so the doctor put me on an EKG and took X-rays. I had strained my chest lifting weights at the gym earlier that day and pulled a muscle, and now thanks to my massive anxiety I have a … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's winter in Canada, so that means thieves stop stealing cars and begin stealing ice-fishing shacks instead [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay if they'd put fifteen more miles behind her [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Riders on the Sky Cabin ride at Knott's Berry Farm are stuck there for at least four hours while awaiting help. Hopefully the cable holding the ride wasn't slowly fraying while the music built [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "The French were so rude to me I had to eat in American restaurants. My whole trip was ruined." Maybe they were rude because you were an entitled, whiny tourist? [Facepalm]
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Weird Universe » Niki de Saint Phalle Gun Art
We've discussed much gun-based art here before–artists shooting themselves or other objects–but I do not believe we have yet covered this instance by Niki de Saint Phalle.
A white canvas with bags of paint concealed beneath was to be fired upon, releasing the paint in random patterns. But the project proved more intractable than anticipated.
Full story here. [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Liquid Mercury Freeze Solid…And Hammer Rubber Nails
It's all about entropy. [Link]
FMyLife » itwasajoke says FML
Today, I ran into an old friend for whom I used to have feelings. I hadn't seen her in years, so I thought it would be funny if I went up to her and said, "Hey, you look familiar, do I know you?" She thought I had really forgotten her and burst into tears. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 of History’s Most Lavish Parties
Forget the spinach dip and noisemakers, these parties are all about decadence and excess. [Link]
FMyLife » Just keep the pins says FML
Today, it's been 2 months since I broke up with my boyfriend. He's been texting me every time he found a bobby pin at his house that belonged to me, saying we should both see it as a sign of us belonging together. If he keeps this up every time he finds one, the texts will probably never stop. FML [Link]
Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
SEAL CAUSES STIR IN TASMANIA A large Australian fur seal roamed the streets of Newstead in Tasmania on Monday. The seal, nicknamed Mr. Lou-seal, appeared to be looking for a good place to nap when he crawled up on the hood of a Toyota. When the heavy seal climbed on to the car's roof, it did considerable damage. Officers from … [Link]
Futility Closet » The Humble-Nishiyama Randomness Game
Mathematicians Steve Humble and Yutaka Nishiyama invented this game to highlight a surprising result in probability, based on a principle discovered by Walter Penney. Two players play the game using an ordinary deck of cards. The cards will be dealt out in a row, one after another. Before the dealing begins, each player claims an ordered sequence of colors that … [Link]
Mental Floss » 26 Scientific Studies About Animals
Here are some of the best animal discoveries made in the name of science. [Link]
FMyLife » Really? says FML
Today, during an endless heat wave, I sat at my local pub having a beer. I was delighted as a cool sea breeze started to come through. I was less delighted when the sea breeze picked up and blew cigarette ash onto my sweaty face and into my mouth. FML [Link]
FMyLife » ThanatosSG9 says FML
Today, I took my car into the mechanic to have two tires and battery put in, all new. I later got a call saying they tried to start my car on the dead battery, which sparked and started a fire. It's gonna take two weeks to get the parts and it's minus 30 outside. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » China announces they won't deliberately run elephants to extinction. No word on hundreds of other species [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Georgia teen turns bible into coloring book. Twitter responds [Stupid]
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FMyLife » sore says FML
Today, I was at a stoplight when a guy rear-ended me going 40mph due to texting and driving. The lady in front of me ended up getting bumped by my car, totaling my car and leaving a scratch on her bumper. She refused to call an ambulance. I ended up with a mild concussion and sprained neck. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » You know those scratch offs you get in the mail that say you've won a prize at a dealership but are just advertising? Well, an 83-year-old has a unique solution to handling those [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » If you were still pulling for the giant comet before the upcoming inauguration, you will not want to read this [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Carrie Fisher's death will trigger the biggest personal accident insurance claim in history for Disney [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Airport noise complaints go up sharply, then drop sharply. Because of one guy. If only there was a metaphor for a situation like this [Awkward]
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FMyLife » fucking hate bitches says FML
Today, I realized that the girl I like only replies to my snapchats if I include my dog in the picture. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 3 Miami police officers fired for joking on social media about shooting black people, or 10x the punishment they could have expected for actually doing it [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Just in time for the "do your due diligence" presidency: Blue Bell requests easing of bacterial testing following deaths due to Listeria contaminated ice cream 2 years ago [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Maryland chicks really know how to rock out with their cocks out (unfortunately SFW) [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge: Finish this sketch [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Pull up your pants, run screaming from the monster gator, and send some pubes to your favorite politician – it's HuffPo's weirdest news of 2016 (possibly not safe for work images) [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Republican law maker in South Carolina arrested for home-schooling his wife in front of his children [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » When the sheriff's deputies come through the door to serve arrest warrants on you, arguing while stripping naked amid your collection of methamphetamine and weed isn't going to help you [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » 5 Very Weird Marginalia Themes in Medieval Manuscripts
This list could easily read “butts butts butts butts butts.” [Link]
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