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 » Australia has suffered a literal shiat storm [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Get Weird With These 13 Unusual Liquors
Quinoa vodka, ant-filled gin, unicorn tears, and more. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man arrested for shooting and killing a donkey during an argument with his girlfriend [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » The Great Omaha Gumball Theft case may have been solved [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Dude. The proper terminology is "African American people food" [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Actual headline: Uniquely Utah: Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » In light of recent events, photoshop 6-year-old Carrie Fisher watching her mother perform in Las Vegas in 1963 [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » How Many Electoral Votes Did George Washington Have?
Our first president can also claim the only unanimous electoral college wins in history. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ok, last time: If you shoot a gun into the air to celebrate New Year's Eve, shoot straight up and make sure you're standing directly underneath it when it comes back down to solve the problem you insisted on creating [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Your flying car is almost ready for the driveway [Cool]
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Mental Floss » 8 Awesome Facts About the Catskills
7. Nobody put baby in a corner in the Catskills. (Think further south.) [Link]
Futility Closet » Small World
Venezuela means “little Venice.” The stilt houses of Lake Maracaibo reminded Amerigo Vespucci of the Italian city, so he named it accordingly. [Link]
Mental Floss » Every Underground Subway Station in New York City Now Has Free Wi-Fi
Let the surfing begin! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Midvale man arrested after stabbing two burglars armed with bats. No word if any of them were gifted [Murica]
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Mental Floss » The Best Way to Protect Your AirPods? Disguise Them as Dental Floss
It takes just seconds and could save you $160. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The many varied flavors of Soylent, hurt Butt butthurt, and a remote-controlled underwear vehicle. Unless you're still as hung over as Don Lemon, you'll get a laugh out of the Headlines Of The Week for Sun 2016-12-25 to Sat 2016-12-31 [FarkBl
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Fark.com RSS » Police in New Jersey seek overweight, excessively hairy, naked man. That narrows it down [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » People are outraged the Vatican has a McDonald's [Followup]
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Weird Universe » The Tattooed Lady
Not the Groucho song.
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Mental Floss » 16 Fast Facts About 'Homestar Runner'
Celebrate Free Country, USA and all its citizens with a quick rundown of Homestar trivia. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mini Cooper driver drives poorly. Minny Driver and Bradley Cooper not involved [Fail]
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FMyLife » Danicole927 says FML
Today, I had a job interview with a world-renowned forensic psychologist, and it fits my degree perfectly. He didn't want to hire me, but he'd like me to return as a patient. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I attempted to score with a previous friend-with-benefits by sending her a photo of my Christmas present, bondage rope. She arrived an hour later in a mad panic. She thought I was going to hang myself. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in, where women dressed up as bats get all of my press? This town needs an enema [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Kansas Gov. Voodoo Economics proposes — make sure you're sitting down for this — robbing the future to cover a deficit caused by tax cuts that didn't exactly bring rainbow-shiatting unicorns [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this sad polar bear [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » Vincent’s Curtsy
Vincent's Curtsy is a squatting technique often used by people (children, in particular) as a "holding maneuver" when they need to urinate. It involves squatting so that your heel pushes up against the perineum. A variant involves energetically crossing the legs. These maneuvers are known colloquially as the "pee dance."
Image source: emaze.com
The technique is named after Dr. S.A. Vincent … [Link]
Mental Floss » Today Would Be Isaac Asimov's 97th Birthday (ish)
"My parents were always uncertain and it really doesn't matter. I celebrate January 2, 1920, so let it be." [Link]
Mental Floss » 20"17"
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FMyLife » hair or ears? says FML
Today, I went to get my ears pierced. While the lady who did mine was twisting my hair up, she told me her life story of how she wants to be a pro hairstylist. She then spent 45 minutes playing with my hair. By the time she was done, it was time for them to close. I never got my … [Link]
FMyLife » TheAprilWitch says FML
Today, I finally realized my sister-in-law tilts all the artwork on my walls every time she visits. Apparently, she's been doing this for years, just to drive me crazy. FML [Link]
FMyLife » PartyLosers says FML
Today, we had a New Year's Eve party at our new house. We invited 30 people. One person showed up. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was showing the Instagram of my crush to my cousin. He double-tapped the picture, thinking it would zoom it in. It was posted 5 months ago. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Pokecousin says FML
Today, I had to explain to my Pokemon-obsessed 6-year-old cousin that Albinos are not "Shiny People". FML [Link]
Mental Floss » 5 Theories About Amelia Earhart's Disappearance
Did the famous aviator crash into the ocean and die, or did she meet another fate? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The prophet 'TB Joshua', renowned for predicting death of Michael Jackson, Paris ISIS attacks, disappearance of MH370, and narrow victory for Hillary Clinton, prophesies doom for Nigeria in 2017 [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » NYC couple spends $155,000 on vet bills for their puppy. "Your pet's life shouldn't have to be a financial decision" [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Waiter fired for serving up a batch of lies [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Be Happy in 2017
Links to keep you occupied all day! [Link]
Mental Floss » Don’t Stop The Music: The Smiths Fan Who Plotted to Hijack A Radio Station
In 1987, one teenage fan in Denver, Colorado took his love of the English rockers a bit too far. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The latest thing ruined by hipsters? Gaydar [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » A Texas legislator has a good idea to improve public safety. It hit him right in the head [Scary]
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Futility Closet » Pianissimo
Composition 1960 #5, by avant-garde composer La Monte Young: Turn a butterfly (or any number of butterflies) loose in the performance area. When the composition is over, be sure to allow the butterfly to fly away outside. The composition may be any length, but if an unlimited amount of time is available, the doors and windows may be opened before … [Link]
FMyLife » SpookyBiscuits says FML
Today, my boss wants to sort people in his contact list by last name, so I showed him how to switch the sorting from first to last. He tried to correct it by writing the first name in the last name spot and vise versa. Now he wants me to go through and change them all back. All 200+ of … [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my extremely lazy colleague received a promotion with benefits, while I was fired for "not being a team-player". I had stayed quiet about her constant negative behaviour because my supervisor said we needed to "have each other's backs". While I was protecting hers, she put a knife in mine. FML [Link]
FMyLife » no more mr nice guy says FML
Today, my friend invited me, his girlfriend, and the girl I like over to his house to hang out. We hoped it would get me closer to my crush. The day ended with them having a threesome and me locked out. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It's complicated [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » When I die I want a bunch of inconsiderate asshats sledding over my grave. Not [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » 16 Myths About Blindness
The List Show is here to debunk some pervasive misconceptions. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sure, book your cheap holiday tickets with some airline called Jambojet. What's the worst that can happen? As your wife will sarcastically ask you days later when you're both still stuck on a bus. On a ferry. On your connecting flight through
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Fark.com RSS » Paris' newest subway line: $230M/km. Berlin's, $250M/km. Copenhagen, $260M. NYC: $1.7 billion and counting. This is why we can't have nice things (unless we're close friends with Andrew Cuomo) [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Something's very fishy about this McDonald's story. Also, very wormy [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Here's the worst idea of the year, and it's only one day in: "Defence and technology group QinetiQ has built 'stealth' wind turbines which barely show up on radar. The giant turbines, each 400 feet high, appear on radar systems as
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Fark.com RSS » You think snakes on a plane are bad? How about scorpions on a train? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Elemental theme of massage business features earth, water and fire truck [Amusing]
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FMyLife » ashlyrose45 says FML
Today, I went back to my friends place drunk. As we were walking in, she told me to be quiet, so as not to wake her parents and let them know we were drunk. I then walked in and looked at her parents, who were still awake watching TV, and said, "Shhh. Meg told me not to wake her parents." … [Link]
Mental Floss » Watch Disney Animation's Evolution, 1937-2016
This is just beautiful. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this wet mutt [Photoshop]
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