Whittle It a Little, It’ll Fit

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 » Good news Millennials, you'll still struggle to pay off your student loans even after you retire [Sad]

Tuesday 17 January 23:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Harry Dean Stanton gets surprise prison term in repo gone wrong. Emilio Estevez reportedly nervous [Facepalm]

Tuesday 17 January 23:33:42 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Norway has the second-highest priced Big Macs in the world. Of course, the only other option is lutefisk [Interesting]

Tuesday 17 January 23:11:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Sex Temple Madam avoids prison, does not avoid being subby's new band name [Strange]

Tuesday 17 January 22:44:05 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Airbus's "Flying Car" Prototype Could Be Ready for Takeoff Within the Year

Tuesday 17 January 22:37:45 UTC 2017

The aircraft would be summoned from your phone like a ride-hailing service. [Link]

Mental Floss » 9 Things You Might Not Know About Catherine Cortez Masto

Tuesday 17 January 22:37:44 UTC 2017

As a tourism official, her father green-lighted the Las Vegas slogan “What happens here stays here.” [Link]

Mental Floss » Time Is Running Out to Apply for Cambridge's LEGO Professorship

Tuesday 17 January 22:30:00 UTC 2017

The professor will research how play affects development and learning. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » In addition to civil rights, civil language, and America being a world leader, we also are going to have to say goodbye to the Onion's articles about Joe Biden [Satire]

Tuesday 17 January 22:20:04 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » The Age Most People Stop Buying IKEA Furniture

Tuesday 17 January 22:00:00 UTC 2017

Unsurprisingly, people age out of the popular flat-pack furniture. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » President Obama commutes most of Chelsea Manning's 35-year sentence [NewsFlash]

Tuesday 17 January 21:38:12 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » New Evidence Suggests D.B. Cooper's Tie May Help Solve a 45-Year Mystery

Tuesday 17 January 21:30:00 UTC 2017

The infamous hijacker, parachutist, and folk hero has never been identified—but Seattle scientists might be getting closer. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » It's not every day you take a walk to your local reservoir and find a 12-foot 600-year-old Buddha sitting there [Interesting]

Tuesday 17 January 21:13:27 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this…SWEET MOTHER OF GOD WHAT THE HELL??? [Photoshop]

Tuesday 17 January 21:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » In medical news, you may already be infected with a drug-resistant superbug and not even know it. EVERYBODY PANIC [Scary]

Tuesday 17 January 20:46:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Shutting Ringling Bro. Circus will cost 462 jobs, owners say. To be fair, newly unemployed clowns and carnival barkers should easily be able to find suitable employment in all levels of government [Followup]

Tuesday 17 January 20:16:47 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » 5 Ways to Nurse Your Holiday Spending Hangover

Tuesday 17 January 20:00:16 UTC 2017

Over a quarter of Americans said they planned on racking up debt this holiday season. Here's how to get back on track. [Link]

Mental Floss » Amazon Is Running Some Great Tuesday Deals

Tuesday 17 January 20:00:09 UTC 2017

From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]

Mental Floss » Want a Caffeine Boost Without the Acidity? Try Mushroom Coffee

Tuesday 17 January 20:00:00 UTC 2017

There's nothing like the smell of fungus in the morning. [Link]

Mental Floss » Name That Greek God

Tuesday 17 January 19:46:59 UTC 2017

Take the quiz! [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Zebra found dead and skinned near Hearst Castle. In other news, there are zebras roaming around near Hearst Castle [Sad]

Tuesday 17 January 19:46:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 2016's worst home inspections included a hockey puck used as a cleanout plug, a sewer vent beneath a patio table, and a squirrel skeleton installed into the soffit [Fail]

Tuesday 17 January 19:20:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Update to the TotalFark & BareFark membership drive [FarkBlog]

Tuesday 17 January 19:18:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Swedish advertising company embarrassed to find out the phrase "White Power" has unfortunate connotations in English. Huh, there goes my plan for "Death to America" brand oversized coffins [Facepalm]

Tuesday 17 January 19:14:04 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Which Animals Fart? This Google Doc Will Tell You

Tuesday 17 January 19:00:00 UTC 2017

Snakes? Mussels? The animal kingdom is smellier than you might think. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Bookies are giving Trump 4-1 odds of being impeached within 6 months [Obvious]

Tuesday 17 January 18:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Gov Paul LePage declares that John Lewis should be more respectful of white people and needs to understand Civil Rights history. Seriously [Facepalm]

Tuesday 17 January 18:41:54 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » 11 Businesses You Might Not Know Were Started By Women

Tuesday 17 January 18:30:00 UTC 2017

Your favorite soy sauce brand was founded by a samurai widow. [Link]

Futility Closet » Watching the Detectives

Tuesday 17 January 17:53:17 UTC 2017

Police exist, and sometimes they scrutinize other members of the constabulary. We might say Police police police. If the observed officers are already being observed by a third set of officers, then we could say Police police police police police, that is, “Police observe police [whom] police police.” The trouble is that if you say this sentence, “Police police police … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » A comprehensive list of who's marching in Trump's inaugural parade. Don't blink [Fail]

Tuesday 17 January 17:50:05 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: A Show about Nothing

Tuesday 17 January 17:22:14 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Marla Maples and Tiffany Trump to D.C. stylist: Hey, how about you give us free hairstyles for the inauguration in exchange for some Twitter publicity? D.C. stylist: Hey, how about I get my publicity for free by talking about how cheap you are? [Face

Tuesday 17 January 17:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » That Maserati doing 185, slid into a pond and no more will it drive [Sad]

Tuesday 17 January 16:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Wood burning banned in liberal Bay Area, book burning okay though as long as it's "The Art of the Deal" [Asinine]

Tuesday 17 January 16:41:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Here are the 50 craziest laws in each state. Come for not being allowed to drive blindfolded, stay for idiots not being allowed to vote [Murica]

Tuesday 17 January 16:10:29 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Justin Bieber impersonator arrested for getting underaged girls to send him naked pictures. At least they said it was an impersonator. I don't know if I'm a belieber [Creepy]

Tuesday 17 January 16:06:47 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » 12 Fun Facts About ‘Slap Shot’

Tuesday 17 January 16:00:00 UTC 2017

“Ever since 'Slap Shot,' I’ve been swearing more," Paul Newman once admitted of the F-bomb-laden sports classic. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » How abortion politics aborted Obama's plans to reduce abortions. Abortion [Sad]

Tuesday 17 January 15:50:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Tom Brady's sleeping habits, Monica Crowley's plagiarism, and one stretchy condom scandal. These are YOUR Headlines Of The Week for Sun 2017-01-08 to Sat 2017-01-14 [FarkBlog]

Tuesday 17 January 15:38:31 UTC 2017

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Overheard In The Office » I’m More Interested in the Idea of Cheese

Tuesday 17 January 15:05:50 UTC 2017

Customer: I would like a cheeseburger but with no cheese.
Cashier: So you want a simple hamburger?
Customer: No! A cheeseburger with no cheese! Fast food restaurant
Manhattan, New York Overheard by: burger lover [Link]

Mental Floss » "What’s Next?" Lin-Manuel Miranda Dropped an Epic ‘West Wing’ Rap

Tuesday 17 January 15:00:00 UTC 2017

“Damn, Mrs. Landingham.” [Link]

Weird Universe » Allergic to her husband

Tuesday 17 January 14:56:16 UTC 2017

BBC News reports on the case of Johanna Watkins who has a rare disorder (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) that has caused her to become allergic to a whole bunch of stuff, including the scent of her husband. The allergy only developed after they got married.

At this point, they live in the same house but can no longer get close … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Dear Deidre, I had drunken sex with two of my exes because I want a baby and was annoyed that my current husband's seed could find no purchase. I don't know what I was thinking of, and feel very guilty about my escapades. What should I do? [F

Tuesday 17 January 14:55:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 100 years ago, British code breakers read a German message asking Mexico to invade the USA and changed the course of world history [Interesting]

Tuesday 17 January 14:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this poser on the pier [Photoshop]

Tuesday 17 January 14:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » There is absolutely, positively, NO chance at all that digging a tunnel under Stonehenge will release ancient gods long trapped and best left buried [Interesting]

Tuesday 17 January 12:43:47 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » 'The Jeff Goldblum Activity Book' Is Just as Quirky as You'd Expect

Tuesday 17 January 12:26:13 UTC 2017

Must read faster. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » I guess it does look better shaved [Sappy]

Tuesday 17 January 12:19:46 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » A Show about Nothing

Tuesday 17 January 12:15:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » As if the snakes, spiders, kangaroos, poisonous frogs, sharks, crocodiles and women weren't enough to get you killed in Australia, they have a rare flesh-eating bacteria too [Scary]

Tuesday 17 January 11:25:47 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » The Ballad of Evel Knieval

Tuesday 17 January 11:09:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Ticket scalpers losing money on Trump inauguration tickets [Obvious]

Tuesday 17 January 10:57:46 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » When your mom calls you by the dog's name, it just means she loves you [Obvious]

Tuesday 17 January 10:16:46 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Our long international nightmare is finally over…or is it? [Followup]

Tuesday 17 January 10:11:47 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » The Mengenlehreuhr

Tuesday 17 January 6:34:54 UTC 2017

Further to Saturday’s triangular clock post, reader Folkard Wohlgemuth points out that a “set theory clock” has been operating publicly in Berlin for more than 40 years. Since 1995 it has stood in Budapester Straße in front of Europa-Center. The circular light at the top blinks on or off once per second. Each cell in the top row represents five … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » L.A. community college pays $28,000 to free itself from ransomware, will hope to recoup the money after one new part time student enrolls [Fail]

Tuesday 17 January 5:35:12 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » 9 Things You Should Know About Paying for Grad School

Tuesday 17 January 5:30:00 UTC 2017

Presented by Florida Tech. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Every 25 years the Canadian returns to the lake of his birth to breed a new generation of pucklings [Cool]

Tuesday 17 January 4:41:03 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The seven wonders of Instagram have now been calculated according to hashtags, and the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and the Golden Gate Bridge are the most photographed things in the world [Interesting]

Tuesday 17 January 4:40:23 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested for threatening wife with nail-infused bat called 'the clown tickler'. "He claimed he created (it) to protect his children from scary clowns" [Creepy]

Tuesday 17 January 4:40:21 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The RSPCA would like to ask the public to double check before calling them out to catch a toy snake [Facepalm]

Tuesday 17 January 3:46:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Cops pull over DUI suspect who flees on foot. Once they catch him, his twin brother interferes. Or was it? [Strange]

Tuesday 17 January 3:33:25 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » When Roddy McDowall Was Busted by the FBI for Pirating Films

Tuesday 17 January 3:30:00 UTC 2017

In 1974, a government raid seized more than 1000 bootleg movies from the 'Planet of the Apes' star's home. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » L.A. County Sheriff's Department to begin using drones to respond to bomb threats, hostage crises, doughnut deliveries to squad cars [Spiffy]

Tuesday 17 January 3:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Thief stuffs python into his pants and slithers away in daring pet store robbery–LOOK THE HEADLINE ALREADY MADE THE TROUSER SNAKE JOKE, OKAY? [Scary]

Tuesday 17 January 3:06:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The National Geographic Neighborhood Guide has named this city the most surprising food destination in North America. And yeah… it's surprising [Ironic]

Tuesday 17 January 2:53:25 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Omaha mall owners alert millennial kids unlike those fascist hippies in California they can still use social media to recreate "New Radicals" music videos in their properties [Amusing]

Tuesday 17 January 2:40:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Giant alligator found in nature reserve, seeks vengeance against Happy Gilmore for what he did to his father [Repeat]

Tuesday 17 January 2:26:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Inventor creates robot that can play bagpipes 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without ever getting tired. He is truly history's greatest monster [Sick]

Tuesday 17 January 2:13:25 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Ah, Vermont, land of maple syrup, mountains, and alert citizens who can spot a bank robber by his failure to recycle [Interesting]

Tuesday 17 January 2:00:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » There's trolling, and then there's painting your train in the national colors and writing "Kosovo is Serbia" in giant letters before sending it to the border (with trolling pics) [Awkward]

Tuesday 17 January 1:46:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » A Google search about the penalty for double homicide might be something you want to do BEFORE pulling the trigger. Also, remember to clear your phone history [Dumbass]

Tuesday 17 January 1:33:25 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Heated Mats Keep Steps Ice-Free in the Winter

Tuesday 17 January 1:30:00 UTC 2017

No more coating your steps in salt and jabbing them with a shovel. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » An enormous anomaly has been spotted on Venus. This is not to be confused with that equally enormous anomaly on Uranus. Seriously, get that thing looked at [Strange]

Tuesday 17 January 1:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Google apologizes for citing Robert E. Lee's birthday instead of MLK Day in 3 states. In other news the 3 states in question don't apologize for still celebrating Robert E. Lee's Birthday in the first place [Stupid]

Tuesday 17 January 1:06:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this golden shower [Photoshop]

Tuesday 17 January 1:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Welcome to Florida, where our alligators seemingly eat school buses for lunch [Florida]

Tuesday 17 January 0:53:25 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » If you drop your GoPro camera in the lake, just let it go, man, cause it's gone. Until next year when someone else finds it and sees your family videos and returns it [Video]

Tuesday 17 January 0:40:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Most Germans don't think racial profiling is a problem. This is not a repeat from 1933 [Scary]

Tuesday 17 January 0:26:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » CAPTURED: Istanbul, not Constantinople nightclub shooter apprehended in Istanbul, not Constantinople suburb [Followup]

Tuesday 17 January 0:13:25 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The Rev Dr. Martin Luther King's letter from a Birmingham jail cell to other clergy continues to be far too relevant. It's long, but worth the read [Hero]

Tuesday 17 January 0:00:05 UTC 2017

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons