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 » Competitors fail to break world haggis hurling record, won't be forced to accept a year's supply of haggis as reward [Silly]

Sunday 29 January 23:04:33 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Ever wish you were a kid again? You will now [Cool]

Sunday 29 January 21:49:09 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » This Museum Wants to Match You With Your Ancient Statue Doppelgänger

Sunday 29 January 21:30:00 UTC 2017

The winning twins will be featured in an exhibit. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Challenge – Assemble something from these parts [Photoshop]

Sunday 29 January 21:00:01 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » In a Word

Sunday 29 January 20:03:54 UTC 2017

ambagious
adj. circumlocutory polylogize
v. to talk a great deal asteism
n. genteel irony, polite and ingenious mockery The prolixity of counsel has provoked much good-and-bad-humored interruption from the Bench; and first for the good:– In Mr. Justice Darling’s court a few years ago, counsel, in cross-examining a witness, was very diffuse, and wasted much time. He had begun by … [Link]

Mental Floss » The Great Astronomy Hoax of 1835

Sunday 29 January 18:30:00 UTC 2017

5285435770001 On August 25, 1835, readers of the New York newspaper The Sun were enthralled by reports of life on the moon. An astronomer who had built a huge telescope reported lunar bison, moonscape meadows, and bipedal beavers. Readers ate it up, boosting The Sun's circulation—too bad it was a hoax. [Link]

Mental Floss » Watch: Malaria and 'Silent Spring'

Sunday 29 January 17:30:00 UTC 2017

Scientists use Rachel Carson's 1960s-era lessons to fight malaria today. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » And a question that has stalked man through the generations: How many slices of cheese go into a properly made grilled cheese sandwich? [Interesting]

Sunday 29 January 16:30:24 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » This Week's Best Amazon Deals You Can Still Get

Sunday 29 January 16:30:00 UTC 2017

From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Hospital saves man's life from overdose. Grateful man pays hospital back by stealing their ambulance, crashing it, then going to Applebee's and carjacking a car. Hey, I didn't say he ate there. He has some dignity, after all [Facepalm]

Sunday 29 January 16:23:25 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » What to do if you're a NYC principal and your school is being visited for its annual review? Simple – Just hide the disruptive students in a trailer [Asinine]

Sunday 29 January 15:54:57 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » THE WAY OUT RECORD by Bruce Haack

Sunday 29 January 15:47:42 UTC 2017

Wikipedia page here.

Thanks to pal Lawrence Person.

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Weird Universe » Most Expensive Pizza

Sunday 29 January 14:30:15 UTC 2017

New York's Industry Kitchen recently added to its menu what is being described as the world's most expensive pizza.

They're charging $2000 for the whole pizza (I don't think they sell it by the slice). For that you get a wood-fired pizza "topped with stilton cheese, foie gras, truffles, caviar, and 24-karat gold flakes."

Doesn't sound appealing, at all.

For … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these fresh cashews [Photoshop]

Sunday 29 January 14:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: You can't explain that [CSB]

Sunday 29 January 14:00:00 UTC 2017

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Overheard In The Office » 12PM Lunch

Sunday 29 January 13:55:13 UTC 2017

Male co-worker #1: Stay away from [Pam]. She knows kickboxing.
Male co-worker #2: So? I know how to run very, very fast. 1250 Broadway
New York, New York [Link]

Mental Floss » 3 Mountains Taller Than Everest

Sunday 29 January 13:30:00 UTC 2017

It all depends on how—and where—you make your measurements. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Rich kids are just as disadvantaged as poor kids. It's just so hard trying to decide which luxury car to take to school and what resort to summer at. Poor kids never have to worry about all that. They are so lucky [Stupid]

Sunday 29 January 12:51:56 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Artist Transforms Old CDs Into Nature-Inspired Sculptures

Sunday 29 January 11:30:00 UTC 2017

Sean Avery's "sustainable art" prevents the plastic discs from ending up in a landfill. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » That's just wrong. Period [Sick]

Sunday 29 January 11:17:42 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Drinking and dialing is not a crime, but this is pretty close [Fail]

Sunday 29 January 11:06:24 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Botox is booming among millennials – some as young as 18 thanks to the 'selfie generation' [Stupid]

Sunday 29 January 10:55:25 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » If you've always wondered who turned the word 'snowflake' into a derogatory term, you can thank the author of "Fight Club" [Interesting]

Sunday 29 January 10:10:51 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Are Americans now so freaked out that they will panic over nothing at all? We take you to a movie theater in Tucson, Arizona to find out [Facepalm]

Sunday 29 January 9:08:22 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Trump leaker found dead. Nothing to see here, comrade [Creepy]

Sunday 29 January 8:22:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Coming up at the top of the hour (9 pm AKST/10 pm PST), it's Livingston Stapler Company Presents. Two hours of music from Juneau, Alaska hosted live by a farker [Live]

Sunday 29 January 5:56:36 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Hit the Slopes in Flashy '80s-Inspired Ski Gear From Tipsy Elves

Sunday 29 January 5:30:00 UTC 2017

Take to the slopes in style. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The horrifying moment a truck slams into the side of a bus is caught on video. Fark: No one was seriously injured [Scary]

Sunday 29 January 3:02:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Emergency stay issued over Trump's Muslim Ban [NewsFlash]

Sunday 29 January 2:10:04 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » The Psychological Benefits of Having a Childhood Best Friend

Sunday 29 January 1:30:00 UTC 2017

New research suggests that having a best friend throughout childhood can have lasting psychological benefits and improve one's coping abilities in later life. (And you thought all you got out of it was that rusty old BFF necklace.) [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Berkeley couple killed by their 3-D printer when it leaked carbon monoxide. In other news, 3-D printers produce carbon monoxide that will kill you if it leaks out [Fail]

John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons