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 » That story about a Japanese man crushed by his porn collection? Yeah…about that [Followup]

Sunday 5 March 23:42:26 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » News of the Weird (March 3, 2017)

Sunday 5 March 23:30:00 UTC 2017

News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M517, March 3, 2017
Copyright 2017 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.

Lead Story

Suspicions Confirmed: Despite California's 2015 law aimed at improving the fairness of its red-light cameras, the city of Fremont (pop. 214,000, just north of San Jose) reported earning an additional $190,000 more each month last year by shortening the "yellow," by two-thirds … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Man tries to rob a fish and chips shop with a banana. Apparently he couldn't find a bar of soap [Fail]

Sunday 5 March 23:23:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » IRS budget cuts mean there are not enough agents for tax audits. America is great again [Hero]

Sunday 5 March 22:44:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Steven could have stopped working following his accident but has chosen instead to put his efforts into doing his new job with energy and pride. He works incredibly hard, despite physical difficulty, to be the best at what he does" [Spiffy]

Sunday 5 March 22:26:51 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Face Your Fears by Pummeling a Horror Movie Villain Piñata

Sunday 5 March 21:30:00 UTC 2017

Freddy, Jason, and Leatherface have been recreated as papier-mâché candy containers. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Thirty-three thousand bunny related items moving with the Bunny Museum, and nary a pancake to be found [PSA]

Sunday 5 March 21:27:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these sailors pulling rope [Photoshop]

Sunday 5 March 21:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Before putting your own hair in your meal for a free dinner always make sure the security camera is not on you before complaining [Dumbass]

Sunday 5 March 20:53:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "It's more time and effort than I want to put in," says Millennial regarding getting a driver's license [Asinine]

Sunday 5 March 19:27:21 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » One of the Strangest Customs in Congress

Sunday 5 March 18:30:00 UTC 2017

Congress is famous for its time-honored traditions and customs—but they had to put a stop to this one. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Man tried to have sex with a fence. Actually, he did have sex with a fence [Stupid]

Sunday 5 March 18:18:21 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » We're firing up the Wayback Machine this week as Snack Food Sunday looks at the most popular snacks of each year going back to 1960. Deslided for your enjoyment [Interesting]

Sunday 5 March 18:00:00 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Watch Technologists Get Excited About Pen Computers in 1991

Sunday 5 March 17:30:00 UTC 2017

You'd "touch" the screen with a stylus, of course. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Case dis…dis…OHdismissed [Sick]

Sunday 5 March 16:32:29 UTC 2017

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

Sunday 5 March 16:19:52 UTC 2017

From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "I thought she was texting and driving, so I stopped and was watching her to see what she was doing and she looked up, made eye contact and she actually mouthed the words, 'Help me,'" [Scary]

Sunday 5 March 16:19:21 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Gas-Proof Pram

Sunday 5 March 16:16:40 UTC 2017

In January 1939, these two photos appeared in numerous newspapers, accompanied by the following caption:

Necessity being the mother of invention, a resident of Hextable, England, recently perfected this baby airing outfit with an eye to the future. The air-tight and gas-proof lid fits over the pram, has an air intake, a window and a filter to insure gas free … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » County Durham pub unveils Britain's biggest steak dinner – 220 oz of beef for $150. It's on the same stunt menu as Britain's largest mixed grill and "a kebab sandwiched between two chicken parmos" [Weird]

Sunday 5 March 16:04:32 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Your house burned down during a massive wildfire? Sorry for your loss, but we're the HOA. Pay up. Now [Asinine]

Sunday 5 March 15:32:13 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Officer, I swear I always beat mannequins staged to look like homeless men with a hammer. Doesn't everybody? [Creepy]

Sunday 5 March 15:07:27 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Always after me lucky charms. Well this is the story of a bloke that was not so lucky [Scary]

Sunday 5 March 14:49:34 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Perks of being a TSA officer. In addition to all the crotches you can grab, you occasionally get to question Russian Playboy models [Murica]

Sunday 5 March 14:02:43 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Marge Simpson arrested after Maggie tests positive for meth, THC, cocaine and ecstasy. Mrmrhm [Sick]

Sunday 5 March 14:02:26 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Create a new clown [Photoshop]

Sunday 5 March 14:00:01 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » What Is an 'Atmospheric River'?

Sunday 5 March 14:00:00 UTC 2017

Think weather, not poetry. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Farm animal encounters [CSB]

Sunday 5 March 14:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » You see, darlin', this is a story in HuffPo about a cartoon in the New Yorker about how when you ask a question we feel obligated to answer it [Obvious]

Sunday 5 March 13:36:43 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Another week, another installment of 'Go back to your effing country, BOOM' shooting [Scary]

Sunday 5 March 13:17:41 UTC 2017

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Overheard In The Office » 5PM That’s a Wrap

Sunday 5 March 13:14:24 UTC 2017

Accounting #1: I’m so excited! My boyfriend gets back today after being gone for five weeks!
Accounting #2: So what you’re telling me is that you’re gonna be late tomorrow because you’re gonna be up all night having sex.
Accounting #1: No, he’s more of a one-hit wonder. We’ll be asleep by 10. 1001 G Street NW
Washington, DC [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The best comment thread on a police department Facebook post about a confiscated gun you will ever read [Amusing]

Sunday 5 March 12:50:26 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Chimpanzee dies at Lion Country safari. Well, maybe it died because it was in lion country [Florida]

Sunday 5 March 12:32:40 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » American Troops occupy Manbij in a major escalation of the Syrian War [News]

Sunday 5 March 12:18:50 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Meet the Man Who Makes Musical Instruments From Ice

Sunday 5 March 12:00:00 UTC 2017

Tim Linhart is the founder of Ice Music, an orchestra of frozen violins, cellos, basses, and more. [Link]

Weird Universe » Gustav Metzger, RIP

Sunday 5 March 11:24:00 UTC 2017

Farewell to Gustav Metzger and his "auto-destructive art."

Here is the famous "painting" with acid.

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Fark.com RSS » "I don't need to serve you anymore. We're trying to make America great again" [Asinine]

Sunday 5 March 10:08:12 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Happy Birthday, Sinclair ZX81 Computer!

Sunday 5 March 10:00:00 UTC 2017

36 years ago today, Clive Sinclair introduced his unbelievably inexpensive home computer. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Reporter beats off hockey mask-wearing attacker on live television [Scary]

Sunday 5 March 7:02:13 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » A Launching

Sunday 5 March 6:25:13 UTC 2017

Image: Wikimedia Commons Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay erected this sculpture in Stuttgart in 1975. The engraving appears meaningless until it’s viewed across a body of water — and the German word schiff (ship) floats reflected on the surface. [Link]

Mental Floss » Timberland Is Making Shoes and Bags From Recycled Plastic Bottles

Sunday 5 March 6:00:00 UTC 2017

You can feel good about fancy footwear that creates new jobs and cleans up neighborhoods in Haiti. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » And YOU thought people paying a couple bucks for a bottle of water was dumb? [Stupid]

Sunday 5 March 4:22:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » What are you going to do? Release the prisoners? Release the bees? Release the prisoners trained to keep bees so when they talk they shoot bees at you? [Strange]

Sunday 5 March 3:53:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Woman who gives up beer for Lent wins a case delivered to her home by a team of Clydesdales. It's divine intervention [Ironic]

Sunday 5 March 3:15:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Two brutal fights break out between adults at known hotspot for violence – Chuck E. Cheese, named for rogue rat Charles Ebenezer Cheese who was later convicted on a series of felonies for fraudulent use of a pizza by a rodent [Obvious]

Sunday 5 March 3:01:39 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » For the first time in history, a Muslim will hold the post of chaplain for a U.S. Army division [Spiffy]

Sunday 5 March 2:56:59 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Michigan rep. will introduce a bill to make it illegal for police to have sex with prostitutes under investigation. In other news, Michigan is the only state in America where it's legal for police to have sex with prostitutes under investigation

Sunday 5 March 2:56:40 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Can You Solve the Control Room Riddle?

Sunday 5 March 2:00:00 UTC 2017

Get out your scratch paper…. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these swinging kids [Photoshop]

Sunday 5 March 1:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Charity pub-crawlers team reaches 20,000th ale house after three decades of touring pubs. "Last May when we'd done 19,000 I took my lump sum out of my pension to get to 20,000 and I have spent the bloody lot" [Hero]

Sunday 5 March 0:33:32 UTC 2017

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons