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 » Vandals upset that their graffiti is being used on merchandise without permission [Ironic]

Saturday 11 March 23:16:16 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » California cracks open the laws on craft beer, and cracks down on Big Beer [Spiffy]

Saturday 11 March 23:11:36 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » It looks like the tables have tabled: Winter Storm Stella [Cool]

Saturday 11 March 21:43:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Fashionista discusses how to wear a cardigan without looking like Grandpa, a hipster, or a Mister Rogers impersonator [Obvious]

Saturday 11 March 21:38:56 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Don't believe this needs to be said but don't call 911 to ask for girls to be sent to your house [PSA]

Saturday 11 March 21:18:52 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » US Customs officials: is that ten pounds of cocaine in your pants or are you just happy to see us? (with pic goodness) [Fail]

Saturday 11 March 21:05:50 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this volcanic eruption [Photoshop]

Saturday 11 March 21:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » If you still wonder if certain tow companies are hustlers, wonder no more [Dumbass]

Saturday 11 March 19:55:11 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Logan airport tries new "smash the ice off the planes with a truck" technique. Let's see how that works out for them [Fail]

Saturday 11 March 19:15:51 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Studies say cerTain animals achievE their tArgets through indireKt methods [Amusing]

Saturday 11 March 19:06:56 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Here's What a $3000 Pen Looks Like

Saturday 11 March 19:00:00 UTC 2017

While the average person probably spends no more than a few dollars on a whole pack of pens, aficionados may spend thousands on pricey details like 18-karat gold nibs or Abraham Lincoln's DNA. (Seriously.) [Link]

Fark.com RSS » When hunting Bigfoot, it's important to have good data [Silly]

Saturday 11 March 18:53:40 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » You Need to See This Weekend's Best Amazon Deals Now

Saturday 11 March 17:00:00 UTC 2017

From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]

Fark.com RSS » There may be 100 less of them here, but a Dalmatian is helping out an autistic boy read after he has had several meltdowns [Sappy]

Saturday 11 March 16:52:54 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Meet Friar Moustache, a formerly homeless dog adopted by a Bolivian monastery that turned him into a monk [Sappy]

Saturday 11 March 15:30:49 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » This week in the Saturday Morning Book Club: What is the first book that made you fall in love with reading? [Interesting]

Saturday 11 March 15:00:00 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Gratitude

Saturday 11 March 14:55:09 UTC 2017

During the Great Depression, Texas carpenter Ernesto Guerrero could not find work, and his family received boxes of food through Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal assistance program. To show her appreciation, Ernesto’s daughter Ernestine spent a year developing her skills with a coping saw and another year carving this fretwork clock case from the leftover grocery boxes. She sent it to … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Daylight Saving Time causes car accidents, strokes, heart attacks, harsher jail sentences, and, based on the accompanying picture, grouchy lions. Is it really worth all that? [Obvious]

Saturday 11 March 14:36:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Bowling in America is thoroughly entrenched in the country's cocktail culture and striking a nerve with people like never before [Spiffy]

Saturday 11 March 14:30:42 UTC 2017

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Overheard In The Office » No, for You, Dad. You’ve Got to Cut Back on the Krispy Kremes

Saturday 11 March 14:09:54 UTC 2017

14-year-old girl: Hi, I need a 36 double-D bra with no underwire and no padding.
11-year-old brother: Yeah! No padding!
Redneck dad: Son… Are you fixin’ to buy one of them things for yourself? Victoria’s Secret, Apple Blossom Mall
Winchester, Virginia Overheard by: Joanna [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Yes, we've all wanted to do it at one point or another. But that still doesn't mean it's okay as a parent to pull a gun on somebody in the school drop off line [Murica]

Saturday 11 March 14:03:37 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these huskies [Photoshop]

Saturday 11 March 14:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Florist boss shot after dropping child off at daycare. Probably an arranged killing [Scary]

Saturday 11 March 13:45:01 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » The Total Environment Room

Saturday 11 March 13:26:40 UTC 2017

In 1963, GE engineer John L. Matrone came up with the idea of creating a "total environment" room. It would be capable of creating any environment (the deck of an ocean liner, a beach in Hawaii, a rainforest in Tasmania) inside your own home.

Components for the fun room have long been on GE drawing boards.
The space would be … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » If it wasn't for World War I, Arizona might have been the ostrich trade capital of the world [Strange]

Saturday 11 March 13:15:36 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » A new clinic in Denver now offers free spay/neuter surgeries for all cats in Colorado. Yes, free – no matter whether stray, pet, feral – no restrictions. Your cat wants to move to the place where he can also smoke a bowl after his surgery on Caturday

Saturday 11 March 13:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Good idea: finding the kid who carjacked you. Bad idea: torturing the carjacker [Dumbass]

Saturday 11 March 12:31:03 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Prince Andrew has a sex slave problem [Awkward]

Saturday 11 March 12:13:57 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » The National Archives Wants Your Help Transcribing Declassified Documents

Saturday 11 March 11:25:52 UTC 2017

Do your patriotic duty and transcribe some documents about UFO sightings. [Link]

Weird Universe » Berry Pink, the Marble King

Saturday 11 March 10:43:00 UTC 2017

Weird name, unusual hobby.

Original article here.

Home page of current company founded by Berry Pink.

Samples of their marbles, and more history. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » As you open your email today and see one that starts "FWD FWD FWD:::" from your aunt, be aware that Starbucks unveiled new spring cups [Silly]

Saturday 11 March 3:20:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Church seeks to start its own police force. Of course this is in Alabama [Creepy]

Saturday 11 March 2:32:03 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Penny Pinching: A History of Coin Elongation Machines

Saturday 11 March 2:30:00 UTC 2017

"Squishin' Missions" to obtain flattened pennies are a popular hobby. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Chicago man wins $25 million lawsuit for wrongful imprisonment and realizes that he misses life behind bars [Dumbass]

Saturday 11 March 2:00:06 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Inside the Steinway Piano Factory

Saturday 11 March 1:21:55 UTC 2017

Steinway & Sons has been making beautiful music at their Queens factory since the 1870s—and the process hasn't really changed much. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this bodypainter [Photoshop]

Saturday 11 March 1:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Czuprynski has filed a motion with the courts arguing he can't be an effective lawyer if he can't have alcohol" [Obvious]

Saturday 11 March 0:40:06 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » New Collection of Alexander Hamilton’s Letters and Documents Now Online

Saturday 11 March 0:30:00 UTC 2017

A lock of Hamilton’s hair is currently on sale, too. [Link]

John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons