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 » Marijuana operation goes up in flames. Firefighters and police rush to the scene to secure area downwind [Obvious]

Sunday 26 March 23:41:55 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Don Burgett, who survived fighting from Normandy to Berchtesgaden with the 101st Airborne and wrote four books from the trooper's POV, has passed away just before his 92nd birthday [Hero]

Sunday 26 March 23:30:55 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The story of the only food Nebraska can ever truly say it created: the disgusting, cabbage-filled nightmare known as The Runza [Sick]

Sunday 26 March 23:08:49 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Tommy

Sunday 26 March 22:22:46 UTC 2017

During World War II one of the most surprising advocates of war bonds was Tommy Tucker, an Eastern gray squirrel who toured the nation in a humiliating wardrobe of 30 dainty costumes. (“THOUGH TOMMY IS A MALE SQUIRREL HE HAS TO WEAR FEMININE CLOTHES BECAUSE TAIL INTERFERES WITH HIS WEARING PANTS,” Life reported defensively.) Tommy had been adopted in 1942 … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » You put one screwdriver into a painting at the National Gallery and people lose it. Wait. It was one of those sappy 18th-century British romantic paintings? Not saying I condone it, but I get it [Strange]

Sunday 26 March 22:21:56 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Girls forced to change their leggings in order to be able to fly United. Scotsmen still okay to board in kilts, though [Asinine]

Sunday 26 March 21:24:41 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Entire coffee world turned upside down as espresso with tonic water is the latest bizarre coffee trend [Strange]

Sunday 26 March 21:00:42 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Here’s How Many Books You Can Expect to Read Before You Die

Sunday 26 March 20:30:00 UTC 2017

This table might inspire you to cut down your reading list. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » What would happen if ISIS members learned their preferred text of the Koran was actually translated by American women? [Interesting]

Sunday 26 March 20:17:23 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger road collapse road collapse [Strange]

Sunday 26 March 20:16:16 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this shady situation [Photoshop]

Sunday 26 March 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Maryland to consider cracking down on those worthless asshats who cruise in the left lane without yielding to faster traffic. No word on plans to crack down on them for being Maryland drivers [Spiffy]

Sunday 26 March 19:37:17 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring banana crack [Strange]

Sunday 26 March 19:16:34 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » 12 Facts For Tennessee Williams's Birthday

Sunday 26 March 18:30:00 UTC 2017

Born on March 26, 1911, Tennessee Williams is best known for having written such classic plays as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. He also hobnobbed with presidents, worked on a film that shocked the censors, and got to witness Marlon Brando’s plumbing skills firsthand. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » You know what they say: The couple that keeps 1.25 million bugs in their home together, stays together [Spiffy]

Sunday 26 March 18:07:24 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » This week, Snack Food Sunday wants its chips and health food, too. So, what are your favorite "healthy" chips? [Interesting]

Sunday 26 March 18:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Can't sleep? Call this number for a menu of weird, sleep inducing sounds, including "grandma who misses you," "history of the cocktail wiener," and "Steve Urkel singing you a lullaby" [Amusing]

Sunday 26 March 17:52:26 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » The Strangest Job Title Queen Elizabeth I Ever Gave Anyone

Sunday 26 March 17:30:00 UTC 2017

Messages in bottles may be a fun thing to find now, but Queen Elizabeth I took them a little more seriously. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Bad: You live in Detroit. Worse: Broken sewer line creates sinkhole near your home. Fark: The city condemns your house and demolishes it [Sad]

Sunday 26 March 17:14:15 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Recreating the 'Asteroids' Video Game Using Lasers

Sunday 26 March 16:30:00 UTC 2017

Yes, a frickin' laser. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Performing classical music with two handguns. Take a shot. it's pretty cool [Spiffy]

Sunday 26 March 16:21:25 UTC 2017

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

Sunday 26 March 15:28:47 UTC 2017

From the Smart Shopping team… [Link]

Weird Universe » Inmate Escape Pod

Sunday 26 March 14:38:00 UTC 2017

1980: Fred Caddedu escaped from Millhaven penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario by concealing himself inside an "escape pod" made out of a hollowed-out stack of dirty food trays.

The food trays were loaded onto a truck and taken to the unguarded, off-site kitchen to be cleaned. Once there, Caddedu just walked away. He was caught and returned to prison several months … [Link]

Weird Universe » News of the Weird (March 26, 2017)

Sunday 26 March 14:19:00 UTC 2017

News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M520, March 26, 2017
Copyright 2017 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.

Lead Story

A highlight of the recent upmarket surge of Brooklyn, N.Y., as a residential and retail favorite was the asking price for an ordinary parking space in the garage at 845 Union Street in the Park Slope neighborhood: $300,000 (also carrying a $240 … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The 2017 winner of the European Tree of the Year award is a Polish tree named the Oak Józef. This is not a joke [Sappy]

Sunday 26 March 13:52:03 UTC 2017

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Overheard In The Office » Um, That Was Broccoli.

Sunday 26 March 13:49:41 UTC 2017

Coworker: The kung pao chicken had too much pao. Jersey City, New Jersey [Link]

Fark.com RSS » 27 mistakes on the cover of one edition of the Daily Mail. Farkers shrug, say they can find another 142 mistakes, not counting its readers [Fail]

Sunday 26 March 13:28:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » If you like to use the self-checkout line it's because you're an introvert who will go to great lengths to avoid interacting with fellow humans [Obvious]

Sunday 26 March 13:06:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this pretzel logic [Photoshop]

Sunday 26 March 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: April Fool's Day Pranks [CSB]

Sunday 26 March 13:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The Queen's Guardsmen usually don't react to dumb tourists. Usually [Dumbass]

Sunday 26 March 12:52:04 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » On This Day in 1953, Jonas Salk Announced His Polio Vaccine

Sunday 26 March 12:30:00 UTC 2017

He saved kids' lives and became a celebrity. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » You know what America hasn't had in awhile? A mass shooting at a night club. Cincinnati: Challenge accepted [News]

Sunday 26 March 11:39:29 UTC 2017

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Apparently still extant, according to this great set of current pics.
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Fark.com RSS » If a Uber car crashes in the desert, but there's no one driving it, does it make a lawsuit? [Interesting]

Sunday 26 March 8:54:50 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Fire Chief annoyed at mayor of neighboring city who posted lawyer's fatal housefire was the work of a Gypsy hit squad [Strange]

Sunday 26 March 8:49:13 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Is polyamory becoming culturally accepted? [Interesting]

Sunday 26 March 7:24:14 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Muslim woman on bridge during Westminster attack speaks out after becoming target of Islamophobic bigots [Followup]

Sunday 26 March 5:43:51 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Get Edvard Munch Bandages Worth Screaming About

Sunday 26 March 4:30:00 UTC 2017

'The Scream' really works in bandage form. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » So, what did people do for fun before air conditioning? How about the New York rooftop theater craze back in the early 1900s with its acrobats and vaudeville entertainment [Cool]

Sunday 26 March 4:02:48 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The 21 best secret bars in the world to host your next Fark party at [Cool]

Sunday 26 March 2:58:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » A swanky multi-billion dollar international airport built and finished five years ago that has yet to have any flights? It's more likely than you think [Fail]

Sunday 26 March 1:32:14 UTC 2017

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons