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 » All those who booked, all that is gone, new rates to come, and everyone's needing to rebook their room, when the sun is eclipsed by the moon [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » The Tasmanian Tiger, believed to have gone extinct 80 years ago, may be neither extinct nor living in Tasmania. Still not a tiger, though [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Tonight at 8PM EDT "tunein" to Paul's Memory Bank for 2 hours of songs starting with the letter "H" (yup, still imaginative) spanning the 50's through the 80's [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Student dies after pancake eating contest. Trump blames the International House of Pancakes, says it gives him the crepes [Sad]
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Mental Floss » The Great Irony of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Written by Francis Scott Key, the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" couldn't be more American. The tune, however… [Link]
Mental Floss » New Browser Extension Offers Legal Access to Paywalled Content
You can stop shaking your fist at annoying paywalls. [Link]
Mental Floss » A New Subscription Box for Fashionistas With a Conscience
Wearwell promises to connect customers with brands that support the causes they care about. [Link]
Mental Floss » 12 Things We Learned About 'Unsolved Mysteries' from the Creators' Reddit AMA
“Someone sent their mother's lung to us in the mail. He believed his mother had been murdered, and he wanted us to send the lung out for testing.” [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Prom-bound grandma got run over by grinchy school board [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently, this box of "Fish Eye" Chardonnay has won "200 awards." What awards? Let's make up some awards that it might have won: [Fake]
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Mental Floss » Norway's New Doomsday Vault Is Designed to Store Data for Eternity
The Arctic World Archive turns documents and digital data into a form that can last for hundreds of years. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 911 OPERATOR: "Man, I'm glad that lady finally stopped calling us." "Why did she stop?" "I dunno" [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Alarming photographs of a pure white nut-muncher have emerged from Hastings UK [Silly]
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Mental Floss » 4 Reliable Ways to Get Severe Weather Warnings—and 1 Unreliable One
Tornado season ramps up this month. Seconds count when your life is on the line. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Study finds babies cry more in Britain, Canada and The Netherlands than any other countries, possibly as they realize they have a life of boiled food, deprecating comparisons to the US or jokes about Dutch Rudders ahead of them [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » This is the face of evil. Or maybe it's the face of stupid. Either way, it's the face of someone who skipped court after sending death threats to the parent of a Sandy Hook victim [Florida]
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Weird Universe » 7 Clicks (April 3, 2017)
7 Clicks
A Weird Universe News Service
April 3, 2017
Who knew? The Illuminati's plans for Earth include members' right to public "indecency" under a blanket. [WPLG-TV]
How to tell if you're drunk: You can't squeeze your stolen gun far enough up your butt to keep it from falling out in the police station. [AL.com]
Something Else You Can Do … [Link]
Mental Floss » Archaeologists Find 30,000-Year-Old Jewelry in Indonesia
They were found in a cave on the island of Sulawesi. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what's missing [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » How Does Google Maps Know Where Traffic Is?
Big Brother is watching you (and your car). [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tripadvisor review calls pub terrible and complains that breakfast should have been included in the £60 fee. Somehow they fail to mention that the staff helped to save the life of one member of the party [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Water cooler starts fire [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » White House releases official portrait of the First Lady, by master artist Air Brush (Not safe for work images on page) [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Man dies after argument over late newspaper delivery. For those of you under thirty, a newspaper was an ancient method of delivering news via dead trees [Scary]
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Mental Floss » Introducing Ice Cream Made from Food Waste
Saving the planet—one scoop at a time. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Be careful where you leave your vibrating penis ring because your girlfriend's niece might mistake it for a pretty pink bracelet [Awkward]
[link] [66 comments] [Link]
Mental Floss » 3D Printer for Knitting Lets You Make a Sweater Without Picking Up Needles
Design your creation on the computer and let Kniterate do the rest. [Link]
Futility Closet » Black and White
By J.R.G. De Veer. White to mate in two moves. SelectClick for Answer 1. Qg3! Ke7 2. Qd6# From Jeugdproblem, 1914. [Link]
Mental Floss » The Queen Never Goes Anywhere Without Her Favorite Cake
Being the Queen of England has its perks. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Aw heck, it's that time again [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » How many fish from the Detroit River is it safe to eat? It depends on the type, experts say: four Rock bass a month, two Bullhead, and just stay away from the Brown Trout [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Are the Girl Scout Cookies on Amazon Legit?
That depends on who you ask. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Behold, Pharaoh, your new Pyramid." "Uh, why do the walls look like that?" "Well, it's our first attempt, sir" [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » You Will Want to See Monday's Best Amazon Deals
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » De-escalation, foul pole defacing, and how Ford rolls. These are YOUR Headlines Of The Week for Sun 2017-03-26 to Sat 2017-04-01 [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Doctors perform surgery on a baby still in the womb. Mostly so the insurance company couldn't consider it another person with a preexisting condition and cancel the coverage [Spiffy]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Fooled Ya!
[Link]
Mental Floss » 15 Things We Know About the New Season of ‘Twin Peaks’
As usual, David Lynch has done a damn fine job of keeping spoilers under wraps. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Uber noticed their "independent drivers" weren't working enough hours to meet service goals. They considered paying them more, but after laughing themselves to death they hired behavioral psychologists to create ways to trick drivers into
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Weird Universe » Collie Nose
Generally, one should not scribble on one's dog with a black felt tip pen, nor tattoo the animal. However…
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Weird Universe » Shower Hair Art
Lucy Gafford calls herself the Shower Hair Master because she creates art out of shower hair. She then posts photos of her creations on Twitter. She's currently up to "Shower Hair Masterpiece" #418.
via Hair Hall of Fame [Link]
Overheard In The Office » Cream or Lemon? The Controversy Continues.
Office lady #1: So it's actually a real word?
Office lady #2: Yes, look it up online in urban dictionary. It's a real word.
Office lady #1: But how is it even possible? Is it really like what it sounds?
Office lady #2: Yes, just as you do it in your tea, you do it the same way, that's why it's called “tea bagging.” … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 21 years ago today, the Unabomber is finally arrested for his role of multiple deadly bombings, stealing large pots with 7,9 offsuit [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Plaintiffs: We claim Trump incited violence against us. Federal Judge: I'll allow it [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Lady Deborah Moody, the Dangerous Woman Who Started a Colonial Town
Sometimes being dangerous is a good thing. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » U.S. Intelligence says ISIS has developed undetectable laptop computer explosives. Samsung immediately sues for copyright infringement [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this sheep negotiation [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 14 Secret Words for Conspiracies
Conspiracy theories are everywhere these days. Here are a few old words you can use to describe them while adjusting your tinfoil hat. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The ice caps in Greenland have officially melted past the point of no return. Thanks, Trump [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Explosion in St. Petersburg metro station. Also of note, Putin is in town for a meeting with the leader of Belarus [NewsFlash]
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Mental Floss » Fooled Ya!
[Link]
Mental Floss » Confetti Balloons Are Two Party Decorations in One
Pop! OK, time to get the vacuum. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » One man patrols the mean streets of a city in England, righting wrongs and defending the language. Meet the Grammar Vigilante, armed only with his self-made weapon, The Apostrophiser (video) [Hero]
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 148: The Perfect Murder
Insurance agent William Herbert Wallace had a terrible night in January 1931 — summoned to a nonexistent address in Liverpool, he returned home to find that his wife had been murdered in his absence. An investigation seemed to show a senseless crime with no weapon, no motive, and no likely suspects. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police say that race played no role in the killing of an unarmed black man and that their officers are willing to murder any civilian, regardless of their skin color [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Nazi Designer Animals
Start a great week with some great links! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Robber: Gimme all your money. Teller: (walks away). Robber: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (walks away) [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » The Earth Has a Second Moon
In 2016, scientists discovered that Earth has pulled a "near-earth companion" or "quasi-satellite" into its orbit. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There once was a poet, Yevgeny / Respected by Russians a-plen'y / His health, it got worse / Now he's inked his last verse / And on each of his eyes lies a penny [Sad]
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Mental Floss » How Concert Sign Language Interpreters Make Music With Their Hands
A specialized version of ASL conveys beats, bass and guitar riffs, complex hip hop lyrics, and more. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » And we have another nominee for the most Florida story ever on our hands [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Shaun of the Dead Medieval version [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Inside the life of The Candyman: "I come up with a new sex position every week." (Warning: Possibly not safe for work images) [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Man jumps a fence to attempt to pet a sleeping lion at the Denver Zoo, ends up getting cited for trespassing and is lucky he didn't end up the lion's dinner [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » If you can't tell a real Ferrari from a MR2 kit car then you shouldn't be an insurance company (Not safe for work images in sidebar) [Facepalm]
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Mental Floss » 13 Dating Pointers from Casanova
Today is the 292nd anniversary of Giacomo Casanova’s birth. Although the legendary lover did all of his womanizing in the 18th century, many of the lessons in his multi-volume autobiography are still useful for men and women alike in the age of Tinder. 1. ABOVE ALL ELSE, BE DARING. “It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Red Bull gives you … immunity from prosecution [Fail]
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Weird Universe » News of the Weird (April 2, 2017)
News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M521, April 2, 2017
Copyright 2017 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
Lead Story
China's public-park restrooms have for years suffered toilet-paper theft by local residents who raid dispensers for their own homes (a cultural habit, wrote Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, expressing taxpayer feelings of "owning" public facilities), but the government recently fought back … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Laptop-totin' Grizzly is smarter than the average bear [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Oh I'm sorry, I can't find a burglar in the shower, go to my other house, grab a gun, return, and shoot the burglar dead? I thought this was America [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these guys rushing to get on the bus [Photoshop]
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