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 » Newly released documents reveal the sordid 20 year history of the first active duty admiral in U.S. history to be convicted of a felony. Come for kickbacks, stay for the sex with Vietnamese prostitutes [Followup]

Sunday 23 April 23:53:54 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Math and Pancakes

Sunday 23 April 22:58:32 UTC 2017

Image: Wikimedia Commons If you apply one straight cut to a pancake, pretty clearly you’ll get 2 pieces. With two cuts, the most you can get is 4. What’s the greatest number you can produce with three cuts? If the cuts meet neatly in the center, you’ll get 6 pieces, but if you’re artfully sloppy you can make 7 (above). Charmingly, … [Link]

Mental Floss » Scientists Record an Extremely Intimate Look at How Dolphins Get It On

Sunday 23 April 21:31:00 UTC 2017

Researchers used a CT scanner to watch how dolphins' oddly shaped junk fits together during sex. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » There is just a tad bit of embellishment in this amusing obituary (and some nice shade thrown at the Sacramento Kings) [Amusing]

Sunday 23 April 20:49:30 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Interactive Map of San Francisco Matches Photos From the 1906 Earthquake to Modern Places

Sunday 23 April 20:30:00 UTC 2017

The disaster just marked its 111-year anniversary. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Resident complains naked statue of Archimedes casts sphere of distraction [Facepalm]

Sunday 23 April 20:28:32 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this hungry child [Photoshop]

Sunday 23 April 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Turns out trying to build a nuclear reactor in your backyard gets you yearly FBI visits for life. Who knew they'd take it so seriously? [Obvious]

Sunday 23 April 19:45:26 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Let's go over this one more time: If you're out turkey hunting, don't disguise yourself as a turkey [Dumbass]

Sunday 23 April 19:44:21 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Snack Food Sunday is ready to snap into some meat snacks. What's your favorite? Do you buy it or make your own? Do pork rinds even qualify? OH YEAH [Interesting]

Sunday 23 April 19:00:00 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Watching 'Mocha Diffusion' Pottery Get Made Is Hypnotic

Sunday 23 April 17:30:00 UTC 2017

It looks as if it has a mind of its own. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Sorry I didn't get you a Mother's Day card, mom. I couldn't afford one. Because you ruined my credit rating. When I was seven. Remember? [Stupid]

Sunday 23 April 17:20:10 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Vienna bartender appeals fine for public belching … and wins. Blames eating a kebab with too much onion [Followup]

Sunday 23 April 16:57:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » ORLY? [Obvious]

Sunday 23 April 16:55:40 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » How to Destroy the Non-Paper £5 Note

Sunday 23 April 16:30:00 UTC 2017

It's nearly impossible to tear…but scientists don't stop there. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Not news: 12-year-old boy goes out for a little joyride with car. News: 12-year-old boy gets nailed by police 1300km into his 4000km solo journey across Australia [Strange]

Sunday 23 April 16:27:41 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » The Star-Nosed Mole Is Almost Too Weird

Sunday 23 April 16:01:00 UTC 2017

With legs like shovels and a tentacle-tipped face, Condylura cristata is in a class of its own. [Link]

Weird Universe » The Dimple Maker

Sunday 23 April 15:31:00 UTC 2017

Invented by Mrs. E. Isabella Gilbert in 1936 (although I think similar gadgets had been on the market before). They came with these instructions: "Wear dimplers five minutes at a time, two or three times a day, while dressing, resting, reading or writing. Look into the mirror and laugh. There will be a semblance of a line where you should … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The USS Carl Vinson started joint drills with two Japanese destroyers in the western Pacific Ocean on Sunday, according to officials who absolutely pinky-sweared that the aircraft carrier was really there this time [Interesting]

Sunday 23 April 15:30:28 UTC 2017

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

Sunday 23 April 15:30:00 UTC 2017

From the Smart Shopping team… [Link]

Overheard In The Office » Tell You What — Half Price for You. You Can Give the Six Dollars to Me

Sunday 23 April 14:54:00 UTC 2017

Girl #1: Ummm, we need to make copies, and we don’t want to spend a lot of money.
Student worker: The copier over there is 10 cents, same as everywhere on campus.
Girl #1: That’s so expensive!
Student worker: You could also scan the papers and print them out. That’s free.
Girl #1: What do you mean?
Student worker: Ummm, you can put them on … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it [Scary]

Sunday 23 April 13:18:23 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: You had ONE job [Photoshop]

Sunday 23 April 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Seriously Odd Jobs [CSB]

Sunday 23 April 13:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » When transporting weed and Xanax you might want to make sure the car you're driving has a license plate. Or at least eat all the drugs [Dumbass]

Sunday 23 April 12:28:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Man claims to be addicted to eating trees. Subby is going out on a limb here, but maybe this stems from some deep-rooted problem [Weird]

Sunday 23 April 11:08:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Not even sort-of News: Best Korea issues threats against a country for cooperating with U.N. sanctions. Most assuredly news: China [Awkward]

Sunday 23 April 9:25:31 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » A Brief History of Soyuz 1, 50 Years Later

Sunday 23 April 8:30:00 UTC 2017

What started as a tragedy led to the world's most reliable space launch system. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Upon investigation of remote Thai province's 'sacred pond' of black water that villagers believe cures blindness and all illness, officials find the water's magic ingredient to be feces. Holy crap [Obvious]

Sunday 23 April 7:02:50 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Coming to you from beautiful downtown Juneau, it's another round of Livingston Stapler Company Presents. Two hours of music hosted live by a farker, starting at 9PM AKDT/10PM PDT [Live]

Sunday 23 April 4:57:48 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "I want everyone to be happy. A goal in my life is to touch other people's lives and we're touching other people because of the Dum Dums bringing them happiness and joy and just having a piece of candy" [Sappy]

Sunday 23 April 2:42:01 UTC 2017

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons