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 » Turns out that cute woman who got stuck on the crane and had to be rescued was one of those Instagram pic taking rooftop climbers (with said pics) [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Coke + Metamucil = WTF are they thinking? [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Still Capital-izing
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Fark.com RSS » Sports-section story you'll find in the Tennessean, but not in the New York Times: What to do if you come across a pygmy rattlesnake [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Terror suspect Jihad-blocked when his family drops a dime on him [Scary]
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Mental Floss » 10 Easy-to-Grow Plants for First-Time Gardeners
You won't need a green thumb to take care of these tough plants. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ugly-ass bison calf born on Earth Day is first one born in Banff National Park in 140 years [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Man dressed as giant asparagus sparks controversy at church service to mark St George's day. "Why only adoration of asparagus? Where's the sprout liturgy, or equality for mushrooms?" [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » News: Dog food recalled due to the presence of a foreign substance. Fark: The foreign substance is phenobarbital, which is used in euthanizing animals [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Farmer loses $25,000 worth of grass after rednecks go mudding on his property. No, not weed – actual grass [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » "The cat was given a verbal warning for posing with what could be mistaken as an assault rifle while wearing poor camouflage attire," police said [Amusing]
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Futility Closet » No More Pencils
School’s out for summer, Belleville, Illinois, 1974. “There is, on the whole, nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school.” — George Bernard Shaw “It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.” — Albert Einstein “I have … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Massachusetts Governor: Hey, what if when teenagers send each other sexual text messages we didn't freak out and charge them with felonies? [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Have a kidney stone? There's an app for that [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this lengthy lady [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » 11 Products That Will Give Your Porch a Facelift
Get outside! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Moms swear that a pizza sold in Charlotte, N.C. called "The Inducer" is guaranteed to induce labor in expectant mothers [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Traffic shut down near the British Parliament after man arrested on suspicion of "terror offenses" including the possession of weaponized cutlery [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » David Dao settles with United, regrets settling for United in the first place [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Wall Street: We just don't understand why millennials won't trust all their money to us, just like their parents did [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Actual Headline: Police warn of possibly drunk, 'very pushy' door-to-door meat salesmen [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Too late liberals. You snooze, you lose. Looks like the conservatives got this celebrity. Can you smell how conservative the ROCK is? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Merriam-Webster adds 'sheeple' to dictionary. Guess who they cited as an example. Right [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » What do you do when you see an avalanche coming at you on Mount Everest? You turn on your camera first then find something to clean your soiled pants [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "When an online troll posted a racist and bigoted message on State Rep. Brian Sims' Facebook page, he didn't pull any punches — he called the troll's grandma" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » OK time for yearbook photos, grab your sports gear and line up. Woah, not so fast, shooting team [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Squish* [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Caption the Pope receiving a new funny hat [Caption]
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Fark.com RSS » It's the 30th anniversary of Spaceballs, so grab your Schwartz and change Mega-Maid from suck to blow [Cool]
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Mental Floss » You're Going to Lose it Over Thursday's Amazon Deals
From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » What's the best marriage advice you've ever heard? [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » People, put down the juice if you know what's good for you. Those of you still drinking the Kool-Aid, carry on [Interesting]
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Overheard In The Office » 3PM Smoke Break
Worker #1: But the nice thing is, this way, you can get up from your desk for a while.
Worker #2: Yeah…I could really use some blood in my ass. 1855 South Grant Street
San Mateo, California [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man imported weapons to protect girlfriend from 'killer clowns' following internet craze [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » A Russian warship is sinking after being hit by a freighter carrying livestock off Turkey. So at least kids will have an interesting answer to the question "how did World War III start?" in 20 years' time [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Explosion at McDonald's in French town of Grenoble. Authorities unsure if terrorism related, or Monsieur Creosote finished his meal [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Are you happy to see me or are you carrying 23 pounds of cocaine in your pants? [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these rescued dogs [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » Pre-Dirtied Jeans
Nordstrom is now selling pre-dirtied jeans for $425. And here I've been washing my jeans all these years! It reminds me of that guy back in the 90s who sold shotgun-blasted jeans, though his prices were more reasonable.
I wonder if the dirt washes off.
For slightly cheaper ($395) you can get what looks like paint-stained jeans.
More: nbc4i.com [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The safest seat on a plane according to crash data, Asian doctors [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Mugwump is a word; your argument is invalid [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently parents in the UK need to teach their children the correct medical terms for their dangly bits and vajayjays [Giggity]
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Mental Floss » Math and Nature Inspired This Artist's Mesmerizing Spiral Sculptures
John Edmark’s "Blooms" use a common angle found in the natural world. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Alaska: A rugged land where the men are men, the beer is cold, and the women strip naked to fight state troopers [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » Still Capital-izing
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Mental Floss » Scientists Decode the Secret of Glowing Mushrooms
Unsurprisingly, it's weird. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » A jewelry store is selling a 33lb gold-plated Darth Vader mask for only $1.4 million. Pray they do not alter the deal further [Cool]
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Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #312
Ah, the hillbilly! What a once-potent icon. Used anywhere these days except Cletus & Family on The Simpsons?
Ad scanned from Playboy for March 1962. [Link]
Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: The Journal of the Whills
We've got the links you need to start your day right! [Link]
Mental Floss » Why Do Our Bodies Need Electrolytes?
Find out what they are, the role they play in our bodies, and whether electrolyte-packed drinks like Gatorade are really all they're cracked up to be. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "What Americans now have to fear is a federal police state bent on increasing its power, flexing its muscles, and never apologizing" [Scary]
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Mental Floss » How a Pelican Survives a 40-Foot Drop Into the Ocean With No Broken Bones
It's more dangerous than it looks. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » IRS raids offices of Benny Hinn Ministries. No word if he tried to escape by flailing his jacket or patting the head of short, bald old man [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember that house that blew up last week? It might have been less of a "meth cooking house" and more of an "oil well 170ft from the house." Anadarko closes 3,000 oil wells [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Hey, Pepsi – Take notes! [Video]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 625: "On the Border". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Mental Floss » Nike and Converse Team Up to Give Chuck Taylors a Makeover
They're on sale today. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Old, Skidoo: Spiking the punch at parties. New, Extreme: Spiking the guest at a party with a fatal punch [Sad]
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Mental Floss » The Shakespeare Fraud That Tricked Late 18th Century London
In the 1790s, a teenager fooled London into thinking he was Shakespeare. [Link]
Mental Floss » JFK's Wartime Diary Sells for $718,750
The 61-page document contains thoughts on Stalin, Hitler, and Kennedy's political ambitions. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Massachusetts officials propose putting endangered rattlesnakes on uninhabited island. Public resistance stops plan. Massachusetts officials propose putting endangered rattlesnakes on inhabited mainland [Followup]
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Futility Closet » A Moment
During the burning of Washington in the War of 1812, when a British expeditionary force leveled a cannon at the Patent Office, superintendent William Thornton “put himself before the gun, and in a frenzy of excitement exclaimed: ‘Are you Englishmen or only Goths and Vandals? This is the Patent Office, a depository of the ingenuity of the American nation, in … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Beaver gets lubed, avoids getting stuffed [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this biker who's missing something [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » Watch How Neon Lights Are Made
It's an illuminating marriage of chemistry and craftsmanship. [Link]
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