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.”

Futility Closet » Science Fiction

Friday 28 April 23:53:42 UTC 2017

For the writer of fantastic stories to help the reader to play the game properly, he must help him in every possible unobtrusive way to domesticate the impossible hypothesis. He must trick him into an unwary concession to some plausible assumption and get on with his story while the illusion holds. And that is where there was a certain slight … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Red Bull heir better hope he gets some wings [Interesting]

Friday 28 April 22:50:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Loose llama on the lam lassoed [Weird]

Friday 28 April 22:20:05 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » The Kate Bush Conjecture

Friday 28 April 22:06:38 UTC 2017

Many thanks to reader Colin White for this: In her 2005 song “π,” Kate Bush sings the number π to its 78th decimal place, then jumps abruptly to the 101st and finishes at the 137th. The BBC’s More or Less advanced the “Kate Bush conjecture”: that the digits that Bush sings are contained somewhere in the decimal expansion of π … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Steakhouse locked in feud with vegan strip club. It's not Mad Libs, it's Portland [Strange]

Friday 28 April 21:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Best Korea, after carefully weighing the pros and cons of starting World War Three, decides to go ballistic [Scary]

Friday 28 April 21:37:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Russian beauties are being urged to rack up support for Vladimir Putin by busting out revealing shirts emblazoned with his image. Think of it as his war chest (Possibly not safe for work) [Giggity]

Friday 28 April 21:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Marijuana edibles in Washington State will now be regulated to ensure they have the same amount of insect feces as normal food [Interesting]

Friday 28 April 20:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » So, what's in the news today? Oh… errrr… well, that sucks… ewwwww… ouch…. ugh… that's just wrong… You know what, screw this. Let's do the Fark Weekly Weird News Quiz [Giggity]

Friday 28 April 20:22:11 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » North Carolina lawmakers vote to protect drivers who run into protesters, ignoring a colleague's concern they would appear a bunch of 'dumb rednecks' [Stupid]

Friday 28 April 20:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this revealing [Photoshop]

Friday 28 April 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Kids are losing their childhoods… You can see the stress on their faces as they get ready. It's like, you know, they're suiting up for battle" [Scary]

Friday 28 April 19:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Why I hate my uncle" by Bill Hitler (article from Look Magazine,1939) [Interesting]

Friday 28 April 19:20:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Jimmy Johns employee is remarkably calm during armed robbery. Might be because the idiot with the gun has the slide locked open so it can't fire [Cool]

Friday 28 April 18:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » In an attempt to spy on Russia, the CIA implanted microphones into cats. But that's not what my microwave says happened [Cool]

Friday 28 April 18:20:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » It was a peaceful, poop free neighborhood. "Then the peacocks moved in" [Florida]

Friday 28 April 17:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Knife-wielding man attacks democrats in KY coffee shop after asking their political affiliation [News]

Friday 28 April 17:38:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Montana Senate votes to suspend rules of space and time [Weird]

Friday 28 April 17:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Unlike hippies, who play dead to relive their youth, female dragonflies play dead to avoid male attention [Obvious]

Friday 28 April 16:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » A florist was arrested for stealing flowers off graves near her shop and selling them again. It's the colorful, aromatic circle of death [Creepy]

Friday 28 April 16:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Meet Uncle Fatty, the most obese monkey you'll see all year [Strange]

Friday 28 April 15:50:04 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » Check Out Friday's Awesome Amazon Deals

Friday 28 April 15:30:00 UTC 2017

From the Smart Shopping Team… [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Amputee forced to crawl out of store when worker takes away electric cart. Hopefully he can move past this and just keep putting one foot in front of the other [Asinine]

Friday 28 April 15:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Federal authorities run nuclear response drills at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Which means next week you can look online for autographed game-worn army helmets [Scary]

Friday 28 April 15:08:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Meet the only father-and-son Master Lego Builders in the world. "Yes, they pay me and it's great" [Cool]

Friday 28 April 14:20:05 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Glass Block Building: Chicago 1934

Friday 28 April 14:08:27 UTC 2017

What architectural feature of this building is not visible in this picture?

Answer after the jump.

A description of the building here. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Looks like it is time to find a new job. What's your best job interview advice? Decent answers to "What is your biggest weakness?" [Survey]

Friday 28 April 13:50:04 UTC 2017

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Overheard In The Office » 1PM Naptime

Friday 28 April 13:47:56 UTC 2017

Sales assistant: What are you doing?
QC guy: Taking a nap.
Sales assistant: You are precariously close to your CPU.
QC guy: What? What is that, a part of my body?
Sales assistant: Right. Don’t call me when you break that computer again. 8220 England Street
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Fark.com RSS » Judge gives Alex Jones's children a chance at normalcy [Followup]

Friday 28 April 13:20:04 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Clear Coffee

Friday 28 April 13:10:00 UTC 2017

Clear Coffee (aka "CLR CFF") describes itself as "the first colorless coffee in the world." From the product website:

This refreshing beverage is made from high quality Arabica coffee beans and pure water. It is produced by methods which have never been used before.
That's intriguingly vague. So is it just caffeinated water? Or is it caffeinated water with coffee … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this Mongolian woman milking a yak [Photoshop]

Friday 28 April 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Dad puts up huge "Danger! Child molester lives in first house on the right." sign despite the fact that it's legal in Arkansas for his 16-year-old daughter to have sex with his 21-year-old neighbor [Creepy]

Friday 28 April 12:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » They bring noise. You bring urine and liquid feces. That's the Chicago way [Creepy]

Friday 28 April 12:20:10 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Parents concerned after more than 100 vultures start hanging out on elementary school grounds. Then again it's Robert E, Lee Elementary, so maybe it's just karma [Creepy]

Friday 28 April 11:50:05 UTC 2017

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Mental Floss » World Capitals

Friday 28 April 11:10:22 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The right amount of personal space is about 7 and a quarter feet. Hopefully the coworker reading this uncomfortably close over your shoulder gets the hint [Unlikely]

Friday 28 April 10:43:28 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » If your son's not doing his homework what's the best way to motivate him? A) Positive reinforcement B) Threaten to ground him C) Use a stun gun on him [Facepalm]

Friday 28 April 9:18:19 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Two Maine breweries will no longer allow dogs in their tasting rooms. Shirt and shoes still optional [Interesting]

Friday 28 April 8:59:27 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Before calling 911 for a police dog to recover your stolen heroin, check your pockets [Dumbass]

Friday 28 April 7:59:51 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Waffle House Co-founder passes away. His ashes to be scattered….covered, chunked, topped and diced [Sad]

Friday 28 April 6:52:33 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Because the only reasonable response to someone knocking up your 12-year-old daughter is to strand her on an island to die [Sick]

Friday 28 April 5:17:55 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "She WILL kill again," says worst defense attorney ever [Facepalm]

Friday 28 April 4:35:55 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Don't bogart those weed nails, my friend …pass your fingers over to me [Weird]

Friday 28 April 2:50:03 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Lieutenant serving in the German army lives secret double life as crime fighting hero. Excuse me, did I say crime fighting hero? I meant fake Syrian refugee villain [Scary]

Friday 28 April 2:10:03 UTC 2017

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons