John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons

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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 » Pricipal caught sayof that "white students should be in the same class" [Florida]

Sunday 30 April 23:38:12 UTC 2017

Florida [link] [126 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Odd Fellows Lodge tells teen who won a trip he can't go because he's autistic and they're out of underwear from K-Mart [Asinine]

Sunday 30 April 22:57:57 UTC 2017

Asinine [link] [104 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » A group of Vietnam officers, who call themselves the "Lucky ones," gathers for a "we might not do this again" reunion. If you're looking for the subby she's likely bawling in the corner [Hero]

Sunday 30 April 22:40:04 UTC 2017

Hero [link] [59 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » 5th Annual Farks In The Wild at the Buffalo Zoo. July 19, 6pm. LAST CALL [FarkParty]

Sunday 30 April 22:06:42 UTC 2017

FarkParty [link] [55 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Take a break from screaming at each other on the politics tab and read this story about a labrador, who just gave birth to puppies, adopting two orphaned baby piglets (with awwwww pics) [Sappy]

Sunday 30 April 21:34:24 UTC 2017

Sappy [link] [38 comments] [Link]

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

Sunday 30 April 20:30:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [18 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » People want to know the story behind the man with a vacant stare riding the bus with a 30 gallon tub of Cinnabon frosting. Subby wants to know his Fark handle [Amusing]

Sunday 30 April 19:31:45 UTC 2017

Amusing [link] [103 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » A Kentucky judge refuses to hear arguments of gay parents looking to adopt claiming its not in the best interest of the child [Dumbass]

Sunday 30 April 19:14:48 UTC 2017

Dumbass [link] [171 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » It's come to this: Travel agency will plan all the details of your next vacation but won't tell you where you're going until you are about to leave [Silly]

Sunday 30 April 18:37:54 UTC 2017

Silly [link] [84 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Houston is trying to make homelessness a crime [Murica]

Sunday 30 April 18:37:53 UTC 2017

Murica [link] [192 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Can a candy bar really "satisfy"? Are there times when you feel like, and times you don't? Does it matter if you eat the left or right one first? All this and more as Snack Food Sunday is searching for the best candy bar [Interesting]

Sunday 30 April 18:00:00 UTC 2017

Interesting [link] [166 comments] [Link]

Futility Closet » That Good Night

Sunday 30 April 14:58:55 UTC 2017

Image: Flickr There’s a statue of Lenin in Seattle. Originally sculpted by Bulgarian artist Emil Venkov, it was installed in Poprad, Czechoslovakia, in 1988, just a year before the Velvet Revolution. Visiting American English teacher Lewis Carpenter found it lying in a scrapyard waiting to be melted down; he offered $13,000 for it and shipped it home to Issaquah, Washington. When … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "Welcome to the NRA hotline. If you shot someone who was armed, press 1. If you shot someone who was unarmed, press 2. If you shot someone carrying bear arms, press 3. If you shot someone with no arms, press 4" [Murica]

Sunday 30 April 14:41:53 UTC 2017

Murica [link] [136 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Dumbarse investment banker claims demons and his daughter and ex-wife and some other nonsense, all in court. Sorry, you're an investment banker, nobody believes you [Dumbass]

Sunday 30 April 14:34:53 UTC 2017

Dumbass [link] [37 comments] [Link]

Overheard In The Office » War Veterans Always Win These Contests

Sunday 30 April 14:22:50 UTC 2017

Female office worker #1: I had a job stuffing envelopes and it destroyed my cuticles.
Female office worker #2: Yeah, I had one where I had to fold letters all day and I got a ton of paper cuts.
Only male in department: Oh, I have a story about a bloody hand job. Troy, New York Overheard by: Sneaker [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Well, I wonder how much overseas data will have Trump's name on it? Whatever the amount, the NSA is getting rid of the whole lot. Conspiracy anyone? [Interesting]

Sunday 30 April 14:10:54 UTC 2017

Interesting [link] [34 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » Around the world on commercial airlines

Sunday 30 April 13:40:38 UTC 2017

In 1979, two Vancouver businessmen, Orst Perry and Adolf Schiel, set a world record for traveling around the world on commercial airlines. They started in Vancouver and ended up in Vancouver. They did this in 54 hours, 42 minutes. It cost them $7000 each.

I can think of a lot better ways to spend $7000 than sitting on a plane … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Six Thai fighters killed in rebel ambush. Too late for Ackbar [Obvious]

Sunday 30 April 13:05:52 UTC 2017

Obvious [link] [18 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: That time you didn't get a ticket when you deserved one [CSB]

Sunday 30 April 13:00:17 UTC 2017

CSB [link] [132 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this lonely skateboarder [Photoshop]

Sunday 30 April 13:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [23 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Trump gets to decide whether to release the remaining JFK files [Interesting]

Sunday 30 April 12:04:39 UTC 2017

Interesting [link] [78 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Three candidates competing for District G spot in Pasadena, giving credence to the nickname, Pasa-Get-Down-Dena [Cool]

Sunday 30 April 10:58:38 UTC 2017

Cool [link] [14 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » You-know-who carries on tabloid tradition of taking trashy photos of trashed women staggering on public streets, scolding them under headline "a depressingly typical British bank holiday" [Stupid]

Sunday 30 April 10:47:38 UTC 2017

Stupid [link] [104 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » The Wurlitzer Electric Piano

Sunday 30 April 10:24:00 UTC 2017

Pre-digital, this device worked by striking steel reeds.

[Link]

Fark.com RSS » Keyless entry fobs for cars are super convenient, particularly for thieves with a receiver and retransmitter [Facepalm]

Sunday 30 April 6:01:45 UTC 2017

Facepalm [link] [107 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Seventh grader sends letter to local newspaper replying to citizen angry about their "Hate Has No Home Here" sign. Fire department tends to the ensuing burn [Cool]

Sunday 30 April 5:02:31 UTC 2017

Cool [link] [298 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Live from Juneau, Alaska, it's Livingston Stapler Company Presents. Two hours of amazing music on public radio hosted by a farker (9PM AKDT/10PM PDT) [Live]

Sunday 30 April 4:58:34 UTC 2017

Live [link] [136 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » An Americanized Chinese restaurant is opened in China to the great confusion of the locals. Confusion say, "What the hell is this stuff?" [Murica]

Sunday 30 April 4:23:44 UTC 2017

Murica [link] [114 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Now we are giving press passes to people who make white supremacist hand signs in White House [Dumbass]

Sunday 30 April 3:23:49 UTC 2017

Dumbass [link] [200 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » A 12-year-old girl was forced to quit a chess championship because her dress was "too seductive" [Fail]

Sunday 30 April 2:28:52 UTC 2017

Fail [link] [110 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Yes you need to believe in unicorns …and gravy. It's what makes life mythically delicious on a Sunday morning [Spiffy]

Sunday 30 April 1:27:40 UTC 2017

Spiffy [link] [52 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "He had to move the airbag out of the way to talk (to the toll takers)" [Scary]

Sunday 30 April 0:58:21 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [43 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this artistic deliciousness [Photoshop]

Sunday 30 April 0:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [18 comments] [Link]

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