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 » Hey, since it's Thursday, let's do last week's Fark Weird News Quiz [Awkward]
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Futility Closet » Grant and the Mule
From Judge Jacob W. Wilkin’s “Personal Reminiscences of General U.S. Grant,” 1907: One day while riding on the lines, he saw a teamster beating a mule, and riding up to him, ordered him to stop. Wearing an army blouse without shoulder straps, the man did not recognize him and not very politely told him to mind his own business, using … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Springtime in New York: the air is warmer, the trees have leaves and the bodies in the Central Park Reservoir start popping up [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » "Watch a dog sniff its way around town, smelling grass, fire hydrants and butts along the way. You might think 'wow, I'll never be able to do that.' But why not? Have you even tried?" Well, yeah, that's what led to the restrai
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Fark.com RSS » Those without basic kitchen knife skills have created a new epidemic: the "Avocado Hand." The dreaded "Mango Thumb" should be following shortly [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Meet the photographer who took the "Lunchtime atop a skyscraper" picture [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Enterance caught sayof [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida man killed by fire hydrant after being sucked under car. At least he died with a smile on his face [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Former Florida Congress Critter Corrine Brown found guilty in 18 of 24 federal corruption charges, wearing crazy wigs [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this happy washerwoman [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » "Popular" clown dies unexpectedly. The frowns won't have to be painted on at the funeral [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » 12 years ago today, Leeroy Jenkins single handedly stormed his way into internet history. As the debate continues on whether it was staged or not, one thing remains certain: Leeroy loves his chicken [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Girl posts her grandmother's epic resignation letter online, and since this is in the Metro they have to show a cleavage baring shot of the granddaughter [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » "I was baking brownies. That's when I saw the bear" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » She seems pretty cheerful for being accused of attempted murder (with mugshot goodness) [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Family demands to know how a 200-pound antique anvil disappeared from Area 51. The truth is out there, and it apparently involves Wile. E. Coyote in a flying saucer [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently in Florida, going to an 'alternative school' means you can twerk in class [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » 50-year-old man has surgeons remove two ballpoint pens he swallowed when he was 14 [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Man sues in 'obliterated penis' case. 'Discombobulated penis' and 'defenestrated penis' cases hinge on the outcome [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Who knew a PT Cruiser could reach speeds as high as 100mph? And since the driver died in the police chase, we can't ask how he achieved this feat [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » "Pikachu, Christ…is…with youuuuuuu" *throws pokeball* [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » New £5 bank notes join the war on drugs in the UK, leave people 'Winstoned' when they use them to snort cocaine [Weird]
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Weird Universe » Bernard Bernard’s Height Increaser For Short People
"The patient lifted himself by the chin which was cradled in a sling attached to ropes looped to an overhead beam."
In 1937, the American Medical Association warned the public that this device, despite being widely advertised, didn't actually work.
The Muncie Star Press – Apr 9, 1937
Update: The inventor of this device was a man named Bernard Bernard who … [Link]
Weird Universe » Mystery Illustration 45
Which product is exemplified by this illustration?
The answer is here.
And after the jump.
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Overheard In The Office » The Jesuits Transfer the Smell to Another Diocese
Tour group mom #1, in stall: Isn't this bathroom gorgeous?
Tour group mom #2, also in stall: Yes! I was just thinking that!
Tour group mom #1: The floor is so pretty!
Tour group mom #2: And it doesn't smell, which is sooo impressive. Loyola University
Baltimore, Maryland Overheard by: Dean's Admin [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Well, bless your heart. Twenty-one passive-aggressive comments Southern women use amongst themselves. We'll all pray for you little darlings, sure 'nough [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Canadian girlfriends, domestic citrus, and NFL drug testing. These are YOUR Headlines Of The Week for Sun 2017-04-30 to Sat 2017-05-06 [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Spanish lawmakers vote to exhume Francisco Franco [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Lee getting a sponge bath [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Dylann Roof doing his best to make the court think he's nuts [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Church bans yoga from premises because it's non-Christian [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Once the United Kingdom removes itself from the European Union, that heart of the EU will be located in Westerngrund, Bavaria. Sicily will still be the taint [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » It's probably time we honestly ask ourselves if we're truly prepared to survive a national emergency [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Clams got legs [Weird]
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GraphJam » A Cat's Perspective
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Fark.com RSS » "In this incident, she allegedly exposed herself to a police officer and removed a dandelion from her vagina" [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » The state of Vermont is now one signature away from legalizing recreational marijuana [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested for multiple incidents involving a fetish he refers to as "cranking" which entails removing a vehicle's spark plug wires to make the vehicle run roughly to help reach sexual self-gratification. I'm done with the internet
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Fark.com RSS » Woman claims she was refused permission to use the toilet during a flight. She then asked the cabin crew for two cups and had to improvise. United Airlines is considering adding a "pee fee" and cup rental charge [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 627: "Happy Farktography Anniversary 12". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » Masked gunmen storm Florida Denny's as the latest front in the Waffle House Wars opens [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Someone's not getting a tip [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » "Money makes you more likely to exhibit the characteristics of being a jerk" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » This ransomware now pegs its extortion price to the local cost of a Big Mac in a victim's home nation, because these cybercriminals understand that people make less money in Mongolia than in France [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Political artist says war with North Korea inevitable. In his past life, he was a regime propagandist for the Kims [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "Boo hoo… I'm too good-looking to find a boyfriend" [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida man pulls gun on home intruder, shames him with a photo [Florida]
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Futility Closet » From Beyond
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, via the Ohio Law Reporter, Aug. 17, 1908: During a dispute over a will in Vienna, a phonograph record was introduced into evidence so that the dead woman herself could explain her intentions, which she’d recorded during her lifetime: Prof. Sulzer stated that he had a phonographic record that would settle beyond question the point … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mail carrier assaulted with fireworks really doesn't want to see them legalized, at least with his remaining eye [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » When you're on Death Row you don't get to pick which way you die [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this man bringin' the heat [Photoshop]
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