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 » JetBlue ruins family vacation over a carry-on birthday cake and … oh, look, video [Fail]

Saturday 13 May 23:31:55 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Do not watch this video of a boy asking his step dad to adopt him if you're not keen on spending your Saturday afternoon in a puddle of tears [Cool]

Saturday 13 May 22:38:16 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » North Korea continues waging war against Atlantis [News]

Saturday 13 May 22:06:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "I am dismissive and (sometimes) contemptuous of food that is made with a narrow world view as its first priority. This is not the case in India, one of the few places on earth where eating vegetarian is not a burden" [Spiffy]

Saturday 13 May 21:15:26 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Today is National Apple Pie Day. Thank you, Jason Biggs [Cool]

Saturday 13 May 20:59:22 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Paint by Number

Saturday 13 May 20:39:02 UTC 2017

When Mariner 4 flew past Mars in summer 1965, NASA scientists were eager to get their first close look at another planet. So rather than wait for their computers to render the probe’s data into a proper photograph, the employees in the agency’s telecommunications group mounted printed strips of data in a display panel and colored them by hand to … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » You know, Fark hasn't had a good 'squatter' thread in a while [Interesting]

Saturday 13 May 20:21:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Create a new plant [Photoshop]

Saturday 13 May 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » If you know who this elegant lady was, Norwegian police would like to talk to you. Because they've been wondering for almost half a century (Warning: disturbing pic included in story) [Creepy]

Saturday 13 May 18:49:43 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Murderer seeks execution by firing squad … Fark: Because lethal injection is "too painful" [Strange]

Saturday 13 May 17:38:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The fastest rising baby name in the U.S. is Kylo Ren after parents determine that the name Donald is just too evil [Weird]

Saturday 13 May 17:36:23 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 15 sharks have fins to the left, fins to the right, and you're the only bait in town [Scary]

Saturday 13 May 17:11:16 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » LSD may be a great brain-enhancing supplement that could help humanoids beat computers in games with a creative element played inside a crystal palace with flocks of ostriches hovering above the seven jesters jestering in lakes of vibrant gold eels [

Saturday 13 May 16:56:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Boxy but gooder: The curious culture of low-rider Volvos [Cool]

Saturday 13 May 16:44:53 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » The Shabby Millionaire

Saturday 13 May 15:40:32 UTC 2017

1989: John Barrier of Spokane, Washington went into Old National Bank to cash a $100 check. Then he asked to have his 60-cent parking ticket validated. The cashier refused, saying that merely cashing a check didn't entitle him to free parking. Barrier had a manager called, who also refused to validate the ticket. Barrier suspected that they were refusing because … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » UFO hunters claim 'Alien tank' was left behind on the moon by extraterrestrial army. Uh huh…alrighty then [Unlikely]

Saturday 13 May 15:31:46 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Use a plastic bat to defend your kid from a crazy attacking goose? That's a fowl ticket [Asinine]

Saturday 13 May 14:29:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » A wise man once said, "Never judge a book by the movie." But sometimes, Hollywood gets it right…and sometimes, dare we say it, the movie was better. Share your adaptation opinions with the rest of the Saturday Morning Book Club [Interesting

Saturday 13 May 14:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » What you should never say on your dating profile, according to research. Surprisingly, "I am a regular user of fark.com" not included [Interesting]

Saturday 13 May 13:34:58 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this falling Kermit [Photoshop]

Saturday 13 May 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Holocaust survivor shares a flat with a granddaughter of Nazis. Is it just me or do I smell a zany television pilot here? [Interesting]

Saturday 13 May 12:40:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Raisin, who started out life as an unwanted kitten who was deemed defective, has found her perfect home – working at a Vet clinic, where she helps and inspires patients and clients every single day. Including (of course) Caturday [Caturday]

Saturday 13 May 12:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » From the "If you can't beat 'em join 'em" department: This year's Bear Creek High yearbooks have celebrities splashed throughout mostly so the cash-strapped journalism program can survive. And the kids love it, don't ya kn

Saturday 13 May 11:09:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "DHS reports you can come on board with your antlers, artificial skeleton bones, adults toys, balloons (uninflated), body armor, Harry Potter wands…" Wait, what? [Strange]

Saturday 13 May 10:21:05 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Frontier Circus

Saturday 13 May 9:42:00 UTC 2017

In 1962, variations on the popular Western genre reached new and unlikely permutations.

Wikipedia entry here.
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Fark.com RSS » Why are children's toys so boring? [Obvious]

Saturday 13 May 9:12:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » It's the middle of May again, so it's time for the yearly envy of Norwegian month long high school graduation binge party, described as "like Burning Man, but with socialized medicine" [Amusing]

Saturday 13 May 4:57:31 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » A good lawyer will work tirelessly to free you from jail. A great lawyer will smuggle drugs in for you [Dumbass]

Saturday 13 May 4:28:52 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » What is the nation's most lustful city? It's in Florida of course. And it doesn't hurt that its initials are the same as 'friends with benefits' [Florida]

Saturday 13 May 2:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Fukushima nuclear clean-up firm accused of "creating" bamboo forest via creative camera angles, forwarding pics to city government in order to "clean it up" and get fat decontamination payouts [Asinine]

Saturday 13 May 2:47:39 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Don't call it a comeback. Ebola was here the whole time [Scary]

Saturday 13 May 2:10:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 🎵 His Maserati did 144 / Killed a woman, now he's done for 🎵 [Sad]

Saturday 13 May 1:44:26 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Agriculture teacher sexually harassed by fellow high school teacher, department head with "vile" text messages involving her "anatomy, powdered sugar, sex, cows, gallons of lube, artificial insemination, long plastic gloves and more"

Saturday 13 May 1:36:51 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The Philippines just bought a warship from South Korea for $100. No word how much they outbid Canada by [Spiffy]

Saturday 13 May 1:30:43 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Topless cleaner steals undergarments [Ironic]

Saturday 13 May 1:30:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » As graduation prank, students create 6ft penis mural made from teachers' pictures. (Probably safe for work) [Awkward]

Saturday 13 May 0:50:04 UTC 2017

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons