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 » What does it take to get $170K in stolen bees back? A sting, duh [Obvious]

Sunday 14 May 23:32:48 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » News of the Weird (May 14, 2017)

Sunday 14 May 23:11:52 UTC 2017

News of the Weird
Weirdnuz.M527, May 14, 2017
Copyright 2017 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.

Lead Story

Sweet, Sweet Revenge: It is legal in China to sell electric "building shakers" whose primary purpose apparently is to wreak aural havoc on apartment-dwellers' unreasonably noisy neighbors. Models sell for the equivalent of $11 to $58–each with a long pole to rest … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Someone stole a "$1800 luxury stroller" at Disney World [Facepalm] "$1800 luxury stroller" [Florida]

Sunday 14 May 22:52:58 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Well, the first clue was that they were nachos bought from A GAS STATION [Stupid]

Sunday 14 May 20:39:59 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » In a Word

Sunday 14 May 20:35:41 UTC 2017

poculation
n. the action or practice of drinking alcohol eclaircissement
n. the clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation plerophory
n. full persuasion or confidence; perfect conviction or certitude In a 1952 speech before the Mississippi house of representatives, lawmaker Noah S. Sweat addressed the question whether the state should continue to prohibit alcoholic … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this hot and steamy moment [Photoshop]

Sunday 14 May 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Finally, a truly ingenious 6 second method on how to hide from the police [Amusing]

Sunday 14 May 18:59:21 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "You want a snack? Here, have a nice piece of fruit." Yes, moms are wise … but what are the best fruits to enjoy on a Snack Food (Mother's Day) Sunday? [Interesting]

Sunday 14 May 18:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Howdy there, young whippersnapper. This is a stickup. Give me everything in the register. Also, get off my lawn [Florida]

Sunday 14 May 17:57:21 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Things could be worse … you could have a public relations job at United [Scary]

Sunday 14 May 17:37:32 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Kentucky cookie monster charged with stealing $15,000 worth of Girl Scout cookies [Followup]

Sunday 14 May 17:09:08 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Prospective employer says a job seeker is "worth an interview if only for a laugh" and calls her an "odd ball." Not surprisingly, someone has a problem with this [Obvious]

Sunday 14 May 15:56:41 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Ginormous fondue pot, bubbling over with piping hot awesomesauce." Who said that? Was it a) a ten-year-old getting a new gaming console, b) a millennial talking about their new favorite band, or c) a spacewalking astronaut on the ISS? [Amusi

Sunday 14 May 15:33:19 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » The Hallway Shot

Sunday 14 May 14:36:39 UTC 2017

Similarly styled corporate group photos from the 1950s and 60s, emphasizing the long, windowless hallway of the office building.

The photos come across as a bit odd and creepy nowadays, as if the worker drones have temporarily emerged from their holes. But back then these long hallways evidently were a source of corporate pride.

The top photo has recently been … [Link]

Overheard In The Office » …While Throwing It Around and Going, “Wheee!”

Sunday 14 May 13:47:35 UTC 2017

Supervisor: What happened to that book you were reading?
Dreadlocked girl: “How to Act Like an Adult”?
Supervisor: Yeah!
Dreadlocked girl: I lost it. Ann Arbor, Michigan [Link]

Fark.com RSS » For the record, Hobby Lobby is not closing all its stores, David Bowie was not kidnapped by demons, the New York Times' license was not suspended by the State Department, and Sarah Palin did not wake up from a coma [Obvious]

Sunday 14 May 13:46:56 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Nearly 1,000 students, teachers and staff in northern California's Yolo County laid low by the norovirus. #yolo [Sick]

Sunday 14 May 12:46:57 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » LOLs. U can't talk 2 your professor like this [Obvious]

Sunday 14 May 12:27:56 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #314

Sunday 14 May 12:15:24 UTC 2017

I'm just glad this was not an ad for TOILET paper.

Original ad here. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Woman woken by sound of her car horn honking, surprised to discover 200-pound black bear inside. Officer recommends to "always lock your car doors", bears repeating [Strange]

Sunday 14 May 10:24:40 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Mom is worth billions [PSA]

Sunday 14 May 10:01:48 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Treasonous descendants of traitors fire up the torches to defend statue of treasonous General, treasonously chanting 'Russia is our Friend'. Treason [Followup]

Sunday 14 May 9:02:41 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Teacher caught having sex with a student uses the old "he seduced me" excuse. Fark: At 2 a.m. (with mugshot) [Florida]

Sunday 14 May 3:41:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Something you don't read every day: Florida woman attacked by a camel at Jefferson Davis' last home [Strange]

Sunday 14 May 2:55:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Louise Mensch and Claude Taylor report sealed indictment against Donald Trump [Misc]

Sunday 14 May 2:46:27 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » If you resort to beating your 6-year-old son for making a Mother's Day card for his grandmother instead of you, it should be obvious even to you why he chose her [Dumbass]

John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons