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 » Piecemeal Portraits

Sunday 4 June 22:23:53 UTC 2017

Ukrainian artist Oleg Shuplyak specializes in “Hidden Images,” in which famous faces emerge from simple scenes. Initially trained as an architect, he’s been a member since 2000 of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. More here. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » If you spilled nails along 15 miles of one of Southern California's busiest freeways, the CHP and 40 pissed off motorists would like to have a word with you [Fail]

Sunday 4 June 21:35:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Truck carrying 40,000 pounds of bananas rolls over. The bananas are okay, but unfortunately Harry Chapin is dead [Misc]

Sunday 4 June 20:54:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » $8 Aldi wine ranked among the world's best. Shopping cart quarter not included [Cool]

Sunday 4 June 20:46:19 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » You haven't mowed your lawn correctly until you've done it with a giant tornado in the background [Cool]

Sunday 4 June 20:30:25 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Thousands attend asparagus festival [Sick]

Sunday 4 June 20:17:14 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this dancing girl [Photoshop]

Sunday 4 June 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 75 years ago today the United States Navy met a Japanese fleet that had run rampant for 6 months in battle off of Midway Atoll and achieved one of the greatest victories in its history, decisively changing the course of the war in the Pacific [Hero]

Sunday 4 June 19:57:18 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Chuck’s Departure

Sunday 4 June 19:23:54 UTC 2017

Naturally, when Chuck informed Alex and me earlier of his decision to retire, we were heartbroken–just as all of his readers are showing themselves to be.

And yet, once the dust of that explosive announcement settled, Alex and I realized–just as all of his readers must–that Chuck's long, invaluable, joyous service would remain forever an inspiration, and that no one … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Columnist issues £50,000 challenge for Islamic State terrorists to a sword fight after London attack, says there can be only one [Weird]

Sunday 4 June 19:22:31 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Evacuate the pub? If I must – but at £6 a pint, I'm taking it with me [Hero]

Sunday 4 June 15:40:15 UTC 2017

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Overheard In The Office » And Kids Are Pretty Slippery to Start With

Sunday 4 June 14:57:20 UTC 2017

Worker bee in bathroom stall: I don’t mind as long as he doesn’t try to lube the kids with it. After all, those burns can be nasty. 10th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana [Link]

Fark.com RSS » When in doubt, bench press a goose [Amusing]

Sunday 4 June 14:48:14 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Dad walks his daughter to school on her first day of kindergarten and her last day of high school. Is it dusty in here or what? [Sappy]

Sunday 4 June 14:45:14 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » In Advance Of The Landing

Sunday 4 June 14:32:06 UTC 2017

Back in 1977, photographer Douglas Curran began taking photos of objects built by people in anticipation of the arrival of extraterrestrials. Eight years later, he collected these photos together in his book In Advance of the Landing: Folk Concepts of Outer Space.

He said the following about the book in a 1982 interview (Popular Photography – Nov 1982):

"The words … [Link]

Weird Universe » Note from Chuck Shepherd

Sunday 4 June 14:32:05 UTC 2017

Dear Weirdettes and Weirdbros,
I am retiring very soon from News of the Weird and Weird Universe.
My final weekly NotW column (my 1,534th) will be posted on July 2nd,
ending 29-plus years in the saddle (28 of them as distributed by
Universal Press Syndicate, now known as Universal UClick). (I don't
know what Universal's plans are for the column, … [Link]

Weird Universe » News of the Weird (june 4, 2017)

Sunday 4 June 14:32:04 UTC 2017

Lead Story

A country-and-western radio station in Benson, Ariz. (near Tucson), owned by Paul Lotsof, has periodically run "public service announcements" about one of Lotsof's pet peeves: the harsh sentences usually given to mere "collectors" of child pornography. Many, he believes, are non-dangerous, day-dreaming … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Guys inhales did you know that if you turn Donald Duck upside down exhales you get Donald Trump? inhales [Stupid]

Sunday 4 June 13:56:11 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Better ingredients, better cocaine. Papa John's [Interesting]

Sunday 4 June 6:24:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Look, guys, it's 2017. It's cool to come out of the closet and celebrate being GLBT. So quit trying to pick up dudes in public restrooms, parks, OK? [Florida]

Sunday 4 June 4:19:52 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Free Solo" climber conquers El Capitan without ropes or safety gear. Companion nearby seen wearing rocket boots [Cool]

Sunday 4 June 3:32:29 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Utah's new BAC limit lowest in nation. Cell phones, make-up, kittens considered more dangerous than the new level [Interesting]

Sunday 4 June 1:49:59 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "It's costing us millions a month for her and Barron to ignore Papaya Pol Pot, AND for her to be getting her pipes cleaned by some scruffy dude downstairs" [Murica]

Sunday 4 June 1:03:33 UTC 2017

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons