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 » As God is my witness I thought kangaroos could fly [Interesting]

Wednesday 14 June 23:30:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Security alert from Travis AFB: The base is saying this incident is not a drill. Shelter in place. Lock doors/windows and await further info [Scary]

Wednesday 14 June 23:25:31 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Why you might see more people peeing on the streets of NYC this summer [Obvious]

Wednesday 14 June 22:50:07 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » A Garden Sermon

Wednesday 14 June 22:27:53 UTC 2017

Image: Philip Halling The Oxford Companion to the Garden notes a curiosity at Packwood House, a Tudor manor house near Lapworth, Warwickshire: At some time, possibly in the early 18th century, a mount was made beyond the garden walls to the south on the axis of a gateway in the garden walls and the garden door of the house. Long known … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet, you have to have the right mood- last-minute panic." THIS is your Fark Writer's thread, deadline edition [CSB]

Wednesday 14 June 22:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » For today's MMA-United, footage showing an airline employee pushing a 71-year-old passenger to the ground has been released [Facepalm]

Wednesday 14 June 21:43:27 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » There is a war going on in the U.S. and the head lice are winning [Scary]

Wednesday 14 June 21:13:27 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » High school senior is banned from graduation after he helped TP the school and refused to give up the names of his co-conspirators [Murica]

Wednesday 14 June 21:12:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » After 7 years, Utah's liquor store drought is over [PSA]

Wednesday 14 June 20:46:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » You are getting sleepy…You are getting sleepy…When you wake up you will believe everything you read on FARK as the honest truth [Interesting]

Wednesday 14 June 20:20:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Steel testicles of the day: A member of the public safely caught a baby dropped from the 9th or 10th floor of the blazing Grenfell Tower in west London [Scary]

Wednesday 14 June 20:14:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this frisky swinger [Photoshop]

Wednesday 14 June 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Google announces $30M investment to provide company-owned, subsidized housing for employees across San Francisco. This is a repeat from the early 1900s [Interesting]

Wednesday 14 June 19:50:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » WapPo columnist keeps things classy by hoping Scalise dies in surgery [Asinine]

Wednesday 14 June 19:39:51 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "By the powers vested in me, I pronounce you husband, husband, and husband. You may now kiss the guys" [Strange]

Wednesday 14 June 19:38:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » My God, there's a milk shortage in Qatar. Quick, AIRLIFT THE COWS [Spiffy]

Wednesday 14 June 19:14:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Latest buzz: Millennials are switching from alcohol to pot [Cool]

Wednesday 14 June 19:02:08 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Holy guacamole [Asinine]

Wednesday 14 June 18:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » AGT judges to Pumpkin Man: "Clearly we can see your nuts" [Amusing]

Wednesday 14 June 18:20:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Schools encouraged to play music in bathrooms so students can poop and fart without feeling shy. What music would you suggest? [Interesting]

Wednesday 14 June 18:11:25 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Soy milk can no longer introduce itself as dairy in Spanish or any other EU language [Obvious]

Wednesday 14 June 17:50:08 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The day's not done yet as there's an active shooter situation at UPS warehouse in San Francisco [NewsFlash]

Wednesday 14 June 17:38:33 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Mug shot of guy arrested after low-speed chase of stolen vehicle when he can't shift out of first gear looks like you'd expect [Dumbass]

Wednesday 14 June 17:20:08 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Burglarized homeowner learns why you keep your meth lab and stock off-site [Dumbass]

Wednesday 14 June 16:46:48 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Hey, free Coast Guard cutter [Interesting]

Wednesday 14 June 16:16:48 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Black minister submits resolution for Southern Baptist Convention to condemn white supremacy, alt-right groups. Oh Lordy, hilarity ensues [Obvious]

Wednesday 14 June 15:50:08 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Prime Magic

Wednesday 14 June 15:48:39 UTC 2017

In his 1976 book 100 Numerical Games, French puzzle maven Pierre Berloquin asks whether it’s possible to construct a magic square using the first nine prime numbers (here counting 1 as prime): 1 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 Is it? SelectClick for Answer No. The numbers total 78, so in a successful magic square each row and … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » 12-year-old dog picked up by tornado survives his injuries, would like a word with Dorothy [Scary]

Wednesday 14 June 15:20:08 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Update: Congressional Baseball Shooter ID'd by police as a former housing inspector from Illinois. Story still developing. (Thread 2) [News]

Wednesday 14 June 15:03:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Woman disguises dog as baby, sneaks it into hospital to comfort grandma [Sappy]

Wednesday 14 June 14:50:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Medical expenses account for increasing proportion of crowd funding site activity, and millions of dollars in revenue for GoFundMe and other sites [Sad]

Wednesday 14 June 14:20:07 UTC 2017

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Overheard In The Office » “Quaint Pretense for Money”?

Wednesday 14 June 14:12:00 UTC 2017

Boss man's phone cell on auto text-to-speech mode: Taint defense for dummies.
Baffled employee: What did you phone just say? Silver Lake, California [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Ten years after "The Wire," let's check in on Baltimore. Oh [Sad]

Wednesday 14 June 13:50:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Man who robbed bank to get away from wife sentenced to home confinement [Ironic]

Wednesday 14 June 13:11:46 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this carried coconut [Photoshop]

Wednesday 14 June 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Hello muddah, hello faddah [Silly]

Wednesday 14 June 12:28:41 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Name That List, #40

Wednesday 14 June 12:25:28 UTC 2017

What is this a list of? The answer is below in extended.

Bart Simpson Battery Acid Blue Chair California Sunshine Contact Lens Cupcakes Dental Floss Dinosaurs Ellis Day Golden Dragon Grape Parfait Hawaiian Sunshine Kaleidoscope Mind Detergent Owsley Pink Robots Russian Sickles Square Dancing Tickets Tail Lights Valley Dolls Window Glass Yellow Dimples [Link]

Fark.com RSS » SACRE BLEU France is living in fear of a croissant price hike due to a butter shortage. MERDE SAVE US MACRON [PSA]

Wednesday 14 June 12:20:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and aides shot at baseball practice in Virginia. Story developing [NewsFlash]

Wednesday 14 June 12:03:24 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » This is the road trip that never ends / Yes it goes on and on my friend / Some people started driving it / Not knowing what it was / But people kept driving it just because / [Scary]

Wednesday 14 June 11:30:40 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Former Mexican President Vicente Fox says Mexico and Canada could eclipse the U.S. in the marijuana business thanks to Trump's regressive ignorant policies. Road trip dude [Cool]

Wednesday 14 June 10:27:39 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 4

Wednesday 14 June 10:12:00 UTC 2017

Of course, before the Soviets took a stance against "degenerate" avant-garde art, they had a flourishing avant-garde scene in their own country.

Mikhail Larionov was one such native Russian artist.

Here is his "Venus" from 1912.

This new book on the topic seems very interesting and relevant.

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Fark.com RSS » Woman kicked out of Michigan mall for inappropriate 'Finding Nemo' tank top and shorts. In other news, people find 'Finding Nemo' offensive [Stupid]

Wednesday 14 June 9:42:40 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Trucker responsible for 9-car pileup on state highway takes elderly neighbor hostage, forces her to drive him to Detroit where he barricaded himself in home before committing suicide. The Aristocrats [Murica]

Wednesday 14 June 4:08:50 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 24-story apartment building ablaze in London [News]

Wednesday 14 June 3:25:24 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » New hostel opens in Chernobyl amid glowing reviews [Creepy]

Wednesday 14 June 3:04:56 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Old and busted: "the dog ate my homework." New hotness: "I was doing a research paper on kleptomania when I got arrested for shoplifting" [Dumbass]

Wednesday 14 June 2:52:26 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » If for some reason we get into a shooting war with Russia, don't be surprised if your airliner is intercepted by Russian-marked planes. Well, for other than the obvious reason, I guess [Interesting]

Wednesday 14 June 2:46:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Kids, remember to designate a driver for a Safe N' Sober Grad Nite, unlike your vice-principal in the parking lot" [Facepalm]

Wednesday 14 June 2:30:43 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Unlike Congress, this woman is going to jail for health care fraud [Sick]

Wednesday 14 June 2:22:21 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Small town jails are to blame for high US incarceration rate, Otis never getting help with his drinking problem [Unlikely]

Wednesday 14 June 2:16:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Company announces plans to launch KFC sandwich into space where it can do the least amount of harm [Strange]

Wednesday 14 June 1:49:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Headline: Americans don't care about their privacy. Article: Americans don't care about other people's privacy [Stupid]

Wednesday 14 June 1:46:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Want to see He-Man sing DMX's 'Up In Here'? Of course you do (Not safe for work language) [Amusing]

Wednesday 14 June 1:16:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Travel through NYC with synced video from today and 80 years ago [Cool]

Wednesday 14 June 0:46:47 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Getting drunk and openly fapping 35,000 ft in the sky is no way to go through life, Passenger 15B [Facepalm]

Wednesday 14 June 0:31:47 UTC 2017

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons