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 » My elevator is full of eels [Spiffy]

Tuesday 4 July 22:20:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » China puts an adorable face to renewable energy, builds a solar farm that's shaped like a panda [Spiffy]

Tuesday 4 July 21:20:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The coffee wars between 7-Eleven and Village Pantry have reached new heights. BONUS: breaking and entering, public indecency, and a TASER-ing [Weird]

Tuesday 4 July 20:50:05 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » His and Hers

Tuesday 4 July 20:07:07 UTC 2017

Which of these faces is male, and which female? In fact both photos show the same androgynous face; the only difference is the amount of contrast in the image. But most people see the face on the left as female and the one on the right as male. Gettysburg College psychologist Richard Russell says, “Though people are not consciously aware … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » 25 family photos so American they come with an extra side of freedom at no additional charge. Call now, foreign outsourced operators are standing by [Murica]

Tuesday 4 July 20:05:12 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this beast getting ready to charge [Photoshop]

Tuesday 4 July 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » I have no idea what you're talking about, so here's some Corgis taking over a race track in Florida to race [Amusing]

Tuesday 4 July 19:48:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Ghost dolphin spotted off California. Most likely Flipper's ghost. Really should be hanging with kangaroo ghost. What's with all the ghost animals? Or, for that matter, albino animals? [Cool]

Tuesday 4 July 19:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Local religious group Sikhs to save their town's 4th of July fireworks display by donating $10,000 for the festivities, which will also benefit a children's charity [Spiffy]

Tuesday 4 July 18:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » It seems that not only did Chris Christie make the beach private he also forced six families who own cottages next to the beach to leave their homes under threat of arrest [Followup]

Tuesday 4 July 18:38:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Is that a bottle of vodka in your pants? Or are you just happy to see me?" [Dumbass]

Tuesday 4 July 17:50:06 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Who Can Replace a Shepherd?

Tuesday 4 July 17:28:24 UTC 2017

WU-vie GES comments: "I've sent many stories to Chuck over the years, several of which he has included on NOTW. Where can I send them now? Is there some way of getting them posted in WU?"

Certainly Alex and I would appreciate reader tips, and possibly use them somehow, in singleton posts. So keep sending them to the email addresses … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Note to airline gun smugglers: No matter how 'artfully' you conceal a handgun in your luggage, the TSA will find it [Dumbass]

Tuesday 4 July 17:20:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Rob Thomas charged with embezzling more than $100K from Monee church [Dumbass]

Tuesday 4 July 16:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Ejaculating 21 times a month could reduce the risk of prostate cancer, claims whacked out study [PSA]

Tuesday 4 July 16:18:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Caption what this stormtrooper is saying to these kids [Caption]

Tuesday 4 July 16:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Will Joey Chestnut take his tenth Mustard Belt? Will Matt Stonie rise to take the title back? Will anyone watching make it through the contest without throwing up a little in their mouth? Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Noon ET on ESPN2 [

Tuesday 4 July 15:30:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Scary ghost kangaroo photographed. Rooo-oooo-oooo. (that's what ghost kangaroos say) [Cool]

Tuesday 4 July 15:20:07 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "This was what the United States of America was like not that long ago: a country where families struggled to live on dirt streets, with dirt floors, and little or no income to pay the grocery or medical bills. It was just the way things were&#34

Tuesday 4 July 14:50:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » BuzzFeed staff writers don Victoria's Secret swimwear and replicate the models' poses from the VS catalog. The pictures–and the writers' observations about the process–are revealing [Interesting]

Tuesday 4 July 14:35:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Giant ghost crocodile that had T-Rex sized teeth discovered in Madagascar. That is all [Scary]

Tuesday 4 July 14:20:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » $123.47 [Facepalm]

Tuesday 4 July 14:20:07 UTC 2017

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Overheard In The Office » Ms. Kaling Has a Hard Time Fitting in with the Male Writers.

Tuesday 4 July 14:06:32 UTC 2017

Cubicle worker #1, slamming something on desk: A big cockroach just crawled across my desk.
Cubicle worker #2: Yeah, these were the desks with the roach problem.
Cubicle worker #1: Roach problem?
Cubicle worker #2: It's all Mindy's fault. Arlington, Texas [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Just drinking two pints of beer a day could give you five types of cancer. Cheers [Scary]

Tuesday 4 July 14:05:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Who among us wouldn't take up four parking spaces to avoid dings to our 10-year-old car after spending HUNDREDS of dollars fixing it up? [Dumbass]

Tuesday 4 July 13:35:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The bride wore a custom-made silk and lace dress complete with a veil and had her jaws clamped shut [Weird]

Tuesday 4 July 13:20:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: An improvement to Independence Day [Photoshop]

Tuesday 4 July 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Kill it with fire… oops [Dumbass]

Tuesday 4 July 12:59:48 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » New Harry Potter born in Florida [Strange]

Tuesday 4 July 12:50:04 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Ate Torpedo

Tuesday 4 July 12:37:48 UTC 2017

Word to the wise: don't eat random stuff you find on the pavement. It could be explosive.

Minneapolis Star Tribune – June 2, 1930

Eats July 4 Torpedo Given Him as Candy
Baltimore, June 1.— Chewing torpedoes proved to be an unhealthy pastime for Charles Boone, 57, of Cherry Hill. He is recovering from the effects in a hospital.
George Boone, … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Just in time to blame it on fireworks, brand new firetruck starts brush fire [Ironic]

Tuesday 4 July 11:47:44 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Turkish Airlines Safety Video

Tuesday 4 July 9:55:00 UTC 2017

I traveled to Rome on Turkish Airlines, and found their safety video very amusing. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Whether it's pie crust, pork, brownies, scallops, eggs, or gravy, everyone has a culinary Achilles' heel [Obvious]

Tuesday 4 July 9:34:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Colorado's favorite libertarian curmudgeon complains to police chief about late night Amber Alert for disabled kid. Police chief doesn't give a fark and responds with blistering candor [Asinine]

Tuesday 4 July 3:40:20 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Three-quarters of Americans prefer shoe leather to delicious, succulent, well-prepared steak. This is why we can't have nice things [Fail]

John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons