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 » Man's attempt to choke a woman with her own sweater, shoot five rounds at her feet and threaten to kill her and three witnesses called 'nothing out of the ordinary.' [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Gee, and up til now Insane Clown Posse fans seemed so reasonable [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » At 8PM EDT, "TuneIn" as Paul's Memory Bank brings you 2 hours of songs beginning with the letter "S", spanning the years between 1953 and 1982 [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Gator attacks Florida Man diving for golf balls, further proving Subby's "never mess with an alligator's balls" philosophy [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Naked Instagram model arrested after police tussle (Not safe for work) [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Armed man in his sixties trips, is arrested during chase. Wait, he's 25 but looks 60 (with mugshot) [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » "Hi, we're newborn grey whale calves. Nice to meet you" (pics) [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Man trying to sell his Skoda gets inquiries from Lewis Hamilton, Matt Le Blanc, Olly Murs, Brian May and even President Donald Trump. Must be some car (Not safe for work content in sidebar) [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Ever since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the moon [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this bowler [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Who's a good dog? You are. You're a good dog, aren't you. Good dog [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Saudi Arabia accuses Qatar of summoning genies during Gulf crisis, briefly raising the attention of Major Nelson [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Today, in strange Florida threats: Herpes Monkey invasions [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Fark Party: Usually not as dirty as that sounds [FarkBlog]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.” — Mark Twain [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Bertha, the world's 'oldest' ugly-ass cat, dies at 65 [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Battlestar America [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Bad: You're 57 and guilty of forging your late mother's checks. Badder: You're IDed in the headline as "Son of Monkey Head Doctor". Fark: THAT "Monkey Head Doctor" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » It seems the man who tried to open the cabin door on a flight to Beijing is the son of a Delta employee. Tried the old 'do you know who I am' line [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Glaswegian mother uses social media to track down her son's stolen bike, confronts teenage thief and gives him a life lecture and hug, and finishes by creating greatest swearing Facebook video ever, all while rubbing her son's face in it. Ta
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Fark.com RSS » "The victim believes the offenders had just been to a funeral at which attendees had been asked to wear pyjamas." Oh, there's more [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » After explosion, fire at Merrimack plant, fire crews monitor situation [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » Bugs for Dolls
From the Pittsburgh Press – Oct 23, 1938:
BUGS FOR DOLLS
Dead Crickets Are Toys in China
In China, where life is hard and patience strong, the toy man is a favorite of old and young. On the streets of Peiping he displays his wares and children flock to see — and if they have pennies — to buy. A … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this mountain dog [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Aw, jeez, we're back to a full work week. Why didn't I request my vacation time for now? This sucks. Maybe it'll be better once I take the Fark Weird News Quiz [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Study suggests patients needing and waiting for surgery have higher risk of dying… possibly from laughter contributed by certain obvious reasons [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Newton beats Darwin this time [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Police officer anonymously sues Black Lives Matter [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Quebec man wants to legalize squirrel hunt– ÉCUREUIL [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Democrats figure they can beat Trump by running a New York politician with a famous name and ethics issues, because that worked so well in 2016 [Facepalm]
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Weird Universe » Land of Islam
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Fark.com RSS » There's something just not right about a food truck from Utah winning a lobster roll competition in Maine [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Anonymous claims Australians may have to wrap their $100 bills in tinfoil soon [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Massive fire rages at Camden Market in London [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Google doodle celebrates the woman who made vodak possible [Hero]
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 161: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Image: Wikimedia Commons In 1971 high school student Juliane Koepcke fell two miles into the Peruvian rain forest when her airliner broke up in a thunderstorm. Miraculously, she survived the fall, but her ordeal was just beginning. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll describe Juliane’s arduous trek through the jungle in search of civilization and help. We’ll … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cyclist on designated bicyclist route gets plowed into by hit and run driver. Driver turns out to be dean at local private school. Fark: Who witness claims had tried to mow down another cyclist a week earlier [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Dry shampoo: about as plausible as dry water, artificial air, polite politics threads [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Is piercing a baby's cheek child abuse while circumcision is not? Stubby doesn't think so but read on [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Cop climbs fence into backyard, is promptly greeted by two pit bulls with wagging tails, so PEW PEW PEW [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman sees her son crawl through McDonald's playground and come out covered in shiat on the other side [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » "I love people, they're crunchy and go well with ketchup" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this horse racer [Photoshop]
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