John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons

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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 » 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]

Monday 10 July 23:40:08 UTC 2017

Florida [link] [43 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Gee, and up til now Insane Clown Posse fans seemed so reasonable [Facepalm]

Monday 10 July 23:39:06 UTC 2017

Facepalm [link] [47 comments] [Link]

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]

Monday 10 July 23:17:39 UTC 2017

Live [link] [17 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Gator attacks Florida Man diving for golf balls, further proving Subby's "never mess with an alligator's balls" philosophy [Florida]

Monday 10 July 22:20:08 UTC 2017

Florida [link] [18 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Naked Instagram model arrested after police tussle (Not safe for work) [Florida]

Monday 10 July 21:50:04 UTC 2017

Florida [link] [100 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Armed man in his sixties trips, is arrested during chase. Wait, he's 25 but looks 60 (with mugshot) [Florida]

Monday 10 July 21:20:05 UTC 2017

Florida [link] [56 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "Hi, we're newborn grey whale calves. Nice to meet you" (pics) [Spiffy]

Monday 10 July 20:50:06 UTC 2017

Spiffy [link] [45 comments] [Link]

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]

Monday 10 July 20:20:07 UTC 2017

Silly [link] [72 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Ever since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the moon [Interesting]

Monday 10 July 20:16:46 UTC 2017

Interesting [link] [95 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this bowler [Photoshop]

Monday 10 July 20:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [26 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Who's a good dog? You are. You're a good dog, aren't you. Good dog [Sappy]

Monday 10 July 19:50:06 UTC 2017

Sappy [link] [66 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Saudi Arabia accuses Qatar of summoning genies during Gulf crisis, briefly raising the attention of Major Nelson [Strange]

Monday 10 July 19:36:54 UTC 2017

Strange [link] [55 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Today, in strange Florida threats: Herpes Monkey invasions [Followup]

Monday 10 July 19:15:05 UTC 2017

Followup [link] [39 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Fark Party: Usually not as dirty as that sounds [FarkBlog]

Monday 10 July 18:45:05 UTC 2017

FarkBlog [link] [31 comments] [Link]

Futility Closet » Unquote

Monday 10 July 18:15:20 UTC 2017

“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]

Monday 10 July 16:50:06 UTC 2017

Sad [link] [54 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Battlestar America [Followup]

Monday 10 July 16:20:10 UTC 2017

Followup [link] [239 comments] [Link]

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]

Monday 10 July 15:50:05 UTC 2017

Interesting [link] [38 comments] [Link]

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]

Monday 10 July 15:20:11 UTC 2017

Followup [link] [123 comments] [Link]

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

Monday 10 July 14:50:08 UTC 2017

Spiffy [link] [56 comments] [Link]

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]

Monday 10 July 14:20:05 UTC 2017

Weird [link] [34 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » After explosion, fire at Merrimack plant, fire crews monitor situation [Obvious]

Monday 10 July 13:20:00 UTC 2017

Obvious [link] [58 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » Bugs for Dolls

Monday 10 July 13:08:12 UTC 2017

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]

Monday 10 July 13:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [27 comments] [Link]

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]

Monday 10 July 12:38:51 UTC 2017

Cool [link] [15 comments] [Link]

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]

Monday 10 July 12:10:23 UTC 2017

Obvious [link] [29 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Newton beats Darwin this time [Sad]

Monday 10 July 11:59:30 UTC 2017

Sad [link] [85 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Police officer anonymously sues Black Lives Matter [Silly]

Monday 10 July 11:53:21 UTC 2017

Silly [link] [203 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Quebec man wants to legalize squirrel hunt– ÉCUREUIL [Silly]

Monday 10 July 11:10:52 UTC 2017

Silly [link] [41 comments] [Link]

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]

Monday 10 July 10:55:37 UTC 2017

Facepalm [link] [229 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » Land of Islam

Monday 10 July 10:06:00 UTC 2017

[Link]

Fark.com RSS » There's something just not right about a food truck from Utah winning a lobster roll competition in Maine [Strange]

Monday 10 July 9:32:51 UTC 2017

Strange [link] [63 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Anonymous claims Australians may have to wrap their $100 bills in tinfoil soon [Unlikely]

Monday 10 July 8:49:08 UTC 2017

Unlikely [link] [79 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Massive fire rages at Camden Market in London [Scary]

Monday 10 July 8:30:51 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [29 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Google doodle celebrates the woman who made vodak possible [Hero]

Monday 10 July 7:22:51 UTC 2017

Hero [link] [39 comments] [Link]

Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 161: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Monday 10 July 7:00:56 UTC 2017

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]

Monday 10 July 6:25:44 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [208 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Dry shampoo: about as plausible as dry water, artificial air, polite politics threads [Obvious]

Monday 10 July 5:49:37 UTC 2017

Obvious [link] [51 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Is piercing a baby's cheek child abuse while circumcision is not? Stubby doesn't think so but read on [Creepy]

Monday 10 July 4:40:52 UTC 2017

Creepy [link] [188 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Cop climbs fence into backyard, is promptly greeted by two pit bulls with wagging tails, so PEW PEW PEW [Asinine]

Monday 10 July 3:23:26 UTC 2017

Asinine [link] [268 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Woman sees her son crawl through McDonald's playground and come out covered in shiat on the other side [Sick]

Monday 10 July 2:51:17 UTC 2017

Sick [link] [66 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "I love people, they're crunchy and go well with ketchup" [Scary]

Monday 10 July 1:13:22 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [68 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this horse racer [Photoshop]

Monday 10 July 0:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [16 comments] [Link]

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