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 » This rehab clinic not only allows patients to smoke pot, but encourages it [Interesting]

Wednesday 19 July 23:30:14 UTC 2017

Interesting [link] [40 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » NYPD cop breakdances in street with loaded gun on hip [Stupid]

Wednesday 19 July 22:50:14 UTC 2017

Stupid [link] [71 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » In the event of emergency, your prosthetic leg can be used as a flotation device [Spiffy]

Wednesday 19 July 22:20:12 UTC 2017

Spiffy [link] [23 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » 5 year-old and 2 year-old crash car even though one steered and one worked the brakes. What could possibly go wrong? [Scary]

Wednesday 19 July 21:14:13 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [50 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Climate change could mean a much wetter California. Or slightly wetter. Also possible a much drier or somewhat drier California. Or a 100% snow-covered California, according to scientist who just wanted to be in the news today [Stupid]

Wednesday 19 July 20:50:13 UTC 2017

Stupid [link] [91 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Family kicked off JetBlue flight after toddler kicked seat in front of them. Hmm, remind me again which side I'm supposed to be against? [Obvious]

Wednesday 19 July 20:40:14 UTC 2017

Obvious [link] [196 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Tabasco comes out with a new sauce, "Scorpion." 20 times hotter than the original. Read about it on the left, argue about it on the right, all you Franks, Sriracha, Texas Pete's, Crystal, Original Louisiana, Tapatío, Valentina and Ch

Wednesday 19 July 20:20:14 UTC 2017

Murica [link] [280 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » If you drown during your river baptism do you go to heaven or hell? [Fail]

Wednesday 19 July 20:10:10 UTC 2017

Fail [link] [83 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Trigger a massive, fleet-wide, multi-country "man overboard" drill because you ducked your watch? You'd better get down on your knees and thank your creator you are only standing in front of the Admiral's Mast and not a firing squad,

Wednesday 19 July 20:10:10 UTC 2017

Followup [link] [68 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Create a totem pole [Photoshop]

Wednesday 19 July 20:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [15 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Woman shoots her boyfriend dead because he was in an online death cult and didn't want to pay his five dollars a month [Obvious]

Wednesday 19 July 19:50:10 UTC 2017

Obvious [link] [60 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Saudi miniskirt woman will probably not be beaten. Probably [Followup]

Wednesday 19 July 19:38:40 UTC 2017

Followup [link] [74 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Air conditioning technicians suggest you get your unit checked. Seriously? I check it religiously every day [Florida]

Wednesday 19 July 19:20:13 UTC 2017

Florida [link] [68 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Head of the clean-up efforts at the Fukushima nuclear power plants, says the recovery from the disaster will nearly be complete once they dump nearly a million tons of radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean [Facepalm]

Wednesday 19 July 19:06:09 UTC 2017

Facepalm [link] [64 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Joel Osteen: I am one with the Force and the Force is with me [Silly]

Wednesday 19 July 18:49:01 UTC 2017

Silly [link] [69 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The good folks who brought you the Kalashnikov assault rifle have now created their own battle robot – which can learn from its experiences. But don't worry, Putin says it's perfectly safe [Scary]

Wednesday 19 July 18:40:16 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [41 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-J [Dumbass]

Wednesday 19 July 18:20:16 UTC 2017

Dumbass [link] [130 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Pharmabro Martin "I hope to see you and your four children homeless" Shkreli is the gift that keeps on giving. Sort of like a human Herpes [Asinine]

Wednesday 19 July 18:10:04 UTC 2017

Asinine [link] [77 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Giant squid landed in Dingle. Marine biologists investigating, hoping to find the angle of the dangle [Interesting]

Wednesday 19 July 17:50:04 UTC 2017

Interesting [link] [45 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Notorious 86-year-old jewel thief who had decades of stealing valuable gems has been arrested stealing from Walmart. Oh, how the mighty have fallen [Sad]

Wednesday 19 July 17:40:05 UTC 2017

Sad [link] [39 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Once again, dudes: do NOT send unsolicited dick picks to anyone. Especially a judge [Creepy]

Wednesday 19 July 17:20:05 UTC 2017

Creepy [link] [71 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college." ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Well, then; this is your Fark Writers Thread [CSB]

Wednesday 19 July 17:10:16 UTC 2017

CSB [link] [142 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Dumbass: Teenager steals items from Auschwitz for her art project. Fark: an Israeli teenager. WTF: Hoping to stop Holocaust deniers [Dumbass]

Wednesday 19 July 16:50:16 UTC 2017

Dumbass [link] [80 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Six cars of a freight train have gone off the rails in southwest Pennsylvania. Cars holding wheat, flour, and flammable materials overturned, proving that nothing good ever happens in Lower Turkeyfoot Township on the Hogback Road [Obvious]

Wednesday 19 July 16:20:15 UTC 2017

Obvious [link] [52 comments] [Link]

Futility Closet » Math Notes

Wednesday 19 July 16:03:45 UTC 2017

(3 + 3 + 6) + (32 + 32 + 62) + (33 + 33 + 63) = 336 (By Mike Keith.) 07/20/2017 UPDATE: For more, see OEIS A240511, “Numbers that are equal to the sum of their digits raised to each power from 1 to the number of digits.” (Thanks, Dave.) [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Crackdown proposed on bikini baristas. Look, if they're showing that, the bikini isn't doing anything [Giggity]

Wednesday 19 July 15:50:13 UTC 2017

Giggity [link] [183 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Vinegar is the new roundup, but not in Idaho [Stupid]

Wednesday 19 July 15:20:11 UTC 2017

Stupid [link] [128 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "Do not be alarmed, continue swimming naked. [eats popcorn] Aw, c'mon, continue. Come on! Oh, all right, Lou, open fire" [Stupid]

Wednesday 19 July 13:50:09 UTC 2017

Stupid [link] [84 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Creationists Have Sold Ark Encounter. To Themselves. For $10. To Avoid Taxes [Obvious]

Wednesday 19 July 13:20:11 UTC 2017

Obvious [link] [270 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this water park that divided by zero [Photoshop]

Wednesday 19 July 13:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [30 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » World's best son who has dead sister and grieving mom issues, dresses like sister to please mom [Weird]

Wednesday 19 July 12:50:11 UTC 2017

Weird [link] [47 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Twelve-foot, 800-pound NOPE caught in SC lake. (with pic that may haunt your nightmares) [Scary]

Wednesday 19 July 12:20:10 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [65 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Smokers, you're probably being discriminated against because smoking is bad and you should feel bad for smoking [Obvious]

Wednesday 19 July 12:06:45 UTC 2017

Obvious [link] [390 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Man is threatening to divorce his wife because: a) she doesn't love him, b) she has a totally different personality from him, or c) she wants to stop working as a prostitute [Weird]

Wednesday 19 July 11:49:08 UTC 2017

Weird [link] [53 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » L.A. Knockers

Wednesday 19 July 11:45:12 UTC 2017

The L.A. Knockers was an all-female dance troupe that formed in 1974 and stayed together (with members coming and going) for 12 years.

There's a fan page here. And one of the original members has posted a collection of L.A. Knockers videos on YouTube.

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It was their name and ultra 70s look that first caught my attention. But when … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Research shows many Christians – Evangelical Protestants in particular – say porn is always immoral, but watch it anyway [Awkward]

Wednesday 19 July 11:30:50 UTC 2017

Awkward [link] [89 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Toronto condominium hotel joins the latest major trend in luxury accommodation: Removing Trump's name from your building [Amusing]

Wednesday 19 July 10:28:51 UTC 2017

Amusing [link] [28 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » Murder by Flypaper

Wednesday 19 July 10:14:00 UTC 2017



Original story here.
[Link]

Fark.com RSS » Canada ends brief ban on wine from Israel after whine from Israel [Weird]

Wednesday 19 July 9:46:51 UTC 2017

Weird [link] [56 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Cop who killed Australian yoga instructor shot her after being startled by a loud noise. I said, COP WHO KILLED AUSTRALIAN YOGA INSTRUCTOR SHOT HER AFTER BEING STARTLED BY A LOUD NOISE [Followup]

Wednesday 19 July 8:52:40 UTC 2017

Followup [link] [309 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Decades before Sully and his flying computer took a calculated dip in the Hudson, Al Haynes and his United crew saved 185 people, using nothing but spit and thrust changes to land a doomed DC-10. RIP to the 111 who died, 28 years ago today [Scary]

Wednesday 19 July 7:02:30 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [83 comments] [Link]

Futility Closet » Northwest Passage

Wednesday 19 July 6:57:37 UTC 2017

Image: Wikimedia Commons When Portland, Oregon, carpeted its airport in 1987, it chose a bold design in blues and greens rather than the unmemorable beige underfoot in most American terminals. Designer John Schleuning composed a pattern that reflected the airport’s intersecting North-South runways as seen from the control tower, and the result became a surprise hit, with its own Twitter account … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Illinois schools close for safety concerns… that snowflakes will stare at the sun during a solar eclipse [Asinine]

Wednesday 19 July 6:07:35 UTC 2017

Asinine [link] [71 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » In yet another barbaric "honor" killing, Muslim father in Israel kills his daughter because she was dating a Christian boy and planned to convert. No, wait, strike that, reverse it [Sad]

Wednesday 19 July 5:37:37 UTC 2017

Sad [link] [116 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Stupid reasons to divorce: #23 – Your spouse won't reply to your text messages [Strange]

Wednesday 19 July 3:51:58 UTC 2017

Strange [link] [44 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Jehovah's Witnesses vow to appeal the Russian court ruling that keeps them banned by going to a European court. Because Putin will totally listen [Followup]

Wednesday 19 July 2:50:08 UTC 2017

Followup [link] [81 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Who shows up on beaches on French northern shores? / SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS / Leading the people to shout, "Zut alors" / SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS / If puzzling mysteries appeal much to you / Then click on the link here and check out the view [Str

Wednesday 19 July 1:54:49 UTC 2017

Strange [link] [37 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Pro tip: Don't leave your cell phone and keys behind when robbing the Quick Stop [Dumbass]

Wednesday 19 July 1:50:08 UTC 2017

Dumbass [link] [29 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Seattle now offering a new bike stealing program after the failure of the previous one [Misc]

Wednesday 19 July 0:50:08 UTC 2017

Misc [link] [39 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » City council: Oh, you want to put a Satanic monument next to the Christian one? Then, no. Nobody gets a monument [Followup]

Wednesday 19 July 0:04:34 UTC 2017

Followup [link] [263 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop the greatest superhero of all time coming to the rescue [Photoshop]

Wednesday 19 July 0:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [25 comments] [Link]

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