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 » Police now pursuing charges against five teens who filmed a man in Florida, just to watch him drown [Followup]

Friday 21 July 23:52:43 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » You should take pictures of your knob before going on vacation [Facepalm]

Friday 21 July 23:47:32 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Kentucky must pay attorney fees for couples who sued Kim Davis. If only they'd just fired her [Sad]

Friday 21 July 23:35:15 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Man's dog sides with girlfriend during arguments? That's a stabbing [Florida]

Friday 21 July 22:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 33-year-old grandfather and Mike Tyson fan… wait, it gets better [Asinine]

Friday 21 July 22:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Wait. You got your Japanese tentacle porn in my avant-garde arthouse film [Strange]

Friday 21 July 21:50:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Ark Encounter's selling themselves to a shell ministry to avoid taxes just happened to breach their agreement with Kentucky for $18 million in tax incentives, so they just lost most of their free money from the government [Followup]

Friday 21 July 21:02:57 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » States that prosecute parents who let their kids shoot other kids, please step forward. Not so fast, Kentucky [Sad]

Friday 21 July 20:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Protip for when you win the lottery: Don't hang up the phone when they call you saying you've won the lottery [Dumbass]

Friday 21 July 20:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this rocky beach [Photoshop]

Friday 21 July 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Woman convicted of husband's murder after parrot witness repeats 'don't shoot'. I guess he didn't get his damned cracker [Sick]

Friday 21 July 19:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Smishing" is the new cyber security term for stupid people who think it's OK to respond to unsolicited texts from strangers [Stupid]

Friday 21 July 19:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Robots: doing the jobs Americans don't want to [Interesting]

Friday 21 July 18:47:41 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Scalpel……. clamp…… suction……guitar [Strange]

Friday 21 July 18:13:24 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Unsatisfied with posting nudes of his ex on Facebook, man makes them into decals for his motorcycle [Dumbass]

Friday 21 July 17:43:24 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Primary school facing crisis after every single teacher and staffer quits [Awkward]

Friday 21 July 17:16:44 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Departing the Club

Friday 21 July 17:09:30 UTC 2017

At London’s prestigious Atheneum a venerable retainer reported to the club manager that member Prestwick was asleep in his favorite wing chair with a copy of The Times folded across his face. ‘What’s so unusual about that?’ asked the manager. ‘Member Prestwick has always slept in that chair with The Times folded across his face.’ ‘I know, sir,’ replied the … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Trump Administration says they have full confidence in Sean Spicer [NewsFlash]

Friday 21 July 16:28:41 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Fitz at fault [Followup]

Friday 21 July 16:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Man receives package 14 years late [Unlikely]

Friday 21 July 15:50:12 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » The Maid of Cotton Pageant

Friday 21 July 15:22:54 UTC 2017

Continuing our intermittent look at oddball beauty pageants.

The Maid of Cotton pageant began in 1939. The annual pageant was sponsored by the National Cotton Council (NCC), Memphis Cotton Carnival, and the Cotton Exchanges of Memphis, New York, and New Orleans. The pageant was held in Memphis, Tennessee, in conjunction with the Carnival until the 1980s.

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Fark.com RSS » "I say attractive women are suspicious just so I can touch them," reveals TSA agent [Obvious]

Friday 21 July 15:20:15 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Travel ban imposed…on Americans [Facepalm]

Friday 21 July 14:50:11 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Brazilian woman wonders why her car has suddenly broken down, is stunned to discover dog hiding in the engine. With pic of dog with "did i do that?" look on its face [Strange]

Friday 21 July 13:20:05 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Moon Cheeze

Friday 21 July 13:18:00 UTC 2017

July 20 was the anniversary of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon. Back in 1969, the Fisher cheese company, located in Armstrong's home town of Wapakoneta, Ohio, capitalized on that achievement by coming out with "Moon Cheeze." It seems to have been just regular American cheddar cheese. Only the packaging was special. It came in a container shaped like the … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this neighborhood [Photoshop]

Friday 21 July 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Mom at hospital forced to wait three hours with her dead baby in a bag, which was subby's favorite Loudon Wainwright tune back in the day [Stupid]

Friday 21 July 12:50:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Trump's NYT interview, collusion, the rule of law, and what happens if he ignores the law [Interesting]

Friday 21 July 12:25:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Meanwhile in Canada, the Prime Minster is hugging a unicorn puppet [Amusing]

Friday 21 July 12:05:14 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » In America we're supposed to burn the flag if it touches the ground. What's the penalty for a Canadian Governor General touching the Queen's elbow? Do they lose Labrador? Ritual flogging by the Archbishop of Canterbury? [Amusing]

Friday 21 July 11:50:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photographer viciously mauled while taking pictures. (not safe for stomach) [Sick]

Friday 21 July 11:02:58 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » As God as my witness I did not think humpback whales could fly [Cool]

Friday 21 July 10:31:17 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » In an effort to lay low until the storm subsides, Kushner's White House connection still being used to lure Chinese investors [Asinine]

Friday 21 July 9:49:15 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake hits Greek and Turkish holiday resorts, triggering tsunami [Scary]

Friday 21 July 8:47:56 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Marcia Marcia Marcia! Nobody ever arrests Marcia [Obvious]

Friday 21 July 7:49:16 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » You and your friend come across a man struggling in a pond, obviously in distress, so naturally you A) call for assistance, B) try to find a way to help get him to shore, or C) laugh and film him as he drowns [Florida]

Friday 21 July 7:37:40 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Return to Sender

Friday 21 July 6:40:21 UTC 2017

This just caught my eye: Competitive boomerang throwers participate in a number of events: distance, accuracy, trick catches, and so on. One of the most popular of these is maximum time aloft, in which the goal is to keep the boomerang in the air as long as possible with a single throw. Unbelievably, the record here is 17 minutes and … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Kasoquitz [News]

Friday 21 July 6:22:28 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » My five-year-old daughter was fined £150 … for selling lemonade [Facepalm]

Friday 21 July 6:18:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » New study finds most guns sold on the dark web originate from one country. Can you guess which it is? Anyone? Anyone? [Obvious]

Friday 21 July 5:33:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The dog-shooting cop's body camera video has been released, and it's proof he's a chickenshiat motherfarker [Followup]

Friday 21 July 4:20:10 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Open wide, now here comes your horrific boob job" (Some not safe for work/graphic images) [Boobies]

Friday 21 July 3:19:56 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "I can only walk 20 to 50 meters at a time. Pay me." "I can't walk on uneven ground. Pay me." "I suffer pain when walking long distances and need to sit down every 20 minutes. Pay me." … "Oops, you probably shouldn&#

Friday 21 July 2:40:20 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Fark rankinged to be webcite having 6th most higher educatation amount by analyzation [Interesting]

Friday 21 July 2:06:39 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Pentagon study declares American empire is collapsing [Obvious]

Friday 21 July 1:24:34 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Lawyer for the Boston Strangler, Patty Hearst and OJ now working a Better Call Saul practice above a hair salon [Murica]

Friday 21 July 1:22:26 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Post-Brexit, British demand for Irish passports is through the roof. Here's a quick guide for Britons on how to pass for Irish [Amusing]

Friday 21 July 0:45:31 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Parents of Aurora Theater shooting victim sue ammo merchant. They were warned they would lose and end up paying the plaintiff's legal bills, but they sued anyway. Now they're bankrupt. Sad tag still applies because no one really wins [Sad]

John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons