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 » ♫Well, I was drunk the day my grandgirl needed a ride. And I went to pick her up in the rain. But before we could get to the park in my pickup truck. A monkey jumped in and ate our brains.♫ [Scary]

Saturday 22 July 23:43:12 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Who is "the winner" of a lottery ticket? The person acquiring it? The person scratching it off? Or the person redeeming it? [Amusing]

Saturday 22 July 22:06:28 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam [Cool]

Saturday 22 July 20:41:10 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these sleeping whales [Photoshop]

Saturday 22 July 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Turns out you don't have to be a teacher to sleep with under age boys. Huh [Interesting]

Saturday 22 July 19:37:10 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » You are 10 years old. You got a "C" on your report card. Do you flee to Switzerland? [Amusing]

Saturday 22 July 19:06:56 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The solution is obvious: Never eat fresh fruit, as it's obviously trying to kill you [Scary]

Saturday 22 July 17:11:10 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Heat doesn't just make us cranky, it makes us bad shoppers as well [Interesting]

Saturday 22 July 17:08:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Let's take a swim at this debate: saltwater aquariums vs. freshwater aquariums [Interesting]

Saturday 22 July 16:34:30 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Japan's government is so worried about that country's declining birth rate that it is literally paying people to go on dates. Wonder if that would work for Farkers? [Interesting]

Saturday 22 July 15:47:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Remember when the Yippies tried to take over Disneyland? Good times, man, good times. Wait, you don't know what a yippie was? Get off my lawn, whippersnapper, and fetch me a root beer [Amusing]

Saturday 22 July 15:39:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Gun shop owner: 2850, Police: 0 [Interesting]

Saturday 22 July 15:00:58 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » In a study that's long been overdue, scientists say late fees don't work with library books [Obvious]

Saturday 22 July 14:50:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The Saturday Morning Book Club wants to know which books you love to re-read again and again. The Saturday Morning Book Club wants to know which books you love to re-read again and again [Repeat]

Saturday 22 July 14:00:00 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » The Florida Trio

Saturday 22 July 13:26:54 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Mr. and Miss Boll Weevil

Saturday 22 July 13:20:00 UTC 2017

This post is for KDP, who in response to Paul's post yesterday about the Maid of Cotton pageant, noted the apparent lack of a counterpart, Miss Boll Weevil.

There is indeed a Miss Boll Weevil, as well as a Mr. Boll Weevil. These titles have periodically been conferred on students at Alabama's Enterprise State Community College, whose mascot is a … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this La Cornue [Photoshop]

Saturday 22 July 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » ♫ Under the boardwalk, out of the sun, under the boardwalk, we'll be havin' some fun, under the boardwalk, people walking above, under the boardwalk we'll be falling in love, with Caturday ♫ [Caturday]

Saturday 22 July 12:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Teen protip: if you're going to egg cyclists from your car, try not to pick competitive mountain bikers who might chase after you. Especially if they're cops on their lunch break. And FFS not if you have weed in the car [Florida]

Saturday 22 July 11:35:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » UPDATE: Teens who laughed and recorded a disabled man as he drowned will NOT be charged [Followup]

Saturday 22 July 11:19:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Huh. All it takes is for a pretty blonde white woman to get shot to get heads rolling in the police department [Followup]

Saturday 22 July 10:45:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Strike one: Your wedding is washed out by Cyclone Debbie. Strike two: Four months later your honeymoon is rocked by a earthquake in Greece. Strike three:??? [Misc]

Saturday 22 July 9:30:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » You knew it was just a matter of time: Mother Teresa has appeared on a tree [Sappy]

Saturday 22 July 9:15:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » University rejects $3 mil donation because it would mean shutting down LGBTQ campus group. Fark Hero: Christian university [Hero]

Saturday 22 July 8:48:43 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Vinkensport

Saturday 22 July 6:57:15 UTC 2017

Each year, thousands of people take up seats along the streets of Flanders. Before each of them is a wooden box, and in each box is a single male finch. At a timekeeper’s signal, the observers begin to count the birds’ calls, making tally marks on long wooden sticks. After one hour, the bird that has sung the most calls … [Link]

John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons