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 » Tank driver runs over suspected car bomb vehicle. It still blows up. With video [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » As the solar eclipse approaches, NASA puts out safety tips to avoid injuries to your eyes. In other news, Fark braces for rash of 'Dumbass' 'Fail' and 'Florida' submissions [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » What's some minor thing that people commonly get wrong that you can't help but correct them even though you know you should let it slide? [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Apple supplier Foxconn announces plans to build new plant in Wisconsin, creating 13,000 jobs… just as soon as it builds that plant in Pennsylvania it announced in 2013 [News]
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Fark.com RSS » It looks like the CIA might be heading into twilight, spreading out their wings, jumping off the track, shoving into overdrive, and heading straight into the danger zone. Riding, if you will, into the danger zone [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Cemetery's plan to hold outdoor screening of 'Ghostbusters' leaves many cold [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Psychiatrists did not say that they can now diagnose Trump in the media, just like every other talking head does. That will be $250, please [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman calls RSPCA to help her remove a giant spider she found under the stairs. Upon arrival, it was determined the spider was, in fact, plastic [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Theme: Movie mash-up posters [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Car found wrapped in plastic and buried 16 years after owner reported it stolen in insurance scam. Kids were using it for a dirt bike jump. Why yes it has Oklahoma plates [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman sees dead mom watering plants on Google Heaven [Strange]
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Futility Closet » Life Size
Human-scale chess has been played for centuries — the Italian town of Marostica has staged a game every two years since 1923, and the photo above shows actual soldiers (and cannon!) in a game in St. Petersburg in 1924. In 2003 Sharilyn Neidhardt organized a game on a board represented by 64 city blocks on the Lower East Side of … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Peace officer attempts to detain a teenager for the crime of Mowing While Black, which in Texas is probably a real crime [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida tops the list of 'best places for mancation,' because if you're going to do something stupid you might as well do it in Florida [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple near completion of 40 year long cross country trek to visit every Cracker Barrel in the country [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » "I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork." ― Peter De Vries. This is your Fark Writer's thread, unproductive edition [CSB]
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Fark.com RSS » Tucson brewery is going to create a beer made with recycled sewage. No word on a name yet; submitter thinks they should call it Number Tucson [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » Female Iranian TV host who promotes Islamic dress code caught on video drinking beer without hijab. Oops [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Topless woman arrested by sandwich police [Boobies]
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Fark.com RSS » Amazing that this woman, 67, who has lived on one of the world's most remote islands for 40 years alone collecting horse skulls has not driven herself crazy yet [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » According to study, average Brit should be in prison [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Truck drops its load down the highway for miles and miles. Fark: It's rising yeasty bread dough that because of the heat, turned into a modern day blob and looked as if it were alive and climbing out of the truck [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » German scientists are on a mission to bake bread … IN SPACE [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » "Some Christians believe you can find God anywhere; even in a strip club" [Murica]
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Weird Universe » Einstein’s Brain Waves
Sep 1950: Dr. Alejandro Arellano of Massachusetts General Hospital took readings of Einstein's brain waves while Einstein was thinking about his theory of relativity (special or general? It doesn't say), and while he was resting. It was noted that the zigs were quite different than the zags while Einstein was thinking of his theory. Based on this finding, it was … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Pickup truck slams into house. On the scene reporter interviews homeowner who apparently drank coffee until the news crew showed up [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop the sun setting on this humble abode [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » "Buttock surgeon killed in suspected revenge attack" [Asinine]
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Weird Universe » Miniature Cusine
Lots more here.
Article here.
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Fark.com RSS » Instead of potato chips, package contained king cobra. Would not buy again [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Panhandler's sign: "Too ugly to strip, but will let you cuss at me for a dollar." Shootings are 25 cents extra [Scary]
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GraphJam » Number of Diseases Healthy People Think They Have
Graph by: swmchick511 Tagged: actual , Bar Graph , disease , doctor , everyday , healthy , number , people , website , websites Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Intel agencies say that Best Korean missile could reach US in a year. That's one slow missile [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're a city employee and have been breaking into female coworkers' homes and stealing their underwear, feminine products and toiletries, it's not a good idea to get caught taking pictures up their skirts at work [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Travel Planning
In 1794 a penurious Sydney Smith accepted an offer to spend the holidays with some friends in Gloucestershire. “Your offer of a horse to carry my portmanteau I cannot accept, and for two reasons, which I think will justify me in not accepting it,” he wrote. “The first is, you have no horse here; the next, I have no portmanteau.” … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The only thing worse than drinking and driving is snapchatting while drinking and driving [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » New theme park opens in Alabama and locals are upset that the rides have a 225 lb. per person weight limit [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Seal pup walks 10K for a drink of milk and you're struggling to get off your couch [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » "The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that sitting in a car in your own driveway while drunk constitutes drunken driving" [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Ride 'em cowdog [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » You may not find beauty pageant queens very interesting, but this one is a 91-year-old who has led an extraordinary life [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Only ten days remain until the 2nd Annual World Dog Surfing Championships. Book your last minute flights and hotels now [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » "My future is bright. No drugs in sight." Yeah, wrong on both counts [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Bad: You're trapped upside down in your car. Worse: Train tracks [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Family retrieving murdered man's belongings find pieces of him police overlooked [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Guy driving the car with no doors, no windshield and an ax in the roof may not have been totally sober [Obvious]
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Futility Closet » The Angel Problem
Image: Wikimedia Commons An angel stands on an infinite chessboard. On each turn she can move at most 3 king’s moves from her current position. Play then passes to a devil, who can eat any square on the board. The angel can’t land on an eaten square, but she can fly over it, as angels have wings. (In the diagram above, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Petition launched to replace Confederate monument with statue of Snooty the Manatee, running the risk of future generations of Floridians believing the Civil War included trained manatee navies [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this carriage [Photoshop]
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