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 » Tampa Bay residents should feel reassured that should a category 4 or 5 hurricane strike, they're pretty much just expected to become chum [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Did the Russians elect a new pope? [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Thanks for your patience. Here's your obligatory Friday evening explosive news thread [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » Great Lakes fish dosed with antidepressants may stop caring about predators, but at least they're happy food [Interesting]
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Futility Closet » Black and White
By Augusto Piccinini. Imagine that the board is a vertical cylinder, that is, that the a-file and the h-file are joined so that pieces can move across the border. How can White mate Black in two moves? SelectClick for Answer> 1. a5! leaves the black king with no moves. Black must move the pawn, whereupon White captures it, giving mate. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tyler Perry donates $250K to Joel Osteen. In other news, Joel Osteen orders five new suits [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop someone who is bad at their job [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Think your heavily regulated city would have fared better than footloose and fancy free Houston? Let's superimpose the rain data and see [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Refuse to take blood from an unconscious patient without a warrant? You better believe that's a out-of-control arrestin'. Bonus: the victim RN was an Olympian [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » If convicted the accused will be given a lifetime ban on the possession of airsoft guns [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Krispy Kreme announces a one-day only sale of pumpkin spice flavored frosting [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Hostilities between the U.S. and North Korea reach an all-time high after North Korea challenges the U.S. to a dance off [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » The most dangerous sex positions. EVERYBODY ahh ooh PANIC [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » The police officer who reassured the scared, white, female motorist that "we only shoot black people" has retired [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » As you most surely know, Queen Elizabeth owns many of the swans in England. So what do you do if you're 5 years old and want one to keep in the tub? You write to the queen, of course [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Running naked through a hotel and threatening staff with scissors is no way to live your retirement, Grandma and Grandpa [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » But it was the note the suspect allegedly handed to the teller – reading "This is a robbery, give me 5,000 nobody gets shot." – "The opposite side of the note appeared to be a payroll stub," the warrant says [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Oklahoma representative claims massive cuts to education spending are "fake news," only needed three tries to spell it correctly [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Teen charged after viral video shows her using an aerosol can and lighter to shoot flames at her dog. Your dog wants Nomex [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » If you've ever wondered what cows think of swans, here's your answer [Fail]
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Futility Closet » Lament
i'm tired of being a zero vector i'm tired of being a zero vector with no direction no dimension and no magnitude; what i need is another element — but that would be a contradiction of my definition — Eileen Tupaz, a student at Ateneo University, Quezon City, Philippines, in Crux Mathematicorum 26:6 (June 2000), 337 [Link]
Weird Universe » Misunderstood Probability
I'm guessing the 50/50 chance didn't go in his favor.
Marion Star – Dec 28, 1995 [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this man with too much time on his hands [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Kenya's Supreme Court declares election null and void…Wait a minute, ours or theirs? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » 'Dear Penthouse, I used to think a threesome with your wife and the babysitter only took place in the movies. Until it happened to me' [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Harvey snuffs the world's ability to addictively huff ethylene gas [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » You remember the white guy who opened fire on a crowd at Charlottesville and was arrested several days later? Yeah, turns out he's Imperial Wizard of the Confederate White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. This is my shocked face [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Man plays piano in his waist-deep flooded home. Get ready for the waterworks [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » We're nowhere near prepared for the ecological disaster that Harvey is becoming [Scary]
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Weird Universe » World Famous Tree House
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GraphJam » Read It, if You Have the Constitution
Graph by: stewtopia (via pleated-jeans.com) Tagged: america , best of week , halloween , Maps , scary , states Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Replotted: People Are Just Jerks
Especially you. You know what you did. Graph by: eatatdans Tagged: jerks , life , people , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » It's the Family Apocalypse!
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: alcohol , christmas , equation , family , survival , whisky Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » You Guys Are the Best!
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: annoying friend , best , best of week , friends , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » My Next Vehicle
Graph by: (via Pleated Jeans) Tagged: cadillac , gangsters , old men , pimps , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » If You Needed Another Reason to Love a Good Beard
Graph by: (via Bite) Tagged: venn diagram , beard , itch , sophistication Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Christmas gifts breakdown
LoL by: r1ch4rd Tagged: christmas , gifts , holiday , Songs Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Trying to Write
Graph by: (via Bite) Tagged: venn diagram , writing Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Like Coffee? Then Major in a Field That Drinks a Lot of It!
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: wtf , jobs , coffee , funny Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Cause I Try, and I Try, and I Try
Graph by: philgoodwin Tagged: Line Graph , mick jagger , rolling stones , satisfaction Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Un-Holy Union
Graph by: Shedletcarkle Tagged: Y U NO , Pokémon , pikachu , memeception Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Pay and Get Played
Graph by: Epicluce Tagged: buying , movies , paying , Pirate Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Laws of Thermodymeowics
Graph by: Sosij Tagged: Cats , food , pets , science , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » I Love You!
Graph by: (via Think Geek) Tagged: calculator , heart , math Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Wheel of Fortune
LoL by: Bengal_Tigger Tagged: TV , vanna white , wheel of fortune Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » She Did Not Say That!
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: annoying , jokes , phrases , thats what she said , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Every Time
Graph by: Trollface987 Tagged: frustrating , Guitar Hero , Pie Chart , rock band , video games Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » What you do when the batteries for the TV remote die.
Graph by: JasonBourne Tagged: batteries , buttons , channel , die , manual , Pie Chart , press , remote control , TV , work Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Right in the Childhood
Graph by: boynedmaster Tagged: brazzers , Memes , Pie Chart , self referential Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Not Pictured: Trolling in Movie Theaters
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: laser , laser pointer , pet toy , Pie Chart , red dot Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Use of the Semicolon
Graph by: jertyuiop Tagged: pie charts , semicolon , tldr Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Reasons to own a Roomba
Graph by: dzseb Tagged: animals , Cats , clean , floor , love , owners , roomba , technology , vacuums Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Can We Please Stop Playing This Song
Graph by: (via Bite) Tagged: guitar , one direction , oasis , song , wonderwall , flow chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Mesa Marty McFly
Graph by: Shondells Tagged: back to the future , hoverboard , jar jar binks , marty mcfly , Pie Chart , star wars Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Height Vs. Time On Trampoline
LoL by: undeadhouseplant Tagged: height , time , trampoline Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » It's Goin Down!
Graph by: dirtyshark Tagged: explosions , helicopters , movies , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Classic: It's All Caffeine to Me
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: coffee , drinks , espresso Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Uses of Their/There/They're By People 12-20 online
Graph by: crazycrayons Tagged: computers , internet , language , spelling , their , there , theyre Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Consequences of Gays Adopting
Consequences of Gays Adopting Graph by: albertiam Tagged: adoption , america , consequences , fashion , gays , god , love , sexuality Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Kentucky Residents
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: america , i reckon , kentucky , Maps , percentage , state Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Or, They Sign Off
Graph by: ohaiivan Tagged: aim , instant messaging , oh ok , Pie Chart , typing , wordiness Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Contents of my iPod
LoL by: Immortal_Penguin Tagged: ipod , mp3s , Music , technology Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Now It'll Be Stuck in My Head All Day
Graph by: dunc237 Tagged: Music , bar graphs , daft punk , graphs , funny , g rated Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » A Rainbow of Fun
Graph by: ruyvaert Tagged: kids , mixing , Pie Chart , play-doh , rainbow Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » 5 Burgers If You Agree!!!1!1
Graph by: Erazer Tagged: burgers , comments , jokes , oh-come-on-dont-vote-1-burger-out-o~ , Pie Chart , yes i am aware they are graphs and not burgers , youtube Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Looks About Right
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , prejudice , thats-racist Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Forever Negative
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Bar Graph , forever alone , negative , whatdoestheinternetthink Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Girls: A Chart
Graph by: jaymanvea Tagged: venn diagram , girls , in your dreams Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Let's All Be Clear About This
"Really? I had no idea that you're friends with a space fire-fighter who once sold Brad Pitt a donut in Cabo." Graph by: Brian Tagged: ashamed , lies , truth , stories , BS Share on Facebook [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Cat that survived Brooklyn blaze that killed its owner finds new home, new delicious owners [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Of course, stealing a $250,000 stamp collection has no better justification than the owner's a "mean" woman [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » A nurse following a policy the hospital lawyers and police department agreed to regarding blood draws? You better bet that's an arrest. Hero tag is for the nurse [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Some see a man selflessly giving shelter to those in need. Subby sees a man who knows how much money is going to be spent on new furniture in Houston in the coming months [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds". Wait, what KIND of snow? And why is this kid asking me for $2? [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Sure, we coulda BOOM set those backup generators higher but the BOOM cost was high and the risk was low BOOM [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » You can jump into the ocean to outrun the cops, but the sharks will find you. And so will the cops [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman accused of shoplifting jumps in her car and flees the scene. Unfortunately for her, she leaves something important behind [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » So I called Chick-Fil-A and ordered two grilled chicken burritos, extra egg and a boat [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Yo, Harvey, I'm really happy for you, and Irma let you finish [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Wolverine aids in testing contaminated Belmont tap water. Well, yeah, that guy recovers from anything [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this male mail box [Photoshop]
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