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 » Modern slavery is alive and well in this so-called civilized world of ours, where there are an estimated 40 million slaves toiling away in horrid conditions. Here's where they live and what they do [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Even Robert E. Lee's former church doesn't want to be named after him anymore [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Overseas hackers extorting Montana community via cyber threats. This is what happens when you don't upgrade from Windows XP [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Tired of everything being made with pumpkin spice? Here have a slice of pumpkin spice pizza while you debate on whether to punch the person who came up with it [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that roadside drunken driving tests are not valid for pot, so spark it up, kids [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Harvard meme kid speaks out about how mad his parents were when he got kicked out [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Mexico City commemorates the anniversary of the catastrophic 1985 earthquake with a catastrophic 7.1 magnitude earthquake [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » Bachelor party COSPlaying as 45 "Magnum P.I.'s" claim they were thrown out of Detroit Tigers' "Star Wars Night" for being a distraction. Group demands replacement tickets for next season and an invite for Tom Selleck to throw
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this freaky fish [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » "Significant Nerf gun ocular injuries are not reported in the literature, as far as we know" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Life imitates Bob's Burgers as Colorado police search for Mad Pooper [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're a nurse, do not post pictures and videos of yourself giving newborns the finger, calling them mini-Satans and propping them up to make them dance to hip-hop [Florida]
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Futility Closet » Balance
Image: Wikimedia Commons In a 2013 radio interview, Graham Nash recalled visiting Neil Young in 1972: The man is totally committed to the muse of music. And he’ll do anything for good music. And sometimes it’s very strange. I was at Neil’s ranch one day just south of San Francisco, and he has a beautiful lake with red-wing blackbirds. And he … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The latest thing killed by Millennials: Articles about things killed by Millennials [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » 4-year-old boy not seriously hurt after being ejected from a car. He was soon heard saying "do it again" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » "I'd rather have solidarity with DPRK than the USA." – Well, you're entitled to your opinion, but being the chairman of a Labour youth movement, that one probably should have been kept to yourself [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Enough fentanyl to kill 32 million people seized in Queens, meaning Florida residents will need to find a new way to get through this hurricane season [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » °)╯……………..🐟 o/ o/ o/ [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Guy smuggling balloons full of meth into prison by swallowing them doesn't succeed, tries again [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Puerto Rico's Public Safety Commissioner issues a blunt warning to residents of wooden houses on the island ahead of Maria's landfall :"You have to evacuate. Otherwise you're going to die, I don't know how to make this any clearer
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Fark.com RSS » Some people think Monopoly takes a long time to complete. Others think D&D takes a while to finish. Then there's this monstrosity [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » A helicopter in Russia's totally not-a-cover-for-an-invasion war games just accidentally fired a live rocket at several parked civilian vehicles [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Transgender Kindergarten Lesson is the name of my prog rock band [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Welcome to New York, Mr Prime Minister, you disgustingly handsome person. Here's your award [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Large circle of mysterious and unidentifiable purple powder found on school property has baffled authorities, as security footage shows no one visiting the area [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Robert E. Lee High School in San Antonio is requesting the Internet's help in picking a new name.You know what to do [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these two blondes [Photoshop]
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Weird Universe » Endurance Bowling
Back in 1930, George Kinder of Milwaukee set a record for endurance bowling. He bowled for 50 hours 20 mins, rolling 362 ½ games. He had to quit because "his thumb was badly split, blistered and torn, and he couldn't grasp the ball."
Courier News – Jan 13, 1930
41 years later, Richard Dewey of Kansas City set a new endurance … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Guy who climbed mountain only in his underwear develops hypothermia – which is French for "don't climb a farkin' mountain only in your underwear" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Suicide by cop leads to three post-suicide protest arrests [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Must be a day ending in "Y" as Fox News is sued, again, for sexual harassment [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » People of Alaska, we hope you are enjoying this year's Permanent Fund Dividend check worth $1,100. If the people you keep electing into office would just stop meddling, that check could have been worth $2,350 [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Toys "Я" Bankrupt [Followup]
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Weird Universe » The Untouchables vs. the Touchables
One of Eliot Ness's less well-publicized duties.
Full article here. [Link]
GraphJam » Problem, Free Philosophy?
Graph by: Dragonx-ing Tagged: disney , hakuna matata , lion king , problem , problem-free , simba , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » What goes on in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
What goes on in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Graph by: Unknown Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » People Who Have Dreadlocks
LoL by: Unknown Tagged: college , dreadlocks , drugs , Rasatfarians , situational humor Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » I Have Them for My Contact Lenses, I Swear
Graph by: sskrabal Tagged: allergies , eye drops , Pie Chart , stoners Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Zombie Hands Are One-Hundred Times Creepier Than Plain Zombies
Graph by: mitchells2003 Tagged: Bar Graph , ocarina of time , scary , wallmaster , zelda Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » The Key to Badassery
Graph by: mithrilwisdom (via Mithril Wisdom) Tagged: badassery , darth vader , fantasy , magic , sci fi , super powers , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Spambook
Graph by: Mintflower95 Tagged: email , facebook , Pie Chart , spam Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Keeping My Work Space Dry
Graph by: tuncdogukan Tagged: coasters , note , paper , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » You're Not My Real Teacher
Graph by: jonnydude234 Tagged: Pie Chart , school , substitute , the office Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Hours of Your Life You Will Never Get Back
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , Farmville , Pie Chart , regret Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » "Oh Man, I Totally Forgot the Controls"
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: excuses , failure , video games Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Failing the First Rule of Fight Club
Graph by: celingcatiswatchingyou Tagged: talk , rule , fight club Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » If The World Had Ended I Wouldn't Have Really Missed Facebook
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: complaining , facebook , end of the world , mayan apocalypse , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Id Est
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: FAIL , grammar , id est , latin , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » That's Cool, I'll Wait
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: radio , Music , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Stay Back
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: cones , construction , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Uses for a Car Horn
Graph by: Characins Tagged: anger , attention , avoid , cars , collision , hi , horns , old , people , sayings , scare Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » The Best Part of Boxing Day
Graph by: daniandan Tagged: christmas , boxing day , holiday , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » A Guide to Zombies
Graph by: dolf1nluvr (via Think Geek) Tagged: zombie , identification , thriller Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » They're All Your Bad Side
Graph by: brownbleu15 Tagged: attractive , facebook , pictures , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Procrastination Is a Key Part of My Creative Process
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Bar Graph , reading , school , writing Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Why Must It Always Be Angry?
And The Pigs are Fapping Graph by: tetzauh (via www.csectioncomics.com) Tagged: akward , angry birds , explosion , infographic , sexytimes Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Japan Is a Place of Wonders
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: value , country , infographics , Japan Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Things that Rock
Graph by: TheCapm Tagged: fingers , hip hop , kitten , rock , rock n roll Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » This Digital Attack Map Displays Global DDoS Activity
Submitted by: (via digitalattackmap) Tagged: the internets , technology , attacks , interactive maps , Maps Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Anyone Else See It?
I pity the fool… who doesn't see it. Graph by: yoloswagingstonIII Tagged: A Team , pie , mr t Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Pennies Suck, Here's Why:
Submitted by: (via blog.cgpgrey.com) Tagged: best of week , money , pennies , politics , Video Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Better Check the Wayback Machine
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: links , page not found , graphs , funny , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Components of a Calculus Problem
LoL by: Tabbykat417 Tagged: calculus , education , magic , math , school Share on Facebook [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Mars research crew emerges after eight months in isolation; reads news, asks to be returned to isolation [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Police officers are not a disenfranchised minority [Obvious]
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Futility Closet » Four-Sided Story
University of Ljubljana electrical engineer Izidor Hafner devised this maze on a tetrahedron, presented as an unfolded plane plan. Can you find a path from one dot to the other? To do so you’ll have to fold up the figure in your head: SelectClick for Answer> (From Crux Mathematicorum, December 2000. See Hafner’s Wolfram Demonstrations page for mazes on cylinders, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » People in Switzerland want to know who is clogging their toilets with wads of cash [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Come for an update on the now 27-year-old Hensel twins, stay for the completely unfounded speculation about their sex life. And by that we mean, abdicating facts to assume they skip guys for mutual incestuous conjoined lesbian masturbation (SFW) [Unl
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Fark.com RSS » Come here, Maria. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Considering Florida's dismal power grid, being able to use solar power during outages could be very helpful. Naturally, Florida Power and Light lobbyists made exactly that illegal [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Not News: Man commits suicide. News: While sitting in his vehicle in parking structure of international airport. Fark: His body wasn't discovered until 8 months later [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple driving through northern Maine forced to stop in middle of road. (Lynx go nowhere) [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Few things qualify as more hoonigan than doing a burnout in a car being towed on a trailer [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » I'd tap that [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Trump planning on copying Best Korea with a parade [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop what should be in this pot [Photoshop]
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