John Gordon Ross

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 » There are many ways the veterans of the Civil War could be laid to their eternal rest: burial, cremation, burial at sea, or the less common 'stuck on a shelf and forgotten for a hundred years' option [Strange]

Friday 29 September 23:58:38 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says OJ Simpson is not welcome in Florida [Florida]

Friday 29 September 23:57:52 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Math Notes

Friday 29 September 23:49:51 UTC 2017

Amazingly, each of these denominators is the product of two distinct primes (discovered by A.W. Johnson in 1978). Can a sum of such fractions produce any natural number? That’s conjectured — but so far unproven. (Thanks, Sid.) [Link]

Fark.com RSS » This bears repeating, polar bears really REALLY like a beached whale carcass party [Interesting]

Friday 29 September 23:24:21 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Florida Man opens fire after mistaking blown transformers for gunshots. Megatron denies involvement [Florida]

Friday 29 September 22:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Norway responds to NATO's pleas for help in Afghanistan. Fark: by sending ten soldiers [Interesting]

Friday 29 September 22:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O. And on this farm he had some methane-producing animals contributing a lot more to global warming than we initially estimated, E-I-E-I-OMG [Scary]

Friday 29 September 21:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » That's one way of getting out of repaying a half a million dollars of chartered flights [NewsFlash]

Friday 29 September 20:57:02 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Donut company will deliver their gourmet wares to people via scary clowns. So if you know anyone in Iowa City who hates clowns but loves donuts, this is your chance [Creepy]

Friday 29 September 20:50:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Please note: if you drink too much at Oktoberfest, the police will confiscate your baby [Strange]

Friday 29 September 20:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this slackliner [Photoshop]

Friday 29 September 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Causation, correlation? School Board President in an area known for suicides makes social media post insensitive to people committing suicide. Maybe she should go into marketing [Dumbass]

Friday 29 September 19:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Survey finds the average person at work is productive only about 3 hours a day – which actually sounds a little high [Obvious]

Friday 29 September 19:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » If you're thinking of importing a child sex doll from Hong Kong, a) you should get out more and b) you could end up in jail [Interesting]

Friday 29 September 19:08:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Crossbow kills 5, Mitch and Chris seen buying a lot of popcorn [Interesting]

Friday 29 September 18:44:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » U.S. pulling embassy staff out of Cuba after attacks from noise marines loyal to Slaanesh [News]

Friday 29 September 18:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Well-known Farker gives NPR interview on volunteer radio operators heading to Puerto Rico (LGT The Takeway main page, only link to the audio story) [Hero]

Friday 29 September 18:14:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Psychopaths prefer rap music and specifically singled out two songs – "No Diggity" by Blackstreet and "Lose Yourself" by Eminem [Interesting]

Friday 29 September 17:50:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Are you a single parent who wants to go to Europe but can't afford to take the kids? Good news, now there's a way [Stupid]

Friday 29 September 17:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Chinese 'business cults' prey on desperate job-seekers, promising wealth but brainwashing their victims. And you can get in on the ground floor right now for the low, low price of five dollars a month [Scary]

Friday 29 September 17:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Apparently, we have a "creepy Hulk-like pig breeding" gap with the Cambodians [Creepy]

Friday 29 September 17:38:32 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Drive-by shooting at drive-thru leaves hyphens scattered everywhere [Scary]

Friday 29 September 17:11:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Eleventy-one plus bourbon [Hero]

Friday 29 September 16:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Now we know what the secret smile was about: a rockin bod. NSFW if your workplace has a thing against fine art boobs [Boobies]

Friday 29 September 16:35:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Stevens Institute of Technology to name campus building after wealthy, homophobic, creationist, with anger management issues. Also offer following courses next semester: Earth – It's flat, always was. 101 [Murica]

Friday 29 September 16:11:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » You might think paying $50 for a plain cotton t-shirt is a little excessive, but what if the vendor decided to include a "free gift" of a couple of grams of weed with the purchase? Welcome to DC where weed is legal to give away, but not to se

Friday 29 September 15:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Toronto police seek suspect who, if he looks anything like this composite sketch, won't be hard to find. At all [Facepalm]

Friday 29 September 15:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » US bank execs committing fraud get golden parachutes. In Vietnam they get a firing squad [Spiffy]

Friday 29 September 14:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » White supremacist gets four years for hoarding homemade guns and threatening to shoot up mall if he didn't get laid soon. Did I mention he also pled guilty to child porn? Sounds like a real catch [Dumbass]

Friday 29 September 14:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Stop me if you've heard this one before: a kid walks into a GameStop wearing a Kaepernick jersey and two Washington Redskins players buy him an XBox [Sappy]

Friday 29 September 13:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Bad: Sleeping with a student. Worse: Sleeping with more than one. Fark: Turning your classroom into a sex den [Dumbass]

Friday 29 September 13:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this head [Photoshop]

Friday 29 September 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Woman can't believe her eyes as she spots penis shaped sweet potato at the supermarket. Perfect for gash potatoes if you ask me [Amusing]

Friday 29 September 12:50:05 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Joe Bailon, RIP

Friday 29 September 12:47:20 UTC 2017

The inventor of "candy apple red." [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Today is national coffee day. So after dragging your dead ass out of bed and on the way to work, here's where to go to get a free cuppa joe [Spiffy]

Friday 29 September 12:32:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » So far this year: Fire, floods, volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes. What's next? Fish falling from the sky? Really? I was being sarcastic [Amusing]

Friday 29 September 11:52:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Another white supremacist who punched people at Charlottesville learns about camera phones, arrest warrants, extradition [Spiffy]

Friday 29 September 11:50:04 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Naked Chicken Research

Friday 29 September 11:45:55 UTC 2017

1976: Drs. William Johnson and Robert Truax of Louisiana State University raised and studied featherless chickens.

Aside from the physical problems, the chickens have social problems and psychological hangups, Johnson said.

"I guess 'embarrassed' is as good a word for it as any. You put one of them in with a flock of normal birds, and it huddles off in … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » What's that, Virginia? You have no problem with racists flying the Confederate flag from an 80-foot pole over the busiest highway in the state? Cool, cool, then we should be totes good with this woman doing the same thing with a BLM flag. Right?

Friday 29 September 10:59:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » It's time for the $100,000 pickup truck, y'all [Murica]

Friday 29 September 9:57:12 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Attention people of Florida: Yes, we know cleaning up after Hurricane Irma is tiresome, but that doesn't mean you can just go around setting hurricane debris on fire in the middle of the road [Florida]

Friday 29 September 9:27:12 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » We need to find ANOTHER person with a brain cloud to do something heroic? Joe vs. Volcano trifecta now in play [Scary]

Friday 29 September 8:55:52 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Well, duh. Bad location [Obvious]

Friday 29 September 7:46:12 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Yacht Rich is the New Black

Friday 29 September 7:32:24 UTC 2017

Graph by: (via The Doghouse Diaries) Tagged: infographic , yacht , rich Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » What the Hell Is Safe Mode Anyway?

Friday 29 September 7:32:23 UTC 2017

Graph by: brett6781 Tagged: windows , safe mode , normal Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Progression of U.S. Army Fatigues

Friday 29 September 7:32:22 UTC 2017

Graph by: (via I Love Charts) Tagged: US Army , military , progression Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Do You Even Remember the Hand Signals?

Friday 29 September 7:32:21 UTC 2017

Graph by: Godzillan Tagged: blinkers , driving , FAIL , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » The Big Three

Friday 29 September 7:32:17 UTC 2017

Graph by: buckles_b (via Bite) Tagged: artists , best of week , drunk , poor , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Uses of tin foil at university:

Friday 29 September 7:32:16 UTC 2017

LoL by: isabelle.bensberg Tagged: food , pirates , Romans , school , swords , tin foil , Tomb Raider , university Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I Gotta Have More Cowbell!

Friday 29 September 7:32:14 UTC 2017

Graph by: (via Graphic-Contents) Tagged: flowchart , more cowbell , fever , categoryimage Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Define Your Terms

Friday 29 September 7:32:13 UTC 2017

Know the source of this graph? Please comment and tell us where. Graph by: rtothe2 Tagged: religion , evolution , creationism , science Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » How to Cite Social Media in Scholarly Writing

Friday 29 September 7:32:12 UTC 2017

Submitted by: (via Sage Connection) Tagged: school , social media , citation Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Me Gusta Mucho

Friday 29 September 7:32:11 UTC 2017

Graph by: pelo860 Tagged: foreign language , me gusta , Pie Chart , spanish Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » So, Not That Many, Really

Friday 29 September 7:32:08 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » That's What's In a Cappuccino?!

Friday 29 September 7:32:07 UTC 2017

Graph by: (via 22 Words) Tagged: chocolate , coffee , foam , milk , types , venn diagram , water Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I Can Play Them All Too!

Friday 29 September 7:32:05 UTC 2017

Graph by: raccoonan Tagged: classic rock , Guitar Hero , Pie Chart , rockband , video games Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Do as I Do, Not as I Say

Friday 29 September 7:32:04 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Like a Flash

Friday 29 September 7:31:57 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Should Just Say, "All the Time"

Friday 29 September 7:31:56 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Sometimes I Fake a British Accent

Friday 29 September 7:31:55 UTC 2017

Graph by: charm0nst3r Tagged: best of week , Harry Potter , Hogwarts , Pie Chart , professor , university Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Freedom Isn't Free

Friday 29 September 7:31:53 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Yay US!

Friday 29 September 7:31:51 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » BWOOP!

Friday 29 September 7:31:50 UTC 2017

This happens at least once per week in my dorm. Graph by: SJ_M__ Tagged: burning , college , fire alarm , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Replotted: Forever Ignored

Friday 29 September 7:31:49 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Kissing Is Kinda Gross If You Think About it Too Much

Friday 29 September 7:31:48 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » The Lengths of the Law

Friday 29 September 7:31:47 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Types of customers I encounter this holiday season.

Friday 29 September 7:31:44 UTC 2017

LoL by: ACook531 Tagged: customer , holiday , job , life , season , work Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Where'd My Weekend Go?

Friday 29 September 7:31:42 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Inside the Mind of a Cat

Friday 29 September 7:31:41 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Doorbells Are Always Scary

Friday 29 September 7:31:40 UTC 2017

Graph by: Tarkania Tagged: Bar Graph , day , fun , Home Alone , night , sounds Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » America's Funniest Home Videos

Friday 29 September 7:31:39 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Probability of operating an alarm clock Rubix cube, doable with hours of concentration Qauntum physicists have yet to unravel the mysteries

Friday 29 September 7:31:37 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » There is No Try

Friday 29 September 7:31:35 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Royal Caribbean cruise line gets the hero tag? [Hero]

Friday 29 September 6:13:23 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » “Electric Bathing”

Friday 29 September 6:04:30 UTC 2017

In 1878 Coney Island mounted electric lights on poles so that visitors could play in the surf at night. “One could take many a long journey and never meet elsewhere with so strange, so truly weird a sight as this,” reported Scribner’s Monthly. “The concentrated illumination falls on the formidable breakers plunging in against the foot of the bridge, and … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Russia has a secret Anthrax island. UK scoffs, says their Iron Maiden Isle is better [Interesting]

Friday 29 September 5:48:18 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » OCD sounds a lot like Einstein's definition of insanity [Interesting]

Friday 29 September 4:49:08 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Where do you want this pallet of water?" "I dunno, just throw it in the back of the plane" [Florida]

Friday 29 September 3:56:40 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » By acquiring TaskRabbit, IKEA is now finally in the business of assembling furniture [Spiffy]

Friday 29 September 3:20:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Hey Elon Musk, guess who is the new face of Cover Girl? YOUR MOM [Interesting]

Friday 29 September 2:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Murder suspect: I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for that meddling Google Street View [Cool]

Friday 29 September 1:50:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Street legal upside-down Camaro flummoxes uptight home owners' association [Amusing]

Friday 29 September 1:20:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Look, I don't care how you snuck into the concert, everyone has to pay for a ticket. That includes you, mister newborn baby [Strange]

Friday 29 September 0:50:04 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » The Scenic Route

Friday 29 September 0:20:14 UTC 2017

University of Toronto mathematician Ed Barbeau tells of a Montana student who was asked to find the cost of fencing the perimeter of a rectangular field 132 feet long and 99 feet wide, given that there are 16.5 feet in a rod and that one rod of fencing costs $12.75. The student first worked out five products: 165 × 4 … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Support your local police by making their jobs easier. Especially by texting them that you're a drug dealer [Florida]

Friday 29 September 0:20:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Nope nope nope [Photoshop]

Friday 29 September 0:00:01 UTC 2017

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