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 » Old man switches from yelling at clouds to shooting at passing airplanes [Scary]

Saturday 14 October 23:51:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » This tiny little English pub has been named the best restaurant in the world. So… road trip anyone? [Interesting]

Saturday 14 October 22:00:23 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Fox News thinks that allegations of sexual misconduct should force a large media company to shut down entirely [Ironic]

Saturday 14 October 21:58:57 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Do you live in, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Washington? Travel papers please, citizen [PSA]

Saturday 14 October 20:59:54 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » So what was her Fark handle? [Unlikely]

Saturday 14 October 20:26:02 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Family of muggles stranded in Scottish highlands rescued by the Hogwarts Express. Last seen being herded off to a castle by a bearded half-giant, and preparing for 7 years of twee adventures followed by torture and death. Sweet [Spiffy]

Saturday 14 October 20:24:56 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this ancient communications technology [Photoshop]

Saturday 14 October 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » What do you call a mom with with no arms and no legs? Plaintiff [Scary]

Saturday 14 October 19:44:23 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Your Fark-ready headline for today: "Opposition mounts against proposed Dairy Queen-turned-slaughterhouse" [Creepy]

Saturday 14 October 18:18:52 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "Five, five, five dollar nickel bag" [Stupid]

Saturday 14 October 18:18:26 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Why yes officer, my truck is in A+ mechanical condition and I'm as sober as a nun [Asinine]

Saturday 14 October 18:13:24 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » In attempt to find hard-to-adopt dog breeds homes, pet shelters to stop listing dogs by breed and will instead use Harry Potter-themed sorting system. Your dog wants Snape [Florida]

Saturday 14 October 17:26:50 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "What are you in for?" "Carjacking." "Cool. And what are you in for?" "Murder." "Cool. What about you, fresh fish, what are you in for?" "I liked somebody's Facebook post." *backs away slowly* [Stup

Saturday 14 October 17:19:51 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » As god as my witness [Stupid]

Saturday 14 October 15:52:30 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Tropical storm warning now in effect for all of Ireland [News]

Saturday 14 October 14:23:20 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Man lives in woods for ten years to get away from his wife, who was upset with his a) drinking, b) messing around on Fark, or c) gardening [Obvious]

Saturday 14 October 13:57:12 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Effect of Gamma Rays on Marigolds

Saturday 14 October 13:52:00 UTC 2017

Paul Zindel's play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1971. It inspired Paul Newman to make a film of the same name the next year.

And in 1974 it inspired 13-year-old Danny Kleiner of Philadelphia to wonder what the effect of gamma rays on marigolds would be. So he made that … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Jilted girlfriend of Wall Street banker gives his £100k Mercedes a bath after being scorned on business deal, dumped at dinner (possible nsfw content on page) [Amusing]

Saturday 14 October 13:17:11 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this golden girolle [Photoshop]

Saturday 14 October 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » The opening salvo in the War on Christmas has just been fired [Amusing]

Saturday 14 October 12:34:42 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Even felines who work hard at their job all week look forward to Caturday [Caturday]

Saturday 14 October 12:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » French Intelligence agency surrenders [Fail]

Saturday 14 October 10:55:32 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » This was a tough week to be a woman [Sad]

Saturday 14 October 10:38:32 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Family Guy

Saturday 14 October 10:22:15 UTC 2017

Graph by: RalphAndPearl Tagged: animation , cartoons , episode , family guy , flashbacks , plot , references , sex , swear words , swearing , TV , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

Saturday 14 October 10:22:14 UTC 2017

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: conversations , offended , people , Pie Chart , rude Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I Spy Something Green!

Saturday 14 October 10:22:11 UTC 2017

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: basements , ghosts , hunting , night vision , Pie Chart , TV Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » How My Brain Works

Saturday 14 October 10:22:08 UTC 2017

Graph by: (via I Love Charts) Tagged: best of week , brain , interest , obsession , switch Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » [Title Here]

Saturday 14 October 10:22:07 UTC 2017

Graph by: macmcjones Tagged: best of week , incomplete , Pie Chart , user submitted Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » We've Got a Badass Over Here

Saturday 14 October 10:22:05 UTC 2017

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: uncool , coolness , martial arts , Line Graph , karate , black belt Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I Hope You're Watching Quantum Mechanics

Saturday 14 October 10:22:04 UTC 2017

Graph by: Zeus5966 Tagged: school , research , wikipedia Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Things that happen during quiet moments in church

Saturday 14 October 10:22:03 UTC 2017

Graph by: cricker63501 Tagged: Bar Graph , child , church , coughing , farting , growling , quiet , screaming , silence , sneezing , stomach , toddler Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Why Did I Even Buy This Thing?

Saturday 14 October 10:22:01 UTC 2017

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: bed , college , Pie Chart , university Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Who Needs Tech Support?

Saturday 14 October 10:22:00 UTC 2017

Graph by: lol2424242424 Tagged: computers , graphs , funny , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Hobo vs Artist

Saturday 14 October 10:21:57 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Composition of the Internet

Saturday 14 October 10:21:56 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » What men notice on women

Saturday 14 October 10:21:55 UTC 2017

Graph by: Aqp Tagged: cleavage , cosmetics , eyeliner , jeans , makeup , mascara , men , new , notice , perfume , Pie Chart , shirt , shoes , women Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » What Is This Sorcery!?

Saturday 14 October 10:21:54 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Things that go wrong in public restrooms

Saturday 14 October 10:21:53 UTC 2017

LoL by: Figueroaj85 Tagged: bathroom , public restroom , situational humor Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » A Fitting Graph

Saturday 14 October 10:21:51 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Who Really Watches "Yo Gabba Gabba"

Saturday 14 October 10:21:50 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Thanks For Reminding Me I'm Not Good at This

Saturday 14 October 10:21:49 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Also Anything That's Too Self-Referential

Saturday 14 October 10:21:47 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Taco Bell Is Missing an Opportunity

Saturday 14 October 10:21:45 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » The Daily What: Why Big Bird Matters of the Day

Saturday 14 October 10:21:44 UTC 2017

If only this info had been sitting on Obama's lecturn… Submitted by: (via Advocating Progress) Tagged: big bird , infographic , PBS , presidential debate , categoryimage , categoryvoting-page Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Absorbency

Saturday 14 October 10:21:42 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Ever Notice How a Lot of Couples Look Like Siblings?

Saturday 14 October 10:21:41 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Almost There…

Saturday 14 October 10:21:30 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Chance of having a graph complained about

Saturday 14 October 10:21:28 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Just Fold Already

Saturday 14 October 10:21:27 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Does the world really need diet avocados? [Unlikely]

Saturday 14 October 9:32:33 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Food and Drug Administration backs move to make smaller condoms because the average size of 6.69 inches is too big for NRA members [Interesting]

Saturday 14 October 7:30:37 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » The Laxey Wheel

Saturday 14 October 7:23:00 UTC 2017

I love that the Laxey Wheel has a name, "Lady Isabella," and a tribute folk song.

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Fark.com RSS » You would think a $1 million lottery winner wouldn't shoplift lipstick. You would be wrong [Weird]

Saturday 14 October 6:20:42 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Worldly Wise

Saturday 14 October 6:15:39 UTC 2017

Picture 060 Proverbs from around the world: A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (English) Impulse manages all things badly. (Latin) It is not the thief who is hanged, but the one who is caught stealing. (Czech) Never promise a poor man, and never owe a rich one. (Brazilian) A fool at forty is a fool indeed. (Ethiopian) Quarrelsome dogs … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Excuse me. I thought this was America [Weird]

Saturday 14 October 5:56:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Mother who attempted to slowly murder her child by refusing to vaccinate him is outraged he received safe vaccines while she was in jail for her depraved crimes [Followup]

Saturday 14 October 4:22:34 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Keebler bakery catches fire [Sad]

Saturday 14 October 3:59:48 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » White supremacists rally behind Louis Farrakhan [Silly]

Saturday 14 October 2:56:17 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 93 & 100-year-old Chicago sisters hoping to see another Cubs' World Series win. Funny how that headline went from sad to spiffy about a year ago [Spiffy]

Saturday 14 October 2:46:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Pure PANDA-monium after record number of giant panda cubs melt hearts at first public appearance at Chinese zoo [Sappy]

Saturday 14 October 2:29:06 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Ingmar Bergman movies, heavy metal, eating rotten fish. Scandinavians love death. And now they've deathified spring cleaning [Interesting]

Saturday 14 October 2:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Veterinarians are horrified at the increase of extreme breeding where horses are bred to look like the British monarchy [Sick]

Saturday 14 October 1:46:10 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » You've got a parking problem when unpaid tickets drive you to bankruptcy [Ironic]

Saturday 14 October 0:21:32 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Got 53.8 Bitcoins burning a hole in your pocket? Then you and your whole family can become citizens of Vanuatu, a lovely island nation with no income or corporate taxes, which is often ranked as the 4th happiest place on earth [Spiffy]

Saturday 14 October 0:20:05 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: An improvement to apartment living [Photoshop]

Saturday 14 October 0:00:01 UTC 2017

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