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 » 2017: it's not ALL bad [Spiffy]

Sunday 15 October 23:07:53 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Remember the sound of Big Ben on Christmas? Does it ring a bell? [Followup]

Sunday 15 October 22:48:13 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Kiwis are getting annoyed at the sheer numbers of tourists to New Zealand that keep interrupting second breakfast [PSA]

Sunday 15 October 22:20:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 85-year-old woman is enjoying a nice relaxing retirement by skydiving, swimming with sharks and wing walking, insists stunts are 'no more dangerous than crossing the road when a car is coming' [Cool]

Sunday 15 October 21:18:21 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Woman marries African prince she met at a DC nightclub, where he goes to relax after a hard day working at McDowell's [Sappy]

Sunday 15 October 21:04:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Um, guys, in just 11 days, the government has to release all its files regarding the JFK assassination [Followup]

Sunday 15 October 20:35:10 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » How bizarre is Hurricane Ophelia's path towards the British Isles? NOAA's National Hurricane Center projections get cut off at 60 degrees North latitude and 2 degrees West longitude [Strange]

Sunday 15 October 20:04:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop someone or something into this rainfall [Photoshop]

Sunday 15 October 20:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* It's National Cheese Curd Day *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* [Spiffy]

Sunday 15 October 17:28:56 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Easyjet plane forced to make emergency landing after "smell event". Guess they should have had the lasagna [Scary]

Sunday 15 October 17:18:04 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Florida man is at it again, this time posing as a fake DEA agent and holding a prostitute hostage [Florida]

Sunday 15 October 16:03:44 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "'One week I was running from bullets, the next I was running from fire," says flight attendant who lost her home in Santa Rosa. On the bright side, she has a great future ahead of her as a country music singer [Sad]

Sunday 15 October 15:59:15 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » It looks like those Pickle brothers are at it again [Amusing]

Sunday 15 October 15:56:17 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Probably not the craziest thing a person's ever done for their fandom, but… o_O [Facepalm]

Sunday 15 October 15:22:56 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » On the Good Ship Apple Pie

Sunday 15 October 14:57:56 UTC 2017

"Display of Steamship "Gold" made of whole and dried apples. The first Sebastopol Apple Show was held in a tent across from the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Depot in August, 1910 and promoted local fruit in various creative ways."

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Fark.com RSS » The customer is not always right example #125,035,912 [Florida]

Sunday 15 October 14:20:56 UTC 2017

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Weird Universe » Michael Fish Moment

Sunday 15 October 13:36:00 UTC 2017

With Hurricane Ophelia headed in the direction of the U.K., it seems like an appropriate moment to remember the Great Storm of 1987. In particular, Oct 15, 1987, when TV weatherman Michael Fish opened his forecast with the remark, "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way; well, … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Making America Great Again – by writing a cheerful letter to a daycare, asking them to fire a black worker because she is a scary eyesore [Murica]

Sunday 15 October 13:13:33 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this gardener [Photoshop]

Sunday 15 October 13:00:01 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: Amusement park stories [CSB]

Sunday 15 October 13:00:00 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » "World's Most Useless Airport" finally opens after 7 years of delays and cost overruns [Fail]

Sunday 15 October 12:46:33 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » The Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

Sunday 15 October 10:17:03 UTC 2017

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Death , oregon trail , dysentery Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » A Toddler's Perception of Household Objects

Sunday 15 October 10:17:02 UTC 2017

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: food , kids , phone , ring ring Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Fair Trade

Sunday 15 October 10:17:01 UTC 2017

Graph by: CrazyCalvinWilliams Tagged: help , pill , kill , hinder Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » "It Must Have Gotten Caught in My Spam Filter!"

Sunday 15 October 10:17:00 UTC 2017

Graph by: User#7465928 Tagged: pie charts , work , coworkers , graphs , funny Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Oh God, What Is That?

Sunday 15 October 10:16:57 UTC 2017

It smells like a dead squirrel wrapped in a gym sock, floating in sewage. Graph by: Tagged: Bar Graph , breath , holding your breath , smells Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Yo Dawg, I Heard You Like Flags

Sunday 15 October 10:16:56 UTC 2017

Graph by: (via Know Your Meme) Tagged: best of week , Finland , flags , mother of god , Norway , yo dawg Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Not for Number One, Either

Sunday 15 October 10:16:55 UTC 2017

Graph by: jamieshrew Tagged: Awkward , bathroom , Pie Chart , work Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » In Kristen's Defense, Her Character Is Awfully Flat

Sunday 15 October 10:16:52 UTC 2017

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: emma watson , Harry Potter , kristen stewart , moods , twilight Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Where kids get answers about sexual problems

Sunday 15 October 10:16:51 UTC 2017

Graph by: GrilledAngus Tagged: answers , doctors , kids , parents , Pie Chart , problems , sexual , teachers , yahoo answers Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Habeas Bachelorus

Sunday 15 October 10:16:50 UTC 2017

Graph by: Dassrull Tagged: divorce , forever alone , latin , law , legal , marriage , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Things that stick

Sunday 15 October 10:16:49 UTC 2017

Graph by: tigerstar Tagged: Bar Graph , elmers , glitter , glue , stick , super glue Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Phil's Life

Sunday 15 October 10:16:48 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » How long something will stay on a roof

Sunday 15 October 10:16:47 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Is That Even a Real Thing?

Sunday 15 October 10:16:45 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Replotted: And Men Fapping With Them

Sunday 15 October 10:16:44 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Your Problem Might Be Telling People You "Play"

Sunday 15 October 10:16:42 UTC 2017

No, this week they teach us how to become invisible, the flying lesson is next week. Graph by: Coolwind Tagged: How People View Me , karate , Pie Chart , word choice Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I Don't Remember Eating That

Sunday 15 October 10:16:41 UTC 2017

Graph by: Jonathan Martin Tagged: Bar Graph , computers , crumbs , dissemble , keyboard , parts Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » It's A Horse!

Sunday 15 October 10:16:40 UTC 2017

LoL by: CalmDog Tagged: animals , beats , dead , desert , eat , gift , horse , hungry , mouth , riding , wild Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Londoner's Guide To London

Sunday 15 October 10:16:38 UTC 2017

Graph by: neomam (via www.londonisthereason.com) Tagged: London , traveling , infographic Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » You Can't Explain That

Sunday 15 October 10:16:36 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Likelihood that my opinion will seriously anger people

Sunday 15 October 10:16:35 UTC 2017

Graph by: Tipsy_the_Drunken_Fairy Tagged: abortion , American Idol , anger , Bar Graph , crap , gay marriage , hack , hate , metal , opinions , people , silly , slipknot , support , taylor swift , twilight Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I'm Not What You Would Call an Athlete

Sunday 15 October 10:16:34 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » And They Would Have Gotten Away With It Too…

Sunday 15 October 10:16:33 UTC 2017

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Sunday 15 October 10:16:31 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » And It Becomes Useless When Exposed to the Tiniest Amount of Water

Sunday 15 October 10:16:30 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » How cool you are if you own a Snuggie

Sunday 15 October 10:16:28 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » The Path of Friendship

Sunday 15 October 10:16:27 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Time Spent When A Pop-Up Ad Comes Up

Sunday 15 October 10:16:25 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Not Pictured: Start to Get Paranoid About my Answers

Sunday 15 October 10:16:20 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Self-Fulfilling Chart

Sunday 15 October 10:16:19 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Never Pee In the Amazon

Sunday 15 October 10:16:18 UTC 2017

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GraphJam » Men Plan, the Universe Laughs.

Sunday 15 October 10:16:15 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Three women have been charged with stealing $7k worth of merchandise from Victoria's Secret. That's practically 12 pairs of underwear [Obvious]

Sunday 15 October 9:07:15 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Man injured in shootout at Doc Holliday's Saloon in Tombstone. This is not a repeat from 1881 [Dumbass]

Sunday 15 October 7:25:27 UTC 2017

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Futility Closet » Huh?

Sunday 15 October 6:01:02 UTC 2017

North, South Carolina, is 100 miles southeast of Due West. Also: Northwest, North Carolina, is in southeast North Carolina, due east of Due West, South Carolina, and east and slightly north of North, South Carolina. (Thanks, Bob and Rick.) And while we’re at it: North East, Pennsylvania, is in northwest Pennsylvania, and Northwest, Virginia, is in southeast Virginia. [Link]

Fark.com RSS » 100 years ago, a German U-boat torpedoed a ship belonging to the fabled Guinness fleet, sending five souls, tons of precious stout and countless bar towels to a watery grave [Sad]

Sunday 15 October 5:44:34 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Female inmates fight the California wildfires for less than $2/hour. Too bad they can't get jobs when they get out…Los Angeles County Fire won't hire felons [Asinine]

Sunday 15 October 4:05:32 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » High School runner helps struggling opponent cross the finish line [Sappy]

Sunday 15 October 3:03:09 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » 'Murica [Facepalm]

Sunday 15 October 2:43:17 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » California becomes the first state in the nation to require pet stores to only sell rescue dogs, cats and rabbits [Spiffy]

Sunday 15 October 1:48:58 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » ♫ I left my lungs… in San Francisco ♫ [Scary]

Sunday 15 October 1:12:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Eerily familiar. Just add red hats [Scary]

Sunday 15 October 0:36:45 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Well to be fair, it is like meth to them [Followup]

Sunday 15 October 0:01:49 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Happy Halloween. Make America Great Again and Purge and Purify or Treat [Scary]

Sunday 15 October 0:00:59 UTC 2017

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this child at the zoo [Photoshop]

Sunday 15 October 0:00:01 UTC 2017

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