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 and not so scary: snakes on a plane. New and more scary: hundreds of motherf***ing unsavory German cockroaches on planes [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » 94-year-old retired surgeon scrubs up for final time to check item off bucket list, at least that's what they told him [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Boy survives tumble at Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls . . . slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Story is not quite as Fark-ready as headline implies: "Pony evacuated in back seat of Honda accord." The picture is better though [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Who wants to join us in facing God's wrath? [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » A deputy is fired after inviting an 18-year-old adult dancer he had arrested, along with her roommate, to his home while his young daughter was asleep. He had managed to keep his job in 2008 after flexing his pecs at jurors [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this well-camouflaged critter [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Maltese reporter who broke Panama Papers stories and was reporting on links between Malta's president and Azerbaijani passport ring killed in car bomb attack [News]
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Fark.com RSS » The skies of England have turned red with ash and dust. Grievous Bodily Harm, Cruelty To Animals, Things Not Working Properly Even After You've Given Them A Good Thumping but secretly No Alcohol Lager, and Really Cool People mysteriously missing
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Fark.com RSS » Elon Musk rebuilding Puerto Rico's power grid to show off Tesla's solar panels and batteries, will name new power company OCP [Interesting]
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“It is harder to make one’s name by means of a perfect work than to win praise for a second-rate one by means of the name one has already acquired.” — Jean de La Bruyère [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Old and busted: Hollywood celebs groping starlets. New hotness: tattooing your perverted intentions on your forehead so the cops can find you easier [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » "So, while Fiji was at the top of my bride's romantic getaway list, my mind went immediately to flying 5,300-miles to meet a baker" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Laptop taken from a Belgian woman who voluntarily left Europe to become an ISIS bride reveals strangely typical Internet surfing habits: baking recipes, sports scores for teams from her native country, pirated movies, and, of course, 1tb of porn [Obv
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Fark.com RSS » An explanation of why so many happily married wives are having affairs. Not yours, though [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Shiat's on fire, yo [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Headlines Of The Week for Sun 2017-10-08 to Sat 2017-10-14 [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Violate your probation? You know the rules buddy, no donating a kidney to your kid then [Stupid]
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Weird Universe » Weighing the Mayor
The town of High Wycombe in England has an ancient custom of weighing their mayors, first upon taking office and again at the end of their term. To have gained weight is taken as evidence that they've grown wealthy at the taxpayer's expense. It's like an ancient form of fat-shaming.
In the 1950s, the mayor of Minneapolis, Eric Hoyer, decided … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Actual Headline: Idaho Father Killed By Doomsday Prepper Deputy In Bull Euthanasia Gone Awry [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » It's still too soon for an Anne Frank Halloween costume [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this porch light [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » First fatality linked to Hurricane Ophelia confirmed in Ireland. LGT Ophelia liveblog. Stay safe Irish Farkers [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » First Nations to Canada: your rent is going up [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » President Trump thinks he'll appoint 3 more Supreme Court justices in his first term. And, they will be the best perfect wonderful justices that everyone is talking about [Scary]
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Weird Universe » The Skewb
If Rubik's Cube is stale, other cube-type puzzles exist. Here's one.
More at the Uwe Meffert link.
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Fark.com RSS » Hoist the anchor, man the torpedo [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently millennials don't care that their freedoms are being taken away [Interesting]
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GraphJam » So Many Feels
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: crying , Pie Chart , women Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » It's Called 'the Christmas Season' For a Reason
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: cartoons , christmas , Pie Chart , season , winter Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » 10 Easy Ways to Lower Your Lifespan
Graph by: (via Pleated Jeans) Tagged: best of week , Death , gender , health , lifespan , smoking Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Portable Distraction Device
Graph by: grabmapaw Tagged: computers , homework , laptop , school , truancy story , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » How Many Days Are Left?
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: boredom , days , ends , Pie Chart , summer break Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Level of Noise stairs make vs. How late you get home
Graph by: Superdupermexican Tagged: creaks , falling , fat , guy , late , Line Graph , midnight , noises , rocks , stairs , time Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Can Your Hip or Knee Pain Really Predict the Weather?
Click here to make make this bigger. Submitted by: (via Wall Street Journal Online) Tagged: pain , weather , infographic Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » How to Look Dapper, Dude
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: clothes , dapper , dress , fancy , sir , uniform Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » He Who Chiclet Dealt It
Graph by: slyor64 Tagged: chiclet , classmates , gum , Pie Chart , school , sharing Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » How Else I Am Supposed to Know If It's Over 9000
Graph by: cullenster4 Tagged: Bar Graph , over 9000 , reality , self referential Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » How Dare You, My Mother Is a Saint!
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: cod , first-person shooter , online gaming , Pie Chart , your mom Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Caffeine Jitters
Graph by: (via C&EN) Tagged: caffeine , jittery , health Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » How long my classes take
Graph by: SleazyP Tagged: Bar Graph , classes , favorite , FRIDAY , last , lunch , study hall , time Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Hive of Scum and Villainy
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: can-you-do-that , craiglist , for sale , infographic , weird Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » I Can Actually Feel Myself Getting Dumber
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: tumblr , swag notes , dumb , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » There Is No Try
Graph by: Shetland.pony Tagged: try , do not , do , yoda Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Well, That Was Unexpected
Graph by: (via Pleated Jeans) Tagged: flow chart , break ups , kanye west , imma let you finish Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Understanding Your Llama
Graph by: (via I Love Charts) Tagged: animals , best of week , body language , language , llamas Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » What Else Are Cats For?
Graph by: cocoa_bear Tagged: Cats , icanhascheezburger , internet , pets , Pie Chart , self referential Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » People Who Understand the Difference Between "It's" and "Its"
LoL by: 8521679 Tagged: grammar , language , words Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Ok, But Where Are the Lumberjacks?
Graph by: beernbiccies Tagged: Canada , map , stereotypes Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » She's Got a Great Personality
Graph by: ZendranRevolutionary Tagged: attractive , best of week , great personality , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Teacher's Cell Phone Battery Life Throughout the Day
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: school , teachers , mobile phones Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » What Happens When a Smoker Quits
Graph by: (via Greatist) Tagged: timeline , cigarettes , health , smoker Share on Facebook [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman who ate asbestos as a child has developed cancer at 23. It's a wonder she didn't get shingles, too [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » The latest drone strike wasn't in Yemen, Iraq or even Afghanistan. Although to be fair, Quebec is almost as inhospitable to foreigners [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Spread the word. Hero tag applies for all stepping forward [Hero]
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 173: The Worst Journey in the World
In 1911, three British explorers made a perilous 70-mile journey in the dead of the Antarctic winter to gather eggs from a penguin rookery in McMurdo Sound. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll follow the three through perpetual darkness and bone-shattering cold on what one man called “the worst journey in the world.” We’ll also dazzle … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Sick and tired of waiting for anyone else to do anything, college student charters planes to fly relief aid to Puerto Rico. Well, she is majoring in decision sciences, so [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Old and busted: police body cameras. New hotness: Police gun cameras [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Diane… Rehm… remarries… at… age… 81… to… a… much… younger… man [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » This is not a drill: After months of investigation, rumors and back and forth bickering, paperwork has been filed alleging collusion [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Police dog stays at the edge of the river where his human partner has been missing for the last two days and presumed drowned, and geez it is ever dusty in here, are your allergies acting up too? [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Several injuries reported after Louisiana oil rig explodes in Lake Pontchartrain [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » For nine years, the juvenile detention manager received 800 lbs of fajitas biweekly. Then one day he had a doctor's appointment when his order came in. "Um… we don't serve fajitas here" [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » The Midwest is facing an economic crisis thanks to the declination of its public universities [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this zany cottage [Photoshop]
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