John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons

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Whittle It a Little, It’ll Fit

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 » This rotating restaurant atop an Atlanta skyscraper has views to die for… and the lawsuit to prove it [Fail]

Sunday 19 November 23:23:49 UTC 2017

Fail [link] [175 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Hurry up, you don't want to miss your train [Fail]

Sunday 19 November 22:20:20 UTC 2017

Fail [link] [34 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Torn from the front page of the Bangor Daily News [Sappy]

Sunday 19 November 21:38:13 UTC 2017

Sappy [link] [50 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Creepy long-legged teddy bear freaking out online buyers. "I expected it to hop up and sprint away down the street with a fingerless fist raised in victory" [Giggity]

Sunday 19 November 21:04:22 UTC 2017

Giggity [link] [61 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this um, fashionable headpiece [Photoshop]

Sunday 19 November 21:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [25 comments] [Link]

Futility Closet » MENACE

Sunday 19 November 20:03:15 UTC 2017

In 1960, British researcher Donald Michie combined his loves of computation and biology to consider whether a machine might learn — whether by consulting its record of past experience it could perform tasks with progressively greater success. To investigate this he designed a machine to play noughts and crosses (or tic-tac-toe). He called it the Machine Educable Noughts And Crosses … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » "Drinking is a luxury" in Wyoming [Scary]

Sunday 19 November 18:47:24 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [152 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Orchestral remover in the dark [Dumbass]

Sunday 19 November 18:19:39 UTC 2017

Dumbass [link] [31 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » People are counting sheep in Cheddar Gorge. No, that's not a euphemism [Weird]

Sunday 19 November 16:47:11 UTC 2017

Weird [link] [51 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Some Twitter poster you never heard of just had his identity revealed by a bunch of other internet users you don't know, so now all those posts you never read will never be the same [Stupid]

Sunday 19 November 16:26:24 UTC 2017

Stupid [link] [78 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Hooray for the "little man" who stands his ground and refuses to sell his home in the face of development [Spiffy]

Sunday 19 November 14:34:47 UTC 2017

Spiffy [link] [128 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this wayward windmill [Photoshop]

Sunday 19 November 14:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [31 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday Morning: School lunch [CSB]

Sunday 19 November 14:00:00 UTC 2017

CSB [link] [143 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Mother goes to jail after her kid dies from strep throat. Apparently treating strep with oregano oil and dandelion tea instead of medicine is a bad thing. Who knew? [Dumbass]

Sunday 19 November 13:24:43 UTC 2017

Dumbass [link] [215 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » Pigeon attacked by clam

Sunday 19 November 13:06:18 UTC 2017

Apr 1967: Death match between a pigeon and a clam. And it seems like if a photographer hadn't been there to intervene, the clam would have won.

Terre Haute Tribune – Apr 16, 1967 [Link]

Fark.com RSS » You'd get damned depressed too if you had to live in a glass bowl with a rock carpet, a pirate trunk that keeps blowing out bubbles every six seconds, and a fake plastic tree [Sad]

Sunday 19 November 13:05:24 UTC 2017

Sad [link] [67 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Mugabye [News]

Sunday 19 November 13:00:59 UTC 2017

News [link] [85 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Man attempts to steal two trains. With fairly accurate mugshot [Dumbass]

Sunday 19 November 12:09:22 UTC 2017

Dumbass [link] [71 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Allergies cause bride and groom to miss their own wedding reception [Awkward]

Sunday 19 November 11:45:34 UTC 2017

Awkward [link] [26 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » South Korean doctors removed dozens of parasites including roundworms as long as 11 inches from North Korean soldier that defected. Oh, and Bullets. They also removed at least 5 bullets [Sick]

Sunday 19 November 10:55:16 UTC 2017

Sick [link] [95 comments] [Link]

Weird Universe » B. T. Express

Sunday 19 November 10:40:00 UTC 2017

Disco, plus train whistles and train sound effects made by mouth: great sounds that go great together?

Wikipedia page on the band. [Link]

GraphJam » So Are Harry and Hermione Secret Siblings?

Sunday 19 November 9:45:21 UTC 2017

Harry Potter star wars versus - 4967363072 Graph by: sixonefive72 Tagged: Harry Potter , star wars , versus Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Contents of Half-n-Half

Sunday 19 November 9:45:19 UTC 2017

coffee contents cream half half and half - 1860247296 LoL by: Ragnarok777 Tagged: coffee , contents , cream , half , half and half Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Warning, Science Ahead!

Sunday 19 November 9:45:15 UTC 2017

best of week Chemistry evolution periodic table - 6035129600 Science Has Dropped Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , Chemistry , evolution , periodic table Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Kitties!

Sunday 19 November 9:45:12 UTC 2017

best of week flow chart kitties nonsensical - 5510183424 Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , flow chart , kitties , nonsensical Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I Do Nazi How This Is Funny

Sunday 19 November 9:45:11 UTC 2017

anne frank holocaust jokes nazi Pie Chart puns serious business - 4463893760 Graph by: Kaizillaaaa Tagged: anne frank , holocaust , jokes , nazi , Pie Chart , puns , serious business Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Microphone Use in Games

Sunday 19 November 9:45:10 UTC 2017

games microphone insults - 7746311424 Graph by: Unknown Tagged: games , microphone , insults Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » So That's What Mummies Are!

Sunday 19 November 9:45:09 UTC 2017

egypt mummy zombie - 7156036096 Graph by: Osomatic Tagged: egypt , mummy , zombie Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » So I Can, So I Can…

Sunday 19 November 9:45:06 UTC 2017

corey hart Music song sunglasses at night venn diagram - 6233979904 Graph by: (via Bite) Tagged: corey hart , Music , song , sunglasses at night , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » The Fifth Season

Sunday 19 November 9:45:05 UTC 2017

Minnesota construction winter season road construction - 7691532288 Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Minnesota , construction , winter , season , road construction Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Kept Thinking I Could Never Live Without Blah Blah Mumble Mutter

Sunday 19 November 9:45:04 UTC 2017

gloria gaynor i will survive lyrics Pie Chart singing - 4666510080 Graph by: Unknown Tagged: gloria gaynor , i will survive , lyrics , Pie Chart , singing Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » That's Just Wrong

Sunday 19 November 9:45:03 UTC 2017

jokes offensive venn diagram - 5770683904 Graph by: Headbanger93 Tagged: jokes , offensive , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I Always Bring a Coat to the Frozen Section

Sunday 19 November 9:45:00 UTC 2017

Bar Graph coat cold frozen grocery store - 5750369280 Graph by: kmhlucky13 Tagged: Bar Graph , coat , cold , frozen , grocery store Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » The Worst

Sunday 19 November 9:44:57 UTC 2017

Line Graph pee sneezing the worst - 5247749888 Graph by: Alexwin Tagged: Line Graph , pee , sneezing , the worst Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I Look Funny In All of Those

Sunday 19 November 9:44:56 UTC 2017

Bar Graph camera digital pictures true - 5028060672 Graph by: (via This Is Fluffware) Tagged: Bar Graph , camera , digital , pictures , true Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Kings I'm Familar With

Sunday 19 November 9:44:55 UTC 2017

burger king fast food graphjam graphs kings situational humor - 1714715904 LoL by: Balmung6 Tagged: burger king , fast food , graphjam , graphs , kings , situational humor Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Browser History Privacy Is Serious

Sunday 19 November 9:44:52 UTC 2017

privacy browser history - 7818425600 Graph by: zylantha Tagged: privacy , browser history Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Can't Wait to See Next Year's Crop

Sunday 19 November 9:44:51 UTC 2017

apple mac tree trees - 5034596608 Graph by: quadismines Tagged: apple , mac , tree , trees Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Simon

Sunday 19 November 9:44:49 UTC 2017

beep colors games simon - 3715728384 Simon Graph by: PhantomChemist Tagged: beep , colors , games , simon Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Real Military Job Breakdown

Sunday 19 November 9:44:46 UTC 2017

breakdown cleaning job military real trained - 2945306112 Graph by: dexterdude87 Tagged: breakdown , cleaning , job , military , real , trained Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » The Portmanteau of Your Names Sounds Stupid

Sunday 19 November 9:44:43 UTC 2017

pie charts relationships facebook graphs funny - 7634488832 Graph by: Unknown Tagged: pie charts , relationships , facebook , graphs , funny Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Graphs That Rock

Sunday 19 November 9:44:38 UTC 2017

From the description: "This video was used to welcome back school principals as they faced a change in their technology platform to analyze school data." Submitted by: (via I Love Charts) Tagged: compilation , graphs , Music , rock , technology , Video Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » In a Galaxy Far, Far on the Other Side

Sunday 19 November 9:44:37 UTC 2017

Bar Graph grass green star wars the dark side - 6615489280 Graph by: buckles_b (via www.bite.ca) Tagged: Bar Graph , grass , green , star wars , the dark side Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » People who bring their computer into a repair shop

Sunday 19 November 9:44:36 UTC 2017

buddy computer problems professional repair shop tech support warranty - 2184701184 Graph by: digitalmaniak3k Tagged: buddy , computer , problems , professional , repair , shop , tech support , warranty Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Hey Bruce

Sunday 19 November 9:44:35 UTC 2017

batman beatles lyrics Songs theme songs venn diagram - 4616199424 Graph by: Irhaslegendaryswordlol Tagged: batman , beatles , lyrics , Songs , theme songs , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » It's All Downhill

Sunday 19 November 9:44:34 UTC 2017

acne aging hair loss thirties venn diagram - 4608908800 Graph by: (via lunchbreath) Tagged: acne , aging , hair loss , thirties , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Portland woman who bought lottery ticket during San Francisco vacation forced to make 2nd trip to glamorous Sacramento after realizing she won $500,000 [Spiffy]

Sunday 19 November 8:54:09 UTC 2017

Spiffy [link] [41 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » That missing Argentine sub? It tried to contact its home base 7 times today [Followup]

Sunday 19 November 6:34:06 UTC 2017

Followup [link] [84 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Apparently "Ladies and Gentlemen" is now offensive [Murica]

Sunday 19 November 6:20:26 UTC 2017

Murica [link] [284 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » RIP my baby brother and long-time Farker jerry2a. DIT [Sad]

Sunday 19 November 3:59:11 UTC 2017

Sad [link] [184 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » The front fell off [Awkward]

Sunday 19 November 3:44:38 UTC 2017

Awkward [link] [54 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » U.S. general about to be fired [Scary]

Sunday 19 November 2:41:42 UTC 2017

Scary [link] [133 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Finally I can make a salad that tastes like bacon [Cool]

Sunday 19 November 1:17:46 UTC 2017

Cool [link] [69 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this pull toy [Photoshop]

Sunday 19 November 1:00:01 UTC 2017

Photoshop [link] [14 comments] [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Boaty McBoatface is so OVAH. Meet Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti Slip Machiney. And David Plowie [Amusing]

Sunday 19 November 0:36:22 UTC 2017

Amusing [link] [52 comments] [Link]

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