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 » If you have to Google "how to burn down a brick house" and your only alibi is "a random black guy did it" you might not be up for a life of crime. Or life [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Massachusetts full of coyotes. And 40's single women [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Do you want to start a war with Canada? Because this is how you start a war with Canada [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Vandal who damaged a popular Christmas lights display in New Jersey town turns out to be a ballsy squirrel. Drew Curtis named as person of interest [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » And the man in the back said "Everyone attack" and it turned into a strip club blitz [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » And now the RAF is on high alert over suspicious cargo flights out of the Arctic. Merry Christmas [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Netflix exec to woman at a soccer game: None of the Netflix guys believe any of the women accusing Danny Masterson of rape. Woman: You just said that to one of the women accusing Danny Masterson of rape [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » SCOTUS supports POTUS on U.S. ban list [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this burger offering [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » You think YOU are hard and cynical? You ain't SEEN hard to you read this 6-year-old's letter to Santa: "I know your notty list is emty. And your good list is emty. And your life is emty. You dont know the troubles Ive had in my life. Good
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Fark.com RSS » Irregardless of what you think, the word "irregardless" is real [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » 'Tis the season for porch pirates. Watch out for your mailhole, bud [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Net neutrality is yet another reason to not be seen talking to Drew [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Police Chief: "We have caught the serial killer." Sign language interpreter: ¯\_(⊙︿⊙)_/¯ [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Three shot, one killed in Danzig Court. Police searching for victims' mothers, to tell their children not to walk their way [Florida]
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Futility Closet » Books
Just a reminder — Futility Closet books make great gifts for people who are impossible to buy gifts for. Both contain hundreds of hand-picked favorites from our 13-year archive of curiosities. Some reviews: “A wild, wonderful, and educational romp through history, science, zany patents, math puzzles, wonderful words (like boanthropy, hallelujatic, and andabatarian), the Devil’s Game, self-contradicting words, and so … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Private bus company promotes itself by telling customers they won't have to ride with Chinese people. Apology tries to clarify things, explains that they just feel there are too many immigrants [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » The limit on homeless is announced, beavers get pounded, and the dominoes begin to fall. These are your Headlines Of The Week from Sun 2017-11-26 to Sat 2017-12-02 [FarkBlog]
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Fark.com RSS » Ladies and Gentlemen this is your captain speaking. If you look out the left side of the aircraft, you can see Armageddon falling from the skies [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » MI-6 elevates Russian cyber-threat level to "tier one," on par with ISIS terrorism [News]
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Weird Universe » Where’s Huddles?
Sure, why not transplant THE FLINTSTONES into a contemporary NFL setting? That'll be a hit, for sure!
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Weird Universe » Action Artist William Green
Dismayed by the negative reaction to his art, which involved pouring printer's ink on a canvas and then riding over it with a bicycle, William Green gave up art in 1965. But he took it up again in 1995, at which point "He continued to paint every day and systematically sawed up and destroyed almost all his furniture and house … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop challenge: Show the prehistoric creatures we never knew about [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » "I didn't know whether to give them a cup of tea or call the police," says woman who found couple having sex in her driveway [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Welsh bitcoin investor's £74 million fortune is buried beneath a landfill because he tossed an external hard drive [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » No guns please, we're Canadian [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Trump knew in January that Flynn had lied to the FBI [News]
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Fark.com RSS » "Help me, my Amazon bosses are EVIL ….Merry Christmas and here's your package" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Wall Street banker suffers a fatal lack of professional courtesy [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Hannity says Mueller nails another one tomorrow [Interesting]
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GraphJam » A Solid Breakthrough
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GraphJam » How Do I Science?
Graph by: (via Motherboard) Tagged: Climate Change Debate , how do i , politics , science Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Husband Hearing Chart
Graph by: CJOdam Tagged: call , full , hearing , husband , Line Graph , love , mom , sex , trash Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Will the Xbox One Be Your Overly Attached Girlfriend?
She's controversial, a bit steep and, sometimes, even kind of obsessed… But she's still confident you will learn how to love her. We are talking about the Xbox One, your new clingy girlfriend. Graph by: neomam (via www.kensington.com) Tagged: overly attached girlfrend , infographic , xbox one Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Who gets the most t.v. time in any house
Graph by: sopranomom Tagged: baby , dad , house , mom , teens , toddler , TV , watching , yo gabba gabba Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » But Is the Internet Indifferent About Neutrons?
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Bar Graph , electrons , neutron , protons , science , whatdoestheinternetthink Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The History of April Fools Day
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GraphJam » What Type of Tool are You?
Here at eReplacementParts, we've developed a flow-chart test to figure out what kind of tool best fits your personality. Our experts in "manology" spent hours carefully designing this test for your viewing pleasure. While it's very effective at not being accurate, it should still entertain you or anyone willing to step up and take the test. It could make you … [Link]
GraphJam » Damn Yuppies
Graph by: GraceJediHeart Tagged: trees , yuppies , new england Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » REAL Piracy Is Way More Awsome
Graph by: Derp-a-derp Tagged: best of week , copying , piracy , stealing Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Conclusions you come to watching Ice Dancing
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: ice dancing , ice skating , olympics , sparkly , watch , watching Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Jay Is One Lucky Bastard
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: fun bags , Gloria , Jay , Modern Family , Pie Chart , sofia vergara Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » How to Use Google Glass
Graph by: (via Bite) Tagged: instructions , google glass Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Hope It Doesn't Get Rusty
Graph by: Jandosk8 Tagged: fe , iron , puns Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Amount of ink in a pen
Graph by: jamsmonroe Tagged: amount , Bar Graph , desired , ink , page , paper , pen , work , writing Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Still a Waste of Pie
After a recent failed Murdoch pie-ing, the folks over at Canada's National Post want to make sure you know how to throw a pie with poise and grace, so that the next time you try to cream someone. Check out this video to see what NOT to do. Want more fails? Graph by: Unknown Tagged: attack , infographic , murdoch … [Link]
GraphJam » Songs listened to when sad
Graph by: katarine1420 Tagged: better , Death , depressing , dying , feel , happy , listen , Pie Chart , Sad , Songs Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » How Would You Like Your Graphic Design
You can have one, maybe two, but three? Get out of here. Graph by: Canada714 (via Colin Harman ) Tagged: fast , venn diagram , great , graphic design , cheap , free Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Get Your Own, Moochers
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: kids , mooching , parents , Pie Chart , spicy food Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Why I'm Forever Alone
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , forever alone , gf , girls , relationships Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » ROFLOMGBBQ
Graph by: Soup613 Tagged: graphs , pac man , Pie Chart , pop culture , the worst Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Usage of a flexible ruler
Graph by: Jake94 Tagged: flexible , hit , lines , people , Pie Chart , ruler , straight Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Worst Projects
Graph by: BROKENxENVIOUS Tagged: school , group projects , grades , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Forgot the Controls
And one of the buttons is stuck. Also, I'm not so great with joysticks. Oh, and you cheated. Graph by: zeusthemaster Tagged: excuses , Pie Chart , races , reasons , video games , wall Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » Marijuana no longer high [Interesting]
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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 180: An Academic Impostor
Image: Wikimedia Commons Marvin Hewitt never finished high school, but he taught advanced physics, engineering, and mathematics under assumed names at seven different schools and universities between 1945 and 1953. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll trace the curious career of an academic impostor, whose story has been called “one of the strangest academic hoaxes in history.” … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Texas man on probation for masturbating in front of customers at Walmart arrested for masturbating in front of customers at Walmart. If he were in Congress he'd have been given some hand sanitizer and sent on his merry way [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Residents fleeing Colorado after legalization of weed [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman from New York starts petition to get a 1938 Balthus painting removed because it depicts the 'sexualization of a child'. Let us hope she never sees the movie Laura with Dawn Dunlap [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » 911 Caller: Hello Police, I think my husband is trying to harm himself. Police: We'll be right over to make sure he gets harmed [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Maryland is apparently sicker than we thought [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Why is it college-age men think a woman's prior consent means she will always consent in the future? [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Unlike lemmings who just jump off of cliffs for the hell of it, this base jumper actually jumped off a cliff to save a stricken friend who was a lemming that crashed below [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Dude, have you bogarted too many joints and still want to enlist in the U.S. Army? They are now turning a blind eye to your wasted youthful indiscretions. In other words, they're desperate [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this schooner [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Jacksonville residents concerned over lack of streetlights, possible UFOs [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Police find bag of meth in parking lot; post that owner can come claim the lost property, and, in the spirit of Christmas, they'll provide free lodging and meals for a period TBD [Silly]
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