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 » Taipei petition recommends repeat drunk drivers be stripped bare and caned, broadcast live on television. Show to be called "Live DT" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » How about a game of tic tac toe instead? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Researchers test bone fragments suspected to be Santa's, plan to issue warrant for elves [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Cthulhu's army strikes again: China to develop a 'jellyfish shredder' after getting tentacles stuck in its aircraft carrier's butt [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » A woman who has the phrase 'Eat Me' tattooed right above her groin now regrets her decision and says it's ruining her sex life. "People are like, I don't need instructions" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this guy shakin' it off [Photoshop]
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Futility Closet » Long Haul
Recognize this locomotive? You’ve almost certainly seen it before: Built in 1891, “Sierra No. 3” was adopted by Hollywood in 1948 and became “the most photographed locomotive in the world,” appearing in The Red Glove, The Terror, The Virginian, The Texan, Young Tom Edison, Sierra Passage, Wyoming Mail, High Noon, The Cimarron Kid, Kansas Pacific, The Moonlighter, Apache, Rage at … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Woman records video of postal truck driving erratically – "The postal worker swings her door open and shouts back: "I'm going to have my job forever!" She then laughs hysterically" [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » As of today, Steam will no longer accept bits of string as payment for games. Lint is still negotiable [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Airlines report more Farkers are flying than ever before [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » DUI suspect drives the wrong way on a highway, dances on top of her car hood and flees on kid's scooter. Mugshot turns this trifecta into a grand slam [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Stolen baby returned. After 40 years. Which would technically make her a stolen middle aged woman [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Huge PENIS from Storm Caroline to stick it to Ireland, said to be going in cold and wet [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » New Orleans home decorates for Christmas by putting up large display of Rudolph's carcass being roasted over a fire [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » The search is on for Zippy, the life-size elf that somebody stole from Deerfield, NH [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Oh nothing, just Chinese news outlets publishing stories to inform people about ways to wash off radiation after Best Korea gets blown up [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Jealous of all the attention LA is getting, separate fires break out at Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal building; commuters describe heavy smoke. "It looked like heavy smoke," they said [News]
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Fark.com RSS » News: "There's a volcano erupting in Bali." Public: "Yawn." News: "Millie Bobby Brown from 'Stranger Things' is trapped on the island." Public: "THIS IS SERIOUS. WHAT ABOUT SEASON 3" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Useless rock sells for $6.5 million. Probably doesn't even keep tigers away [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Lighthouse keeper learns what not to do in a wolf encounter [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » New fire threatens Getty Center and shuts down the 405 in Los Angeles. Commuters don't notice any difference. (But seriously folks, stay safe, this looks like another scary one – LA fire discussion thread here) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're thinking of leaving your girlfriend, you can choose a more opportune time than the day you win the lottery [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Service dog in audience at performance of Cats: The stage cat was asking for it, she was making cat faces at me [Amusing]
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Weird Universe » Official fog watchers
I don't know why, but this seems like a very British type of job.
The High Point Enterprise – Feb 6, 1974
image source: onthewight.com [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop alternate memes into this living room [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Adopt a dog for Christmas – remember it's a gift for their lifetime. It's Woofday Wednesday [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » 100 years ago today, Halifax explosion left a shattered city [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Tennis instructor who took a 5-year-old's racket away from him and hit the child with it wants the charges dismissed because he was standing his ground against the kid [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Time magazine's Person(s) Of The Year are The Silence Breakers, the women who started the Me Too movement. Just in time to watch Alabama elect a man who multiple women have accused of sexual assault [News]
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Fark.com RSS » You're not the only one who thinks it's odd that Donald Trump would be the one to help open a new Civil Rights museum in Mississippi. So does the NAACP [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » You know that moment when you keep putting food into your mouth at an all-you-can-eat buffet until there's no more room in your cheeks but you just keep stuffing? This little bat feels your pain [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Great news, Farkers: The court says the police can't force you to masturbate for them, even with a warrant. Even if you're a minor [Interesting]
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Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #339
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GraphJam » Just Once More, Please
Graph by: rumblejumble Tagged: batteries , control , lazy , Pie Chart , remote , television Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Think Nick Would Go For It?
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: flow chart , movies , national treasure , sequel Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Know Everything About This Spring's New It Colour: Dazzling Blue
Graph by: neomam (via www.fashiongonerogue.com) Tagged: blue , fashion , colour , pantone Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » You Have to Leave; I'm Contagious
Graph by: BobGiambra Tagged: Bar Graph , Home Alone , minecraft , sick , video games Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Take It When You Can Get It
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: girlfriend , Pie Chart , sexytimes , time Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Chance of people believing an outrageous statement
LoL by: OriginalObe Tagged: belief , chance , email , friends , internet , oprah , people , science Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » How I Write Research Papers
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: school , procrastination , college , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » California Seasons
LoL by: EWAdams Tagged: california , earthquakes , mudslides , Natural Disasters , wildfires Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » With Explosions Like This Who Needs Plotline
Graph by: Xerophyte Tagged: Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Untitled
Graph by: JT Thomas Tagged: fight club , jack daniels , Line Graph , the shining Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Run, Man!
Submitted by: BillyMcG Tagged: jorts , anime , graphs Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The World That Gave Us Honey Boo-Boo
Graph by: CarlyJoy Tagged: graphs , funny , beauty pageant Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Desperate Creeperbook
Graph by: nkugirl2015 Tagged: facebook , friends , Pie Chart , stalking , Video Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » If Social Networks Were People
Submitted by: imnotjarry (via www.stumbleupon.com) Tagged: facebook , tumblr , twitter , websites Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » What? They're Fun!
Graph by: godthefish Tagged: best of week , funbags , gender swap , guys , lady parts , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » I Hate to Tell You This, But I Don't Think It Works the Same Way
Graph by: epicpilotguy Tagged: Evolution Debate , Pie Chart , Pokémon , science , video games Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » How to Look Your Best
Graph by: (via I Love Charts) Tagged: looking good , haircut , excercise , dental hygeine , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Turns Out Our Pet Cats Are All Dwarves
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: Chart , diagram , Cats , funny , newspaper Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Ready and Raring to Go
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: kids , Line Graph , sleep , so early Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » The Biggest Fossil I've Ever Seen!
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: africa , dinosaur , infographic , map , south america , t rex Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Gucci Mane: Too Cool!
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Fark.com RSS » Some people are uncomfortable with an ice cream parlor using a sexualized cow as its mascot. "A hyper-sexualized, obviously female cow with her ass upended and poking through a circle, tail raised up, waiting for what? I'm not sure" [Sill
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Fark.com RSS » Thorough investigation by the British Hindsight Department reveals Manchester terror attack could have been stopped [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Missing 17-year-old girl found with 27-year-old coach after multi-state search. Situation could have been cleared up quickly if only the coach had asked the teenager's mother for permission to date [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Homeless man offers to "watch' your car as you park near downtown Tampa restaurant at night. You ignore him. Q – What word does homeless man scratch on the hood of your automobile? [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » As God is my witness, I thought Santa Claus could fly [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Want to own a 25-year-old business? It will cost you an essay, and $100 [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Can your employer require you to come to work naked? Hopefully not if you're a Fark admin [Silly]
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Futility Closet » Recoupling
From reader Dave Lawrence: What is notable about these 14 sets of words? accost commit launch deeded adhere heckle silent versed ampere arrive angers theses chance ascent tester stored chaste ascend tinder seeded cohere heckle silent versed debase mucked refile stress demure riffle silent versed endure shelve riling nested forego recess gossip needed herein advice resins stones rebate locket career … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finland, Finland, Finland…it's been a century [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Naked Coffee owner confesses to stealing Old Soul Co. sign. Yes, if a naked man steals your soul, you're gonna need coffee from somewhere or other [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » "It's like, keep your hands to yourself. Like if you want to touch somebody, you have people on your side of the aisle that might like it. I don't," says State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-ightstupid) [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Chinese urban planners switch to plan B with ten lane thoroughfare after stubborn apartment block owner halts progress by refusing to sell [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Scientists, who've apparently never watched horror movies, plan to release genetically modified rats in Britian to help control rodents. Genetically modified cats, dogs, gorillas still in beta-testing [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Spanking can lead to relationship violence, (and orgasm) study says [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Great news, DC farkers, you can finally drive on I-66 during rush hour without an electric car or two passengers…you know, if you can afford the $35 toll [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida man accused of twin crimes of vandalizing mosque, wasting bacon [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Steven Spielberg: Ben Bradlee was my neighbor for years in East Hampton. He and his wife, Sally, would come over and we would have these soirees [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Man forced to cut Honduran vacation short after overbilling Social Security half a billion dollars [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » A fugitive shouting something about not killing his wife opens fire on cruisers outside of a Walmart. Eddie Wilson said to be shaken but uninjured [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Next on Ow My Balls: Not moving out? How about a kick in the groin [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » We assume that if he gets the job, he'll only fight non-white fires [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » If you can read this headline, please step forward. Not so fast, Californians [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Either a little English boy's waterproof camera has been found in Germany or the Royal Navy's reconnaissance office has had their budget slashed [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Ever wonder what happens to all those old Christmas trees that decorate Rockefeller Center? Jimmy Carter knows [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Small medium at large [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Mount Agung update: still not erupting [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » The Media screws-up again [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » "I don't understand why. Like, what is the purpose of it? And basically I don't know what is it" [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Tennis, anyone? [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Underwear bomber's skid marks trace straight to the CIA [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Papa Romano's pizza served with cheese, pepperoni, hepatitis A, and pineapple. Gross, who would want a pizza with pineapple on it? [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Bottomless buffet results in vomiting and diarrhea. Pants-wearing buffet has no problems [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Milwaukee is turning into a real life Grand Theft Auto [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Director of "A Christmas Carol" fired by DTC for inappropriate behavior, will get a visit tonight from 3 ghosts who will help him to change his ways [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Doctors said people who have smoked too much weed have been taken to hospital after suffering extreme bouts of 'scromiting' [Strange]
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