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 » It's a common business situation: the toxic workplace is 'out of control,' managers are running back and forth without telling anyone anything, and everyone's locked down to limit the spread of radioactivity [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Man charged with DUI manslaughter after passenger ejected in Land O'Lakes crash. How the driver managed to stay inside the car while slicked down with butter, no one knows [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » A married hedge-funder wooed his beauty-pageant mistress with the promise of an ostrich farm in Uganda – only to gift her with an STD instead [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Net neutrality's impact on free porn could be significant, experts say. Seriously, EVERYONE PANIC [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Soldier driving by Seattle train crash as it happened rescues grandmother left hanging from train car window [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Oh yeah. War's a-comin': After Saudi forces shoot down a missile aimed at the royal palace launched by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, UAE's foreign minister says "with every Iranian missile launched it becomes clear that the storm is n
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Fark.com RSS » "I was standing up here waiting on the Madison bus on Western, and a guy came up naked," witness Lutisha Gibson said. "Before I knew it, he slapped a lady and walked across the street, then I heard a shot" [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Charlottesville police chief retires, plans to open Tiki bar [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Homeland Security agent points gun at boss during performance review. Well, I feel safer already [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this small step [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Which raises the question: What will we find at his house? [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » The Earth dodged at least six apocalypses in 2017 [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're in jail for drinking and driving, don't call your drunk friend to bail you out [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Russian cosmonaut says what space smells like [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Record-breaking baby born in East Tennessee spent 24 years as frozen embryo [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Amtrak's new high speed flying train was moving at high speed during crash [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » China unveils world's fastest, fully-armed Roomba [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Sea turtle found trapped in 800 kilos of floating cocaine. What the fark can even be said about that [Weird]
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Futility Closet » A Thoughtful Gift
University College London mathematician Matthew Scroggs has created a mathematical Christmas card for Chalkdust magazine. Solve 10 puzzles, convert the answers to base 3, write them in the grid, and color them accordingly to reveal a Christmassy picture. He’s provided both a PDF and an online version that will color the squares for you. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Good news, everyone: the government is going to let us start working with highly contagious germs again [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Day care worker accused of burning 5 toddlers with hot glue gun, will never finish that nativity scene now [Scary]
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Weird Universe » The prettiest Christmas dollies
From Mademoiselle magazine, 1970.
Reminds me of this.
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Fark.com RSS » 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house. Not a creature was sleeping for fear of being murdered in their beds by this hellish creature [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this departure to fun [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » "Hello. We are the Brussels Sprout Police. You have been accused of eating seven sprouts, 1 above the legal amount. Please do not resist and come with us down to the station" [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » What to do when Queen Elizabeth springs a leak? Depends [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » If you're going to shoot at a couple of power plant workers out in the middle of the desert, don't wear shoes made out of recycled tires that can easily be traced back to you [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Predatory payday loan style home loan refinancing vultures are targeting veterans for their ripoff schemes [PSA]
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Weird Universe » Tirza’s Wine Bath
The original Tirza was not always available, and so Mary Hood often substituted.
Source.
Source.
Source. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Daily Mail found the most stupidly tacky mansion in the Hollywood Hills and it's on sale for only $10 million [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Can't sleep, sheep will eat me [Scary]
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GraphJam » How Am I Supposed to Enjoy Being Sick Now?
Graph by: jasonrapper Tagged: school , sick , summer , weekend Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Being Attached to Characters is Tough
What was your most emotional character death? Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: literature , deaths , characters Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Shouldn't There Be Some Damage From the Crash?
Graph by: (via pancake face) Tagged: awesome , diagram , van , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Evolution of the Dog – From Wolf to Wag
Too small to read? Click and make it bigger! Graph by: GeorgeMason (via www.invisiblefence.com) Tagged: evolution , infographics , dogs , wolf Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Offensively Shaped Chocolate Is Always a Good Idea
Graph by: Gardevoir_Gurl (via Mint.com) Tagged: best of week , chocolate , christmas , gift , giving , holiday , holidays Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » We Can Dance If We Want To
Graph by: (via I Love Charts) Tagged: best of week , dance , mug , safety dance , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » What About Haunted Food?
Graph by: -Crow- Tagged: travel channel , ghosts , food Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Why It Sucks to be the IT Guy
Graph by: (via Daily Infographic ) Tagged: nerds , it , geeks , infographic Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » What Self Control?
Graph by: wieuboot Tagged: cookie jar , cookies , noms , Pie Chart , snacks Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Here's Another One to Put in the Overlap
Graph by: Rayquaza932 Tagged: Memes , venn diagram , proud Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Obnoxiousness of the chipmunk previews
Graph by: IamHasBob Tagged: animation , chipmunks , first , kill , Line Graph , movies , now , obnoxious , previews , second , sequels , third Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Dollar Signs for Eyes
Graph by: MAN-BEAR-PIG Tagged: antiques roadshow , Pie Chart , price , television Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Learn to Take a Hint
Graph by: danielfillmore Tagged: annoying , life , people , Pie Chart , storytelling Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » That's When I Hit the Imaginary Brakes
Graph by: (via Invisible Bread) Tagged: terror , car , driving , passenger , brakes Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » I Sure Wish I Had Her Backpack
Graph by: tapemonster Tagged: dora the explorer , Pie Chart , spanish , swiper , television Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Frodo Leads an Interesting Life
Graph by: maggie9936 Tagged: frodo , Lord of the Rings , falling Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » This Is Why I Graph
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: april fools , rap , this is why , Video Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Who Changed the Channel?
Graph by: blacqwolf Tagged: Bar Graph , channel , remote controls , TV Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » They'll Never See It Coming
Graph by: (via Pleated Jeans) Tagged: battery acid , best of week , breakfast , nickleback , oj Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » What Do Your Glasses Say About You?
Graph by: (via Reading Glasses Hopper) Tagged: best of week , glasses , personality , spectacles Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Can't You See I'm In the Zone?
Graph by: jibsie Tagged: annoying , headphones , Music , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Untitled
via : Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/commen~ Graph by: Unknown Tagged: cake , dancing , friends , Pie Chart , presents , shotguns , weddings Share on Facebook [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Apparently, if you go to Colombia and break several majors laws for five years, they just give you a plane ticket home [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Canadian death panel decides to ruin Christmas [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » "Medical marijuana is safe in Arizona" [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Disney's Hall of Presidents unleashes animatronic Donald Trump [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Old and busted: Wall Street tycoons ruining everything. The New Hotness: Technology tycoons ruining everything. Sensing a pattern here – it's almost as if… the richest… become the most detached from society… and that they need a smackdown [
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Fark.com RSS » You would expect an airline to not give a damn about a major traffic issue like the train crash in Washington. But then you wouldn't be Alaska Airlines [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Let's look at what most American History classes aren't teaching [Murica]
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Futility Closet » Charlestonese
While writing for the Charleston News and Courier, journalist Frank Gilbreth Jr. made a study of the local language. “Although, as everyone knows, Charlestonians speak perfect English,” he wrote, “residents of many other sections of the United States unfortunately do not. Ironically, these sloppy talkers from elsewhere complain sometimes, while visiting the Holy City, that they cannot understand the pure … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Draining the swamp in California. Trump gets to pick a new judge for the 9th Circuit. Pervert Alex Kozinski retires abruptly after being called out for being a sexual deviant [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Rape kits tested. News: 11,341 that were abandoned. Fark: 817 serial rapists identified. Ultrafark: In one county [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » End of days comes for Ohio man's 'zombie Nativity' scene [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » You think Uber has issues in the US [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » You can get hired as an unarmed security guard for the 2018 Super Bowl. Yes, really. You. And me. And Bob [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Please note: calling the police to raid your own house may have consequences [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Child porn found on man's cell phone. His face considered probable cause [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Nevada wants a quick review of the execution drugs scheduled to be used on death row inmate–seems they're about to expire. Maybe we could test it on some hipsters; they love old stuff [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Scientists propose new method of detecting planets orbiting Alpha Centauri. Although how we're supposed to build a ship and get settlers there before the game ends in 2020 remains a mystery [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Good news, everyone. Eating more than a half serving a day of red meat is no longer bad for you. Subby and his dog both want steak [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Now all they need is a 100-foot-long match [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » I'm not saying it was a UFO, but it was probably a UFO [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The beginner's guide to edibles – not that Farkers need a beginner's guide, but maybe your grandma would be interested [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » For all of you who say you want a porg, do you really want to clean up after the thing? Tear yourself away from the Star Wars thread, it's the Weekly Weird News Quiz 12/9-12/15 Hot Dog Edition [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this high-flying daredevil [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Come one, come all, to the Edison Mall, for the XMas brawl. 4 vs 1. Big vs small. At the Edison Mall we have it all. Come see a mom with a stroller kick a woman in the face, then abandon the child for a beat down race [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Attorney visited jail to make porn with inmate, sheriff says. (w/ mugshots) [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Have any plans to eat placenta over the holidays? You might want to read this first. And also not do that [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » FARK 2017 On Paul's Memory Bank tonight (8PM ET) a musical (mostly) tribute to some who passed during 2017 [Live]
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Fark.com RSS » Embarrassing: Being caught by police behind a shopping plaza while on a date. FARK: Your date is only 11 years old. Double-FARK: Your date is also a relative [Sick]
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