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 » Facebook drops the "disputed" flag intended to alert people to possible fake news–because their research has shown, in the minds of those that fall for such things, that flag just makes it MORE believable because THEY Say it's fake [Face
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Fark.com RSS » For your feel good story of the day, Maine waitress gets $200 tip. Oh, and John Travolta shops at TJ Maxx [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Alabama gets the first squadron of F-35 jets. Wonder what Alabama did to piss off the Air Force? [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Australian submarine wins the prize for being most "down under" thing in Australia [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Best grandparents ever. And I'm sure all will agree they deserve the "Hero" tag [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Shoulder driving coming to I-90. Jeez, and I get pulled over when I try to drive with my feet [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Canada spends as much on marijuana as on wine. Still lags behind on purchases of bacon, maple syrup and Labatt's [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these diamonds [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Man with a phobia of Warner Bros. cartoon character Tasmanian Devil accuses his father-in-law of wearing a toupee that looks like the cartoon, then chasing him around while wearing it [Silly]
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Fark.com RSS » Georgia Power decides to continue construction of Vogtle nuclear reactors just to get them to stop reciting their poetry [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Tennesseans won't be able to buy wine and liquor around the major holidays, repair Fark servers [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » T'was the night before Christmas and ahhhhhh [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » US life expectancy declines for the second year in a row. Creator of deep fried opiods mystified [Murica]
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Futility Closet » RSS Quiz
Another holiday challenge: The Royal Statistical Society’s 2017 Christmas quiz presents 13 problems that require general knowledge, logic, and lateral thinking but no particular math skills. For example: 4. CAN YOU DIG IT? [11 points] Identify the following from the clues. What do all ten answers have in common? A cockerel of human dimensions, performed by a prolific informer William’s … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Florida man accused of stealing $26,000 in gold bars from kitty litter box. Before you mock, ask yourself-when was the last time you dug through someone else's litter box looking for gold? [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Are you having a bad day? You should be, and not just because it's you [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Drunken road raging while driving a school bus full of kids is not something most of us would ever think of doing. This guy on the other hand, well, he said fark it, why not [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » All of Germany's submarines might be non-operational, but at least NATO can rely on Britain's storied Royal Navy to . . . be tied up at the pier. Crap [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » For the true carnivore this holiday season, Arby's is rewarding their meat lovers with limited-edition "Meat Sweats." Mmmmmm… Meat Sweats [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Retired police officer with terminal cancer gets big surprise for his last Christmas [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » Worst Korean businesswoman avoids jail time following airplane rage incident over packaged nuts. Best Koreans still unsure what is meant by "avoids jail time", "airplane" or "nuts" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » "If Silicon Valley green tech giants have their way, real meat will become an unaffordable carbon taxed luxury item eaten by the very rich. The rest of us will have to eat "meatless meat" – meat flavoured mashed vegetables, lab grown tiss
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Fark.com RSS » Maine Warden Service wants to warn everyone that the ice on lakes and ponds is still too thin to land a Maine Warden Service plane on [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » And yet another new source for FARK headlines [Misc]
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Weird Universe » Cigarette Perfume
From Etat Libre d'Orange. For women who actually want to smell like an ashtray.
Transparency in sophistication, just a trace of jasmine mingled with the so far neglected smell of a cigarette. Jasmin et Cigarette is the twilight zone, the banned, the addiction. She is an icon, the longed-for woman.
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this classic movie lobbycard [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » 8-year-old boy banned from Christmas concert because his hair was all Kid-n-Play [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » After accusing her of the crime before investigating it, Florida police now say they will not charge Venus Williams in fatal car crash [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » And the most influential person in the media is…Steve Doocy? [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Damn, Arizona. Just get your flu shot [Scary]
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Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #342
Nestle's = "Ness-uls" Down Under? Who the heck knew? In any case, girls sure do love chocolate-affiliated horoscopes, don't they? [Link]
Fark.com RSS » California's carbon cap helped reduce emissions by five percent, thanks to non-renewable energy [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman shoots neighbor's dog who then rushed the dog to the vet, who was also the neighbor who allegedly shot her dog. There's a complicated riddle in there somewhere [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Operation Three Stooges [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Fun-loving Canadian rich kid turns to murder, like one does when they're handed everything. Finally, a guy worse than Bieber [Sick]
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GraphJam » ROFLrazzi: Classic "30 Rock" Jokes as Infographics
Submitted by: (via Vulture) Tagged: 30 rock , categoryimage , funny , graph , infographic , NBC , TV Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » The Great Secret of Adulthood
Graph by: zagood Tagged: growing up , Line Graph , smart , teenagers Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » How Midwesterners see the U.S.
LoL by: euphgeek Tagged: americans , eskimos , hula , left wing , loonies , midwest , mountains , normal , old people , people , right wing , usa Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » They'd Be So Useful Today
Graph by: (via Pleated-Jeans) Tagged: buttons , facebook , wtf Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » The Trolling Pin
Graph by: ThatGuyWhoMakesThoseThings Tagged: 7 , bowling , Chart , infographic , pin , sports , trolling Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » People Who Email Me
Graph by: hobojo94 Tagged: big , computer , email , friends , internet , myspace , p33n , Pie Chart , spam Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » People Who Say "Back In My Day…"
Graph by: BobPowes Tagged: nostalgia , 90s kids , back in my day , graphs , funny Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Ping Pong Pie Chart
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: paddle , Pie Chart , ping pong , sport Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Are You Listening, Zuckerberg?
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GraphJam » I Should Probably Get This Tattooed Somewhere
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: dinner party , etiquette , How To , Maps , silverware Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Not the Lesson They Were Going For
Graph by: g3t0master Tagged: authority , best of week , homework , lesson , Pie Chart , school , truancy story Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » It Only Takes so Many Beers Before You Start Launching Them at People
Summer's here! Sit back, relax, and enjoy A Cheezburger Summer! Graph by: (via Bite) Tagged: 4th of july , beer , fireworks , holiday , Line Graph , summer Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » how trying to find a file online goes
Graph by: iwantzchezburger Tagged: broken , computer , file , find , flowchart , forum , google , internet , link , online , post , wait , yahoo answers Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » What Type of Math Class Is This?
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , equation , math , penguin , poo Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » What My grandparents do on their $1000 Computer
Graph by: qwerty121 Tagged: computer , expensive , games , grandparents , Pie Chart , solitaire , useful Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Chance of commercial break inturupting a story on CNN
Graph by: keybo93 Tagged: cnn , commercials , economy , interesting , interuption , news , story , swine flu , TV , war Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Just Drink the Damn Thing
Graph by: sixonefive72 Tagged: glass , optimism , perspective , pessimism Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » That's Life
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: expectations vs reality , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Survivability in Zombie Outbreaks
Survivability in Zombie Outbreaks Graph by: ComHop Tagged: army , attacks , boomsticks , guns , movies , survival , zombie Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Epic Typography: Daft Punk Portrait
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: art , chart art , daft punk , design , poster , typography Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » But At Least They Can Make Awesome Venn Diagrams
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: engineering , relationships , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
Fark.com RSS » 12 people injured as car mows down pedestrians outside Melbourne's Flinders Street station [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Couple decides selling four pounds of pot and using the proceeds to buy an SUV they saw on Craigslist is too much trouble and offer to trade instead. And it would've worked, too, if it hadn't had been for that meddling sheriff who owned the S
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Fark.com RSS » If you are attending a 'shop with a cop' program, you may want to think twice about shoplifting [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Because it's a nasty, inedible substance? [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » President Trump's Christmas cards are so big that he himself can't hold them in his small hands. Bonus: Either Melania Trump's handwriting is strangely similar to her husband's, or the President decided to sign for the First Lady as w
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Futility Closet » Unquote
“To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.” — Voltaire [Link]
Fark.com RSS » After the repeal of net neutrality, ISPs are doing exactly what you knew they would [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Police advise women to avoid rape by staying indoors or going outside only with an escort. Is it A: Saudi Arabia, B: Egypt, or C: Sweden? [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 659: "Seasons' Greetings 10". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]
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Fark.com RSS » Turns out, baby boomers ruined America. Sorry about the blame, millennials [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Tennessee man wrongly jailed for 31 years finally gets exonerated [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Judge declares mistrial over Nevada armed standoff by Cliven Bundy, sons Ryan, Ammon, militia leader Ryan Payne because federal prosecutors screwed up again [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Pft. Amateurs. This is a Monday morning for the average Farker [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Australian town reveals the world's first Sooooooooooooool Traaaaaaain [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Abominable Snowman arrested for drunk driving in Oregon, claims "Grinch set me up" [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Apparently Kim Jong Un sneaked into one of subby's family's previous Christmas parties [News]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this scuba Santa [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Man with world's longest penis now registered as disabled human tripod. (Not safe for work) [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Arizona, which was among the last states to observe Martin Luther King Day, may name freeway after him [Ironic]
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