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 » Man spends seven hours filling up shopping cart with thousands of dollars worth of products, then while wheeling it out the door it gets stuck in snow and tips over. Bonus: He drops his wallet running away. Double bonus: 'Yeah, I'm an idiot&#
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Fark.com RSS » Entitled snowflakes refuse to tear down a treehouse and hope the SCOTUS will review their appeal. Here's the kicker: the article does not involved an HOA or Millennials, but the Florida tag yields to the Dumbass tag [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Illinois introduces some civility to divorce. This is important because it's easy to let emotion get in the way of… YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE THE DOG, LINDA [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » So now that everyone's caught back up on work from the holidays, it's time for the Fark Weird News Quiz 12/23-12/29 I Still Have Leftover Turkey Edition [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » When seeking insurance money to renovate your house, you can light a match, or you can Airbnb it to a 23-year-old on New Year's Eve. As long as you sternly specify "No Parties," it will all look totally legit [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » American pot industry's reaction to Sessions' moves on legalized weed has quickly gone from "everybody panic" to "well, you know that's just like, your opinion, man" [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The process for renewing a dog license begins with a letter and ends with a criminal record [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this submersible keg [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » How to explain science to people who aren't scientists. Here comes the science [Interesting]
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Futility Closet » Apt
The letters in OVERSUFFICIENTLY can be rearranged to spell the English number names for 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 15, 40, 45, 47, 50, 51, 57, 70, and 74. The letters in A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE can spell 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 30, 31, 33, 35, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Contrary to the claims of a recently published USA Today article, libraries are not about to disappear. If only the authors had a place they could go to get help with their research [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Godspeed, John Young [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Man walks dog … for 6,200 miles [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Want to live in the healthiest city in the United States? Hope you like living surrounded by people who have really large families, and never drink alcohol or coffee, smoke, or use drugs [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The fastest way to defog your windshield outside the lemon juice trick [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » The bad news is unless you live in Florida you didn't win the $450 million Mega Millions jackpot last night. The good news is that tonight's Powerball is up to $570 million [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » "Durr hurr, it's cold outside so that means global warming is a myth." Meanwhile in Australia, it's so hot the roads are literally melting [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Today's teenagers are not only listening to music you don't like, wearing clothes you think look stupid, and using slang you don't understand, they're also not boinking, smoking, or using drugs like you used to, either [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » If you've misplaced your miniature horse, Florida authorities would really like a word with you [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Want to make your pancakes the hit of the household? Most websites would make you click a link to learn the one secret trick, but here we'll just tell you: use coconut oil. (But feel free to click the link to find out why) [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » No, living in cold weather does not make you smarter because if you were smarter you wouldn't be living in cold weather [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Ex-prisoners talk about their most brutal cellmate: "I told him J.R.R. Tolkien didn't invent elves. He told me to close the door. I knew he wanted to fight" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » In Baltimore, the schools are closed for lack of heat. Which means that kids don't get to eat. Skipping breakfast, lunch and dinner, children will be getting thinner [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this good boy and hero [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Planes collide on Canada airport tarmac. Airport communications systems overwhelmed by apologies [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » Smoking Ants
The earliest report I can find of people in the Persian Gulf smoking ants is the one below, from 1994. But news stories have continued to report this practice. This one from 2008 explains that it's specifically the red samsun ant that's smoked, and explains, "Smoking the red ant gives a similar sensation to smoking marijuana and sniffing glue because … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » It takes a village to rescue a trapped kitten on Caturday [Caturday]
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Fark.com RSS » Take the party elsewhere: Woman arrested after taking drinks from bar, dancing on stage [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Trump reads a book [News]
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Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #345
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Fark.com RSS » "Memphis mega-church pastor admits he molested a minor days before his 'True Love Waits' workshop" [Creepy]
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GraphJam » You're All Acting Like Animals
Graph by: Ryan Tagged: democrats , repubicans , animals , politics Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » It's Nice to Dream
Graph by: Mhauke88 Tagged: arts and crafts , interwebs , pinterest , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Reasons Kids Listen to Classic Rock
LoL by: i_generally_amaze_myself Tagged: classic rock , Guitar Hero , Music , video game Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Time Spent Washing the Balls: None
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: pie charts , beer pong , graphs , funny Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Why people use free trials
Graph by: DonutsRGoood Tagged: free , Pie Chart , product , trials , try , use Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Brain, Y U No Let Me Sleep!?
Graph by: jtest27 Tagged: Pie Chart , school , sleep , weekends , Y U NO Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Do You Think This Is a Game?!
According to this chart, yes. Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: salary , basketball , football Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Y U No Use Memes Properly!?
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: college memes , misused , venn diagram , y u no meme Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Likelihood of Being Splashed
Graph by: ProfessorOak Tagged: Bar Graph , pool , pooping , shamu , splash , toliet Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Uses of "click here if your browser doesn't automatically redirect you"
Graph by: Metu Tagged: automatic , browser , click , computer , internet , Pie Chart , redirect Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » At Least I'll Never Run Out of Stone Pickaxes
Graph by: RPO Tagged: minecraft , pick axe , Pie Chart , video games Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Cricket? Lol, That's a Bug, Not a Sport
Graph by: (via www.marriedtothesea.com) Tagged: america , britain , bug , cricket , sports Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Short and Sassy, and Sanitary!
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: attraction , food , hair , long hair , men , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Well, That's Something
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Pie Chart , procrastination , self referential , today Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » That's Not True. That's Impossible!
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GraphJam » Ten Artists Favorite Colors
Graph by: (via Arthur Buxton) Tagged: artists , favorite color , painting , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Who's Got the Money for That?
Graph by: buckles_b (via Bite) Tagged: date night , Movie , Popcorn , mortgage Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Don't You Dare Apply It to This Chart!
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: flow chart , Rule 34 , rules , rules of the internet Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Drunk vs Funny
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: drunk , Line Graph Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Beheading vs. Balding
Graph by: (via Pleated Jeans) Tagged: balding , beheading , middle aged , middle ages Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » There Is Always Some Truth In Jest
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: graphs , how it works , infographic , jokes , pie charts Share on Facebook [Link]
GraphJam » Who we're lying to
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: Bar Graph , bishop , dad , dentist , lying , mom , ourselves Share on Facebook [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Tough guy gets attacked by vicious bob-kitty [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Speed camera van set on fire. Suspects include everybody [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » To the befuddlement of the Copenhagen police the world's most expensive vodka bottle has been found but the vodka is gone [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Bad guy with a knife stopped by good guy with a chair [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark-ready headline of the day [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » Black unemployment rate lowest it's been since 1972 [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Masturbating man's meth mess [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember the police chief that blew his arm off with fireworks? He's back, and this time he was trying to get a minor to light his bottle rocket, if you know what I mean [Creepy]
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Fark.com RSS » "What are you going to do about it, shoot me?" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman rescued from Foulweather Bluff, says she had no idea conditions could go downhill so quickly [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » "Police say they have 'massive concerns' over the wellbeing of a man who was sent flying by a car – which he then crawled into moments later" (with video) [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Man marries his wife's daughter. Not his ex-wife's. Bigamy charges may be the least of his problems [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Judge rules playing Mormon music is not enough probable cause for a drug search, sales of the Tabernacle Choir's Greatest Hits skyrocket [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Trucker measures 12' 6" overpass with 12' 9" semi [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » United States announces that it will not be competing in the 'Synchronized Aerial Intimidation' event at the 2018 Olympics [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » You know you are having a bad day when: A) You have bottles of prescription medicine, and a growler of alcohol in your car, B) You lead the police on a 118 MPH chase and they catch you, C) There is a dead body in your trunk, or D) All of the above [D
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Fark.com RSS » Cognitive dissonance, drunk driving edition [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman plans to marry Tetris after relationship with calculator breaks down. Apparently, the problems kept multiplying and after a while things just didn't add up [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Sheriff investigates itself and finds no mistreatment was occurring at its jail. Also claims detainees have cell keys and can leave at any time. Seriously [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Manatees take refuge from the cold in Florida. Wake up drunk and naked on a couch at a stranger's house [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Foot. Long. French Fries. TAKE MY MONEY 💵 💵 💵 [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Man hijacks train, thinks he's the Juggernaut [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this waterfall [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » In other news, there actually were some restaurants in South Florida without health code violations [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman sues hospital, doctor after experiencing severe case of clamps [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Hedgehog goes on a diet. This is not about Ron Jeremy's New Year resolutions [Silly]
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