Whittle It a Little, It’ll Fit

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 » Third ugly ass baby giraffe born at Abilene zoo in four months. In other news the giraffes at the Abilene zoo are scoring more than you are [Sappy]

Sunday 14 January 22:32:33 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » When you insist on mooning people in public, be prepared to be the butt of jokes [Florida]

Sunday 14 January 21:37:24 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this command centre [Photoshop]

Sunday 14 January 21:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » What rolls down the track / Built by lumberjack / And over your neighbor's dog? / What's terribly fast / And prob'ly won't last / It's log log log [Weird]

Sunday 14 January 20:39:54 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Good news, everyone: The Iranian oil tanker is no longer on fire. There's also some bad news [Followup]

Sunday 14 January 20:31:11 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Drug charges against all but one of the 65 people arrested at a lingerie birthday party in Georgia dropped [Followup]

Sunday 14 January 20:18:45 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Shots fired outside Chuck E. Cheese after fight breaks out inside. What is it about that restaurant chain? [Scary]

Sunday 14 January 19:42:53 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » And they think we will be able to handle flying cars [Scary]

Sunday 14 January 19:18:43 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Ongoing court case illustrates troubles canceling gym membership [Obvious]

Sunday 14 January 19:11:53 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Police are searching for vandals who left bizarre notes referencing "World War Three" and "the Rapture" in mailboxes after cutting phone/Internet cables [Strange]

Sunday 14 January 18:16:39 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » While you've been stocking up on snacks for the playoff games or hunkered in your basement command center for a holiday weekend's worth of gaming, this 60 year old cancer survivor just completed her very first Ironman [Spiffy]

Sunday 14 January 17:06:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » It's not quite the zombie plague, but this year's H3N2 flu strain is so nasty you might just wish you could turn into a brainless unfeeling creature if you end up catching the bug [Sick]

Sunday 14 January 16:06:06 UTC 2018

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Weird Universe » Cool Breeze

Sunday 14 January 15:52:04 UTC 2018

"Cool Breeze is cold business!"

Extra points for the lead actor's extra-juicy name: Thalmus Rasulala.

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Fark.com RSS » France seeks UN protection … for baguettes? [Silly]

Sunday 14 January 15:49:25 UTC 2018

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Weird Universe » Breadwoman

Sunday 14 January 15:00:00 UTC 2018

Breadwoman is a character who wears rags and a loaf of bread on her head while she dances to electronic music. She was created in the mid-1980s by performance artist Anna Homler, apparently having emerged from Homler's "background as an anthropologist and her inexplicable desire to wear bread." Although Breadwoman's mask was originally a hollowed-out loaf of bread, it's now … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Oh my God! See lions attacking swimmers in San Francisco Bay! Oh, sorry, I mean sea lions are attacking swimmers in San Francisco Bay. Wait, that's not much better [Scary]

Sunday 14 January 14:44:21 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Frog the rooster runs to greet Savannah when the school bus drops her off. Wolf waits patiently nearby, unconcerned about the confusing names [Cool]

Sunday 14 January 14:28:19 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "This is your Captain speaking, we apologize for the rough landing, but we are safely on the ground. Please now close your window to avoid seeing the side of the cliff we are hanging off and we hope you had a pleasant flight" [Scary]

Sunday 14 January 14:20:23 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this…um, whatever this is [Photoshop]

Sunday 14 January 14:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » CSB Sunday: The worst thing you ever broke [CSB]

Sunday 14 January 14:00:00 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Glamour model girlfriend of UKIP leader claims Prince Harry's 'black American' fiancee will 'taint' the Royal Family with 'her seed' and pave the way for a 'black king' [Facepalm]

Sunday 14 January 13:57:09 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Leader of the white supremacist gang Public Enemy No 1 shanked in a CA prison, probably by members of the affiliated Aryan Brotherhood who…wait there was a gang whose initials were PEN1?? [Interesting]

Sunday 14 January 11:59:00 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Gallant finds another route past the house fire so firefighters can do their job. Entitled Douchebag guns it and drives over the hoses, putting everyone at risk [Dumbass]

Sunday 14 January 11:43:00 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » For the first time, the 3 best-selling beers in America are light beers. Don't people realize they have less alcohol? [PSA]

Sunday 14 January 10:15:00 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » I'll Be Having a Very Merry Christmas

Sunday 14 January 9:57:43 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Your Favorite Color Must Be Green

Sunday 14 January 9:57:42 UTC 2018

How People View Me irish Pie Chart scottish - 5310133248 Graph by: Fluffymysyery Tagged: How People View Me , irish , Pie Chart , scottish Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Will It Shred, That Is the Question

Sunday 14 January 9:57:40 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » At Any Given Time of the Day, Someone is Watching a Sunset

Sunday 14 January 9:57:34 UTC 2018

sunsets time inforaphic - 7888308992 Graph by: neomam Tagged: sunsets , time , inforaphic Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » More Like Holiday Hobbit Eating Habits

Sunday 14 January 9:57:33 UTC 2018

eating food christmas holiday Pie Chart - 7960458752 Graph by: kveprek Tagged: eating , food , christmas , holiday , Pie Chart Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » And Really Only if NPH Hosted

Sunday 14 January 9:57:32 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » "I Didn't Even Proofread It"

Sunday 14 January 9:57:31 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Chart of the Day

Sunday 14 January 9:57:27 UTC 2018

Chart graph - 6866806272 Slackstory editor Nick Douglas compares and contrasts things that he pretends to know of vs. things that he really knows about. Submitted by: (via Slacktory) Tagged: Chart , graph Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Video Games May Have Warped Our Perspective

Sunday 14 January 9:57:22 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » cellphone plans

Sunday 14 January 9:57:21 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Might as Well Be Empty

Sunday 14 January 9:57:16 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Scrap Metal or Sensational Motorbike?

Sunday 14 January 9:57:15 UTC 2018

Dumb and Dumber motorbike goldeneye easy rider - 7734040320 Movies and motorcycles go together like PB&J – but not every film gets the biker archetype right. In fact, some movies seem hell bent on destroying it for everyone. So which movie motorcycles are iconic masterpieces and which should be forcibly destroyed? We've passed our verdict – do you agree? Graph by: Emily Buchanan (via www.bikesure.co.uk) Tagged: Dumb and Dumber … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Chinese-made cameras installed at a US Army base in Missouri have been removed because of potential 'negative perception' surrounding the equipment. That and there's the possibility that the Chinese government is watching [Interesting]

Sunday 14 January 8:10:21 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » WATCH: Chilling video appears to show terrified Hawaiians hiding their kids in storm drains while Trump golfed [Sad]

Sunday 14 January 2:43:56 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Trump apparently shocked, SHOCKED to find out not every person on welfare is black. "Really? Then what are they?" [Asinine]

Sunday 14 January 2:03:36 UTC 2018

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John Gordon Ross

A Man for All Reasons