John Gordon Ross

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 » One of the last Dead Sea Scrolls fragments has been translated. Reports indicate it's the final section of a larger passage, consisting of "And then the murders began" [Interesting]

Monday 22 January 23:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Who wants the Dodge Demon to be banned because it has too much horsepower? A) Bicyclists, B) Mothers, or C) The editors at Automotive News? [Strange]

Monday 22 January 23:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Aaaaand, he signed it [Spiffy]

Monday 22 January 23:16:33 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Florida mall pipe bombs downgraded to flares [Followup]

Monday 22 January 22:24:35 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this leaner [Photoshop]

Monday 22 January 21:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Fark can finally get behind the Tide pod challenge. Yes, there is booze involved [Spiffy]

Monday 22 January 20:05:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Rare "Super Blue Blood Moon" coming on January 31, for the first time in 150 years. Finally, a chance for all the aristocratic lycanthropes to let their hair down [Interesting]

Monday 22 January 19:50:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Elon, you drive, I've been drinking [Asinine]

Monday 22 January 19:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Senate overwhelmingly votes to reopen the government as Democrats take McConnell at his word that they will fix DACA [News]

Monday 22 January 18:41:39 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » The FAA has a fix for reducing noise from planes flying over some neighborhoods: have planes fly over other neighborhoods [Facepalm]

Monday 22 January 18:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Alabamans hold candlelit vigil after Taco Bell burns down: "Waffle House is open, but if you really want to get full, you've got to have 10 dollars. Sometimes you don't have that" [Obvious]

Monday 22 January 18:20:05 UTC 2018

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Futility Closet » Please Help!

Monday 22 January 18:14:58 UTC 2018

This website is supported entirely by its readers. If you value it, please consider making a contribution to help keep it going. You can make a one-time donation on our Support Us page, or you can pledge a monthly contribution to get bonus posts and other rewards. Thanks for your support, and thanks for reading! Greg [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Doughnut-eating champ charged with stealing from Dunkin' [Dumbass]

Monday 22 January 17:50:06 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Article no longer available [Interesting]

Monday 22 January 17:35:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Fark NotNewsletter: Attack of the pod people [FarkBlog]

Monday 22 January 17:30:08 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Headlines Of The Week for Sun 2018-01-14 to Sat 2018-01-20 [FarkBlog]

Monday 22 January 17:30:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Unexpected windfall has me pondering the purchase of a 72lb wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. I want to hear the pros and cons before making my purchase and you guys look like you know your way around a massive cheese wheel [PSA]

Monday 22 January 17:18:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Who should you call if you encounter an extraterrestrial? Not sure, but definitely NOT the NYPD [Interesting]

Monday 22 January 16:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Not News: Worst Koreans burn pic of Best Korea's leader. News: As leader of Best Korean girl band visits. FARK: Best Korea has a girl band. ULTRA-FARK: The name of the girl band. GET A BRAIN…DUUUUDE [Interesting]

Monday 22 January 15:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Villagers mistake frozen aeroplane poo for asteroid, take pieces home to keep, regret speaking to local media [Facepalm]

Monday 22 January 15:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Train uses pickup truck as snowplow [Scary]

Monday 22 January 15:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Man who pretended to be anesthesiologist at California hospital is really a 27-year-old Iraqi national with a Swedish passport who entered the U.S. on a visa that expired last month. Or Stephen Miller's erotic fanfic? [Dumbass]

Monday 22 January 14:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » How do you keep a Vermont stoner in suspense? [Amusing]

Monday 22 January 14:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this Levitating Lady [Photoshop]

Monday 22 January 14:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Man walks into convenience store with gunshot wound to the head, barely makes the news since it's in Cleveland [Scary]

Monday 22 January 13:35:03 UTC 2018

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Weird Universe » Men’s Fashion Week

Monday 22 January 13:17:47 UTC 2018

Men's fashion week just wrapped up in Paris. Some of the new looks that fashionable men will soon be sporting are below. Check out the full gallery at the Houston Chronicle.

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Fark.com RSS » Convicted felon guy has the bad luck of having a person or persons break in his house and leave a gun, lots of money and 10 lbs of weed hidden above the ceiling tiles just minutes before the sheriff showed up with a warrant. Doh [Scary]

Monday 22 January 12:20:05 UTC 2018

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Weird Universe » Jill Huntley, Mistress of the Half and Half Dance

Monday 22 January 11:53:00 UTC 2018

As we can learn from reading the history of the term, a "half and half dance" originally involved a simple bipartite costume, one half male, one half female. But then in Burlesque, the act morphed into dancing with an actual dummy partner.

You can read about the mistress of this mode, Jill Huntley, here.

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Fark.com RSS » Bats of Walmart [Creepy]

Monday 22 January 11:41:51 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Police had a sign there was a drunk driver [Dumbass]

Monday 22 January 10:57:50 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Donald Trump will no doubt be pleased to hear his name is the world's most popular safeword, narrowly winning over "red" and, of course, "FLÜGGÅƎNKƋEČHIŒ~ [Unlikely]

Monday 22 January 9:38:27 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » No real person would be good enough to date one of Obama's daughters. So Malia found a loophole. She is now dating Harry Potter [Amusing]

Monday 22 January 8:44:41 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » That's Why My Pokemon Have Names Like 'Diarrhea'

Monday 22 January 8:12:58 UTC 2018

Graph by: pokemonmaster987 Tagged: bathroom , diarrhea , Pie Chart , Pokémon , toilet Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Not A Fan of Oompa Loompas Either, I'm Guessing

Monday 22 January 8:12:54 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Here We Go Again

Monday 22 January 8:12:53 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » And Then Losing All Faith in Humanity

Monday 22 January 8:12:48 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » It Makes Taking Notes Interesting

Monday 22 January 8:12:44 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Got to Sample Some Great Smog

Monday 22 January 8:12:42 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Talking speeds

Monday 22 January 8:12:39 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Show and Tell

Monday 22 January 8:12:37 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » SOPA: Clogging Up your Tubes

Monday 22 January 8:12:36 UTC 2018

In all seriousness – this bill could change the the Internet as we know it. Twitter, YouTube, and yes, even Memebase would be affected. Make your voice heard, and stop this before it starts. Submitted by: daeke0 (via americancensorship.org) Tagged: best of week Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Sexytimes Are the Best of Times

Monday 22 January 8:12:33 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Sideburns: Windows to the Soul

Monday 22 January 8:12:29 UTC 2018

Source: Dog House Diaries Graph by: Unknown Tagged: best of week , facial hair , personality , sideburns , soul , window Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » They'll Never Know

Monday 22 January 8:12:25 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » When Guests Arrive

Monday 22 January 8:12:22 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » I Have the Transcript Here…

Monday 22 January 8:12:20 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Will my kids eat this?

Monday 22 January 8:12:19 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » I'm Thirsty!

Monday 22 January 8:12:14 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » And That Infomercial Product Looks Incredibly Useful

Monday 22 January 8:12:13 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » ♫ We like the malls, the malls that go boom. ♫ [Florida]

Monday 22 January 7:06:46 UTC 2018

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Futility Closet » Podcast Episode 186: The Children’s Blizzard

Monday 22 January 7:00:45 UTC 2018

In January 1888, after a disarming warm spell, a violent storm of blinding snow and bitter cold suddenly struck the American Midwest, trapping farmers in fields, travelers on roads, and hundreds of children in schoolhouses with limited fuel. In this week’s episode of the Futility Closet podcast we’ll describe the Children’s Blizzard, one of the most harrowing winter storms in … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Local TV news crew inadvertently runs into local TV news story [Scary]

Monday 22 January 6:38:26 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Something Fark has known for quite some time, squirrels are clearly the best rodents around. Big nads and all [Obvious]

Monday 22 January 5:14:46 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Protesting is a right. Protesting while naked is a choice. Protesting while naked and chaining yourselves to the gates of Auschwitz is 1.1 million kinds of farked up [Dumbass]

Monday 22 January 4:58:45 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » If you're going to donate a can of Campbell Soup to the homeless, make sure it's really soup and not just a can you keep $2,500 in [Awkward]

Monday 22 January 4:38:56 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Suspected butane honey oil lab leads to home explosion and farkers Googling "Butane honey oil lab" [Facepalm]

Monday 22 January 4:23:47 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Lawyers for Ohio convict who survived lethal injection now pushing for death by firing squad [Followup]

Monday 22 January 4:22:46 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Design a flag for a unified Korean winter olympic team to compete under (LGT sample-but-not-required starting image) [Photoshop]

Monday 22 January 1:30:01 UTC 2018

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