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 » Woman who beat up pregnant neighbor is the hardest 36-year-old you'll see today (with mugshot) [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Florida Man back in jail after his 344th arrest. "Amateur," Henry Earl sneers from the past [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Men-only black-tie charity dinner described as highly inappropriate with "hands up skirts, hands on bums" which raises the question of why so many men were wearing skirts [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » DA reaffirms your right to shoot into crowds of kids for walking across your lawn as long as you're a cop [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » If your mailman drives a Maserati, it might be a good idea to see if any credit cards are missing from your mail [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Remember those gag snake-in-a-can joke gifts? The live action version is not as amusing [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » It's always good to see someone start a new career, but maybe 'police composite sketch artist' is a bit too close to 'Disneyland caricature sketch artist' to work [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Pro-tip. If you are going to steal people's Social Security benefits, you might not want to send your ex-girlfriend a picture of you posing with the cash [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » Not news: Family buys obituary that appeared in the local newspaper detailing the life of Big Mama. Fark: Big Mama was a pet chicken [Silly]
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Futility Closet » Prior Art
On Sept. 14, 1964, a Kuwaiti freighter capsized, drowning its cargo of sheep and threatening to contaminate the drinking water of Kuwait City. To raise the ship quickly, Danish inventor Karl Krøyer proposed using a tube to fill it with buoyant bodies. Accordingly, 27 million plastic balls were airlifted from Berlin and pumped into the freighter’s hold, and on Dec. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "Fancy Bear" the same Russian government-connected hackers responsible for the DNC hack and many others has struck again. This time hacking into and releasing a large cache of documents belonging to..The International Luge Federation? Huh? [S
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this guy whose like, 500% cooler than any of you [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » We may not know what happened to the Zuma satellite, but we do know there's a disco ball in orbit now [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Scientists successfully clone macaques, obvious joke goes here [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » NSA updates its mission statement to be more honest and truthful [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Fox viewer: Hey lady: You have big ugly legs. Fox weather anchor: I have multiple sclerosis so I'm thankful every day that I can walk. But I'll share your nice comment with everyone, 'k? Bless your heart [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Over-burdened and under-staffed prison medical system gets a new sports physician for the next 40 – 175 years [NewsFlash]
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Fark.com RSS » Car insurers accused of discriminating against people with Hotmail accounts. You submitted this with a better headline from an AOL dial-up account [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Elementary school P. E. teacher in jail after threatening to murder every kid in school, possibly by making them climb that goddamn rope in gym class [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Duckworth set to be first Senator to have a baby in office. Unclear why she refuses to do it at a hospital [Repeat]
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Fark.com RSS » Look, just because the valet mistakenly gives you the keys to a $300K Ferrari, that doesn't mean you get to keep it [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » ISIS, which has totally been defeated, believe me, attacks Save the Children [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Deland man accused of putting child in deoven [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » ♪ And the Pacific fell down, down, down…into a burning Ring of Fire. And the frequency of earthquakes and eruptions only climbed higher. In that Ring of Fire. ♪ [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » You mean New Orleans wasn't a giant LARPing playground already? [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Wisconsin takes its first steps toward full legalization of… never mind [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » 'I love you. You love me. I'm a sex guru, not Barney.' [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Troll Hole Museum is the name of my Courtney Love cover band [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » Usually neighbor disputes work themselves out, don't lead to well-planned, public executions on front lawns. And then there's this guy [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: The next social media trend after the "Tide Pod Challenge" has run its course [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » What is better than warm bagels and cute puppies? How about an Instagram dedicated to the puppies that come through the drive-up at this bagel shop? This is your Woofday Wetnose Wednesday thread [Sappy]
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Weird Universe » Librarian Strikes Back
In February 1961, Harold Roth, director of the East Orange Library in New Jersey, made news by having arrest warrants made out for 14 people with overdue books. The degree of overdueness ranged from four months to one year. But what really attracted attention was the manner of the arrests. The police showed up at many of the houses around … [Link]
Weird Universe » Boarding School Girls at Coney Island
I cannot believe that rolling drum ride… [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Turns out, teenagers in ancient Greece were just as surly and moody as today's teens. They also spent just as much time staring at their tablets, too [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after. Ursula K Le Guin dead at 88 [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » In the near future housewives may be using mushrooms to clean their laundry, unlock the Tenth Enlightenment of Vishnu [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Pig farmer who killed forty-nine prostitutes, turned them into mincemeat, and sold the remains to customers in his shop expresses remorse he didn't get to hit number fifty [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Giant Meteor campaign ad scheduled for Super Bowl Sunday [Video]
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Fark.com RSS » One more thing that's backfired on Trump: Pro-shark charities are seeing a spike in donations [Amusing]
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GraphJam » Too Hip to Be a Square
Graph by: evilweasel24 Tagged: How People View Me , marching band , SpongeBob SquarePants Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Are You Qualified to Be a World Cup Referee?
Are You Qualified to Be a World Cup Referee? Graph by: ArgyleEd Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Big Ideas
Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: atoms , cool , idea , infographic , time , Video Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » My Heartthrob
Graph by: Tagged: best of week , crushes , electrocardiographs , hearts , Line Graph Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Your Nose Is Gross, Man
Graph by: Unknown Tagged: gross , Line Graph , sick , snot , tissue Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Your Beautiful Eyes
Graph by: stugil Tagged: Awkward , food , Pie Chart , sexytimes , thinking Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Let's Just Pray They Never Figure This Out
Graph by: Elite4_Maddy Tagged: cockroaches , nokia 3310 , nuclear war , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » You Got Weird at 40.
Graph by: dkegley870 Tagged: 40 , sexy times , parents Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Taste in Movies
Graph by: mvp6794 Tagged: Blood , horror , movies , musicals , serial killers , taste , venn diagram Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Maybe It'll Just Appear
Or that old take-out will grow edible mold… Graph by: kay8680 Tagged: food , fridge , hungry , Pie Chart Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Green Means Wait, Yellow Means Go?
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GraphJam » Time for Bed
Graph by: StarsHallelujah Tagged: enjoyment , late night , Line Graph , talk shows Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » WOO! DEBT!
Graph by: ebondefender Tagged: credit card , mastercard , debt , funny Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » Well, That's an Interesting Fact
Graph by: (via Reddit) Tagged: murder , internet explorer Share on Facebook
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GraphJam » But What Did It Accomplish?
Graph by: skppy1225 Tagged: NYPD , Occupy Wall Street , Pie Chart , Protest Share on Facebook
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Fark.com RSS » For once, common sense rules after a judge says you are not sexually exploiting your small children by taking pictures of them in the bathtub [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » ♪ It's log-in, log-in, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood. If you don't know your password, you really really should ♪ [Facepalm]
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Fark.com RSS » Georgia State athlete suspended from girls' soccer team withdraws from school for posting racial slur online. Threatening people planning to report her posts probably didn't help her case [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Man decides to go on an incompetent killing spree [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Black and White
By Octave H. Chatillon. White to mate in two moves. SelectClick for Answer 1. Qa7! followed by 2. Qe7#. From La Presse, 1895. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Gymnast Mattie Larson gave her victim impact statement in the Dr. Nassar case today. She says she abruptly left the sport after winning her national championship because of him, and a USA gymnastics rep was in the room WHILE he was molesting her [Sic
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Fark.com RSS » Now THAT'S a trainwreck. A sexy, sexy trainwreck [Giggity]
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Fark.com RSS » Hillary is up to her old tricks again [News]
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Fark.com RSS » How many times do we have to tell you, if you have 476lbs of pot in your vehicle then at least try not to drive like an idiot [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Rep. Jerry "Nads" Nadler has seen the classified materials Nunes is lying about. "Those materials tell a very different story than the conspiracy theory concocted by Chairman Nunes" [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Think you're having a nice private affair on Tinder? Think again [Awkward]
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Fark.com RSS » Pit bull alerts home owner to propane gas leak inside Long Island home. It's the one time that it was actually OK to blame gas on the dog [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » A look at the nightmarish chaos in Tokyo as it got slammed by 20 cm of snow on a workday. "According to media reports, at least 180 people sustained minor injuries, mostly due to falls on the streets" [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Kumar The Orangutan leaves his cage at Charleston Zoo while contractors were repairing his cage, returns by himself. Because even an orangutan knows you gotta keep an eye on those contractors [Murica]
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Fark.com RSS » On skis [Weeners]
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Fark.com RSS » Well, that's enough seafood today. Hork [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » An in depth analysis on who would win a war between Alberta and Saskatchewan [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Good news for stupid teens: Despite rumors, stores aren't locking up Tide Pods to keep you from eating them. Bon appetit [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Egypt's President has been busy arresting candidates, jailing thousands of political opponents, and silencing media critics in the run-up to the Presidential election. Hey, someone should call the UN Human Rights Council on that gu… oh [Obvious
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Fark.com RSS » Schools decide 8" snowfall doesn't merit a snow day, because who would possibly want their kids home before 11pm? [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Record radiation levels found in Swedish boar. Radiation levels in borks off the charts [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Man bites dog. It's not news, it's…actually, that is the very definition by old school standards of what news is. Good show [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » These are the average credit scores for every age. The numbers for young people are just plain mean [PSA]
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Fark.com RSS » Celebrate National Pie Day with the worlds largest Key-Lime pie. BONUS: Sweden plans a Klingon Embassy, or something [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Woman chickens out of high paying banking job, flies the coop and becomes Mama-Hen to care for 10,000 battery chickens [Hero]
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Fark.com RSS » Alabama high school teacher placed on leave after telling students to "turn the n*ggr tunes off." "After meeting with her, it's just baffling to me how someone does not understand the severity of the weight of that word" [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this guy in need of some dental work [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » French police fine driver for watching movie, eating foie gras behind the wheel. Well, duh, that's a major food faux pas [Scary]
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