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 » Always spellcheck your homework assignments, especially if they include the word "bigger." Even better, remove the other word from your dictionary (yes, you can do that) [Florida]

Thursday 25 January 23:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Wanna know the secret to lowering your debt? Steal food from work [Interesting]

Thursday 25 January 23:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » So this is why they say don't drive over a fire hose [Scary]

Thursday 25 January 23:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Want to survive the coming Apocalypse? For low, low, low pricing, you can purchase your own hardened bunker in South Dakota. Hurry now, that asteroid won't wait forever [Silly]

Thursday 25 January 22:50:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Woman arrives home and finds an unknown woman rummaging through her purse. With a helpful mugshot showing what a purse rummager and/or a katana wielding zombie slayer might look like [Strange]

Thursday 25 January 22:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Man with 'sex chamber' in van convicted of propositioning teen sisters, stealing the name of my Sex Pistols/Coal Chamber crossover band [Sick]

Thursday 25 January 22:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Fark Food Thread: Though most of us are perfect in the kitchen at least a few of you fools have had some kitchen disasters. Let's have a laugh at times gone by.. or tell us how you fixed your own disaster [Interesting]

Thursday 25 January 22:00:00 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » There was a massive surge in porn traffic 56 minutes after the Hawaii missile alert, presumably due to reports of an unidentified flying object with a long, smooth shaft, complete with— [Amusing]

Thursday 25 January 21:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » The 'kayak killer' who killed her fiancé by pulling the plug on his kayak is now trying to win half of his life insurance policy despite being convicted for his death. Lady has some huge cojones [Followup]

Thursday 25 January 21:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » If you're going to try to scam a lottery winner by telling him he only won $5 when he actually won $600, make sure he's not an undercover agent working for the Florida Lottery Commission's security division [Florida]

Thursday 25 January 21:20:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Woman getting death threats for crowdfunding her breast reduction surgery [Boobies]

Thursday 25 January 21:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this winter wonderland [Photoshop]

Thursday 25 January 21:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » The White House asked the Guggenheim Museum if they could borrow a Van Gogh painting for Trump's private living quarters. Instead, the museum offered them a literal sh*thole [Amusing]

Thursday 25 January 20:56:26 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Saddam Hussein wrote a romantic novel that's available on Amazon. "As he lay in his underground chamber lovingly caressing his ICBM, Sally, he couldn't help but wonder where things went wrong. Suddenly he was surrounded by handsome Navy S

Thursday 25 January 20:50:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Maine woman 'floored' by winning state's tiny house lottery. Well, not so much 'floored' as 'postage stamped' [Cool]

Thursday 25 January 20:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Cop: Take your foot off the seats. Woman: You can't make me. Let's see how that works out [Dumbass]

Thursday 25 January 19:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Cuckolding can be positive for some couples according to scientists who everyone is looking at juuust a little bit differently than before [Giggity]

Thursday 25 January 19:35:03 UTC 2018

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Futility Closet » Curioser and Curioser

Thursday 25 January 19:23:46 UTC 2018

“I’m sure I’m not Ada, for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn’t go in ringlets at all; and I’m sure I can’t be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little! Besides, she’s she, and I’m I, and — oh dear, how puzzling it all is! I’ll … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » ♫ Shot through the head and you're to blame, your dog attacked goats and wasn't tame ♫ [Sad]

Thursday 25 January 19:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » How should we respond to this Farkback? [Survey]

Thursday 25 January 19:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » In the market for stripper poles, a coffin, or a velociraptor? Have we got a deal for you [Florida]

Thursday 25 January 18:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Please note: $100 bills that say 'replica' or 'motion picture only' may not be legal tender [Fake]

Thursday 25 January 18:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » ♫ "Two. Min-utes. ♫ To Miiiiiiiiiiidniiiiiiight" ♫ [Scary]

Thursday 25 January 17:58:33 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » We all sing in the shower, but it is usually not so bad that you get hit with a drone strike for doing it [Awkward]

Thursday 25 January 16:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » The most Maine headline ever [Scary]

Thursday 25 January 16:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » And the latest sexual misconduct allegations are brought against…(spins wheel)… the Southern Baptist Convention [Interesting]

Thursday 25 January 16:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Those lovely Frenchies are blocking the port of Calais again over electrified fishing nets. You laughed when Boris suggested the Channel Bridge, but who's laughing now? Not the French, obviously [Stupid]

Thursday 25 January 15:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "My name is John Anglin. I escape from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris. I'm 83 years old and in bad shape. I have cancer. Yes we all made it that night but barely" [Interesting]

Thursday 25 January 15:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Yale is apparently so wealthy they throw away $10,000 pieces of artwork [Interesting]

Thursday 25 January 14:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Amazon wants to put Echo camera and microphone in every bedroom. What could possibly go wrong? By the way, that wallpaper is awful [Scary]

Thursday 25 January 14:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this graceful figure skater [Photoshop]

Thursday 25 January 14:00:01 UTC 2018

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Weird Universe » Hypnotizing the voters

Thursday 25 January 13:52:30 UTC 2018

Nick Belluso, while running for governor of Georgia in 1978, came up with the idea of hypnotizing the voters to vote for him. So he hired a hypnotist and created a TV ad which went as follows:

Candidate: This is Nick Belluso. In the next ten seconds you will be hit with a tremendously hypnotic force. You may wish to … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Eight Baltimore police officers charged with using "The Shield" as instructional video [Murica]

Thursday 25 January 12:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Company HR employee to job applicant: If you no speak English, I will send you home. Company to HR employee: Don't come into work tomorrow, you have no job [Dumbass]

Thursday 25 January 12:29:42 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Police searching for violent machete attacker, so if you see a peaceful machete attacker, it's the wrong guy [Scary]

Thursday 25 January 12:05:43 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Jesus didn't take the wheel [Dumbass]

Thursday 25 January 11:55:48 UTC 2018

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Weird Universe » Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 9

Thursday 25 January 11:25:00 UTC 2018

"Unique Forms of Continuity in Space," 1913 bronze by Umberto Boccioni

More info on the artist.

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Fark.com RSS » Pointing your gun at people while drunk and then resisting arrest is no way to go through life, Mr. Police Chief [Dumbass]

Thursday 25 January 11:15:08 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Yes, everyone hates seagulls. But that doesn't mean you can squish one with a 50-ton vehicle and nobody will complain [Stupid]

Thursday 25 January 11:00:48 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » It's All Too Damn High!!

Thursday 25 January 10:44:24 UTC 2018

Quantifying Everything For Great Justice Comic by: seventy6 Tagged: jimmy mcmillan , Maps , minimum wage , politics , the rent is too damn high Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » I Haven't Actually Loled For Years

Thursday 25 January 10:44:20 UTC 2018

Graph by: Anonimious Tagged: im , lol , Pie Chart , sms , texting Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Covers of Men's Magazines

Thursday 25 January 10:44:16 UTC 2018

LoL by: Unknown Tagged: cars , girls , magazine , men Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » DIY Repair vs Repairman

Thursday 25 January 10:44:13 UTC 2018

Submitted by: rachelmark (via www.ereplacementparts.com) Tagged: DIY , infographic , repairs Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Not Lassie!

Thursday 25 January 10:44:10 UTC 2018

Graph by: hizir.ceylan.20 (via Cheezburger iOS Builder) Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Where Cats Sleep

Thursday 25 January 10:44:09 UTC 2018

Graph by: agurcsik Tagged: bed , black , blanket , Cats , couch , floor , shirt , sleep , towel Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Blondes Shouldn't Make Graphs

Thursday 25 January 10:44:07 UTC 2018

Graph by: briitney Tagged: Bar Graph , blondes , FAIL , serious graphs Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Nope, I Think About it 24/7

Thursday 25 January 10:44:04 UTC 2018

Graph by: hoopman333 Tagged: all the time , Bar Graph , sex , thinking Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Those Emails Are Not Going to be Mark as Read by Themselves

Thursday 25 January 10:43:58 UTC 2018

Graph by: thewayne3 Tagged: emails , charts , funny , work Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Covers of Women's Magazines

Thursday 25 January 10:43:56 UTC 2018

LoL by: justinballetta Tagged: magazine , sex , women Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Trust Me

Thursday 25 January 10:43:54 UTC 2018

Graph by: (via warmcccall66) Tagged: doctor who , science fiction , sci fi , television , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Inertia is a Property of Internet Users

Thursday 25 January 10:43:52 UTC 2018

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: pie charts , graphs , internet explorer , laziness , funny Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » You Find So Much Good Stuff

Thursday 25 January 10:43:50 UTC 2018

Graph by: zigguratmat Tagged: cleaning , nostalgia , room Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Like the Anti-Smurf

Thursday 25 January 10:43:44 UTC 2018

Graph by: sonalis Tagged: annoying , antithesis , jersey shore , orange , smurf , snooki , venn diagram , youtube Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Classic: Brutal Graph of Metal

Thursday 25 January 10:43:41 UTC 2018

Graph by: JMJMad1 Tagged: bands , best of week , brutal , metal , Music Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Word Problems in all Math Classes

Thursday 25 January 10:43:38 UTC 2018

LoL by: adheananda Tagged: education , math , problem , school Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » It's Not Even December Yet

Thursday 25 January 10:43:35 UTC 2018

Graph by: Michelle_CAAAT Tagged: Bar Graph , christmas , carols Share on Facebook [Link]

Fark.com RSS » One more reason to weep for America's future: They will likely never know the joy and freedom of watching a movie at a drive-in theater [Sad]

Thursday 25 January 10:16:48 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Leave it to the Dutch to embrace the concept of 'niksen' which is essentially lying around doing nothing [Spiffy]

Thursday 25 January 9:17:48 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Fark-ready Headline: 'Grandma the Clown' resigns over sexual misconduct [Amusing]

Thursday 25 January 8:12:42 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Sheriff's deputy killed in Colorado. Manhunt underway for multiple suspects [News]

Thursday 25 January 7:51:19 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » One of the sublime joys of living in New England is being able to occasionally punch through a window of ice on your car, as this video shows [Cool]

Thursday 25 January 7:21:38 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Branch Dildonian who dug a hole in Oregon digs another hole in court with his sovereign citizen diatribe [Dumbass]

Thursday 25 January 7:01:32 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Off-duty cop steals clothes off man's back, then in a cover-up I'm sure he totally thought would work, shoots his gun and says a group of people at a nearby hookah bar robbed him [Dumbass]

Thursday 25 January 6:49:31 UTC 2018

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Futility Closet » Folds of Stone

Thursday 25 January 6:47:29 UTC 2018

Image: Wikimedia Commons Giuseppe Sanmartino’s 1753 sculpture Veiled Christ is so convincing that for 200 years a legend circulated that an alchemist had transformed a real shroud into marble. In fact a close examination shows that Sanmartino carved the whole work, shroud and all, from a single block of stone. Antonio Canova said he would give up 10 years of his … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » David Copperfield accused of performing the infamous Disappearing Sausage Trick on underage model [Sick]

Thursday 25 January 6:31:29 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "I was forced to go to gay conversion therapy. I was tortured" [Sick]

Thursday 25 January 6:24:36 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » So hypothetically, what happens if two NATO members start shooting at each other? [Scary]

Thursday 25 January 5:46:25 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » The Thai Army has found the least intimidating vehicle possible to transport officers in its military parades [Amusing]

Thursday 25 January 5:24:31 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 664: "Delineation". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]

Thursday 25 January 5:01:00 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » You Just Digested the Bad Guy [Cool]

Thursday 25 January 4:24:06 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Pope Francis condemns fake news from failing news organizations. Satan. Low energy. No one is saved [Amusing]

Thursday 25 January 3:50:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Good [Interesting]

Thursday 25 January 3:02:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Sexting a news reporter after promising to be her source for a story is no way to go through life, ICE agent [Dumbass]

Thursday 25 January 2:14:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » If you can't drive a car yourself, and have to rely on google waze, without using your common sense, don't complain, when you end up, in Lake Champlain. Burma Shave [Facepalm]

Thursday 25 January 2:10:23 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Oh sir, it was an angry member of the kitchen staff. It was a run-by burrito-ing [Amusing]

Thursday 25 January 1:59:07 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Camels disqualified from Saudi Arabian beauty contest over Botox usage. So much for Hump Day [Repeat]

Thursday 25 January 1:35:13 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Best job ever. Difficulty: It's in Ireland. Disclaimer: It doesn't involve beer [Spiffy]

Thursday 25 January 1:26:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop theme: Photoshop the worst choice for the next James Bond. LGT inspiration [Photoshop]

Thursday 25 January 1:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Matthew McConaughey's brother mansplains why he names his kids after beer [Stupid]

Thursday 25 January 0:38:03 UTC 2018

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