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 » Scotland tackles its alcohol problem by outlawing cheap booze. It's is a move that's enough to drive a Scotsman to drink [Unlikely]

Thursday 8 February 23:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Facing a 20-year mandatory minimum? Delay with pre-trial motions for 7 years, then complain the delay violated your rights. Fark: it worked [Spiffy]

Thursday 8 February 23:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » We've all been there, when the airline won't allow your "emotional support hamster" on the flight so you logically flush it down the toilet instead [Florida]

Thursday 8 February 23:20:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Compared to American kids, German kids have far more freedom to explore, be independent, learn from mistakes, annex the Sudetenland [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 23:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » #poowatch [Awkward]

Thursday 8 February 22:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Too many people engage in this disgusting bedtime habit. Why yes, you got it right on the first try [Obvious]

Thursday 8 February 22:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Starbucks now offering Caramel Macchiato Vampirino Latte [Sick]

Thursday 8 February 22:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Florida man allowed to keep $4M of the $22M in cash police confiscated from him, possibly because that's all that made it back to the evidence lockers [Florida]

Thursday 8 February 22:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "For sale: Red-nosed, polka-dotted clown car." Surprisingly this isn't the subject line of your mom's adult section craigslist ad [Strange]

Thursday 8 February 21:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested for selling wife's kidney, which she didn't know was missing. How does that work exactly? "Honey look over there" "What?" *yoink* "Never mind" [Weird]

Thursday 8 February 21:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Time to panic, lime sales are going to get hit very hard [Scary]

Thursday 8 February 21:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Andy and his odd socks [Photoshop]

Thursday 8 February 21:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » After scammers victimized his dementia-ridden grandmother, a man takes to Twitch to give the scammers a well-deserved dose of their own medicine [Hero]

Thursday 8 February 20:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Colorado snowpack at near-record lows. No doubt due to all that heat generated by legal pot smokers [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 20:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Florida man arrested for putting poison in Yum Yum Sauce, after surveillance video proved that the sauce was a lye [Florida]

Thursday 8 February 20:20:06 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » No need to panic. It's just another one of those pesky market corrections [News]

Thursday 8 February 20:00:00 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Some women celebrate their pregnancy by sharing it with their family, some just jump into a bathtub full of Cheetos [Amusing]

Thursday 8 February 19:50:04 UTC 2018

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Futility Closet » Math Notes

Thursday 8 February 19:45:31 UTC 2018

26072323311568661931
43744839742282591947
118132654413675138222
186378732807587076747
519650114814905002347 Any three of these numbers add up to a perfect square. (Discovered by Stan Wagon.) [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Someone in Mexico tried to mail a tiger cub. With helpful picture of a full-grown tiger [Strange]

Thursday 8 February 19:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Pricipal . Caught sayof school that has sex pics on ipads " See, didn't tell law enforcement so" Is She professionally dead or not. NY Post Says yes. Six year olds looking for chads -OR- "hello, I am write single to salute and wait fo

Thursday 8 February 19:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Manhunt underway for murderer who escaped from prison. And by "escaped" we mean "strolled out" and by "from prison" we mean "of his un-fenced, unlocked, minimum-security condo" [Facepalm]

Thursday 8 February 19:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Meanwhile, in Ohio: Woman charged with menacing after argument over hot dog ingredients [Dumbass]

Thursday 8 February 18:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » You can make fun of Trump, Congress or even our National Weight problem. You do NOT get to claim you have better beer. Unleash the nukes [Unlikely]

Thursday 8 February 18:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Today's "child gets stuck inside an arcade claw machine" story brought to you by Fark's favorite state [Florida]

Thursday 8 February 18:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "That was the last thing I expected to see when I left my house this morning … was to see someone wielding a sword in public, especially that size. It looked like a Samurai sword. Definitely surprising" [Scary]

Thursday 8 February 18:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » How a poisonous and toxic plant become a staple on the American South's dinner plate [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 17:50:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » From the Guardian, ground-breaking information that "news is bad for you, and giving up the news will make you a happier person" [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 17:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » No word on who was holding his beer [Murica]

Thursday 8 February 17:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » A teacher who was fired for having sex with a student is now challenging the law and says her firing was unconstitutional. Fark: She may technically be correct [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 17:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Once upon a time, setting off a nuclear bomb was considered in order to mine for natural gas in Pennsylvania [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 16:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Couple keeps getting mysterious packages from Amazon in order to boost seller's ratings. *gasp* You mean there is such a thing as a fake review on Amazon??? I blame sugar-free gummi bears [Amusing]

Thursday 8 February 16:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "Never seen anybody hold onto (the hood of) a car like that in my life, but he was down for the ride. You can tell it wasn't his first rodeo" [Scary]

Thursday 8 February 16:14:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » People with red hair, curly hair, and no hair at all will finally get representation in the emoji universe. This message brought to you by one of the most respected business publications in the world [Murica]

Thursday 8 February 15:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » The People's Republic of Seattle comes up with a novel way to keep the unwanted and unwashed out of certain areas [Obvious]

Thursday 8 February 15:35:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Lab that tests Tennessee drivers' blood for alcohol and drugs only gets paid if they say the driver was drunk. Some judges have a problem with that [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 15:20:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » The biggest winner in this week's SpaceX launch? Elon Musk. The biggest loser in this week's SpaceX launch? Flat-Earthers [Followup]

Thursday 8 February 14:50:04 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » That silly police sketch nailed the guy. New contest. How do you pronounce the perp's name? [Followup]

Thursday 8 February 14:35:02 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » The chefs for Norway's Olympic team mistakenly order 15,000 eggs instead of 1500. That's a lot of egg on their faces [Amusing]

Thursday 8 February 14:20:06 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Think those hand dryers in public restrooms are clean and safe to use? Think again, prepare to have your mind blown with science (possible nsfw content on page) [Scary]

Thursday 8 February 14:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Theme: The 19th Century meets the 21st Century [Photoshop]

Thursday 8 February 14:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Legislator: Let's make caller ID spoofing illegal. How do you tell who's doing it. Check the … oops didn't think that one through [Dumbass]

Thursday 8 February 13:50:04 UTC 2018

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Weird Universe » Afraid she’d look like a horse

Thursday 8 February 13:05:12 UTC 2018

At the International Beauty Congress held in Los Angeles in August 1963, when Miss Luxembourg (Catherine Paulus) learned during rehearsals that she was expected to appear in a bathing suit during the contest, she started laughing hysterically and was reported to have said, "I will look like a horse. The people will all laugh at me. And then I will … [Link]

Weird Universe » The Presidential Comedy Albums of Earle Doud

Thursday 8 February 11:54:00 UTC 2018

Everyone knows the famous JFK-Vaughn Meader album. But how many realize the producer Earle Doud went on with that theme, to much less acclaim?

I can't seem to find any clips on YouTube of the later ones.

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Fark.com RSS » There's a bipartisan 2-year spending deal in the Senate. It's up to the House or the President to prevent government from working like normal [News]

Thursday 8 February 11:13:15 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » This criminal is having a bad hair day [Dumbass]

Thursday 8 February 11:08:58 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Portland is using hawks to get rid of the city's crow population. And if Portland becomes infested with hawks, they'll send in Chinese needle snakes to eat the hawks, followed by snake-eating gorillas, which will freeze to death when winter c

Thursday 8 February 10:51:57 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » There's just not enough judges and not enough cops and not enough lawyers in the country to charge someone with a crime every time there's a toilet explosion inside a McDonald's [Florida]

Thursday 8 February 10:37:55 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » 91-year-old woman boards the train at Norfolk, looks vaguely familiar [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 10:07:14 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » And today's Stupid Criminal of the Day Award goes to [Fail]

Thursday 8 February 9:34:39 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Updated

Thursday 8 February 9:33:39 UTC 2018

Submitted by: Unknown Tagged: hierarchy of needs , wifi , maslow Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » How Does Such a Small Animal Make Such a Big Mess?

Thursday 8 February 9:33:34 UTC 2018

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: birds , canadian goose , poop everywhere Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » What I think of when Graph Jam says "Pick a Flavor"

Thursday 8 February 9:33:28 UTC 2018

Graph by: hellojilli Tagged: bacon , bar chart , equation , flavor , graphjam , Line Graph , pick , Pie Chart , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » 50 Ways To Kill a Character

Thursday 8 February 9:33:27 UTC 2018

Submitted by: (via TYWKIWDBI) Tagged: character , hitchcock , Death , films Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Dogs Are Simple Minded

Thursday 8 February 9:33:23 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Chances to be called in front of the classroom.

Thursday 8 February 9:33:20 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Enough of This Stupid Game!!! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Thursday 8 February 9:33:19 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Something About Leonardo…

Thursday 8 February 9:33:03 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Xzibit Would Love The ReBoot Reboot

Thursday 8 February 9:32:57 UTC 2018

Graph by: (via Jest) Tagged: grid , movies , reboot , TV , Xzibit , yo dawg Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Magic Food!

Thursday 8 February 9:32:50 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » EPA chief Scott Pruitt admits global warming may be real. Fark: He thinks it will be good for humanity [Facepalm]

Thursday 8 February 8:49:41 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Ex-boyfriend suspected in wanton act of hot sauce vandalism [Strange]

Thursday 8 February 8:18:21 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » There was no "attack" on the border patrol agent whose death Trump used to justify the wall [Followup]

Thursday 8 February 7:47:35 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » This is how you take care of your fellow citizens [Hero]

Thursday 8 February 7:46:41 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "Hey, Geraldo Rivera … SUCK IT" [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 7:09:23 UTC 2018

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Futility Closet » Substitute

Thursday 8 February 6:59:34 UTC 2018

Disguises adopted by Sherlock Holmes: “Captain Basil” (“The Adventure of Black Peter”) “a common loafer” (“The Beryl Coronet”) a rakish young plumber named Escott (“Charles Augustus Milverton”) a venerable Italian priest (“The Final Problem”) an elderly, deformed bibliophile (“The Empty House”) a French ouvrier (“The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”) a workman looking for a job, described as “an old … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Man arrested in sting operation [Florida]

Thursday 8 February 6:52:24 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Driver arrested after traveling 237km/h east of Toronto, judge releases suspect based on how every American reading this headline is Googling just how fast 237km/h is [Obvious]

Thursday 8 February 6:09:35 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Russian "contractors" attacked US military advisers and their partner forces in Syria [News]

Thursday 8 February 6:06:41 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » This just in: If you're white, you're racist. If you're white and you never do, say or think anything racist and you treat everyone equally and fairly–well, then you're super-duper racist because you're just avoiding your racism

Thursday 8 February 5:53:21 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Not this shiat again [Stupid]

Thursday 8 February 5:07:20 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Who would have thunk it? A well thought out court ruling on a cake maker refusing on religious grounds to make a wedding celebration cake for a gay couple . FARK – In California [Interesting]

Thursday 8 February 5:06:41 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Theme of Farktography Contest No. 666: "Mark of the Beast". Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme [Farktography]

Thursday 8 February 5:01:00 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Grateful Dead lyricist, political activist and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, John Perry Barlow has passed away [News]

Thursday 8 February 4:32:20 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Vegan activist defends saying farmers are like father rapers after confronting a couple of dairy farmers over the 'sexual abuse' of their livestock with artificial insemination [Followup]

Thursday 8 February 4:24:52 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Flat Earthers: "Fake Launch" [Facepalm]

Thursday 8 February 4:01:41 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Fark ready headline: "Dentists warn against using charcoal for teeth whitening" [Murica]

Thursday 8 February 3:09:49 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Yes, Richard Pryor did have sex with Marlon Brando. You think Quincy Jones would lie? [Giggity]

Thursday 8 February 2:45:46 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Fox News poll finds support for marijuana legalization at record high which is good news for everyone because if there's anyone who needs to chill the fark out it's Fox News viewers [Spiffy]

Thursday 8 February 1:40:07 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Naked, covered in Crisco, and trailing taser wires running through the snow is no way to go through life, son [Strange]

Thursday 8 February 1:03:02 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this doggie dressed for winter [Photoshop]

Thursday 8 February 1:00:01 UTC 2018

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