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 » Don't you even Science? [Obvious]

Saturday 10 February 23:13:57 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » 10th Circuit upholds class action suit against private prison company alleging use of illegal immigrant workers [Murica]

Saturday 10 February 23:03:23 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "…my grasp on what I thought I knew about humanity slipped further and further away" [Weeners]

Saturday 10 February 22:43:50 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Reminder: Your car will depreciate rapidly the moment it leaves the Earth's atmosphere [Followup]

Saturday 10 February 21:55:24 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Why is the price of vinyl albums at a record high? We're looking at you, hipsters [Obvious]

Saturday 10 February 21:39:24 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » You need to up your brunch game, son [Obvious]

Saturday 10 February 21:11:05 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » U.S. Immigration Services to woman that's been here since she was 3: Come on in. Let's start the process of making you a citizen. – Woman: Okay – ICE: Yoink [Asinine]

Saturday 10 February 21:06:25 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop these floaters [Photoshop]

Saturday 10 February 21:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Who is teaching our kids? Walmart greeters [Sad]

Saturday 10 February 20:51:49 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Author of "Why I use phrases like 'tobacco leaf,' 'black fruit' and 'jammy' to describe wine," fails to self-describe as pretentious putz [Obvious]

Saturday 10 February 20:37:50 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Just another day in Fark's favorite state (with video) [Florida]

Saturday 10 February 20:07:15 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » $85,000 salary? Do not move here [Obvious]

Saturday 10 February 19:35:49 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » I-20 in Georgia snarled by traffic yam [Strange]

Saturday 10 February 19:06:50 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Traffic lights go out across NYC in citywide malfunction. Good thing New Yorkers ignore them anyway [Fail]

Saturday 10 February 18:35:53 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » There is one thing you should never do at a roundabout. The words will make you out 'n' out; I spend the day your way, call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley (possible nsfw content on page) [PSA]

Saturday 10 February 18:02:19 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Well that explains why it was so popular [Obvious]

Saturday 10 February 16:51:52 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » That "Australia isn't a country" professor will now have more time to spend with her atlas and globe [Followup]

Saturday 10 February 16:35:48 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » THIS is why the Oxford Comma is so damn important, people. Kennedy, Stalin, and the strippers unavailable for comment [Followup]

Saturday 10 February 16:05:03 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Stop popping ibuprofen like it's candy, America. Seriously, this is just getting stupid [Fail]

Saturday 10 February 15:45:13 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Author tries to revive lost art of the old-fashioned love letter, offers Britons 14 tips for putting your feelings on paper beyond "Oi let's snog, I've got heartburn" [Sappy]

Saturday 10 February 15:35:01 UTC 2018

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Weird Universe » Yell Yaa Hoo

Saturday 10 February 15:08:33 UTC 2018

Years before the Internet company Yahoo! came into existence, the Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was urging use of the word as a more hygienic form of greeting: "When you come across a friend, raise your hands to the sky and scream 'Yaa Hoo' instead of employing the universal handshake."

The Molina Dispatch – Apr 1, 1988
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Fark.com RSS » Staying single is probably not a problem for most of you basement dwellers, and the best part according to science is that it's actually better for you [Interesting]

Saturday 10 February 15:06:02 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » This is your captain speaking. We have just landed in Abuja where it's a sunny day with temperatures of around 26° C. Although it may not feel that warm due the the door that just fell off the aircraft [Scary]

Saturday 10 February 14:35:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » UW-Madison outs a student by photo for being a dumbass, asks students to dress appropriately for the weather [Cool]

Saturday 10 February 14:06:07 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this onion [Photoshop]

Saturday 10 February 14:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Not to alarm anyone but we may be seeing an Iran-Israel conflict erupting right now in Syria. Yahtzee [News]

Saturday 10 February 13:06:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » A man transformed his home into a cat sanctuary, welcoming around 300 felines over the past 12 years to help him cope with the grief of losing his son. Based on the pictures in the article, it looks like the cats are living the good life on Caturday

Saturday 10 February 13:00:00 UTC 2018

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Weird Universe » The Fourth Kingdom

Saturday 10 February 11:56:00 UTC 2018

Animal, vegetable, mineral–and Bakelite! [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Woman wins lawsuit over penis cake. Cake [Silly]

Saturday 10 February 11:48:46 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Mr. French, of Fairy Street, was sentenced to jail for sexual assault and ridiculous hair [Dumbass]

Saturday 10 February 11:14:07 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Japanese public school to allow male students to wear skirts … although no patent leather shoes [Cool]

Saturday 10 February 10:35:26 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Europeans who hate free healthcare, free college, and long vacations are flocking to America [Murica]

Saturday 10 February 10:14:11 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » I Tend to Think of Myself as a One Man Wolf Pack

Saturday 10 February 9:49:02 UTC 2018

Graph by: (via Pleated Jeans) Tagged: alpha , infographic , pack , wolf , wolves Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » After School

Saturday 10 February 9:48:59 UTC 2018

Graph by: Unknown Tagged: after , facebook , napping , plan , school , studying , venn diagram Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Damn Those Jolly Red Cups!

Saturday 10 February 9:48:57 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Whose side of the bed is it really?

Saturday 10 February 9:48:46 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Things people do with joke-a-day calendars

Saturday 10 February 9:48:45 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Where Does Pit Boss Fit In?

Saturday 10 February 9:48:38 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » You Call This Food?

Saturday 10 February 9:48:37 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Thinking Inside the Box

Saturday 10 February 9:48:36 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » The St. Louis Wolves, circa 1938

Saturday 10 February 9:48:33 UTC 2018

They traded away Where for a player to be named later in right field. Graph by: ebirnholz Tagged: baseball , st-louis , who , Abbott and Costello Share on Facebook [Link]

GraphJam » Everyone Is A Winner, Except Your Thumb

Saturday 10 February 9:48:31 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Pie Charts USING PIE

Saturday 10 February 9:48:29 UTC 2018

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GraphJam » Let's All Blame Swagflation

Saturday 10 February 9:48:25 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Mike Pence believes a sporting event is an appropriate place for political protest [Murica]

Saturday 10 February 9:25:38 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » DHS says it deported one immigrant 44 times in 15 years. Another eight or ten times and that person will no doubt finally learn their lesson [Fail]

Saturday 10 February 8:25:38 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Mice of Anarchy [Asinine]

Saturday 10 February 8:05:38 UTC 2018

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Futility Closet » Special Issue

Saturday 10 February 6:26:18 UTC 2018

Images: Wikimedia Commons
In 1901 Colombia minted special coins for use in leper colonies. Following the first leprosy congress in Berlin in 1897, the nation minted coins in five values for use in three colonies. The Philippines followed suit in 1913, followed by Japan and Malaysia. The United States produced special coins for a colony in the Panama Canal Zone. The … [Link]

Fark.com RSS » Man steals car outside Minnesota Walmart, calls owner for help in starting it [Facepalm]

Saturday 10 February 6:14:27 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Christ, what an asshole [Weird]

Saturday 10 February 6:05:25 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Claim: "Locks of Love" operates illicit wig syndicate dedicated to profiteering off your donated hair at expense of cancer-stricken children. Fact: 80% of your donated hair is unusable for wigs and has to be sold [Awkward]

Saturday 10 February 5:22:27 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Hide yo kids, hide yo wife [Scary]

Saturday 10 February 4:46:28 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » You're an off-duty corrections officer and you've just been involved in a fender bender. The most rational response to this situation would be to C) pull out your service revolver and shoot at the other vehicle's tire [Dumbass]

Saturday 10 February 4:04:41 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » This is how you Sonic [Florida]

Saturday 10 February 3:12:44 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "Robot fire penis" was going to be the name for subby's new flame throwing cover band, but the Winter Olympics 2018 flame lighting ceremony may have made that a limp issue (Some NSFW content on page) [Amusing]

Saturday 10 February 3:09:49 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Paul and Ringo captured in Syria [Spiffy]

Saturday 10 February 2:46:41 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "A little girl went home to her mum and said 'we saw people humping at school today, it was really funny'" [Awkward]

Saturday 10 February 2:29:46 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » CDC reports current flu outbreak breaks all records. Everybody PANDEMIC [Followup]

Saturday 10 February 2:18:54 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » South Korean security breaks up meeting between Kim and Trump on the eve of the Olympics [Amusing]

Saturday 10 February 2:10:41 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » When it's not burning or being buried under mud, California is having its roads, levees and wetlands destroyed by invasive 20-pound rodents [Scary]

Saturday 10 February 1:24:06 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this woman who is not like the others [Photoshop]

Saturday 10 February 1:00:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » "Pop It Pal" is A) a pop-music player on a USB stick, B) a Paypal program for cryptocurrencies, C) a toy that lets you squeeze out artificial pimples [Weird]

Saturday 10 February 0:46:41 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » Parents left children unattended to smoke marijuana in basement [News]

Saturday 10 February 0:31:01 UTC 2018

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Fark.com RSS » A Colorado couple with no sailing experience sold everything and bought a boat to see the world. They made it 30 miles before the boat sank, leaving them with nothing but the clothes on their backs and a few mocking comments on Fark.com [Fail]

Saturday 10 February 0:30:02 UTC 2018

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