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Sat August 20, 2011
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(Some Guy) Stupid New Oxford English Dictionary entries include "retweet", "mankini", and "sexting". Next year they're going to need to add FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU   (news.consumerreports.org) (13)
(Yahoo) Cool Cadillac Unveils: Convertible Hybrid Concept Car, Four-door features rear-hinged "suicide" doors, twin-turbocharged V-6 engine  (autos.yahoo.com) (34)
(St. Petersburg Times) Followup Checking in on feral girl, six years after being discovered by police: "She doesn't chew off her dolls' arms any more"  (tampabay.com) (73)
(Gawker) Fail Dear FBI super-spies: Do not name your FBI surveillance van's wifi network "FBI SURVEILLANCE VAN"  (gawker.com) (70)


Fri August 19, 2011
(Some boob staring theif) Florida If you're going out to steal copper pipes from nudist resorts, you may want to wear something other than your "I stare at boobs" t-shirt. With mug shot goodness  (wtsp.com) (50)
(Time) Interesting OKCupid announces the top ten sluttiest cities in America. Yep, looks like your mom's usual summer circuit all right  (newsfeed.time.com) (105)
(FARK) FarkParty Louisville Fark Party / Pub Crawl Reminder - The Revenge of Indiana  (fark.com) (93)
(Neatorama) Photoshop Since Bert and Ernie are staying stubbornly straight, photoshop some other unlikely but fabulous gay weddings  (neatorama.com) (59)
(Guardian.com) Ironic Policeman investigating leaks to newspapers arrested on suspicion of making leaks to newspapers  (guardian.co.uk) (23)
(CNNGo) Cool Cup Noodles museum set to open in September. Admission is 6 for $1.00, or 20 cents each  (cnngo.com) (48)
(Politico) Asinine Your pet's political affiliation. What you need to know  (politico.com) (117)
(Some Guy) Strange "Amputation faked for insurance money." How do you FAKE an amputation?   (uppermichiganssource.com) (88)
(IndyStar) Followup Lawyers smell money from Indiana stage collapse, begin circling overhead. Well blow me down  (indystar.com) (70)
(The Sun) Strange British motorist: Welcome to Earf. UFO pilot: PEW PEW PEW (all caught on video)  (thesun.co.uk) (165)
(FARK) Survey It's time for the weekly Fark Weird News Quiz...now with an easy version for those of you who actually worked last week  (fark.com) (50)
(SeattlePI) PSA Don't be nice to the weird kid in middle school, he's weird for a reason  (seattlepi.com) (220)
(Some Guy) Misc Little person wins small settlement after mental midgets at Starbucks fire him for using a tiny step stool  (kfoxtv.com) (98)
(Some Heat Index) Scary "August 2011 will crush... smash... obliterate... destroy and annihilate the previous warmest average monthly temperature by at least 2.0 degrees and in a few locations by 3.0 degrees"  (srh.noaa.gov) (278)
(Daily Mail) Stupid When calling an ambulance for your five-year-old having a heart attack, you might want to mention that it's a...cat  (dailymail.co.uk) (48)
(CBC) Spiffy Pet store will no longer sell puppies, forcing you to adopt like a filthy communist  (cbc.ca) (118)
(Some Guy) Scary Firefighters flea abandoned home  (connecticut.cbslocal.com) (36)
(SFGate) Obvious If you are a former Oakland Raider cheerleader (or "Raiderette") and then you become a police officer, don't be surprised if your former job comes up in the workplace. I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying  (sfgate.com) (168)
(Government Technology) Spiffy TV: Let's run that crime scene photo through 3D-o-Tron. Real life: Okay  (govtech.com) (33)
(PennLive) Silly Boa constrictor up for adoption, will be loyal, loving, may crash funerals  (pennlive.com) (19)
(MSNBC) Interesting Image: At 83, subject of 'American Girl in Italy' photo speaks out. Ninalee Craig says image symbolizes independence and fearlessness, not harassment  (today.msnbc.msn.com) (99)
(NPR) Followup Orange goo that took over Alaskan village shore is not mass of unknown microscopic eggs, but a mass of unknown spores. There, doesn't that make you feel better?  (npr.org) (60)
(Mlkshk.com) Amusing Very, very few albums of wedding photos deserve to make the front page of Fark. Then, there's this one  (mlkshk.com) (186)
(Short List) Weird In space, no one can hear you call room service. Or can they?  (shortlist.com) (23)
(Some Guy) Stupid Blind man sued for illegally downloading porn he can't watch  (geek.com) (57)
(Mid Hudson News) Dumbass Police and firefighters scrambled for suspicious package in police station parking lot...which turns out to be a cooler full of beer. Bombed squad promises to destroy it  (midhudsonnews.com) (21)
(Novinite) Obvious Court tells old man that even though the 11-year-olds on his lawn are loud and rude, he's still not supposed to shoot any of them in the knee  (novinite.com) (35)
(LA Times) Amusing Please update your Netflix queue, Idiocracy has been moved to the documentaries section  (latimes.com) (102)
(MyFox Twin Cities) Unlikely Mechanics are happy to remove a python from your dashboard. Cash, credit or BBQ ribs are all acceptable payment  (myfoxtwincities.com) (7)
(UPI) Sad It's bad enough that authorities seized 2,000 lbs of pure cocaine, now they can't stop talking about it  (upi.com) (25)
(Beatcalls) Dumbass If your car runs out of gas, flagging down a cop for help is a great idea. Just remember to take the drugs out of your pocket  (beatcalls.com) (54)
(NPR) Obvious "Ron Paul is not a typical Republican candidate and his supporters are not typical Republican voters." RON PAUL  (npr.org) (302)
(BusinessWeek) Interesting Swiss say they'll continue making great chocolate and cheese, but their special on legally paying 16-year-olds for sex ends soon  (businessweek.com) (67)
(Metro) Sappy I love you too, deer  (metro.co.uk) (23)
(Foreign Policy) Fail Five megatrends from the past that weren't. Last one was so wrong that to this very day, it helps you fark and fap  (foreignpolicy.com) (43)
(Pasadena Star News) Dumbass Navy recruiter arrested after cops allege he subjected potential enlistee to everything but rum & the lash  (pasadenastarnews.com) (42)
(The Smoking Gun) Amusing Friday Photo Fun Match Game: Pair up a quintet of assault arrestees with their weapons  (thesmokinggun.com) (3)
(BBC) Interesting The first successful application of Godwin's law  (bbc.co.uk) (20)
(Daily Mail) Amusing $194,000 for a Terrafugia flying car? Screw that  (dailymail.co.uk) (27)
(Chicago Tribune) Stupid Every dog must have his day, and every family of a dog shot and killed by cops also has their day, and sometimes that day is worth $333,000 in damages  (chicagotribune.com) (129)
(Some Guy) Sad For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain  (king5.com) (48)
(The Local (Sweden)) Cool Divers over the moon about finding Mars on the Baltic seabed  (thelocal.se) (28)
(FARK) Photoshop Photoshop theme: Fark.com cliches in great paintings throughout history  (fark.com) (208)
(Washington Post) Sad Turkish Air Force finds some Kurds in their whey  (washingtonpost.com) (17)
(Washington Post) Sad Military investigators still trying to identify those in the Ash Pile of the Unknown Soldier  (washingtonpost.com) (17)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Man convicted of conspiring to interfere with commerce by robbery for attempting to steal cocaine that didn't exist  (wptv.com) (23)
(Google) Cool Break out the champagne and noisemakers... the big day has finally arrived. Spin your anvils and spread your legs... and have a happy WONKY STAPLE DAY #5  (google.com) (268)
(Palm Beach Post) Florida Roofer who was dying to get down is in grave condition after passing out on top of a cemetery construction site. Thankfully coworkers and firemen crypt him alive  (palmbeachpost.com) (17)
(Boston Channel) Scary Powerplant spokesman says radioactive tritium leaked into the river does not pose a health problem. Blinky the three-eyed fish unavailable for comment  (thebostonchannel.com) (68)
(Yahoo) Hero NATO: "b-12. b-13. b-14"  (news.yahoo.com) (70)
(WSB TV) Spiffy Badass 12-year-old girl with an interest in forensics solves break-in before investigators can, commenting "I did your job again"  (wsbtv.com) (139)
(Mother Nature Network) Interesting The Great Drought of 2011 has cost Texas $5.2 billion. This will never happen if Gov. Perry was president. Because then he'd control the weather  (mnn.com) (311)
(Daily Mail) Unlikely British girl in desperate need of grounding  (dailymail.co.uk) (95)
(CBS News) News Good News: Two of the West Memphis Three to be free. Bad News: They have to make a deal with the Devil and admit guilt  (cbsnews.com) (394)
(Guardian.com) Obvious Scientists say man-made climate change may increase Earth's susceptibility to hostile alien invasions. No, really  (guardian.co.uk) (170)
(Some Pixelated Fashionista) Photoshop Photoshop theme: Photoshop an enhancement to something that doesn't need enhancing. LGT inspiration  (styleite.com) (35)
(CNN) NewsFlash British council bombed in Kabul  (cnn.com) (108)
(BBC) Interesting There is a cure for cancer. The Shamen were right all along  (bbc.co.uk) (110)
(AJC) Cool Georgia Colleges ask students to prove they're legal citizens before enrolling in fall semester classes  (ajc.com) (420)
(The Register) Scary Think you're great at hiding your PIN when you use the ATM? The dude behind you just took a thermal image of the keys you pushed, and he's got your code  (theregister.co.uk) (154)
(USA Today) Interesting That creepy Burger King guy --- let's pretend he never existed  (usatoday.com) (171)
(MSNBC) Interesting Moammar Gadefeated?  (msnbc.msn.com) (250)
(Independent) Cool Otters make remarkable comeback in England. Jugband scene sees explosion  (independent.co.uk) (40)
(Huffington Post) Interesting The 19 Most Popular Sites On The Web (Right Now). Of course had they gone to 20 like a responsible list we'd be popping the corks at the home office in Kentucky  (huffingtonpost.com) (148)
(Click On Detroit) Fail WILMA!  (clickondetroit.com) (84)
(Some Guy) Fail "When a truck that's 13 feet 6 inches tall tries to drive under a bridge that's not quite that tall, it doesn't make it" FAIL tag trumps Obvious  (pressconnects.com) (77)
(Toledo Blade) Silly In its latest effort to stimulate the economy, the federal government announces the release of the new Rutherford B. Hayes dollar coin  (toledoblade.com) (129)

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