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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
(MSNBC) Scary Q: What's the difference between Pakistan and a pancake? A: I don't know any pankaces that are going to go to war with India (16)
(Tacoma News Tribune) Asinine Megachurch Pastor Casey Treat is granted a permit to build a helipad at his church, so that he can be whisked in and out on the wings of angels just like Jesus would have wanted (18)
(Palm Beach Post) Followup Ten-year-old Internet sensation reporter denied credentials for inauguration (16)
(BBC) Amusing "Thank you for accessing your account through Barclays internet banking service. Your current balance is £99,999,998,517.57 overdrawn." (20)
(Fox News) Dumbass To prove their days of wild, unnecessary spending are over, Chrysler takes out full-page ads to thank tax-payers for "investing" in them with bailout money (29)
(Some Guys) Photoshop Photoshop this exercise in futility (27)
(Swissinfo) Cool Punk rock-ish chick takes the world of Alpine Hornblowing by storm, with obligatory does she give you the horn picture goodness (102)
(TampaBays10.com) Florida Time again for news agencies dust off their yearly stories about not celebrating New Year's with dangerous fireworks, firing guns into neighbors (21)
(Daily Camera) Obvious Pets drink more during the holidays, too. No word on whether they try to sleep with their high school classmates (16)
(Greenwood Index-Journal) Dumbass Step 1: woman comes home to find man breaking into her house. Step 2: woman stabs attacker. Step 3: attacker calls 911 to report he's been stabbed (20)
(Denver Post) Interesting Drunk man bangs on the door of the wrong house and is fatally shot. DA to decide if the homeowner is protected by the "Make my day" law, enacted shortly after the "Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" shooting (149)
(News.com.au) Amusing Nipples and genitals out in new piercing rules. But you clicked as soon as you read "Nipples and genitals out", right? (53)
(The Sun) Stupid Ferret thinks it's a dog. The Sun is there (62)
(WFTV) Hero 78-year-old Doctor honored as "Country Doctor of the year" for 50-years of house calls. Only charged $3 when he started, has been paid in apple pie, ad still sees up to 30 patients a day (50)
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin) Sick Man goes to put flowers on the graves of his family and finds the graves empty and the coffins sitting out in the sun (134)
(LA Times) Obvious Breaking News: People who live in proximity to a liquor store tend to drink more (110)
(AP) Fail County worker tries to clean off boat ramp with snowplow, ends up sinking $200,000 loader (46)
(Some Guy) Asinine Cop won't let neighbor onto his yard to rescue his cat stuck in a tree. "It seems like I just have to sit here and watch my cat starve to death or freeze to death." (174)
(BBC) Interesting Kashmiri parties agree to coalition, soft comfortable fabric (22)
(NYPost) Dumbass If you're stealing a car, make sure your cell phone doesn't accidentally dial 911 while it's in your pocket. "I got some guys on the phone . . . It's a cellphone but it sounds like they are ripping off a car." (13)
(MSNBC) Followup Police: 'Jena Six' teen shoots self, Jena Six Dumbass Trifecta now in play (134)
(Some guy who doesn't know art) Ironic Sculpture of a huge sail billowing in the wind gets destroyed by billowing wind (30)
(FARK) Survey Fark's 2008 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR contest (details in thread) (125)
(Don't Taze Me Bro) Dumbass Sliding across a police officers hood Dukes of Hazzard style; That's a Tazin (21)
(Daily Mail) Cool Aside from that guy who gets paid to drink beer, this chap might have the best job in the world (48)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Followup Remember all those smokers claiming that the indoor smoking ban would cripple bar business? Well, no pun intended, but suck it (238)
(WTOP) Asinine The guy who wants "under God" removed from the pledge of allegiance has now set his sights on Obama's inauguration (193)
(WFTV) Florida While running away from police during a traffic stop is generally not a smart thing to do, leaving the car in gear so it rolls into a tree with a 2-year-old inside will certainly make matters worse (18)
(11 Alive) Cool Israeli navy rams Cynthia McKinney's boat. US support for Israel increases ten-fold (311)
(CNN) Followup Despite 375+ dead, Hamas defiant. They say they intend on fighting till the death, which is scheduled around 2 pm local time Saturday (251)
(WBBM) Weird I told you that you can't trust a bald man who paints himself blue....and it was already weird (68)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Woman woman woman on on on the the the pill pill pill gives gives gives birth birth birth to to to triplets triplets triplets (114)
(The Local (Sweden)) Amusing Swedish police place drunk skiers in freight containers. Detainees must prove they can slalom in a straight line prior to release (46)
(Some Guy) Obvious New York City organizers have "Good Riddance Day." The rest of the country will celebrate it January 20, 2009 (121)
(Some Guy) Sad The fish you are about to enjoy is certified dolphin-free. 50-year-old professional swimmers, however, may still be included (55)
(SMH) Dumbass Australian man attacks police with "great balls of fire". Goodness gracious (34)
(IOL) Cool Woman arrested in "marriage for money" scam. One down, three billion to go (157)
(Birmingham Evening Mail) Followup Woman gets pacemaker fitted to stop sandwiches from trying to kill her (32)
(Some Guy) Dumbass When attempting an armed robbery, try to make sure that your gun doesn't fall apart in the middle of the heist (37)
(USA Today) Fail Airlines managed to cancel over 9,000 flights in the first few days of the holiday travel season. Coming soon: cancellation fees, bad weather surchages, and an irritation tax (77)
(Google) Scary "Swarm" of earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park. Suddenly bears stealing pic-a-nic baskets doesn't seem so scary  T-Shirt (270)
(Some Guy) Scary Teen boy gets nailed with a hammer in Woodland, family pines for justice, victim maple through  T-Shirt (39)
(Washington Post) Asinine Some of our brave troops are also battling an enemy in the homeland: Ex-spouses suing for full custody of their kids on the premise that their service obligations make them unfit parents (171)
(Reuters) Interesting Australians angry about Christian campaign to ban topless beaches in country out of fear it will make the country "look like prudes" (87)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop these festive runners (40)
(Daily Mail) Sappy Firefighters in Britain use baby oxygen masks to revive six cats from a house fire (with pic) (39)
(Science Daily) Asinine Because smokers aren't persecuted enough, scientists warn about the dangers of "third-hand" smoke (198)
(DFW Star-Telegram) Interesting The only thing worse than a panhandler is a panhandler soliciting donations door-to-door. "That's where it started to cross the line in my mind." (68)
(BBC) Asinine Nanny state recommends technological "speed limiters" be installed on cars to save lives and make sure no one complains that you're driving 60 in the fast lane (83)
(Some Guy) Weird Convenience store customer loudly complains of no syrup in the soda dispenser, then things get weird (51)
(News.com.au) Spiffy Scary: saltwater crocodile wanders through campsite. Proper Hard: 20 campers jump on crocodile and restrain it until wildlife workers arrive to remove it (74)
(The News Star) Followup Jena Six leader caught taking a five finger discount. Rev. Sharpton unavailable for comment (215)
(Guardian.com) PSA If you party until 2:00am and wake up at 6:30am to go to work, you're probably still drunk (168)

Monday, December 29, 2008
(CNN) Scary Grunge causes a resurgence of heavy metal in Tennessee (59)
(DCExaminer) Sad Washington D.C.'s Toys For Cops program a big success (36)
(Wordpress) Photoshop Photoshop this blue light special (63)
(Breitbart.com) Hero Atheist soldier sues US military over Christian bias. God help hi... er, uh. Good luck (983)
(Houston Chronicle) Asinine Study shows an increase in wrecks at red-light camera sites, which, in the eyes of the city, somehow proves the cameras are working (154)
(AJC) Obvious People don't want to go to Atlanta because there's nothing to do there (193)
(Telegraph) Interesting European Neanderthals had ginger hair and freckles, shorter work weeks than western counterparts (105)
(TBO) Florida Did you cedar man who was arrested after he "began to make motions against a tree" simulating a sex act? Wonders why the cops won't leaf him alone, but he was just aspen for trouble (90)
(CBN) Unlikely Candy canes may be healthy for you, according to study performed by Willy Wonka State University (28)
(People Magazine) Interesting Sarah Palin's second grandchild has arrived: Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston. Who the hell names their kid Johnston? (519)
(News 10 ABC Sacramento) Sad When fired from your job do you 1) apply for unemployment, 2) sue for wrongful termination, or 3) kill the boss's dog with a shotgun (85)
(Seattle Times) Obvious Couples in bedrooms across America debate whether they should let the economy decide if they have children or not. "We would like to repopulate the world with smart people." (156)
(Reuters) Obvious NYC tourists spent $30 billion in 2008, mostly on gum removal from shoes, bedbug treatments and dry cleaning to remove the smell of urine (96)
(International Herald Tribune) Strange Thai policemen wear smiley face masks to "lift spirits of motorists" (pic) (75)
(CBS News) Interesting Kim Jong-Il attends concert. Among the songs he enjoyed: "All Hail the Not-Dead Dear Leader," "A Foot in the Grave Moves Socialism Forward," and "We Still Love You; Don't Kill Us" (42)
(Daily Herald) Dumbass Advice for all you aspiring bank robbers out there: When using a note to announce the stick-up, the back of your pay stub is not, repeat NOT, a suitable piece of paper (14)
(Palm Beach Post) Florida The bikini teacher is back. And she will fight you. Oh yes. She will fight you (144)
(JSOnline) Fail Protip: When designing a website for a state agency, make sure the picture of the skyline is one from that state (66)
(Chicago Tribune) Asinine If you live in Chicago, the 8.50 a pack smokes that you can't smoke in bars may soon cost you 10 bucks. Oh yeah, and you might not be able to smoke in your own home anymore either (269)
(Canoe) Interesting Vancouver worried about snow for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Wait, what? (59)
(Some Guy) Scary Oregon Department of Transportation is considering using satellite technology and mandatory GPS transponders in vehicles to tax people according to how much they drive, find and kill Sarah Connor (300)
(Some Guy-atollah) Photoshop Photoshop this sand dune sitting dude (81)
(Kansas City) Sad Another sign the economy is in the tank, people are abandoning ponies. You still can't have one. Not yours (79)
(Sun Sentinel) Florida Man arrested for trying to kill his girlfriend with a knife and fork. Reportedly didn't use a spoon because he hates Alanis Morissette songs (51)
(Reuters) Scary Eight snowmobilers lost after avalanche in Canada, say police, who apparently don't realize they're probably just under all that snow somewhere (48)
(SherboMan) Spiffy Irish man wins world sheep shagging contest. Shags 731 sheep in 8 hours, that's 0.65 sheep a minute and a whole lot of lube (63)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Size 14 women found to be happier about life than women who don't generate their own gravitational fields (863)
(WBBM) Dumbass Another sign of the bad economy: man chooses jail rather than paying a buck and a half for a soda. Or maybe he was just drunk (24)
(FARK) Survey Fark's 2008 Headline of the Year contest, Round 4: October through December (details in thread) (107)
(MSNBC) Obvious Scientists discover that visiting family "warps your brain." Their water team is also on the verge of confirming that water is, in fact, wet (43)
(BBC) Dumbass Man convicted of having sex on Dubai beach bemoans the massive legal bill, calling it "An extremely expensive situation". Sounds like someone's got a little sand in their vagina (155)
(Yahoo) Obvious Dr. Noshiat Sherlock of the Duh Institute says studies show gay teens less likely to use drugs or kill themselves if their parents don't freak the fark out when the teens "come out" to them (140)
(Local10) Florida Local 10 does a recap of Fark headlines for the past year, without mentioning Fark (56)
(Washington Post) Asinine D.C. to ban smelly vagrants from sleeping in public libraries. And someone is actually opposed to that (192)
(AP) Obvious Another sign of a bad economy: fewer tourists vacationing at the Sen. Craig bathroom in the Minneapolis airport (35)
(AZCentral) Interesting Controversial new "green" Bible hits the shelf. Noah's flood was a product of global warming and Jesus recycled all that fish and loaves of bread (260)
(Philly) Strange ...and in other news, apparently "Iceland is known as the hot dog capital of the world" (77)
(USA Today) Dumbass More and more people are taking "polar bear plunges" into frigid water to help support the Special Olympics. In other news, more and more people are training for the Special Olympics by plunging into frigid water (46)
(Daily Mail) Asinine Teacher fired for violating school dress code by wearing sneakers to class. Although he's the PE teacher (82)
(Daily Herald) Asinine What happens when two co-workers from a car dealership are boozing in a parked car owned by the dealership and one of them overdoses? This is America, so obviously the family of the dead guy sues the dealership (125)
(Houston Chronicle) Followup Whistleblower lady who exposed contractor fraud and has waited six years for repairs found dead in her mold-infested, still-unrepaired home (74)
(FARK) Survey Fark's 2008 Headline of the Year contest, Round 3: July through September (details in thread) (103)
(USA Today) Unlikely Rules of the Recession, Part I: Your penny-pinching uncle and cheap first date are about to seem like much cooler people (81)
(Some Manly Man) Interesting "Any daily count of stories about things we now must fear, tallies in dozens. Is this the sign of a great people, this grovelling in what is petty, low, fearsome, or unequal?" (114)
(The Raw Story) Strange Allen Ginsberg once called Henry Kissinger and suggested that to promote world peace they should appear on TV together...in the nude. Once again the superiority of recreational drugs from the 60s is demonstrated (62)
(Some Guy) Fail Not news, it's bad when the police break down your door during a training raid. News, it's really bad when it's the wrong house. Fark, It wasn't the police, it was the fire department (29)
(ProJo.com) Sappy 15 and 19 year old Rhode Islanders now parents for the third time after giving birth to ugly ass giraffe early last week. (with pic and video) (36)
(Boston Globe) Stupid In these tough economic times, more corporate executives are reaching out employees to listen to their concerns. Just kidding, they're taking evasive-driving classes so they can avoid employees and make quick getaways (57)
(USA Today) Dumbass In hard financial times, some Americans are seeking out second or third jobs. Some are filing for unemployment. Others are cutting back expenses. And some...well, some are just printing their own money (36)
(Discovery) Interesting Forget global warming -- the Earth is spinning slower. Global Slowing is also, undoubtedly, caused by humans. Either too many of us or we are getting to fat (164)
(NYPost) Sappy Ugly-ass titi monkeys born at Bronx Zoo. Aw, who am I kidding? It's the cutest little titi you'll see today (45)
(Spiegel) Photoshop Photoshop these hat-wearing heads of state (57)
(CBS Baltimore) Dumbass Two Liberians accused of trying to scam restaurateur, confuse him with Dewey decimal system (34)
(News.com.au) Amusing They may be small, round and frequently smelly, but telling your class of 11-year olds that they're a "pack of arseholes" tends to be frowned upon (58)
(NYPost) Asinine What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. In contrast, what happens in New York City gets your daughters strip-searched and you banned from ever becoming a foster mother (88)
(Daily Mail) Scary Hide and Seek is a much more interesting game when the loser risks being eaten by a polar bear (55)
(MSNBC) Sad Oldest American man dies, eliciting sorrow for many, yet a roster spot on the Toronto Maple Leafs  T-Shirt (32)
(MSNBC) Weird One out of five people don't have anyone to kiss on New Year's Eve, and more people kiss their pets than their friends that night (72)
(AP) Misc High wind knocks out power to 413,000 homes and businesses in the state of Michigan. It still wasn't as devastating as losing to Appalachian State and Toledo though (35)
(Fox News) Scary Jets pound Hamas, earn spot in playoffs  T-Shirt (710)
(The Local (Sweden)) Amusing It really doesn't matter how annoying you find the capitalist pigs at your local golf course, you won't be able to blow them up with an ECG machine (20)
(MSNBC) Interesting Teens who make pledges of abstinence still having premarital sex and not using protection. New pledges are to be reminded that crossing your fingers does not invalidate your vow of premarital celibacy (103)
(Telegraph) Dumbass You are unable to get through to vote for reality show "Strictly Come Dancing" so you a) forget about it and get ice cream, b) just wait and call later or c) call 911 to complain (23)
(TC Palm) Florida "May I see your skateboarder identification card please?" (48)
(News.com.au) Amusing This new year, people are vowing to eat more yak, learn to belch the alphabet, get a comma problem under control, and learn the name of flowers. Suddenly your resolution to eat less and work out more seems boring (29)
(News.com.au) Fail No matter how badly you're craving a smoke, always - ALWAYS - turn your oxygen bottle off first (32)
(Abc.net.au) Spiffy Ten members of the Chase and Tackle Squad capture bank robber in Sydney (9)