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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
(WSAZ) Strange The fact that the fire hydrant was an ornament is one thing. The fact that it took firefighters 15 minutes to figure this out is Fark (18)
(Mirror.co.uk) Scary There are five types of orgasm. The positive ("Oh YES"), the negative ("oh NO"), the Religious ("oh GOD"), the fake ("oh SUBBY"), and the one where you call out the wrong name and get strangled  T-Shirt (48)
(ABC 4) Asinine Utah State Senator: "Gays are probably the greatest threat to America." Failed banks, foreclosed homes, global warming, and al-Qaeda unimpressed (174)
(Newsday) Cool If you happen to be in market for a life-size T-Rex, someone would like to have a word with you (45)

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
(Some Guy) Dumbass If you've been flashing motorists along Iowa Hwy 78, put it away man, it's cold out there. And the police would like a word with you (36)
(AJC) Interesting In an effort to get students to graduate in four years, Mercer University offers to pay tuition for students who go over that deadline. I forsee a lot more people going to college for seven years (91)
(Google) Interesting Homeowners have found a way to bring the foreclosure process to a screeching halt: Ask to see the original mortgage (256)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Hitler stuffed himself on cake, suffered from gas, and had poor table manners. Just in case you need more reasons not to like him (157)
(Wikipedia) Photoshop Photoshop theme: Bogus health care or beauty products (59)
(Some Guy) Obvious Megachurch campus pastor resigns for "sexual impurity" (137)
(Daily Mail) Strange You might want to find a new doctor if your current one sits you on his knee and tells you cuddles are better than medicine (37)
(Crooks & Liars) Stupid Bill O'Reilly says he doesn't have to apologize for calling Helen Thomas a witch because a poll on billoreilly.com says that he doesn't have to (334)
(UPI) Sappy Ten Jewish women, ranging in age from 89 to 96, prepare for their bat mitzvahs, as they were unavailable in their communities when they turned 12. It's old Jews - it's Fark.com (48)
(UPI) Silly Old and busted: "Tickle-Me Elmo". New hotness: "Smash-Me Bernie", a steal at just $99.95 (39)
(Sum Guy) Stupid Spelling bee may be canceled due to budget cuts. EVERYBODY PANIK (46)
(LA Times) Unlikely How the mellow voice of Nancy Grace soothes our souls during these trying times (85)
(WWSB ABC 7) Florida Apparently we owe Mark David Chapman an apology, according to this crazy man who knows which famous author REALLY killed Lennon (video of city commission rant included) (72)
(Denver Channel) Cool Allergic Girl Uses Peanut Sniffing Dog. As opposed to every other dog that sniffs your ...Oh peanuts, my bad (82)
(Fox News) Interesting Amy Fisher is embarking on a multiple-city strip club tour as a high-paid stripper. "I am going to take this road until my fans tell me, 'Dear, please put your clothes back on. You're too old.' " (108)
(AP) Obvious From the "Drew called it" department: A look at some of the people killed in the Buffalo plane crash (59)
(Yahoo) Scary "I apologize to you now if you ever stayed in one of my rooms. You deserved better. But if housekeepers were paid more than minimum wage-and the tips were a bit better-I might have cleaned your toilet rather than just flushed it" (172)
(News.com.au) Dumbass Dentist charged for filling minor cavities (124)
(WTOL) Strange Man strips, handcuffs, and gags woman, puts her in diaper, and reads bible to her for three days. Or, as submitter calls it, foreplay (108)
(WTOP) Stupid Not news: Boy writes essay for school. Still not news: about his Dad. Fark: and the time his dad shot him with a BB gun because he was blocking the TV (59)
(MSNBC) Scary Teen boy kept locked in bathroom for years, beaten with clarinet. Unlike submitter's teen years in a locked bathroom, which were voluntary and involved a beating of a different woodwind (143)
(Spike) Amusing Top 11 Songs to Pump Iron to. What no Cher? (286)
(News 5) Dumbass Health tip: If the doctor's office is at "Holiday Inn Express Motel in meeting room on the first floor," he might not be a real doctor (57)
(The Smoking Gun) Stupid 14 year old girl arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she was caught text-messaging in class (401)
(SLTrib) Spiffy Trucks spill burgers and beer all over Utah's highways, proving there might be a God after all (51)
(Local6) Obvious Residents of mobile home park upset that they have just a couple of weeks to move out to make way for a new Super Wal-Mart store. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you (77)
(Telegraph) Unlikely California geography professor consults complex mathematical models, satellite imagery, and his rectum to find Osama bin Laden (60)
(CBS Minneapolis) Amusing Woman everywhere finally have the equality they deserve... they can now pee standing up (215)
(BBC) Dumbass Antiguan businessman, cricket impresario Sir Allen Stanford charged with "massive ongoing fraud" worth over $8 billion. Bernie Madoff sniffs, calls him an amateur (65)
(Canoe) Sappy Cat takes break from busy day of sleeping and sunbathing to alert owner that he has lung cancer (116)
(Some Comatose Guy) Sappy His family tearfully gave the OK for physicians to disconnect life support. That's when he woke up (100)
(SFGate) Dumbass Of all the things you can say to police responding to an emergency call at your home, "Give me your gun so I can shoot my son and my wife" probably isn't the most intelligent (40)
(Some Guy) Amusing Woman calls the cops on a goat that walks into her home and starts eating her chocolate cake. "I feel sorry for the lady, but it is kind of funny" (56)
(Post Star) Dumbass The best mugshots you'll see today of two dumbasses busted for "extensive graffiti" (122)
(Spiegel) Photoshop Photoshop this athlete and his supporter (39)
(Some Guy) Interesting "Clinton Lays Out Broad Asian Agenda". This headline makes sense no matter how you arrange the words (197)
(The Sun) Spiffy New recession-busting, 120-zipper dress can be made into a gown, a miniskirt, a halter top, a hat, a broach, or a pterodactyl. The Sun is there with pics (127)
(CNN) Amusing CNN's top five must-see locations that global warming will soon turn into inhospitable wastelands. Great Barrier Reef: Check. Alpine Glaciers: Check. Amazon rain forest: Check. New Orleans, Louisiana? (174)
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting Coffee: the delicious, refreshing, sweet, wonderful, addictive, caffeinated beverage that may or may not kill you (128)
(TampaBays10.com) Florida Remember all of those cute smiling strippers picked up in a Pasco lunchtime bust that started it all? Five years later - the progression of a stripper. With pics (306)
(Telegraph) Strange Fred Phelps family to visit Britain to protest against anti-homophobia, wag finger at "goofy queen's adulterous whore of a son." God hates cigarettes (193)
(London Times) Obvious When even the former head of MI5 thinks the United Kingdom is a police state, you know it's bad (75)
(USA Today) Obvious Now that credit card companies have adopted a "we'll charge whatever we want and make up fees as you go" pricing model, some government officials want to take a closer look at them (160)
(CNN) Strange Soldier, if Uncle Sam wanted you to have one dead and one unconscious 16-year-old girl in your barracks, he would have issued you one (224)
(BBC) Amusing Lambs headbutting eagles, just another day in the Scottish Highlands (39)
(Des Moines Register) Unlikely 17-year-old thinks he's got a good chance to be his town's next mayor because he's already raised $250 for his campaign, and has the backing of a landlord and the managers of a local convenience store and burger joint (43)
(CBS 4 Denver) Cool 'Snow artists' pay tribute to Obama on day of his visit in Colorado with 100 foot wide image they stomped into the snow (278)
(Some Guy) Scary Store says glass ended up in ground beef after wall clock fell on the floor in Meat Department. You really don't want to know how the glass got from the floor into the actual meat (62)
(BBC) Fail Large stockpile of unexploded weapons in Gaza disappears before UN can dispose of them. Three guesses who was supposed to be "guarding" them (404)
(UPI) Strange Beaver spotted in Detroit after a 75 year absence. Who knew the motor city was such a sausage-fest? (51)
(Daily Mail) Amusing Man who tased himself is shocked to hear his own lawyer describe him as a real life Homer Simpson (81)
(Metro) Hero Coolest Vicar ever fights to keep local brothel open (56)
(KTBS) Scary Think you had a bad day? This guy spent three hours upside down in the wreckage of his truck, with sulfuric acid dripping onto his head (60)
(UPI) Followup Italy's first bus with atheist advertisements hits the streets, promptly breaks down. Where is your God now? (492)
(AP) Spiffy French "Spider Man" scales 73 story Hong Kong skyscraper in 40 minutes without a net to draw attention to something, immediately surrenders afterwards (54)
(The News & Observer (NC)) Stupid Having solved all other problems, North Carolina legislature seeks to outlaw another plant (162)
(KENS5) Asinine "Thank you for calling 911. Will this be cash or charge?" (221)
(Some Guy) Interesting Loneliness just as bad for you as smoking, experts say. In other news, state lawmakers propose new law banning people from visiting bars alone to limit exposure of others to secondhand loneliness (230)
(The London Paper) Unlikely The stewardesses will conclude the safety demonstration and then pass round a huge wrap of coke (36)
(WSFA) Obvious Cement truck crashes in Waaaaaauuuuugh (121)
(MSNBC) Dumbass Your odds of being killed in a crash are higher if: a) the other vehicle is larger, b) you don't wear your seatbelt, c) you're driving your lawnmower on the highway (40)
(My Fox DC) Dumbass Man arrested after smashing out the windshield of a police cruiser with a cinder block. FARK: While the cruiser was parked at the local police department headquarters (27)
(Mercury-Register) Dumbass 24-year-old checks off every item on his "unwise things to do while naked" list (45)
(Google) Photoshop Theme: Ninjas at their day jobs (53)
(Metro) Weird Even if your patient does have a "nice arse", it's probably best that you wait until she's left the surgery before you start masturbating (118)
(TampaBays10.com) Florida After being single for ten years, alligator finally finds a love dumpster (with video) (23)
(NYPost) Dumbass Your guest refuses to go home after a long drinking session. Do you c) douse him with tequila and set him on fire? (39)
(Des Moines Register) Strange Third bomb scare in the Des Moines region in less than a week. Today's culprit: a shoebox (35)
(Ohio.com) Amusing Want a custom license plate in Ohio? Here are the rules you have to follow. Bonus: a complete list all 1,574 banned plates over the last two years (204)
(News.com.au) Strange Police are looking for a clean shaven man with a Mohawk and a tattoo across his chest because he bit off another man's nose on the dance floor. Smells like the police have an unsolved mystery on their hands (40)
(Rian.Ru) Weird Chinese businessman stages "best mistress" contest to decide which of his five he wants to keep, and then it gets weird (93)
(CBS Salt Lake City) Hero Not news: Man tries to break into car. News: Subdued by a woman 50 pounds lighter than him. Fark: She gave him a wedgie (26)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Drunk, passed out, with your dress up and panties down is no way to stop for a greenlight, young lady (173)
(TC Palm) Obvious Multivitamins, which were once thought to improve health, then not found to improve health, then found to improve health, then not found not to improve health, then found to improve health, now found to actually not improve your health (155)
(News.com.au) Dumbass Breaking in and vandalising the local swimming pool: Dumb. Being photographed swimming in your underwear with your mates: Dumber. Getting your mates arrested after posting the photographs on Facebook: Priceless (55)
(RedOrbit) Obvious Qualcomm-funded study finds cell phone usage in classrooms is beneficial (73)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop what these seniors are looking at (49)
(St. Petersburg Times) Florida Judge orders police to return Batman's mask after he was arrested for wearing it while eating sushi (55)

Monday, February 16, 2009
(AP) Dumbass If you're a jewelry salesman, don't take $300K worth of jewels into Starbucks. And it might be a good idea to have your handgun where you can reach it, instead of in your briefcase (59)
(goupstate.com) Scary Coyote attacks girl waiting for school bus. No word if attack was done with rocket backpack and roller skates (142)
(CTV) PSA "Fake toothbrushes found in Canadian stores" It's not news... it's CTV (56)
(CNN) Scary When Chimps Attack (214)
(Telegraph) Interesting Writer explains why she's ashamed to be British, and it has nothing to do with poor dental care, sub-par cuisine, living in the Nanny State, or Camilla Parker (108)
(Omaha World Herald) Dumbass Man attempts to steal a $600 puppy from a pet store, learns that the owner is a martial arts expert (62)
(London Times) Asinine Great moments in socialized medicine: New antibiotics would fight infections picked up in hospitals, but NHS doesn't want to use them because they cost money (183)
(Breitbart.com) Obvious Judge decides not to toss 68-year-old woman in jail for painting a fire hydrant yellow (46)
(Daily Mail) Asinine Man confronts the guy who sold heroin to his family. Guess who ends up in jail (103)
(ABC News) Florida "A South Florida pilot has only minor injuries after a turkey vulture shattered his windshield, forcing an emergency landing." Yep, there's a pic (88)
(Metro) Hero Margaret Thatcher's daughter lashes out at Nanny State, claiming people are far too easily offended. "It's like we're back 20 years ago before the fall of the Berlin Wall" (163)
(BBC) Misc Rome to dismantle illegal gypsy camps. Romans expected to begin inexplicably losing weight about a week later (122)
(MSNBC) Scary The Nanny State goes for the gusto by making it a crime to take pictures of police officers or activities. Nothing to see here. I SAID NOTHING TO SEE HERE (294)
(Baltimore Sun) Scary The postal creed mentions rain, sleet, and snow... but nothing about machete attacks (37)
(Daily Mail) Asinine UK jail so comfortable it's "just like being on holiday" claims convicted killer, who updates his Facebook status to "relaxing" (74)
(CNN) Asinine Careereoki: it's not news, it's CNN (38)