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Sun June 15, 2008
(Some Guy) Scary FAQ: So ... you have a demon (57)
(Daily Mail) Spiffy Not only do some say Princess Di's butler had sex with her regularly, he also got to see the Queen naked. Lucky (31)
(Independent) Scary Britain launches crackdown against super-stretch limos after revelations that they breach safety standards, drive on the left side of the road (23)
(Komo) Strange Police say man wasn't acting strangely in bushes. He was just putting on makeup (w/ helpful pic) (40)
(LewRockwell.com) Obvious TSA screener maces himself and eight fellow screeners trying to throw away a can of pepper spray. Still no sign of Osama (120)
(AP) Unlikely Teen walks around with a bullet in his head rather than let police remove it for evidence in a robbery he's allegedly committed (60)
(Some Blogger) Wheaton Blogger does "Where are they now" from "Stand By Me" kids, includes insightful observation "Wil Wheaton is really a nobody" (189)
(Some Guy) Cool Second-century Roman d20 sold for $17,925. Submitter always rolls XX (66)
(Chicago Tribune) Dumbass Man arrested for impersonating National Guard soldier. No word yet if his sentencing will be spread out over one weekend a month, two weeks a year (50)
(Some Guy) Stupid Her 1st hubby ran off with her mom 10 days after the wedding, her 2nd was a stand-in after her fiance left her & the 3rd was a bigamist. Her 4th husband cheated before the wedding, but she says this one will last. Fark: She's only 24 (188)
(AP) Florida What do you do when you slip and fall because of bird droppings? Sue the National Audubon Society, of course (87)
(Canada.com) Weird Newspapers have finally figured out they don't actually need news in order to publish articles (61)
(ABC News) Followup Pennsylvania official who introduced new tax on booze surprised to find that it's made him only slightly less popular than Osama bin Laden among Pennsylvanians who drink to try and forget that they have to live in that shiathole (127)
(Fox News) Scary Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. Also, every time the cost of gasoline goes up a penny, it costs the US Postal Service plenty (63)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop this kid going ballistic (49)
(Gothamist) Cool Texas Rangers turn rained-out game at Shea into the world's biggest Slip-n-Slide. The Sun is not there (53)
(Daily Mail) Amusing Man, dog, survive 200-foot plunge off cliff in car. Your dog wants air brakes (bonus: cutting-edge MS Paint re-enactment) (84)
(The Morning Call) Cool Teen sets world record by solving a 4x4 Rubik's Cube in less time "than it takes most people to assemble a peanut butter and jelly sandwich" (74)
(Canada.com) Weird Now that Nepal has abolished the monarchy, everyone is asking the important question: What will happen to Hitler's car? (33)
(CBS Miami) Sad Where is Elian Gonzalez now? He has "joined" Cuba's Young Communist Union (327)
(Glens Falls Post Star) Dumbass Hospital forced to keep Level 3 sex offender indefinitely at taxpayer expense until a handicap-accessible home can be found for him (79)
(BBC) Amusing BBC correspondent stops at US petrol station, buys gas at bargain price, discovers beef jerky (167)
(SMH) Followup In another encouraging sign that Afghanistan's government is getting stronger, they're preparing to invade Pakistan. This should end well (75)
(AP) Stupid Oil companies get okay from the government to annoy polar bears. What could possibly go wrong? (252)
(Some Guy) Sad Man breaks world record by applying 415 tattoos in 24 hours, the majority to a single stoned coffee shop clerk who thinks that and the five pounds of metal stuck in his face will prove he's "different" and "edgy, man" (123)
(AFP) Interesting So you want to become a German citizen? You know who else... oh, nevermind (66)
(AP) Interesting Come for the cheap gas, stay for that show with the donkey (57)
(TBO) Florida Apparently, robbing a Wal-Mart in your wheelchair is a good way to get banned from the store (17)
(C|Net) Amusing Lauren Bernat, the librarian, now has trouble finding work because of Wii Fit Girl. Michael Bolton unavailable for comment (180)
(Boston Herald) Misc Want a transgender teen sex slave? Sign up with the Massachusetts Department of Social Services (83)
(YouTube) Spiffy This. Is. Genius (139)
(ABC News) Obvious Scientists finally confirm that Mentos and Coke can be a dangerous combination. Professor N. S. Sherlock unavailable for comment (39)
(The New York Times) Sad Gifted students are the newest victim of Every Child Left Behind (288)
(Sun Sentinel) Stupid And the Lord said, "I shall appear to you on a cross of french fries, and you shall partake of my body, dipped in my blood, ketchup" (44)
(Daily Mail) Scary Today's hot young females are demanding real orgasms, forcing men to take pills to keep up (407)
(Boston Globe) Stupid Soon, every town in Massachusetts will have a law requiring sex offenders to move to the town next door (164)
(The Local (Sweden)) Obvious Stockholm women named "most beautiful in the world" (116)
(The Local (Sweden)) PSA Your sex life may be a bit too kinky if it requires police involvement (45)
(some Yat) Amusing Local TV anchor charged with DWI after flipping vehicle. Bonus: Station's motto is "on your side" (25)
(SFGate) Obvious Big fire in Humboldt County burns 74 homes, taxes the nation's Funyuns supply (23)
(Some Dumbass) Dumbass Man ties his son to a tree overnight, two nights in a row, to "discipline him for misbehaving". Since you're reading about it here on Fark, you can guess it did not end well (87)
(Palm Beach Post) Interesting New owners of Boca Raton office building discover long-forgotten giant tube leading to the Intarwebs. It's faster than modern pre-wired buildings, "several times faster than a traditional T-1 or other fiber-optic connections." (101)
(Some Russian Guy) Photoshop Photoshop these classic hairstyles for men (44)
(NYPost) Weird He was a 6-foot-6 genius billionaire with a chiseled frame, physical endurance and a taste for fast cars and gadgets. Oh, and he had a drug-fueled orgy cave (89)
(Houston Chronicle) Hero 20-year old Army medic, who is only the second woman to receive the Silver Star since WWII, comes home to a hero's welcome. With video goodness (44)
(Yahoo) Scary Amazing photo of houses on the Cedar River. Literally (85)
(shorpy.com) Caption Caption these Brokeback soldiers, at ease (49)
(Abc.net.au) Stupid Man jumps off mountain, falls 260m as parachute fails, says ta-dah (33)
(Telegraph) Strange Annual 22-mile Horse vs Man race won by a margin of 30 seconds by horse Dukes Touch of Fun. 30 seconds? Dukes sucks (30)
(Politico) Interesting John McCain - "It's tough in some respects" to be proud of the United States of America. Watch out, John, you're starting to sound a little bitter (179)
(London Times) Obvious Bush begs "get Osama Bin Laden before I leave office" in hopes that his presidency won't end up a total failure (230)
(YouTube) Hero Happy Father's Day. What would you say to your father today if you could? (w/voting) (384)
(The New York Times) Obvious Gays and lesbians who fought for the right to get married have found out that being married sucks (186)
(Telegraph) Scary Toilet fumes cause "drunken" symptoms among pilots and crew, force emergency landing (34)
(Newsday) Interesting Man spells "botir..", um... "boatary"...uh..."pancakes" to win senior age spelling bee (15)
(KCCI) Sad The Iowa Cubs set record for attendance during game with Nashville: zero fans. I know they're a Cubs affiliate, but c'mon (51)
(News.com.au) Unlikely 92-year-old banned from marrying 17-year-old. Even dyslexics would see that's wrong (34)
(Daily Mail) Obvious New study finds that right-wingers really are nicer people (404)
(Dallas News) Spiffy Kid who quit high school just before graduation, because he did not want to tell on a friend who cracked his knuckles & disrupted class, finally gets diploma. At age 94 (41)
(London Times) Hero Stephen Hawking turns down a chance to be Sir Stephen. And tells his government to stop hacking away at science research budget (161)
(Some Gal) Amusing Not News: Fight breaks out at trailer park. News: Over 40 people involved. Fark: One man was armed with a large Samurai sword (84)
(Telegraph) Photoshop Photoshop this Chinese military unit and their cargo (46)
(Local10) Sick Problem: your restaurant is suffering a rodent problem. Do you... (c) paint over their lifeless bodies and hope no one notices (87)
(Kansas.com) Dumbass Two teenagers arguing over the nickname "C-Thug" get their asses handed to them by a 44 year-old woman with a butcher knife, earning themselves the nickname "B-Slapped." (124)

Sat June 14, 2008
(Buffalo News) Dumbass If you're going to hide drugs from the police, "under the hood of the patrol car" is a bad choice (18)
(USA Today) Scary The Last of the Red Hot Branding Lovers (43)
(Newsday) Dumbass Cardiologist hides camera in office bathroom to spy on patients and staff, is promptly found out when staff sees a bill from thespystore.com come to the office. Well, it's not like he's a brain surgeon or anything (59)
(Some Guy) Weird Man arrested 23 times for 'impersonating a transit worker'. In other news, it's against the law in New York to be rude, slovenly, and work only one hour a day (39)
(New Zealand Herald) Silly Bridal frock shock. Some shops now charging $20 for each dress a bride slips on and others set a flat fee of $60 an hour to stop schoolgirls and "brides without grooms" wasting shop-owners' time (443)
(Daily Mail) Asinine Hero: One-legged war veteran saves mother and baby from thugs. Fark: He's arrested for having a truncheon in his back pocket (177)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop this jet-engine inspector (70)
(TBO) Florida Apartment won't end a soldier's lease even though he must go to basic training in 19 days. "It's important we're consistent with the way we deal with people." (307)
(Daily Mail) Stupid Mother accused of stealing her own baby from hospital after getting caught up in abduction training exercise. On the bright side, at least nobody got shot dead this time (43)
(Some Guy) Stupid School groups protest forthcoming beer pong game for Wii. Game company claims beer pong actually discourages drinking because, "If anything, you're going to be drinking less" (93)
(Some Snowflake) Asinine Fairfax County, Virginia schools abandon "valedictorian" in favor of groups of "honor graduates." Reactions range from, "This is a communist system" to "I'm glad I don't have to give a speech." (162)
(SFGate) Amusing Ugly ass goat wins most beautiful goat title (32)
(Some Flag Law) Misc Today is flag day. What did you do to celebrate it? If nothing, why do you hate America? (371)
(MSNBC) Weird Girl is shocked, SHOCKED to have won $20 in the lottery (98)
(Canada.com) Unlikely "Urban futurist" predicts Edmonton will become a world class city thanks to low taxes. Of course, he'd say the same thing about Moose Jaw if he were speaking there (113)
(National Post) Interesting Man found not guilty after killing police officer who raided home with knockless warrant (492)
(Boston Herald) Dumbass Having solved all other problems, Massachusetts House of Representatives bans "casual Friday" attire (including Celtics jerseys) from the State House (36)
(Des Moines Register) Interesting Despite the warnings and the dangers, locals in Iowa can't resist the lure of floodwaters. "It's probably not a whole lot different than somebody wanting to go to a national park and see Old Faithful or the Grand Canyon." (72)
(Reuters) Followup Remember those Florida tomatoes that were declared salmonella free? Well... maybe not so much (73)
(Boston Herald) Stupid Today's "ten year old boy faces jail for badly-drawn picture of shooting" story brought to you by Taunton, Mass (205)
(AP) Amusing Spider monkey uses garden hose to flee Indiana zoo. Spider pig unvailable for comment (35)
(Daily Mail) Stupid Town councilor refers to female colleagues as "three nice bits of stuff". Colleagues object because only one is, in fact, a nice bit of stuff, while the second is clearly mediocre and the third is a man, baby (with semi-manly pic) (95)
(AP) Weird "Researchers at MIT believe they've discovered a new weapon in the battle against tuberculosis: Free cell phone minutes." Still no cure for can... oh wait, someone is beeping in (31)
(AP) Obvious "The worst may be behind for Wall Street - or not." Hard hitting reporting from the Associated Press - or not (42)
(Orlando Sentinel) Florida High gas prices prompt people to move closer to where they work. Quick, to the Romerocopter (113)
(Boston Globe) Spiffy Finally some good news: Expensive gas means fewer teenage drivers (78)
(Dayton Daily News) Dumbass Step 1: Steal 840 frozen pizzas. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit. Apparently, Step 2 is not "Crash pickup truck into fence while being chased by cops for speeding, run away, then report vehicle as stolen two days later." (22)
(Sun Sentinel) Florida Refusing medical treatment after a car accident? That's a tasing (82)
(The Sun) Amusing Princess Eugenie, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, discovered frolicking naked and drunk on the grounds of her boarding school. God shave the Princess (119)
(Dayton Daily News) Cool A 22-gun British warship that sank in 1780 found intact on the bottom of Lake Ontario with 70-foot tall masts still intact. That's seamanship Mr. Pullings (115)
(Inside Higher Ed) Interesting Overwhelmed by student loans? Blame a 1989 Justice Dept anti-trust probe (82)
(AJC) Dumbass Everybody was kung-fu fight...*screech* EVERYBODY PANIC (20)
(Dallas News) Hero Bank customers beat snot out of bank robber, send him to hoosegow. Don't mess with Texas (57)
(Daily Mail) Strange Man receives parking fine for his tractor that hasn't left his barn for 14 years, for parking in a city he hasn't been to for 45 years (27)
(FDNM) Amusing Bear bites off more than he can chew when trying to take on a St. Bernard. Good thing he wasn't much bigger, or it would've been grizzly (29)
(Daily Mail) Stupid Crack squad of 50 police officers surround and arrest gang of youths looting stores. No, wait, it was just one 4'7" 12-year-old boy who found a £10 note hanging out of a cash machine. But in all fairness, he is black (87)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop this banjo (47)
(Daily Mail) Scary Woman began an incestuous affair with her long-lost father after tracking him down. Yep, pics (135)
(BBC) Amusing Edinburgh police addressing the root of their fair city's problems - loud bagpipers (20)
(Abc.net.au) Strange Scientists rally to keep hybrid "supercats" out of country, fearing it could lead to SuperCaturday (453)
(The Morning Call) Strange If the penis cast don't fit, you must acquit (60)
(AP) Amusing Man faces 40 years in prison after he was found cruising down the highway with brown in the diaper he was wearing (22)
(AP) Sad "Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby." "That's a negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full." Two downed aircraft and one dead pilot ensues. He's lost that lovin' feelin' (58)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Police solve cold case of thieves who lock themselves in freezer (9)
(The Daily Press) Misc Saucy man robs pizza parlor, makes off with the dough. Police release typical cheesy description, don't expect the case to mushroom. That's basilcally it (16)
(WTAM) Amusing College co-ed fights for her right to streak using popular "Have we lost our senses of humor?" defense (68)
(MSNBC) Stupid Italy refuses to be outdone by Austria: Italian family keeps woman locked in room for 18 years (27)
(Telegraph) Followup Wii Fit girl may be a hoax, obvious tag barely trumped (127)
(Oregon Live) PSA If you were planning on picking up your precious snowflake from their last day of elementary school in a limo, Lake Grove Elementary has already said "no." (50)
(Some Godless Heathen) Photoshop 'Shop this shaman shaking his spirits (36)
(KNBC) Hero Detective makes promise to rape victim, tracks man for 10 years (108)
(Some Clueless Marketers) Amusing MMMmmm penis lighthouse gummies (40)
(Chicago Tribune) Asinine Nurse pulls a cop from a burning car and gets 10 months in jail for her troubles (213)

Fri June 13, 2008
(The Smoking Gun) Amusing This week's TSG mugshot roundup dedicated to Dads everywhere. Happy Father's Day (94)
(BBC) Obvious Two children in Spain have been admitted to a mental health institution to be treated for addiction to their mobile phones, when they should have been out having sex (28)
(CBS Sacramento) Dumbass Two Danville, Calif. boys find out the hard way that the best place to stargaze isn't in the middle of a residential street (61)
(Daily Mail) Scary Scientists have recovered soft tissue and blood vessels from a a 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton and plan on replicating the constituent DNA. No need to panic (202)
(NJ.com) Asinine Woman dying of cancer gives three cats and $30,000 donation to sanctuary, calls to get one back when her health improves. Sanctuary says, "No, you can't have your cat back. Not yours." (117)
(MSNBC) News Northern Japan rocked by 6.9 magnitude quake (122)
(AP) Amusing If only all AP articles were so tastefully illustrated... (181)
(Charleston.net) Weird What do you do when your neighbors won't let you use their pool? Break into their house and write "PIGS" in your own blood on the walls, of course... (106)
(KREM) Hero Oregon allows home beer deliveries. Drew last seen packing his bags and heading west (91)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop these Ga-hoy'b'flavins (55)
(Some Guy) Amusing Hasbro introducing My Little Pony underwear for adults. Catherine the Great not amused (142)
(AP) Sappy Siegfried and Roy welcome new tiger cubs to Vegas habitat. Roy available for comm -- LOOK OUT IT'S A BIG TIGER -- hehehe... just kidding, Roy. Roy? You okay? Damn... someone call a shrink. (Oh, and there are pics) (97)
(Sign On San Diego) Obvious Attention homeless people: Leave the woods or we will be forced to give you a roof over your head, a bed to sleep in and three round meals every day (111)
(YouTube) Amusing Subby forgot just how dorky '90s commercials were. LGT video (162)
(Toronto Star) Hero Man sacrifices himself to save his wife from a freak June blizzard on Mount Rainer. As RAH once said, "This is how a man lives, this is how a MAN dies" (213)
(Some Guy) Cool The coolest R2-D2 cake you'll see today. Although you shouldn't eat it -- the red one has a bad motivator (97)
(London Times) Obvious Europeans are going to miss Bush -- AKA, The Boogeyman -- in ways they are only beginning to understand (124)
(NYPost) NewsFlash Tim Russert has signed off for the last time (1302)
(Ars Technica) Unlikely AT&T: Termination fees are ultimately a great deal for consumers (136)
(Chicago Sun-Times) NewsFlash R. Kelly found not guilty. Prosecution pissed (332)
(AP) Followup NASA: Don't worry about that foot-long object that fell off the shuttle. Oh, and that thing sticking out of the rudder? Yeah, that's just an illusion. All clear for tomorrow's landing (122)
(Houston Chronicle) Scary Two people capped at soda bottling plant (67)
(Canada.com) Dumbass Man steals $375,000 in transit fares, leaves most of it in his garage (31)
(Telegraph) Scary If the sign says "15 items or less," you better damn well have 15 items or less (214)
(Chicago Tribune) Scary Woman arrested in 22-year-old cold case has other dead spouses... five of them. Drew Peterson reportedly interested in setting up a date (54)
(NYPost) Amusing Man who claims he can never work again dances up a storm (118)
(Labspaces.net) Interesting Physics is fun: Scientists find that hind-leg running lizards are actually pulling a wheelie (63)
(WESH.com) Florida Judge throws out Sears sex sting evidence because there's a reasonable expectation of privacy inside a bathroom stall. In other news, Larry Craig moves for a change of venue (136)
(ClusterStock) Followup Fraudster hedge-fund manager said he didn't kill himself because he didn't want to set a bad example for his son. So he faked his own death and fled the country instead (44)
(The Raw Story) Followup D.C. cops abandon checkpoint plan. Not because it was unconstitutional or anything, they just failed miserably (81)
(naplesnews) Florida Mom on beer run leaves kids to melt in the rain: "I don't want them anymore anyway" (171)
(AP) Strange Oil slips to $135 after... *shakes Magic 8 Ball*... OPEC questions high price. Wait, what? (270)
(Local6) Followup Mystery object spotted floating near space shuttle (with pics) (240)
(SeattlePI) Obvious The non-smokers replacing the business of exiled smokers are annoying, self-righteous douchebags who don't tip well (720)
(Globe and Mail) Scary BC Transmission Corporation accused of intimidating power line opponents. Just goes to show that power corrupts (26)
(Dallas News) Amusing Republican delegate from Texas shocked, SHOCKED to see statues of nekkid wimmins in our nation's capitol. Wants to remove all nudes from the National Gallery of Art (751)
(FARK) Cool FINAL REMINDER: Friday the 13th NYC "Superstition" Party at Crocodile Lounge. LGT location, DIT for those of you who missed it the last two times (49)
(Palm Beach Post) Florida Car thieves take advantage of the fact that it's easy to blend in with other traffic and make a clean getaway. This does not apply if you've just stolen a 21,600-pound all-terrain forklift (19)
(AP) Weird Escaped monkey is "sociable." Presumably shopping for a boat to use as an ark (27)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop yourself being what you wanted to be when you grew up. LGT example (98)
(Canada.com) Stupid Calgary (the city) wonders if Calgary (the font) represents them well (67)
(ABC News) Asinine Top story on abcnews.com: Is the Apocalypse upon us? How about "no" (154)
(Toledo Blade) Amusing With rising gas prices, peddle-by shootings gaining popularity (47)
(Reuters) Scary Tornado hits University of Kansas' nuclear reactor. In other news, University of Kansas has a nuclear reactor (193)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious Americans think their own lives are swell, but are convinced the whole country is going to hell. Why? "Our impressions of the nation as a whole come from the media and from political blather, which both exaggerate the negative" (258)
(Fox News) Followup Crash survivors "considered eating pilot." This of course was on the tarmac after they had sat there for seven hours (55)
(ABC News) Unlikely Can mass transit rescue America? Spend 15 minutes on a crowded NYC subway, and that'll answer that question (260)
(My Fox DC) Obvious From the "Goes Without Saying" File: Records show tasered man had history of resisting (56)
(The Sun) Sappy An Asian black bear and a pussycat are the bestest friends. The Sun is there w/pics. We know it's not Caturday, but it's too damn cute to pass up (100)
(Telegraph) Stupid Having solved ALLLLLL the world's other problems, the United Nations says Britain should abolish its monarchy (294)
(Network World) Obvious Advocates ask court to stop border agents from messing with our God-given right to fill laptops with porn (83)
(HealthDay) Obvious Study finds that later school start times result in students getting more sleep. In other news, water is wet, the earth is round, John McCain is old (119)
(NYPost) Sappy I am the walrus, and I am one year old. Give me my bucket. Goo goo g' joob (with pics) (63)
(MSNBC) Interesting Top 10 best places to live in the U.S. Your city/town is probably not on here (761)
(Daily Mail) Followup Irish say "No" to EU treaty, adding "Now give us another bloody pint" (182)
(London Times) Interesting Today's misleading headline: The teabag, a British favourite born by mistake, is 100 years old (71)
(ABC News) PSA Go ahead and jump in the pool right after eating BBQ. Make sure it's in the shallow end as those water wings don't work. It's not ABCNews.com, it's "Mythbusters" (52)
(Some Guy) Obvious Always make sure you take the snapping turtle out of the sink before the health inspector arrives at your restaurant (83)
(KHNL) Scary You're gonna need a bigg- um, ANY boat (with video) (70)
(The Sun) Amusing You all heard of the women living in that guy's cupboard. This guy had a "colony of Kosovans" living in his roof. The Sun is there (62)
(Telegraph) Stupid Boy has been ordered to tear down his treehouse because he doesn't have planning permission for it (100)
(FARK) Followup REMINDER: NJ Fark Party on 6/21 at Tumulty's in New Brunswick. LGT Previous thread (126)
(The Local.de) Dumbass No matter how worried you are that you're going to miss your plane, calling in a fake bomb threat is never a good idea. Especially on your traceable cell phone (21)
(News.com.au) Obvious Dutch statisticians, emerging from long coffee-shop session, claim that Friday the 13th is actually safer than average Fridays (42)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop this flyscreen (38)
(Daily Mail) Stupid Foul-mouthed "Big Brother" housemate sparks 750 viewer complaints. In related news, at least 750 people are apparently still watching "Big Brother" (48)
(Statesman) Interesting It really sucks when you're facing the death penalty and the prosecutor and the judge are sleeping together (125)
(Wired) Obvious Think the proven existence of aliens would end Christianity? Think again -- believers would simply change their interpretation of doctrine. Xenu unavailable for comment (489)
(Telegraph) Cool After native species were hunted to extinction in the 12th century, pair of German beavers invade England and build a six-foot dam (with pic cuteness) (61)
(Daily Mail) Amusing Too cheap to rent a hotel room? Try the confessional box. "The Catholic church... we've made a few changes" (31)
(Some Guy) Amusing The eight places where you probably lost your virginity. That would be location, not anatomical area (374)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Hen stuns its owner by turning into a large cock (77)
(Some Guy) Amusing Take a look at these pictures. If you see anything naughty in them, you are a corrupt, sick individual. Or a farker. (Not safe for work, depending on your perspective) (104)
(News.com.au) Strange Sniff 23 armpits. Get caned 18 times. Then prison, 14 years. That stinks (49)

Thu June 12, 2008
(Daily Kos) Followup Outraged by the SCOTUS ruling on the Gitmo tribunals, Senate Republicans vow to amend Constitution to strip it of habeas corpus (1023)
(Some Gal) Photoshop Photoshop this lady in denial (61)
(Canoe) Scary Well, so much for that episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" (98)
(My Fox DC) Stupid Today's display of natural selection waiting to happen: bicycle polo (51)
(Jacksonville.com) Florida Finally some news out of Florida with the words "molesting" and "crabs" in it that does not involve a teacher-student relationship (28)
(ABC News) Followup That whole shower curtain scare? It turns out that the researchers only tested one shower curtain. Not one brand, one curtain (99)
(WGAL 8) Interesting Following the suit of such notable conservative states like California and New York, Pennsylvania set to ban smoking in most public places (169)
(CNN) Cool Hazzard's Cooter figures he drank 43,000 beers, 2,000 jugs of whiskey, wine, gin and vodka, and smoked pounds of pot in the 20 years he was out of control (90)
(The Sun) Scary Letting your 5-year-old daughter give you a tattoo is wrong on so many levels. What kind of a parent--a skull and crossbones? Cool (87)
(AP) Asinine Muslim kids in Saudi Arabia are taught to kill adulterers, apostates, and evil Jewish traitors. And by "Saudi Arabia" I mean "Virginia" (248)
(IT Business Edge) Stupid Old and busted: Quitting your job because the corporate culture sucks and it's a dead-end that's slowly sucking your will to live. New hotness: Quitting your job because they block Facebook (180)
(Yahoo) Interesting Old and busted: Magic vs Bird. New hotness: Kobe vs Pierce. Now if Odom could just learn to stop picking up cheap fouls, we might have a series worthy of the rivalry on our hands. This is your NBA playoff thread (732)
(AP) Cool Man gets ticket for showing his moobs in public (75)
(Poughkeepsie Journal) Weird "City police looking for small, uppity dog" (75)
(Some Frat Boy) Scary Tornado heavily damages SAE fraternity house at Kansas State University. That's their story and they're stickin' to it (131)
(SFGate) Amusing A perfect storm of alcohol and testosterone ends with a firefighter placing a police officer under citizens arrest (87)
(Dallas News) Scary Dallas goes for the coveted crane collapse trifecta when another one falls at the construction site for the new Dallas Cowboys stadium (77)
(Boston Globe) Amusing Continuing its bid to chronicle irrelevancy, Guinness Book of World Records declares George the Bunny the oldest living rabbit (with "Are you sure it's alive?" pic) (63)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Asinine Chicago teachers union takes out $3 million in loans to stay solvent because its top officials were using union funds for educational materials. They are now fully educated about booze, gourmet meals and satellite radio (85)
(MSNBC) Dumbass Poorly tattooed Asian MySpace dwarf-slut Tila Tequila takes full credit for the gay marriage ruling in California (442)
(CBS News) Asinine Congressman who hates America wants to outsource all our hotness to foreign models (90)
(Some Guy) Hero Having solved all of the nation's other problems, California Congresswoman introduces bill to make the FCC lower the volume on TV commercials (276)
(Yahoo) Obvious According to "experts" the healthiest thing you can eat at the movie theatre is seven dollars in change, which is also the least expensive thing you can eat at the movie theatre (83)
(CTV) Scary Today's media fear-mongering brought to you courtesty of your shower curtain. Yes, it WILL kill you. EVERYDOY PANIC, RINSE, REPEAT (101)
(PhotoSig) Photoshop Photoshop this country barn (70)
(ReRun) Interesting Scientists find out why bees are disappearing. 1970's television (97)
(High Times) Sad Q: What to do with 237 tons of cannabis? A: Put it in a ditch and have the RAF bomb it with Harrier jets (418)
(AZCentral) Dumbass Man wants school district to pay him $400 because it rained on his kid's graduation day. Isn't it ironic? (198)
(Some Guy) Amusing Police in Tennessee are on the lookout for a stolen Coors Light beer truck and its $21,500 payload (184)
(Nerve) Amusing Contrary to popular beliefs, Jesus was not a long-haired hippy (487)
(BBSpot) Amusing People turning to Medieval technologies to save on gas. No, and it's not burning witches again (138)
(Hollywood Wire) Obvious Diversion of corn to ethanol could cause higher prices for movie popcorn. Still doesn't explain why raw popcorn selling for 31 cents a pound from the wholesaler costs you $7 for a bucket of a few ounces (144)
(WBBM) Scary Old and busted: the caffeine in your coffee kills you. New hotness: the cup your coffee is in kills you (123)
(NewsChannel9) Sick Today's "female teacher molests female students" story comes from Chattanooga. However, there is no giggity in this case. (with mug shot) (292)
(Fox News) Followup Brobdingnagian brewer of Bass, Beck's, and Brahma brings bid for Budweiser buyout (157)
(The Morning Call) Scary Kraft adds more anus to hot dog recipe to make them zestier, meatier (371)
(The Smoking Gun) Amusing Six strippers arrested in Indiana police raid. With mug shot "goodness." (268)
(AFP) Weird Today's WTF headline some courtesy of the AFP: "Dustin the Turkey urges 'no' vote in Irish EU poll" (with photo of said turkey) (31)
(The Local (Sweden)) Silly The Stockholm Subway Map with station names in translated English. One single to Sharp Nude please (89)
(Bloomberg) Spiffy After a hard day of computer programming and martial-arts training, Burcak Veral dresses up as Audrey Hepburn and sallies forth to solve crimes in Istanbul's transsexual community (68)
(India Times) Interesting Times of India dispels Newman cancer rumors in between stories about vampire monkey gods and guide to harvesting organs of albinos to increase potency (33)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Dumbass 15 year-old eigth grader to be charged as an adult for bringing a gun to school. Wait, a 15 year old eighth grader? (168)
(Philly) Asinine Camden, NJ school officials forced to apologize for vice principal who made unruly kids eat their lunch while sitting on the gym floor. Kids apparently complained the food tasted like balls (65)
(Boston Globe) Followup Apology issued for ads dissing Boston subway drivers: "most conductors don't look anything at all like halibuts. Some look more like groupers or flounders" (58)
(Sun Sentinel) Dumbass Hugo Chavez threatens $200/barrel Oil if US does not surrender; Venezuela about to liberated by mushroom clouds of freedom (466)
(Hartford Courant) Interesting ESPN looking to rezone property in order to expand. Get ready for The Ocho (63)
(Daily Camera) Amusing On second thought, selling gift certificates to Liquor Mart may not be the most appropriate high school fund raiser (31)
(Free Press) Obvious Detroit suburb considers hiring sharpshooters to take out growing deer population. "Wild animals only care about two things: procreation and survival." (101)
(LA Times) Followup Even the gamblers aren't buying former NBA ref Tim Donaghy's story of widespread game fixing (104)
(Daily Mail) Obvious Brits are out of work because they are lazy, unmotivated couch pasties who wouldn't know a job skill if it dropped in their pint of lager (112)
(NYPost) Spiffy Still not able to afford an apartment in the building he works in, lottery winning doorman decides to use his winnings to concentrate on one of his other passions - women (137)
(New Musical Express) Hero Every now and then a story comes along that restores your faith in humanity and gives you hope for the future. In this case, it's Pharrell Williams telling us "I made Madonna cry like a baby" (110)
(My Fox DC) Strange Today's winner of a guaranteed trip to hell... David Wayne Baker, who stole $90,000 worth of brass vases from Maryland cemeteries (60)
(AP) Florida Man carrying fake rocket launcher, projectile in car arrested for possession of hoax weapon of mass destruction (82)
(Sun Sentinel) Florida The Gunshine State ranks second in firearm exports used in crimes (198)
(Guardian.com) Interesting The terrifying truth about Komodo Dragons: They'd much prefer to eat a water buffalo's testicles than yours (105)
(Some Hungry Guy) Photoshop Photoshop this dessert (50)
(Some Alabama graduate) Dumbass When robbing gas stations, choose stores where you are not known by your first name & do not present photo ID (28)
(JSOnline) Followup Lake Delton opted out of federal flood insurance in 2001. Oops (195)
(Wall Street Journal) Caption Caption Barack Obama pointing something out (277)
(New York Sun) Cool New York City's shrine to smoked fish celebrates its 100th birthday - to clarify, this is about an old restaurant and not Kim Cattrall (57)
(Daily Mail) Scary Old and busted: Road rage. New hotness: Supermarket check-out lane rage (293)
(Scripps) Strange California man wants to build 200-foot Jesus on EPA mountain cleanup site. MC 900-foot Jesus unimpressed (84)
(Some Guy) Interesting Marijuana potency highest in thirty years. Funyun stock to get high too (221)
(CNN) Unlikely What is wrong with Amtrak? Nothing $15 billion won't fix (179)
(Livenews) Amusing Dalai Lama backs 'good friend' Sharon Stone over China earthquake comments. "Everything is karmic," he says. Including, presumably, Basic Instinct 2 (w/video) (96)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop this net thrower (29)
(BBC) Obvious Nine survive plane crash in Chile. Rescuers report that the survivors appear remarkably well-fed (49)
(News.com.au) Dumbass Priceless - sending a video of yourself masturbating to her mobile as she is in the police station making a complaint about you stalking her (92)
(Cracked) Interesting The five most ridiculous SkyMall products money can buy -- if you still have any left over after stowed baggage fees (104)
(Telegraph) Obvious People with higher IQs are less likely to believe in God (1447)
(Farktography) Farktography Theme of Farktography Contest No. 162: Trails--I Can See Where You've Been. Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme (208)

Wed June 11, 2008
(Some Guy) NewsFlash Tornado hits Boy Scout camp in Western Iowa. At least 40 injured and 4 dead (418)
(CBS Dallas/Ft. Worth) Unlikely Texas man credits God, cell phone and overalls to surviving 2-hour bee attack (60)
(AP) Interesting Man walks 25 miles in 90-plus-degree heat so he can be sentenced for a DUI conviction. Once he gets there, has to go to the hospital for dehydration. Gets to do the trek all over again because the judge decided to postpone his sentence (66)
(The Morning News) Scary Ever wonder what that sultry voice on the other end of your favorite 1-900 number looks like? Wonder no more (196)
(BBC) Sad Canada: Oh, you DIDN'T want to be ripped from your families and forced to learn English and become Christian? Our Bad (211)
(MSNBC) Amusing That judge presiding over the pr0n obscenity trial? Yeah, he's a furry (404)
(Cinematical) Followup The "office freakout" video was all a viral marketing stunt by some wannabe douchebag director. Go back to your cubicles, America (90)
(ABC News) Stupid School shooter: "I didn't realize that you shoot somebody, they die." The Pac Man defense? (152)
(NBC 11) Spiffy Can you name the ugly ass newborn camel? VE (88)
(Canoe) Dumbass Secret British documentss on al-Qaida found on London train. That's some mighty fine secret agent work, Nigel (63)
(infowars.com) Sad Fark.com RIP 1999-2012 (324)
(BBC) Interesting Chinese parents are naming their children "Olympic Games", "Defend China", "Space Travel", "Civilisation" and "Hope for Sichuan". Still not as bad as some Hollywood names (72)
(News 10 ABC Sacramento) Followup Spring brings flowers, melted snow and a renewed search for Steve Fossett (36)
(Buffalo News) Silly Insecure male bloggers get up in arms over the ads for an all-female law firm (122)
(nbc5i.com) Scary Today's crane accident brought to you by Dallas, TX. EVERYBODY PANIC (46)
(LA Times) Cool 11 great Beer Festivals of the West. Not your ordinary Top 10, this list goes to 11 (90)
(MSNBC) Interesting Archaeologists find ancient palace thought to belong to Montezuma. Their first clue was the empty bottles of Pepto Bismol all over the place (68)
(CTV) Sappy Ugly-ass baby beluga born. If only there was a well-known song that could be joked about in the headline (77)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop these vintage cheerleaders (63)
(Canadian HR Reporter) Interesting Stripper shortage forces Ontario clubs to get creative, hire newfies (264)
(Some Multicorn) Strange Living unicorn found drinking from chocolate river while on the run from a pack of rainbow puppies (122)
(Fox News) Spiffy Skiers loving Mt. Hood after Oregon gets 3-4 inches of global warming in June (379)
(Fox News) Stupid Preemptive comments: 1) "You're doing it wrong." 2) "FAIL." 3) "What's his Fark handle?" (250)
(Some Guy) Cool Ever wonder what happened to all those unsold Magic 8 Balls? Wonder no more (133)
(Alertnet.org) Scary Pakistan increases military spending to 300 billion rupees, plans to outfit military with large shields and extra health potions (113)
(Military.com) Dumbass Not news: Crate falls off truck. News: Crate falls off of Air Force Humvee, and is full of M-16s. Fark: Man returns rifles by calling Air Force and leaves them in a horse trailer (76)
(Seattle Times) Amusing This is why you don't let your mother pick your prom date (335)
(So Good) Misc In the most earth-shattering breakfast cereal news since the release of "Berry-Berry Kix," Lucky Charms announces they are adding a new charm (209)
(Some Guy) Amusing The lesson, kids? If you're going to tell lies to make yourself more impressive, at least make sure they're un-Googleable (130)
(AP) Scary Why does the Energy Department hate America? $5.00 a gallon gas, here we come (438)
(Breitbart.com) Amusing HASH(0xa8081f8) (132)
(CBC) Scary Brutal summer ahead: B.C. pot crop threatened by cold, wet weather (99)
(Miami Herald) Sappy Nine-week old puppy rescued after passerby sees mama dog pacing above storm drain (w/pic of ugly-ass pooch) (101)
(Some Guy) Interesting $tudy L1nk$ B0tN3t Gr0wth t0 Pr3Sc1pt10n Drug$. p3n1s (45)
(Some Guy Who Hates Jerks) Obvious Think it's okay to treat people who serve you like trash? This guy (er... gal) would like a word (1211)
(Wikipedia) Hero Now THAT'S dedication: today marks the 45th anniversary of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc's self-immolation in Saigon (223)
(Some Bearded Guy) Unlikely High school bans all facial fair because school board president believes, "students will perform better when more is expected of them. " (212)
(Telegram) Misc Landlord keeps heat on instead of air conditioning during heat wave because the law says the weather isn't allowed to turn hot until June 15 (104)
(Washington Post) Amusing Apparenly, online yellow pages think VP Cheney holds down a second job (74)
(Reuters) Cool The coolest toy skyscraper you'll see today (92)
(WTAM) Obvious Study says moms of twins more likely to be sleep deprived. Still no cure for cancer (77)
(Seacoastonline.com) Dumbass Man uses stolen credit card at store, fills out job application after purchase. "I'm not saying he was smart" said the police captain (37)
(AP) Stupid Never give up, never surrender: Gov't tries to revive failed '98 law aimed at stopping children from seeing online porn, because nothing on the Internet has changed much in the last decade (104)
(My Fox DC) Strange Not news: Bookkeeper uses company's credit cards for personal spending. News: blows over $40,000. Fark: on Tupperware??? (63)
(ABC News) Obvious Why you should care about the Midwest floods even if you don't live in the Midwest: that Value Meal you want for lunch is about to get a lot more expensive (209)
(Breitbart.com) Amusing More than three dozen traveling salesmen tossed out of Minnesota hotel for being rude, fooling around with local farmers' daughters (94)
(Kansas City) Strange Man says a cold drink from Sonic first gave him a head freeze, then a chest freeze, then he crashed into a house (106)
(Dlisted) Caption Caption what the Donald is thinking as his crazy comb-over explodes on a windy day. VE (114)
(Truemors) Strange Court rules that Air India has right to prevent air hostesses from flying if they're overweight. Still awaiting ruling on hostesses with pointy knees (48)
(Bloomberg) Stupid Because of rising cigarette prices, Americans are turning to snuff, small cigars and roll-your-own cigarettes (222)
(MSNBC) Obvious Backyard fireworks gain popularity. This is not a repeat from every summer since the dawn of mankind (77)
(Times-Tribune) Obvious "Chronic financial instability weighs on philosophy major." But getting a masters and doctorate in philosophy will cure that (210)
(Daily Mail) Weird Man ends up pepper sprayed and arrested -- after falling off his couch laughing at a TV show (136)
(Stuff) Asinine Dear Sir, how would you rate your recent surgical treatment at our hospital? Good | | -- Bad | | -- Fatal |✔| (34)
(WFTV) Florida When eluding the sheriff by cutting in front of a train, the "in front" part is critical (66)
(Some unmarried guy) Amusing Classy white trash wedding... Bride walks down the aisle with a black eye after punch-up with the caterer (oh, and a dog was involved too) (152)
(Telegraph) Amusing Double-entendre sex jokes in the work place are mean, man tells woman in court. (Yes, you read that right, man tells woman) (472)
(Daily Mail) Amusing Dumbass steals a necklace, then stops to admire his new jewelry in the reflection of a CCTV camera (40)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop theme: Products with unnecessary instructions (LGT example) (78)
(Space) Cool Cool video of the descent of a shuttle SRB set to music (65)
(Reuters) Cool We can't stop here. This is tiger sanctuary country (43)
(MSN) Sad Not news: Farmer killed. News: He was pinned and killed by farm machinery. Fark: the farm machinery was being driven by his sheepdog (71)
(The Local (Sweden)) Dumbass Drunk, stupid, and slumped over the wheel of your car with an open bottle of Jäger is no way to go through life, son. Especially if you're an off-duty police officer (38)
(News.com.au) Followup Aussie uses can of rum to save himself from a snake bite. On his penis. Penissssssss (95)
(Some Guy) Strange Pledge of Allegiance gets replaced by singing Preamble to the Constitution in a public school. The reason you are reading this is because a pissed-off mother called the news (524)
(My Fox DC) Asinine County government to let needy family live in foreclosed home. That is, until the rich neighbors complain and have the house demolished (299)
(Boston Channel) Scary Shahk (169)
(CBS News) Scary Student at Bryan Adams High School must wear GPS tracking device to thwart future truancy. Can no longer run to you during school hours, admits device cuts like a knife into his social life (71)
(CBS Salt Lake City) Dumbass Lady tosses out $190,000 with the trash (72)
(KPHO) Asinine 97-year-old woman denied right to vote in 2008 elections because she has no ID, was born before birth certificates were issued (215)
(WOAI) Scary As if high oil prices, tanking economy, heat waves, killer tornados, killer tomatoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes weren't enough - rattlesnake venom is getting stronger (95)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop this master alarm box supervisory panel (39)
(News.com.au) Asinine Nice tits, have a pleasant flight (268)
(Times Herald Record (NY)) Strange Business owner and former school board member arrested in plot to attack activists with hot sauce, following a painstaking pizza-box forensic investigation - this week, on CSI: Bullville (33)
(News.com.au) Scary If you've ever harboured irrational fears of being declared dead but still being alive when doctors harvest your organs, this story probably won't make you feel much better (99)

Tue June 10, 2008
(PhysOrg.com) Obvious CDC finds snowboarding the most dangerous outdoor activity, followed closely by sledding, hiking, and anything that happens in Alabama after declaring "Hey y'all watch this" (167)
(St. Petersburg Times) Stupid University of Florida apologizes after just realizing it's been posting students' names, addresses and Social Security numbers online -- since 2003 (113)
(Yahoo) Interesting Can the Lakers make it a series? Will Phil Jackson choke a ref? Can Paul Pierce suffer another "heroic" injury and recover faster than a European soccer player? Tune in tonight and see (549)
(KNBC) Scary And so it begins: LA doctor threatens man with tire iron after cutting in gas line (167)
(The Consumerist) Asinine Want to ride the roller coasters at Six Flags? You'll have to check your bags each time at the cost of $1 (213)
(Canoe) Asinine Cheering at graduation results in 7 people getting a go directly to jail card instead of a diploma, with police on sight to prevent any standing, hollering or clapping (216)
(Buffalo News) Asinine Don't you hate it when you find out your backyard is really a conservation easement and you can't legally install a pool or put up a swing set or even mow your lawn (160)
(Newsday) Interesting Print a front page article supporting flag burning complete with pic, get your student paper shut down. First Amendment. Not yours (190)
(Reuters) Obvious Study finds St John's Wort doesn't help kids with ADHD as much as Uncle John's Belt (136)
(Some Happy Guy) Photoshop Photoshop these smiling faces (68)
(Some Guy) Interesting Dolphins are probably smarter then the average person (237)
(London Times) Strange Hemingway's library: Any book you want, $200 (74)
(Some Guy) Cool All your favorite characters... made out of balloons (69)
(BBC) Obvious $23,000,000,000 lost, stolen or enron'd in Iraq - and you're not allowed to know about it (853)
(Houston Chronicle) Asinine Guess the organization that has a bunch of slack-jawed yokels working with outdated equipment: If you said K-Mart, you're close (89)
(BBC) Strange 727 has been sitting in Hanoi airport since 2007. Still no sign of lemon-scented napkins (118)
(News.com.au) Amusing Problem: New Australian law makes selling bongs illegal. Solution: Bong shop closes down, re-opens next day as Exotic Water Pourer Emporium (153)
(Denver Post) Scary Reporter and wife discuss their recent quest to have sex every day for 100 days. OMG LOOK AT THE SIZE OF HER HAND (772)
(Local6) Scary Golf carts begin to escalate their war against humanity (55)
(TampaBays10.com) Florida Judge forces YouTube pranksters to apologize via YouTube. If only that judge could get an apology from Rick Astley and that "Final Countdown" cover band (64)
(Local6) Obvious "Password" is world's most commonly used password, followed closely by " ********* " (319)
(AP) Spiffy Now all we need is to determine is whether the monkey has ever been too drunk to fish (44)
(590 KLBJ) Amusing The Austin public school system is fighting a rule that says they have to give out stats on how many employees have criminal histories. "Not in the public's interest," say school officials (97)
(Politico) Asinine Sen. Obama throws a tantrum because someone questioned the motives of his paid staff employee. Conveniently forgets his campaign did the same exact thing to Sen. Clinton (442)
(11 Alive) Dumbass Disgruntled former radio-station employee attempts to Molotov his former workplace, ends up just setting himself on fire (51)
(Some Siembieda) Sad Gamers lose another icon, even if they didn't know it. Good night, gamerman (73)
(11 Alive) Sad If you're questioned by the cops as to whether or not you were drunk when you ran over a 12-year-old, it's best not to answer with "not as drunk as my two friends" (60)
(ABC News) Stupid Principal wants "dignified ceremony," so he has senior who gave audience the finger arrested and handcuffed. Yep, that'll maintain the dignity of the proceedings. (With mugshot goodness) (186)
(Political Gateway) Silly Michigan town wants to ruin everyone's childhood, stop ice cream vendors from playing their music (104)
(Sun Sentinel) Stupid After the massive fraud conducted by Katrina victims with their emergency debit cards, government decides granny should get her Social Security that way, too (84)
(News.com.au) Asinine Sudoku causes dismissal of jury because they were playing during evidence presentation (78)
(Yahoo) Obvious Pew Research Center gets in touch with their inner Romero and discover that young people value wealth. Who knew? (60)
(AP) Silly Hospital scores coo, admits pigeon for rehab (21)
(Telegraph) Strange Rule 1: Don't date a man with a history of violence. Rule 2: If you do, don't have sex with other men. Rule 3: If you must, don't call him up during said intercourse (628)
(AFP) Interesting First they went after drug dealers, then booze and car theft. Now Hamas faces its biggest challenge since taking over control of Gaza last year: Internet porn (163)
(Some Cougar) Dumbass Not news anymore: 27-year-old woman sleeps with 13-year-old boy. Fark: She's not a teacher (with "we report, you decide if hittable" pic) (127)
(KRON) Sad 350 cases of beer bound for Euro 2008 instead ends up unleashed upon the German autobahn. Hey, looks like we found Drew (29)
(The Consumerist) Strange Nectar of the broke: The world's five worst ways to get drunk (220)
(AP) Followup More tomatoes pulled off shelves nationwide. WHERE'S YOUR BLT NOW? (144)
(Philly) Strange Nothing good can happen if you need your mom, your mom's boyfriend, and your 24-year-old date to convince security to let you into the prom (92)
(The Atlantic) Interesting America's obsession with overregulating traffic is making us less safe (178)
(Naples News) Obvious "Twisters seemed to spare more substantial neighborhoods and pop up and down from one mobile home park to another" (76)
(Miami Herald) Florida Man tries to steal dough from Dunkin' Donuts, finds himself in a jam when the cops arrest him. He's in for a cruller fate in PMITA prison, since he won't be able to fritter away his time there (36)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Man's skull is pierced by a nail from a nailgun. Actual quote from doctor requesting claw hammer: "It went in like that, we can pull it out like that" (88)
(Some Oklahoma Guy) Hero You just got caught speeding. Do you: C) Hit the gas and start a chase, ditch your car, run away on foot and pick up your car the next day from the impound lot -- no charges filed? (107)
(AP) Strange Strongly-worded note found outside Mexican newspaper offices threatening the editor. Apparently, someone felt the severed human head they left a couple days earlier was insufficiently clear on that point (55)
(Metrowest Daily News) Amusing Man busted for "pounding on the rear door of Kentucky Spirits, screaming that he wanted beer." Hey, has anyone seen Drew lately? (16)
(Some Guy) Cool The Western Star has discovered Fark. Welcome to the party, Western Star, the keg's in the kitchen. Try not to get drunk and throw up on the drapes (77)
(Some B-Roller) Amusing Television is like sausage: You don't want to see it made -- and it doesn't look very appetizing once it's finished (44)
(Daily Mail) Dumbass Snowflake obese at 18 months, but mother is off the hook because "she just won't eat vegetables. Also, I don't know what you're talking about, she's perfectly healthy" (323)
(Some Guy) Photoshop Photoshop Cindy Sheehan's 16th minute of fame (56)
(CSMonitor) Spiffy If you thought bicyclists were annoying before, imagine this: They just formed a union (380)
(Bloomberg) Stupid Oil prices drop because oil consumption is down because oil prices are so high. In tomorrow's news, oil prices rise because oil consumption drops because oil prices are so high (343)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Weird "The road was closed while the Hartford Police Department's bomb squad came and blew up the chicken" (40)
(Daily Mail) Sappy Slow news day: Piglet is afraid of mud, wears Paddington Bear toy boots to keep clean. (With awwww-worthy pics) (66)
(IOL) Strange Japanese housewives doing their bit for the planet by washing their husbands' laundry in the same load as the rest of the family (98)
(Newsweek) Obvious Cooking a grilled cheese on the sauna rocks, and eight other things that are inappropriate at the gym (248)
(BBC) Strange News: Prince Charles settles debt. Fark: It's been outstanding since King Charles II failed to pay in 1651 (65)
(Telegraph) Sad Woman, 25, and man, 27, denied purchase of BBQ sauce (containing traces of alcohol) without ID. "It's not as if we were going to go and sit down the park drinking it" (200)
(London Times) Sad Cop shot on training mission was "pretending to be robber." Tragically, it was all a little TOO realistic (125)
(USA Today) Sad Gas prices are so high, it's forcing some police officers to walk all the way to the doughnut shop (51)
(USA Today) Sad Southern Baptists may be traveling that long, lonely path taken by the dinosaurs those thousands of years ago (886)
(Sun Sentinel) Florida Unintended consequence of the mortgage crisis: Increased risk of West Nile Virus (51)
(Commercial Appeal) Scary Sorry Memphis, but we're No. 1 in violent crimes. Love, Detroit (150)
(Daily Express) Interesting Miracle drug found in peking duck. Scientists flock, eager to get quacking (65)
(Mlive.com) Dumbass Step 1: Find a closed gas station to break into. Check. Step 2: Locate heavy object to break glass. Check. Step 3: Make sure county sheriff does not live next door to said gas station (13)
(Cracked) Amusing What do you want on your tombstone? The 11 most bad-ass words ever uttered (323)
(Some Guy) Hero At age 112, Henry Allingham is not only the oldest man in Europe, he's also the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland, and the last living member of the RAF's initial cadre (55)
(Telegraph) Sad You can now buy a rotating ice-cream cone in case you're too lazy to lick. "All you have to do is put your tongue on to the ice-cream rather than lick. It really is a lazy person's ice-cream cone as it does everything for you" (79)
(The Tennessean) PSA If you're running for office, don't get drunk and lead the cops on a high speed chase (26)
(WTAM) Interesting World's largest restaurant can't serve alcohol? Check please (41)
(Fox News) PSA Eight signs your partner is addicted to porn. Sign No. 1: Your partner is a guy (383)
(Daily Mail) Obvious From the "Who Could Possibly Have Seen This Coming" Department: Handicapped placards, which let you avoid the London congestion charge and park in no-parking zones, selling for up to $10,000 on eBay in the UK (62)
(Some Guy) Interesting Maple tree thieves who pined fir freedom leaf court making an ash of themselves (27)
(News.com.au) Weird Not news: Dog eats cane toad. News: And survives. Fark: So did the cane toad, which has been named "Spew" (with spew-worthy pic) (31)
(Some Psychic) Photoshop Photoshop this fortune teller (56)
(Some Local Guy) Followup Restaurant owner who fired waitress for shaving her head realizes he's an asshat and apologizes (82)
(News.com.au) Stupid Elite school says English is too hard, too many students are failing, so the subject should be dropped. Could set welcome precedent for school nerds failing phys-ed (127)
(The Tennessean) Obvious Tennessee's oldest death row inmate dies of natural causes. Suck it, capital punishment proponents (145)

Mon June 09, 2008
(Some Guy) Dumbass If you are going to steal gas, putting black tape on your license plate will draw more attention, not less (45)
(Some Hawkins) Stupid This Thursday is the end of the world. This time we mean it. Those other two times were practice (228)
(CBS Salt Lake City) Followup $6 gasoline by summer's end? EVERYBODY SPECULATE (290)
(Santa Rosa Press Democrat) PSA If someone asks you to hand over all your money so it can be "tested" for drug residue, just don't do it (39)
(WBBM) Scary First tomatoes with salmonella, now a hotel with Legionnaire's disease. What's next? Typhoid? Polio? A scurvy outbreak? (93)
(NWCN) Dumbass Woman on Weight Watcher's sues Chili's because its "diet" menu items have much more fat and calories than advertised (288)
(9 News) Scary Man robbed at knifepoint while mowing (49)
(LA Times) Cool Finally a reason not to get out of jury duty. Upcoming trial to feature hours of watching of "extreme porn" to determine if maker violated obscenity laws (146)
(AP) Obvious Apparently there is some sort of food crisis going on in Ethopia. Ric Romero on the scene (104)
(Daily Kos) News Rep. Kucinich (D-Me Lucky Charms) introduces articles of impeachment against President Bush (2327)
(AP) Scary Sailors aboard USNS Mercy take shots in rear. Submitter is on the ship (91)
(Real Examples) Photoshop Theme: "Read" posters not found in your public library (85)
(Dallas News) Interesting McClellan agrees to testify under oath before Congress about the role BushCo played in Plamegate, Attorneygate and Torturegate (262)
(WorldNetDaily) Hero Dear Congress: If you don't get us more oil I will personally stomp each and every one of you headfirst into the ground in the Alaska National Wilflife Refuge. Love, Chuck Norris (423)
(Daily Mail) Scary Actual headline: Woman dressed as bumblebee gives birth after friend's hen night -- and she didn't even know she was pregnant. Fark: Poor kid weighs two pounds and was most likely born hung over (147)
(Daily Mail) Amusing The Daily Mail asks the important questions of our day: Who's pulled the hotter gold-digger, Prince William or Prince Harry? (102)
(Greenville Online) Asinine "Jackson told the officer that he lived in room 257 with his girlfriend and her two children, Pickles and Toy Toy. He couldn't give the woman's last name, telling the officer that he had not known her for long" (69)
(UPI) Interesting Georgia now has a drive-in church, for all those good Christians out there who just don't have time for that whole church-going experience (41)
(Daily Mail) Stupid Nanny state now warns kids to be careful when they go crabbing. They do not want the crabs to be stressed (44)
(SFGate) Interesting Kayakers stranded in the San Francisco Bay because of choppy waters upset at morning rescue efforts because "it was disturbing a beautiful sunrise" (66)
(LA Times) Interesting For the first time in nearly 25 years, a non-fighter pilot has been named to lead the Air Force. For those who don't know, yes, this is a very big deal (148)
(AP) Interesting Amputees left short handed and without a leg to stand on by insurance companies are starting to partially fight back (54)
(Telegraph) Weird Weird (even by Chinese standards) live goldfish key chains called cruel by British RSPCA (97)
(Yahoo) Scary You'll need a million dollars to retire comfortably -- otherwise, you'll die alone in a van by the river (180)
(CNN) Asinine Home sales drop 13 percent from last year. Go ahead, guess the spintastic headline (183)
(CBS New York) Asinine Michigan-shaped meteorite sells for $20,000 at auction. Winning bidder then traded the rock to Detroit for Dontrelle Willis. Tigers are ecstatic (35)
(RushLimbaugh.com) Obvious Senator Obama has been caught plagiarizing yet ANOTHER person's speech (589)
(Some Guy) Amusing If you think spam e-mail is clogging the tubes, try being on the receiving end of almost 400,000 in one day (57)
(Gizmodo) Cool iPhone 3G is official and half the price of your still-sweet first-gen iPhone (307)
(The New York Times) Interesting Spanish truckers blockade border of Spain and France over price of diesel fuel, which is as much as $9 a gallon in Europe and is sold in decorative liter bottles wrapped in gold leaf and topped with a bow (60)
(St. Petersburg Times) Florida Woman changes jobs mid-career to become high school teacher; finds it a rewarding and valuable position. Just kidding, she discovers teenagers are rotten immature little jerks (141)
(AP) Scary The FDA says using large amounts of Johnson & Johnson Foot Ulcer Cream can give you cancer (42)
(CBS New York) Scary Study: One-fourth of NYC residents are beautiful and go hiking, sailing, other things you see in a Valtrex commercial (195)
(The McDowell News) Obvious Despite the promise of better restaurants and topless bars, North Carolina prohibitionists press their cause (60)
(Edumacation News) PSA Old & butsed, dyslexia. New hontess: dyscalculia (117)
(Some Huck Finn) Amusing Darwin gives a generous pass to a pair of drunkards who take on a flooded river with an air mattress (66)
(Columbia Tribune) Asinine Health department recommends closing unhealthy restaurant. Rats? Roaches? Salmonella? Food poisoning? Raw meat? Nope. If you guessed for cigarettes, you win (517)
(The Local (Sweden)) Strange Newsy: Priest fired for having affair with married woman in his congregation. Newsier: He sues the church for unlawful termination. Fark.com: He wins (119)
(CNN) Scary Somebody in Holland is digging holes in public parks and lining them with spikes. Mmmm, pit-roasted foot kebabs (87)
(Daily Californian) Followup Government quietly confirms that California is on the brink of a massive drought. This will end wells (181)
(Des Moines Register) Sappy Dog finds his family nine days after tornado destroys their home (62)
(CNN) Amusing "Ten best excuses for being late to work article" lists the 10 worst. CNN top 10 lists, you're doing it wrong (258)
(CNN) Obvious Saudi thinks gas prices are too high... sort of like college students saying beer is too cheap (215)
(The New York Times) Dumbass New York Times discovers that people who make less money spend a higher percentage of their income on gas. In related news, half of all Americans have a below-average income (160)
(Charleston.net) Interesting Reporters set out to uncover gas stations cheating people with faulty pumps, find out that more pumps give out too much gas. Congress to subpeona someone for this outrage (17)
(KYW 1060) Obvious The latest just-in-time-for-summer/not news/health warning: how your Flip-Flops could kill you. EVERYBODY PANIC (190)
(National Post) Interesting "An abundance of choice may actually make people unhappy." We're miserable because we have too much stuff and too many options. Call the pimped-out Whaaambulance (114)
(WGAL 8) Spiffy Culinary writer samples best that grocery store's ice cream aisle has to offer. Klondike, Drumsticks make cut. Chipwich left out in the cold (155)
(Telegraph) Amusing New road sign could be introduced on Britain's country roads to help prevent lorry drivers from being led down unsuitable short-cuts by their satellite navigation systems (82)
(AP) Obvious Researchers are shocked -- SHOCKED -- to discover that teen drivers ignore cell phone restrictions (164)
(Telegraph) Interesting Once again, for men, size really doesn't matter (366)
(CNN) Followup Chicken finally captured at McDonald's. It's not news, it's CNN (76)
(Guardian.com) Scary Women everywhere resolve never to have sex again: The rise in sumo-sized babies (111)
(PhotoSig) Photoshop Photoshop this torn phonebook (39)
(Seattle Times) Dumbass The Romero Meme Squad at the Seattle Times suddenly discovers the "Swear Jar" ad that's been on the Internet, "generating lots of buzz," for, oh, almost a year (57)
(Some Yuri) Amusing Ukranian coeds protest water cutoff by stripping down to bikinis and underwear and jumping into a public fountain with their hot Ukranian coed friends... didn't really work out the cause/effect part of the equation (201)
(Sun Sentinel) Florida Bandits now stealing empty beer kegs for scrap metal. And so it begins (78)
(Daily Mail) Cool British sailor loses his watch in Gibraltar harbour during the war. Gets it back 67 years later and it still works (121)
(MDN) Dumbass When cell phone technology converges with rail technology, Darwins (54)
(Sun Sentinel) Florida Robbers mug teen with three-hole punch. Police searching for Herbert Kornfeld as a person of interest (60)
(New York Daily News) Obvious Just two days into a heat wave, Con Ed demonstrates they were as ready for the extra power demands even though most New Yorkers expec (114)
(Daily Mail) Amusing Three-hundred-pound mastiff 1, burglar 0. Forget steak, this dog wants the whole cow (434)
(Daily Mail) Amusing This precious little snowflake couldn't bear not winning a prize (134)
(NW Florida Daily News) Florida Mayor surrenders city to a pirate with a wide stance. Bonus: "As consolation, I'm going to let the mayor touch my sword" (57)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Amusing "Ladies and gentlemen, please remain calm, we'll be switching planes now -- the one we were going to use we just ran into..." (33)
(Canada.com) Strange You know a bar is particularly good when the manager fails to notice a 20-person brawl and three gunshots (40)
(Sun Sentinel) Dumbass Dear judge, please excuse James Baker from his DUI trial today. He was injured in a car accident while driving the wrong way up I-95 last night, injuring four and killing one (91)
(Canada.com) Interesting "There is a positive correlation between unpopular first names and juvenile delinquency," according to researchers not named Ernest (175)
(Telegraph) Interesting Bestselling fantasy author and avowed athiest Terry Pratchett, who recently revealed he was suffering from Alzheimer's, has hinted that he has found God but forgot where he put Him (357)
(Independent) Asinine Parents pull 125 pupils out of town school, protesting delays in upgrading its outhouses. Wait, what? (40)
(Google) Photoshop Photoshop Theme: Literalisms of Internet lingo (57)
(Some Guy) Strange The strangest story of death by a cobra you will ever read (74)
(AZCentral) Unlikely Man has been fasting for 15 days in front of Senator McCain's office in hopes of meeting with him to talk about 9/11 conspiracies. "I'm accusing Popular Mechanics as being part of the cover-up" (507)
(CNN) Sad Pancake fundraiser flight kills six. John McCain inconsolable (81)
(ABC 7 Chicago) Misc Deadly accident at chocolate factory. Willy Wonka and some Oompa Loompas wanted for questioning (38)
(Telegraph) Unlikely Go ahead, have that affair guilt free because it will save your marriage (247)
(Newsday) Weird Child's kiss deafens Hicksville mom. LOL WUT? (77)