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This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1626889875-66958-54818 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The](3D")= > [3D"Facebook"](3D") [=3D"Twitter"](3D") [3D"Totalfark"](3D") Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here](3D". Comments thread: [ 12030](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message = from Drew Curtis: ____________________= ____ Hey everyone, hope your week's been going well. Th= is past weekend was pretty rough. We had three Farkers pass, two of w= hom we haven't been able to post a thread about pending permission from the= ir families - we're still waiting to hear back. Be safe out ther= e, folks. Speaking of being safe out there, I'll be riding a bike a= cross Iowa next week. The timing seems to coincide with the upcoming = Covid-19 third wave surge. Back when Covid kicked off last year, my = dad, who is 75 years old, was playing three to four times a week in a = senior softball league. He and his teammates got together to figure o= ut what to do for the 2020 season. They decided to keep playing, but = took every possible precaution. Even still, there was no way to compl= etely eliminate risk. I talked to my dad about it, he said he didn't = think he could make it through the pandemic without softball. He coul= d let everything else go but not that. He understood there were risks= but he was at peace with them. I feel the same regarding this bike = ride. I'm vaccinated, I'll be outside the entire time, I'm packing ma= sks because I don't trust rural Iowa sensibilities about vaccines, etc. etc= . I was going to visit some friends on the way back home, but they ha= ve an unvaccinated daughter, so we've postponed until later. There's = still some risk, but I need to do this. I know this won't satisfy ev= eryone, but that's why I'm still going. Follow along on [my Instagram feed](3D") where I'll be posting pics along the = 450-mile route. But the real reason I need to go do this is because = if I don't, I'm going to keep gaining weight [until I look like this guy](3D"). Congrats to my doppelgang= er for winning the NBA championship last night One more thing: The&n= bsp;[Fark News Livestream](3D") will be off this week = and next, then return in August. ________________________ We now return you to your usual Fark NotNewsletter. ______________= __________ Top Comment= s Some of the top-voted smartest and funniest comments fr= om the past week Funny: little big man = figured [someone might benefit from a= n ex-spouse's arrest](3D"=) Driedsponge responded to = ;[the argument that Richard Branson didn'= t technically go to space](3D") weddingsinger argued aga= inst the notion that [the inconvenienc= e of charging electric vehicles during long trips forces one to "slow down = and enjoy the journey"](3D"ht=) E.S.Q. expressed surprise a= t a report that [men in one Iranian ci= ty have a habit of cracking something most people wouldn't want to crack](3D"https:/=)= > mcmnky suggested other things be [prioritized before someone who refused to get vaccinated= is given a lung transplant](3D") Ponzholio [adapted a religious poem to fit modern-day needs](3D")The Googles Do Nothing explained [why it would still acceptable if a gun concealed within a = bible were to misfire](3D") UberDave broke into song to = celebrate [the legalization of "the pr= ocess of converting bodies into soil"](3D"=) skinink show= ed us [a COVID-19 outbreak at a Texas = megachurch](3D".=) Pocket Ninja [called someone out on their sarcasm](3D" Smart: ltnor asked the important [question about a woman's fight to wear teeny tiny shorts on a plane=](3D" Telephone Sanitizer Second Class found one group'= s [objections to the legal composting = of human remains to be a bit much](3D") UngaBeat thought= there could be [better options for ch= arging electric vehicles than sitting at charging stations](3D"https:/=) s= omedude210 plans to one day answer the question, ["If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?"](3D")edmo knew [what y= ou should do to make sure your note pleading for help is taken seriously by= cops](3D" Lsherm explained [how obvious the problem with construction of the Kansas City&nb= sp;Hyatt Regency Hotel's skywalks that led to their devastating 1981 collap= se should have been](3D" 151 described [what some restaurants are doing in order to try to fu= lly staff their businesses](3D") mrmopar5287 shared a th= eory on [why the the parents of the to= ddler whose grandfather dropped her out a cruise ship window are focused on= holding the cruise line responsible](3D"=) Politics Funny: Ginnungagap42 had [a much better commercial for Freedom Phone](3D" Prof. Frink = trong> discussed [real estate prices= in Florida](3D"https:=) grokca guessed at what might be a significant song to many Americans ElPrimitivo helped out when Farkers were [disturbed that Donald Trump Jr. posted a picture of = his dad's face on Tupac Shakur's body](3D") ralphjr prov= ided [a dramatic illustration](3D"=) of&n= bsp;[Shostie's autocorrect= fail](3D") Politics Smart: NotCodger to= uted [the main feature of Freedom Phon= e](3D"=) claytonemery examined [the reasons one might want to work for Donald Trump](3D" rohar revealed the snea= ky, underhanded techniques one fast food restaurant is using to stay fully = staffed weddingsinger gave [an insider's view of the problems some restaurants claim t= o be having because "people don't want to work"](3D") GitOffaMyLaw= n [tried to help someone who didn= 't trust the COVID-19 vaccines](3D"=) Top Contest Entries Some of the top-voted contest = entries from last week, listed from highest number of votes down Photoshops: Yammering_Splat_Vector found out&nbs= p;[why dinosaurs didn't eat much cheese](3D")= > RedZoneTuba showed us [what happens to unsold Stretch Armstrong dolls](3D" Yamme= ring_Splat_Vector [brought back a= departed Beatle](3D"=) Yammering_Splat_Vector spotted&nb= sp;[something strange in the sky](3D") Yammering_Splat_Vector discovered that [not a lot has changed for a former Trump Cabinet member an= d his spouse](3D") Yammering_Splat_Vector got ready to&n= bsp;[put one of these on every corner](3D")Yammering_Splat_Vector revealed [what warriors eat for dinner](3D") Kick The Chair= showed us [why this guy pre= fers to have a beard](3D"ht=) Yammering_Splat_Vector found&= nbsp;[a hare in the ice cream](3D") RedZoneTuba [brewed a new beer = for Fark](3D"http=) Captions: From [This good boi and his friends need a caption](3D" dionysusa= ur had [a simple question Unobtanium was](3D"https:=)[reminded of a classic cartoon](3D" Benevolent Misanthrope = rong> felt that [this dog was exactly = where he wanted to be](3D"https:/=) tmyk [sang about this pup's predicament](3D" Fartist Friday= : [Show & Tell vol. 10: The Moon's Time to Shine](3D") Lamberts Ho Man took [a stunning photo of some red rocks in Green River](3D" This&nbs= p;week's Fartist Friday theme, brought to you by E-brake= ng>: Create new services that nobody has asked for nor would want and = illustrate them in action. Inspired by [this Tweet](3D") as an example: "Couchr - delivering random furn= iture to your doorstep without notice©." Illustrate your own silly ser= vice idea using any medium and tell us what it does. Farktograph= y: [A Bridge Too Far](3D"=) tfarmer001 snapped [thr= ee bridges being eaten by the mist monster](3D" Beyond Fark We're sad to have recently= lost Farker [Mztlplx](3D"=). His friend&= nbsp;technomuse wrote [a = loving tribute to him](3D" in a recent NASCAR thread, which also was Mztlplx's memorial thread since he was a beloved member of the NA= SFARK community. He was also a member of fWc, Fark's wrestling fan com= munity. Mztlplx participated in threads all across F= ark and TotalFark, and he was often a high scorer on Fark Weird News Quizze= s. Our hearts go out to his family and friends, and we're grateful to have = had him share some of his humor and friendship with us. Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you= by ox45tallboy) Another fun time on the Quiz = last week, although a glitch (which turned out to be a PEBKAC error on my p= art) caused a few quiztakers to get too many questions. So here are the top= 10 results: Buzzerguy - 1195 TheCheese - 1107 catmander - 987 KumquatMay= strong> - 981 AirForceVet - 980 Denjiro= ong> - 940 ANDizzleWI - 939 Walker = - 930 kona - 927 State_College_Arsonist= ong> - 923 The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about t= he proposed location for the upcoming International Salsa Museum. Only= 26% of quiztakers knew that combination of Cuban son mutono (literally "mo= untain sound") with influences of jazz, mambo, and other styles that we kno= w as "salsa" came about in The Bronx in New York City in the 1970s. Interes= tingly, the table dip we know as "salsa" also came about in Mexican restaur= ants in the United States, and is rarely seen in restaurants in Mexico outs= ide of tourist areas where foreigners "expect it". The easiest= question on the Hard Quiz was about legendary television writer and creato= r Delia Fiallo, known as the "mother of the telenovela". 98% of quiztakers = knew that a Latin telenovela was the equivalent of an American soap opera. = Although I think they sell detergente y jabón in their commerci= als instead. The hardest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about= AMC and their upcoming adaptations of Anne Rice novels. Only 55% of quizta= kers knew that her 1976 novel "Interview With a Vampire" was actually her f= irst novel in the "Vampire Chronicles" series, and would be AMC's first ada= ptation. Let's hope they decide against another attempt at "Exit to Eden", = or at least pick a better cast than Dan Akroyd and Rosie O'Donnell. The easiest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about which 1999 TV= show launched the careers of Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Jason Segel. 95= % of quiztakers remembered those guys from the NBC show "Freaks & Geeks= ". "The State" was an MTV sketch comedy show whose most famous alums were p= robably Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter. If you missed out o= n last week's Quiz, [you can catch up on the= Fark Weird News Quiz](3D"https://=) now that you know a few of the answers. Congratul= ations once again to the winners, and we'll do it all again this week.= --------------------------------------------------------------- ([Fark.com](3D"") sent this newsletter emai= l to: {EMAIL}) To stop these emails, go to the Notifications tab of your [MyFark profile](3D"https:=) to change your subscription preferences. Or, [click here to unsubscribe](3D") from newsletter emails, even if your Fark login isn't '{NAME}'. [Click her= e to unsubscribe from ALL Fark emails](3D"). Fark, Inc. 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