Fark NotNewsletter: What do mashed potatoes, Headline of the Year, and the Swear Jar have in common?

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1638394194-20775-54098 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: [ 53272](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message = from Drew Curtis: ____________________= ____ Hey everyone, hope your week's been well. Our firs= t family Thanksgiving in person in two years was pretty fun. All the = nephews and nieces are pretty much teenagers now, which made estimating the= amount of food to make a moving target. Tl;dr we were way over on turkey a= nd way under on mashed potatoes. So it goes. Hopefully my liver= will heal up in time for Xmas. A couple things of note: First off, = Swear Jar looks ready to launch in January. [TotalFarkers= a> will get a chance to beta test this in advance. Secondly, I could = use some brainstorming help from TFers for a weird thing I'm planning in Ja= nuary. Keep an eye out for that TotalFark Discussion thread soon= . Also, Headline of the Year voting is on deck soon. I just ha= ve to run the November candidates and we're in business. More on that= soon. ________________________ End Drew = g> transmission ________________________ Top Comments Some of the top-v= oted smartest and funniest comments from the past week Funny:= m> jaivirtualcard was shocked to learn about [the number of collisions involving bicyclists = on the Golden Gate Bridge](3D") Exluddite was [pleasantly surprised by a casting choice for a = movie](3D") eurotrader had a theory about [what led to a toddler shooting a man in the back](3D")= > dammit just give me a login explained [why a 2-year-old was handling a rifle](3D") Madman drummers bummers stated [what killed Brian Laundrie since it didn't turn out to be an alliga= tor](3D" BumpInTheNight showed us [what a "unicorn" variant of COVID-19 might look like](3D")Derp Du Jour found a clue pointing to [the problem with remote learning](3D") nmrsnr= proved that [when life give= s you lemons, you should make Kool-Aid](3D"=) Nana's Vibrator = ong> shared [a more humane process tha= n boiling lobsters alive](3D"=) Moose out front had a dif= ferent [theory about Brian Laundrie's = death](3D"=) Smart: Znuh [opted for a boosted booster](3D") 0MGWTFBBQ = ong> shared [an observation about remo= te learning](3D"=) scottydoesntknow's [comment was written by Satan and free will](3D") Kris= _Romm told us [how Don Rickl= es was able to dunk on Frank Sinatra with no hard feelings or busted k= neecaps](3D=) AnotherBluesStringer discussed [Rickles' style of comedy](3D") ssa5 = trong> suggested [a plan to fight th= e spread of COVID-19 that doesn't involve forcing people to get vaccinated TuckFrump](3D"https:=)grew up= being forced to live under the house CSB Sunday Morning:= m> [The moment you realized you were an adult](3D") Smart: M= an_Without_A_Hat shared a poignant story about [becoming a caretaker for a parent](3D") Funny= : LOLITROLU appreciated [the freedom that came with having a job](3D" CSB [Cool Story, Br= o] Sunday Morning is a thread for Farkers to share true stories from their = own lives based on a weekly topic. If you have a topic idea for a CSB Sunda= y Morning thread, please [contact Farkback](=3D" ahead of time, or j= ust [submit it](3D"=) on Saturday afternoon/evening. Please note: While= submitted CSB Sunday Morning threads have a high likelihood of being green= lit, there is no guarantee they will be. Politics Funny:= m> Mr. Coffee Nerves identified [a very American dilemma](3D") dericwater = > remembered [when John F. Kennedy Jr.= died](3D"=) Ker_Thwap knew [what to do with a chart of conspiracy theories](3D" Tanq= ueray described [how Joe Bi= den should've spent Thanksgiving](=3D" Por que tan serioso = g> figured out [why fewer Americans ar= e planning on having children](3D"https://=) Politics Smart: ox45tallboy reacted to [th= e verdict against the men who killed Ahmaud Arbery](3D" Warthog did some math for [a Trump su= pporter who doesn't want his Trump-hating siblings to inherit his millions OptionC had a question about](=3D" expectation that police would stop Proud Boys from usi= ng an emergency exit to avoid subway tolls](3D") Lorelle = compared [the verdicts in two hi= gh-profile trials](3D"=) Pocket Ninja came up with a plan= for [addressing the concerns of paren= ts who are upset about schools having to cancel classes](3D"=) Top Contest Entries Some = of the top-voted contest entries from last week Photoshops:= Terrapin Bound was [fiercely proud of being a Protestant](3D" Circusdog320 = ng> showed us [The Dawn of Ma Bell](3D"https://w=)= kabloink found out [what Mister Rogers liked to wear on his days off](3D" Trollin= gForColumbine [suffered a broken = lace at the worst possible time](3D"http=) kabloink [tried to save Christmas](3D") Yammering_Sp= lat_Vector [put these antique boo= ts on this iconic musician](3D"https:/=) RedZoneTuba was [done worrying about Lake Oroville](3D") Yammering_Splat_Vector showed that [these "castaways" were just overly dramatic](3D") Red= ZoneTuba [hired the worst guys fo= r this construction job](3D"https://w=) Yammering_Splat_Vector sho= wed [President Biden with the Irish si= de of his family](3D"=) Fartist Friday took last week off for the h= oliday weekend. This week's Fartist Friday theme, brought to you by&nb= sp;E-brake: To celebrate "[Fibonacci Day](3D")" we'll create art featuring th= e Fibonacci Sequence, also known as The Golden Ratio. Use MS= Paint/Draw, Photoshop, or good ol' fashioned paper &&nb= sp;drawing tools to spotlight this illustrious Rule of = Thirds for us. All votable entries must be newly-created especially= for this contest. Farktography: [Thankful Thursday](3D") Peach_Fuz = trong> [formed a new babby](3D") Fark Headlines of the Week A selection of some of the top headlines from last week [Crackers served in prison = this Thanksgiving](3D") [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ann= ounces plans to protect freshwater map turtles, which have become threatene= d due to people's refusal to fold them correctly](3D=) [Stephen Sondheim c= rosses the line between composing and decomposing](3D") [Why is the shipping industry willing to earn= record profits instead of getting us our Christmas gadgets on time?](3D") [So the moral of the story is, if you get a = DNA test and the results are anomalous, keep your mouth shut](3D") [Dodge announced that their upcoming EV line won't be = compatible with any Chargers at all](3D") [In the distant future, some historian will see this article ab= out the Bored Ape Yacht Club and promptly quit her job](3D") [Covid has irrev= ocably changed the office. That's what she said](3D") [Give a ma= n a fish, he'll have a meal for that day. Teach a man to fish, he'll have s= ome bald eagle swoop down and take that meal away](3D") [Which is better for you: salt or salt?](3D") [= As God as my witness, I thought frozen turkeys could fry](3D") [Scientists di= scover gut bacteria that improve memory in bees while yours just continue t= o create unforgettable olfactory nightmares](3D") Fark Weird News Quiz (brought to you by = ;ox45tallboy) Another fun time on last week's Quiz,= and I would like to compliment everyone on such an orderly taking of the Q= uiz without the blood and violence usually seen when offering a free fun ne= ws quiz on Black Friday. On the Quiz itself, no one made it into the 1000 C= lub, which is probably for the best as I can't figure out how to stop it fr= om playing Christmas music 24/7. coscausticevilcame o= ut on top with 943, followed by Texa$ in second with = 937 and wearsmanyhats in third with 896. RaceDTruck took fourth with 889, and Denjiro= strong> made it into the top five with 886. The hardest question on = last week's Hard Quiz was about Pokémon. Only 19% of quiztakers= knew that the entire phenomenon began in February of 1996 with the simulta= neous release of "Pocket Monsters: Red" and "Pocket Monsters: Green" for th= e original Game Boy system - which became "Pokémon Red and Blue" in = international release. After its success, the physical card game hit shelve= s in October of that year and the animated series (currently on season 20 w= ith over 1,000 episodes) began in April of 1997. Depending on who's countin= g, it rivals "Grand Theft Auto" for the most lucrative entertainment proper= ty of all time (yes, even more than Star Wars). The easiest qu= estion on the Hard Quiz was about which Canadian city wound up being cut of= f from the rest of Canada after torrential rain and landslides wiped out lo= cal highways. 93% of quiztakers knew that it was Vancouver in BC where resi= dents were forced to either ride a moose cross-country or go through the Un= ited States, where they were strip-searched for drugs at the border and the= n back through Canadian customs where they were detained for COVID protocol= s due to having been in the US. Me, I'd go with the moose. The harde= st question on the Easy Quiz was about the newest module in the Internation= al Space Station. 52% of quiztakers knew that the Prichal came to us courte= ous of the Russians. The new module expands the docking capability of the s= tation so that up to five craft can dock simultaneously, with one even supp= orting automated transfer of propellant between a docked ship and the stati= on. I'm wondering just how tiny these ships would have to be to dock five a= t once, since the module is only about 11 feet in diameter. The easi= est question on the Easy Quiz was about the late character actor Art LeFleu= r and his famous line about heroes and legends. 91% of quiztakers knew he d= elivered the line as Babe Ruth in the 1993 movie "The Sandlot". He's probab= ly the only actor who ever did "M*A*S*H", "Webster", "The A-Team", "Tales F= rom the Crypt", "Baywatch", and "Key and Peele". He'll be missed, and not j= ust by casting directors. If you missed out on last week's Quiz, now= is a great time [to catch up on it](3D"https:=) , since you know a = few of the answers. 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