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August 27, 2000:		# of Comments
	Police attacked by large swarm of cats	(3)
(Entaddress)	The Windows Simulator. Requires Flash 4 plugin	(6)
(Snow Lion)	Dalai Lama banned from UN Religious Leaders Summit	(1)
(Some Guy)	The Periodic Table of Poetry	(2)
(The Spark)	What kind of person are you?	(12)
(Science News)	Physicists slow down light	(1)

August 26, 2000:		# of Comments
(Untitled Document)	British athletes evolve performance-enhancing drug glands	(0)
	Yale representin' Esteemed university to establish big ass motha science, engineering center	(0)
	Finland prepares for Hell's Angels bash	(0)
	Ask Rochelle answers some more questions.	(0)
(IAHB)	Top 8 reasons I can't go to a punk rock show.	(0)
(Ideamarketers.com)	Men, sports, confusion and other nude events.	(0)
(Word)	Life as a Kinko's "co-worker"	(2)
(Some Guy)	TheInternetSucks.com	(2)
(New Scientist)	Fish geting wise to angler's tricks, becoming harder to catch	(0)
(Military.com)	"Honorable" West Point cadets cashiered for stealing $25,000 worth of junk from Academy store	(0)
(Military.com)	Other sunken nuclear vessels. BONUS: mothballed nuclear vessels ripe for plunder	(3)
(Some Guy)	Zombies for Gore homepage	(0)
(about)	Semi-academic articles about The Phantom Menace	(0)
(Alberta)	Man attacks own genitals	(1)
(Some Guy)	Borris Yeltsin Cooks Cajun page	(0)
(Mr. Cranky)	Mr. Cranky reveiws Bring It On	(1)

August 25, 2000:		# of Comments
	Gay Mexican transvestite granted asylum in the US	(3)
	Europe: a continent of bizarre sporting endeavor	(0)
	India's most notorious fugitive	(2)
	Madonna appeals to the United Nations for help obtaining madonna.com	(2)
	Sean Connery turns 70 today	(1)
(Mr Teapot)	Catch a phrase from Mr Teapot	(6)
	Pepsi takes over U of K campus	(5)
(SBC)	Pagans request use of school stadium after Christian 'We Still Pray" rally	(4)
(Denver Post)	Columbine Principal: No such thing as "Jock Culture"	(10)
	New on Comedy Central this fall: BattleBots (robot fighting)	(2)
(Gutenberg)	Project Gutenberg: free text archive	(1)
	Dolphins have their own consistent vocabulary	(0)
	Want to be a Miss America judge? Enter here	(4)
	Italy holds first national mosquito killing contest	(0)
	Australian scientists to bring extinct Tasmanian tiger back through cloning	(4)
	Editorial : Rich Hatch, the evil queen.	(0)
	More trouble for Russia: Kursk Mom forcibly sedated at press conference for being angry	(0)
	Survivor winner Richard dies of irony	(1)
	Motorola planning to destroy its Iridium satellites	(0)
	Student tries to extinguish Olympic torch	(5)
(Cult of Nobody)	NSA finally admits that Metallica was cloned by aliens.	(1)
(The Network)	The Network: With Asshole of the Month Award	(0)
(New Scientist)	CA company developing personal flying machine. NASA provides support.	(0)
(ThemeStream)	Funny help desk woes with stupid users	(0)
(Kansan)	Woman bites into bloody Taco Bell chalupa	(4)
(Some Guy)	Animated Wooden Mirror...	(6)

August 24, 2000:		# of Comments
	Rare blue lobster eaten by tank-mate	(9)
	Way too much information on the Kool-Aid Man	(12)
	Dancing on dot-com graves	(0)
	Suspected Love-Bug author being inundated with employment offers	(3)
	Several large mutual funds dump some Microsoft holdings	(0)
	Why reality TV is doomed, and what crappy ass shows we'll be subjected to next	(11)
(Some Guy)	The Chopped-Off Hands of Star Wars site: the only website dedicated to all the hands that get chopped off in Star Wars	(1)
	FTC sues porn sites for wrongful billing	(2)
	McDonalds orders farms to treat laying hens better	(2)
	Porn industry considers encouraging Napster-like file-sharing	(0)
	Chocolate may prevent tooth decay	(2)
	Thieves steal skull of 14th century Pope, demand ransom	(0)
	Cosmic census finds the universe full of dwarves	(3)
	Aging Barbie dolls may pose health hazard	(2)
	Mental Olympics being held in England, attended only by strange bearded men	(0)
	New revelations about the solar system's most intriguing moons	(0)
	CLONAID will soon start cloning the first human baby	(0)
	Judge extends copyright to hyperlinks?	(2)
	Lazio strikes chord with new "Hillary's a Bitch" campaign	(2)
	Editorial slams American society in general; calls G W Bush "Dumb as a stick"	(6)
	RIAA sues mirror manufacturers	(0)
	Arizona businesses hurting observatories.	(3)
	GI JOE (Dancing GI Joes, nuff said)	(2)
	Britney becomes BBC agony aunt, will write online teen advice column	(0)
(portalofevil)	Sue Portal of Evil or Oldmanmurray and win $300	(0)
(Some Guy)	The Jack T. Chick parody archive	(2)
(Telegraph.co.uk)	Scientists make progress towards real-life invisibility	(0)
(Daily Radar)	The cast of Survivor: The Movie	(1)
(Des Moines Register)	Taunting of two men dressed as women in Des Moines leads to crash on Beaver Avenue	(0)
(Some Guy)	Airport error message (actually not a repeat)	(1)
(U-Wire)	Sony exec: We will beat Napster	(1)
(iGhetto)	Flash movie for those of us who thought Star Wars needed some dope rhymes	(2)

August 23, 2000:		# of Comments
	Science Guy Bill Nye killed in massive baking soda/vinegar explosion	(5)
	Netizen fears hackers will steal his Visa card No. 8099 0788 341 9800 Exp. 12/00	(1)
(TheRegister)	Altavista admits its free net service in Britain really doesn't exist	(1)
	Drag queens to appear in Olympics closing ceremony	(0)
	Toy virginity tester removed from shelves in Greece	(1)
	Clogged pipe spills sewage into school cafeteria	(0)
	1829 oil gusher catches fire. "I've struck hell!" shouts terrified oil driller.	(4)
	Zoo bosses organize gay trips to show that homosexuality exists in nature. Includes gay geese.	(6)
	Rare albino lobster stolen and barbecued	(9)
	Wesley Snipes outlines the plot for Blade 2	(1)
	Cap reviews The Devils Advocate. Scores higher than expected (26)	(5)
	Ways Pop culture has effected us (Picture)	(2)
	Communities rail against dot-com "e-holes"	(0)
	Police cancel televised Hip-Hop awards show after attendees begin brawling backstage	(3)
	"I love you" virus author set free because it wasn't illegal when he released it	(3)
(Untitled Document)	National Accident Claims Direct helps idiots get money	(0)
(via Cardhouse)	Safety labels. Watch your fingers.	(6)
(Sci Fi)	X-Files producer says final episode will suck	(1)
(Rotten Tomatoes)	Review: The Cell not that scary, apparently	(2)
(Some Guy)	For sale: The Holy Bible. Check out the Author's comment	(12)
(Some Guy)	Reptilian aliens in human form rule the planet	(11)

August 22, 2000:		# of Comments
	More bad comic book ads	(8)
	Stephen King fanatics paying up to cover e-Book freeloaders	(0)
	Bioengineered corn killing monarch butterflies	(0)
	CAP tells his life story	(11)
(Some Guy)	Really disgusting recipes: jellied moose nose and others	(8)
	New plastic aspirin is better	(0)
	Car dealer Lumpy Lambert is giving away a gun with every auto sale	(0)
(UraniumOnline)	The nuclear fuel e-commerce solution.	(2)
	Austrailian military will be allowed to shoot civilians on sight at Olympics this year	(1)
(Capitol Hill Blue)	For sale: parts of Apollo 11	(2)
	'Bloody Harry' reaches 60 gallon blood donation mark	(0)
(KCStar)	US women's soccer star Mia Hamm hits two 50-yard field goals in a row at KC Chiefs practice	(0)
	Scary looking US women's soccer pic	(10)
(Register)	Dead authors have been posting reviews to Amazon.com	(0)
	Intel unveils new Pentium 4 chip	(0)
	Madonna suing for control of madonna.com, claims she has trademarked the word 'Madonna'	(2)
	Colorado baseball player batting .400 (almost)	(0)
	Man calls wrong number, saves woman's life	(0)
(	Vote for Fark in the StileProject Top 100. Not safe for work. Not safe period.	(6)
	Pepsi-drinking pig goes missing from Georgia farm	(0)
(Variety)	New Batman movie to be based on Batman Beyond concept (via AICN)	(0)
	Timeline of incorrect Russian official statements about sunken sub	(1)
	Wandering Anne Heche hospitalized after breakup with Ellen DeGeneres	(5)
	Quiz show hopefuls jam phone lines for chance to be on Canadian version of "Who Wants To Be A MIllionaire"	(7)
	For sale: autographed picture of Brak	(7)
(via Boing Boing)	Archive of old Funny Face drink mix merchandise	(0)
(Something Awful)	ICQ Pranks - "Laser Spammers"	(3)
(campus rag)	Do older siblings affect their younger siblings' view of sex? (If you haven't liked any of the other Campus Rag articles, you probably won't like this one either).	(1)
(interstellar donkey)	Official website of the Arizona Space Donkeys fantasy football team	(1)

August 21, 2000:		# of Comments
	Canadians crossbreed spiders and goats	(7)
	Munchausen patients go online, cause problems	(2)
(Tabloid)	Barney Greinke - Nuke tourist	(3)
(Daily Radar)	Star Wars Episode 2 title generator	(0)
(Go)	Read FARK in bad spanish (slow loading)	(7)
	CAP reviews The Replacements, gives it a 36	(5)
	Airport scanner sees through clothing	(9)
	Cat spends 11 days in tree, has to be rescued by hydrolic crane	(0)
	Thieves steal most landing lights from Chinese airport, causing it to close	(0)
	Phil Collin's wife to pose nude to save trees	(3)
	Northwest pilot dies of heart attack during commercial flight	(1)
(New Scientist)	Australian turtles can breathe through their asses	(5)
	Another bizarre search turns up Fark (we're #6)	(5)
	North Pole melts, covered by water first time in 50 million years	(13)
	Or, the north pole may not be melting.	(0)
(Some Guy)	Some rants by uh... it doesn't make any sense but it's funny	(2)
(Some Guy)	The weirdness test	(12)
	Man faces jail for having messy yard	(6)
	Over 50% of Iranian girls wish they had been born boys	(4)
(	Vote for Fark in the StileProject Top 100. Not safe for work. Not safe period.	(0)
	NASDAQ begins removing dot-coms whose price has fallen too low	(0)
(New Scientist)	Toys improve the sex lives of Pandas	(0)
(Nando)	British Prime Minister's wife's name used for porn site domain name	(0)
	Charges dropped against suspected Love Bug virus author	(0)
	Man makes pet dog Best Man at his wedding	(4)
	Police in Thailand arrest man on suspicion of trying to smuggle 55 anteaters into the country	(0)
(CampusRag)	Couple waits for puberty	(18)
	Past & present McDonald's contests and promos	(1)
(ComedyClub)	Celine Dion's new No. 1: "I know a song that irritates everyone"	(0)

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