Must-Read Not News Stories From FARK

-- In an effort to help ease the gas crisis, many companies are now instituting 4-day work weeks. Sadly, those working in a major metropolitan area like New York City will never, ever see such benefits. It’s time to move out to Idaho.

-- Nine companies have been fined for selling clothing that is hazardous to children. What was the health hazard found in the clothing? Drawstrings. That’s right -- pajama pants can and will kill you if you tie the drawstring around your neck.
 

-- Everyone gets first-day jitters when starting a new job and worries about making a mistake that gets them fired. This animal rescue facility volunteer should have been more concerned with getting his leg chewed off by a tiger.

-- According to a new study, many college students cannot spell to save their lives. As a result, professors in England are encouraged to ignore gross spelling errors on papers. How can student papers have misspellings? Microsoft Word fixes them for you!

-- Stamp collectors discovered that flags in the U.S. Postal Service’s “Flags 24/7” stamp series have 14 stripes. Is the stamp designer a bleeding-heart communist – or, merely a person in desperate need of a history lesson?