The Wonders of Fark

I seem to have mistakenly accused our friend, Bubs, of being a Farker. I suppose that sounds dirty if you don't know about this. The smartest people on the internet are on Fark, or so says my friend Brad. I think he's onto something.

So sorry, Bubs...but with your encyclopedic knowledge of ridiculous news stories from obscure sources, I just assumed.

And if you weren't before, I'm thinking you might be now. Oh, and it was the tinfoil hat thing that made the connection.

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lulu said…
Fark has genius photoshopping contests...they did one with garden gnomes that made me cry.
3:18 pm
Melinda June said…
Because it was sad, or because it was funny?
3:53 pm
Joe said…
Ah, thank you! I'm not a f*cker at all!

I still think it's cheating, somewhat, to find stories there to post. But boy, there's a lotta cool stuff there.

Thanks!
9:30 pm
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