It said: "The office of the president is concerned that someone has impersonated President Bharrat Jagdeo on the community-based website Facebook."

It added: "The public is being asked to ignore this impersonation."

Ok....will do.

Damn, I was going to have tea with him.

I accidentally the whole Guyana.

/Should I not have done that?

Guyanan?

Damn. I was helping that guy transfer millions of dollars out of the county.

Hagbardr: Damn. I was helping that guy transfer millions of dollars out of the county.

you were?! wait a second, I thought I was helping him out because of all the bank transfer fees. It sounded plausible enough, and he seemed so nice.

It's the latest spin on the 419 scam.

Alright, point me to your real Facebook profile, then, Mr. President.

So who sent me the lil green patch request?

Ambassador to Bulungi has sent you a Pint of Guinness

As the President of Guyana I am already getting a kick of these replies.

/post your bank accounts as I have come into possession of large sum of money of $2,124,456.95 and need to transfer to your account.

But did anyone sign the impostor's public key?

valar_morghulis: THE JIG'S UP, MUGSY! SCRAM!

QUIET YOU! I've been here all day, see? And remember, if you getany funny ideas, they'll never take me alive and I'm not going alone, see?

How stupid -- especially since Facebook just took down the account of Penn Jillette -- the REAL Penn Jillette -- because they worried he was an impersonator. So they lock out the real deal but let this continue. Awesome.

aureliawestlake: So they lock out the real deal but let this continue. Awesome.

Also awesome how you didn't read the article.

They also let a spider monkey into my Guava fruit. I'm gonna keep him. And call him George.

QueenOfHearts: I accidentally the whole Guyana.

/Should I not have done that?

You did what?

cameroncrazy1984: Damn, I was going to have tea with him.

You too? Tea with the President of Guyana was next on my to-do list, right after coffee with the President of Burundi.

Seriously, if it's not time for a Guyana tag, I don't know what time it is.

/ What time is it?

aureliawestlake: How stupid -- especially since Facebook just took down the account of Penn Jillette -- the REAL Penn Jillette -- because they worried he was an impersonator. So they lock out the real deal but let this continue. Awesome.

Hmmm I bet there's going to be a BS episode in the near future about social networking sites.

Dude, you people in this thread are ignorant, even for Fark. It's GUYANESE, and it's in SOUTH AMERICA, NOT AFRICA. (And they do speak English there, not Spanish or Portuguese).

Yeah folks, BEHAVE.

You don't want Guyanna to exhaust their 5 American dollars in legitimate budget hunting you down and then poking you repeatedly with a used Popsicle stick they found in the gutter.

thalidomide_hipster: Dude, you people in this thread are ignorant, even for Fark. It's GUYANESE, and it's in SOUTH AMERICA, NOT AFRICA. (And they do speak English there, not Spanish or Portuguese).

Who mentioned Africa?

Just don't drink the koolaid.

I have a Polaroid of him passed out with my dick in his mouth.

Did they catch the guy when he prank-called Palin?

I once got extradited to Guyana. I paid the debt with four bowls of macaroni and a picture of a kitty with rectum trouble. Smooooothe sailin'!

It's always so awkward when a country you haven't even thought about since middle school up and friend-requests you on Facebook. I always just accept their friend requests but then immediately set their individual privileges to basically nothing. That way their feelings don't get hurt, and I keep my privacy. But still, it's like, dude, I haven't given you a moment's thought since 8th grade geography, and now you want to know every little thing that's going on in my life. I'm so sure.

Of course, it's totally different for countries who are my REAL friends, like Canada and the Netherlands and Costa Rica. Although I will admit that when Chile friended me out of NOWHERE a few months back, I totally started flirting with them because I heard from Brazil that they were really hot these days. Like I'd change my status to say that I'm "in the mood for something spicy!" or "thinking about taking a trip down south" or "totally drunk on Pisco sours!" (their national drink). But it didn't go anywhere.

DeathByUngaBunga: thalidomide_hipster: Dude, you people in this thread are ignorant, even for Fark. It's GUYANESE, and it's in SOUTH AMERICA, NOT AFRICA. (And they do speak English there, not Spanish or Portuguese).

Who mentioned Africa?

Can't you just play along, or were the kid who blew out the birthday boy's candles in elementary school?

thalidomide_hipster: Dude, you people in this thread are ignorant, even for Fark. It's GUYANESE, and it's in SOUTH AMERICA, NOT AFRICA. (And they do speak English there, not Spanish or Portuguese).



LEAVE GUYANA ALONE! LEAVE IT ALONE!

FTFA: "Last year Facebook removed two fake profiles of Bilawal Bhutto, the son of Benazir Bhutto, the former Pakistani president who was assassinated in December 2007."

Big deal. They also removed Lindsay Lohan's account.

Articles like these could do well to include a short paragraph to briefly explain what and where the hell Guayana is.

Top of the world, ma! Top of the world!

semiotix: It's always so awkward when a country you haven't even thought about since middle school up and friend-requests you on Facebook. I always just accept their friend requests but then immediately set their individual privileges to basically nothing. That way their feelings don't get hurt, and I keep my privacy. But still, it's like, dude, I haven't given you a moment's thought since 8th grade geography, and now you want to know every little thing that's going on in my life. I'm so sure.

Of course, it's totally different for countries who are my REAL friends, like Canada and the Netherlands and Costa Rica. Although I will admit that when Chile friended me out of NOWHERE a few months back, I totally started flirting with them because I heard from Brazil that they were really hot these days. Like I'd change my status to say that I'm "in the mood for something spicy!" or "thinking about taking a trip down south" or "totally drunk on Pisco sours!" (their national drink). But it didn't go anywhere.

CaesarSneezy: Ambassador to Bulungi has sent you a Pint of Guinness

I LOL'd - Well played both

the_chief: I have a Polaroid of him passed out with my dick in his mouth.

That was your mom, not the president. They look alike, so I can see how you were confused.

Samwise Gamgee: Articles like these could do well to include a short paragraph to briefly explain what and where the hell Guayana is.

Ah, if you want to spoil the fun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guayana_Region (pops)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana (pops)

(And the South African "Sound Alike" as well as occasionally spelled alike region Guinea)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_(region) (pops)

Easy to confuse the spots given that FARK headlines often have a spelling error element to them.

// It's always a jolly good time to tease the poor nations (even if both Guayana, South America and Guayanna, Africa aren't really "too poor to find a pot to piss in" regions).

SloppyNinths: I paid the debt with four bowls of macaroni and a picture of a kitty with rectum trouble.

They have the most delicious Guananas there.

Image of the President of Guyanananananana--doo-doo-da-doo-doo


Mah-nah-nah

Guianan-doodoo-da-doo

Mah-nah-nah-nah!

// Doo-do-da-doo-dah-do-dah-do-dah-doo

I'd like a word with the president of Guyana for the same reason.

He's been impersonating me on Facebook.

Mitch Mitchell
They also let a spider monkey into my Guava fruit. I'm gonna keep him. And call him George.

Are you going to hug him and squeeze him?

/oh boy, my very own spider monkey...

jdamaral: Guyanan?

Subby's an idiotan

George Bush doesn't care about Guyanan people.

Guyanese police to American Police: "Someone is impersonating our president."
American police: OK, who?
Guanese police: It's some guy on Facebook!
American police: Facewhat?

Someone needs to teach Mr. Guyanese about teh intertubes.

This is hilariously awesome because my brother personally knows the alleged perpetrator.

He (my brother) says it wasn't an attempt to impersonate anyone, but rather one of Facebook's innumerable groups or "fan" pages, which got misinterpreted by some.

So once people who were already members of the group complained about the "impersonation," the group's owner shut it down and started a new one with a more appropriate name, so there'd be no confusion this time.

/What is this Guyana you speak of? I know only of guano.