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(Borowitz Report)		Weekly World News fires reporter over Batboy story (borowitzreport.com)		36
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uclafalcon		2003-05-23 04:00:25 PM

This newspaper was built on its Batboy coverage, Mr. Dumars said. If you lose that, what do you have left?

True dat.

Some_TV_Guy		2003-05-23 05:32:35 PM

Quick! Somebody email Jayson Blair and let him know there's a job opening at the WWN!

zmbabwe		2003-05-23 09:25:52 PM

This is crazy. Two well respected newspapers turn out to have bad reporters.

muldster		2003-05-23 09:26:29 PM

Hahahaha, such multi-layered satire. I love it.

Farkaneer		2003-05-23 09:28:13 PM

What a letdown. Now I don't know if I'll ever be able to believe anything they print again.

yotta		2003-05-23 09:31:16 PM

Say it ain't so! Next they'll be saying there are no space aliens!

udo		2003-05-23 09:31:39 PM

Excellent satire.

a0helsux		2003-05-23 09:38:19 PM

WHERES THE BOOBIES!

CaptainGood		2003-05-23 09:40:48 PM

Now that's comedy.

Spyderbabe		2003-05-23 09:45:58 PM

It could have happened

swordvspen		2003-05-23 09:48:33 PM

What the hell?

That was actually funny.

Otoscope		2003-05-23 09:49:01 PM

I was just speaking to the aliens and they expressed grave concern that their primary contact with planet Earth has just been sacked.

mashuren		2003-05-23 09:49:57 PM

"...but the one most damaged by the incident was Saddam Hussein, who now may never be able to repair his reputation."

Tigerman27		2003-05-23 10:01:36 PM

This is off the subject, but there's no other forum for this.....Is it just me, or does the guy in today's Fark Personal (bart22) look an awful lot like Scott Peterson? Can someone post a pic of bart22 next to SP?

RobbieFal		2003-05-23 10:05:04 PM

Ok.. if I suscribe to WWN, could I get the free Batboy t-shirt with 52 issues, or can I only get it with 26 issues?

WWN really needs to run a t-shirt shop too.

rosenbluth		2003-05-23 10:05:30 PM

whew... for a moment there, i thought it wasn't satire.

tigerman -

Scott

Bart

Tikiman1000		2003-05-23 10:08:13 PM

whats wwn without batboy and iraqi troops?

Quick1		2003-05-23 10:10:07 PM

Boobies are on vacation for a couple days so someplace that is hassling Drew doesn't consider Fark an "adult" site.

Chipslinger		2003-05-23 10:10:37 PM

If you can't trust the Weekly World News, who can you trust?

jwrebholz		2003-05-23 10:12:32 PM

I don't mean to threadjack, but where the fark are all the boobies?

jwrebholz		2003-05-23 10:13:07 PM

I don't mean to threadjack, but where the fark are all the boobies? fark that crap, show some boobies!

rbaron71		2003-05-23 10:16:18 PM

What does Ed Anger have to say about all of this?

Quick1		2003-05-23 10:16:28 PM

I don't mean to threadjack, but where the fark are all the boobies? fark that crap, show some boobies!

Look in the archives for a bit. Or even better, go out and see some real ones.

It's a third party that is critical to Fark staying around for a while. Drew will get us through, but you will just have to survive without boobies for a day or two.

Ishkur		2003-05-23 10:17:33 PM

Well, of COURSE its an adult site. You think kids like reading the news? At least its not lewd or anything.......most of the time.......

heh. Drew should have a "Fark Kids!" day, where everything is brightly colored and goofy and animated, and the links are all about toys and cartoons and candy. And filters can turn words into kid equivalents, like "butthat" for "asshat and "poo poo face" for "shiathead".

It would be fun!

Quick1		2003-05-23 10:23:57 PM

Drew should have a "Fark Kids!" day, where everything is brightly colored and goofy and animated, and the links are all about toys and cartoons and candy. And filters can turn words into kid equivalents, like "butthat" for "asshat and "poo poo face" for "shiathead".

It's so wacky it could work!

udo		2003-05-23 10:43:13 PM

I don't know if your idea makes you a poopiehead or a dumbbutt, Ishkur. Either way, you have cooties.

Tigerman27		2003-05-23 10:56:25 PM

Thanks, Rosenbluth...there's definitely a resemblance!

wydok		2003-05-23 10:58:14 PM

Who Moved My Soap? The CEOs Guide to Surviving in Prison by Andy Borowitz

Bwahahahahahahahaha! I love it.

"Here's your soap, right here, rich boy!"

TheOmni		2003-05-23 11:03:47 PM

Haha, Ishkur has cooties!

wydok		2003-05-23 11:03:56 PM

05-23-03 10:13:07 PM Jwrebholz

I don't mean to threadjack, but where the fark are all the boobies? fark that crap, show some boobies!

Let me introduce you to a concept called "Google". Google is a website that uses magic to find other websites for you. All you have to do is type the word "boobies" in the little input box and click the "Search" button. Google will then show you 495,000 websites that contain boobies. You can try other dirtier words instead, if you aren't afraid of getting in trouble.

Ask your mommy for more assistance, if necessary.

wydok		2003-05-23 11:06:27 PM

Anyway, what is with this "third party" thing? Is there some group trying to get Drew in trouble? Hell, I'd do without the boobies links before I'd do without Fark. If it comes done to it, I'd say we get rid of them rather than have no Fark at all.

Or maybe users would need to use AdultCheck or something. Whatever.

moonrabbit		2003-05-23 11:11:30 PM

A reporter who got fired from a tabloid? That person's career is OVER!

ignom		2003-05-24 12:06:47 AM

Boy, wouldn't it be nice it Fark would quit posting all these satires? "Ok, we cannot do boobies anymore, let's replace them with satires." Bleh.

Mayhem_King		2003-05-24 12:20:09 AM

05-23-03 10:05:30 PM Rosenbluth
whew... for a moment there, i thought it wasn't satire.
tigerman -
Scott
Bart

ROFL. Man, Bart has been freaking me out all day.

ArugulaZ		2003-05-24 10:58:56 AM

You wanna hear something crazy? They've got a PLAY based on Batboy that they're performing in the Michigan area. If you don't believe it, check out the website...

http://www.batboy-themusical.com/

JR