Jun 28, 2007
Stephen Fry Facebook Sensation
So, the other day I became Stephen Fry’s friend on Facebook. I don’t know why I requested a friendship… I mean, I’ve been denying friendships to people I don’t actually know – online or in person – so why I thought he’d approve mine, I don’t know. Still, his approving my friendship is just another reason why he’s The Loveliest Man On Earth TM.
My friendship was approved and then I thought, ‘Wait! This mightn’t be him.’ Of course, I wasn’t the only one who doubted. Yesterday he took a photo of himself, in a kidnapped stylee, saying hello to one of his doubters.
The photo was ‘backwards’ when he posted it
The floodgates opened and he was inundated with ‘friend’ requests. This morning he’d been so overhwelmed by friend requests that he turned off his ‘add friendship’ and started Stephen Fry’s Friendship Proxy Group.
Of course, I couldn’t help, but photoshop his photo… into a LOLFryz
Stephen Fry, the Lilley Allen of Facebook.
production 
QR Code DVD 
…*snorts.* I saw those. They cracked me up.
And now you can make your own …
http://www.neonbubble.com/fry.php?q=Hello Gia – how’s things?
Okay, your CMS niceified my link … but you get the idea.
Hahahahahaha!!! You’ve GOT to put that link on his friend group! Go on….
I might once I’ve tidied up the code and tried to make it appear a little better. But some of those members in his proxy group scare me a little. The cult of celebrity is serving up a dish of sycophantic/psychopathic stalking comments and I’m not sure I want them near my site in any way.
Yea, I’ve only gone to the group a couple times and it does seem a bit stalkerish.
Nuts. Had I known about it, I woulda shamefully plugged my Stephen site in hopes it would get me “in” but I had no idea. If it’s anythign like the usual celebrity blog places, I think I’ll stay faaaaar away.
I’ve made it a little easier to use.
http://www.neonbubble.com/videos/stephen-fry-facebook-message-generator
Fab!!!
I posted a link to it on his wall and in his proxy group. Heh.
I feel extra EXTRA special then that you requested my friendship. But how do I know it’s the real you? Is it a PA pretending to be you? :-D
Shhhhhh, Creepy, don’t tell anyone this isn’t actually me.
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