OMG U FAIL SO HARD
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is in response to an email FAIL Blog received from an attorney representing Guinness World Records Limited.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thanks for writing us an email regarding the “Record Breaking Fail”. Unfortunately, douchebaggy cyber-bullying emails will only bring upon you more shame on your house. I am also resisting the urge to write this email in ALL CAPS.
I believe it is the duty of FAIL Blog(TM) to call out organizations when they encourage the public to do such things as “Break the record” for the “Most Individuals Killed In A Terrorist Act”. We firmly believe that our publication of your fail is protected under the concepts of fair use, commentary and non-trademark use. Please RTFM and we welcome you to teh interwebs.
Since we at FAIL Blog(TM) don’t have a legal defense department, we have complied with your request to remove the trademarked term and logo from the original image. We have used the “naughty bits filter” on the image to secure your naughty, naughty, trademark assertions. However, we have posted your email so that our audience can see why we had to remove the name of the failer from the image. I hope that this is the outcome you have expected as now NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW THAT GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LIMITED HAS FAILED.
The full legal response can be read here: icanhaz.com/legalresponse
Cheers,
FAIL Blog
P.S.: This is what we think of your letter.
First!
This is awesome, just blurring their logo! Stick it to the man! Stupid lawyers.
Failblog rickrolled me!
[b]ME![/b]
does that bold thing work?
HOW COULD FAILBLOG DO THAT TO [b]ME[/b]? THATS SO EVIL!
dam. screw you, [B].[/B]
It’s carat, b, carat, whateveryouwanttowrite, carat, slash, b, carat.
Like this.
ME
A caret symbol is: ^
A less than symbol is: <
A greater than symbol is: >
We are dicks.
WIN!
You’re getting ownd in t3h butt ov d00m!
Yea,.. now you have to screen the answer and make a “win”-picture out of it.. xD
Epic-win.
FailBlog 1
GWR 0
hahahaha that was awesome
Michael Jackson would be proud!
fcjhghm
Dumb ass.
Agree
FailBlog’s Epic-win ;D
So FB (correctly) invokes “fair use”, (rightly) insults the fools for sending the C&D notice, and then goes ahead and does WHAT THEY ASKED?!
That’s not a “win.” At all.
dude, they dont have a defense department, they arnt taking the risk of getting sued up the ass, the WIN here is that they sent this email response
You fail for not reading the whole thing. They had to do it because they dont have attorneys.
Nope.
Failblog=1,000 (or however many fail articles are in failblog)
GWR= -2 (their original fail, and this fail)
Can’t blame you though, you are what you eat.
is that true? i didn’t think it was possible to give birth to myself. hmmmmm.
yes you are
Major FIRST fail!
win
ha, totally clever! Guinness World Records failuser!
hey at least u say it
LOL It’s your companies fail that you even joined this site XD haha
OMG YOU FAIL SO HARD
Understanding the concept of “fake usernames” FAIL.
PWNED!
and the letter v is: v
^ is a hyperflex accent…
So this is HTML code.
I wonder what would happen if I were to open one of these HTML tags… without closing it?
Will it break the site?
Let’s see…
(either on my part or the site’s part)
FAIL
I haven't closed a tag in a while. I always just open it.Yeah HTMLs are pretty fun
Blinky?
Apparently not. <blink> doesn’t work, and that’s not a bad thing…
Try “marquee”
marqueeeeee
Wait, never mind… it doesn’t work, either.
Did you try style=”text-decoration:blink” ?
HTML
i herd u liek it
<blink>Oh no.. no blinky
</blink>
Awwww.. LOL I got the tag through but it was html encoded < >
Just goes to show their checks aren’t recursive.. enter <bli<blink>nk> and it sneaks right through the filter.
HTMLs are a pretty cool guy, he breaks your combo and doesn’t afraid of anybody
Huge grammar fail.
way to miss the point.
point 1000% missed
I think grammar nazi is a pretty cool guy. eh fails at old memes and doesn’t afraid of anything.
^b^ LIKE THIS OR WAS IT AN EPIC FAIL?!?!^/b^
EPIC FAIL TAKE TWO
^b^three^/b^
^/test^
^/b^but now???
^/b^damn^/b^
its not working at all
^b^lastdamnedtry!!!^/b^
nono, I can I can I can!!!
didn’t know that
^b^ testing ^/b^
[b]testing again[/b]
^b^plox
NOW
i thought he said carets… T-T
does this work?
*lalalla*
test
i’m really afraid of what will happen when you all figure out ohw to link things
I can’t has cheezeburger
test
^b^Testing also^/b^
^i^And testing this, too^/i^
^b^Again…^/b^
Srsly. Just work!
And this?
^b^Let’s try breaking the HTML
Testing
Is not Aren’t HTML’s fun? And so is grammar
testtest123WOOOO!!11!shift 1
/b>
its not gonna work is it :’[
whateveryouwanttowrite
poop
Like this?
^B^This so bold!^/B^
Greater than, less than symbols. Try those.
FAILBLOG FTW!!
Failblog FAIL! :p It’s a bloody shop!
Use less-than and greater-than, not brackets.
Lowercase b.
but you have to insert a slash in the latter less-than and greater-than combo?
Yes. It’s standard HTML.
È
i like bold
and I like monkeys.
and yet nobody cares.
I like cereal.
I like rainbows.
I like monkeys eating a bowl of cereal under a rainbow.
I like you
I like watching monkeys eating a bowl of cereal under a rainbow with Brewski, while he’s wearing no pants.
You know, that didn’t happen 20 years ago.
Basic HTML is very SIMPLE
“I like turtles.”
^b^making replies is fun^/b^
^b^ I like to eat fud
^/b^
^b^ I like waffles do you like waffles ^-b^
I am goowin
I like paste.
I like watching you watch monkeys eating a bowl of cereal under a rainbow with brewski, while he’s wearing no pants, but you are wearing his pants.
i like buttered toast ;P
I LIKE PORCUPINES
OMG ME 2!
Conversely, SIMPLE HTML is very BASIC
I like pineapples.
its like doing Advanced BASIC
I like mudkips do you like mudkips
I care
You must get this all the time…But, did Caesar really live here???
i don’t care for your caring
Yes he actually did, he moved to his summer palace in vagas to die, his death was staged so he could leave the public eye.
i like strawberrys
C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
I like bananas
reaaaallllyy?alert(‘reallllly?’);
but reaallly?
<das>>>really???
<>
<oic>
<script>
<test>
replying to yourself huh?
well well <script type=”text/javascript”>alert(‘icanhazalert’);</script>
last one i promis </p><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(‘icanhazalert’);</script><p>
“</p><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p>”
“”</p><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p>”"
&quo;alert(’icanhazalert’);&quo;
&quo;</p><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p>&quo;
</p></div><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p></div>
"</p></div><script type=”text/javascript”>alert(’icanhazalert’);</script><p></div>"
ok i give up
huh?
Test
good
that’s what she said
but not to you
blazed bitch
…in my experience, it doesn’t have to be lowercase to work.
HTML no, XHTML yes.
HTML 4.01 Strict yes, XHTML no. XHTML isn’t going to be supported in a couple of years.
But that’s a shitstorm for another day.
Finally I got It!!!
no you didn’t
LOLOLOOLOOL
jackass
are those bewbs?
Aargh, me too, and I wasn’t even looking at porn! :S
^b^porn gives me boners^/b^
^b^ BONERS ^/b^
BONERS
YEAH THERE YOU GO, PORN GIVES ME A BONER
YOU FREAK OF NATURE, YOU. SICKO.
I AGREE!
WHY IS EVERY ONE SHOUTING!?!
^b^i thought they were never gonna let us down
or desert me^/b^
:’[
@New1Guy thanks for the spoiler douche
I would have typed it all in caps.
LOL! Yes!
agreed… HAHAAAA genus.
The ‘unnamed’ guiness book of world records site….woops, did i type that out loud?…. is probably very emberassed that they’ve included a check mark with a star to encourage you to break the record.
Perhaps GWL, *cough*, I mean those unnamed record keeper guys, ought to not keep records on the bad crap at all? In the very least, their web guys need to rewrite the CSS for the negative records to appear differently. Perhaps rather than a “break this record” with a happy little star, it should have a link to “dispute this record” or some such.
Anywho. Failblog is a parody about how things in life are funny…when we fail…or, when other people fail. Its not funny when I fail. I like the comment down below here that mentions that FB is protected under fair use clauses. I’d say that the sceenshot is definately a transformative parody. Also, FB in no way is trying to BE a world records reporting website.
If FB’s post hurts “those guys” then its still protected by fair use. In other words, quit sniveling and fix yur website GWL.
Oh, and welcome to the interwebs to you too.
;D
Fix it? They’ve got a better plan. Sue. It’s the American way!
Isn’t Guinness Irish?
Yup. It’s too bad the don’t seem to act like it.
Yes, but so are all Americans right? Thats what they all say anyway.
Really though, they are based in London.
Please do not lump ALL AMERICANS together. I am an American and I have never said that I am always right, nor do I believe that. Thank you for your cooperation.
Methinks you should re-read what was written. I think you’ve confused what Dougal said…
You are correct. See, I am frequently mistaken. I jumped the gun due to some of the American bashing I have seen here lately. I apologize, Dougal. And I am part Irish.
Thank you for pointing it out, Shushnik.
Hey! A fellow part-Irishman!
(I’m half Irish)
Can only claim a quarter Irish, but still proud and drunk as hell on St. Patrick’s Day! :intoxicatedgrin:
I’m a mystery mutt – but people always cry Irish when they see my carpet. I mean hair.
firecrotch!
Wow lots of Irishness today
I feel at home 
Freaking pasty kinned potao eatin’ Irish jacka**es
You really shouldn’t talk about your mom like that.
i am american and i hate americans…in general… not all, mostly me is who i hate
Believe me if the person who wrote that letter was Irish they would have been severely beaten at school.
Actually that’s probably why they wrote the letter. Sorry, we will try to refrain from school beatings in future.
Um, by asking if Guinness was Irish, I believe they were referring to a very yummy stout beer. And yes, it’s Irish and goes well with Jameson’s.
As long as you don’t mind having to chew your beer that is
Oddly no! Guinness is owned by Diageo which is a nice friendly multi-national.
Technically, the Guinness World Record organization is now Canadian, but based in London, England. They were originally part of the same Guinness as the renowned brewery, but Diageo sold off the Records business in 2001. It’s currently owned by Canadian media giant Jim Pattison Group (the same people, believe it or not, who own Ripley’s).
So – as a native Irishman now living in Canada, you have no idea how utterly depressing this fail is to me.
You can’t put a company’s actions and place them against the nation in which they are based in. It is like saying what Conrad Black did is common place for all Canadian corporations, which in fact is false. Conspiracies of the government and huge corporations aside of course.
LOL FAIL!
Not anymore. From their site FAQ:
We are no longer owned by the Guinness Brewery or any of its affiliates. In February 2008, Guinness World Records became part of the Jim Pattison Group, one of Canada’s largest privately owned companies which is a conglomerate of interests, including advertising, broadcasting, grocery stores and automotive retailing.
D’oh! Hope they don’t sic the lawyers on me for quoting their site!
FBI!! OPEN UP!!Fail Blog Institution?
Count me in!
Maybe if someone buys them a beer they’ll lighten up.
I’m thinking of suing as well. I laughed so hard at this post I had an asthma attack!
As I.
We should really consider a class action suit against GWR for this attack on respiratory health.
OMG SUE SUE SUE IM AMERICAN SUE SUE *boner*
I’m british really ^_^ Even if i got run over i wouldn’t sue
It’s the british way, just write a stiff letter to the government.
Before you insult American culture with that high and mighty “British are so superior to Americans” attitude, perhaps you should check the address on the email, genius…
Legal and Business Affairs
Guinness World Records
Drummond Street, LONDON
that… that’s London Ontario. Nice try though!
Erm, it is still a fail. Canada =/= US
Uh, no. That’s not a Canadian postal code in that address. Nice try though.
Riiiight.
Guinness World Records headquarters is in London, England.
Yeah, nice try indeed…
thx Paz for the chuckle. i heart clever!
This is hilarious!! Is there any online website that isn’t pissed off at FailBlog? I mean, we all know about the ongoing disputes with FailBlog and Youtube…
That was a serious WIN, FailBlog!!
Sue me!
So what’s next for the douchey guinness people, most killed in one day at auschwitz? assholes…
@MEEP – Tard
you took it down because you don’t have a legal defense dept? Whats the point in claiming fair use if you don’t use it? Pussies. Wow, you really failed at sticking it to Guiness.
claiming fair use requires a lawyer (or a really foolish failblog owner) to go write a legal response or go to court.
some battles are worth fighting, others are worth posting on the internet for everyone to laugh at.
You think those idiots at Guiness would actually take this website to court over something so stupid? That would NEVER happen.
they didnt take it down… and they made a great point to say that it wont help GWR at all
A lawyer isn’t required to write a legal response. In this particular case, it COULD get tricky, but overall copyright law is pretty cut and dried, and any resistance to their “o noes legal ackshun” threat probably would’ve shut their mouths.
For example, leaving it up, and seeing if they know how weak their claim is. If they do, this could be one of those (frequent) occurences where they are going to send out a C&D for shits and giggles to intimidate you, but have no intention of actually suing. So the response would be ignoring the letter, and risking suit. No lawyers needed for that, assuming this is one of those instances.
You mean GWRL is still around? Hmm, wouldn’t have known except for their decrepit chain of fraudulent oddities.
By the way, by posting that page, Guinness World Records could technically be fined and some of the employees jailed under British Law for incitement to commit terrorism.
Now, I know they aren’t really doing that, but if we are going to get legal…
Way to go, Failblog!
Total win.
I believe douchbaggy cyber-bullying is a legal term.
Where is the legal response?
I have found just a video (old one) and the below cached link
(http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:2z3DDypOteUJ:newsbrane.com/brane/feed/748/+http://icanhaz.com/legalresponse&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk)
Lame
more like 1,171st comment.
Sorry…
there is nothing to be sorry about. FB is indeed protected by fair use: this is parody. they should not have removed the logo. don’t cave in to those douchebaggy cyber-bullies.
I believe Larry Flynt (sp?) set the precedent for pointing out that parody is legal.
That’s not entirely accurate.
Fallwell v. Hustler resulted in the judgement that celebrities cannot sue for “intentional infliction of emotional distress” when the material in question is clearly and obviously a parody.
Actually, it is not parody, since the image presented wasn’t modified in any way (prior to the “naughty bits filter”). However, it is still fair use, as it is a brief, editorial usage, leaving all rights and responsibilities with the trademark holder.
Actually if you check the archives on w3b.archive.org (change the 3 to an e), you can find archives of this page that have essentially the same layout, but none with the “Break this record” link. If you look at more vanilla records on the site from around the same time, most of them have the “Break this record” link, so I’m going to guess this is a parody being passed off as a real screen grab, which is bordering on libel if you ask me.
I was wondering about failblog being a 3rd party in this matter anyway. The image was submitted by someone who either did a straight up screen grab or altered it.
Section 230 isn’t going to apply here, since FB is an active content editor. They’re too selective about what they post for the Drudge/AOL defense
Not necessarily. Judging by the fact that the archive doesn’t have anything newer than a 2006 copy, it’s entirely possible that during a site update or whatnot, the “Break This Record” option was added to the page, either on purpose or, more likely, accidentally.
Good point, but since the attorney didn’t say that, it would make sense that this was a real image. I don’t think they would have passed up such an obvious chance.
I wrote a similar comment wayyyyyy down below, but it’s stuck in moderations due to including links, so here goes again.
If you do a backlink check on the old page using Yahoo you can find a number of forum and blog posts from 2003 linking to it, and they were back then commenting on the “break this record link”. So seems the link was actually there at some point.
Wayback machine copies of the page for 2003 and 2004 are partial framed versions missing all navigation links so you cant tell if the bad link was there or not back then. 2005 and 2006 copies of the page don’t have the bad link there. 2007, 08 and 09 have nothing for that page. Either way the link was removed ages ago. Looks like the page itself was removed more recently, but it’s not stuck in Google’s cache so was likely not removed just within past few days or so since the FailBlog exposure.
Maybe failblog can stumble across the United Airlines Breaks Guitars video on Youtube, in like 3 years for now, and resurrect another old forgotten public relations ‘faux pas’ from the dead again. lol
I was wondering about failblog being a 3rd party in this matter anyway. The !mage was submitted by someone who either did a straight up screen grab or altered it.
*please excuse my !mage mistake*
troll! ima piss mah self!! gtfo
Urine is pretty healthy for your skin, you know
It is?
Explain that to millions of lil’ babies with Diaper Rash!
The Uric Acid in Urine cases the red irritated skin!
But meep, have you tried drinking it? It’s sterile
and has lots of minerals and good stuff in it!
I believe I’ll just take your word on that, thanks.
Only drink it if urine a desert.
Aaaaaand there goes dinner!
(There you go K@)
*Barf*
Yay! We just lost another pound thanks to the Fail blog diet plan!
I dig your attitude. Wait a sec … isn’t that bulimia? That’s not good for you, you know.
But..but..I’m getting skinny!
The worst case scenario is that I kick the bukkit and join the zombie horde…right?
Let’s just hope you don’t become a bulimic zombie.
Nah, if I’m a zombie I don’t have to worry about my weight.
Stuff will be rotting and falling off all the time.
But what about those Boomers in L4D? Dont they barf constantly and STILL dont get any skinnier?
Hmmm… you lost me right after “Boom”. Is this a video game thingy? If so, I’m afraid I’m ignorant. I don’t play video games. Sowwy
Yes, he’s talking about Left4Dead (a video game). What he doesn’t realize is those Boomers stuff their faces like pigs as soon as you aren’t looking at them, which explains why they are constantly barfing when you are.
*barfs*
I try really hard not to barf. I am actually quite proud of my iron belly, even if it is shaped like a keg.
and if it’s good enough for the astronauts…..
I could use some Tang… LOL
Hm, I’d try it mixed 50/50 with vodka, but then, all the good stuff would be equalized again by bad alcohol
do you google this shit?!?!?
Bananas!
OooooooOOOOoooOOOooooOOOh.
That sounds painful – you should have a doctor look at that.
No one can help me.
What you need is an ohectomy.
SNTJ, got a scalpel?
Are you in here talking to yourself, Dr. Brewski?
Yeah, there’s No One Nicer than Jenny
(poor fellow going senile; thinks he’s a Doctor & talking to thin air)
This may become wierder than the finale of St. Elsewhere.
Scalpel
*hands*
I added the Jenny part back in the name for you, and now you call me SNTJ?????
I’m just assuming that was aimed at me so…
To make up for it I won’t volunteer you for the train track.
Hmmmm I think we are moving at the speed of a real E.R.
*I feel a little overwhelmed from the amount of stuff I missed today.*
Today was a bit hectic, wasn’t it?
I think it must have been the lurk convention that threw everyone off their game.
I also need those X-rays, STAT!
Dragon said there would be days like this.
*takes break*
*drinks 8 Pepsis*
*ponders the plural of Pepsi*
*Sets X-rays on the counter*
My hubby took the extra pizza to his fellow workers last night. They thought I bought it for them
*prefers Dr. Pepper*
*figures it would be Pepsii (pronounced Peps-Eye)*
*Examines X-rays, not lookin to good.*
I wonder what kind of favor you can call in off that one.
Larwick passed away just after 6:00pm this evening during a routine ohectomy. There was no doctor available to comment on the situation.
*goodnight*
Dearly Beloved, we gather here today to celebrate the tragic death of our dear friend Larwick. He/She/It enjoyed life even to the very end.
He/She/It contributed greatly to the FailBlog Community blissfully inserting odd comments with a well meaning generosity. I shall always remember Larwick saying, “OooooooOOOOoooOOOooooOOOh,” and always wonder what it meant.
*Sniff*
I remember once when Larwick said
“OooooooOOOOoooOOOooooOOOh.”
I laughed so hard that day, but I was making fun of him and now I feel like a terrible friend.
He/she/it will be missed dearly by all that knew him.
Jawsus is it your birthday again?
Ok, they have no legal department. How many law firm employees do we have around here that can help them out?!
hehehe… I don’t think they need helping out.
*roffles*
but I will help them anyway
Very true.
*squeeze* Good to see you out from behind your alter ego.
*SNORK!!!*
I love these guys.
I have to say, this is one of the funniest fails ever!
I just love the ‘douchebaggy cyber-bullying’ phrase.
“Welcome to teh interwebs.”
They got sent through the Naughty Bits Filter.
They should put a can of Guiness over the logo.
LMAO @ the term “naughty bits filter” though!
You’ve been drinking too much beer. It’s “Guinness”!
You’ve been drinking too much beer if you think there’s a such thing as too much beer.
But yeah, sorry about the terrible offense of misspelling the beer that eats like a meal.
*Drools at mention of favorite beer*
Number fourteen. The naughty bits of an ant.
They even Rick-rolled them. Instant classic.
I’m still laughing at the “naughty, naughty trademark”!
That made me laugh so hard lol. The fact that FB would do that to Guinness Book lmfao! I love FB lol.
Hanko
*squeeze*
The real Betty is back!
*snorks! at FB crew*
*give jam a welcome back boop*
Woohoo!
*squeeze*
*gives Dragon a mind-meld smooch!*
*boops and squeezes all round*
Who's the alter ego?*squeeze*
It was youuuuuuuuuuu!
Heh heh heh heh!
(Like you didn’t know. *squeeze*)
Afraid I haven't really been around much in the last couple months so I didn't meet much of SpongeBetty. I wonder if anyone will ever guess my sneaky alter ego...Blog Ninja, its been awhile.
Ooh! Ooh! Ninja battle!
I don’t advertise the fact that I’m a ninja thus reducing the attention from everyone.
*Disappears from thread in plume of smoke*
That fact is only fairly known, Rian.
Where the hell have you been?
*grabs Rian for a squeeze*
Not here apparently….
I’ll get you my pretty! And your little dog too!
*flies off on broom*
Ninjas aren't magicians, dumb@ss.Dear GOD! WHAT IS THIS?!?! I'm at a loss for words...there can only be one ninja...Oh, and by 'awhile' you must mean: we have never actually met. I've just noticed you while sneaking around.Of course, that is what I was implying. It is always nice to talk to another ninja, however.
Hmmm... I suppose... Although it might take me a while to get used to the idea, I won't do to you what Boggy did to me.Yes, I heard about that, and thank you for not subjugating me to that. I apologize for any inconvenience, it is always an honor to meet a higher ranking ninja.
Well it looks like you will have to be doing most of the representation from the ninja side of things around here for a while. I usually don't go on too much during the summer.paralegal in 2nd year of law school here.
Sweet, bonus fail! Isn’t it funny how some entities have to cut off their own noses to spite their faces?
I just hope they don’t get pissed off. It doesn’t require a case with merit to make life hellish for a small company.
PS: I worked for a company that got sued out of existence by a much much larger douchebaggy company. The case had no merit, but as a startup we didn’t have the financial resources to pay the lawyers to contest it. And the litigation scared away all our investors and vencap firms. So the company folded. They actually had funding lined up until these assholes sued, to prevent their competitors from getting our technology.
I am really sorry to hear that. More proof that lawsuits hurt everyone.
Just playing devil’s advocate here, but there have been quite a few beneficial lawsuits throughout history. Don’t you think?
Of course. Litigation is quite necessary. But unfortunately, the rich and powerful can abuse it.
I know Brewski, I was just playing with Chris and hopefully starting a litigation themed pun run with my devil’s advocate line. My mom owns a company that was just sued by a much larger competitor. The case was eventually dropped but she still owes her lawyer 150K. Yikes.
But what I should have said was “how dare you come into my courtroom without any briefs?”
Where’s Leila? We need her to say “I OBJECT!!”
I OBJECT!
What do you call a million lawyers buried up to their foreheads?
…
A good start.
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a catfish?
One is a scum sucking bottom feeder….and one is a fish.
*snork!*
*RIGL*
What's the best way to save a drowning lawyer?Take your foot off his head.
Yes, lawsuits CAN be good, but, like most good things, can be taken to excess. Hence another stereotype: The person who sues everything, and when someone says something bad to them, like “I think you should stop sueing people” they scream “I’LL SEE YOU IN COURT BIATCH!”
Personal favorite: former boss who bitched about how much she hated students threatening legal action against her and saying they’d see her in court. When I quit and was contemplating filing a complaint against the institution (with the labor board…among other boards), she sent me a LAWSUIT THREATENING EMAIL for staying in contact with any of my coworkers, among other things.
O NOES MAYBE SHE WILL REED TIHS AN TRIE 2 SUE MEH!
I’d venture in the age of teh interwebs, that kind of douchebaggery would undoubtedly backfire in the face of any “much much larger” company.
Fart
fag
Beans, beans, the charmed Legume. Eat a pot and clear the room.
Beans, beans, the magical fruit. The more you eat the more you toot
or
Beans, beans, are good for your heart. The more you eat the more you fart!
Last!
Ahem.
it’s a JOKE, I swear!
the anti-first!
*stands next to Arthur and gives skwirrlgrrl a stern look*
sorry if it didn’t come across the way I meant.
*shakes head then puts hand to cover face*
Dear God, why?!?
*walks away crying*
Is it died?
.
*quickly buries self before FOOMing can begin, calling out behind him*
KIDDING!! KIDDING!! KIDDING!!!ONE!!ELEVEN!!
*un-buries Zombie, douses him in lighter fluid, then lights him on fire*
So…much…pain….
*Crawls into fetal position giving quiet whispers and frantic eye glances*
*is thankful the living typically can’t tell one corpse from another*
Would never actually douse you Zombie, where would I get my kicks and giggles?
Nah, have a cookie.
*steals ZAs cookie* man after all that murdering-i mean ummm shopping i did vvv down in the thread, im pretty hungry. * chomp chomp chomp*
*stands next to Arthur and Dragonwriter and gives skwirrlgrrl a stern look*
*Walks in*
*Also gets stern look*
Mommy!
*Runs away hands flailing*
Skwirrlgrrl, I think you should bow to the general consensus and refrain from such comments.
*looks innocently at Arthur*
*Salutes Admiral*
Hello, long time no see.
I’ve already apologized…. I really meant it as a hit on the ‘firsters’, which I find offensive as well…
Sorry again.
*boops skwirrlgrrl’s nose*
Come on guys!! She got the message a long time ago.
*squeeze for skwirrlgrrl*
*wipes eyes*
*squeezes back*
can I take the hair shirt off now?
Yes, but you must continue to self-flagellate for twenty more minutes!
…Just kidding! This was all just a bit of good-natured ribbing. Believe me, if you’d really made someone mad around here, you’d know.
*gives skwirrlgrrl a cookie*
Wait a minute.
Who made that cookie?
Be warned – those could be Dark-side cookies…
tsk tsk… I don’t believe Dragonwriter is in the habit of handing out Dark-side cookies to non-trolls…
*gives skwirrlgrrl a compassionate squeeze*
it’s okay; I got put in the pun run breaker time out a few fails back; then my comp froze and this is the first I’ve been able to get back on…
thanks vlm!
*squeezes back*
Qwaz, I brought the cookies to Dragon’s party. She just brought them along. As promised before, they are dark-side free cookies.
dark side cookies are never free, you pay with shares of your soul, the soul shares market goes up and down depending on the style of noel feilding’s hair, lol
But the evil acts that you do when you eat Dark Side cookies helps burn calories.
Sweet! (literally!)
But by now I’ll bet they’ve gone cold.
Sorry about that
oooh thx!
but I need both hands to self-flagellate!!
*tries to put down the cookie*
*runs in and grabs lonely cookie*
*zips away as fast as she can*
Hey!
*takes off running after Mrs. B*
*gets tangled up in the whip and trips*
I’ve been tangled in a few whips mysel- I mean…cough… Here’s another cookie, freshly baked batch.
*Hands over cookie*
Now that cookie I would not trust. ^
thanks!
*hopes this isn’t the Dark-side cookie but isn’t sure how to tell the diff*
*nibbles*
It’s worse than Dark Side cookie. It’s a Ninja cookie! Here, have a batch of pirate cookies. They have rum in them.
Um. If you take off your hair shirt will you still have on your hair pants? I wonder what a nakkid squirrel looks like???
hrm… this comment is to Skwirrlgrrl way up there
could have been fir…
But you weren’t that clo…
Posting in an epic WIN
damn it why did i click the link ¬_¬
my new favorite FAIL!
Well played, Failblog. *salutes*
*gives failblog the clap* Excellent!
*clap!…..clap!….clap!…clap!..clap! clap! Clap! Clap! CLAP! CLAP!CLAP!!CLAP!!CLAP!!*
clap clap clap clap clfap cfap fap fap fap fap fap fap
is that the sound of u jacking off?!?
probably just has the clap…
*gives failblog antibiotics*
That’s just sick.
You’re just sick
*Gives Quaz antibiotics*
**Qwaz
Aww I was going for the pun run there. But thanks!
Now I’m all healthy!
No prob! and awww I messed up the pun run =( Sorry =( I guess that was just an ILL-written comment =)
Injects this run with some extra punicillin.
Thank you, I thought it was about to Diabetes
That’s always a pain in the aspirin.
But the run didn’t die! It’s just that it FLU over my head at first!
You’re going to have to shape up if you want some influenza!
Some of our puns have gone moldy.
At least they aren’t plaguing this thread..
I wouldn’t say that, these pun runs are contagious.
Good one.
I give you a spore of 8.
Ack!!!
Virus!
*barfs all over thread*
*Quarantines entire section above*
I’m sorry…we can’t let it spread to the rest of the interwebs.
well link win?
LOLOLOLZ Sick burn WIN
Is it still on the site? I can’t find it.
I mean the unknown record breaking site of course.
This website has some good arguments about why what Failblog did was in fact legal.
http://www.eff.org/issues/bloggers/legal/liability/IP
Damn, you gave ‘em hell. Even a Rickroll, that’s pretty much “IN THA FACE, BITCH!”
Malicite needed in aisle four. Malicite, aisle four.LOL!
Almost as funny as the responses from Teh PirateBay!
Hey… I didnt want to read alll that text… where’s the fail?
Read the text at the top of the page.Evidently, YOU are the fail.
“alll that text” is the win.
Fail Blog Visitor Fail.
Read the text, we would have to write the whole post for you to get it anyways.
Way to go, FAILBlog. Throwing their trash right back in their faces. Too bad these lawyers don’t know enough US copyright law to understand “fair use”.
And Rickroll=win.
GWRL Fail!
All that and a RickRoll too… gotta love it.
Understanding the point FAIL.
They asked for you to remove their logo. They never asked for you to whine about why you deserved to publish the FAIL to begin with.
Oh look, the Guinness book of records employee!
I think you may have missed the point here.
Don’t pay him any mind Avis. he clearly works for the GWRL.
This is clearly an Understanding the Humo(u)r FAIL.
: eyeroll smiley :
He does not go to the head of the class? *winks*
*tsk* There’s one in every FAIL thread…
ach! Guinness Book Troll!!!! *he does not pass go and collect 200 dollars*
It is also an Understanding the Point of the Reply FAIL. John is full of crap.
Damn, I reposted the Dragon Eye Roll sushi link, but it’s not releasing from moderation.
Understanding the internet FAIL
Y’know…I’m pretty sure if I worked for the GWoR I’d feel the same way about your website trolling all over my hard worked, expensive copyrighted logo.
Yeah…it seems like a sense of humour FAIL is required to work within those four walls in London…and I certainly qualify there.
Excellent response and I look forward to their next missive!
Ok, so now i read it ALL and Im confused…
Reading Comprehension FAIL.
I LOVE IT! TAKE THAT GWRL!!!
Rickrolled=*EPIC WIN!*
My Goodness My Guiness.
*hands Aja a Guiness*
Here you go.
Woo.
Good thing nobody noticed the missing n.
Oh, wait…
*stares at Aja with a disapproving look*
*gooses Brewski*
Can we set a world record for spamming their message boards with U FAIL?
Maybe they could sue themselves for ruining their own ‘hard-worked for’ reputation….
they have a message boards? lets troll them to hell
Did he die?
At the risk of further infringing on trademarks… BRILLIANT!!!
LOL
well done!
What a bunch of sanctimonious losers.
good job, failblog. keep it up.
Truly a remarkable fail.
That darn unknown world record site.
They know the rules and so does FB.
I can’t believe you just rickrolld the guinness book of world records
aha
evree1 already nos its guiness
I’d say: World record fail!
Makes me wonder if they’ll then ask you to remove the mention of their name period.
this is effin fantastic!! reminds me of the responses left by piratebay
Awesome! Trust theirs lawyer to turn a simple Fail into an epic douchebag lawyer FAIL!
Lawyers are false! We cants trust them now can we precious?
The lawyer is a lie?
It’s a huge lawyer fail IMHO, as it looks very much like a form email. I doubt whoever sent it realized the context at all. They’ll learn the hard way to spend a few minutes doing research before firing off something like this. Or they may be so big nobody will give a damn.
It’s a FAIL WIN! I think my head just imploded. How is it possible for FAIL to WIN?
I’ll have to say, I fully approve of your method of Rick Roll.
I bet the poor sap is required to go click that =p.
Pwnt.
Failblog= EPIC WIN!!!
IN! YOUR! FACE! (link included, may contain traces of Obama!)
That was pretty funny.
Oh, look! You can follow these FAILers on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/craigglenday
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/editor/
How do I write to Guinness World Records to harass them? I also dare someone to use the right disguising materials and send their lawyers a computer hack like in Jurassic Park.
Speaking of being “douchebaggy”, what an unbelievably childish response to a valid complaint.
You see a valid complaint?
FAIL.
Where?
Surely you can’t be referring to anything that occurred here? Guiness World Records self-pwnd and got called on it, got their knickers in a twist and got laughed at for trying to suppress the fact that they invited people to TRY TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR MOST PEOPLE KILLED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK.
Were you planning to try? Is that your issue, here? Because any self-respecting company would have said, “Thanks for drawing our attention to that record breaking fail – we’ve fixed the website.”
Well said, Rosie!
*Applauds*
Actually, they didn’t. The image was altered, if the wayback machine is any indication. Thus, the company was understandably miffed that they appeared insensitive.
Can’t really blame them, if the internet archives are to be believed.
Bless you – you believe it was faked? That’s adorable.
I linked the evidence here from the Wayback machine but it was eaten by this site. You can check it out for yourself.
I had no idea the GBWR had enough power to change the history of the internet itself! It’s a CONSPIRACY!!!!elebenty!!!
Well, you guys should be smart enough to blur logos to begin with.
I can’t believe I just got rickrolled by failblog.
Their terms of service say that users must be at least 13 yrs old to access the site, but they have a section called “kids” with games designed for 5 year olds to play. FAIL!
Oh yeah, and one of the games involves kids smashing watermelons by head banging.
Good for you. What a bunch of jerks to have a record like that in the first place.
Epic.
totally just checked their website… they removed the record from their site… I even tried to manually go to the link listed in the screenshot and got a 404: File Not Found error.
Lol, I did the same. Their server logs will show ample 404 requests to that page over the next few day.
A backlink check shows a bunch of old forum posts and blog posts linking to that page from back in 2003. Some with commentary on the provocation to break the record. http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=link:http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?ID=53241%20-site:guinnessworldrecords.com
And wayback machine still has the page, sans “break this record” link
http://web.archive.org/web/20050910234412/www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=53241
That was 2005 (wayback), so looks like the offending link was removed ages ago. FailBlog is far from furst!!1! on reporting this fail.
It was removed in 2006, actually.
Maybe Guinees (Misspelled on purpose!) needs to get thier heads outta thier @$$es and realize the real issue here: THE FACT THAT THERE IS A “BREAK THIS RECORD” LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
LOL! (I’m all outta intelligent responses)
That doesn’t stop some people from posting
WIN!!!
VICTOLY! It’s mine!
No, it’s not! It’s MINE!
Well then I’ve been lied to, because Stewie Griffin is always telling me victory is his!
FAIL is victorious today.
hi everyone! did you miss me!!!
i was on vacation. 
Hey, Tofu!
hey!
Welcome back Tofu. Did you go somewhere fun?
yup!!!
missouri and arkansas. a lot more fun than you think!!
There’s plenty of fun to be had there.
*nods*
*has never been to America*
Did you have a good time?
yup!
I would have blurred their logo to look like a penis lol
Stupid douches. It’s their own damn fault they put that up to begin with. Guess we should start being a little more careful with what we post up on the internet, huh dumbasses?
Score one for WIN Blog.
Oh this made me laff.
This made my whole day.
Tnx cheezpeeps!
Well then, that’s it. I’m off to kill as many employees of the GWRL in a massive terrorist attack….. oh hang on… no i’m not that’s a really naughty thing to do.
Holy crap FailBlog rickroll’d us!
We are considered acceptable collateral damage. Suck it up and laugh along with the rest of us!
I wasn’t complaining about it, I just think it was nicely done XD
It appears they removed the record. Looking for it in google cache…
LOL The Guinness team don’t know about the fail.
I like the fact that they didn’t blur out the GWRL guys address…
testing
how was your test? did you pass?
Well, rats, now I’ll never know that the folks at Guinness World Records are capable of a monumentally tasteless fail. I’ll simply have to guess that it was them and assume that they are a bunch of complete idiots who thought it was best to slap someone else (FB) for pointing that out to them rather than just own up to it.
Fail Blog win!
This was so full of WIN! I lolz.. right down to the rick-roll. Gotta love it.
Wow. Brewski, I found the lurkers! FB lured them out! Only a troll or two in the bunch! They are a mite repetitive, but look at them all…
Lurkers, lurkers everywhere!
It’s a little crazy, isn’t it? I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many on one fail before.
I have. For some reason, they come out of the woodwork whenever FB posts something of a personal nature–a message, a contest, an email. They really like it when the cheez talks to their peeps.
…Hee! I do, too, actually.
It is definitely nice. This ‘fail’ is awesome. I was just a little awed by the number of lurkers that posted, especially after Brewski tried to lure them out and only got two or three responses.
I think a lot of these people don’t normally do the comment section. There are some lurkers who actually read what we write. Then there are the majority lurkers who rarely read the comments, and only post when a major urge hits.
I lurked, and eventually I got sucked in.
I never used to read the comments, then I got “the urge”. And I thought, WTF?! What’s with all these comments? They’re not talking about the fail, either!!
I always found the comments section to be far more entertaining than the fail itself. I too, was just eventually sucked in.
Don’t say that! Can’t…take…the pressure!!
I don’t do it as a performer, I just like goofing around with friends. I prefer to not think about anybody else being out there.
I second that opinion.
*Waves awkwardly at camera*
Camera?! I thought I took care of those!
*grumble grumble*
*Sneaks in to photograph celebrity Fail Bloggers*
*Zooms in on the lovely Ms B*
*Hopes to finally get shot of Brewski without trousers for the cover*
EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
It’s Qwaz!!
I know all about all your Failblog works!! Like, remember what you said with post #219 on the bicycle fail?? OMG!! You’re so awesome! Can I have your autograph??
Sure, Brewski!
But first let me show you one of my jerky celebrity tricks.
*leaves without signing anything*
My god, what have I become!?
*comes back, Gives Brewski a complete signed record of everything I’ve ever done.*
That looks pretty heavy…
But valuable!
*does a big song-and-dance number with a show-stopping ending*
I loves me an audience.
*is whisked off stage by a giant hook*
*drops hook*
*SMOOCH!*
Wheeeeeeeeee!!
Oh, wait…that was the last fail.
Well, now that I’ve finally caught you, I’m going to wheeee, wheeee, wheeeeee!! all the way home.
I wasn’t trying to imply that you are a performer or anything like that, silly. I was trying to imply that this is such a nice, friendly, fun atmosphere, everyone is so cool, and it is hard not to want to be a part of. But also why so many lurk. They see, they would partake, but fear the shellacked mackerel of rejection.
I know what you meant. Like I said, it’s just weird to think there might be somebody that knows all about me, but I don’t know anything about them. I suspect there aren’t that many lurkers out there, actually. I was curious so tried to see how many would bite on my invite. Not many!
No, because most of them aren’t interested in biting… *nibbles*
Welcome. Lerqer1. I see you found our Vice Provost.
Hee…!
I was disappointed that I couldn’t participate meaningfully for your video powering today. Not surprisingly, your energy was strong enough to power a bonus fail, too!
Your participation is never meaningless.
*smooch*
I like keeping you in stitches, is all.
*smoooooooooooooch*
Fortunately, I didn’t need them today!
*whew!*
So, do you think there are more posters than those that only read? I think human nature suggests the opposite, that many more watch from the sidelines while an active core group participates. I would guess the ratio is at least 10:1.
Eeek!
No!
Wow, I actually got a bit teary-eyed reading that comment.
Perhaps maybe the cheez can explain the change in smilies while he’s here . . .
Lurker baiting! My new favorite sport!
*takes the bait*
*baits hook*
*casts into thread*
*Chomp* Damn! That’s twice in 4 days. That’s one irresistible bait!
Ha! I’m quite the fisherman.
I am a lurker .. until I click this add comment button, then I wont be any more