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Facebook tool tries to grab Phelps’ spotlight
We’ve seen the redneck population embrace the Michael Phelps Lovephest. Now, the Facebook tools want a slice, too. Below is a real-life conversation over the Internet airwaves, after I found this guy post multiple times on Phelps’s Facebook wall. Observe:

We inquire . . .
Michael Phelps Facebook Wall Post Of The Day
Over the past 72 hours, Michael Phelps has racked up a total of 50,000+ Facebook wall posts, with more and more compiling by the second. With so much content to choose from, we ventured into the crowd to find the Mihcael Phelps Facebook Wall Post Of The Day:
Today’s winner is a response to the thousands of gorgeous women — based on their tiny profile pictures — pouring out the “I love you” and “Marry me” posts to his wall. John Kim of Los Angeles — who, by sheer looks, may have ties to China — doesn’t agree with the sudden onslaught of the Lovephest, as eloquently described in this message:

Phelps 08: Tiger-Jordan crown a little premature?
Back on July 7th, we crowned 2008 the greatest single year in sports history.
And boy, was that more premature than McLovin’s load in this photo (right).
Another weekend, another great moment in American sport history. Michael Phelps, best Olympian ever, turned my ’shut-off-the-laptop-and-television’ vacation weekend into a crave for more Beijing cowbell.
Mama’s boy did it — and alongside, quite possibly, the greatest Wingman in Wingman history: Jason Lezak — the yang of Phelps’ ying, the milk to his Oreo, and the Luigi of Super Mario.
Never before has an athlete propelled himself so quickly into the Tiger/Jordan Elite Club than Phelps did with his eighth gold metal of Beijing last night. But was that concept a little premature?

