One thing leads to another, and I find myself reading the Wikipedia article on leprechauns. I found this bit of vandalism:
Most trolls are boring. Some are actually funny, which means I can almost forgive them for consistently misusing apostrophes.
Havin dealt with the wee folk, Oi kin assure ye that information is accurate.
The best one I saw was one line, added to the “Indigo Child” entry.
In a section where it talked about how to identify your Indigo Child, and other terms they are known as, someone had added:
“Another term for Indigo Child is ‘brat’.”
I lol’d.
That whole wiki idea is pretty useless. Most of the bio pieces, for example are carefully groomed by candidates and their staffs. Any hint of prior scandal is removed, even if it was public record, like imprisonments.
One of my favorite Wikipedia vandalisms of all time was shortly after Steve Irwin died. His page was edited to add the phrase "His last words were, “I’ve had it with these motherfuckin’ snakes in motherfuckin’ Australia, mate!’” (Although there really should have been at least one “crikey” in there.)
I can’t wait for some dishonest 4th grader to start his St. Patrick’s Day report with:
“Leprechaun’s do not actually practice religion, but they are Jewish at heart, and it shows in their noses.”
Whoah, that’s a very impressive amount of bullshit, especially for such a short text.
Overal, a witty piece. But points are deducted for the anti-semitism and blowing the punchline - it should have been “midgets are idjits”
Well, you did mention “troll” upthread.
I’m not much for the anitsemitism, but [Larry the Cable Guy] I don’t care who you are, this here’s funny [/LtCG]:
“As leprechaun’s have been documented to have sang in a numbert of mythilogical tales: “Check out my hiney, it’s round and shiny!” This is the most noticeable feautures of the Leprechaun.”
I did not know this! Wiki is so informative.