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		The Story of the Fail Whale (readwriteweb.com)
		14 points by sant0sk1 on July 17, 2008 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

mechanical_fish on July 17, 2008 | [–]

I would have nothing against this whale if it hadn't put the cat with a screwdriver out of a job.

Yeah, I'm a hopelessly sentimental collector of stale memes, but I still think that cat had a can-do spirit that the whale lacks.

fallentimes on July 18, 2008 | [–]

I love the fail whale; I'm wearing a fail whale Tshirt right now.

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