You know, I didn’t want to join Facebook when it first made its rounds. It wasn’t until virtually everybody else I knew was on it that I realized how handy it was. Keep track of your friends, classmates and family – find people or information about people when you need to, long lost friends, etc. etc.
But at some point, maybe when it started reaching out to non-college students, it started having some shady MySpace qualities. Ignoring the obnoxious 999 million different applications that clog up people’s profiles now, I’m regularly “friended” by weirdos for no particular reason at all.
I guess I shouldn’t be shocked that some of these weirdos are muslims. Still, somehow they’re more amusing than the others. So I thought I’d share a couple.
Most recently, a guy wants to be my friend whose profile consists only of quotes from the Qur’aan. No pictures or groups, only a profile and 2 people commenting on his wall: himself and “Muslims Canadians (no network).” Here’s an excerpt from his profile:
24:32 Marry those among you who are single, or the virtuous ones among yourselves, male or female: if they are in poverty, Allah will give them means out of His grace: for Allah encompasseth all, and he knoweth all things
25:74 And those who pray, ‘Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous.’
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ooo, and he’s single, born January 1, 1960. I gotta say no to the guy, but what a catch for the rest of you ladies 
And now onto the finalists for random messages (in addition to friend requests). And you know I’m a sucker for terrible english:
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Me: you know it’s common curtosey to at least send someone a message before you try to friend them – that way I know you’re not another slimy guy trying to get in my “facebook pants”
Guy#1: dear sister
is enough tell me i dont want add you
and i will answer you ok no problem have a nice day
i dont understand your way to tell me i am a slim guy and etc
ani way this the message that normally i send like presentationhavCiao i am [removed for privacy] i am an italian guy
I am new in facebook and i would like know interesting people that like have fun and know other people
hope we can became friends if you want we can talk in msn or yahoo
My msn is [removed for privacy]
ciao for now and take care
happy ramadan
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Guy#2: hey girl.. nice c u a pretty face here.. !! r u muslim ? btw u r really lookin gud with shot hairs…
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It makes me laugh, it makes me cry.
~Audra~
I think one of the reasons you can only see Quran and a limited amount of info is b/c that his limited profile. You can see more when you add them.
Really, I have only been added randomly by 2 people. Tried by a 3rd. And then they don’t want to talk. That’s what annoys me. They want to add me and then not talk to me? What’s up with that?! Very uncourteous.
Like staring in most parts of the world, adding or poking should be followed up by some sort of explanation for said staring. Otherwise it’s just creepy and rude.
And I’m very very very fed up with people who don’t speak English well enough to communicate. It’s odd to me how sometimes these people have ok English when talking, but when it comes to the internet, that all goes out the window. Has anyone ever had a fob post on their wall when they say they can’t or couldn’t do something? Let’s just say it verges on the obscene.
sorry dear sis Audra. But if you wanted to avoid these ppl, you shouldn’t put up such hot sexy photos of yourself.
Yeah, I find that’s always true. After someone friends you they don’t really talk to you anymore, or the conversation dies (if there was one to begin with – if not, there will never be a conversation).
lol. Hot, eh? right.