By Rosa Golijan
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Those who appreciate word games ??or simple silliness ??should get a chuckle out of this one: There is a nightclub called "Facebook," and it happens to be located in?the remote Brazillian Amazon.
Facebook ... Amazon ... I'll leave most of the jokes to you and focus on the backstory instead.
The Guardian reports that?a 30-year-old businessman by the name of Humbert Camacho is behind the establishment and its name (which the Guardian says is supposedly?pronounced "Facey-Bookey" in Brazilian Portuguese).
"The Facebook concept is about sharing ideas, adventures, friendships, parties and photos with your friends," Camacho told the Guardian. "So what we wanted to do was to build a nightclub with this concept, where people could come and share things with their friends, spend a cool night, sharing pictures, experiences and have fun."
Before you assume that Camacho is simply a first-time nightclub owner who came up with a goofy business name (and justification for it), you should know that he already runs a fairly successful club called Discoteca Insomnio, in the Bolivian city of Cobija.
The finishing touches are currently being put on Facebook as you read this. Unfortunately there is no word regarding exactly when the club will officially open its doors or whether anyone thought to invite Mark Zuckerberg to the grand-opening celebration.
We asked the folks of Facebook ? the social network, that is ? for their thoughts about the nightclub (while secretly hoping to hear if Zuck will be a VIP). Unfortunately the only reply we got was a quick "decline to comment."
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