http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/mormons http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/mormons An LDS spokesman dropped by to tell us that no, the LDS folks did not try to buy into Facebook. I was going to say, this'll teach us to listen to barroom rumors. But it won't, it won't.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5040141&view=rss&microfeed=true Brooklynite Zack Klein claims that "an employee close to the deal" — translation: somebody was drunk — told him the church San Franciscans love to hate "made an unsolicited bid to acquire Facebook." The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was estimated in 1997 to have $25 to $30 billion in assets and a $5 billion annual revenue stream, making a Facebook buy-in a possibility. True? Maybe. Fodder for lunch discussion all over the Bay Area? Definitely. (Photo by AP/Douglas C. Pizac)

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