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"You got a bit banged up after work the other day…"

At the produce stand, the Hicks discuss a specific chore that Wayne has yet to do- pulling a tree stump out of the ground. Wayne and Daryl intend to do so by chaining it to something and yanking it out, but wind up getting in an argument over whether Daryl's beloved van is capable of doing the job. Dan continually farts throughout the conversation, resulting in Wayne commenting that he'd like a warning first, and we get the credits.

The Hicks discuss Dan's fart. Daryl wishes that Gail could have heard that fart, and they discuss coming up with a website where you can upload your farts, kind of like Facebook... or Fartbook, in fact. However, none of the Hicks are particularly skilled with coding, so after some arguing, they're forced to consult the local experts: Stewart and the Skids. When consulted, Stewart and Devon agree to help in exchange for 30% of the proceeds, though Devon thinks he's in The Social Network and keeps quoting the movie despite nobody getting the references.

24 hours later, they have a working prototype. They sign Dan up to demonstrate how it works, and get some friends to help them test it: Gail, Jonesy, Reilly, Katy and Glen. However, they decide against the Ginger and Boots, because rumour has it that they were both involved with the ostrich-fucking. While the initial testing phase goes well, they soon run into problems.

First up is Gail, who's been attaching spam mail to her posts; when told to stop it, she refuses and angrily rants at the Hicks and Skids before storming off. Next up is Katy, who's been posting the barn cat's farts instead of her own; the situation doesn't get resolved because Jonesy and Reilly turn up, furious that Katy is liking Stewart's farts and not theirs, and Katy shoves them into the house. Finally, it's Glen, who has been liking and commenting on everyone's posts, but posts nothing himself. Glen is unfazed by the threat of being banned, and has no intentions of stopping.

After all this, the Hicks decide that Fartbook needs to die because it's caused too many problems. Stewart and Devon object, but are outvoted and are forced to concede. A day or so later, the Hicks are discussing Fartbook, thinking that maybe they pumped the brakes too soon, but are interrupted by Stewart and Devon, who tell them that Glen stole their website and it's been live for 36 hours already.

The five of them head to the church to confront Glen, who tells them that he didn't steal the website, he took advantage of a growing trend. Fart websites have become all the rage, and he tells the Hicks that sure, they had a good idea, but they weren't the only ones who had it, and in the end, they were just too slow. Having lost, the five leave dejectedly.

Back at the produce stand, Daryl asks why Wayne never joined Fartbook. Wayne calls it juvenile, and says that A, men shouldn't fart in front of women, and B, a woman who listens to a guy's farts won't want to sleep with him. He and Daryl discuss the phenomenon of people putting everything on the internet, and the episode ends with Stewart staring wistfully at Katy's Fartbook profile, playing her farts on repeat.

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