It started as a harmless event for kates birthday party. A get together for friends. Now over 60,000 people are attending and over 170,000 awaiting confirmation.

The event was original publicist by David Thorne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Thorne_%28writer%29) on his twitter stream. Who is a writer an humorist/troller. He is currently living in South Australia.

Heres the link for the "party" on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=115542871807009&ref=ss

And its even got its own wikipeadia page! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%27s_Birthday_Party

Its now gone viral and it doesn't look like stopping anytime soon. Every minute over 500 people confirm their attendance. Fringe groups have also popped up with silly names. Join in!