Gfx Weird Icons everywhere. What gives?

I opened Iphoto and there are a zillion dumb icon pictures and fuzzy numbers and lame screenshots. A lot of these seem to be in the GFX, about which I know nothing. What are all these weird icons and junk, and how can I get rid of them?
Thanks
Tom

We've seen mention of this before. For no reason - apart from the unlikely event that some dragged the HD icon to the iPhoto Window - all the wee icon on your drive are imported to iPhoto.
Solutions: Fast: restore from your bac up.
Slow: Put the in the trash and empty it.
Regards
TD

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