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Even The Yelp App Is Mocking Rick Perry

Rick Perry

You know something’s become a meme when even unrelated industries start mocking it. This happened to John McCain during the 2008 election campaign, when his disastrous line, “The fundamentals of our economy are strong” took off so much it even made its way into a Wendy’s commercial.

Now the same is happening for Rick Perry’s “oops” moment.

Users of the iPhone Yelp app have recently discovered the following “update” message:

Oops, indeed.

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