Afternoon delight...

As I was casually browsing the internet yesterday I came across a MSN article that featured LOLcats and other "meme's" as I have come to find out they are called. Overall the article was well-written and informative, however I took issue with the following example they listed:

RICKROLLING (2008) — an online prank in which users are unexpectedly linked to the ghastly Rick Astley music video "Never Gonna Give You Up."

Ghastly? Nay, I beg to disagree.

The "Rickrolling" title did lead to a wiki article that further elaborated on this phenomenon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling

A little snippet for you...

Rick Astley's reaction

In a March 2008 interview, Astley said that he found the Rickrolling of Scientology to be "hilarious"; he also said that he will not try to capitalize on the Rickroll phenomenon with a new recording or remix of his own, but that he'd be happy to have other artists remix it. Overall, Astley is fine with the phenomenon, stating that he finds it "bizarre and funny" and that his only concern is that his "daughter doesn't get embarrassed about it."^[53] However, a spokesperson for Astley's record label released a comment which showed that Astley's interest with the phenomenon had faded, as they stated "I'm sorry, but he's done talking about Rickrolling."^[54]

Two things come to mind: Who has the time to write a wikipedia article on this? And second, rickroll scientology? Fantastic idea, wish I would have thought of it first.

Go Irish! Beat bye week!