Mitt Romney Says He's 'A Big Fan' Of Papaya, Which Apparently Means 'Vagina' (AUDIO) mediaite.com/a/ervfr (Column By @tommyxtopher)
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Mediaite (@mediaite) August 15, 2012If your Twitter timeline tonight seems to have an unusual amount of papaya in it, there’s a reason. It’s an incredibly stupid reason, but a reason nonetheless, and if it can be spun as a campaign gaffe, then all the better.
Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher notes that, during an interview with a Cuban-American radio station in Florida yesterday, Mitt Romney told the host he was a big fan of papaya, which is Cuban slang for vagina. So … what was the point again?
Hey guys! Mitt Romney hates Hispanics because, vagina: bit.ly/R1gcwX #TheStupidItBurns—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 15, 2012
It's not a GAFFE @tommyxtopher. It's called PAPAYA!!! That's the name of the fruit!!! mediaite.com/a/ervfr—
Mary Chastain (@marychastain) August 15, 2012
Don't understand #tcot agita over the papaya story. You guys get upset about weird shit. mediaite.com/online/mitt-ro…—
Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) August 15, 2012
Well, “weird shit” is a good way of putting it. If anyone was upset, though, they didn’t stay upset for long. Like the saying goes, if Twitter hands you papayas, make … papaya jokes?
@tommyxtopher Nobody is upset. We are laughing at the stupidity of your piece—
Jay Caruso (@jaycaruso) August 15, 2012
This may be the single dumbest item ever to run on the Internet in the history of the planet. mediaite.com/online/mitt-ro…—
John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 15, 2012
RT this if you think there's absolutely nothing wrong with Mitt Romney saying he likes papaya– the fruit or the alternate meaning.—
Liz Mair (@LizMair) August 15, 2012
#PapayaFacts: A papaya once beat Joe Biden on Celebrity Jeopardy!—
(@stephenkruiser) August 15, 2012
This is true. RT @CAAmyO: @jpodhoretz "our founding fathers fought for the right to pursue papaya not guarantee papaya"—
Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) August 15, 2012
If James Taranto were on Twitter right now, he would be replying to roughly 2000 papaya tweets with the phrase, "That's what she said."—
John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 15, 2012
The papaya meme even managed to revive an even more senseless hashtag game from earlier this year, morphing into #ReplaceMovieNamesWithPapaya. This must be comedy gold in Cuba.
Oh heck. Rebel Without a Papaya. #ReplaceMovieNamesWithPapaya—
MontserratBiedermann (@montserratlj) August 15, 2012
Bang the Papaya Slowly #replacemovietitlewithpapaya #Iwin—
American Elephant (@AmericnElephant) August 15, 2012
#replacemovietitlewithpapaya – Dude, Where's My Papaya?—
Joe American (@MidAmericanGuy) August 15, 2012
Journey to the Center of the Papaya #ReplaceMovieNamesWithPapaya—
Shannonomous (@lembas_n_coffee) August 15, 2012
Crouching Tangelo, Hidden Papaya #ReplaceMovieNamesWithPapaya—
Kat Grace (@MushKat) August 15, 2012
The Papaya Chase #replacemovietitleswithpapaya—
Ben Howe (@BenHowe) August 15, 2012
When Papaya Met Sally #ReplaceMovieNamesWithPapaya—
(@emaleroland) August 15, 2012
Dirty Rotten Papayas #replacemovietitlewithpapaya—
Tommy (@FirstTeamTommy) August 15, 2012
Three Men & A Papaya #ReplaceMovieNamesWithPapaya—
DCD (@DCDude1776) August 15, 2012
#ReplaceMovieNamesWithPapaya why is this trending… I don't care it's hilarious—
Robin Wagner (@RobinWagner8) August 15, 2012