If 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: http://t.co/rhDhNqPf #TheStupidItBurns
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 15, 2012
It's not a GAFFE @tommyxtopher. It's called PAPAYA!!! That's the name of the fruit!!! http://t.co/y5y7Aoaa
— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) August 15, 2012
Don't understand #tcot agita over the papaya story. You guys get upset about weird shit. http://t.co/xazt11Oi
— Tommy X-TrumpIsARacist-opher (@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?
https://twitter.com/jaycaruso/status/235558240128233472
This may be the single dumbest item ever to run on the Internet in the history of the planet. http://t.co/eXuAMJ2J
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 15, 2012
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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!
— SFK (@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
— Montserrat Biedermann (@montserratlj) August 15, 2012
https://twitter.com/AmericnElephant/status/235566614605611010
#replacemovietitlewithpapaya – Dude, Where's My Papaya?
— Joe American (@MidAmericanGuy) August 15, 2012
https://twitter.com/lembas_n_coffee/status/235568281291988993
Crouching Tangelo, Hidden Papaya #ReplaceMovieNamesWithPapaya
— Elon Mush ⚡ (@MushKat) August 15, 2012
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/235569516489347072
https://twitter.com/emaleroland/status/235569485896114177
https://twitter.com/FirstTeamTommy/status/235560592931438593
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
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