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Hat guy: And so I hired Rick Astley to show up at her party.
Guy: And rickroll her? Isn't that a little...last year?
Hat guy: Ah, but he's not going to sing.
Girl 1: Hey is that Rick Astley?
Girl 2: I think it is. He just came in.
Girl 1: Oh no. Brace yourself.
Girl 1: Wait. He's just standing there. Where's the song?
Girl 1: He's staring at me.
Girl 1: This is a little creepy.
Girl 1: What's going on?
Girl 1: That's actually Rick Astley Staring at me.
Girl 1: What's he doing?
Girl 1: Oh God, I keep expecting it, hearing it in my head.
[[Girl 1 pulls at her hair]]
Girl 1: Just do it already!
[[Girl 1 runs stage right]]
Girl 1: AAAAAAAA
<<SLAM>>
Girl 2: Mr. Astley?
Rick Astley: Yes?
Girl 2: What did you do to her? What was that?
Rick Astley: That, my dear,
[[Rick Astley puts on sunglasses]]
Rick Astley: Is how I roll.
{{title text: I wonder what 2008 meme will go bizarrely mainstream in 2009 like Rickrolling did 2007-2008. I Accidentally <noun>? Yo dawg? Place your bets now!}}
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