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More Mark Sanford Fun: The Making of a Meme

Thursday June 25, 2009 2:05 PM

With the weirdest political marital infidelity story in quite some time, how can we not just hammer this story straight into the ground? It’s time to take this to the next level and turn this from a news story into an internet meme. Don’t forget to click on the images in this post to see them full size, sometimes printable size. Who knows? Life is crazy.

As a service to the rest of the world and as a gift to our children, we’ve realized how this Mark Sanford affair has forever changed the English language and we’ve submitted a definition to Urban Dictionary. It hasn’t been accepted yet, but it’s only been a couple hours, so give it time:


hiking on the Appalachian Trail
Sneaking out of the country to have an adulterous relationship. From the Mark Sanford scandal where he went to Argentina to cheat on his wife and told everyone he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail.
“Rob’s girlfriend knew he was going off on a business trip to Germany, but she had no idea he would also be hiking on the Appalachian Trail.”

And for those intrepid enough to go on your own hiking expedition, you’ll be able to proudly display this badge as a symbol of your accomplishments:

And if you need a bumper sticker to get your point across, again, we’re here for you:


And finally, to officially put Mark Sanford into internet memedom for good, here he is being played off by Keyboard Cat and Keyboard Cat’s good friend, Keyboard Gato:

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