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1-800-F1U-CKYO: The Birth of a Beautiful Conservative Meme

J.K. Trotter · 10/03/13 04:55PM

A beautiful thing happened on Thursday morning. The Drudge Report threw up a giant headline, “SIGN UP: 1-800-FUCKYO,” beneath a Photoshopped picture of Barack Obama holding the bell of a stethoscope. The headline linked to a Daily Caller item, published several hours prior, about Healthcare.gov’s toll-free hotline, which is 1-800-318-2596. These numbers, associate editor Katie McHugh wrote, correspond to 1-800-FUCKYO. Sort of.

Tom Scocca · 10/01/13 11:28AM

Homeless people and Marilyn Monroe will have to find a new source of gusts of warm air, the New York Times reports, as the Second Avenue subway is being built without sidewalk grates.