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White House 'Rickrolls' bored Twitter follower

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Jul 28th 2011, 8:42 PM 925 Views 0 Comments

Rick Astley sings his mega hit Never Gonna Give You Up

SOMEONE IN THE White House was having a bit of fun yesterday, when a Twitter follower complained that a correspondence briefing from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was a little on the dull side.

Twitter user Wiggsy tweeted:

This WH correspondence briefing isn’t nearly as entertaining as yesterday’s.

To which whoever was behind the official Twitter account of the White House responded:

And that, is what they call Rickrolling.

Wiggsd, aka David Wiggs, wasn’t too upset about the joke either:

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White House 'Rickrolls' bored Twitter follower