North Korea's "Failure to Launch" Sparks Web Meme

North Korea's multistage rocket blew up less than two minutes into flight. A series of Internet memes on the topic have had a much longer flight. Here are the highlights:

  1. The satire Twitter account @KimJongNumberUn posted a series of tweets during the morning to its 89,000 followers. Each of which were retweeted more than 50 times. Here they are:
  2. My rocket didn't launch. I swear this has never happened to me before.
  3. Still confused about what went wrong. Thought Diet Coke and Mentos was foolproof.
  4. These images quickly spread across Twitter, Facebook and other social sites:
  5. The comedian Andy Borowitz also chimed in on Twitter:
  6. BREAKING: North Korea Celebrates New World Record for Shortest Rocket Launch
  7. As did actor George Takei:
  8. North Korea says failed rocket launch was merely for "weather satellite." Guess they hired the USAF's press rep for Area 51.
  9. Other Twitter users were quick to add their quips:
  10. North Korea rocket launch failed. It looks like launching a rocket *is* rocket science after all.
  11. North Korea missile launch atleast you America laugh. http://pic.twitter.com/DFmvFCe2

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