# Bricker and the "Mr. Rick Roll"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 26, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560 "2010-02-26T19:57:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560/1 "2010-02-26T19:57:42Z")

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I was surfing threads on sushi and found this gem from September 2006:

[The Mr. Rick Roll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7764709&postcount=1)

From the thread responses, it seemed to have predated the Internet meme, and Wikipedia appears to back this up.

What I want to know is, does this restaurant still serve up Rick Rolls?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560/2 "2010-02-26T20:04:24Z")

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> [@Scarlett67](#):
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> What I want to know is, does this restaurant still serve up Rick Rolls?

What, you think they’d ever give them up? Or ever say goodbye?

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560/3 "2010-02-28T22:55:28Z")

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Saw a failed rick roll on another board recently, the post went something like this:

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> Hey guys, check out this awesome link!
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> YouTube - You Have Been Rick-Rolled

He’d just left the raw link in his post and the board software displayed it as the YouTube title.

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560/4 "2010-03-01T00:41:25Z")

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Rickrolls have only been around for less than four years? Seems like so much longer.

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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560/5 "2010-03-01T00:54:59Z")

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> [@Aesiron](#):
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> Rickrolls have only been around for less than four years? Seems like so much longer.

Hell, YouTube’s only been around just over 5 years now.

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560/6 "2010-03-01T01:06:03Z")

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That’s hard to believe. I know it’s true, but it’s weird to realize.

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560/7 "2010-03-01T01:14:18Z")

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For pete’s sake \<whoever he is\>, I just tried to reply to the old thread.  
I really don’t want to be banned for replying to a 4 year old thread, but it was interesting!  
Luckily I checked before hitting post.😛

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-and-the-mr-rick-roll/530560/8 "2010-03-01T02:59:46Z")

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> [@](#):
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> For pete’s sake \<whoever he is\>

St. Peter. It’s a way of getting around saying “For God’s sake”.