Horses and bayonets. Yes, you heard that correctly during Monday's night third and final presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. And, no, you didn't fall into a time machine and end up in the year 1900. When squabbling about the size of the U.S. military force, the president delivered a one liner that sent Twitter into a wisecracking frenzy.
The exchange went a little something like this:
"You mention the Navy, for example, and the fact that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets," Obama said. "We have these things called aircraft carriers and planes land on them. We have ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines."
We've collected some of our favorites 140 character cracks below. What horses and bayonets quip had you giggling? Tell us in the comments.
I just counted the bayonets. Obama is right. #debates
— Todd Barry (@toddbarry) October 23, 2012
how do i monetize this
— relevant meme (@horses_bayonets) October 23, 2012
I think POTUS just sank Romney's battleship
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) October 23, 2012
Horses and Bayonets is the shittiest Belle and Sebastian cover band.
— Jake Fogelnest (@jakefogelnest) October 23, 2012
I can run fast and stab things. Put me in, coach!
— Horses & Bayonettes (@horsebayonette) October 23, 2012
The only reason we have less bayonets is because of this anti-bayonet president#debates
— Jason Jones (@jonesinforjason) October 23, 2012
You guys realize that unicorns are basically horses with bayonets growing out of their heads, right?
— laura_hudson (@laura_hudson) October 23, 2012
Apology Tour 2012: Horses & Bayonets opening for Crippling Sanctions.
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 23, 2012
I just went out and bought a bunch of horses and bayonets. I'm now ready to invade 1812! Who's with me USA,USA,USA! #debate
— Chuck Nice (@chucknicecomic) October 23, 2012
#HorsesandBayonets twitter.com/RunGomez/statu…
— Luis Gomez (@RunGomez) October 23, 2012
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A press photo of Barack and Michelle making "O RLY" faces quickly spread around the web and eventually transformed into the Obama "Not Bad" meme. The POTUS himself even acknowledged the meme during his Reddit AMA.
Image courtesy of Know Your Meme
The only thing more fun than Obama skateboarding would have been Obama in roller skates.
The Obama of Oz is a wizard whose Yellow Brick Road is Pennsylvania Ave.
Image courtesy of Meme Generator
A campaign stop soundbite from the president quickly transformed into images of Obama telling people like Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers what they didn't build.
Image courtesy of Know Your Meme
An official White House photograph from inside the Situation Room on the afternoon of the raid on Osama bin-Laden's compound just begged for modifications. The Internet happily obliged.
Image courtesy of Know Your Meme
Snopes says Obama didn't actually kick down a door, but it would've been pretty Internet legendary if he did.
Image courtesy of gifbin
Images of Obama throwing a snowball inspired the four panel treatment. In the image pictured, Barack proves he's more of a dog guy.
Image courtesy of Know Your Meme
In 2009, Vimeo user Eric Spiegelman pieced together 130 photographs of Obama taken at an event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in which the president's smile stayed consistent.
A little arithmetic: Oprah + Obama = Oprama.
The President's Twitter account tries to get their own meme started by sharingthis Run DNC image from Tumblr page esus4.
Image courtesy of esus4
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