Mitt Romney declares his love for Ann in 1968 beach photo

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When researching images for a cover story tracing Romney's Mormon roots, Time magazine found a photo of a young Mitt Romney in 1968, sprawled out on a French beach next to a declaration of love for his then-girlfriend Ann.

Time's deputy photo editor, Paul Moakley, gives us the backstory:

Eager to get away from his stiff millionaire reputation, Romney has been playing up love for his wife at campaign events. In one campaign-made video, "The Love Story Continues" Ann describes their origins as a young couple in Utah, separated by Mitt's commitments to his Mormon mission in France.

Though it's a cute photo, we couldn't possibly expect the Internet to resist the potential for meme excellence. Hypervocal kicked it off with a nod to a classic one-liner from "Anchorman."

Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski tweeted out his own (dare we say, harsh?) version of the photo to his followers:

If you're interested in creating your own "sand-written" Romney message, Buzzfeed makes it easy with a handy DIY meme-maker.

Here are a few of their reader contributions:

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