The Phrase “Kilroy Was Here” (2017)
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The Phrase “Kilroy Was Here” (2017)
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Re: The Phrase “Kilroy Was Here” (2017)
#2Never knew this was so old and always wondered where it came from.
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#3> Unfortunately, it was later revealed by one of the show's consultants that the vault footage was "recreated" (i.e., completely made up), which should make you think twice about the historical accuracy of anything aired on this cable channel!
More people need to call out the history channel. What a bunch of claptrap they air on that as if it were fact. History is so important to people’s understanding of current events, and the history channel just serves up whatever conspiracies get the most ratings. I’ve even seen people cite this garbage as if it had validity, or kids use it in school reports as if it’s got some semblance of accuracy.
Re: The Phrase “Kilroy Was Here” (2017)
#4Ha! This is all a cover. Every Asimov fan knows the real story -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Message_(short_story)
(Joking, of course :)
Re: The Phrase “Kilroy Was Here” (2017)
#5As someone who grew up shortly after WW2 ended, Kilroy was everywhere and this story brings back fond memories of finding the meme in the most unlikely and difficult to access places.
I think it mostly stopped with Generation X, I don't know, but I'm willing to bet, that most instances of Kilroy that you find are over forty years old with the majority being over sixty years old.
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#6As someone who grew up shortly after WW2 ended, Kilroy was everywhere and this story brings back fond memories of finding the meme in the most unlikely and difficult to access places. I think it mostly stopped with Generation X, I don't know, but I'm willing to bet, that most instances of Kilroy that you find are over forty years old with the majority being over sixty years old.
I'm willing to bet, that most instances of Kilroy that you find are over forty years old with the majority being over sixty years old.
The most recent memory I have of it is from the Styx song Mr. Roboto. That was 1983.
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#7Finding Kilroys while exploring is always a treat. I have a page of ones that I found on UMD's campus[1].
Re: The Phrase “Kilroy Was Here” (2017)
#8As someone who grew up shortly after WW2 ended, Kilroy was everywhere and this story brings back fond memories of finding the meme in the most unlikely and difficult to access places. I think it mostly stopped with Generation X, I don't know, but I'm willing to bet, that most instances of Kilroy that you find are over forty years old with the majority being over sixty years old.
Around 1988 - (I was approx 8) me and some other children in my class were tasked with making a school paper. I remember that image being on the front cover - where there was a crudely drawn picture of a school wall, with some graffiti on it, (one of which was that image). I'd never seen it at school before (I don't think there was any graffiti at all at school) and I remember it really sticking in my mind. Not sure if it had the slogan written. I enjoyed sketching it on bits of paper for a while but it always had to be on a brick wall when I did it, to denote it was graffiti.
Re: The Phrase “Kilroy Was Here” (2017)
#9I first saw the drawing and the phrase in my grandparent's bathroom when I was growing up. Always makes me nostalgic whenever I see it in public.
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#10The oddest part of the story is the suggestion that the concept of meme arose with the internet, instead of with Richard Dawkins in the mid 1970s.