Kilroy was here — those three words showed up in a lot of surprising places. We know about the epic drama of World War II, but what about the jokes?
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The World War II meme that circled the world
Posted by Pakalert on December 11, 2015, filed in: Video, Videos, World War 3
ahUGH. IM KILROY
Space-time context of history, how the interconnected world that existed around the time of WWII across cultures and countries reflected a similar, comical sentiment.
And within a period of a generation, something which had reached international recognition began to fade to the confines of historical and interesting tid-bit media.
Kilroy was in this comment section ;)
But does he love cock like wagner?
OMG I REMEMBER I WENT THEIR A YEAR AGO AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT WAS
domo origato mr roboto At the end KILROY, KILROY, kilroy, k i l r o y..
Street Artist "Banksy" is the modern day Kilroy/Chad.
i was gonna ask this girl out but Kilroy got there first.
Man, that's been bugging me for AGES! There's a Bugs' Bunny cartoon where Bugs goes to the moon and it says "Killroy was here" on a moon rock.
I thought it was the ''Have a cup of shut the fuck up'' poster.
Memes existed before I was even born. Wow just Wow…
I saw one of these in Castalamonte in Italy where my grandparents live. So cool.
This is at my school that was made in the 60s
1:32 This must have been part of the 1945 cringe compilation.
There's an airport near my hometown that has a restaurant called Kilroy's as a reference to this. I think there's one in St. Louis too.
I remember my Dad drawing this when I was younger and when I asked him what it was even he didn't know
The First Meme
-ooO(°l l°)–Ooo—U KILLROY LIVES!!
I was just at the WWII memorial a few hours ago. I'll have to remember to look for Kilroy the next time I go into DC.
Didn't they draw kilroy on the bin laden compound as well?