Kilroy was Here

                Man, life before memes must have been really boring. How could a person express their creativity by using someone else's ideas/pictures? The answer, as is the answer to most questions, is graffiti. Lots and lots of graffiti.

Le OG funny meymey.

                   That right there, was spray painted on pretty much everything. Literally everything. In existence. Pretty much. It's everywhere from the Berlin wall, to the statue of liberty, to the great wall of China, to the Arch de Triuph, to the freakin' moon.

Actual picture. No but seriously it is on the moon. Google it.

                  So how is it that this great phenomenon came into existence? Nobody really knows. But it is theorized that it is a mix between a popular British cartoon character called "Mr. Chad," and the scribblings of a James J. Kilroy. 

                  You see, back in the 1930's people hired men like Kilroy to inspect the rivets in buildings. Now, most rivet-inspectors would simply put a check mark next to the rivet, but not ol' Kilroy. His signature touch was adding a caption under the rivet saying "Kilroy was here." And somehow that got mixed up with the doodle of Mr. Chad and the "Kilroy was here" joke was born. 

Just one of the many pop culture phenomenons created
from the professional riveting industry. 

                 An American born gag, "Kilroy was here" spread across the globe with the introduction of World War II. Soon, mischievous youngsters from all over the world joined in on the trend. 

                 Apparently back in those days of yore, this was pretty much the only way to feel like you were participating in a bigger thing. Man life sucked before the internet.