STOP in the Name of Memes

STOP

IN THE NAME OF MEMES

By the Amazing Memesters of Division 3

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INTRODUCTION

By Jonathan C.

Memes. The pinnacle of internet comedy. The lifeblood of many.

The echoes of our own lives. From funny cat videos to politics, they encompass all the topics of our mundane lives. Some are there to only give us a quick laugh, while others are philosophical, and occupy our thoughts for a very long time.

The broadness of the internet gives us many choices, and they need to be carefully selected. The memes that are in this book surround everything: the innocence of childhood, their day-to-day lives, their friendships and the things that adults think children don’t know about.

From science to basketball, from subscribing wars to animals, these memes surely will lead us to ponder the meaning of life.

This book is dedicated to Grumpy Cat

CONTENTS Are You My Mom?, by Kathryn C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Don’t Trust Atoms, by Jonathan C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Little Kitty, by Unspecified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Front Seat, by Manh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A Lazy Princess, by Karina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Sleepy Cookie, by Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 BTS and Garfield, by Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The Button, by Johan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Squidward Goes Suntanning, by Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Walrus, by Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Meme That Went Sideways, by Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Secret Life of Dogs, by Katherine Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Tom’s Depression, by Omar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Idontknow Gets His Dream Car, by A.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 The Cat, by Dennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Baby, by Linden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 GMod vs. Sanic, by Rohan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Subcount Under the Sea!, by Mustafa . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Chungus’s Big Fall, by Kamil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Winnie’s Reading, by Clyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Yeehaw, by Anonymous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Patrick Jef, by Zak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Big Chungus vs. Thanos, by Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Bikini Bottom Meme 2019, by Jonathan Z. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Grumpy Cat and Max, by Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Big Chungus, by Shaenen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

By Kathyrn C.

ARE YOU MY MOM?

Are You My Mom? There once was a Northern saw-whet owlet who was a day old and asleep in a nest. While it was asleep, its mom decided to hunt for food.

The mom took off into the trees to search for mice and voles.

When the owlet woke up and opened its eyes for the first time, the mom was still out hunting. So the owlet didn’t know who its mom was.

It went and asked everything it saw if it was its mom. In the end, the owlet decided that a flower next to its nest was the mom. The owlet got close to the flower and chirped happily.

When the mom came back, she was sad that she had lost her child to a flower. But after some screeching, she convinced the owlet that she was its mom, and gave it a vole to confirm it (and also as a bribe).

After that, the owlet never doubted its mom again. And, as for the mom, she made sure that there was never a flower near her nest again.

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By Jonathan C.

DON’T TRUST ATOMS

THEY MAKE UP EVERYTHING Don’t Trust Atoms “Your order of twenty-seven atom-splitting knives will be shipped tomorrow. Thank you for ordering!” said Adam into the telephone.

Adam was employed as a sales manager for an atom-splitting knife company. The technological marvel was very popular among scientists. Just think about all the things we could do with it: Running out of oxygen? No problem. Simply cut up some carbon dioxide. Have a drought? Grab some oxygen and hydrogen, and you’re golden.

All was well and fine for Adam. He had a clever wife and two children. His salary was enough for them to live in a large, comfortable house in the centre of the city. Until… the atomic meme came out.

It was devastating. Everything collapsed. Despite the fact they were all made of atoms, the public lost trust in atoms, and everything that rhymes with atoms. Namely, Adam. With his name being an unfortunate pun for “atom,” and his job being reliant on the splitting of atoms, Adam was affected the most. He lost his job, and his

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company shut down soon after. No one would hire him because of his unfortunate name. His wife and children left him, swindled him out of all his savings, and took his house. Now, Adam was homeless and jobless. He resorted to living badly, and memes were his enemy. As far as he was concerned, memes were responsible for the heat death of the universe. They had ruined his life.

His unhealthy life continued on for thirteen years. What little amounts of money he received from passersby and the government he spent on things that were bad for him. Gradually, everyone forgot about the meme, and atom-phobia stopped. Adam’s life slowly but surely improved, and he slowly stopped his unhealthy life. After thirteen years, he finally got a job as a night janitor in an internet company. The pay wasn’t much, but he could afford a small apartment in the run-down part of the city.

Then, one day, a cup of coffee changed his life.

The CEO had spilled his coffee in his office while he had been working overtime—and Adam was called in to clean it up. While he was cleaning, he and the CEO started chatting. He shared the unfortunate meme that ruined his life with the CEO. The CEO didn’t pay much attention, until...

The company was trying to sell its atomic clock. Sales had been slow, and the board of investors threatened to cut the project. The project manager, desperate, came to the CEO for help. The CEO remembered Adam’s story, and in a few clicks found the meme. He called Adam to his office.

“We have a golden opportunity for you: to be the mascot for the atomic clock. We saw the meme, and we think it’ll be a good sales scheme for the atomic clock. You’ll get a salary increase by seventeen times. What do you say?”

Though Adam felt doubtful, he agreed. With the new slogan, “Don’t trust atoms, they make up everything—but the atomic clock reins them in,” the company had exponential growth. People found it enjoyable, and sales doubled and tripled and quadrupled.

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Adam’s job as a sales mascot was very successful. He couldn’t go to the mall without being recognized. With all his newfound wealth, he bought a new house next to the river. He remarried. He regained a family to replace the one that he’d lost. When his previous family came back to him, he said, “‘Don’t trust atoms,’ you said. And now you’ll pay the price for not trusting. I lost thirteen years of my life. I intend to enjoy my next thirteen.” And he slammed the door in their faces. And that was that.

Adam’s life, everything he had ever owned, loved and cared for, was lost, all for a single meme. Then it was regained, with him now having more, thanks to the same meme.

The moral? Everything has two sides to it. Good and bad. Black and white. Ethical and unethical.

And a single sentence can change a life.

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By “Unspecified�

The Little Kitty There was a raccoon who lived in a bush near a bunch of houses. This raccoon did not live near any other raccoons, but he wanted a child.

The only other small animal in the neighbourhood was a kitten in a little house. The raccoon decided that he wanted to take the kitten into his bush.

So, the raccoon crept over to the house. The door was open. He went into the house and quietly looked for the kitten. He found the kitten sleeping on the couch. The raccoon picked up the little kitten and crept back to the open door... but somebody saw him holding the kitten! The raccoon dropped the kitten in fright and hurried back to his bush.

He started planning to take the kitten again, but, this time, he would only try it after the person had left the house. So he sat in his bush, waiting and watching for the person to leave.

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By Manh

When you’re racing your sibling to get to the front seat and your mom hasn’t unlocked the door yet

LET ME IN LET ME IIIIINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!

The Front Seat It was morning, the first day of summer. A family was getting ready to go on a long trip, and all seven siblings wanted the front seat, including Eric.

The Siblings Olivia: To be honest, she’s mature, but always on her phone.

Isaac: Cool, but loves playing music, etc.

Summer: She is the one who planned for the trip.

Eric: Eh...

Jenna: She is the smartest person you’ll ever know.

James and Ellis: They’re twins, and also cool.

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Eric woke up before his siblings and his parents. He was the first person to get out of the house. He packed everything—bags, snacks, etc.—and put it next to the car. He was waiting for his mom to unlock the door, knowing he was gonna win. He saw his mom walking out, followed by the rest of the family. He panicked—like, everyone wants the front seat, right?

His mom got in the car and sat in the driver’s seat. Eric asked nicely, “Hey mom, mind opening the door?” Nothing happened.

He asked his mom again... meanwhile his siblings were getting closer.

“Let me in,” he said.

“Hold on,” said his mom.

“Let me iiinnnnn!” he yelled.

“No,” said his mom.

Then his dad said, “No one gets the front seat, only your mom.”

Eric was speechless...

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By Karina

IN MOVIES

IN REAL LIFE

A Lazy Princess There was a sixteen-year-old teenager named Brittany. She lived a regular life, but a very, very lazy life. She started hating her life. She never wanted a job, because she thought jobs were too hard to do. She didn’t like school, and she didn’t have any friends. She usually skipped school, even though she was pretty smart. I know that’s weird, but it’s true. She had dreams of working in the movies. Well, enough talking, because today is Brittany’s school day. Let’s see what happens...

“Uggh, I hate school,” said. Brittany. The whole day was passing pretty fast. It was 2:59 p.m.—and ringggggggggg. Brittany was happy that school was over. She walked home, happy. “Ahh, home sweet home...” she said.

Ding dong!

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Brittany opened the door and saw a movie director. “Hi,” he said.

“I am Mr. Kens, a movie director.” Brittany was shocked. “What are you doing here?” she asked. “I am here to talk about something,” he answered. “Like what?” said Brittany. “Well, I need you to be part of my new movie, called A Lazy Princess.”

Brittany agreed quickly. She was excited to go to work on a movie.

One year later...

Brittany was working in the movies, and one day she made a major decision. “Well, I’ve decided to go to college happily, and to learn a lot of stuff,” she said. The movie director was happier than ever. Brittany lived happily ever after.

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By “Unknown”

HOW I SLEEP WHEN I’M WITH FRIENDS HOW I SLEEP BY MYSELF The Sleepy Cookie Once there were two dogs, named Cookie and Hugo. Cookie was playing with his friends, doing things like playing fetch and taking a walk in the park, while Hugo was all alone at home. The dogs got tired and decided to take a nap. Cookie wanted to have a peaceful and graceful sleep, since all his friends were there and he didn’t want to embarrass himself, but Hugo, on the other hand, didn’t care, since he was all alone.

Cookie was having a very nice and quiet sleep, but Hugo wasn’t having a very good sleep, so he woke up after only a few minutes and was very cranky. Once both dogs woke up, they continued what they were doing before. But since Hugo was mad, he tried to take Cookie’s friends for himself, since he had felt left out. So Cookie invited Hugo to join them.

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By Sarah

I PREDICT THAT IN MY NEXT COMIC STRIP

I WILL KICK ODIE OFF THE TABLE BTS and Garfield Once upon a time there was a cat named Garfield. Garfield always wanted food, so he stole Jon’s food. But Garfield was mad at Jon because Jon didn’t give Garfield his food. Garfield also felt like kicking Odie off the table, because Odie was too joyful. So he kicked Odie off the table. But Odie survived and landed on Jon. Then BTS came and gave Garfield a lasagna, and they gave Odie a dog bone. They took Garfield and Odie to Captain Cook School. Then Jungkook, a member of BTS, went to Mr. Clover’s class and took Sarah and Karina to Big Nate’s house. Nate went to a BTS concert while Karina and Sarah went to a Blackpink concert, and everyone lived happily ever after.

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By Johan

Barber: What you want Me: Somebody toucha my spaghet Barber: You don’t understand meme formats

The Button A hand appears, then the rest of the figure walks into the room. The room contains the legendary doge button, which will overrun the entire world with radioactive doges. The figure is Mark, an Antarctic spy, and he believes that it is time to let the doges rule again.

He walks closer, into the white, lifeless room in which the button is kept. He steps closer, but out of nowhere a barber jumps through the wall, like a jug dude filled with reddish liquid, and yells, “Stop!” But Mark doesn’t hesitate—he slams his hand down on the button. Time slows down and everything is incinerated instantly.

But before that...

A dark basement has been rented for exactly three days. It’s the third day, but it doesn’t matter now. He knows he’ll be gone along with everything else—but he has to do it today. It’s the only day with lax security.

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The man in the room is called Mark—his last name is classified. He’s an Antarctic spy, and his fingerprints have been surgically removed.

Now retired, he plans to do something big, something really big.

He has it all planned. He chose his place carefully: right next to a government base (kinda). Security is a Level 4, which is not too bad.

But the low security is only to make the place look less suspicious, and Mark knows this. He plans to break in, climb over the reinforced, missile-proof eight-foot wall, which has no surfaces to hold on to.

Luckily, he has gecko-tipped gloves and boots with special rivets that stick to any surface. The next problem is the barbed wire, but he has special Kevlar gloves with blades at the tips and a diamond-edged saw that cuts though wire—simple enough. The last problem is the guards and security cameras, but he has a watch with an EDD (an electronic device disabler). Point it in any direction and it shuts down any cameras in that area. There are alarms, but for those he does the same thing except slightly different: he hacks into the mainframe and disables them. He has tear gas to deal with the guards.

Everything is set. It’s night. Mark goes up to a wall, sticking his hands and boots to it. The entire complex is dark. There is a small building surrounded by an open space, each side the size of an entire football field. There are also guards 24/7.

He gets to the top of the wall and points his EDD in every direction. The cameras are recording and not live, so he can shut them off without alerting anyone. Next, Mark throws the tear gas grenades, stunning the guards so he can climb over. He has a gas mask, so he is unaffected.

He walks through the open field to the building, where he makes incisions along the dark wall and cuts through it. It takes a bit of time, but no matter. He sneaks in and enters a corridor with thick walls on either side. The walls are blank and there is nothing else.

At the end of the corridor there is an elevator, dark and silver. Most of the facility is underground, to contain the doges. The button will release them. He goes to the elevator. It’s pretty simple... he walks in

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and goes down, listening to the elevator music. There are no guards here—they don’t have enough clearance.

The trip down the elevator is long and tedious. The music switches and it becomes really cheesy. It’s night, and there is nobody down below. He reaches the bottom (finally) and enters the last corridor—it’s the same, except there is a door at the end with a biohazard sign on it.

He cuts the hinges off and lets the door drop to the floor with a loud bang. If someone had still been there, they probably would have woken up. But it’s too late now.

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By Matthew

ME TRYING NEW THINGS ME AFTER THE TENTH TRY Squidward Goes Suntanning One day, under the sea, Squidward heard on the weather forecast that it would be a sunny day. So he prepared, and went suntanning on the beach. After a few minutes, he realized that there is no sun underwater.

So he packed up and went home and went back to sleep.

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By Kevin

Me when the doorbell rings at 7:00 a.m.

Walrus Walrus lived in a two-storey house in the city. He was studying for his exams, and he was exhausted. He was just starting to doze off when someone rang the doorbell. Annoyed, he woke up and answered the door. Outside was the mailman, who was holding a package he had ordered three weeks before. He took the package, dropped it on the floor and went back to sleep.

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By Dixon

WHEN YOU FINALLY MAKE A MEME... BUT NO ONE LAUGHS

The Meme That Went Sideways It all began when Cameron was watching YouTube memes. He was laughing his head off, and he was inspired to make his own meme and make other people laugh. So that night he worked on his meme for hours. Finally, his meme was done.

The next morning, Cam was very excited. He went to school in a great mood because he had an image in his mind that people were going to laugh at his meme. But at recess, things did not go as planned.

When he pulled out his meme, everyone laughed—but not in a good way. People were sarcastically laughing and clapping, saying the meme was bad. And it was Cam’s friends who were laughing, so it was even worse. The only thing he could do now was to make another meme. It would be called “Confused Cam.”

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By Katherine Y.

When you think your puppy is boring...

Think again The Secret Life of Dogs “Hi, my name is Max the puppy, and this is my secret life. I like sleeping (chilling) on my owner’s couch, but sometimes he cannot sleep (sadly).

One day he couldn’t sleep and was really tired, so he watched TV. But suddenly the alarm rang on his bowtie—BEEP BEEP—because there was a crime in progress. It was TIME FOR ACTION—oh wait, I forgot to tell you something. But you can’t tell, promise? OK... I am Super Puppy.”

Super Puppy Super Puppy is standing in a heroic pose, but he has to fight crime.

So he locates where the villains are, and where the villains are going.

Super Puppy finds them at Metrotown, stealing clothes, food, squishes and slime—DUN DUN DUN. Now he is using his superpowers to beat the villains, but the villains are using a force field. So Super Puppy uses

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his other superpower—his costume—for a distraction. (It’s cute, but deadly.) He is pretending to be human, but he is not.

The villains are now distracted, so Super Puppy uses his costume powers to defeat them once and for all. The villains are defeated (like always). He starts posing for the paparazzi, just in case the paparazzi is there to take pictures.

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By Omar

WHEN THEY SAY YEEHAW BUT THEY NEVER SAY HAWYEE Tom’s Depression Tom invited his friends over to watch Avengers: Endgame. While they were watching, someone yelled “yeehaw,” so everyone yelled “yeehaw.”

But Tom was the only one who yelled “hawyee.” Everyone went silent, and no one said “hawyee” other than Tom. Tom realized that all of his friends were uncultured swine. He kicked them all out, put on his clout goggles and cowboy hat, and started listening to “Old Town Road” on his airpods while crying.

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By A.A.

WHEN YOU SEE YOUR DREAM CAR IN PUBLIC

Idontknow Gets His Dream Car In the day, Idontknow was taking his dog, Bob, on a walk. They had a long walk, and then they started going back home. Idontknow and Bob walked by the school, and Idontknow saw his dream car. After Idontknow saw the car, he ran home so he could ask his mom to get it for him. Idontknow went to his mom and said, ‘’Mom, can you please get me my dream car? I’m nineteen and you said when I was nineteen you would buy me my dream car.” His mom said, ‘’No, you can get a job.

If you’re nineteen, you can get a job.’’

Idontknow went to sleep, and the next day he got up and went to get a job so he could get his dream car.

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By Dennis

THAT FACE YOU MAKE

WHEN YOU SEE A SQUIRREL The Cat One fine day, a man named John—a tall man with a beard who works as a lawyer—came home from a hardworking day and called his cat.

“Hey, Junior, c’mon home,” exclaimed John, while Junior was watching a squirrel named Jimmy find food. “HEY JUNIOR, COME HERE,” called John.

Junior left the clueless squirrel, and John brought Junior into the house. John made himself food while Junior sat there, watching him the entire time. Then Junior fell fast asleep, and John got ready to go to sleep too.

The next day, John woke up and got ready to go to work. He let Junior outside. Junior ran after another squirrel that was on the street, and, unfortunately, Junior got hit by a truck. When John came home, he called for the cat. “Junior, buddy, come eat your food,” he said.

But when John went near the street, he found Junior in the street.

“NOOOOOOOO, JUNIOR,” yelled John.

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By Linden

The Baby The baby was with his mom, and his mom took him to the park.

Then they went to the mall. After the mall, they went home. The baby watched Paw Patrol, then his mom told him to go to bed. He didn’t want to, so he pulled a funny face.

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By Rohan

WHEN YOU SEE THIS

RUN GMod vs. Sanic The year is 5284. The Sanics have overrun the world. The only survivors are Garry and his friend... until one night. A local Sanic comes to Garry’s farm, and Garry hears the sudden “dee-da-lee-da-lee.” He quickly runs inside his house, and he hears “bang bang bang.” Suddenly, the Sanic breaks down the door. They all scream. Garry climbs to the roof, and finally finds a safe place.

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By Mustafa

WATCHING THE LIVE SUBCOUNT!

The Subcount under the Sea! Squidward—who lives in Bikini Bottom under the sea—came home after a long day of working at the Krusty Crab. He wanted to watch the live subcount between Pewdiepie and T-series on YouTube. He had subscribed to Pewdiepie and wouldn’t sleep until he passed the T-series company in subscriber count. Pewdiepie is from Switzerland and lives in England. T-series is an Indian music, news and movie company.

Squidward wanted Pewdiepie to reach 100 million subscribers before T-series did. So Squidward logged onto YouTube and was going to watch the live subcount 24/7! Pewdiepie and T-series were at 95 million subscribers. Just as he was watching, the power went out—and guess what happened? Squidward yelled, “AAUUGGH!” So, please subscribe to Pewdiepie. Do it to make Squidward happy!

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By Kamil

WHY IS THE TREE GROWING SO FAST?

Chungus’s Big Fall Once upon a time, there was a huge rabbit and his name was Big Chungus. One day he had a taste for treats. He was on his way to rob a candy store when he came across a beehive. Chungus’s tummy was grumbling and tumbling. He started to climb the tree, but Winnie the Pooh started to race Big Chungus to the beehive. Winnie the Pooh was going to win so Chungus huffed and puffed and blew the darn bear down. So Chungus was going to win but the branch can’t hold 3,000 pounds of saturated fat so the branch broke. Since Chungus dropped out of high school, he didn’t know anything and thought the tree was growing super fast.

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By Clyde

LISTENING TO A BOOK

READING A BOOK

Winnie’s Reading Winnie was sitting down listening to a book. He was calm and relaxed, and he was really enjoying it. Winnie liked books. After he listened to his book, Winnie went to sleep.

The next time, Winnie was about to go out to a dance, so he was wearing a tux. He felt fancy and looked smug, so instead he read a book instead of just listening to it. He went to his dance and danced the night away.

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By “Anonymous”

YEEHAW

OR HAWYEE Yeehaw Once upon a time there was a Yeehaw emoji. The Yeehaw was feeling big sad. But while it was walking home, after a long day of yeehawing, someone complimented its cowboy hat. After that, it was happily yeehawing all day.

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By Zak

MY NAME IS JEF

The Patrick Jef Once upon a time there was a Patrick who became a chicken. The way he became a chicken was that he ordered a chicken patty from the Krusty Krab. Then he said “My name is Jef,” and he NEVER TURNED BACK.

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By Owen

BIG CHUNGUS: GOT HIM AVENGERS: OK

Big Chungus vs. Thanos Once upon a time, in a dark sandy desert, Thanos was just walking around happily because he had wiped out half of all living creatures.

Then Big Chungus jumped out of the sky and stood a few metres away. Thanos was confused, but then he just shot his laser at Big Chungus. But Big Chungus dodged the laser. Then Thanos snapped his fingers by using the infinity stones and the gauntlet. Big Chungus was disappearing because Thanos had snapped his fingers. Big Chungus was almost gone... but then he pulled out an Uno reverse card. Thanos started disappearing into the infinity stones, never to be seen again.

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By Jonathan Z.

You thought we were finished making memes

didn’t you Squidward?

Bikini Bottom Meme 2019 In Bikini Bottom there’s a restaurant called the Krusty Krab, and SpongeBob works there. He works in the kitchen making krabbypatties. He loves his job. Squidward works with SpongeBob at the Krusty Krab too. He works as a cashier.

After a few seconds of working, it was breaktime. Squidward went to the kitchen to tell SpongeBob, “It’s breaktime!” Then, somehow, they started talking about memes. Squidward said, “We already finished making memes—why are we still talking about memes?’’ SpongeBob said, “You thought we were finished making memes, didn’t you Squidward?”

Then their break was over and they started working again.

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By Victoria

Grumpy Cat and Max One day Max was at the mall to get some food, then he drove home.

He was scrolling through Facebook and he saw a lot of cats, so he wanted one. Later that day, he went to the mall again and spotted a pet store, where he saw a bunch of cats. He spotted the grumpiest cat, so he bought her and named her Grumpy Cat. Later, Max was in his living room. He was sitting on his couch, watching The Big Bang Theory, and he heard the theme song and started busting a move. Max was doing the Robot Dance to the theme song, but then Grumpy Cat meowed, “NO. STOP.” Max kept dancing.

He ignored his cat and said, “Grumpy Cat is being grumpy again.”

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By Shaenen

WHEN YOU ARE TOO HUNGRY

Big Chungus Big Chungus is running away. He jumps in a hole and gets stuck. He is stuck in the hole for two days. Finally, he gets out of the hole with a rope. So he eats and eats for two days straight and he gets so big he is about to blow up.

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