Keep Calm and Carry On

The original poster, before it was ruined forever.

Keep Calm and Carry On is a phrase originating from a series of propaganda posters issued by the British government during World War II, when that naughty Hitler was really rustling everybody's jimmies.

The posters featured the phrase in question accompanied by the crown of King George VI on a brightly colored, patriotic blue or red background and were intended to be displayed on public transport and in shop windows to boost morale should Britain ever be invaded by the Gnatsees. However, since that didn't happen, the posters were never seen by the public until after the war, when the only people left alive were fat, entitled babyboomers and their obnoxious, workshy spawn.

The phrase 'Keep Calm and Carry On' has since become an unfunny forced meme, and as a result has been run into the fucking ground. It can currently be seen adorning posters, T-shirts, mugs, tea towels and all other manner of overpriced shit ravenously consumed by fat, cultureless American fucktards and smug, hipster twats who think that "OMG OLD BRITISH THINGS ARE LIEK SOOOOOO CUTE AND FUNNY!!"

There were also two other posters produced, reading 'Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory' and 'Freedom is in Peril', but nobody gives a shit about them because they can't be easily modified into something unfunny.

Obvious shirt is obvious.

Unless of course you use automation to create the shirt text. Then you come up with such witty delights as, 'Keep Calm and Rape A Lot'. This cause a shit storm as offended netizens were outraged that Amazon would allow such awesome to be sold.

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  Oh exploitable...
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  Hurr hurr, it's funny because I also drink beer! Hurr hurr hurr...
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  One for all fat girls.
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  And another for all the golliwogs, pickaninnies and roody-poos!
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  Even Christfags are getting in on the act.
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  Is anybody even the least bit surprised that the Harry Potter fags found something else to cram their fandom into?
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  A much more accurate summation of the current situation.

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  The basic gist of the meme.
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  'Transform' is actually one word, you know...
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  This one is especially obnoxious, because British people don't eat cupcakes. They eat fairy cakes.
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  Well, well, well, look who made their own variation. What a surprise. This is so unlike them.
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  PROTIP: 'TARDIS' is actually slang. For 'anus'
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  LOL
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  SO
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  RANDOM
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  XD
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  This is copyright infringement!
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  Nightmare Before Christmas version.
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  Lord of the Rings version.
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  OMG MUFFIN SPREAD TEH PLAGUEZ LOL FIGHT LIKE A GIRL GTFO MAH HOUSE!!!1
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  You are doing it wrong.
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  Tell me, where is Gandalf, for I much desire to speak with him?
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  The Big Bang Theory version.
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  Truly, there can be nothing more true to the essense of punk than a mass produced variant of a mass produced poster referencing an album made by a bunch of sellout media whores.
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  Arab Edition.
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  This one is kinda funny, if only because the wand logo at the top looks more like a sperm.
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  Synchronization failed.
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  This one has made me genuinely quite angry.
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  Oh, I will.
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  No surprise to see those unfunny nerds that feel the need to crowbar Cthulhu into everything getting in on the act.
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  American tourists take note! This is sure to endear you to the native population of Great Britain.
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  Because wearing a T-shirt with this on it definitely shows everybody that you're the sort of popular person that gets invited to a lot of parties.
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  This young lady illustrates why you should always take care when choosing the wording in your 'Keep Calm' variation T-shirt.
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  Ain't nobody got time for this meme.
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  Keep Calm, Dawg
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  YOLO
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  Linux version.
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  Why not buy one of these finely made, reasonably priced T-shirts and support a pair of hack wannabe Internet reviewers?
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  Craaaawling iiiin my skiiiin.
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  Equality version.
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  Keep Calm and Do Drugs

See Also

Other cute propaganda slogans that would look just adorable on T-shirts include...

• Big Brother Is Watching You
• Arbeit Macht Frei
• God Hates Fags
• Life Begins At Conception
• There Ain't No Black In The Union Jack
• Death To America
• Death To Israel
• Death To The Jew Pigs
• The Leader Is Always Right
• Change

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