The origins of some old memes

[Lysander]

Can someone please give the origins of the following memes with links to the appropriate thread(s) where possible?

I am not a shop
Dinosaur/broadband [I am not sure if these two are the same or not]
Queen Wasp

I have heard these banded about a lot, but have no idea where they are actually from.

 

[uvarvu]

Paging @Milkybk

 

[Martynt74]

Can someone please give the origins of the following memes with links to the appropriate thread(s) where possible?

I am not a shop
Dinosaur/broadband [I am not sure if these two are the same or not]
Queen Wasp

I have heard these banded about a lot, but have no idea where they are actually from.

Broadband/Dinosaur is different. I've no idea about the Dinosaur one, but the Broadband one was gold.

Sadly the thread has a lot of dud image links but i'm sure there are still some decent ones left.

 

[Maccy]

So you just used 'I am not a shop' in another thread without fully knowing it? Classic

 

[Lysander]

So you just used 'I am not a shop' in another thread without fully knowing it? Classic

Precisely. In fact, that was the inspiration for this thread.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Somebody linked all the Broadband pictures a couple of weeks ago

 

[Lysander]

Somebody linked all the Broadband pictures a couple of weeks ago

@Feek linked them, but that didn't explain their origin or how the joke started.

 

[CrispyOtter]

Thread needs more Hovis

Edit 1: 'I am not a shop' = Camoe 'the scammer' sending HDD in the post through MM and then claiming this as a defence. Link

 

[Feek]

@Feek linked them, but that didn't explain their origin or how the joke started.

Very easy to find if you take five seconds searching

(correction, it’s been moved out of view, sorry)

He posted a thread asking not to be photoshopped. So he was photoshopped.

Full set of images here.

 

[MissChief]

Queen wasp has come about from various ‘what is this insect?’ Posts years ago with the usual ‘my dad is a ….. that’s a Queen wasp’ he says when it’s usually nothing of the sort. That, of course, morphed into saying just about everything is a Queen wasp.

 

[Feek]

Avec Dino came about from a thread where people were using ms-paint to draw scenes from films. I seem to remember someone added the dinosaur to a picture and said "avec dinosaur" which @Otacon shortened to avec dino. There was a long time when nobody posted him but I've tried to use him again in photoshop threads recently.

 

[CrispyOtter]

Avec Dino

IIRC Dino was someone’s drawing effort for Jurassic Park. It was pretty terrible so was added into other efforts and spread from there.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

@Feek linked them, but that didn't explain their origin or how the joke started.

To be honest I was very uncomfortable with that thread, he was 12 years old and it was basically bullying.
I now need to see if I verbally bullied him.

I can't see the thread, don't have permission.

 

[Lysander]

I can't see the thread, don't have permission.

Me neither.

Queen wasp has come about from various ‘what is this insect?’ Posts years ago with the usual ‘my dad is a ….. that’s a Queen wasp’ he says when it’s usually nothing of the sort. That, of course, morphed into saying just about everything is a Queen wasp.

But was there like a thread that started it off with queens wasps?

 

[Feek]

Apologies, I’ve removed the link. It’s been moved out of view.

 

[Digital X]

Can't even find them on knowyourememe nor have I even heard of them. I found one "Queen Wasp" image but not suited for the forum.

 

[Greboth]

Can't even find them on knowyourememe nor have I even heard of them. I found one "Queen Wasp" image but not suited for the forum.

That’s because they’re specific to OCUK. Similar to corner sofa, gucci belt, Mac10 etc.

 

[Begbie]

Mac 10s in 30s.

SamUK(?) was a walking meme.

I miss the old ocuk.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Mac 10s in 30s.

And misquoted over and over.
He never said he could get one, he said he knew people who could get one and at the time so did I.

 

[Feek]

Similar to elbows too pointy, corner sofa, gucci belt, Mac10 etc.

Elbows too pointy is not specific to here at all. The others obviously are