The Numa-Numa guy, the Star Wars kid or a million gallons of Diet Coke gushing from a Mentos generated reaction – one of the unsung contributions to culture and art is the Internet Meme.

No one knows where they come from. No one knows why any of these managed to worm their way from one inbox to another, digg’d stumbledupon and facebook’d across the world.

I suspect someone, somewhere is going to eventually figure out the common element between the bullet-time stick figure kung-fu and badgers badgers badgers badgers and lolcats will have either unlocked a great secret of the mystery of life or stumbled upon a dark and disturbing aspect of the human psyche. But in the meanwhile, the leek spins…

Move all Zig. For great justice!

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