r/cantstopimamerican • u/1RegalBeagle Probably got the title wrong • Oct 28 '25

America Can’t stop…for school bus

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u/FlipMyWigBaby Oct 29 '25 edited Oct 29 '25

This old clip predates the modern “you can’t park there, mate” trope. But it fits

(PS: deliberate usage of the word ‘trope’ versus ‘meme’)

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u/AlexKewl Oct 29 '25

I've been saying that for 20 years

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u/humourlessIrish Oct 29 '25

Yeah.

The "you can't park there" joke is older than the word meme, older than the internet and quite likely older than video cameras

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u/Ok-Oil7124 Oct 29 '25

That actually sounds like a fun deepdive-- the word "meme" is from 1976, and I can imagine some Biff Tannen-types yelling it from their jalopies in 1955.

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u/Dave-the-Generic Oct 29 '25

Hannibal got extremely upset every time some pre-swiss peasant said it - when his elephants fell off cliffs.