Bill and Phil / I Have a Better Idea
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"I Have a Better Idea", also known as Bill and Phil, is a captioned stock photo series in which two people discuss coining a new term, which typically includes a name pun joke followed by the sentence "I have a better idea."
Origin
On April 6th, 2015, the @InternetHippo[8] Twitter feed posted a mock dialogue in which a man named Phil proposes they call a giant advertising board a "philboard," followed by a man named Bill saying "I have a better idea" (shown below). Within two years, the tweet gained over 20,000 likes and 12,000 retweets.
![@InternetHippo Tweet Hippo @InternetHippo L-Follow What should we call this giant advertising board? PHIL: A philboard BILL: I have a better idea RETWEETS LIKES - '4D,ιεΈti 12,028 20,595 11:54 AM-6 Apr 2015 γ57 -12K 21K](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/077/1b4.jpg)
On August 18th, 2016, a stock photograph of two men captioned with the mock dialogue was submitted to /r/youdontsurf,[1] garnering 13,500 votes (91% upvoted) and 100 comments over the next five months (shown below).
![Original "Philboard" Image What should we call this giant advertising board? Phil: A philboard Bill: I have a better idea](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/042/0fa.jpg)
Spread
On September 17th, 2016, the /r/BillAndPhil[2] subreddit was launched for the captioned stock photos. On September 19th, /r/BillAndPhil[4] user Danchekker posted a captioned version of the School of Athens painting, featuring a name pun based on the word "philosophy" (shown below, left). On September 24th, Redditor buttwarmers posted a stock photo of two women joking about curing depression with genocide and suicide (shown below, right).[6]
![Billosophy phil: hey bill, i just created this new way of thinking, what should i call it? bill: billosophy hili have a better idea](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/046/4fe.png)
![Geocide and Suicide Autterstoc Jen: I think you should kill a large number of people to cure your depressio Sue: I have a better idea www.shutterstock.com 150090437](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/051/b0c.jpg)
On November 21st, Redditor doowi1 posted a stock photo of two men named Bill and Buil, who discuss what to call a building (shown below, left). On December 5th, Redditor cheesinator posted a stock photo of two men in lab coats named Robert and Ethan, in which they coin the name for ethanol (shown below, right).[5]
![Billding What should we call this large structure? Bl: A billding Buil: I have a better idea](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Ethanol Robert: Wow a new kind of fuel made from corn. l'm gonna call it Robertol! www.shutterstock.com 35821843 Ethan: I have a better idea](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/049/ccf.jpg)
On December 12th, the original "philboard" image macro was reposted on Break,[3] where it gained over 277,000 views in two months. On January 25th, Redditor Eloykwik referred to the series as "Robert/Ethan memes," claiming they were seeing a "dramatic drop" on /r/memeeconomy.[9]
Various Examples
![The Billipines phil: what should we call this new islandi discovered? s E bill: the billippines SULU phil: i have a better idea shutterstsck www.shutterstock.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/063/171.jpg)
![Stank Memes Dan: How should we classity this hot new meme? Stan It's stank Dan: have a better idea. www.shutterstock.com 224122990](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/064/b59.jpg)
![Me and Brie on Memes me: wow look at this cool new internet thing, what should we call it? brie: how about we call it a brieme? me: l have a better idea shuttersteck www.shutterstock.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/066/c58.jpg)
![Dildo BILL: what should we call this fake penis we invented? PHIL: how about a phildo? BILL: i have a bett DILL: overruled.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/059/740.jpg)
![Pedobillia Bill: Hey phil this guy f----- a child what should we call this kind of crime? Phil: Pedobillia Bill: I have a better idea gettyimages Susan Chia 468740573](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/060/6c1.jpg)
![Jacked Jack: What should we call that ith huge muscles? Mack: How about "macked"? Jack: I have a better idea ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/215/071/470.jpg)
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External References
[1] Reddit β Giant advertising boards committee presents
[2] Reddit β /r/BillAndPhil
[3] Break via Wayback Machine β Tanks Worst Memes of the Week
[4] Reddit β Bill and Phil get intellectual
[5] Reddit β New kind of fuel
[6] Reddit β Jen and Sue cure depression
[7] Reddit β Where did the Bill and Phil meme come from?
[8] Twitter β @InternetHippo
[9] Reddit β Robert/Ethan memes having a dramatic drop
[10] Reddit β Theyre revolutionizing architecture
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