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Cover Myself in Vaseline and Pretend I'm a Slug

Cover Myself in Vaseline and Pretend I'm a Slug

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"Cover Myself in Vaseline and Pretend I'm a Slug" a joke statement posted to forums and comment boards to elicit a reaction. It is often used as an example of a Google Search Suggestion, due to the phrase's origin and its bait-and-switch nature.

Origin

The oldest known example of the phrase dates back to March 30th, 2010 on Joy Reactor[1]. The image shows a doctored Google search suggestion of "sometimes at night I", while using the Rage faces Poker Face and the OMG Rage face as a reaction to the search result.


Googl Sometimes at night I call your name sometimes at night i call your name sometimes at night i see their faces Sok Ungefär 753sometimes at night i cover myself in vaseline and pretend i'm a slug sometimes at night i think i understand SO IM NOT THE ONLY ONE! joyreactor.com


Spread

On September 1st, 2011, a Facebook community page[2] titled "Sometimes i like to cover myself in vaseline, and pretend im a slug" was created by an anonymous user. Within two weeks, the page had 58,000 likes.

The phrase spread through YouTube comments, forums, and Reddit. On September 20th, 2011, user Paramorgue posted a screenshot of a YouTube comment of the phrase with the title "This kid had some problems with the instructions."[3] The post garnered 741 votes (90% upvoted).

The phrase, as well as variants of it, became frequently used on Yahoo! Answers. [4] In the fall of 2011, 9 separate questions were asked with variations on the theme "Where's the cheapest place to buy Vaseline?" When the user clicked in, they learned the reason the asker needed Vaseline was for his or her night-time slug habits.


Beauty & Style> Makeup Next Where's the best place to buy Vaseline? Every sunday I like to cover myself in vaseline and pretend I'm a slug, but i go through like 5 cans every sunday. What's the best place to buy cheap, slippery vaseline? ☆ 2 following 10 answers Answers Relevance ﹀ Best Answer: There are many places to buy vaseline. Walgreens, walmart, c vs. rite aid found is to be walmart. the cheapest place I've Hope this helps! Have fun being a slug :P Mei-Snow-94-3 years ago Comment Asker's rating Health > Women's Health Next> Vaseline or Bengay- Slug question? Ok if you're going to be judging> Proceed to click off this question. Ever since l was born I have been facinated by slugs. It turned into a fetish of mine. I'm not obsessed with these fascinating creatures. They are so sexy..Lately slugs turn me on. So I decided, why not be sexy like them? want to become a slug. My twin sister thinks im crazy and she said she's worried about me but IMA BE FINE D So should I use vaseline of bengay and cover myself with it and crawl around the floor saying "slug.slug,slug,slug" ?? l still need to get over the horrible fear of having salt poured on my back and dying a horrible death. SO BENGAY OR VASELINE? #Getc has lugOn ☆ Follow 3 answers Answers Relevance Best Answer: Probably vaseline. .bic Bengay burns when applied. You should also add some baby oil, for more of an effect of a slug! Good luck Mz ladii SwEetS 2 years ago Comment Asker's rating


Various Examples


Sometimes when I'm home alone Icover myself with vaseline and pretend I'm a slug quickmeme.com l like to cover muself in Vaseline, crawlaround on the Floor and pretend thatlma slug SLUG LIFE Sometimes when Im alone I cover myself in Vaseline and pretend Im a SLUG


Other Derivatives

Similarly phrased have appeared since "Slug". The most commonly used variant is "I like to cover myself with dirt and pretend I'm a carrot".


SOMETIMES LIKETO BURV MYSELFINTHE BACKYARDAND PRETEND IMACARROT Google sometimes i like to lay sometimes i like to lay down and pretend to be a carrot sometimes i like to lay on the floor and pretend im a carrot sometimes i like to lay on the floor and pretend im a crumb sometimes i like to lay on the floor and pretend sometimes i like to lay on the floor and pretend to be a carrot sometimes i like to lay on the floor and act like a carrot sometimes i like to lay down and pretend im a carrot sometimes i like to lay on the floor and pretend im a carrot meme Ke Go cover myselr with mayonnalse and ureos an recendumasnow leopar whisper

In May of 2012, the twitter account @Im_Home_Alone [5] was created, tweeting about doing things while pretending to be various things such as a refrigerator, gummy bear or a deer. The last tweet by this account was in September 2013.

Search Interest

External References

[1] Joy Reactor- Sometimes at night i cover myself in vaseline and pretend i'm a slug

[2] Facebook – Sometimes i like to cover myself in vaseline, and pretend im a slug

[3] Reddit -This kid had some problems with the instructions.

[4] Yahoo! Answers- Cover myself in Vaseline slug
fn5. Twitter- @im_homealone

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