WHARRGARBL / Sprinkler Dog
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About
WHARRGARBL is a caption/image macro that originated in 2008, picturing a dog trying and EPIC FAILING at drinking out of a sprinkler.
Origin
While its start is unclear, Wharrgarbl appears to have originated from the Ars Technica OpenForum's off topic forum, the Lounge.[1] It appears to have been used as a "replacement meme" to keep members occupied, almost as an inside joke by the moderators to amuse other members, but it lasted longer than expected. This could classify it as a forced meme.
Since the 2008 presidential campaign, wharrgarbl has been frequently used on website Fark.com in political threads where a person continues to spew rhetoric in the face of often conclusive evidence to the contrary.[2][3][4]
By now, it has evolved from representing the original WHARRGARBL dog, to incoherent ramblings, to anything holding its mouth open and being showered upon. The picture usually is captioned "WHARRGARBL", and may be in poster form with WHARRGARBL in the title and subtitle.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] ArsTechnica OpenForum – The Lounge
[2] Fark.com – Doubling down on yesterday's wharrgarbl, Fox News chief says NPR is run by "Nazis"
[3] Fark.com – There's WHARRGARBL, and then there's this: "Barney Frank and Chris Dodd will be designing the cars you are expected to drive"
[4] Fark.com – Is John McCain secretly a woman?
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