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Someone Gave The Dog Statue A Tennis Ball

This is a two-part wholesome meme, starting with two photos of a bronze dog mascot statue in an outdoor public plaza. The first photo shows the full statue, revealing that someone placed a real bright yellow tennis ball perfectly into the statue's open mouth. The second photo is a close-up that shows how well the tennis ball fits, making the statue look like it's holding a ball to play. Below the photos is a screenshot of a Tumblr comment thread: the original poster says "Somebody gave our mascot statue a tennis ball.", and another user replies "good he deserves it".
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Somebody gave our mascot statue a tennis ball.

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good he deserves it

Overview

This is a two-part wholesome meme, starting with two photos of a bronze dog mascot statue in an outdoor public plaza. The first photo shows the full statue, revealing that someone placed a real bright yellow tennis ball perfectly into the statue's open mouth. The second photo is a close-up that shows how well the tennis ball fits, making the statue look like it's holding a ball to play. Below the photos is a screenshot of a Tumblr comment thread: the original poster says "Somebody gave our mascot statue a tennis ball.", and another user replies "good he deserves it".

Origin notes

The original post was created on Tumblr, this version was reposted to X (formerly Twitter) by the WholesomeMeme account, which is the cited source for this image. It is a viral wholesome meme that spread widely across social media for its cute, heartwarming premise.

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