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5th Grader's Funny Snail And 60 Minute Bomb Drawing

This meme features a top caption from a parent paired with a photo of their 5th grade son's pencil drawing on lined notebook paper. The parent's caption states: 'My son drew this in 5th grade. Perhaps I'm biased but I thought it was clever and funny.' The drawing depicts a snail with a shocked, wide open mouth on the left side, positioned right next to a rectangular bomb on the right. The bomb has a digital timer set to 60 minutes, and is clearly labeled 'BomB'. The humor comes from the dark, absurd pun: snails are famously extremely slow, so even a full hour on the bomb's timer gives the snail no realistic chance of escaping the explosion, making the innocent child's drawing unexpectedly humorous.
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My son drew this in 5th grade. Perhaps I'm biased but I thought it was clever and funny.

Overview

This meme features a top caption from a parent paired with a photo of their 5th grade son's pencil drawing on lined notebook paper. The parent's caption states: 'My son drew this in 5th grade. Perhaps I'm biased but I thought it was clever and funny.' The drawing depicts a snail with a shocked, wide open mouth on the left side, positioned right next to a rectangular bomb on the right. The bomb has a digital timer set to 60 minutes, and is clearly labeled 'BomB'. The humor comes from the dark, absurd pun: snails are famously extremely slow, so even a full hour on the bomb's timer gives the snail no realistic chance of escaping the explosion, making the innocent child's drawing unexpectedly humorous.

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This meme was retrieved via RSS feed from the X.com (formerly Twitter) account @meme.jpg. It first originated when a parent shared their elementary school child's original drawing on social media, and it quickly went viral across multiple platforms due to its simple, charming, dark kid-friendly humor.

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