Keep Calm and Carry On

A lot of variation memes on this theme are easily found on the internet but I read an interesting article about its origin. The words, Keep Calm, British Crown logo, and Carry On, on a vintage red poster, started their life as World War II propaganda. The long forgotten poster was rediscovered thirteen years ago tucked into a box of books sold at an auction in England and hung up in by the cash register in a secondhand bookshop located in a vacant Victorian train station in the far north of England. The book store owner started making and selling copies after receiving a bunch of positive comments and requests and all was well, calm and carrying on until another enterprising Englishman trademarked the saying. He now controls the intellectual rights to the five little words and is using them exclusively for his own line of products. The feud that has arisen over this pithy piece of advice has not stopped the cultural phenomenon from inspiring millions of imitators.

That’s why I say all I have left to say here is Keep calm and read my blog… J