Keep Calm And Read Just Read This Post

If you're like me, you might sometimes succumb to reading what others call "fluff" news pieces.

Okay, so if I decide to not work through my lunch break by making photo copies or fixing hall passess I feel guilty. So during my occasional free lunches I usually try to only read the "hardcore news" stories from legitimate and varied reputable news sources. Articles on foreign rebel forces, wavering economies, and the never-ending race to the election.

But.
When I'm at home in my bed at 4:00 in the afternoon because my breathing is limited to just my mouth and I almost fell asleep in the middle of a sentence in front of my class, we need to be honest.
I am sick.
And I can't force myself to read anything that requires over a 4th grade vocabulary, the use of more than 2 healthy brain cells (because that's all I can scrape together), and DEFINITELY nothing too serious or sad.
 If I'm suffering from influenza and read a serious or sad news story I run a very high risk of:
 Getting confused, crying, and pushing my dog and cat as close together as possible while singing a loud sniffly round of, "Why Can't We Be Friends". The common cold isn't pretty friends.

At this point in my sickness it's time to turn the the Huffington Post for a "fluff" piece.
I'm not saying that the Huffington Post doesn't have the ability to publish real news stories that shouldn't be taken seriously.
What I am saying is the last two stories that they've posted to my twitter feed included the topic of how to save on gas prices and how to cope when my boss is younger than me.
Jump to your own conclusions.

Also, another wonderful thing about the Huffington Post online is that they often provide fun little videos to go along with their articles. So when I start tearing up because I can't reach that grape popsicle on my bedstand, I don't have to strain to read the tiny print on my iphone, but can watch the video instead. Life is beautiful.

That is how I stumbled on a little gem of a video on this little internet phenom this afternoon.

(http://pinterest.com/pin/272467846175938706/)

We've all seen it. We've all probably posted about it. And we all have our favorite modified versions of the poster. But did you know where it came from?

I always figured it was something created by some anonymous internet user experimenting with a bold typeface and a simple message, but that is not the case. It goes all the way back to propoganda created in World War II!

So below I have included the video featured on the Huffington Post with its brief history and how it became popular. I think it's a neat little piece of history for you Word Nerds and a nice story.

Here are a few of my favorite modifications of the poster since its explosion on the internet.
Some are closer to the original than others, but all of them I either find endearing or hilarious. Enjoy.

 

 

What is your favorite "Keep Calm" poster?  Or are you just totally sick of seeing them altogether?