About

"I Bought a Bus and I'm Turning It Into a Camper" is a series of image macros based on an Imgur post. Typically, the memes in the series use the template "I bought 'X' and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone is interested" as caption and an image of "X" appearing underneath.

Origin

On May 28th, 2017, Imgur user TINYshark posted an image of a bus with the title "I bought a bus and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone is interested."^[1] Within 48 hours, the post gained over 500,000 views and 14,000 points.

Spread

The following day, Imgur user KiwiForScale posted a picture of a run down Boeing 747 with the title "I bought a Boeing 747 and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone is interested," parodying the phrase in the original post. Within 10 hours, the post gained over 344,000 views and 14,400 points.^[2]

Later that day, Imgur user lurkch posted a picture of a Submarine at Dry dock with the titled "I bought a nuclear submarine and I'm turning it into a camper. I'll post updates if anyone's interested" ^[3]. Within 10 hours this post gained over 280,000 views and 12,300 points.

Throughout the day, more users began posting parodies of the original post.

Various Examples

Search Interest

Not Available

External References