“I was an honor student—I don’t know what happened” (bumper sticker)

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Entry from June 30, 2014

“I was an honor student—I don’t know what happened” (bumper sticker)

“I was an honor student—I don’t know what happened” is a popular bumper sticker. The bumper sticker is a parody of the “My child is an honor student” bumper stickers.

Wondermark by David Malki ! created the cartoon (and then the bumper sticker) in September 2009.

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Ways to spend a Friday
September 10th, 2009
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three08 • 5 years ago
dear mr. malki!,
i wonder if you plan to make the “i was an honor student - i don’t know what happened” bumper sticker into an actual object available for purchase, but if i had a car, which hypothetically i should eventually, once i have a job, i would put one of those on it.

Wondermark by David Malki !
#552; Back when All seemed Bright
Permalink to this comic: http://wondermark.com/552/
September 15th, 2009
I WAS AN HONOR STUDENT
I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

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Darryl Levi
‏@bikeslut
I think I will be creating & ordering some bumper stickers: “I was an HONOR STUDENT - I don’t know what happened” http://wondermark.com/552/
11:48 AM - 15 Sep 2009

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Alejandro
‏@AlejandroPanico
#552; Back when All seemed Bright http://bit.ly/14XKf1 tambien conocido como: “I was an honor student, i don’t know what happened”
11:55 AM - 15 Sep 2009

Life is a journey, not a guided tour
A Misbehaving Woman Making History
Posted on June 13, 2010
Once upon a time, I was a huge bumper sticker fan, so much so that my older sister, on one of her visits, looked at all the slogans and pithy sayings on the back of my car and said, “Wow! You’ve got a lot to say!” That’s when I started noticing them more – cars festooned with bumper stickers.
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“I was an honor student. I don’t know what happened.”

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David Malki !
‏@malki
Man reading my sticker: “‘I was an honor student, I don’t know what happened.’ That’s not for me.

I know exactly what happened.”
12:36 PM - 28 May 2011

LiveJournal—berrychai
bumper stickers
november 20th, 2013
Ура, кто-то ответил наклейкам MY CHILD IS AN HONOR STUDENT:
. My zombi child ate your honor student’s brain
. My child is an honor student, but I drive like an idiot.
. I was an honor student. I don’t know what happened.

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