After All, Why Shouldn't I Keep It? Meme Generator
The parcel arrives with a refund already processed and a note saying "no need to return". It's a coffee machine. You don't drink coffee. It's on the counter now, and it's yours.
The hotel bathrobe is very soft. The sign says it can be purchased for 60. You stand in front of your open suitcase doing very quick maths about how soft is too soft.
You borrowed your brother's hoodie in 2017. He's mentioned it twice since. Each time you've nodded sincerely, worn it home, and felt a quiet sense of ownership grow.
The cashier gave you change for a 20 when you paid with a 10. You're already outside. The bus is coming. Morally, you are halfway back to the till. Physically, you are on the bus.
How it came about: in The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Gandalf asks Bilbo to leave the Ring behind, and Ian Holm's Bilbo turns it over in his hand and reasons "After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?" Fans used it for every small thing someone can't let go of.
Why it caught on: the friendly little reasoning in his voice is how every one of us talks ourselves into keeping things.
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