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A soccer ball on grass with orange pixelated text reading 'for fire you got to be SMART! to keep up with us you got to be FAST! to beat us you have got to be (IDING!)' against a black background.

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A soccer ball on grass with orange pixelated text reading 'for fire you got to be SMART! to keep up with us you got to be FAST! to beat us you have got to be (IDING!)' against a black background.

A soccer ball on grass with orange pixelated text reading 'for fire you got to be SMART! to keep up with us you got to be FAST! to beat us you have got to be (IDING!)' against a b…

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  • for fire you got to be SMART!
  • to keep up with us you got to be FAST!
  • to beat us you have got to be (IDING!)

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080206133746433724374
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/18/1800c2a49147982eda32be9bb9885d39841b3e63473a110ce4707034772bc398.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1800c2a49147982e
SHA-256
1800c2a49147982eda32be9bb9885d39841b3e63473a110ce4707034772bc398
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20080206133746433724374
Archive entry
20080206133746433724374.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080206133746433724374.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080206133746433724374.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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