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Red background with white stars and repeated black text reading 'if gymnastics was easy... we'd call it FOOTBALL' in pixelated font.

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Red background with white stars and repeated black text reading 'if gymnastics was easy... we'd call it FOOTBALL' in pixelated font.

Red background with white stars and repeated black text reading 'if gymnastics was easy... we'd call it FOOTBALL' in pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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  • if
  • gymnastics
  • was
  • easy...
  • we'd
  • call
  • it
  • FOOTBALL

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090528130710616869024
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/25/253361b2ab0f526f520d2146a4802b2f6d1977a88ef7994b6a5a0bfb657dd2c2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
253361b2ab0f526f
SHA-256
253361b2ab0f526f520d2146a4802b2f6d1977a88ef7994b6a5a0bfb657dd2c2
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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
20090528130710616869024
Archive entry
20090528130710616869024.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#20090528130710616869024.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090528130710616869024.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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