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The phrase "tie the bull outside" is a slang phrase usually meaning "I do not believe you". This button is likely a parody referencing a cartoonish bull paired with Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose political party of the early twentieth century. The button was created by cartoonist Bud Fisher within the years following the 1912 presidential election. These buttons were likely not worn during the presidential campaign by the opponents of Roosevelt, but instead were worn in a more joking manner afterward. Fisher created multiple buttons using this phrase along with some of the "I'm the guy" buttons found in Hassan Cigarette packages.

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The phrase "I tried it I luv it" is possibly a cultural response or a take off of the "Try it, you'll like it" tagline in a 1971 Alka-Seltzer Neutralizer commercial. The ad was created by the Wells, Rich, Greene advertising agency and was elected to the Clio Awards Classic Hall of Fame.

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"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" was made famous by author Hunter S. Thompson in his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The book follows a fictionalized retelling of Thompson's journey from Los Angeles to Vegas with his attorney to cover several races and conventions that Thompson has been assigned to. It is written in Thompson's famous gonzo style of journalism where the writer participates in the event and writes about it subjectively instead of objectively. 

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This button promotes Get Happy!!, the fourth studio album by Elvis Costello (b. Declan Patrick MacManus, 1954-) and his third with long-running backing band the Attractions. Released in 1980, the album displays Costello branching out stylistically, incorporating elements of new wave, soul, and ska. It is also notable for the amount of tracks that it managed to fit onto one 12-inch LP: 20, with a total running time of 48:08. In 1989, Rolling Stone magazine rated the album #11 on its list of greatest albums of the 1980s; in 2002, Pitchfork rated it #26 in the same category.

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