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Boston's 'Be Like Sebastian' Meme Illustrates Space Saver Etiquette

BOSTON (CBS) -- The city of Boston is using a popular Facebook meme to preach good manners when it comes to space savers.

Variations of the "Be like Bill" meme have been popping up on Facebook news feeds around the world. The original "Be like Bill" page has more than 1.5 million likes and uses a stick figure named Bill to call out bad Internet behavior.

Bill is smart.

Posted by See More Pets on Thursday, January 7, 2016

Following the East Coast Blizzard that dropped a few inches of snow in Boston over the weekend, the city has posted its own version of "Be like Bill' to remind residents that since a snow emergency wasn't declared, any object used to save a shoveled-out parking space will be removed with the trash.

Reminder for residents: No snow emergency was declared in Boston. Space savers will be removed as trash.

Posted by City of Boston on Monday, January 25, 2016

"Sebastian goes away 48 hours after a snow emergency is over," part of the cartoon reads. "Be like Sebastian."

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