Hello Pukey

by Joey deVilla on April 30, 2008

My friend Nancy has had a contest with her sister for years: they’ve been trying to outdo each other in giving the other some kind of “Hello Kitty”-themed gift. In this contest, there are only two criteria for a qualifying gift:

  • It must bear the image of Hello Kitty
  • It must serve some useful purpose

There’s no end of the lineup of Hello Kitty products: I’ve seen laptops and iPods, toasters, vaccuum cleaners and yes, the er…personal massager.

There’s even an airline — EVA Air — that’s adopted Hello Kitty as a mascot. EVA Air use the Hello Kitty brand everywhere. And I mean everywhere, even on their air sickness bags:

EVA Air’s “Hello Kitty”-themed barf bag
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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1 Peter Lynn May 1, 2008 at 12:06 pm

I’ve given the Hello Kitty vibrator as a gift. I win!

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