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Hello Kitty not a cat, has never been: Sanrio
Japan Today ^ | Aug. 29, 2014 | Harumi Ozawa

Posted on 08/29/2014 6:04:19 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Hello Kitty not a cat, has never been: Sanrio

By Harumi Ozawa

Aug. 29, 2014 - 11:00AM JST ( 45 )

Hello Kitty not a cat, has never been: Sanrio

AFP

TOKYO —

Hello Kitty is not a cat, the company behind Japan’s global icon of cute insisted Thursday, despite an uproar from Internet users who spluttered: “But she’s got whiskers!”

The moon-faced creation that adorns everything from pencil cases to pajamas the world over is, in fact, human.

“Hello Kitty is a cheerful and happy little girl with a heart of gold,” brand owner Sanrio says on its website.

(Excerpt) Read more at japantoday.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cat; hellokitty
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1 posted on 08/29/2014 6:04:19 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; sushiman; Ronin; AmericanInTokyo; gaijin; struggle; DTogo; GATOR NAVY; Iris7; ...

P!


2 posted on 08/29/2014 6:04:50 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I’ve been saying this all along. Thanks for posting this crucial piece.


3 posted on 08/29/2014 6:05:26 AM PDT by johniegrad
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4 posted on 08/29/2014 6:06:59 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

This changes everything!


5 posted on 08/29/2014 6:08:04 AM PDT by NewCenturions
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To: TigerLikesRooster

What matters in this world is frightening.


6 posted on 08/29/2014 6:09:37 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: cripplecreek

Bigger story: “Obama is not a man, has never been”


7 posted on 08/29/2014 6:11:56 AM PDT by NewCenturions
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To: cripplecreek

It will get worse.


8 posted on 08/29/2014 6:12:16 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: thackney; humblegunner

Look for humblegunner to have on at the next TCMS!!!

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


9 posted on 08/29/2014 6:14:20 AM PDT by alfa6 (Freedom is not free Free men are not equal Equal men are not free)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Ignore those pointy kitty cat ears.

Is there a natural source of LSD in Japanese water supplies?


10 posted on 08/29/2014 6:20:16 AM PDT by DManA (in)
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Will part of Clown Prince nobama’s strategy for dealing with ISIS involve more trans-sexuals in the US military...and these marvelous Hello Kitty weapons? Enquiring minds want to know.


11 posted on 08/29/2014 6:21:09 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Figures. The Japanese have always been kind of wiggy in that area.


12 posted on 08/29/2014 6:23:23 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("A man should be prepared to be sufficient unto himself...")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

“Ceci n’est pas une chatte.”


13 posted on 08/29/2014 6:23:29 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TigerLikesRooster

My whole life is a lie!


14 posted on 08/29/2014 6:24:22 AM PDT by Crazieman (Are you naive enough to think VOTING will fix this entrenched system?)
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To: DManA
LSD?

Possibly, but it is certain someone has been monkeying with their water supply...


15 posted on 08/29/2014 6:24:40 AM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
My daughter, now 27, had this sticker on her first car ......................
16 posted on 08/29/2014 6:24:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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17 posted on 08/29/2014 6:26:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
What the hell is a "Hello Kitty", and how and why would it affect the state of the world as we know it today?

I think King Putt's choice of suit colors has more relevance than some caricatured japanese cat figure.

Sheesh!

18 posted on 08/29/2014 6:26:44 AM PDT by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

“Hello Kitty is a cheerful and happy little girl with a heart of gold,”

In other words — the Anti-Hillary.


19 posted on 08/29/2014 6:28:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Red Badger
Lots of choices
20 posted on 08/29/2014 6:29:08 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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