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To: Sparklite
Spooky action at a distance and quantum entanglement and Schrödinger's cat!

I'll raise you one Hello Kitty!

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/27/6076065/breaking-news-hello-kitty-is-not-a-cat

Your childhood has been torn asunder by the Gods that once gifted you. In preparing a Hello Kitty retrospective for the Japanese American National Museum, University of Hawaii Anthropologist Christine R. Yano was given one major correction by Hello Kitty owners Sanrio (via LA Times):

“Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it's called Charmmy Kitty.”

Indeed, after rigorously applying a variation of the “Duck test,” it all became clear: she only kind of looks like a cat, she doesn't walk like a cat, and she doesn't talk like a cat (although I can't recall her ever making a noise). She's also, according to Yano, British. Huh.

Fear not, though! We did the research, and Keroppi is still a frog.

15 posted on 08/27/2014 8:21:51 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission (Hello Spooky Kitty! (Yes, I have daughters!))
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission; Salamander


17 posted on 08/27/2014 8:29:17 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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