So there I am, slumped in front of my computer (I’m only a little better, thanks for asking), when there is a shriek from the occupant of the chair next to me. I glance across and there is some sort of Hello Kitty effigy on a computer screen, and a squealing she who must be obeyed.
“What’s wrong?” I manage to croak, in my best “never mind what you are doing, I need sympathy” voice. “184 dollars!!” is the reply. I fear an eBay transaction gone wrong. “What’s $184?” “This Hello Kitty numberplate.” “You just bought a Hello Kitty numberplate for $184? Are you mad?” “No, no, I just sold a photo of a Hello Kitty numberplate for $184!”
And she had. At some point when I wasn’t watching, she had taken a photo of the back of a car sporting a numberplate holder covered in Hello Kitty badges. Just as well I wasn’t watching ‘cos I would have mocked her. And then at another point when I wasn’t watching she loaded it to a stock photo site. Just as well I wasn’t watching ‘cos I would have mocked her, which would be rather embarrassing because she had just sold the damn thing for $150 more than I have ever sold anything for.
“Well done, I have always said that photos of Hello Kitty merchandise would sell” “No you haven’t” “Well, I have thought it.”
She is out at work today and I will sure she will never notice that her Hello Kitty slippers have been moved, photographed and then returned to approximately the right place. I feel wealth is just around the corner.
Comments 🔗
2011-12-01| biggrtiggr saysDoes this mean there’ll be fewer pictures of airbourne polo ponies?
2011-12-01| Spike saysNo
2011-12-02| Barry saysBugger!
2011-12-03| MeMock saysI think this is possibly the funniest post you have written! I am still laughing.
2011-12-05| Spike saysThere’s nothing funny about the monetisation of crap Japanese icons.
2011-12-27| Mike saysI saw a car in Pattaya the other day that was absolutely covered in hello kitty crap …and I really do mean covered in it, top to bottom, front to back. tell your missus to keep an eye out for it LOL !