# Enough with the Hello Kitty crap! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 10, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165 "2004-12-10T17:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/1 "2004-12-10T17:53:20Z")
Before I begin, let me make it clear that I have nothing against people who like Hello Kitty. On the whole, they seem to be a reasonable enough lot, with the exception of [those guys who rioted over the lack of Hello Kitty toys with their fast food meals](http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0218/as.singapore.html). But some people take their love of Hello Kitty’s little puffed-up cutsie-poo self too far, as evidenced by the following Hello Kitty product sighting. All of the following were clustered into a single endcap at my local Target last night. I kid you not: 1. The [infamous Hello Kitty toaster](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=290190). In pale pink, with a huge version of Hello Kitty’s expressionless face on it, complete with the signature pink bow over one ear. 2. A Hello Kitty shake maker. 3. A Hello Kitty electric toothbrush. For all I know, the thing doubles as the [much-discussed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=134527&highlight=kitty+vibrator) [Hello Kitty vibrator.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=32824&highlight=kitty+vibrator) I’m not about to find out. 4. A Hello Kitty alarm clock. 5. A Hello Kitty 1870-watt hairdryer. 6. Some other Hello Kitty beverage-related device. I don’t remember what it was. Maybe a coffeemaker. Or a still. A still could come in handy if you had to stare at Hello Kitty crap all day. I really don’t remember what it was; I was having problems with Hello Kitty overload at the time. My brain was gummed up with bland pink Sanrio product sweetness, making further Hello Kitty-related memory storage impossible. 7. Other Hello Kitty things that I’ve now forgotten about. See the comment above. I have no doubt that somewhere out there there’s a Hello Kitty bong, along with a Hello Kitty chastity belt (aka a “goodbye pussy.”) For all I know, there’s a Hello Kitty chainsaw, a Hello Kitty speculum, and a Hello Kitty nuclear power plant somewhere in Hello Kitty-mad East Asia. This post is a plea to stop the Hello Kitty insanity. I mean, what next—Hello Kitty nerve gas? Hello Kitty Prozac? Hello Kitty genetically modified soybeans? We might be raising an entire generation of kids who think that Hello Kitty ought to adorn every square centimeter of our being, even unto a Hello Kitty logo tacked onto our very souls. Won’t somebody think of the children? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/2 "2004-12-10T17:55:12Z")
I am **so** with you - Target is totally ignoring Badtz Maru fans! I bought a Badtz Maru boombox there years ago, and I haven’t seen anything else since… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/3 "2004-12-10T18:00:02Z")
I remember Hello Kitty from the 80’s when I was a kid. Never into it, never understood the appeal. Did it make some sort of comeback? If so, how is it I’m just hearing about it here for the first time? Am I that out of it? Aw, hell. Even if it has come back into style, I don’t want to know about it. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/4 "2004-12-10T18:08:08Z")
Actually, I was hoping for a Hello Kitty lever-action 200 shot range model air rifle, but my Mom said I’d shoot my eye out. _snif_☹ ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/5 "2004-12-10T18:21:21Z")
What we really need is a Hello Kitty toilet plunger. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/6 "2004-12-10T18:25:19Z")
Yeah, where’s the Badtz Maru stuff? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/7 "2004-12-10T18:26:05Z")
… or a [Hello Kitty skeleton](http://www.michaelpaulus.com/gallery/character-Skeletons). ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/8 "2004-12-10T20:26:45Z")
Are you sitting down? I hope you’re sitting down for this one. Seated? Alllrighty then - [link!](http://www.comics.com/comics/ripleys/archive/ripleys-20041129.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/9 "2004-12-10T20:27:51Z")
Did you know Hello Kitty is as tall as three apples? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/10 "2004-12-10T20:30:54Z")
I believe there are Hello Kitty condoms. ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/11 "2004-12-10T20:33:21Z")
Don’t forget the upcoming [Hello Kitty MMO](http://www.sanriotown.com/onlinegame/index.php?s=introduction)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/12 "2004-12-10T20:48:12Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Actually, I was hoping for a Hello Kitty lever-action 200 shot range model air rifle, but my Mom said I’d shoot my eye out. _snif_☹ Did it have a Hello Kitty compass in the stock? ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/13 "2004-12-10T21:05:55Z")
I rather prefer the wonderful products from [Goodbye Kitty.](http://posters.digitalart.org/categories.php?CatNumber=17422)😃 ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/14 "2004-12-10T21:09:57Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > I am **so** with you - Target is totally ignoring Badtz Maru fans! I bought a Badtz Maru boombox there years ago, and I haven’t seen anything else since… No kidding. It took months to find a Badtz Maru bag to use for a diaper bag. I think the other food-related item you’re thinking of is the rice steamer (I saw it while searching for said diaper bag). But back on the kinky side, there is the Hello Kitty Wearable Wash Mitten/Kitten. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/15 "2004-12-10T21:19:05Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > I am **so** with you - Target is totally ignoring Badtz Maru fans! I bought a Badtz Maru boombox there years ago, and I haven’t seen anything else since… I got that boombox too! I use it everyday. The world needs more stuff emblazoned with grumpy pengies… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/16 "2004-12-10T21:19:17Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > What we really need is a Hello Kitty toilet plunger. Would you settle for [toilet paper](http://www.misterpants.com/junk/hellokittytoiletpaper.html)? There’s also dispensers somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/17 "2004-12-10T21:48:45Z")
[IN THE GRIM FUTURE OF HELLO KITTY, THERE IS ONLY WAR.](http://onastick.net/sitz/images/) JList apparently no longer sells Hello Kitty vibrators. I feel slightly saddened by that. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/18 "2004-12-10T22:26:23Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > JList apparently no longer sells Hello Kitty vibrators. What a buzzkill. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/19 "2004-12-10T22:53:11Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > What we really need is a Hello Kitty toilet plunger. Would [HK TP](http://www.jbox.com/SEARCH/MA195/1/) be acceptable? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165/20 "2004-12-10T22:56:44Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I believe there are Hello Kitty condoms. How appropriately named! 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-hello-kitty-crap/279165.md?page=2)