November 26, 2008: Chico & Gloria
 

Chico the pygmy Hippo and Gloria the hand puppet.
http://cellar.org/2008/hippo1.jpg

http://cellar.org/2008/hippo2.jpg

Maybe Mr Howes has stinky fingers. :haha:

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yeah, that hippo is looking a little skinny around the eyes...

Hahahahaha!!!! Baby hippos are dumb.

I loved that show: Chico and the Hand!

At first he wasn't a very hungry hungry hippo.

It's not like Chico can actually see the puppet when he's eating, so I think "stinky hands" is probable. Though it is difficult to imagine a hippo with a persnickety palate. :)

Its a hippo? How many carrots do you need to feed it in a day? I don't know if there are enough hours in a day to hand feed the monster.

maybe hippos don't like corndogs.

Nobody doesn't like corndogs!

i think that's a good hippo-thesis.



Although if it came attached to a pack of laundry powder it might smell a bit nasty itself.

corndogs are a frankfurt sausage on a stick coated in batter and then deep fried right?

If so, I think you'll find most Australian's love them, especially at their local 'show' which is like a carnival combined with an agricultural and livestock competition.

I know it's the only time I eat them, but they taste bloody good amongst all the noise and dust and animal shit.

back from whence they came:thepain:

Yeah, and I like them, too. I was just ripping on a stupid old Sara Lee commerical that I never understood. the jingle goes: "Nobody doesn't like Sara LEE!" Which, since they ARE Sara Lee (baked goodies) I thought it meant everyone LOVED Sara Lee's, but it's a weird thing to say. So, if I am using it correctly, I am saying Everybody loves corndogs!~ A delicacy on a stick, I say.

We know the sausage is made from nothing but hooves and entrails...but you just don't think of that at the time. ;)

I was delighted and amazed when I first saw corndogs on sale in the, UK. Frozen ones, but well worth a try, especially as I had puzzled over what they were for a while (they're in The Dead Zone at the very least).

I was so disappointed.
Perhaps you have to grow up with them.

There's a sausage advert on tv at the moment - Walls I think - about how they only take the two best bits to make their sausages. Hmmmm. That would be breadcrumbs and colouring then I guess?


Anyway, slightly back on topic before veering off again - as it's an English zoo I'd bet my bottom dollar that Chico the hippo is named after... well, Chico. Of X Factor fame. My family saw him performing at their campsite in Great Yarmouth about two weeks ago. Ah the sweet smell of success. Although Mum admitted he was a great entertainer and my neice (14) was completely smitten.

OK, this is what I mean by a 'dagwood dog' or 'pluto pup'. The names are interchangeable.

eta: and of course this is what I think you mean when you say 'corndog'.

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