Althouse: Teach your children about the house hippo.

May 16, 2008

Teach your children about the house hippo.

Nicely done. Shown only in Canada.

13 comments:

Bob said...: Hippos are disgusting. They have a filthy habit of spraying liquid feces while spinning their stubby tails like a propellor, flinging poo more efficiently than even a liberal blogger.; 5/16/08, 12:56 PM
George M. Spencer said...: When the clip started, I thought it was one of those "3 a.m." bits, and Hillary was going to call in an air strike on the purple beast.; 5/16/08, 12:57 PM
MadisonMan said...: heh...I thought is was one of those gruesome Canadian PSAs that show dreadful accidents. (Don't click on that link!)

Thank goodness the hippo didn't gore the cute kitty!; 5/16/08, 1:45 PM
Ron said...: They have a filthy habit of spraying liquid feces while spinning their stubby tails like a propellor, flinging poo more efficiently than even a liberal blogger

Imagine the vblogging if people were like that!...non-undergraduates, anyway...; 5/16/08, 1:53 PM
rhhardin said...: Put up floral pattern shower curtains so they feel at home.; 5/16/08, 2:41 PM
Revenant said...: That was a really clever way of getting that message across.; 5/16/08, 2:54 PM
El Presidente said...: The house hippo is threatened by global warming.; 5/16/08, 3:17 PM
vbspurs said...: Americans also had a house hippo!

Big, cute, rather innocuous, but he'll eat you out of house and home if you let him. Plus he'll shove a lot of crap down your throat, if unaware.

They called him Pierre Salinger.

Cheers,
Victoria; 5/16/08, 3:21 PM
Ann Althouse said...: What I like about this PSA is that it is equipping kids to look out for themselves. It's not about shielding them, but cluing them in that people will try to trick them. I like that.; 5/16/08, 3:31 PM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: I like it too. Critical thinking is something that we don't seem to be imparting to our children.

Although...I wonder where I can order a house hippo?? They didn't give a web site. It might not be as cool as sea monkeys but I think my cat would enjoy a companion during the day.; 5/16/08, 3:45 PM
Methadras said...: I want a house hippo. Seriously if a hippo came in that size I'd get one.; 5/16/08, 4:31 PM
LutherM said...: There are those who look at things the way they are,
and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and
ask why not?

Robert F. Kennedy 1968

To see a World in a Grain of Sand.
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.

William Blake Auguries of Innocence (first verses); 5/16/08, 7:22 PM
vbspurs said...: I want a house hippo. Seriously if a hippo came in that size I'd get one.

Will a roomba do?

Cheers,
Victoria; 5/16/08, 8:09 PM