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In the artifact from reason's February issue, Kerry Howley investigates adorable, bootleg Olympic mascots.

Comments

J sub D | January 25, 2008, 10:54am | #

What goes around, comes around.
Trite, but in this case, true.

Abdul | January 25, 2008, 11:04am | #

Maybe the chinese goverment could develop some sort of dictatorial, police state tactics to suppress. . . oh, wait, they already did.

InvestigateThis | January 25, 2008, 11:07am | #

New Hampshire Primary - Breakdown of chain of custody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKQEQ7qHvgM

David | January 25, 2008, 11:12am | #

Burberry should produce a special edition Fuwa, and tell the Chinese Gov't where to go when they come looking for royalties.

ed | January 25, 2008, 11:16am | #

A nice touch would be lead-based ink on the fake tickets.

J sub D | January 25, 2008, 11:19am | #

David, I like your thinking. Genuine Rolex Fuwa Watches? Fuwa as a Pokemon character? The possibilities of payback are vast.

de stijl | January 25, 2008, 11:25am | #

Kawaii 2: Revenge of the Cute

David | January 25, 2008, 11:31am | #

David, I like your thinking. Genuine Rolex Fuwa Watches? Fuwa as a Pokemon character? The possibilities of payback are vast.

The only problem is that the knockoffs would cost hundreds of times what the originals do, which would lead to a market in cheap Chinese knockoffs of the knockoffs.

Lamar | January 25, 2008, 11:44am | #

Burberry could outsource the manufacturing to China.

John | January 25, 2008, 11:44am | #

Just like Kerry, the mascots are so cute they sneeze marshmallows.

Episiarch | January 25, 2008, 11:49am | #

Just wait until the knockoff gold medals hit the streets. Everyone will be a winner.

Lamar | January 25, 2008, 12:00pm | #

There's a difference between adorable and cute. This, for example, is cute. This is adorable.

de stijl | January 25, 2008, 12:07pm | #

Lamar,

I see someone else here is a Cute Overload fan!

Lamar | January 25, 2008, 12:13pm | #

Every day. You can't miss with a little dog baring teeth at a giant bone.

NP | January 25, 2008, 12:38pm | #

Episiarch,

Not a word on how much Federer's chance of winning a gold medal has diminished today? (Scroll down for the stunning tennis update and war of words.) I'm disappointed, my friend.

Episiarch | January 25, 2008, 1:14pm | #

What does the Australian Open have to do with gold medals? He has the same chance he had before: a damn good one.

NP | January 25, 2008, 1:37pm | #

Episiarch,

I was saying that 'cause Federer now has Djokovich to worry about in addition to Nadal, Nalbandian and other guys. But yeah, he really should've won the Athens; Nadal wasn't even a serious contender back then and he loses to... oh yeah, an unseeded dude named Tomas Berdych.

Lamar | January 25, 2008, 4:03pm | #

Your tennis talk ruined my cute vs. adorable debate.

NP | January 25, 2008, 11:08pm | #

Lamar,

Sorry man, but I was still trying to recover from my shock at Federer's loss in straight sets. Cute/adorable pictures, btw.