Saturday, November 04, 2006

happy birthday to sabs...

Today was sabs's birthday, and I took it upon myself to make her a one-of-a-kind present.

Nothing says "I love you" to your girl quite like making a custom stuffed hippo, complete with spiked collar, that farts when you squeeze it. Modeled after Bert the Farting Hippo from the TV show NCIS. I present my creation, dubbed Roberta:



Considering that she brought it out to dinner with friends (prompting the nice Chinese waiter to ask the hippo what she wanted for dinner) and out to see Borat's new movie, I think the gift was well received.

8 Comments:

Anonymous said...

HI were did u get the parts i wanna try and make 1

6:07 PM  
kz said...

The stuffed hippo was sourced from the typical places where one might source a stuffed hippo, and the farting mechanism was an electronic whoopee cushion from Spencer Gifts. I made my own pressure switch out of random bits from around the house. Some soldering, cutting, testing, and finally, velcro, brought the whole shebang together.

10:15 PM  
Andi said...

I'd love to buy one of these if you're up to making another one!

8:57 PM  
Anonymous said...

Hi! I love your hippo! I just watches an episode of NCIS with Bert on it, and I really want one! Do you know where to get one from? If not, you should start selling them! I googled it, but came up with nothing :o(

elle_belle_au@hotmail.com

6:27 AM  
Anonymous said...

I watched, not watches *lol* oops

6:28 AM  
tamara said...

hey does this mean that bert is not for sale anywhere???? I am desperately looking for a bert of my own so if anyone knows where to get him then please let me know asap thanks tamz kittykattam@hotmail.com pleas let me know whether you can get them anywhere????

1:15 AM  
tamara said...

hey I am in Australia by the way not sure where the rest of you are..... tamz

1:17 AM  
Anonymous said...

Would you consider making and selling them too order?

Spike
Beastly_spike@yahoo.co.uk

1:19 PM  

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