The Trouble With Tribbles…
…is that apparently they’re sold out:
The Post would’ve run with the pun for its headline, but the Times uncorks some fine snark with the lede—not “plush” hamsters, or “stuffed,” but “fake.” And is anything improved out of context and inside spheres?
The five different battery-operated hamsters—Chunk, PipSqueak, Mr. Squiggles, Num Nums and Patches—are mainly coveted by girls, according to toy industry professionals. This possibly makes sense…
…Mr. Silver of TimetoPlayMag.com said a toy hamster had not been this hot for at least a decade, when Americans became enamored of one that danced to “Kung Fu Fighting.”
Yeah, so it’s definitely about time.
Stephanie Rosenbloom, we like the cut of your gibe.
