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July 08, 2006
What is it?
Bilibo's iconic shell is a plastic kids’ toy that can be used, depending on the child and circumstance, as a seat, a rocking chair, a hat, a raft, a sled, or a turtle shell. "I love that adults always ask ‘what is it?’ but kids never do". One of Business Week’s top-selling products
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that looks like an upside down casper in green!
Posted by: sam at Jul 8, 2006 3:49:32 PM
And the Goebbels children weren't really poisoned, either -- those were poor unfortunate doubles the Nazis fattened up from the concentration camps. The real Goebbels children have been in South America for the past 60 years, laying the groundwork for a New Reich.
Anyway, it might make a good action movie.
Posted by: Tom McMahon at Jul 9, 2006 8:39:41 AM
one of the first versions of that movie was called 'the boys from brazil' with gregory peck, non?...
Posted by: growabrain at Jul 9, 2006 9:04:54 AM
Exactly! All Hollywood does these days is remakes, so this would be perfect. "The Kids From Berlin", or something like that.
Posted by: Tom McMahon at Jul 9, 2006 10:07:25 AM
hahaha... I couldn't help myself, so I bought a shell. my kid's gonna love it.
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Posted by: Sylvie at Jul 19, 2006 10:41:06 PM
Hi
I have a quick question how do the Hawksbill Turtles and the Green Turtles shell grows. Can you tell me ho wthe grow with description.
Thanks
Posted by: Justin at Oct 7, 2006 4:11:41 PM
Very informative, thank you for your time and hard work.
Posted by: The Baron at May 27, 2008 9:49:04 PM