{"id":6383,"date":"2004-09-13T09:57:47","date_gmt":"2004-09-13T16:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/09\/13\/confluence-4.html"},"modified":"2004-09-13T09:57:47","modified_gmt":"2004-09-13T16:57:47","slug":"confluence_4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/09\/13\/confluence_4.html","title":{"rendered":"Confluence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is Hello Kitty a rip-off of the Belgian Musti the Kitty<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Or are they both rip-offs of Miffy the Bunny?<\/p>\n

Or did the guy who designed Miffy<\/a> design Hello Kitty for Sanrio?<\/p>\n

You decide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All I know is, Katherine likes both Hello Kitty and Miffy (as do the Japanese<\/a>), but I find the latter to be much less aesthetically offensive, for some reason. <\/p>\n

Now, don’t get me started on Maisy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is Hello Kitty a rip-off of the Belgian Musti the Kitty? Or are they both rip-offs of Miffy the Bunny? 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