In the "trends" section of my newspaper this week, a pooch named "Mr. Winkle" was identified as "the next big thing." This is a real dog, and there's actualy a debate over what kind of dog he is, or even if he's a dog at all. According to the article writer, "he looks less like a dog than an Ewok on a caffiene binge."
But nevertheless, Mr. Winkle will soon be commanding an entire empire. There are already T-shirts of him, and Hasbro now has bought a contract to develop plush Mr. Winkles. In fact, the thing's owner, Lara Jo Regan of LA, records over 1,000 hits per week on her Mr. Winkle web site www.mrwinkle.com/. Don't click there.... |
