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Pandemic-friendly inflatable hippo ballerina costume is selling like hotcakes after nursing home debut
BizPac Review ^ | May 25, 2020 | Tom Tillison

Posted on 05/25/2020 10:22:11 AM PDT by kevcol

A sudden run in an inflatable hippopotamus ballerina costume may represent the desperation American families are experiencing to get close to loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic.

An example of how the costume helped a family member get around social distancing restrictions was seen last week at the Fox Trails Senior Living Home in Stephens City, Virginia.

(Excerpt) Read more at bizpacreview.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: covid19; hippo; nursinghomes; socialdistances

1 posted on 05/25/2020 10:22:11 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

It’s Stacey!


2 posted on 05/25/2020 10:27:23 AM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: kevcol

Do you just breathe in the air you pumped into the suit? Do you exhale into a Hefty bag?


3 posted on 05/25/2020 10:31:31 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (In 2016 Obama ended America's 220 year tradition of peaceful transfer of power after an election.)
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To: kevcol

On the one hand I applaud the innovation and determination.

On the other hand I am heart warmed by the love exchanged.

And on the other hand I am horrified and disgusted that this is considered ok and some sort of new normal.

Apparently I have three hands.


4 posted on 05/25/2020 10:41:31 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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To: beethovenfan

At first that made me laugh, but looking closer I think it really is her!


5 posted on 05/25/2020 10:45:04 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Persevero

Ok, buddy, watch what you’re doing with that third hand!


6 posted on 05/25/2020 10:48:05 AM PDT by mistfree (Virginia Freeper)
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To: mistfree

We’ll all be safe if I’m in my hippo suit!


7 posted on 05/25/2020 10:54:17 AM PDT by Persevero (I am afraid propriety has been set at naught. - Jane Austen)
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To: kevcol

That’s just Stacey Abrams in a grey leotard.


8 posted on 05/25/2020 11:01:22 AM PDT by BlueHorseShoe
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To: kevcol

the male version simply eliminates the fake pink tutu ...


9 posted on 05/25/2020 11:34:08 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: kevcol

It’s the Ghettopotamus!


10 posted on 05/25/2020 5:16:55 PM PDT by wjcsux (Inside every DemocRAT politician is a fascist dictator screaming to be let loose.)
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To: Persevero

Use left hand, right hand, gripping hand from “A Mote in God’s Eye”.


11 posted on 05/25/2020 5:25:34 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Persevero

Three hands...handy for magic tricks!


12 posted on 05/25/2020 6:53:54 PM PDT by FlyFisher
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To: beethovenfan; kevcol
It's Stacey!

Yeah, but they could also have been auditioning for a remake of Dance of the Hours from Disney's Fantasia:

Dancing Hippos

13 posted on 05/25/2020 8:40:03 PM PDT by ShorelineMike (Cogito ergo sum.)
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To: ShorelineMike

“Hello Mudduh, without fails ... here I am at Foxy Trails ...”

I’ll see myself out.


14 posted on 05/25/2020 8:42:40 PM PDT by ShorelineMike (Cogito ergo sum.)
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