We're big on Hello Kitty in this house, having raised a toddler in Hong Kong.
One time, my daughter L (4), her friend M (also 4) and his baby brother J (3) were contemplating a big rubbery Hello Kitty face stuck onto the front of our fridge with suction cups.
[Baby J prods the face repeatedly, hoping to hear a squeak]
J: Why she don't make a sound?
[Long pause as three kids stare at the thing. Eventually M speaks]
M: Maybe it's because she don't got mouth.
I envy you in 7/11 Heaven!
PS I have a soft spot for Gudetama myself...
awhh!! The kids are soo sweet, and smart little M!!! People do say Hello Kitty can't speak because she doesn't have a mouth 😄
Gudetama is cute, I don't believe it's very well known in UK? How long were you in HK for? I imagine that was in the good old days which is long gone now
Yeah, I miss that Hong Kong horribly. More than some departed humans, I must admit! I was there from late 1992 (spent most of 1991 in Taiwan) until 1996 (was newly married and having a baby around the time of the handover). Then Beijing from 1998-2000 and HK again from 2000-2002 (returned to UK after that).