Now isn't that just too nice? My friend Jim just texted me with the news he has a brand new cute baby kitten. His last one was run over; smooshed flat by a truck. The new cat is called Indi. I texted back suggesting he should have called it Hector. That's Hector on the left; our Road Safety Cat.
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"Look to the left, look to the right, look to the right, left ... umm ... "
There was always this rumour that Hector, well, the guy inside anyway, was himself run over and killed.
Posted by: Tony.T | 09 February 2005 at 10:17
Spooky. I was Googling for Hector just the other day, and all I could find was that blue and gold impostor - who appears to only by employed in QLD.
Can anyone remember the ORIGINAL Hector? I'm pretty sure he was called Hector the Protector. "Look to the left, look to the right, look to the left again". Sing it!
Might have had a coupla animal buddies, too. Can't be sure.
I think he had black and white stripes - but maybe that was coz we had a black and white TV.
So young, so so long ago...
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 09 February 2005 at 13:49
Hector was on telly here in the late seventies. Then I went up to the Pilbara and we lost touch. Dunno what Ole Hec's up to these days, but I notice he's also doing the business in the Northern Territory.
As far as I can remember from school, he was the same colour as now.
Posted by: Tony.T | 09 February 2005 at 14:14
Hector was run out of town by vigilante parents after his history of kittophilia was revealed- I believe he has since joined the priesthood.
Posted by: PB | 09 February 2005 at 15:00
Or partying on with Humphrey and Fat Cat.
Posted by: Tony.T | 09 February 2005 at 17:11
That's great. I remember this one road sign here, from back whan I was 17 or so. It was a namelss honeybee, perched on the interstate, advising drivers to "bee alert; arrive unhurt!" I have never seen one since. Not that I miss it or anything--its rhyme wasn't as cool as "Hector the Protector!" Geez! You wacky Australians!
On a serious note, though: does he always lurk so threateningly behind the young whippersnappers? That grin seems a bit sinister, if you ask me.
Posted by: vague | 09 February 2005 at 21:27
Our equivalent of Hector was http://www.scarysquirrel.org/ksk/tuftycard3.jpg>Tufty the Squirrel.
Why do they always choose animals that are prone to becoming roadkill? Why not Ronnie the Rhino?
Posted by: hungbunny | 09 February 2005 at 22:24
Our equivalent of Hector was http://www.scarysquirrel.org/ksk/tuftycard3.jpg>Tufty the Squirrel.
Why do they always choose animals that are prone to becoming roadkill? Why not Ronnie the Rhino?
Posted by: hungbunny | 09 February 2005 at 22:24
Vague: I'm of the opinion ALL people dressed in animal costumes have something wrong with them. It's a chance to hang around the kiddies and not look like lurkers.
Hung: That squirrel is just too stupid. Like you say, as rodents, it's their job to get run over. Anyway, by the look of that ad, Tufty must be about 70 by now. If he were still kicking around, that is.
Incidentally, a group of rhinos is called a Crash.
Posted by: Tony.T | 09 February 2005 at 23:10
This demonstrates that kids pay a lot more attention to people dressed as animals than to their teachers.
Tony, maybe if you dressed up as some exotic beast your students would learn more. You could be called "Tony, the Caning Toad".
Posted by: SB | 10 February 2005 at 11:40
Tony The Vindictive Leopard would be more my speed.
Posted by: Tony.T | 10 February 2005 at 12:00
Seeing as you teach in the public arena, maybe Pinky the Sloth (who's on smoko) would be more appropriate?
Posted by: Habib | 10 February 2005 at 16:55
What animal's both lazy and nasty? Surely there's some violent cat or bear that can't be bothered hunting.
Posted by: Tony.T | 10 February 2005 at 23:06
Wolverines and Tasmanian Devils are surly, bad tempered, obnoxious and so lazy they normally eat out of bins or steal other critters' grub; maybe a bit over-qualified, but eminently suited for politics.
Posted by: Habib | 10 February 2005 at 23:40
A Wolverine, hey? What's the diff between one of them and a Wolf? With a name like that it strikes me as a bit like the diff between a coffee and a latte.
I don't want to be a latte beasty. Although I am rather partial to wolves.
Posted by: Tony.T | 10 February 2005 at 23:46
Tony- a Chimp is both lazy, and surprisingly nasty. We must be descended from them after all.
Just a thought.
Posted by: Brett Pee | 11 February 2005 at 04:50
Beside being a fairly gay comic book character portrayed by Huge Jackoff, they are in reality a nasty piece of work- even Native Americans are scared shitless of the obnoxious little buggers, and besides being lazy and vicious, they stink on ice. An all-round wonderful critter.
Posted by: Habib | 11 February 2005 at 10:30
Being called a chimp has it's drawbacks, though, Brett. Image-wise and all that.
A cute, pink arse and fondness for bananas hardly inspires the terror I'm angling for
Posted by: Tony.T | 11 February 2005 at 11:04
There's nothing wrong with a cute, firm ,rounded pink ar..... er, sorry, fantasising again. Not about Chimps.
Posted by: Brett Pee | 12 February 2005 at 04:56