KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL that the pink Nintendo character is named Kirby after lawyer John Kirby who helped Nintedo with their lawsuit against Universal about the usage of the name "KONG"share.googleexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the pink Nintendo character is named Kirby after lawyer John Kirby who helped Nintedo with their lawsuit against Universal about the usage of the name "KONG"share.googleKuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
I honestly thought he was named after the vacuum company because he sucks up stuff like a vacuum cleaner does.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoTIL there was a Kirby vacuum cleaner company
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThose vacuums sucked… …in a bad way. They were very heavy and kind of awkward. They did have a lot of suction and utility but all of the add-ons/attachments made it stupid annoying to store and use.
minus-squareKuromiGirl04@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYeah, there is a US Vacuum cleaner company called KIRBY. I don’t know whether they’re still in business or of they’ve gone defunct. But yeah, Kirby is also a vacuum company. And apparently Nintendo’s cute little pink Blob being named Kirby like the vacuum cleaner is purely coincidental.
TIL there was a Kirby vacuum cleaner company
Those vacuums sucked… …in a bad way.
They were very heavy and kind of awkward. They did have a lot of suction and utility but all of the add-ons/attachments made it stupid annoying to store and use.
Yeah, there is a US Vacuum cleaner company called KIRBY.
I don’t know whether they’re still in business or of they’ve gone defunct.
But yeah, Kirby is also a vacuum company.
And apparently Nintendo’s cute little pink Blob being named Kirby like the vacuum cleaner is purely coincidental.