KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square22fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1186arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-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-up5·1 day agoTIL there was a Kirby vacuum cleaner company
minus-squareKuromiGirl04@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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.
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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.
TIL there was a Kirby vacuum cleaner company
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.
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.