Car Mascots

Posted by Dan Florio Jun 5, 2006

My car mascot is a little plush Triceratops. He goes on all my road trips, lives on my dashboard and protects me against evil mastermind plots to foil my brilliant work plans.

Why a dinosaur? Because I am a geek (and proud of it). Every geek should have his or her own plushy mascot to road trip with them and to even appear in pictures, for showing off back home. You know what I mean - the mascot at the Grand Canyon. The mascot on your hotel desk. The mascot at the after-convention party, next to a very relaxed-looking you. You get the idea.

But I am thinking of retiring the dinosaur in favor of something even geekier - a five inch plushy of a virus.

Think Geek has, what I would have to say, are the BEST travel mascots on the planet. Maybe even in the universe. They are, ahem, "infectiously cute." Cute in a good way, not cute like an iMac (blech). And they come with an instruction card all about the care and feeding of your particular microbe.

I want them all but I need to pick one really. Having a entire host of disease on my dash is a tempting thought, but maybe I'll just start with ordering Ebola. Or a Martian Microbe - so cool.

Support this company that is quirky enough to make plushy pimples, ulcers and head lice. How much more perverse can it get? Even if you don't travel - just stick one on your work desk. Or, hey, tell your boss you're giving him The Clap. That will go over REAL well....