Man, we are so lazy that we couldn't even wrap up the World Cup at all and we haven't posted in three weeks. Granted, there is not much going in the summer besides a buttload of transfer rumors and those silly preseason friendlies. But still, we have no excuse.
However, a story has come along that has awoken us from our summer slumber. Chelsea's England star Frank Lampard is being melted down to form a new, golden super-footballing cartoon character: Hello Kitty. Well, almost.
As it says in The Sun, 5000 24-carat gold Frank Lampard Signature Edition iPod Touches have gone unsold and are being melted down to be remade in to special edition gold Hello Kitty iPods.
The Sun quotes a TV source as saying:
"They thought loads of people would want them during the World Cup but the backlash against England was so bad that they've had to scrap the whole thing."
Right, it couldn't be selling poorly because a poor world economy has forced people to think twice before spending £599 on a gold music player endorsed by a guy who doesn't play any music. Apparently even manufacturers of precious metal mp3 players are affected by Lampard's goal that never was against Germany.
Also, if you look at the article on the Sun website (linked above), the picture of the back of said iPod reads "4-500" most likely meaning only 500 were made. Quality reporting from The Sun (as always) saying 5,000 are being recycled when most likely its a tenth of that number.
At least Lamps was trying to raise money for the Teenager Cancer Trust with the iPods, and has already made an upfront donation. Its unfortunate the new profits will go to such a shady character like Hello Kitty, who will probably just use it to feed her catnip addiction.
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