My past life as an elephant

Randomly searching "Gino Click" on google today, most of it was just crap from this blog and other sites with the word "Gino" in it followed by "Click here!" Nothing really of note. That is, until I got to one of the last items. (here's the cached link.) Titled simply "ANAMALI," with a subheading "TROPICAL FANTEN," none of the images are around anymore and the only things on it are a yellow box with some text and a short listing of motifs.

Here's what the text said:

The same 10 characters of "Kinder surprise �" set distributed in Germany in 1995, called " DIE FUNNY FANTEN IM CLUBURLAUB �". Near each character there is the spanish name.

• Motif 1 : Pedro Tropico, Surfing Jack, Sunny Fifi
• Motif 2 : Smashing Udo, Surfing Jack, Rocco Monitor
• Motif 3 : Gino Click, Pretty Patty, Kiki Splash
• Motif 4 : Mini&Maxi, Smashing Udo, Freddy Cream

Upon further sleuthing, I found out that "DIE FUNNY FANTEN IM CLUBURLAUB" translates to "The Funny Fanten in the club vacation" (it isn't in all-caps in english because I assume the germans scream everything at each other.) and from what I can infer, "Funny Fanten is a mediocrely popular toyline that features a large group of Elephant friends who all have human features and human interests that are unique to each one. Each Elephant has a unique name and hobby that includes: skateboarding, binge drinking, gay protesting, and what appears to be eating dead mice out of mouse traps.

My personal favorite is Pit Paparazzo.




I'd like to think that in 1995, little german kids were playing with a cheap plastic elephant named Gino Click who enjoyed riding bicycles and being addicted to heroin.

This was a real quote

SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, who once taunted Democrats as 'girlie men', called on Friday for an end to partisan bickering and a focus on innovative centrist policies.