The Times had a story today about some plushie toys made for the upcoming lunar new year of the horse whose smile a manufacturing error had made into an umbrella. Apparently ironic young people love these 哭哭马 "crying horses," thinking they'll be good company in the long hours of dead-end jobs.
These inspired goofs won't be as rare and coveted as the philatelist-prized "Inverted Jennys" they put me in mind of, though. The enterprising manufacturer claims to find the frowny foals ugly, but she's crying all the way to the bank, opening up dozens of new production lines. Many customers buy a pair of plushies, one happy, one sad.
