Kidney Awareness Mascot...

[okarol]

Kidney health awareness mascot, kinda weird. Note the Cowboy hat, Billy the Kid....Kidney. yeah.

[Sluff]

You would think they would come up with something better than that.

[okarol]

nope

[Sunny]

Are they trying to scare all the little kids with that mascot.
Can't it be cute somehow?

[okarol]

From the NKF of Indiana --"Billy-the-Kidney" - We need energetic, fun-loving volunteers to wear our mascot, "Billy the Kidney". Billy makes appearances at various events to raise awareness about kidney disease prevention and organ donation. Events may include health fairs, community activities, schools, malls and dialysis units. Billy does not speak, but waves, dances, and interacts with onlookers.
Volunteers must read and sign a usage policy and liability waiver. Wearers must be at least 13 years old. If you are under 18 years old, a parent or guardian must sign the usage policy/liability waiver.

[okarol]

Kidney Health Australia will use World Kidney Day on 13 March 2008 to launch a national awareness campaign on the importance of Kidney Health to children and their parents with a strong focus on choosing water nature's choice as their drink of preference. The campaign to be spearheaded by 'Billy the Kidney' and using the theme Amazing Kidneys will promote the key message that every day adults kidneys filter 200 litres of blood - a remarkable feat for two small organs the size of our fists which every year process 73,000 litres of blood.

[BigSky]

Great, now another misconception we will have to deal with.

After looking at those people will think kidneys look like hot dogs.

[KT0930]

From the NKF of Indiana --"Billy-the-Kidney" - We need energetic, fun-loving volunteers to wear our mascot, "Billy the Kidney". Billy makes appearances at various events to raise awareness about kidney disease prevention and organ donation. Events may include health fairs, community activities, schools, malls and dialysis units. Billy does not speak, but waves, dances, and interacts with onlookers.
Volunteers must read and sign a usage policy and liability waiver. Wearers must be at least 13 years old. If you are under 18 years old, a parent or guardian must sign the usage policy/liability waiver.

MyssAnne could do this!!

I agree with the others, though, these things are just on the scary side of strange.

[petey]

After looking at those people will think kidneys look like hot dogs.

Oh, my God!  Couldn't they have created a better looking mascot?

[kellyt]

<stare>  WTF?

[okarol]

The last one looks more like a marital aid than a kidney 

[rose1999]

The last one looks more like a marital aid than a kidney 

You've just made me roar outloud with laughter and scare the dog!!! 

[okarol]

two more

[thegrammalady]

those are just plain weird

[okarol]

UK Billy the Kidney

[kellyt]

Dog poop in boots.    Weak.   


Or maybe a Mexican Barney!   

[okarol]

How'd you like to have this guys job??

[KT0930]

Are the last two supposed to be kidney? I agree with kellyt about the brown one...the pink one looks more like a liver than a kidney!

[kellyt]

My first thought was liver, as well.  Also, it looks extremely out of balance (is that the right way to say it?)!  My back hurts just looking at that poor person!

[okarol]

  Maybe that is a liver - I found it on a new social network site called Transplant Cafe.

Here's another Liver Awareness Mascot named O'Liver.

[okarol]

The liver mascots seem friendlier than the kidney mascots. 

[MyssAnne]

Weird weird weird!!!!!   At least if I wore that, NOBODY would know who I was....right??? Right???

  (Billie the Kidney)

[rose1999]

The liver mascots seem friendlier than the kidney mascots. 

I still wouldn't like to meet one up a dark alley 

[KT0930]

The liver mascots seem friendlier than the kidney mascots. 

And they can't be mistaken for other things quite as easily...

[okarol]

The liver mascots seem friendlier than the kidney mascots. 

I still wouldn't like to meet one up a dark alley 

And they can't be mistaken for other things quite as easily...

HA! HA! made me laff! 

Here's another...