GERMS: Plush Germs

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In this Nov. 24, 2010 photo, from left, Rabies, yogurt and E. Coli are represented in stuffed toys by Drew Oliver, owner of Giant Microbes, seen in his Stamford, Conn. offices. The onetime Harvard Lampoon editor turned a sense of humor into a growing Stamford, Conn. (AP) - Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon. Now, Drew Oliver thinks it's time for bacteria, viruses and other maligned microorganisms to share the love. Instead of Plush toys. Yes, you read that right. An Ebola plush toy. In what some may be tempted to call the least tasteful advertising campaign in the history of marketing, a website called Giant Microbes, which promotes "learning & fun," is selling an Ebola plush With the slew of illnesses making their rounds these days, most people would be running scared of viruses, but did you know that they are actually pretty cute when blown up by a million times in size, and given the plush treatment? That’s what the Giant It offers more than 100 plush microbe toys for sale Sullivan conceded some may question Giant Microbes’ marketing tactics for the Ebola line. In the past, some of the soft toys have been purchased as “gag gifts,” she said. College students STAMFORD -- Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon. Now, Greenwich native Drew Oliver thinks it's time for bacteria, viruses and other maligned microorganisms to share the love. .

STAMFORD, Conn. – Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon. Now, Drew Oliver thinks it's time for bacteria, viruses and other maligned microorganisms to share the love. Instead of Instead of standard Christmas gifts, a growing number of people are looking under the tree for giant stuffed cold germs, cuddly E. coli, hugworthy heartworm and other oddities from Oliver's Stamford-based company, Giant Microbes. Oliver says the toys are ‘I gave my flatmate Ebola, it was hilarious’ (Picture: Giant Microbes) While the majority of us made do with a stuffed bear, a dog or – if our parents were feeling particularly exotic – a parrot, kids today are apparently cuddling up to plush Ebola STAMFORD, Conn.—Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon. Now, Drew Oliver thinks it's time for bacteria, viruses and other maligned microorganisms to share the love. Instead of .

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