28
Feb
08

Happiness is a Nodding Nohohon Zoku 幸せは首を振っている「のほほん族」

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For Valentine’s Day, my lovely Laura gave me something I’ve always wanted – a Nohohon Zoku. Nohohon Zoku (which literally means “carefree clan”) are adorable little round-headed things with contagious smiles and heads that nod gently back and forth, completely void of any worry or stress. My Nohohon Zoku is a pale orange “Carrot Type” from the “Vegetable Seven” line; he sits on my desk at work and I find him pleasantly hypnotic and irresistibly cheerful. He brightens even the gloomiest and most boring of wintry workdays. He’s like a bouncy little rocksteady beat in paperweight form.

In fact, my Nohohon Zoku has been such a positive influence on my daily life that it has inspired a new cartoon. The words in the following strip were copied almost verbatim from text messages I sent to Laura last week, and I rendered the art in the style of America’s most beloved and neurotic cartoonist (besides me.)

He has tiny little New Balances!


7 Responses to “Happiness is a Nodding Nohohon Zoku 幸せは首を振っている「のほほん族」”


  1. 1 Laura
    Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 23:16

    I think this entry has made me love you even more. You are a cute peanut!

  2. 2 Laura
    Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 23:17

    PS: I can’t read the title of the strip, What is it?

  3. 3 Vonnegurl
    Friday, February 29, 2008 at 15:43

    Ha! You’re on a hot streak with excellent blog postings lately.

    The art teacher at my school keeps a desk lamp on all day to activate her Nohohon Zoku.

  4. 4 Mom
    Friday, February 29, 2008 at 21:59

    What other vegetables does he come in?

  5. Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 19:12

    You got it wrong. Cathy doesn’t say “aauugh!”, she says “ack!”. -X

  6. 6 Vic Whitaker
    Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 15:31

    v93dfzzfihfw39p8

    幸せは首を振っている「のほほん族」

  7. Monday, February 15, 2010 at 23:06

    thanks so much, had the same problem! btw great site (i love the design!)


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