She asked for hippos.

Did you know that a collection of hippos can be called a bloat, crash, dale, herd, pod, raft or thunder – just to name a few?

Well, I guess you could say I gave my sister a my-pod for Christmas. (Sure, that last sentence was lame...did you want me to say that she’s bloated?)

I gave her a raft of gifts: a hippo mug, a hippo poster and five hippo candles. Oh, and I also gave her a battery-powered rattle – not among her favorite gifts.