Remarking, 'Oh, I love hippos!' upon receiving a birthday gift of a porcelain hippopotamus, area resident Karen Voldstead doomed herself to a lifetime of hippo-themed gifts Monday. 'I don't even know why I said it,' said Voldstead, 24, shortly after receiving the small statuette from a coworker. 'I don't especially like hippos. I guess I was just trying to find something nice to say since I didn't really like it.' The next day at work, Volstead received several 'belated' birthday gifts, including a stuffed hippo, a rollerskating-hippo coffee mug, and a hippo-shaped doorstop. 