Dancing kiwi kaijus greet New Zealand's PM in Japan

[thomdunn]

Originally published at: Dancing kiwi kaijus greet New Zealand's PM in Japan | Boing Boing

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[Cubist]

Cool, except that, to a New Zealander, “kiwi” refers to the flightless bird. Kiwifruit is grown in China.
Maybe when Japan’s PM visits New Zealand, they’ll greet him with dancing cans of black varnish.

[Otherbrother]

@Cubist

to a New Zealander, “kiwi” refers to the flightless bird.

From the headline I was expecting this.

But to be fair, it can be two things:

[Shuck]

Yeah, although the Chinese gooseberry got labeled the “kiwi fruit” as a marketing strategy after being grown in, and exported by, New Zealand, it’s only outside New Zealand/Australia that “kiwi” can refer to the fruit.

[SqualusAcanthias]

A friend of mine was part of the UN peace forces in Kosovo. One time they visited the Japanese contingent on an invitation and were greeted by a guy in a theme park style octopus costume.