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National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 4:46 pm
So I was struck with a weird thought the other day.
Looking around here in Kiwiland I noted that the national symbol is the Kiwi.
Now this is the country that was once home to a Haast eagle, one of the largest eagles ever identified, which would make a great national symbol. Instead they chose a rather plain, ugly, flightless bird.
And before any Aussies laugh, the national emblem for Oz is a large, bouncy mouse...
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RE: National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 4:49 pm
Ours (the US) was going to be a turkey until cooler heads prevailed.
Some would say now it's a baboon. (um, not me - yet)
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RE: National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 4:51 pm
(January 29, 2017 at 4:49 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Ours (the US) was going to be a turkey until cooler heads prevailed.
Some would say now it's a baboon. (um, not me - yet)
Never a baboon.
They have charm, wit, and sophistication. Unlike a certain, unnamed, president you guys now have.
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RE: National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 4:51 pm
Eagle here. The sickle stands for farmers and the hammer for workers. The broken chain stands for getting rid of German occupation.
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RE: National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 4:53 pm
It's about as important as high-school mascots to me. In other words, not at all important.
Speaking of which, my high-school mascot was a tornado... in Oregon... home of all those west coast USA tornadoes you keep hearing about all the time.
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RE: National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 4:53 pm
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Hey! Kiwis are adorable!
Aw, you're making it sad. There there, little almost velociraptor...
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RE: National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 4:56 pm
(January 29, 2017 at 4:53 pm)Jesster Wrote: It's about as important as high-school mascots to me. In other words, not at all important.
Speaking of which, my high-school mascot was a tornado... in Oregon... home of all those west coast USA tornadoes you keep hearing about all the time.
I'm blown away by that.
It would be like Christchurch declaring the shaking earth or a collapsing building to be their new symbol...
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RE: National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 5:20 pm
Oh god were would I begin
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RE: National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 5:25 pm
My town has the owl.
My nearest city has the bee, relating to the British Industrial revolution in Manchester.
looking at it optimistically I suppose a bee is a hard worker, pessamistically though it's like we've been represented by mindless, overweight drones who work til they die to make honey for someone else.
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RE: National symbols
January 29, 2017 at 5:40 pm
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We're big on our bald eagles out here. It is a very pretty, kind of wise-looking bird.
San Diego's sports teams include the Padres (baseball) and the Gulls (minor-league hockey, Anaheim Ducks affiliate). The Padres were names for the Franciscan friars that founded our city,. Gulls? I don't know, but I think we have a fair amount of those flying around. Pretty cool bird.
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