It’s that time of year again! Latest discovery: How to prepare a Kiwi. (Via xkcd, which comes recommended. Buggered if I know where it comes from originally — if you know, give me a shout.)

On the subject, there’s a fantastic animation on YouTube: Kiwi!.

Previous editions:

If you didn’t get some of the jokes, I’ve got some cross-cultural explanations after the little “read the rest” linky thing.

  • How to Prepare a Kiwi: you see, overseas they call the fruit just a “kiwi” as well. I know, weird, huh?
  • AHPT: you see, overseas they call the fruit just a “kiwi”, as well. I know, it’s still bizarre.
  • White Ninja: you sea, overseers they calles the … oh, sod it, you get it right?
  • Kiwi! I actually had to explain to someone over here that kiwis can’t fly. … Okay, I can see how that clip doesn’t make much sense if you don’t know that.
  • kiwi en kiwi gaan nergens over: sorry, can’t help you with that one. It doesn’t make any more sense if you speak Dutch. (The title means literally “kiwi and kiwi go over nowhere” and idiomatically “kiwi and kiwi talk about nothing”. Not that that helps much.)