The Sticks
The sticks were once plain, but recently Meiji has placed pictures of various animals on them with quotes relating to that animal. The quotes are in English, but often appear unorthodox to native English speakers. Examples of these animal quotes include:
- Zebra - Herbivore
- Octopus - Lucky Number: 8
- Starfish - Star in the sea
- Cat - Say Meow
- Rhinoceros - Think Big
- Bat - Only In The Night
- Squirrel - Your Best Friend
- Rabbit - Eat More Carrots
- Mouse - Do Not Be Timid
- Horse - Gallop Away
- Squid - Black Ink
- Beetle - Lucky Color: Brown
- Seal - Loves To Sun Tan
- Sheep - Wool Sweaters
- Stag Beetle - Love It
- Chicken - Kokekokko
- Duck - Go For A Swim
- Whale - Biggesy Mammal
- Giraffe - Tallest Mammal
- Fox - Beware Of Lies
- Snail - Snail Mail?
- Chick - Lucky Color: Yellow
- Goat - You Are Lucky Today
- Mole - In A Hole
- Elephant - Jumbo
- Panda - Go for More
- Frog - Amphibian
- Owl - Active At Night
- Balloon - Goes Pop
- Kettle - Goes Ssss
- Cow - Muuuuu
And the mysterious ones "Golden Egg" and "Golden Log."
Some of the animal-related quotes relate not to facts about the animals, but instead to the noise the animal makes, which is printed in a Japanese-influenced English dialect. For example:
- Chicken - Kokekokko
- Cow - Muuuuu
Read more about this topic: Yan Yan (snack)
Famous quotes containing the word sticks:
“A man is like a suntan: at first he sticks to a woman, then he fades away.”
—Russian saying, trans. by Vladimir Ivanovich Shlyakov (1993)
“It is now many years that men have resorted to the forest for fuel and the materials of the arts: the New Englander and the New Hollander, the Parisian and the Celt, the farmer and Robin Hood, Goody Blake and Harry Gill; in most parts of the world, the prince and the peasant, the scholar and the savage, equally require still a few sticks from the forest to warm them and cook their food. Neither could I do without them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)