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01-07-2021, 03:40 PM
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Given that Japan and China have never exactly been friends - why do most (if not all) Chinese Restaurants and Take Away's usually display the Japanese Maneki Neko - the lucky cat?

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Re: Curiosity 3

I thought that was just a Chinese thing.
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Originally Posted by Percy Vere ->
I thought that was just a Chinese thing.
Me too
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01-07-2021, 03:48 PM
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Nice legend behind it.
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Nice legend behind it.
OK, I'll make the effort then to get the ball rolling as you can't be ar$ed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneki-neko
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01-07-2021, 06:16 PM
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Re: Curiosity 3

Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
Given that Japan and China have never exactly been friends - why do most (if not all) Chinese Restaurants and Take Away's usually display the Japanese Maneki Neko - the lucky cat?
Is it perhaps because they have it on the menu?
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01-07-2021, 06:18 PM
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Is it perhaps because they have it on the menu?
A few years ago, a bag of cat's heads was found round the back of some of the Indian restaurants
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A few years ago, a bag of cat's heads was found round the back of some of the Indian restaurants
They don't call the toilets "The Heads" for no reason!

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They don't call the toilets "The Heads" for no reason!

Saw an episode of great ships (or whatever its called) a couple of days ago which explained where the word came from.
 

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