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<blockquote data-quote="Gay-Guy" data-source="post: 230206"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Steve-o @ Nov 22 2008, 09:52 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=361905" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>Lucky for us a silver fern is quite simple.  Yet even though we have the silver fern as our national sporting emblem our team/s all have different names...from All Blacks/Black Ferns/Silver Ferns/Blacks Caps/Black Socks/Tall Blacks/All Whites/Black Sticks/Black Cocks (yes its true)/Wheel Blacks/etc...</p><p></p><p>We even name our sporting machines in a similar vein (Black Magic/Black Beauty).</p><p> </p><p>Then you get the rebel team that wants to do its own thing...the Kiwis with a kiwi as its logo.  However they had no choice as they were the rebels against the rugby establishment and had no choice but to adopt a non fern symbol...though they still gave their allegiance to NZ by wearing a black uniform.  They have duly been forgiven for their sins of 100 years ago with this weekends victory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gay-Guy, post: 230206"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Steve-o @ Nov 22 2008, 09:52 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=361905']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Lucky for us a silver fern is quite simple.  Yet even though we have the silver fern as our national sporting emblem our team/s all have different names...from All Blacks/Black Ferns/Silver Ferns/Blacks Caps/Black Socks/Tall Blacks/All Whites/Black Sticks/Black Cocks (yes its true)/Wheel Blacks/etc... We even name our sporting machines in a similar vein (Black Magic/Black Beauty). Then you get the rebel team that wants to do its own thing...the Kiwis with a kiwi as its logo.  However they had no choice as they were the rebels against the rugby establishment and had no choice but to adopt a non fern symbol...though they still gave their allegiance to NZ by wearing a black uniform.  They have duly been forgiven for their sins of 100 years ago with this weekends victory. [/QUOTE]
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