How I shine my shoes

[###KILTEDKIWI###]

Heat the Kiwi with caution, have seen it explode or "pop"....and catch fire....

Right this has gone on long enough, the torture of our national bird and pride will no longer be tolerated... ;)

I hate to correct all you northerners, but can you please call it nugget or polish, as continuing to refer to it as "Kiwi" grinds me gears a little, also while I'm at it, a Kiwi fruit is just that, not referred to as a kiwi...
(that guys clever marketing of a chinese gooseberry ("Kiwifruit"), which we have an abundance of, has certainly backfired...damn him)


because this is a Kiwi



Or someone who resides in New Zealand...

The kiwi as a symbol first appeared in the late 19th century in New Zealand regimental badges. It was later featured in the badges of the South Canterbury Battalion in 1886 and the Hastings Rifle Volunteers in 1887. Soon after, kiwis appeared in many military badges, and in 1906 when Kiwi Shoe Polish was widely sold in the UK and the USA the symbol became more widely known.

During the First World War, the name "kiwi" for New Zealand soldiers came into general use, and a giant kiwi, (now known as the Bulford Kiwi), was carved on the chalk hill above Sling Camp in England. Use has now spread so that now all New Zealanders overseas and at home are commonly referred to as "kiwis".

The kiwi has since become the most well-known national symbol for New Zealand, and kiwis are prominent in the coat of arms, crests and badges of many New Zealand cities, clubs and organisations.[11][20]

The New Zealand dollar is often referred to as "the kiwi dollar"[21].

Regards

A "Kiwi"

Phil C

[Chas]

Hi Phil,

I don't know whether you are joking or not, so I will post this without comment except to say this is what I use.

From Wikipedia:

Kiwi is the brand name of a shoe polish, first made in Australia in 1906 and as of 2005[update] sold in almost 180 countries. Owned by the Sara Lee Corporation since 1984, it is the dominant shoe polish in some countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, where it has about two-thirds of the market.

This shoe polish was developed by Australia-based Scottish-born inventor William Ramsay, who named it Kiwi as a homage to his wife, Annie Elizabeth Meek Ramsay, a New Zealander, otherwise known as a Kiwi. Its success in Australia expanded overseas when it was adopted by both the British and American armies in World War I.



Regards

Chas

[###KILTEDKIWI###]

Hi Phil,

I don't know whether you are joking or not, so I will post this without comment except to say this is what I use.

Chas, in general, I find that seriousness is a drain on my already lacking intellect, and I consistently gravitate to the humourous, after all, Sarcasm is the lowset form of wit, and I am a king among men when it comes to the lowest common denominator of that subject.

Heat the Kiwi with caution, have seen it explode or "pop"....and catch fire....

Heat the kiwi in the can, I usually just warmed it up with a lighter

As you are from the motherland, I thought you would of found these as humourous as I did...

[dfmacliam]

Its ok guys.. he just proved he is one of us... and he spells sarcasm with a Capitol "S"... LOL
and yeah those Kiwis pop too when heated too fast...LOL

[Chas]

Hi Phil,

I thought you were being ironic, but you, like me don't use smilies - so I just wasn't sure.

Just for the record, I have never heated any Kiwis, tinned or breathing. From my experience neither one works well when hot.

Regards

Chas

[###KILTEDKIWI###]

Just for the record, I have never heated any Kiwis, tinned or breathing. From my experience neither one works well when hot.

LOL..I'm gonna leave that one alone, wrong type of forum...oh and...

WTH?

Its ok guys.. he just proved he is one of us... and he spells sarcasm with a Capitol "S"... LOL
and yeah those Kiwis pop too when heated too fast...LOL

Sabotage, some mod has changed my capital "S" in sarcasm...must be the french...

[vorpallemur]

Sorry but after having to have mine shined everyday...that was the first thing I lost interest in when I retired from the Army.

One of my high school english teachers commented about my highly shined shoes once. I admitted to not having shined them myself; the cobbler did when he put new heels on them. He said "That's the attitude that got me through four years of the army!" He explained that he'd polished his boots once in basic, so badly that he got the group in trouble, and after that, they wouldn't let him shine them himself. After basic, there people shooting at them, and no one cared if your boots shined under fire.

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

...Kiwi is the brand name of a shoe polish, first made in Australia in 1906 and...

I thought it was gum. What have you guys been using on your shoes?

[Bigkahuna]

Damn, I thought it was a Beer. I was wondering why you would want to muck up a good beer by heating it. I thought that was just some New Zealand Thing!

[IRISH]

shining my shoes for a meeting on thursday. i use the same black that i use on my football boots, adidas baranne, made in france. softens, strengthens, shines.

wash lightly with warm water, apply generous coat of baranne while shoes are still damp. allow to soak in for 15 minutes and then buff to a shine with cloth.

also have a 50th anniversary luncheon to attend on sunday; since my meeting is in the empire state building, i'm going to hit big apple shoe on my way out of the building for a good shine. will walk daintily to my car, remove shoes and drive home in stocking feet to preserve shine for sunday...