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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
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'killing your own food'

0 What does it mean by 'killing your own food' as in 01i00'02i00You do your laundry in a machine and don't kill your own food.' 00This sentence is from an article telling you how to know when to call yourself a true kiwi 00from ehow.com .(01a00 05000 02a00) Thanks. 02br
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0 Mainly: 02br 01i 00You don't hunt (animals) for food 02i 0-

  • 0 Mainly: 02br 01i 00You don't hunt (animals) for food 02i 0-
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0 Mainly: 02br
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0 Hi Ernest02br
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00It means that you don't have to be a hunter in order to get your food. In other words, if you want to eat duck, for example, you simply buy it in a supermarket (or order it in a restaurant). You don't have to go duck hunting (and shoot/kill a duck) in order to be able to eat duck.0-
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0I think I know what it means now. Thank you for your help, Yankee and Marius Hancu. 05002br
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00Best wishes,02br
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0G'day Peaceblinkfriend,02br
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00I am not quite sure that you have the full drift of the sarcastic intent of the blog.02br
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00You own a telephone, a TV, and probably a car, which you drive on the left side of the road. You're bemused that affluent looking New Yorkers on American TV don't own a car. Your place is heated in winter and has its own bath
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0 Hi Stannum,02br
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00Thanks for sharing your insights into that blog. I think I understand the sarcastic intent of that blog now. To be honest, I never thought of that before. Although I don't really comprehend what you mean by the last sentence. 01i00'The opposite response to each and every paragraph of that blog would be to a fair dinkum, Haka chanting hair
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0You are a Pākehā if you own a telephone, a TV, and probably a car, which you drive on the left side of the road. You're bemused that affluent looking New Yorkers on American TV don't own a car. Your place is heated in winter and has its own bathroom. 01b00You do your laundry in a machine and don't kill your own food.02b00 You don't have a dirt floor. You eat at a table, s

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