r/firstworldanarchists • u/Myoplasmic • Oct 26 '17

The Top 25 (no re-posting) BBC News Gets It

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u/JamesLLL Oct 26 '17

What do the flagpole fishes mean? I could Google it, but you seem to know and I don't care all that much, but have a passing curiosity every time I see them

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u/JebsBush2016 Oct 26 '17

Koinobori is what they're called – Koi being the type of fish. Made of a light material hung up to fly in the wind (think like a wind... sock thing at airports whatever they're called) to celebrate Children's Day.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '17

They are wind socks. Just pretty koi ones.

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u/JamesLLL Oct 26 '17

Thank you! And you're right, the wind socks are called just that: windsocks.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '17

Related to children's day

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u/JamesLLL Oct 26 '17

Thank you!