Rubber Duckie, iwe ndiwe,
Iwe unoshambidza nguva yakawanda inofadza,
Rubber Duckie, Ndinokuda zvikuru;
(iwe woh, bee doh!)
Rubber Duckie, mufaro wekufara,
Pandinokumbundira iwe, unoita ruzha!
Rubber Duckie, iwe ndiwe shamwari yangu yakanakisisa, ichokwadi!
(Sesame Street, Rubber Duckie)
Ndiani asina kuimba iyi ditty panguva yekugeza, semwana kana semunhu mukuru, achiimba kuimba yako pachako? Rubha matatya chikamu uye chikamu chetsika yedu semifananidzo yekugeza nguva.
Asi chii chiri shure kwekuzivikanwa kwavo muNorth American bathrooms?
Indasitiri yeRubber
Rubber duckie (kana, mazuva ano, akafanana nepurasitiki duckie) yakanyatsobatanidzwa nekusimudzirwa kwemhizha yeRubber muzana remakore rechi19.
Rubber yakatanga kubudiswa muEurope mumavambo ekuma 1700 muFrance, uye yekuongorora kwesayenzi kwezvinhu zvezvinhu zvakabudiswa munguva iyoyo yezana remakore. Izwi rokuti "rubber" rinowanzobva kuna Joseph Priestley uyo, muna 1770, akawana kuti mashoko acho aigona kubvisa mapepa penipi yakasara pamapepa nekusvina - naizvozvo "rubber".
Kusvikira makore ekuma1800 apera, kugadzirwa kweRabber latex uye kukura kwekatekesi kwakanga kwakachengetedzwa neBrazil, kusvikira murume weBritish achinyengera mbeu kubva kuSouth America uye akaita kuti zvikure munzvimbo dzakadai seIndia, Malaysia neSri Lanka. Malaysia iri ikozvino inonyanya kubudisa mukana wekushandisa rubber munyika!
The first duckie
Muma1940, muvezi wezita raPeter Ganine akaita dangwe rekutanga rebhebha.
Kuti ave nehupenyu, iye akavepa mimwe yemifananidzo yakawanda yemhuka dzake uye akaita kuti vadzoke zvakare sematayipi - uye apa ndipo pakatanga dhaka rebhizimisi rokutengeserana.
Iyi shanduro yekutanga yekutambisa chikafu, yakagadzirwa nemapurasitiki panzvimbo yemarubha chaiwo, yakakurumbira zvikuru, kunyange nemitemo yezuva ranhasi: inopfuura mamiriyoni makumi mashanu ezvo yakatengeswa.
Iyo brevet inotaura nezve "dhaka rinoputika", izvo zvinoreva kuti dhava inogona kutenderera.
Kubva ipapo, dhaka raibhira rakapinda muimba yekugezera, moyo nemafungiro eAmerica.
"Rubber Duckie", Sesame Street
Dhiyabhorosi yeSesame Street yakapawo kukurudzirwa mukududzirwa kwebhangi raRubber mumisha yeAmerica. Muna 1970, chiratidziro chakaita rwiyo rwuri kuimbwa naErnie, uyo anotaura rudo rwake rwekudzidzira chikafu munguva yekugeza.
Rwiyo urwu runonyanya kufarirwa rwiyo rweSesame Street nanhasi. Yakazosvika # 16 paTest 100 chati muna 1970, uye rwiyo rwakasarudzwa nokuda kweGrammy Award.
Nemhaka yokuti vashandi veSesame Street vasati vawana rubber duckie iyo inoita squeak imwechete seyakasikwa, dha kubva muna 1970 inoshandiswa pose apo rwiyo rwakanyorwa zvakare. Makore makumi mashanu - ihwo hupenyu hwakanaka hwedha dhaka!
Dhaka yemabhuru inofarira kwose kwose
Rubber duckies ikozvino yakaisvonaka kwose kwose kwaunoenda. Kune runyerekupe rweMambokadzi Elizabeth II ane dhebhu reRubber rine korona inoputika-runyerekuro yakawedzera kutengesa kwechikoyi ne 80% kwenguva pfupi muEngland.
Kunewo marudzi akawanda emaruckie akarongwa munyika yose. Cincinnati, Ohio inobata mujaho mukuru muUnited States: Freestore Foodbank Rubber Duck Regatta.
Canada ine marudzi maviri makuru emarudzi ose: imwe muSaskatoon uye imwe muHararefax.
MuAustralia, nhangemutange yegore inobatwa muBrisbane kuunza mari yePA Research Foundations.
England ine chinyorwa chebhuku rakakura raibata duck rakabatwa, rine 250,000 maharayumu anotamba.
Mhemberero dzemabhasi emabhuru
Ndezvipi zvamunofarira zvenguva yekushambidza ne rubber duckie? Ndiyo shamwari yako yakanakisisa, saErinie munziyo here?