Yenza amagagasi eHong Kong kuqala, kodwa yahamba wonke amazwe
Ngaphandle kokuba uhlala phansi edwaleni ngo-2013 (noma kungenjalo kuma-social media, okungukuthi uhlala ngaphansi kwedwala), ukhumbule amagagasi esagayela okwenziwa lapho i-duck rubber i-54-foot (eyaziwa, ngokusemthethweni, ngokuthi "i-Rubber Duck") wabonakala eduze kweTsim Sha Tsui Pier eHong Kong Harbour. Ukuphakama kwalolu daba kuya esimweni sokuthi "ukuhamba phambili" kwakusheshe, kodwa futhi indlela efanayo nesidalwa esiphuzi saye saqedwa. Uma uzimisele ukwazi ukuthi kwenzekani ku-Rubber Duck-nokuthi yini ezayo kuye esikhathini esizayo-qhubeka ufunda.
Umlando ne-Hong Kong Debut
Uma wazi lutho ngomculi owadala i-Rubber Duck, u-Dutchman Florentijn Hofman, akukho nhlobo yeRubber Duck noma isu lakhe ekuthumeni kuyokumangaza. Ngesikhathi sokuqala kukaDuck eHong Kong, uHofman wayefake inqwaba enkulu egcekeni lezemyuziyamu edolobheni lakhe laseRotterdam, kanye "nezikebhe zamaphepha" ezinemibala eminingi (ezingazange zenziwe ephepheni) phakathi nendawo idolobha elifanayo. U-Hofman wayezofaka imvubu enkulu (ebizwa ngegama elithi "HippopoThames") eLondon iThames River ngo-2014.
Uhambo Lokuxhaphaza Emhlabeni Wonke
Ngaphambi kokushiya ichweba laseHong Kong, i-Rubber Duck yashaqeka umhlaba uma ihlanjululwe usuku olulodwa, ishiya i-flattened version yayo ngokwayo, njengamafutha aphuzi okwesibhakabhaka ehamba phezu kwamanzi. Isikhathi sesibili into efana nalokhu yenzekile, kodwa-ke, yayikuqhuma kakhulu: NgoJanuwari 1, 2014, ngenkathi ifike eKeelung, eTaiwan, iDuck yavuleka ekubukeleni kwababukeli nabamele abezindaba ngokufanayo.
Yiqiniso, uma wazi lutho ngomlando we-Rubber Duck, uzobona ukuthi umuntu ompofu une-penchant yokufahlaza-noma ukuhlushwa, njengokungathi kunjalo. Emuva ngo-2009, ngaphambi kokudumala kwezwe lika-RD, uHofman wamisa ukufakwa okuyisisekelo esiphansi eBelgium. Kwagwazwa izikhathi ezingu-42 yendawo yangakolunye uhlobo lwecebo lokubulawa kweDubber Duck.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi zikhona izinguqulo eziningi zeDubber Duck, futhi zivele zivela emadolobheni emhlabeni jikelele naphezu kokukhubazeka eTaipei, eHong Kong naseBelgium. I-Duck Rubber kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ivele emadolobheni asogwini njengo-Osaka, eSydney nase-Amsterdam, ngemuva kokuvakashela eNew York nje ngonyaka odlule.
Ikusasa le-Duck Rubber
Izinsongo ezisondela kumkhawulo noma cha, kubonakala sengathi i-Rubber Duck (noma, okungenani, izinguqulo ze-Rubber Duck) izohamba emhlabeni jikelele ngekusasa elibonakalayo-hhayi nje ezindaweni ezikude, nakuba kufanele ngiqaphele i-Rubber Duck iye ngaphambili "yenzeke" emadolobheni angaphakathi aseBeijing naseSão Paulo.