{"id":137763,"date":"2019-02-07T19:29:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T02:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/kitto-katsu.html"},"modified":"2019-02-07T19:29:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T02:29:55","slug":"kitto-katsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/kitto-katsu.html","title":{"rendered":"Kitto katsu!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kit Kat candies benefit in Japan from a pun that makes the candy sound like the phrase, &quot;You will surely win!&quot; Which apparently makes it a good luck totem for Japanese students.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/kotaku.com\/why-kit-kats-are-good-luck-for-japanese-students-1832417610'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/siOHhjvy30vvw3Fa7dZebYKO6UVpGmh-z-cW-GpZ7kF6gdhErmjt5grRyGDYT9VxJl0L79RZw7-7rnRqPGCSm3Z1eTcAFhlTjxSgEuwVpEX0tFwBeiy09NlxpIs0Y-Fn7wgmclC5iKw5fcgVzf0Mnek0xNApkWC6uqFj1A4qMtHqFkAioWpEd7SAu7JySus48y9pjop0ztBwOQ=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/kotaku.com\/why-kit-kats-are-good-luck-for-japanese-students-1832417610'>Why Kit Kats Are Good Luck For Japanese Students<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/i9mhmX7rM9F'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kit Kat candies benefit in Japan from a pun that makes the candy sound like the phrase, &quot;You will surely win!&quot; Which apparently makes it a good luck totem for Japanese students. 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