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mac56

(17,644 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2025, 10:52 AM 22 hrs ago

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Happy Chinese New Year

The Year of the Snake.

Though I know I'll be writing "Year of the Dragon" on my checks for a couple of weeks yet.

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Happy Chinese New Year (Original Post) mac56 22 hrs ago OP

Ha. Harker 16 hrs ago #1

Harker.. good one! some_of_us_are_sane 13 hrs ago #2

It's nice to have a go to joke for Lunar New Year! Harker 12 hrs ago #7

I'm a boar too Clouds Passing 12 hrs ago #3

Well, then... oinks to you! n/t Harker 12 hrs ago #8

Boar, too. Sounds better than "pig". Is it Chinese for Pisces? UTUSN 12 hrs ago #5

Pigs have taken a bad rap. Harker 12 hrs ago #6

Hah! Well, we have a sense of humor that can't be taken from us! UTUSN 12 hrs ago #9

Yep! They try, though. n/t Harker 12 hrs ago #10

Happy Chinese New Year! 🐍🎏🎎🪭🎆🎇 Clouds Passing 12 hrs ago #4

You could say I'm tired Marthe48 11 hrs ago #11

I saw a very elegant cake today at the bakery with a snake winding around it IcyPeas 2 hrs ago #12

Harker

(15,402 posts)

1. Ha.

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 05:08 PM

16 hrs ago

My wife's a Snake, but she identifies as a Dragon.

It's hard not to believe in Chinese astrology. My whole life, complete strangers have been telling me what a complete Boar I am.

some_of_us_are_sane

(505 posts)

2. Harker.. good one!

Reply to Harker (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 07:45 PM

13 hrs ago

Personally, I was born in a year of the

(heh heh)

Harker

(15,402 posts)

7. It's nice to have a go to joke for Lunar New Year!

Reply to some_of_us_are_sane (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:54 PM

12 hrs ago

It's a 10 year wait for you.

Happy New Year!

Clouds Passing

(3,418 posts)

3. I'm a boar too

Reply to Harker (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:10 PM

12 hrs ago

Harker

(15,402 posts)

8. Well, then... oinks to you! n/t

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:55 PM

12 hrs ago

UTUSN

(73,094 posts)

5. Boar, too. Sounds better than "pig". Is it Chinese for Pisces?

Reply to Harker (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:42 PM

12 hrs ago

The little Search I've done says real animal pigs are not well looked on as lazy, sleepy, gluttons. But the horoscope connotations are different, sweet?

Harker

(15,402 posts)

6. Pigs have taken a bad rap.

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:51 PM

12 hrs ago

The fact that I'm a lazy, sleepy glutton is just a coincidence.

UTUSN

(73,094 posts)

9. Hah! Well, we have a sense of humor that can't be taken from us!

Reply to Harker (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:59 PM

12 hrs ago

Harker

(15,402 posts)

10. Yep! They try, though. n/t

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:03 PM

12 hrs ago

Clouds Passing

(3,418 posts)

4. Happy Chinese New Year! 🐍🎏🎎🪭🎆🎇

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 08:13 PM

12 hrs ago

Bye bye 🐲

Marthe48

(19,829 posts)

11. You could say I'm tired

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:42 PM

11 hrs ago

I'm a dragon

Happy Lunar New Year to all. I wish you a healthy, prosperous year

IcyPeas

(23,044 posts)

12. I saw a very elegant cake today at the bakery with a snake winding around it

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 07:05 AM

2 hrs ago

I didn't know it was celebrating Chinese New Year.

Happy New Year

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