Gung Hay Fat Choi For All Of You Rats

[+ Lucky]

It's the year of the rat and today is New Year's Day. We will be celebrating with a party of 8 (the lucky number for Chinese) at a local Chinese restaurant.

 

If you can't eat Chinese, then you can lust Chinese:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/06/arts/trishaspan.jpg

 

(Actually I can't say if he's Chinese, but he sure is cute)

 

In the alternative, you can send a card to VDN, who surely has a treasure trove of cute pix featuring Chinese hunks.

http://www.usps.com/images/stamps/96/lunarny.gif

[Cooper]

I understand there are more "Fat" rats in NYC than there are people. So, let's party! "Rats gung Wild"..

 

Cheers my Lucky friend and a "Gung Hay Fat Choi" to you too. If I'm correct, the rat is a symbol of prosperity, so, to show appreciation to our Chinese friends, Wall Street reversed it's downward trend and closed up today. Hope that's a sign of a great year to come.

 

Best wishes for a happy 4706,

C**P)

[+ Lucky]

Thanks, Cooper. I could use a little prosperity. Maybe the bf will strike it rich..he's a rat!

 

Happy New Year to you as well. Have some chop suey on me tonight!*

 

*(Chop suey is the only "Chinese" food my mom ever made, and even if it's an American concoction, she never knew!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop_suey

[Guest showme43]

of course Hong Kong Disneyland is bastardizing it to the Year of the Mouse! x(

[JT Brooklyn]

Cooper Most Definitely... Just asked any of the Yup's who have Invested in 900K AND up CO-OP's along the Bklyn Water Fronts!

 

Ain't nothing Bigger than an Old Fashioned BKLYN RAT! They're almost as Over-Fed as some of the Mafia WiseGuys who got Busted Thursday! ;-)

[bakopanda]

The Vietnamese use the mouse, instead of the rat, to symbolize this year. If you visit a local Asian market, the decorations and trinkets for the lunar new year use a mouse, not a rat. Don't blame Disney!

[TxAlphaDog]

The actual Chinese word that is used to denote this year is "Shu", which can mean "rat" or "mouse" or other small rodent, and not restricted to "rat".