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  1. 02-09-2005, 01:26 AM #1
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    Default Gung Ho Fat Choy!

    Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! Today marks the beginning of the Year of the Rooster, the start of the year 4703 according to the Chinese calendar. "Gung Ho Fat Choy" (also pronounced "Gung Hay Fat Choy") is the greeting most often heard on this day, meaning "May prosperity be with you".

    So, may prosperity be with you all in the coming year!
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    I'm a pig: ...it's really hard to get excited about this stuff when your zodiac sign is a swine .... Anyway, peace and gung ho to you too.
    Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'
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    Quote Originally Posted by rjosey8385
    I'm a pig: ...it's really hard to get excited about this stuff when your zodiac sign is a swine .... Anyway, peace and gung ho to you too.
    Oink! Oink! I kinda like mine...the year of the TIGER....GRRRRRRR
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    Quote Originally Posted by rjosey8385
    I'm a pig: ...it's really hard to get excited about this stuff when your zodiac sign is a swine .... Anyway, peace and gung ho to you too.
    NUFF SAID
    Bidden or not bidden, God is present
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    Hey, you're talking to an OX here...
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    I was born during a Year of the Rooster. Does this mean I get a good year?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kags1969
    I was born during a Year of the Rooster. Does this mean I get a good year?
    Yes, yes you should!

    Quote Originally Posted by The Chinese Zodiac
    The Year Of The Rooster

    1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005

    People born in the Year of the Rooster are deep thinkers, capable, and talented. They like to be busy and are devoted beyond their capabilities and are deeply disappointed if they fail. People born in the Rooster Year are often a bit eccentric, and often have rather difficult relationship with others. They always think they are right and usually are! They frequently are loners and though they give the outward impression of being adventurous, they are timid. Rooster people¡¦s emotions like their fortunes, swing very high to very low. They can be selfish and too outspoken, but are always interesting and can be extremely brave. They are most compatible with Ox, Snake, and Dragon.
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    Yippie! I am a puppy!
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    I'm a :pig:
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    Quote Originally Posted by sammm
    I'm a :pig:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Majik
    Quote Originally Posted by sammm
    I'm a :pig:
    No , I'm not a , I am a :pig:
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    Quote Originally Posted by sammm
    I'm a :pig:
    I thought you were more of a ... but then again that's coming from a
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    Gung Ho Fat Choy to you all! Having been here since college, we don't celebrate much any more here. Back in Hong Kong, where I was born, most people gets a week off!

    Have a Happy New Year and Ash Wednesday!

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    Heck, I'm with gabkwong... I say we all take the rest of the week off!

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    Well, we'll see what's happening in Chinatown tonight

    Gotta go pick up some stuff there before goin' to dinner at Scoma's

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    :pig: for me too. I've never paid much attention to Zodiac mumbo-jumbo (Chinese or otherwise), but the description made me :

    Quote Originally Posted by [url=http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/zodiac.html
    Chinese Culture Center's Zodiac Page[/url]]"People born in the Year of the Pig are chivalrous and gallant. Whatever they do, they do with all their strength. For Boar Year people, there is no left or right and there is no retreat. They have tremendous fortitude and great honesty. They don't make many friends but they make them for life, and anyone having a Boar Year friend is fortunate for they are extremely loyal. They don't talk much but have a great thirst for knowledge. They study a great deal and are generally well informed. Boar people are quick tempered, yet they hate arguments and quarreling. They are kind to their loved ones. No matter how bad problems seem to be, Boar people try to work them out, honestly if sometimes impulsively."
    Fits me pretty well. Scary, really...
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    Quote Originally Posted by onething
    NUFF SAID
    Now you've gone and hurt my fellers
    Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...'Wow! What a ride!'
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    Quote Originally Posted by rjosey8385
    Quote Originally Posted by onething
    NUFF SAID
    Now you've gone and hurt my fellers
    Sorry - I forgot you have those!
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