[smokingfrog]

[Eye of Unk]

Chinese fortune cookie says:

Rabbit will dig holes and cause Ox to fall.

Guess who was supposedly born in the year of the Ox?

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Elmer Fudd will not like that.

[dfwgator]

[dr_lew]

The Chinese Zodiac is a system that relates each year to an animal, which has some similarities with the Western zodiac, except that its 12-part cycle is divided into years rather than months.

Oh, OK, sure. But why 12? I can't help believing that these have a common origin. Wikipedia associates the Chinese signs with a tripartite division of the seasons, much as Ptolemy associated the signs with the solar position on the ecliptic. The origin of the constellational zodiac is prehistoric, and I would suppose it goes back to the most primitive era of mankind.

"You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!"

[DreamingWest]

Happy New Year!
Gung Hei Fat Choi!
Wish I had some of those awesome Vietnamese coconut rice cakes they make for Tet.

[Hotlanta Mike]

[Hotlanta Mike]

YEAR OF THE RABBIT

1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999

People born in the Year of the Rabbit are articulate, talented, and ambitious. They are virtuous, reserved, and have excellent taste. Rabbit people are admired, trusted, and are often financially lucky. They are fond of gossip but are tactful and generally kind. Rabbit people seldom lose their temper. They are clever at business and being conscientious, never back out of a contract. They would make good gamblers for they have the uncanny gift of choosing the right thing. However, they seldom gamble, as they are conservative and wise. They are most compatible with those born in the years of the Sheep, Pig, and Dog.

http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/Rabbit.html