today is the chinese new year!

[minxnim]

if you wash your hair or use scissors it's bad luck so watch out !

 

[Baliset]

i have managed to do neither so far so i am in good shape.

 

[minxnim]

my coworker just used scissors. her year of the monkey is gonna be all fucked up now.
i have wicked bed head.

 

[avi]

wash? hair?

 

[lizard]

aargh I washed my hair this morning....but due to the time difference between central ohio and china, maybe I wasn't on the same day...

urrrgh I haven't used scissors but I used my shredder....does that count?

 

[FuSoYa]

omg i did both! do they cancel each other out?

 

[minxnim]

toby: no. but maybe you can feng shui it out. leave a glass of water on your desk all day, dont drink it, and then throw it out when you leave!

 

[FuSoYa]

ok. i'm using a mug cause there are no glasses. do you think that'll be just as good?

 

[FalseTodd]

No.

 

[minxnim]

hm well my mom said it'd be better than nothing. also, be nice to monkeys all year and put a picture of a monkey next to your bed! then she thinks it'll be okay.
my mom is so serious about this kinda stuff.

 

[Baliset]

toby = screwed

 

[mindspell]

Well, I am screwed too. Nothing new, move along...

 

[xfer]

what about using one of those big straight chopper boards?

 

[minxnim]

alex, well it's symbolic. like scissors cut your luck to pieces. washing your hair washes away your luck.
i'd avoid cutting stuff!

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

i was born in year of the snake.

preppy: dance dance....fun stuff

 

[xfer]

i have to chop shit up at work.

 

[minxnim]

oh no alex avoid it! avoid it.

 

[xfer]

me: "hey, can you chop this shit up for me?"
naomi: "why?"
me: "it's the chinese new year and it's bad luck to chop shit up, apparently"
naomi: "oh...i didn't know you followed that religion."
me: "i don't think it's a religious practise so much as a superstition?"
naomi: (raises eyebrow)
me: "...never mind."

 

[minxnim]

don't do it!

 

[xfer]

my boss: "why is this shit unchopped?"
me: "because of the chinese new year"
my boss: "stop monkeying around and chop that shit up!"