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|    Paul Snyder to The old geezer    |
|    Re: Jack of Speed lyric - 'trading fours    |
|    14 Feb 21 02:35:14    |
      From: paulsnydercreative@gmail.com              On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 6:59:36 AM UTC-10, The old geezer wrote:       > I really like this song!!              There's something else that can be put into the interpretation too, that shows       how literate and smart the Dan-sters are. Definitely the musical reference       applies. But I'm sure Walter and Donald know that in Chinese iconography, the       character for 4 is        the same as the character for death. That's why Chinese (and Japanese, who       use many of the Chinese characters in their writing) don't like the character       for 4 in their addresses, or for example listing prices for real estate, and       other such things. And        why, on the other hand, the number 8 is highly favored and considered good       luck, because the character for 8 is the same as the character for wealth and       fortune. Here in Hawaii, where there are many buyers of real estate from       China and Japan, list        prices often end or start in 888, as in $950,888, or $888,000. You never see       a price begin or end in 444. If you're "trading 4's", you're playing a card       game with death. If you're doing speed, that's the same game. Better take       your money and push        away from the table, little darling.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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