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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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