Re: World Rat Day
jojo <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Apr 2026 14:47:55 +0000
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David Dalton wrote: > On Apr 4, 2026, jojo wrote > (in article<[email protected]>): > >> David Dalton wrote: >>> April 4 is World Rat Day. >>> >>> That is significant to me since Rat is a SSOSOSS (species someone >>> of other species of significant sign) to me, so is a minor deity to me. >>> I received a sign from Rat early in the Year of the Rat in 1996 >>> as described on https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/rat.html . In >>> case you don’t want to click on that, here is the relevant paragraph: >>> >>> "Early in the Chinese year, in the Year of the Rat, when I, my sister Anne >>> and her two daughters were travelling west from St. John's to Lakeview >>> along the Conception Bay Highway, a large rat raced Olympic fashion >>> rapidly to the edge of the road and made a flying leap to hit our car. We >>> backed up to find it was dead and I dragged it off the road, and later >>> thought that it had committed self-sacrifice and would be reincarnated i >>> n higher form after hitting the `car of ma.’ “ >>> >>> Anyway, I plan to next try a mystic attempt beginning in the early >>> evening of April 4 and leading up to Easter Sunday morning, >>> and will report progress on alt.religion.druid . >> >> most animal days are mammals right? are there any reptile or >> insect days? > > Not long ago I posted about Moth-er Day (March 14). > ok you get 5 points for a try.