Re: World Rat Day

On 4/5/2026 7:21 AM, Attila wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 13:48:02 -0500, Dawn Flood
> <[email protected]> in alt.atheism with message-id
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/3/2026 11:23 PM, 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 .
>>>
>>
>> In my opinion, the fact that we humans and rats share a recent common
>> ancestor makes them special!  Still, I cannot & will not tolerate one
>> living in my home!!  I would do my best to capture it humanely & safely,
>> and then, it needs to go live out in the countryside far away from other
>> homes!
> 
> They can make nice pets.  My daughter had one she carried in
> her coat everywhere.  She had a small collar and took it for
> walks outside on a leash frequently.
> 

I'm gullible, but not that gullible!  But, seriously, my daughter took a 
pic of one roaming the O'Hare lobby!!  Not sure how long he lasted in 
that environment!

Dawn