Re: World Rat Day
Dawn Flood <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Apr 2026 15:20:07 -0500
| Newsgroups | soc.culture.china,talk.politics.china,alt.atheism,alt.astrology.asian,alt.native,soc.culture.native |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 4/6/2026 9:57 AM, Attila wrote: > On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 19:33:06 -0500, Dawn Flood > <[email protected]> in alt.atheism with message-id > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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! > > Seriously she got it at a pet store and carried it > frequently inside the sleeve of her coat with it's head > toward her and it's tail toward her hand. What was wild was > how she would take it with her inside a restaurant to eat. > It never jumped out and went for the food. I was with her > several times. > That is SO sweet!!