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Superstition
Saturday, November 4
The Chinese have this belief that the number 8 represents good fortune because it sounds similar to 'fa', the Chinese word for prosperity, and that the number 4 is bad because it sounds similar to 'si', the Chinese word for death.
The toilet I use these days in camp has numbered urinals, toilets, showers, from 1 to 10. When I need to take a leak or settle some dingy business I always use the number 8 urinal or toilet, because I want to prosper. But when I shower I never use the 8th because I don't want my already slim chances of prosperity to be washed away. Instead I use the 4th shower. Why? Because I want to live longer I want death to be washed away! So remember the next time you go into a toilet with numbered things always used the 8th one except when you're showering.
However, I don't understand why people always throw away 'fa' when they play mahjong. But then again I always keep the 'fa' and still lose so maybe this is all rubbish.
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