Author Topic: Year of the Snake  (Read 2552 times)

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Year of the Snake
« on: February 10, 2013, 01:06:48 AM »
I like the Chinese New Years - our post office does a great job on special stamps for one thing.

I am dropping off desserts for my son and his college roomies tomorrow. I made a snake to go on top of the apple pie from extra dough - I hope they will be impressed. My son lives with three Asian kids one of whom is an actual foreign student from China - he should be super impressed with my snake making effort. There is also a chocolate cake with heart sprinkles for Valentines Day.

CNY is another one of those nice little holidays like Groundhog Day that you can do something if you feel like it or not bother and nobody's mad at you.

People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Year of the Snake
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2013, 08:02:46 AM »
He'll be horrified. Apparently, in China, having a snake made from pastry atop a pie is considered a harbinger of doom, "evoking the wrath of a thousand dragons, unleashing plagues of ants, and commencing a shaking of the hills which ceases only once the ground beneath our feet has split asunder".


Plus, it's fattening.

« Last Edit: February 11, 2013, 06:18:44 AM by The Peepmaster »
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Year of the Snake
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2013, 02:48:53 PM »
It might not be a snake, it might be a worm.
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

Sandy Buttcheeks

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Re: Year of the Snake
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2013, 12:13:26 AM »
It might not be a snake, it might be a worm.

I've been told that before.    :(

Malc

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Re: Year of the Snake
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2013, 01:33:59 PM »
In my case, depends on how cold the sea is.   8)


Oh all right, it never really attains Snake status.   :-[



Sorry.   :-X

Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Year of the Snake
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2013, 04:13:56 PM »
Such smutty boys - must be spring.
People will come from strange lands to hear me speak my words of wisdom. They will ask me the secret of life and I will tell them. Then maybe I'll finish off with a song. The Nomad

Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Year of the Snake
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2013, 07:21:16 PM »
THIS wasn't you then, Malc?
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟

Sandy Buttcheeks

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Re: Year of the Snake
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2013, 01:01:47 AM »
Why, oh why, is it always the ugliest guys that get the tripod treatment?  Unbelievable.

Yours sincerely

Pretty-boy Buttcheeks.

 

Malc

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Re: Year of the Snake
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2013, 05:42:48 AM »
I've actually heard of this guy, I didn't know those were the official measurements for biggest Pants Python. Quite glad I don't have his problem. I have to go through airport security quite often, in different countries, and I get annoyed having to keep unpacking my laptop.

Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Year of the Snake
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2013, 11:21:49 AM »
Tell me about it. The first time they asked me to get out anything containing liquid, I simply misunderstood. I was bursting too.  :-[
Nostalgia is not what it used to be. 😟