Smart isn’t one of them either
July 21, 2008
Last night the kids went out to dinner at the China Buffet. At the restaurant there was a chart describing the Chinese zodiac, complete with descriptions of what it meant to be born under each sign.
My nine year old son is explaining it all to me.
“It was weird, Mom. My sign described me perfectly.”
“Really? What did it say?”
“It said people who are born under that sign are athletic, nice, and, um, I can’t really remember all of the words. But basically perfect… like me.”
“What about a crushing lack of self esteem? Was that one of them?”
“I don’t think so. And blonde. I am pretty sure it said blonde too.”
I am sure that would come as a surprise to a few billion Chinese.
Posted by Chris @ 11:14 pm
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It’s uncanny.
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:15 amHahahahahahaha!!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:25 amLove it!
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 amMaybe it said blonde if you happened to not be Chinese. What? It could have said that!
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:45 amPriceless! Embrace the blond-ness young one!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:33 amThat’s hilarious! Would he be your preteen? Because I’m pretty sure this sounds exactly like something my 11 year old would say.
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 amLOL
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 amThat totally could’ve been my daughter - except for the blonde part.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:16 amHmmmm . . . blond? Chinese? blond? Chinese? . . . you’re right! That one doesn’t work, but what a cutie he is. And “perfect” in every sense, of course.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:52 amLol, hilarious! “Perfect… like me!” And the blonde comment, too cute.
I always liked looking on those Chinese zodiac menus to see who my “best match” was. You know, because as a teenager I should be looking for a soulmate based on the year they were born (such a specific characteristic, huh?)
Becky
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:04 pmhttp://www.stinkylemsky.typepad.com/
Hmmmm….I think your son and my husband must share the same sign.
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:35 pmI so love this kid!
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pmI agree! Perfect people are all blonde!
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:33 pmThat blonde one cracks us up!
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:02 pmHa!
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:09 pmOh, those blonde chinese people! Brings a whole new level to “who’s your daddy?”
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 pmMy favorite thing about the Zodiac signs in general is they don’t mention anything unfavorable… I imagine we’d be less eager to say “Hey that’s me” if it did say “slow witted, obnoxious, lazier than a cat”
I think mine says blond too.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 pmHopefully you can work on that self-esteem issue of his, poor kid.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 pmThe little know-it-all! He sounds just like one of my boys!
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:50 amHAHA.. he’s brilliant!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:07 amBlonde? Haha!
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:31 pm