On 5/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm stuck working on a Saturday. Have to finish an ad campaign. And I need > myths. The kind of stuff that predates urban legends. For example, "frogs can > cause warts" or "the moon is made of green cheese." Are there others? Perhaps > some that arent't as silly. The best minds in the world are on the PDML > (Sucking Up:-), perhaps someone can help.
Some Chinese ones: Red for wedding dress, white for funerals. Same in India. Red is good luck. Hong Kong $100, Chinese RMB 100 notes are red. At New Years or at a wedding, give a red package (hong bao) containing money. The number 8 is good luck, sounds like the word for prosperity. 4 is bad luck, sounds like death. People will pay extra for a phone or license number with lots of 8s. Why is 13 bad for us? Friday the 13th? Walking under a ladder, stepping on a crack, ... -- Sandy Harris Quanzhou, Fujian, China -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
