Stupidstitious
"So you're telling me, Mom, that during the Chinese New Year today, absolutely no one is allowed to enter or leave the door of the house?"
"Yes, I tellings you thats. Evils spirits can enters."
"But we're not even Chinese."
"Oh shuts up. Rules don't applies to just the Chineses."
"There are over six billion people on this planet. And 5.9 billion of them are going to enter and leave their front doors today. Several times, probably. And you expect me to believe that 5.9 billion people are going to be bothered by evil spirits?"
"Chuc mung nam moi."
"Oh don't you do that, Mom. Don't you dare do that. Don't hide behind the Vietnamese language when you're being backed into a corner."
"Sits down, Peter, and eat mung beans. For lucks."
"Mom! I don't believe in this stuff, Mom. I want to get back to my apartment. I have things to do."
"You go, you dies."
"Let me leave, or... or I'm going to sweep the kitchen floor with this broom I see here, is what I'm going to do!"
"NO! PLEASE, MY SON! IF YOU SWEEPS THE KITCHEN FLOORS YOU WILL SWEEPS AWAYS GOOD LUCKS FOR THE ENTIRE YEARS!"
"Yes, I know. I'm quite aware of that superstition. You see, I'm threatening you, Mom. With this broom and dustpan."
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hahaha. Well played!
we're all doomed this year. mom dusted the furniture yesterday, dad left the house, and according to the lunar calendar, there's no spring this year, which is very bad luck.
your mom deserves her own sitcom
That's cute that she always talks in plurals like that.
your mom sounds too cute!
my parents aren't very gung-ho abuot the hardcore superstitions about the lunar new year. they give us lucky money and we go about our day as if it were any other day =)
too funny! actually - did u know that the Vietnamese and Chinese are on different lunar calendars and that we actually celebrated New Year's on Feb 17th? u can tell your mom that and see how she feels about it
I did my laundry on New Years, and my mother was pissed.
Do I live on another planet? I have never heard of this stuff? Good thing too, it could drive a madman insane!!
Yeeha. Year of the hog. My fiance's birth year animal. sigh.