Schwarzenegger, Woody Allen, Hillary Clinton and I: Are We Lucky Pigs?

Well that’s what the Chinese think!!! We were all born in the Chinese Year of the Pig in 1947. The Year of the Pig repeats itself after every 12 years. But 2007 is going to be an extremely lucky year for the Pigs.

“A rolling barrage of fireworks greeted the Year of the Pig in Beijing as residents chased away any lingering bad spirits and celebrated the new moon in boisterous fashion.

“Fortune tellers say this is a ‘golden pig’ year, which comes around once every 60 years, so the Chinese welcomed it in particularly exuberant style, rattling the windows of downtown apartments and courtyard homes with the bangs and whistles of millions of fireworks, writes Clifford Coonan in The Independent.

“Astrologers say that people born during the Year of the Pig are lucky, as a pig is a symbol of plenty, as well as of fertility, and many get married during the Year of the Pig to guarantee healthy, wealthy offspring. The labour wards of Chinese hospitals are usually crowded around ‘pig’ years – though with 1.3 billion people and a system already over-stretched, the maternity wards are always pretty full anyway.

“Famous pigs include Ronald Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Woody Allen, David Letterman, Sir Elton John and Hillary Clinton. (I wonder why I have not yet become a celebrity).

“For the next few weeks, no one will cut their hair or do anything which might threaten the impending good luck from the new year. And if the South Korean fortune tellers who predict this could be the luckiest pig year in 600 years are right, it may be just the right time to keep your hair on.”

My wife has been telling me for the past few days to visit the barber as my hair is almost becoming unruly. But in anticipation of good fortune I might just risk a strong rebuke and simply defy her!!!

And as for Ms Hillary Clinton, she has reasons to smile, but better stay away from her barber for at least one week to reap additional bonanza!!!