Okay, so I spent yesterday in bed, because I feel terrible. Which is ridiculous, because it has been absolutely beautiful outside for the last two days. But... well, whatever. This is what happens when you live in close proximity to a lot of other people, and some of them get sick.
This morning I got up and decided to do some work in the office, so I headed over there, and then I needed to mail something, so I pulled some stamps out of the stamp drawer. I couldn't find the right denomination of stamp for a while, so had to search around for a bit, and I suddenly realized that there was something a little bit strange about the international postcard stamps that we have. I blinked a couple of times, and then decided that it was not the sickness that was messing with my head. No, the truth is, the postcard stamps have pictures of rats on them. Yes, I said RATS. This made absolutely no sense to me, so I inspected them more closely. First of all, the caption on the stamps say something like, "New Zealand Pocket Pals," which made me gag a little. And then I noticed some Chinese characters, and realized that it also said "The Year of the Rat."
Eureka! This totally explains all of my rat problems. You cannot name a year "The Year of the Rat," and then expect to have no encounters with rats. Right? Okay, but here's my question: why is the Chinese year of the rat featured on NEW ZEALAND postal stamps? This does not actually make any sense to me. And also... well... just, why? When does the Chinese year end, anyway? I'm already sick of the year of the rat. I hope that next year is the year of some sort of baby animal, like a puppy or a foal. That would be cuter. Or something obscure, like the Sasquatch. I would like to see one of those, for sure. As long as it doesn't eat me or anything.
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