# A disturbing trend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308 "2010-01-01T18:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/1 "2010-01-01T18:03:03Z")
2007 was the Chinese year of the Chicken - we saw bird flu 2008 was the year of the Horse - Australia got equine fle 2009, the year of the Pig - enter swine flu 2010 is the year of the Cock… nothing good can come of this… ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/2 "2010-01-01T18:17:32Z")
Man, I told you about buying your Chinese calendars at the dollar store. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/3 "2010-01-01T18:27:20Z")
That’s what I get for being in too big of a hurry to cut & paste. 2010 is actually the year of the Tiger. Nice pussy. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/4 "2010-01-01T18:31:47Z")
Last year was the ox and the year before that was the rat. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/5 "2010-01-01T19:52:56Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > 2007 was the Chinese year of the Chicken - we saw bird flu > 2008 was the year of the Horse - Australia got equine fle > 2009, the year of the Pig - enter swine flu > > 2010 is the year of the Cock… nothing good can come of this… Sorry, 2007 was the year of the Pig, '08 was Rat, '09 Ox and 2010 will be the year of the Tiger. We will see '11 Cat, '12 Dragon, '13 Snake, '14 Horse, '15 Goat, '16 Monkey, '17 Rooster, '18 Dog. Then rinse and repeat. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/6 "2010-01-01T19:59:13Z")
Sorry, cite for my last post is Suzanne White’s _Book of Chinese Chance_. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/7 "2010-01-01T21:37:34Z")
In my slight defense, I copied that from someone who should know better. So it didn’t occur to me to cross check. Mea culpa. ---
**Author:** ![AqualungBats5th](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@AqualungBats5th](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AqualungBats5th)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/8 "2010-01-01T21:42:51Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > '11 Cat I don’t believe there is a year of the Cat. You’re missing Sheep, so that’s probably what that should be. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/9 "2010-01-01T21:46:29Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > 2010 is actually the year of the Tiger. If the past month has been any indication, 2010 will most certainly _not_ be the year of the Tiger. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/10 "2010-01-01T22:53:55Z")
> [@AqualungBats5th](#): > > I don’t believe there is a year of the Cat. You’re missing Sheep, so that’s probably what that should be. My book is based on the Viet Namese calender, which uses some different animals. The Chinese year of the rabbit, is the year of the cat in Viet Nam, the sheep is the goat. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/11 "2010-01-01T22:55:25Z")
Okay, so cat scratch fever? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-disturbing-trend/523308/12 "2010-01-02T01:18:17Z")
[here](http://www.rainfall.com/horoscop/chinese.htm) are the Chinese signs. [Here](http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/1198) are the Vietnamese signs. The only difference my book shows is the (Water) Buffalo as the Ox.