Stick it to Ya

Every year, the government sends one of its officials to draw a fortune stick at the Wong Tai Sin Temple in order to predict what’s going to happen in Hong Kong in the coming year. This Year of the Rabbit, we’re wondering if our fortune-hustling bureaucrat du jour might be lucky enough to draw one of these auspicious numbers…

Stick $1 billion: You have just received a small percentage of Stanley Ho’s fortune. Still alive, he is annoyed, so stay away from Macau for a while.

Stick 8: Your Octopus card will never run out of money again.

Stick 3—or is it a 9?: That Sudoku puzzle is going to drive you nuts…

Stick 58008: Put it into a calculator. Turn it upside-down. It says “boobs.” Heh.

Stick 60: The number of hours you’re going to have to practice violin every week this year before you earn the respect of your tiger mother.

Stick 01100101: 404 error in e-Taoist offering. Please submit an additional $400 for a fresh fortune.