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To: lurqer who wrote (35127)	1/14/2004 11:50:00 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

No spanking jokes please. Expectant women hoping for Monkey Many expectant Chinese women are trying to delay the birth of their children until the Year of the Monkey begins next week because they think it will bring them luck, state media says. "They superstitiously believe that people born in the current Year of the Goat are deemed unfortunate," the China Daily newspaper said on Thursday. "Whatever the truth, one thing is for sure -- Year of the Monkey babies face a competitive education and career environment because they will have many more of them around," it said, quoting the Shanghai Morning Post. The newspaper did not say how the mothers were delaying their children's arrival. The Year of the Monkey -- one of 12 animals that make up the Lunar New Year cycle -- begins on January 22. reuters.co.uk lurqer