Good Luck or Extortion?
Nathan Yuen
As I watched the lion dances being performed in Chinatown last weekend, an
intriguing question occurred to me. When shop owners hang those red
envelopes with cash outside their shops for retrieval by the kung-fu clubs
performing the lion dance, is this for good luck or is this a subtle form
of extortion? The inside scoops from any authoratiative source would be
greatly appreciated.
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Neal Oribio
In article <4g451q$l...@nuhou.aloha.net>, ny...@lava.net (Nathan Yuen)
wrote:
>When shop owners hang those red envelopes with cash outside their
>shops for retrieval by the kung-fu clubs performing the lion dance,
>is this for good luck or is this a subtle form of extortion?
Hoy, Nathan!
How come nobody wen ansah dis one yet?
Kay-den...
Beefo time, eh... beefo dey wen lay pavement down on Keeaumoku
Street... had one Chinese noodle shop... dey wen sell anykind noodle
stuffs... dimsum too. Nevah had too much business, but.
Mo'up insai da mountain sai... up Makiki sai... beefo had all da
apartments l'dat... had one Lion. Da Lion... steh come all
mad-kind... everyday, he only eat mongoose, cockroach, gecko...
sometimes cat... and sometimes dog. Junk, but. Da Lion like fo' eat
som-tin else.
One day, den... da Lion wen go cruise around... go look fo' som-tin
else fo' eat. Da Lion wen go Keeaumoku sai... had plenny peoples all
ovah da place... da Lion steh smart, you know... so he no go by all da
peoples. He notice one shop, but... nevah had nobody... was da
Chinese noodle shop. So he wen go ovah jya.
"Grrrrrrrrrrowl"... da Lion wen yell... aftah he wen bang da door open
wit his head. "I like good kau-kau!"
Da place was empty, but... 'sept fo' Meestah Loo... da buggah who make
da noodle. Meestah Loo came scared... only ting he can grab is da
noodle paste... so he wen grab'em... enden wen fly'em at da Lion.
Da Lion wen catch'em insai his mout'... enden wen spit'em out, but.
"Ho da junk!"... da Lion wen yell... "No mo' taste dis-kind!"
Enden da Lion go broke some chairs... go broke some tables... wen go
make da place all messy-kind... plenny noise he make too. Enden he go
bite da cash register... shake'em aroun' insai da air... enden fly'em
against da wall.
Poor Meestah Loo... all scared-kind... donno what he can do... get one
crazy Lion insai da shop... steh broke every-ting.
Last chance-kind... Meestah Loo wen go grab some two-day old Gau...
nobody wen buy'em, azz why... enden he go fly'em at da Lion.
Same-same j'like beefo... da Lion go catch'em insai his mout'... dis
time, but... da Lion nevah go spit'em out. Da Lion go sit down ontop
da floor... and chew'em... sweet azz why... taste good.
Poor Meestah Loo... still scared-kind, but... he go grab one mo'
Gau... enden fly'em at da Lion.
Da Lion... he no pay-attention, but... he steh still chewing da first
Gau.
PONK!
Da Gau wen bounce off da Lion's head.
Poor Meestah Loo... he like da Lion beat-it already. So he go grab
one mo' Gau... fly'em at da Lion one mo' time.
PONK!
One mo' Gau wen bounce off da Lion's head... da buggah still steh
chewing da first Gau, azz why.
"Kay nuff, already"... da Lion wen go tell Meestah Loo... "Sowa, you
know"... enden da Lion wen go stand-up... pick-up da ahddah two Gau...
an' go leave da shop.
Had plenny peoples outside da shop dis time... dey like fo' spah'k all
da noise, l'dat. Dey wen get outta da way, but... wen da Lion wen go
make-it back Makiki sai.
Poor Meestah Loo... da noodle shop steh all broken already. Fricken
Lion!
Good ting had plenny peoples, but... dey wen go help Meestah Loo clean
up da noodle shop.
Cuppo days aftah dat... plenny people steh go da noodle shop fo' buy
Gau. Dey like help Meestah Loo, azz why. Enden da noodle shop come
get good business.
Come New Years time... Meestah Loo wen go aks da local Kung-Fu Club...
fo' go make Lion dance insai da noodle shop... fo' Good Luck, azz why.
J'like wen da Lion wen go mess-up da shop... jus' fo' eat Gau... enden
everybody come da noodle shop fo' eat. Azz Good Luck, or what?
Enden fo' give mahalo to da local Kung-Fu Club... Meestah Loo go hang
some Lai-See by da door... fo' da Kung-Fu Lion.
So jya, Nathan... azz how da Lion Dance tradition wen start. <g>
I donno nah-tin about dis "extortion" stuffs... I tink mebbe you steh
watch too much Kung-Fu movies lately. <g>
Give Jackie Chan a rest, brah... try leessin da Pueo instead.
>The inside scoops from any authoratiative source would be greatly
>appreciated.
Oh, sorry eh... I wen bu-lai. <g>
--> Neal ^~^
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Sharon Westfall
Neal Oribio (pu...@lava.net) wrote:
[Lion and the Noodle Shop story deleted...]
: Oh, sorry eh... I wen bu-lai. <g>
Sucken Neal..... you mean, you made the whole thing up?
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KALIHIBOY
In article <4gml88$7...@nuhou.aloha.net>, pu...@lava.net (Neal Oribio)
writes:
>In article <4g451q$l...@nuhou.aloha.net>, ny...@lava.net (Nathan Yuen)
>wrote:
>
>>When shop owners hang those red envelopes with cash outside their
>>shops for retrieval by the kung-fu clubs performing the lion dance,
>>is this for good luck or is this a subtle form of extortion?
>
>Hoy, Nathan!
>
>How come nobody wen ansah dis one yet?
>
My meimei say NO ASK <G> ('specially SF Chinatown)
>
>Beefo time, eh... beefo dey wen lay pavement down on Keeaumoku
>Street... had one Chinese noodle shop... dey wen sell anykind noodle
>stuffs... dimsum too. Nevah had too much business, but.
>
See I tole you guys dis pue'o one ol part....he membas eben b-4 Keeaumoku
was eben one path. Heheheh
Brah I goin bring dis story fo share wid eberybody at 4th Street
2-nite...kay? Was one good one...who wen tell YOU. <G>
Aloha
Kimo
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KALIHIBOY
In article <4gnb78$s...@nuhou.aloha.net>, wes...@aloha.net (Sharon
Westfall) writes:
>
>[Lion and the Noodle Shop story deleted...]
>
>: Oh, sorry eh... I wen bu-lai. <g>
>
>Sucken Neal..... you mean, you made the whole thing up?
>
>
Naaaaa...somebody mus wen tell him <G>
Aloha
Kimo (But wuz guud one anywho, yeah)
Fishtickler .
I asked my son the same thing. (He was the head for his school's dance
team) He said the money goes to the maintenance/support of the school.
(That was here on the mainland, though, don't know 'bout the islands.)
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