Baby golden turtle rubbed for lucky lottery numbers

[webfact]

Baby golden turtle rubbed for lucky lottery numbers

By  Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

Lirapan Junjamsiri with the baby gold softback turtle she found in her backyard after a flood in Krabi province.

 

KRABI — When a baby golden softshell turtle emerged from rising floodwaters to crawl into Lirapan Junjamsri’s backyard, she took it as a sign of good fortune.

 

So too did the community members who flocked to see the palm-size turtle Monday and rub powder on its belly in hope its luck would rub off on the eve of the national lottery.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2017/01/16/baby-golden-turtle-rubbed-lucky-lottery-numbers/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-01-16

[Pimay1]

Seeing the 300-gram creature emerge from the same floodwaters which have claimed at least 43 lives as a measure of hope,

 

I must be missing something here.

I wonder what kind of sign it would be if the turtle took the end off one of her fingers?

[Lobber]

I rub my turtle but I aint won owt yet

[impulse]

2 hours ago, Lobber said:

I rub my turtle but I aint won owt yet

 

According to another concurrent thread, that's because you're rubbing your turtle and not your anteater.

 

 

[Sphere]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

...rub powder on its belly...

 

It's already brought good fortune to Somchai the friendly neighbourhood powder seller.....

[mrfill]

I don't fancy the turtle's chances if it doesn't predict the result correctly.