Year of Cock.

Sounds like the prize on a gay Wheel of Fortune.
"I'll solve the puzzle, Pat. 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.'"
"That's right." (cue bad band music)
"Woohoo." (Twirling about like a prit.)
"Tell him, what he's won."
"Year of Cock!!!"
Faints.

Heh... of course I meant, Year of the Cock or more accurately the Rooster. But us homos, would prefer to snigger that 2005 is the Chinese Year of the Cock. Ironically, element-wise, it is the Year of the Wood Rooster. snicker. Wood. Cock. Oh will the laughs ever cease?!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

That's the traditional Chinese New Year greeting.
Loosely translated, it means, "Good Fortune to you!"
Don't go around saying it to the Chinese... they'll smile politely and think,
"Stupid Round Eye." Just Kidding. ;)

Congrats to all you Cocks, I mean, Roosters born in 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981 and 1993.

If you're a Dog like me... this is what 2005 has in stored.

Grouchy in 2005? That’s because your charitable schemes to raise the disheveled poor from their misery are hampered by the ultra conservative Rooster. Why is there no budget for the homeless? How come they don’t raise the minimum wage? Who made oil prices go up? Big business and its rapacious need to squelch the underDOG give you distemper. My advice? Wait it out in a state of cloud cuckoo LOVE. Find yourself a laugh-a-minute Tiger or a heady Horse to worship and adore. They will return your zealous ardor - in spades.

I needs me a Tiger or Horse. I wonder if horsehung will do? >:)

Promises to be an interesting year.
Here's a little more info about 2005 for the rest of our Chinese Zodiac.