Originally posted by 10days at 21-8-2008 05:24 PM
Hello fellas,
And BTW, where does 141 come from and what does it mean exactly?
Perhaps someone can verify and correct me on this, but the version I heard goes something like this:
"141" = "one floor one" (the number "4" sounds close to the word "floor" in English).
"One floor one," in turn, is short for "1 lau 1 fung" in Cantonese which, literally translated, means "one floor one phoenix." I believe the phoenix symbolizes a woman in Chinese culture, while the dragon represents the man, among other things. I guess that's why we usually see the dragon and phoenix symbols prominently displayed together in the larger Chinese restaurants during the dinner banquet for a wedding.
Finally, this concept of "one floor one phoenix" is purportedly based on HK's law of allowing only one WG per floor/apartment. Although, the last time I was in HK, one of the 141 WGs I visited had another girl in the apartment as we were going at it in one of 2 rooms in the apartment. Not sure if she was just a friend waiting for her friend, my WG, to finish, or if she would receive clients in the other room at the same time.
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