Hi, I'm a Sagittarius! What's your sign?

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As a pickup line, this kind of flirtatious fluff went out of style about the time double-knits faded in the 1970s, but horoscopes survive, and many who choose not to believe in such stuff still tend to glance at daily forecasts and mull over tantalizingly familiar traits.

I know little about astrology, but it's been a hobby of mine for years, and I often can recognize signs by people's appearance and traits, even in grocery lines, much to the surprise of chatting strangers.

According to seers who study the stars, Sagittarians are the clumsiest people in the universe. I was going to take offense with this but stumbled over spelling of the word umbrage.

Recently in a local bookstore, an explosive commotion attracted attention of everyone there. Suddenly, domino-like, dozens of books clattered from shelves onto the floor.
A surprised gent stood and watched. No need to ask. He must have been a Sagittarius. The stacked tomes were tightly packed. All he did was reach for one thin volume, and the wall came tumbling down.

We Sagittarians are known to be laid back - if we lean too far in a chair, it is destined to tip over or collapse - so the fellow in the bookstore didn't get excited. Instead, he offered to help a friendly clerk replace the books.

I probably would have added, "Did I do that? Let's clean it up. When do you want it done? Tomorrow's good. Just give me a deadline."

Other male signs could react differently. Let's make a few guesses.

A thrifty, germ-avoiding Capricorn: Is this going to cost me anything? Can you discount that budget book on the floor? Wipe it off first, please.

An inventive, forward-thinking Aquarius: Why don't you pick these up, mark them down and put them over there in a better light so customers will notice?

Blunt and up-front Aries: Hey, I didn't do that, and you can't prove it.

Back to supposedly clumsy Sags, an astrology convention is coming up in Las Vegas. Who knows, I might decide to make the - oops - trip.


DON JACOBS
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I live in Las Vegas and I'm one of the rare birds here who doesn't have those two gambling signs in my chart:  Leo and Sagittarius.  I once read that Las Vegas has the densest concentration of strongly Sagittarian types than any city in the world.  I can testify to that, living here.  Jupiter is the neon-ringed planet, it's so fitting for Las Vegas and the attraction it holds for strong Sagittarian types.  Oh yes, other are attracted to this city as well. Party-loving Aquarians (lots of electricty) and there's the regular workers who live here, we actually need all the signs here to make this city function.