According to high placed sources, 2009 is the Chinese year of the Ox. Hmmm. If you wanted to buy an Ox, where would you go? What does one look for in an ox? If an excellent ox was standing next to a bad ox, how would you know? Besides having tails suitable for stew, what else is tasty about the ox? Oxburgers?
An ox is a compact beast of burden- a sort of bulldozer on the hoof. Why didn’t Budweiser choose oxen to pull their famed lager wagon? If oxen were good enough for the Mormon trail and Paul Bunyan, why not for beer distribution? I’m gonna go have a beer and think about it.
Lamentations on Chemistry 
I can score you an ox. Stop by my store, ask for Ram and say the code word….”ox.” I have some in the back. They aren’t cheap and you’ll need a small truck.
Remember, code word is “Ox”
Thanks for you post. 10% off ox on your next purchase.
I always figured oxen-to-be were the source for your local delicacy: Rockie Mountain Oysters. Am I wrong?
You may be right. Oxen are steers. As for Rocky Mountain Oysters, I generally refrain from guts and glands.
Ox= chemist. So it’s the year of the chemist. Both work hard for a few years and then are slaughtered. In the first case by a farmer, the second by an MBA.
Gosh Jason, you picked up on that idea right away. Chemists as beasts of burden.