Today is the Chinese Lantern Festival. For all those living in regions which celebrate it, BRACE YOURSELF FOR AN ENDLESS NIGHT OF FIREWORKS!

It is also customary to write riddles on lanterns for others to solve:

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......../......My life can be.......\.........
....../....measured in hours,.....\.......
..../.I serve by being devoured..\.....
....\.......Thin, I am quick Fat,..../.....
.....\.......I am slow Wind........../ .....
......\............is my foe.........../........
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