Possibly a reference to a supposed ancient Chinese saying "May you live in interesting times". "Interesting" here means dangerous and troubling in contrast to "

Possibly a reference to a supposed ancient Chinese saying "May you live in interesting times". "Interesting" here means dangerous and troubling in contrast to "uninteresting" or peaceful and stable. It's actually neither Chinese nor ancient: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/may-you-live-in-interesting-times.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/may-you-live-in-interesti...