Kuala Lampur, Feb. 3 -- Last week I saw something I never imagined I'd see.

It was the "head" of a dancing lion checking his phone while waiting for the fireworks to begin.

The lion had just finished peeling the mandarin oranges and was sitting down to let a member of that particular household do the ritual "good luck patting" of his head.

As this entire segment took about 10 minutes, I noticed (by seeing through the cloth) that the head-guy was scrolling his phone while taking a break.

How about that? It wasn't unlike the average motorist checking his phone while waiting for the lights to turn green.

Even our celestial beasts can't escape the siren call of Instagram in the midst of dancing to ward off evil spirits.

But that's not t...