Government sacrifices a goat to help fix broken airplane
 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20590374/

Too amusing not to share.

I wonder what the in-flight meal was...

Aren't Hindus vegetarians anyway?

Or so they say....

It tastes just like it anyway, so who's to know? :rolleyes:

As said, no no necessarily, though many are. About half of the Hindus I work with (40+) are. It is a requirement, however, to live a sattvic lifestyle (kind of like a monastic life for a Catholic).

Just as with Christianity there are many flavors and levels of devoutness and interpretation, particularly on how far non-violence is to be taken.

I wouldn't want to get on that plane though, if the airline is relying on sacrificing goats to keep it in the air. Up in Alaska we did a sightseeing flight in a small plane and I was pleased to see a copy of Skeptical Inquirer on the pilot's desk. Say what you will about skepticism, but I was reassured to know that our pilot wasn't relying on God to to keep things flying.

To be fair, every airline has its "cursed" planes. One airline I worked at had a plane it called Christine and another it called Sybil.

But do I think you can "exorcise" it with a dead goat? No, not really. No more than I think you can exorcise the demons of a Ford by cracking an egg on its hood. At some point you just lemon law the damn thing and move on.