Government sacrifices a goat to help fix broken airplane

Morrigoon · 09-04-2007, 02:59 PM

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

Too amusing not to share.

Gemini Cricket · 09-04-2007, 05:55 PM

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

alphabassettgrrl · 09-04-2007, 06:21 PM

Chicken.

scaeagles · 09-04-2007, 06:58 PM

Aren't Hindus vegetarians anyway?

alphabassettgrrl · 09-04-2007, 10:41 PM

Not as far as I know. Maybe for economic reasons but other than that they eat meat. Just not beef.

RStar · 09-04-2007, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

Chicken.

Or so they say....

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

Alex · 09-04-2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Aren't Hindus vegetarians anyway?

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.

Morrigoon · 09-04-2007, 11:35 PM

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.

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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Government sacrifices a goat to help fix broken airplane http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20590374/ Too amusing not to share. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Chicken. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Not as far as I know. Maybe for economic reasons but other than that they eat meat. Just not beef. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	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. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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