A couple of days ago I blogged about the problems of belief in witchcraft, witch-doctors and the madness that sometimes accompanies such credulity.
In response, a friend (thanks, Dave!) sent me a link to a recent BBC report about Indian stockbrokers.
Indian brokers at the Bombay Stock Exchange are calling on the authorities to bring in religious experts to change the direction of a bronze bull statue.
They say the posterior of the bull, placed at the footsteps of the exchange building, points towards the traders which makes it inauspicious.
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They want the religious experts to consult astrological charts to see if its rear end should point in a more auspicious direction.
Ah . . . er . . . um . . . well, yes!
If a bull’s backside pointed in your direction makes your trading day unlucky, may I suggest another consideration?
If its horns were pointed towards you instead it’d be a damn sight more unlucky!
Either way, you’d end up in the s***, I suppose . . .
Peter