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Title: Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god Post by: Gutboy Barrelhouse on September 05, 2007, 09:18:42 AM KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.
Nepal Airlines, which has two Boeing aircraft, has had to suspend some services in recent weeks due the problem. The goats were sacrificed in front of the troublesome aircraft Sunday at Nepal's only international airport in Kathmandu in accordance with Hindu traditions, an official said. "The snag in the plane has now been fixed and the aircraft has resumed its flights," said Raju K.C., a senior airline official, without explaining what the problem had been. Local media last week blamed the company's woes on an electrical fault. The carrier runs international flights to five cities in Asia. It is common in Nepal to sacrifice animals like goats and buffaloes to appease different Hindu deities. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Title: Re: Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god Post by: sinij on September 05, 2007, 09:23:46 AM Human sacrifice would have worked a lot better, sacrifice one or two maintenance workers and you won't have any problems again.
Title: Re: Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god Post by: Rishathra on September 05, 2007, 12:17:48 PM I'm perfectly OK with these guys sacrificing whatever they want to help with the functioning of the plane, as long as they don't skip the ACTUALLY FIXING THE PLANE WITH TOOLS AND STUFF part.
Title: Re: Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god Post by: Nebu on September 05, 2007, 12:19:57 PM I'm perfectly OK with these guys sacrificing whatever they want to help with the functioning of the plane, as long as they don't skip the ACTUALLY FIXING THE PLANE WITH TOOLS AND STUFF part. BLASPHEMY! Title: Re: Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god Post by: Sky on September 05, 2007, 01:46:31 PM APPEASE ME, MORTALS!
Title: Re: Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god Post by: Paelos on September 05, 2007, 07:35:32 PM Wouldn't that involve more booze and less goats?
Title: Re: Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god Post by: Sky on September 06, 2007, 07:50:07 AM Meh, don't need much booze these days. Maybe a few NY legislators willing to pass a legalization bill...I do miss mah smokes.
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