It Could Be Worse 

   You think you have it bad? 
   A person has to be careful about advertising the powers you might have.  
   Several years ago a holy man in India, or someplace in that corner of the world, claimed that his body had magical powers. So, a couple fellows cut off his leg to use for some project that needed magical powers to bring it to fruition. I guess taking his whole body was just too much of a logistics problem. The holy man didn’t survive the separation from his limb. 

    Again in India, a man saw a rabid dog escaping with one of his ducks. The man caught the dog and bit its throat. For his part the dog had the man’s arm in his mouth. Some neighbors finally separated the two and beat the dog to death. The news media didn’t say what happened to the duck but the man is being treated for rabies. This man is from the village of Pakakkadavu, and was taken to the state capital of Thiruvanathanpuram. How would you like to be writing one of those return addresses on your Christmas cards every year? It would probably be easier to move.