Stockbrokers And Superstition Redux

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.

. . .

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