Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god

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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.

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(of course you could argue that these stories aren't dissimilar...)

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A minor difference

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Well, I'm afraid I must disagree, as the other stories were merely about people wasting their own time, while the Nepalese guys were actually killing animals, which is sad and wasteful and unpleasant for the goat, especially after seeing this: