Some years back the Romanian government passed a law to tax the income of witches, fortune tellers, and astrologers.Associated Press had previously reported that Romanian senators rejected a proposal to tax witches and fortune tellers. The suggestion was that they were scared of hearing those feared words:
"Abracadabra, we'll turn all of you into toads!"
At that time the draft law would have required witches and fortune tellers to produce receipts, and would also have held them liable for wrong predictions!
The BBC then reported that the witches were using cat excrement and dead dogs to cast spells on the government for making them pay income tax. Apparently Magic and superstition in Romania are taken very seriously. The president and his aides wear purple on Thursdays, allegedly to ward off evil spirits.
Somehow I can't imagine HMRC being worried about wrong predictions. They get enough of these from 'experts' ;-)
The BBC then reported that the witches were using cat excrement and dead dogs to cast spells on the government for making them pay income tax. Apparently Magic and superstition in Romania are taken very seriously. The president and his aides wear purple on Thursdays, allegedly to ward off evil spirits.
Somehow I can't imagine HMRC being worried about wrong predictions. They get enough of these from 'experts' ;-)
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