An adventure both epic and pointless

I enter the newsagents and order my cheap-cigarettes. The shopkeeper smiles briefly at me, before giving me my change: one five-pound note and several coins. As I leave the shop, a huge gust of wind grabs the five-pound note from my hand and throws it into the air. I chase the five-pound note down the street. Eventually, it lands on the road. For fear of certain death, I do not rush out onto the road – instead, I wait until the hurtling cars have passed. 

After several anxious moments, it is safe for me to retrieve the five-pound note. I pick it up. It is very badly torn. And so, without a moments hesitation, I return to the newsagents and buy another packet of cheap-cigarettes. The shopkeeper is quite clearly perplexed by my actions – but I do not care – the five-pound note is clearly cursed and I do not wish to carry such karma in my pocket.

Comments

[El Diablo De Verde]

if you smoked a more expensive brand of cigarettes, you could have:

a) avoided this problem altogether

b) had to chase several ones, all blown in different directions

but you'll never know now.

[Robin]

Harrowing moments those, when bank notes make a bid for freedom and they always try to make us look a tit in the attempt

[guyana-gyal]

Hmm, if you'd left it lying on the road someone finding it would think he / she had very good karma.

[andre]

yes ... then seconds later, they would be killed by a double-decker bus ... so today, I saved a life.

[Colin]

Does this mean you don't have a fiver to lend me?

[cosmosgirl]

(inhaling deeply) Not sure buying yet another packet of cigarettes is such good karma (coughing)

[El Diablo De Verde]

Yes, you should save your money for ganja instead, which is altogether a much more satisfying smoke.

[Gordon]

Resists temptation to point out the futility of worrying about karma whilst smoking.

Ohh except I've just mentioned it.. ho hum.

[andre]

Good point Gordon - hadn't thought of that - although smoking isn't quite as bad as karma:

smoking takes years to kill you - where as bad karma can kill you in an instant.

[Darcy]

Andre... you are absolutely hilarious.

[guyana-gyal]

Woat about the shopkeeper, is he still alive, the shopkeeper who now has the 5 pound note with tbe bad, instant karma?

[andre]

guyana-girl ... stop reading blogs ... your football team needs you to pray for it.

[sany]

You should've bought 2 Big Issues and... a bar of chocolate!