Smitten

Now, I'm not by any means a religious man, but I'm pretty sure this might be a bad omen:

No sooner had the bus -- carrying the message "The Good News Is There Are Millions of Atheists In Italy; The Excellent News Is They Believe In Freedom Of Expression" -- headed out onto the streets of Genoa than it developed a battery problem and had to head back to the depot for repairs, ANSA reported.

''By pure chance,'' a member of the Italian Union of Atheists, Agnostics and Rationalists told the Italian news agency, ''the vehicle left the depot bright and early but had to go straight back because of a 'curious' problem with the batteries."

I'm pretty sure now is he time to quit when you're ahead. You know, before the blood, plagues, and/or locusts get involved.