The Leahy Lounge

BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of people flocked to a village in central India Thursday to see if an astrologer who forecast his own death would indeed die as predicted. The astrologer, Sanjay Vakimiti, however, lived and he attributed his survival to the prayers of the spectators. Vakimiti told the press, "I don't understand. It's the darnedest thing." This was not the first time that Vakimiti's predictions failed to materialize. Last June, he predicted that every person in Bombay would mail him ten dollars american by the end of the month. He received only thirty dollars and blamed the shortfall on witchcraft. In 2004, Vakimiti predicted that he would seduce and marry Miss India 2004, a woman he had never even met. Once again his prediction fell flat. When asked to explain Miss India's indifference to him, Vakimiti stated, "She's a bitch." The Indian Association of Astrologers is currently considering revoking Vakimiti's license.