Karma is a bitch, but funny as heck!

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Have you ever had an almost instantaneous example of how Karma can be a real BITCH? You know the scene? You see someone who is doing something that is wrong or cruel and BAMM Karma reaches out her hand and just smacks the person down really good? Well, I got a great example of that today and it was funny.

So I am sitting at the PC working and I happen to look out the front window just as a medium sized cat comes strolling along the top of the neighbor's fence. He is happily ambling along without a care in the world. A second or so later this kid with one of those Nerf Footballs comes walking along the side of the fence. He keeps looking at the cat. At first I thought it was maybe his cat and they are out together. I was quickly proven wrong.

The kid starts tossing his football at the cat trying to hit it and knock it down. Kid is no Joe Montana (Young people look it up) and his football keeps sailing to low and bouncing off the fence. With every toss, the cat is completely ignoring the kid and the kid keeps getting madder and madder. Finally, just as the cat is making the corner turn on the fence row, the kid manages to get the ball high enough, but it misses the cat and sails over the fence into another person's yard. The kid starts stomping and yelling because not only did he miss his target, his ball is now gone. To add insult to injury, the cat's only real reaction is to stare curiously over the fence at the ball on the other side.

So, completely ignoring the first warning from Karma about being cruel, the kid runs down to the pavement and grabs a rock. He then runs back up the hill with the clear intent of hitting the cat with a baseball sized rock. Now at this point I am out of my chair and heading to the door to yell at the kid, but I needn't have bothered because Lady Karma had the kitten's back.

Kid reaches the top of the small hill and flings the rock with all of his might. Not only does the rock not go anywhere near the cat, but the kid looses his balance and tumbles back down the hill to land on the pavement. As a side note here, I should inform you that the pavement in our parking area has just been resurfaced so it is still wet, black and sticky. The kid gets up covered in black smear, screams at the cat and runs off home. Once again, the entire time, the cat was completely unconcerned.

Like I said, sometimes bad people get away with bad things. But sometimes, just sometimes, Karma gives them an almost instant lesson in how to play nice. I am very appreciative that I had a front row seat to one of those times.

End of Rant