A restaurant owner stopped by to pay his insurance bill. As he was leaving he told me that I need to get rid of the obsidian rocks in front of the office. He says it has “negative energy. Very bad luck”. He is (was) a geologist (in former Yugoslavia) and he knows these things.

I said that makes sense because I know the rock forms by a lighting strike.

He replied,“JA! Be careful how much you touch them.”

I said I will. I will speak to my partner who set them there.

He said after you get rid of it you will see, business will be better.

Then I said I will bring them down and set them in front of your restaurant.

We both were laughing so hard we were coughing. He shook his finger and walked out the door.

I don't know if that same folk lore has been attributed to the rock here in the US as well or in Europe only. I have seen more superstitions amongst emigrants than I have with people who are 2nd or 3rd generation.

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You're an insurance agent? Do you own your own agency? With which companies are you associated, and what do you sell?

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Regardless of what country you live in, sports has tons of superstitions. Heck, even us fans. In the chat, people are always complaining that we're bombing because they're wearing the wrong thing.

But yeah, compared to other places, we're not that superstitious.

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Ha! At first I was wondering how you knew. No doubt it was something in the original post. I copied a letter I sent to my brother and tweaked it a little. I didn't see that I left the word "insurance" in there. I guess I see it so many times a day I didn't notice.

yes I am.
yes I do. Well me and my brother.
Independent agents.
We have 3-4 or 4 main companies we use. (I don't want to sound like a commercial. I can name names if you want and Kevin doesn't care.)
For the most part we are property and casualty agents. That is home, auto, commercial businesses. We do some life and health but it is not our main focus.

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I was on the phone and my wife was sitting here waiting to talk to me. I changed the word to what I THOUGHT you said. I had to go back and read it again. Then not laugh out loud. 🤦

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My wife and I are going to be in the market for insurance soon. That's why I asked.

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Sorry I was thinking you were still in Deutschland.
We represent Auto Owners, Hastings Mutual, Westfield Ins, Madison Mutual and Grinnell Mutual.

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Yes, Obsidian does rock.

http://www.obsidian.nu/ 
http://www.myspace.com/obsidianrocks 

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