The Buddhist Monk Fight Club

How easily Om can turn into *POW*. Five Buddhist monks in northern Thailand have been defrocked and fined 1,000 baht ($25) for duking it out with rival monks who stood across the street soliciting donations. And exchanging curses, insults, and rude gestures. "When an ordinary person is given a middle-finger sign, he will be mad. So am I," said Boonlert Boonpanit, one of the defrocked monks. The monks apparently had been praying to the little known Road Rage Buddha.