If you think that you have troubles, let me tell you about Albert Kruger.  He had one of those days that will haunt him for years.  The last straw came when firemen, cleaning up a blaze that caused extensive damage to his home, greeted him at the door.  His home wasn't the only thing burned up.  By that time Kruger was pretty hot himself.  He told the firemen that his troubles started early in the morning when the family cat gave birth to five kittens, three of them stillborn.  This upset his wife and children who, in turn, upset Kruger.