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Friday the 13th and other popular supersititions

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I dont walk under ladders....get a bit nervous on Fri 13 th but it passed today with no dramas:)

Only about certain things....

Friday the 13th, black cats, those are good luck to me.

But I faithfully toss salt over both shoulders if I spill it.

I also won't walk under a ladder.

I make a wish when I and another person say the same thing at the same time.

I make wishes when turning my necklace clasp around.

I throw coins in fountains.

well i don't walk under ladders,

and i toss salt over my shoulder if i spill it,

i x them out on the windshield if a black cat crosses my path.

the same person that opens a pocket knife has to be the one who closes it,

i have to go out the same door i came in when i go to somebody's house.



there are more but i can't think of them right now!:wah:

if i remember more i will add them later!



what can i say, us southerners are a superstitious bunch! :wah::wah::wah:

oh i thought of another on already!

i won't sweep anything over the threashold after the sun goes down! :wah:

A couple of those are new to me.

I know that if someone gives you a knife as a gift, you have to give them a penny so it doesn't sever your friendship.

RedGlitter;888299 wrote: A couple of those are new to me.

I know that if someone gives you a knife as a gift, you have to give them a penny so it doesn't sever your friendship.


yeah i'd forgotten about that one too! :wah::wah:

i try to not give knives as gifts!:wah:

If you give someone a purse for a gift you should always put a coin in it.

kayleneaussie;888303 wrote: If you give someone a purse for a gift you should always put a coin in it.


now i've never heard of that one!

I like friday the 13th!

sunny104;888336 wrote: I like friday the 13th!


now i like the number 13, it was in my 13th year of trying to have a baby that i had Jacob!:-4

Hope6;888345 wrote: now i like the number 13, it was in my 13th year of trying to have a baby that i had Jacob!:-4


aw! :-4

yeah, I just like the number 13 in general...I know, I'm strange..... :wah:

sunny104;888350 wrote: aw! :-4

yeah, I just like the number 13 in general...I know, I'm strange..... :wah:


yeah i have a lot of superstitutions but the number 13 is not one of them!



kinda strange i guess! :wah::wah:

I always read the sports section first



I read magazines from back to front



When a black cat crosses my path I always rearrange my junk



And I never put a period after posting a superstition

YZGI;888367 wrote: I always read the sports section first



I read magazines from back to front



When a black cat crosses my path I always rearrange my junk



And I never put a period after posting a superstition


:wah::wah: those are kinda new to me!:wah:

i've never heard of a superstition about punctuation before! :wah::wah::wah:

I'm born on the 13th and have never had bad luck. I like the number 13 too.

qsducks;888377 wrote: I'm born on the 13th and have never had bad luck. I like the number 13 too.


have you ever had a birthday to fall on a Friday the 13th! :wah:

1 and 3 are just numbers:wah:

Well I for one has hated today.I have opened my fridge door and the new bottle of milk....all 6 pints of it.....fell out and it took me ages to clear it all up and a short while ago on the way out I tripped up and fell flat on my face.I had terrible trouble getting up as there was nothing I could get hold of to help me and I suffer from a slip disc so it was so painful.I got up somehow and now im in agony as ive hurt me ribs and other parts of my body.So Friday 13th I wont forget in a hurry thats for sure:sneaky:

Hope6;888381 wrote: have you ever had a birthday to fall on a Friday the 13th! :wah:


Yes, many times. And everybody teases me like "watch out for black cats, etc."

Ah Yes, the old unlucky Friday the 13th!!! I really was never shaken by that event, until one day at work, when myself & about 20 others were laid off! Eventually found another job, and about 2 or 3 years later on another "Friday the 13th" morning, I was joking with a few of my fellow workers about not liking Friday the 13th. Cause that's the only time I was ever laid off before. Come that same afternoon, you guessed it, myself and several others were laid off, (including 2 of the ones I told) & it was just a few days before "Thankingiving Day" holiday!

Wasn't such a happy Thanksgiving that year! Again eventually found another job!

Anyway, for the next 33 years of my working career, I was always leary & hated when Friday the 13th rolled around. I'm happy to say, it never happened again, in all those 33 years, & all at the same job! :wah:

SlipStream;888384 wrote: 1 and 3 are just numbers:wah:


you are exactly right! they are just numbers so why be bothered by them?:D:wah:

Carolly;888385 wrote: Well I for one has hated today.I have opened my fridge door and the new bottle of milk....all 6 pints of it.....fell out and it took me ages to clear it all up and a short while ago on the way out I tripped up and fell flat on my face.I had terrible trouble getting up as there was nothing I could get hold of to help me and I suffer from a slip disc so it was so painful.I got up somehow and now im in agony as ive hurt me ribs and other parts of my body.So Friday 13th I wont forget in a hurry thats for sure:sneaky:


oh Sis! are you alright? maybe you should get checked out, sometimes you can be hurt worse than you think!:(

qsducks;888386 wrote: Yes, many times. And everybody teases me like "watch out for black cats, etc."


i can imagine the teasing that would go on, a lot i bet when you were a kid!:(

cars;888422 wrote: Ah Yes, the old unlucky Friday the 13th!!! I really was never shaken by that event, until one day at work, when myself & about 20 others were laid off! Eventually found another job, and about 2 or 3 years later on another "Friday the 13th" morning, I was joking with a few of my fellow workers about not liking Friday the 13th. Cause that's the only time I was ever laid off before. Come that same afternoon, you guessed it, myself and several others were laid off, (including 2 of the ones I told) & it was just a few days before "Thankingiving Day" holiday!

Wasn't such a happy Thanksgiving that year! Again eventually found another job!

Anyway, for the next 33 years of my working career, I was always leary & hated when Friday the 13th rolled around. I'm happy to say, it never happened again, in all those 33 years, & all at the same job! :wah:


OMG!!!!

that's just spooky!:eek:

Hope6;888432 wrote: i can imagine the teasing that would go on, a lot i bet when you were a kid!:(


You learn to roll with it:wah:

qsducks;888437 wrote: You learn to roll with it:wah:


yeah that's true, i mean we all got teased about something didn't we!:wah:

the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics have done a study and say Friday 13th actually safer.



Unlucky for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.





http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080612/od_nm/luck_odd_dc

Ghads cars, what a tale! That was unlucky for you, twice!

YZGI;888447 wrote: the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics have done a study and say Friday 13th actually safer.



Unlucky for some? Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.





http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080612/od_nm/luck_odd_dc


Wow! that's really interesting!

could it be that people are more careful because they know it's Friday the 13th?:-6

Hope6;888457 wrote: Wow! that's really interesting!

could it be that people are more careful because they know it's Friday the 13th?:-6


My kids school always gets out the second week of June and it has never happened on Friday the 13th. They came up with the excuse this year, that they didn't use an extra snow day, so yesterday was the last day.:-3

Hope6;888457 wrote: Wow! that's really interesting!



could it be that people are more careful because they know it's Friday the 13th?:-6
Great minds think alike, that's exactally what I was going to say! :p:D

qsducks;888464 wrote: My kids school always gets out the second week of June and it has never happened on Friday the 13th. They came up with the excuse this year, that they didn't use an extra snow day, so yesterday was the last day.:-3


so do you think they didn't want the kids there on a Friday the 13th, i'm sure thats happened before though

or did they not want the last day to be the 13th?

cars;888467 wrote: Great minds think alike, that's exactally what I was going to say! :p:D


i guess they do my friend! :wah::wah:

Hope6;888468 wrote: so do you think they didn't want the kids there on a Friday the 13th, i'm sure thats happened before though

or did they not want the last day to be the 13th?
My best friend got married on Friday the 13th. :-2 His bride kept saying she really didn't want to get married on that day, but he & what many others said finally convinced her it was just a number!! So they got married on Friday the 13th.

They were engaged 6 years, finally got married, and were divoced 7 moths later!!! :wah:

cars;888473 wrote: My best friend got married on Friday the 13th. :-2 His bride kept saying she really didn't want to get married on that day, but he & many others said finally convinced her it was just a number!! So they got married on Friday the 13th. They were engaged 6 years, finally got married, and were divoced 7 moths later!!! :wah:


OMG!!! if you keep on buddy you're gonna change my mind about the number 13!:wah::wah:

Hope6;888468 wrote: so do you think they didn't want the kids there on a Friday the 13th, i'm sure thats happened before though

or did they not want the last day to be the 13th?


IDK, but they go to Catholic school and maybe it has something to do with that. You know, the last supper thingy.

qsducks;888478 wrote: IDK, but they go to Catholic school and maybe it has something to do with that. You know, the last supper thingy.


oh that's right the 13 people at the last supper plus Good Friday too! i get what you're saying!

JAB;888520 wrote: I never thank someone for a plant they've given me otherwise it won't grow. Hmmm, maybe that's just a Polish wive's tale. :wah:


no that's another one i had forgotten about, i was taught that you never thank anyone for a plant or it would die!

Hope6;888540 wrote: no that's another one i had forgotten about, i was taught that you never thank anyone for a plant or it would die!


Really? Then I shall just buy my own.:wah:

qsducks;888544 wrote: Really? Then I shall just buy my own.:wah:


might be a good idea! :wah::wah::wah:

Hope6;888547 wrote: might be a good idea! :wah::wah::wah:


This morning I bought the purple petunias. The ones that smell awesome when you just brush by them. Oh, the smell makes me feel great.:-4

JAB;888554 wrote: Uhm, you didn't thank yourself for the plants, did you? :-3 :wah:


No:wah: After reading that post, no way. I have my dear daughter "the cranky one" pulling weeds out back and I will thank her.:p

JAB;888554 wrote: Uhm, you didn't thank yourself for the plants, did you? :-3 :wah:


:wah::wah::wah::wah:

qsducks;888552 wrote: This morning I bought the purple petunias. The ones that smell awesome when you just brush by them. Oh, the smell makes me feel great.:-4


oh i love flowers i would love to have a yard full of them but i don't have time to tend to them, with the tobacco crop and the vegetable garden, my grass barely gets mowed! :wah::wah::wah:

Hope6;888564 wrote: oh i love flowers i would love to have a yard full of them but i don't have time to tend to them, with the tobacco crop and the vegetable garden, my grass barely gets mowed! :wah::wah::wah:


Well, if Mustang ever decides to get back here, you can always hire him. And he still has to do mine. First, of course.

qsducks;888569 wrote: Well, if Mustang ever decides to get back here, you can always hire him. And he still has to do mine. First, of course.


with that mower of his he should be able to do both of ours with no problem!:wah::wah:

Hope6;888587 wrote: with that mower of his he should be able to do both of ours with no problem!:wah::wah:


What? does he have a rideon?