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Subject: Superstitious?
I don't know if trying to avoid eating more than twelve grapes is some kind of superstition. Â
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
Perhaps you have a fear of 13?
I notice that in a lot of places, there are no 13th floors...it either jumps to 14 or goes to 12a.
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
Hospitals do that. No matter what floor or unit your in it goes from room 12 to 14.
I got one. While watching sporting events, particularly baseball and football, if my team's losing I won't pick up or handle an actual baseball or football. I banish them from the room. My kids think, no they're positive that I'm nuts.
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
I throw spilt salt over my shoulders,I knock on wood,I wave to Magpies and I avoid walking under ladders but thats only because I got a wet cloth over my head once as I walked under one so I feel thats allowable !
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
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Hospitals do that. No matter what floor or unit your in it goes from room 12 to 14.End Quote
My girlfriend works on the 14th floor, I like to bug her and tell her that it doesn't matter what the elevator says, she still works on the 13th floor.
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
I avoid jumping up too far. Something like - - - Cartdestojumpaphobia.
Or fear of long words???
Veeeeeeery silly - - - Hippomotamusavertycarghodaggeraphobia! or something like that!!!!
SuperstitionIs veryFunny!
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
I always avoid walking under ladders, too---but that has a practical component. The person on top of the ladder may get startled, and drop whatever-it-is on my head. Or if there is no one there, there may be paint, tools, or somthing else near the top, that may come down if I bump the ladder accidentally.
In my family, we never mention out loud or discuss a woman's pregnancy until she is well into her eighth month. An expectant mother may tell her family members only once, but that's it. My great-grandmother always said if you did talk about it, you would make the evil spirits angry and jealous, and they would cause a miscarriage.
I know it's a silly superstition, and medical science says so too. But the only time I broke this family "rule" the woman really did lose her baby. :'(
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
I don't believe in Superstition! It's all a bunch of hokey crap.
Howard
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
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I don't believe in Superstition! It's all a bunch of hokey crap.
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That's why it's called "superstition".
1 a : a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation b : an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition
2 : a notion maintained despite evidence to the contrary
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
I have a little rule in my head (Made up) which goes like this =
Do Not Tell A Girl/Boy You Love Them Until You Are 12 Or Else You Will Find Them Scared After Because They Don't Know What To Say.
I find it silly.
Subject: Re: Superstitious?
I will NEVER say "bloody mary" in a mirror
I always lift my feet when I drive over train tracks.
And I kiss my hand and touch the top of the car ceiling when I drive through yellow lights.
:D