When Skies Are Grey Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Having just watched the latest Derren Brown episode and with today being a Friday 13th, I was wondering about people's superstitions.... Do you have any unusual ones? Have any of them had impact on your lives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Nah I'm not superstitious - I'll still be taking the family up to that old abandoned camp site today (where that young lad drowned in a lake located nearby a few years ago). Won't affect me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimcalagon Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Having just watched the latest Derren Brown episode and with today being a Friday 13th, I was wondering about people's superstitions.... Do you have any unusual ones? Have any of them had impact on your lives? My mother is the world champion of odd superstitions - when she smoked she would never take the 'third light', wouldn't pass on the stairs, wouldn't pass you a knife etc. She is also terrified of thunder and during thunderstorms she would put a tea-towel over mirrors as 'they attract lightning' and would also open the front and back doors of the house 'so that the lightning can pass through'. Her most irrational superstition is that one day a week she spends a couple of hours chanting and talking to some imaginary being because of a half-baked belief that if she does this she won't have to undergo eternal torture after she dies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Not really superstitious, but everything has been going wrong today all the same. Bah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 No real problems with the date, fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I touch my collar when ever I see an ambulance. It's for good health apparently. Saying that, I've never had any serious illness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexMcC Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Had a good day, went out this morning to look for houses to let for uni next year after a row last night as we couldn't decide anything, 6 hours later, had a signed contract! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl89 Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I'm not superstitious. It was funny that there was a lot more problems than usual with the computers in the office today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Pah - superstitions - all rubbish & humbug dating to times long gone. Anyroads, I'll just pop to the shop for ciggies - back in a sec... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 It's rubbish, just coincidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invigilator Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Just a few of my sillly superstitions, passed down from mother to daughter through a few generations. Never put up an umberella in tne house. Never cross on the stairs. Never put new shoes on a table. When you spot a white horse look for a haystack to bring you good luck. Never walk under a ladder. Don't walk on pavement cracks. Only some of my family's paranoia. I could have gone on and on, but I don't want to inflict anymore on you good folk. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 On today's performance, do not try to get to Liverpool on the Steam packet! This morning, the Viking went to Heysham. This afternoon, the sailing was about 2 hours late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smelly Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 The knights are the only ones who get restless on the 13th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxie Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Always say hello to the fairies - or is that just a habit. My mum died on a Friday 13th so its not been a good date for me (or her!!!! sorry couldnt resist that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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