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Topic: Do you have Paraskevidekatriaphobia?
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jwhop
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From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 02:03 AM
  
Anyone here superstitious or have a phobia based on days, dates, objects etc?Paraskevidekatriaphobia is fear of Friday the 13th. Some people won't walk under a ladder, cross the path of a black cat or open an umbrella indoors. Some believe Friday the 13th is an unlucky day and Friday the 13th is here.  IP: Logged |
cathy
Knowflake Posts: 108
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Registered: Jul 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 02:32 AM
paraskevidekatriaphobia is really a word? I don't have it. Though I must say I won't get out of the wrong side of bed. IP: Logged |
lalalinda
Moderator Posts: 1410
From: nevada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 02:49 AM
Just the opposite Jwhop 
13 has always been lucky for me.As for the ladder and umbrella,
I don't know, I wouldn't want to provoke fate but then again I wouldn't freak out either 
Just don't whistle in the house How about you? IP: Logged |
Betty Boop
Knowflake Posts: 806
From: Betty Boop Land
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted May 13, 2011 04:20 AM
LOLNo - I have no fears like this. i'm only scared of ostriches  IP: Logged |
LEXX
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From: Still out looking for Schrodinger's cat.......& LEXIGRAMMING.♥.. is my Passion!
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 04:21 AM
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~There is no box.~H♥
~Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.~Felipe
~I remember, therefore I am immortal~LEXX
~It is far better to regret wrong paths taken than to regret the paths not tried~Giselle
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charmainec
Moderator Posts: 2377
From: on the other side of the rainbow
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 04:58 AM
None.------------------
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No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.Nelson Mandela
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snarly
Knowflake Posts: 190
From: u.k
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted May 13, 2011 06:05 AM
Nope, I was born on a friday 13th!  IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 8303
From: The Goober Galaxy
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 12:30 PM
Thirteen is a very fortunate number. I always have good luck on Friday the 13th--maybe because I expect to...or maybe because I get the good luck others throw away on this day.  IP: Logged |
snarly
Knowflake Posts: 190
From: u.k
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted May 13, 2011 12:55 PM
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Originally posted by Randall:
Thirteen is a very fortunate number. I always have good luck on Friday the 13th--maybe because I expect to...or maybe because I get the good luck others throw away on this day.
I like that theory! IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 8303
From: The Goober Galaxy
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 02:52 PM
No doubt people attract misfortune by expecting it, and they may miss out on opportunities by staying home all day. In the human body, homeostasis is what keeps everything balanced. For example, your body creates free radicals as byproducts of various biochemical processes (not to mention the ones we eat in our food--even oxygen is dangerous to our cells) and your body creates its own antioxidants to balance them. Taking supplements as antioxidants are worthless, because they have to be directly injected into the cell to be effective (but those supplements are good in other ways). The body creates its own as needed. Well, I like to think that homeostasis applies to the Uni-verse as well. Things tend to balance out. So, metaphysically speaking, if an overwhelming percentage of people attract bad luck (their own doing), then it leaves more good luck for the rest of us. I realize it's not science or physics, but it's metaphysics, and I like the idea. It seems to work for me. The Friday the 13th superstition has a few different roots, but probably the main one is the 12 disciples plus Jesus at the Last Supper. IP: Logged |
katatonic
Knowflake Posts: 6362
From:
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 03:57 PM
i also think fri 13th is a good day generally. yesterday i walked under a ladder...the choice was that way or through blackberry brambles! but i understand where that superstition comes from. ladders have a way of falling when you walk under them especially if you knock them in passing thru!a friend of mine once took a mirror out on the street and hammered it to smithereens, a symbolic smashing of his belief in that superstition. and proceeded to have the 7 BEST years of his life! and a pretty good life it was too. IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 1886
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 04:09 PM
Nope, it has been a lovely day here with a lovelier evening planned.  ------------------
~The Earth Laughs In Flowers~
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jwhop
Knowflake Posts: 3410
From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted May 13, 2011 06:22 PM
No whistling in the house. Check!I'm not superstitious or fearful at all. Why should I be? My Lucky Rabbit's foot and four leaf clovers protect me.  Thanks LEXX, I didn't see that thread back in 2007. lalalinda IP: Logged |
saronna
Knowflake Posts: 261
From: Australia
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted May 13, 2011 10:31 PM
what the heckle pickle whistle in the house in the nude and you will have more four leaf clovers and lucky rabbits foot like the Irish potato stewIP: Logged |
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