i've actually been hit by a car on friday the 13th (i believe). of course i really didn't know what day it was cuz i was knocked da feck out, but hey.... also today i thought my tickets were sold out, but ticketmaster was just doing an update to its site, YAY! uhm, about the only other thing that has happened to me was, um, i don't remember really...
Has anything bad ever happened to you on Friday the 13th?
by dustyb 10 Replies latest jw friends
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Gretchen956
Its always been lucky for me. At the very least its non-eventful.
Gretchen
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Tuesday
Nope, last Friday the 13th I got married :) (june 13th to be exact)
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Nosferatu
I own 2 black cats. You think I'm scared? Not a chance.
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TresHappy
I was born!
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BONEZZ
Yeah, I lost my lucky rabbit's foot.
-BONEZZ
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shera
Nope,just another day to me.
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RubyTuesday
Not to me...but last Friday the 13th I saw a car hit a parked car (knocked it up on the sidewalk,barely missed some people walking) Here is an interesting little tid bit.
Why Friday the 13th Is Unlucky
Paraskevidekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th
I have before me the abstract of a study published in the British Medical Journal in 1993, entitled "Is Friday the 13th Bad for Your Health?" With the aim of mapping "the relation between health, behaviour, and superstition surrounding Friday 13th in the United Kingdom," its authors compared the ratio of traffic volume to vehicular accidents on two different days, Friday the 6th and Friday the 13th, over a period of years.
Surprisingly, they found that in the region sampled, while consistently fewer people chose to drive on Friday the 13th, the number of hospital admissions due to accidents was significantly higher than on "normal" Fridays. Their conclusion:
"Friday 13th is unlucky for some. The risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased by as much as 52 percent. Staying at home is recommended."
Paraskevidekatriaphobics ? people afflicted with a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th ? are no doubt pricking up their ears just now, buoyed by evidence that their fears may not be so irrational after all. But it's unwise to take solace in a single scientific study (the only one of its kind, so far as I know), especially one so peculiar. I suspect it has more to teach us about human psychology than it does about any particular date on the calendar.
The Most Widespread Superstition
The sixth day of the week and the number 13 both have foreboding reputations said to date from ancient times; their inevitable conjunction from one to three times a year portends more misfortune than some credulous minds can bear. Folklorists say it's probably the most widespread superstition in America (and no doubt in other parts of the world, as well) ? some people won't go to work on Friday the 13th; some won't eat in restaurants; many wouldn't think of setting a wedding on the date.
How many people at the turn of the millennium still suffer from this condition? According to Dr. Donald Dossey, a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of phobias and credited with coining the term "paraskevidekatriaphobia," as many as 21 million do in the United States alone. If that figure is correct, something like eight percent of Americans are still in the grips of an old superstition.
Exactly how old is difficult to say, because tracing the origins of superstitions is an imprecise science, at best. In fact, it's mostly guesswork.
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Doubtfully Yours
Someone who believes something bad will inevitably happen to him/her on Friday 13th, then it will definitely happen!
In this case, many people become self fulfilling prophets.
DY
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Strawberryfieldsforever
Hey Nosferatu!
Iv'e got black cats too! Nobody seems to want them. I always pick up the black strays. Best cats I've ever had.
Nope, nothing bad has happened on Friday the 13th.......yet.......
