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Are you superstitious? [13 vote(s)]

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no
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about somethings
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Ruby


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Are you superstitious?


Friday the 13th - The Most Widespread Superstition?

The sixth day of the week and the number 13 both have foreboding reputations said to date from ancient times, and their inevitable conjunction from one to three times a year portends more misfortune than some credulous minds can bear. Some sources say it may be the most widespread superstition in the United States. 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.

Just how many Americans 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 coiner of the term "paraskevidekatriaphobia"), the figure may be as high as 21 million. If he's right, eight percent of Americans are still in the grips of a very old superstition.

Exactly how old is difficult to say, because determining the origins of superstitions is an imprecise science, at best. In fact, it's mostly guesswork.



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I'm surprised, but I don't think I'm superstitious at all.

I believe in all that paranormal stuff, so I would expect myself to be very superstitious, but I'm not.



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Many buildings don't have 13th floors. Most of the time only maintanence uses them.

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I've always gotten a kick out of that with buildings. It's one thing if like you said it's there but only used by maintenance or something.

But I've been in buildings where they just skip 13 and call the thirteenth floor 14. It's STILL the 13'th floor!

I don't think the Demons are gonna play semantics with you on the labeling of the floor no.gif

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I'm not superstitious, but I wouldn't plan a wedding or something like that on Friday the 13th. Not that I would be at all concerned with the superstition, just wouldn't want all the crap from people talking about it.



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Jeremy Riggs wrote:

I've always gotten a kick out of that with buildings. It's one thing if like you said it's there but only used by maintenance or something.

But I've been in buildings where they just skip 13 and call the thirteenth floor 14. It's STILL the 13'th floor!

I don't think the Demons are gonna play semantics with you on the labeling of the floor no.gif


Have you seen 1408 yet?

 



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No!

I still gotta go! I forgot all about it!

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when I was in New Orleans, the hotel had a room that they kept up, but never rented out, because it is supposedly haunted.

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this voodoo doll is the sister of the one I bought in New Orleans.smile

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