Fucking hell, tomorrow is Friday the 13th.

[RastaPope]

Why does that always happen?

 

[someplace]

I don't know, but just make sure you don't walk under any ladders!

 

[Nora]

Dunno, it's also my Dad's birthday tomorrow. He was born on a Friday the 13th. Poor Dad.

 

[superlittlegirl]

I don't mind, because I'm not superstitious. (knock wood!)

 

[Mountain Man]

It's just another day...we have 1 2 or 3 evey year....

why do people get so superstitious about it???

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Good facts surrounding the number 13 and Friday the 13th

*According to one statistician, due to the mathematics of the calendar, the 13th of the month is more likely to fall on a Friday than on any other day of the week.

*According to one Texas superstition, a bag filled with 13 sow bugs tied around a child's neck will cure the child from the thrash, or sores in the mouth.

*Richard Wagner liked the number 13 because he was born in 1813 and composed 13 operas.

*Ziegfeld liked 13: he preferred to sail on the 13th open his shows on the 13th.

*Woodrow Wilson once had 13 guests to dinner. This was met with a lot of protest by his guests, but he declared the number to be lucky.

*There were 13 colonies, which led to 13 stars, bars, and an eagle with 13 tail feathers that was holding 13 darts. E Pluribus Unum has 13 letters.



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Bad facts surrounding the number 13 and Friday the 13th

*French Lick Springs, Indiana once passed a law requiring all black cats to wear bells on Friday the 13th.

Biblical reasons why Friday and 13 are bad.

*The Last Supper had 13 people there. Jesus died on a Friday. Adam was created on a Friday. Eve tempted Adam with apple on Friday. Adam and Eve died on a Friday. The flood Noah's Ark began on Friday

*Greek philosophers called 13 an "imperfect" number.

*According to Norse mythology, there were 12 gods present when Loki stormed the banquet at Valhalla hall and murdered the much beloved Balderso there were 13 present. The Norse also have a myth about journeying on a Friday.

*Friday was a common day for people to be hanged. Thirteen pence halfpenny was at one time the wage paid to the hangman.

 

[Freya]

There's a wicked biker bash near here every Friday the 13th. They come from all over Ontario and sometimes elsewhere to congregate in this small town for the day. If it falls on a summer month there can be 75,000 bikers, and people who like them, that show up.

 

[teddybear4play]

Dunno, it's also my Dad's birthday tomorrow. He was born on a Friday the 13th. Poor Dad.

My 21st birthday was a Friday the 13th.

TB4p

 

[bluntforcemama]

WHOO HOOO! I kind of like those creepy days.

 

[Ms_Lilith]

lol.. Friday the 13th, and my brother's bday.

 

[Minkey Boodle]

Break some mirrors!
Open some umbrellas indoors!
Split the pole!
Let the black cat cross your path!

See, because on friday the 13th, all those bad-luck things turn to good luck. Have a blast!

 

[Rambling Rose]

Funny, no one ever says a word about Thursday the 12th.

 

[ShyQuietGal]

Hopefully they will run the old Friday the 13th movies!!

 

[Temptress_1960]

This whole damn week's been Friday the 13th for me.

But the fortune cookie from my lunch said my luck had changed today, and people were saying nice things about me.

 

[Liontamr]

The 13th is just another day for me... Payday no less

 

[superlittlegirl]

My fortune cookie at lunch yesterday said: Tell those you love that you love them.

Scary. Just plain scary.

This whole damn week's been Friday the 13th for me.

But the fortune cookie from my lunch said my luck had changed today, and people were saying nice things about me.

 

[Rambling Rose]

So? I'm waiting...

 

[ub6ibfine]

well good thing... maybe some psycho killer will sneak behind me an slice my throat open

 

[Sillyman]

My fortue cookie said "Don't talk to strange truckers."

 

[MischievousSprite]

Why does that always happen?

Because Friday follows Thursday and 13 follows 12.

Holiday 's

 

[Nora]

Funny, no one ever says a word about Thursday the 12th.

Friday the 13th is bad. But Saturday the 14th is worse.

 

[freakygirl]

tomorrow is my nephews 13th birthday..

 

[x-mas angel]

I Nora.

 

[superlittlegirl]

My fortue cookie said "Don't talk to strange truckers."

That is sage advice, grasshopper.

 

[Liontamr]

Monday the 13th.. now that is a day to fear!

 

[superlittlegirl]

Now it's Saturday the 14th. I escaped unscathed. How 'bout everyone else?