sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Nov 6, 2015 19:47:48 GMT
My friend just posted this on Facebook: She was trying to be healthy & get a salad for lunch. But then she bought chocolate chip cookies because the total of was salad is $6.66 Sometimes I knock on wood, but that's all I can think of that I do because of superstition.
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Post by Zee on Nov 6, 2015 19:50:02 GMT
Baptized my children
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oldcrow
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Post by oldcrow on Nov 6, 2015 19:53:52 GMT
I say knock on wood but usually give myself a rap or two on the head when I do.
My problem is not what I do but what I am afraid to do. I am afraid to buy a new broom. There is a time of the year that you are not supposed to buy a new broom and I can never remember when that is so I never want to buy one.
I am not really a superstitious person but that one niggles at my brain.
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Nov 6, 2015 19:55:48 GMT
I knock on wood a lot.
I don't walk under ladders or open umbrellas inside (except for the last time I was purchasing an umbrella).
If I spill salt, I throw salt some over my shoulder.
I tell performers to break a leg rather than good luck.
Sometimes, I cross my fingers for luck (or just tell someone I'm keeping my fingers crossed).
Since I live with a black cat, I don't worry about him crossing my path.
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 6, 2015 19:58:27 GMT
I can't think of anything. I didn't grow up hearing many superstitions except don't walk under a ladder and let a black cat cross your path. I walked under ladders for years and lived with a black cat for 13 years. He brought us good luck. Two of our phones have 666 attached to them. Personally I am more afraid of karma. Now she is a bitch.
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Nov 6, 2015 20:00:35 GMT
I can't think of anything. I didn't grow up hearing many superstitions except don't walk under a ladder and let a black cat cross your path. I walked under ladders for years and lived with a black cat for 13 years. He brought us good luck. Two of our phones have 666 attached to them. Personally I am more afraid of karma. Now she is a bitch. How did you "walk under ladders for years" ? I can't remember ever doing so, or having a circumstance where I had the option, even.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Nov 6, 2015 20:03:07 GMT
I'm not particularly superstitious (or even just plain *stitious*) either... lol!! I used to do the 'don't walk on a crack' thing when I was a kid, but more because it was fun rather than anything else. Like 950nancy, I guess I believe more in karma and 'the balance of the Force' so to speak.
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Post by ametallichick on Nov 6, 2015 20:07:21 GMT
My dh is a window cleaner so when his ladder is up, I don't walk under it. I knock on wood. I also own a black cat but he's a PITA!! I won't go to check-stand #13 at a grocery store. I was at the gym yesterday and the next available locker was #313 so I moved to the next one. I won't open an umbrella indoors or put a hat on a bed. I consider myself to be very superstitious and I also believe in Karma. Like someone said, it's a bitch!
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Post by calgal08 on Nov 6, 2015 20:10:59 GMT
I'm so superstitious it's nuts: no walking under ladders no umbrellas up in the house salt thrown over my shoulder knock on wood cross my fingers say "break a leg" don't ever put new shoes on a table - as in, the other day I bought boots online, when they arrived in the mail I had to snatch the box from dh's hands before he put the box on the dining table for me to open
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Nov 6, 2015 20:19:17 GMT
You guys keep mentioning walking under ladders, like you deal frequently with ladders in your walking path?
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Post by disneypal on Nov 6, 2015 20:51:14 GMT
I do things like that without really thinking about them
Knock on wood Throw salt over my shoulder when I spill the salt. Won't bring dogwood flowers in the house No washing clothes on New Year's Day
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Nov 6, 2015 20:57:46 GMT
Won't bring dogwood flowers in the house No washing clothes on New Year's Day I've never heard of these 2.
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Post by scrapmaven on Nov 6, 2015 21:01:50 GMT
Hey, I was walking by a big metal ladder and ended up w/a skull fracture. I won't go near ladders. It's not superstition. It's paranoia. I never ever ever say things can't get any worse. That's a direct challenge to the universe to make things worse.
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Post by disneypal on Nov 6, 2015 21:11:10 GMT
Won't bring dogwood flowers in the house No washing clothes on New Year's Day I've never heard of these 2. According to my mother (who about had a fit when I brought a dogwood into the house once) - you should never bring a dogwood flower into the house, it means someone in the family with die.
Also, according to my mom, you should never wash clothes on New Year's Day because it means you will be "washing someone" out of your life in the upcoming year (usually by their death or some other cause)
don't ever put new shoes on a table I've never heard of this one.
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Post by stittsygirl on Nov 6, 2015 21:17:20 GMT
Knock on wood and toss spilled salt over my shoulder. Just habits .
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Post by calgal08 on Nov 6, 2015 21:23:39 GMT
I've never heard of these 2. According to my mother (who about had a fit when I brought a dogwood into the house once) - you should never bring a dogwood flower into the house, it means someone in the family with die.
Also, according to my mom, you should never wash clothes on New Year's Day because it means you will be "washing someone" out of your life in the upcoming year (usually by their death or some other cause)
don't ever put new shoes on a table I've never heard of this one.
It might just be one of my Mum's superstitions, either way, I'm not risking it
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Post by gmcwife1 on Nov 6, 2015 21:27:43 GMT
I've been a Seahawks fan since the beginning (1976). We've been through some really lean times and had many years with more losses than wins. When we lived in Illinois they was about when they started becoming a better team. I didn't/couldn't watch them there, since we didn't have any football TV packages. So now I tape the games and watch them after they are completed. I don't want to jinx them. Even my 16 yr old dd teases me that when we lose I must have started watching before the game was over
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Post by gorgeouskid on Nov 6, 2015 22:20:38 GMT
I toss salt when I spill some. I touch wood (or knock.) I cross my fingers.
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 6, 2015 22:32:10 GMT
My friend just posted this on Facebook: She was trying to be healthy & get a salad for lunch. But then she bought chocolate chip cookies because the total of was salad is $6.66 That's just silly. Do you think she was serious, or just trying to be funny? I don't have any superstitions, but I have a friend who does. I try to break as many superstitions as possible around her, just to freak her out. Not only does she not walk under any ladders, she also won't walk under anything that forms a triangle. 30 years ago we used to have power poles with a cable running from the top of the pole to the ground at an angle (including one right outside my house). I would always park right near one to try and get her to walk under the triangle when she got out of my car! She also lifts her feet when driving over railway tracks, and would yell at me "Lift your feet!" So of course I would plant my feet firmly on the floor of the car.
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Post by hop2 on Nov 6, 2015 22:35:42 GMT
I'm VERY familiar with Mr Murphy and Muphy's law. Therefore, I knock on wood all the time. I make other people knock on wood.
Other than that I'm pretty sane.
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Nov 6, 2015 22:37:40 GMT
That's just silly. Do you think she was serious, or just trying to be funny? She was serious. I've known her for 20+ years, but it rarely comes up. The last I remember something coming up was when she didn't want to do the cemetery tour at New Orleans. I worked with a guy who made me re-issue the computer-generated job number 666 for work we were doing at a church.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2015 22:37:20 GMT
I have "grown" out of my many many many stitions. Most came from grandmother, she added "or you will die" to the end of most.
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 6, 2015 22:39:43 GMT
I can't think of anything. I didn't grow up hearing many superstitions except don't walk under a ladder and let a black cat cross your path. I walked under ladders for years and lived with a black cat for 13 years. He brought us good luck. Two of our phones have 666 attached to them. Personally I am more afraid of karma. Now she is a bitch. How did you "walk under ladders for years" ? I can't remember ever doing so, or having a circumstance where I had the option, even. Yeah, should have clarified that! I used to work on a paint crew in college in tiny dorm rooms and I would purposely go under them (12 footers) because the guys I worked with (mostly from Saudi Arabia) would freak out at my doing that so of course I did that. Now I usually go around since it doesn't freak anyone out.
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 6, 2015 22:41:27 GMT
You guys keep mentioning walking under ladders, like you deal frequently with ladders in your walking path? Girl, you need to live a little. Just get them out and squeeze under them. You probably should paint a room or two while you are at it!
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 6, 2015 22:43:59 GMT
I'm VERY familiar with Mr Murphy and Muphy's law. Therefore, I knock on wood all the time. I make other people knock on wood. Other than that I'm pretty sane. My dog's name is Murphy. I think he's a pretty good luck charm. I have never knocked on wood. Lots of other people do it for me though.
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 6, 2015 22:45:03 GMT
I have "grown" out of my many many many stitions. Most came from grandmother, she added "or you will die" to the end of most. That must be like adding "in bed" to fortune cookie predictions.
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 6, 2015 22:45:42 GMT
I worked with a guy who made me re-issue the computer-generated job number 666 for work we were doing at a church. Well that one makes sense. Otherwise they may have thought you were taking the piss.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Nov 6, 2015 22:46:41 GMT
I'm not superstitious about anything. But my husband believes in so many that he makes up for my unbelief!
I have a girlfriend whose grandmother taught her a variation about "no washing clothes on New Year's Day." Her version of it went that all clothes had to be clean when the new year rang in or your year would be filled with luck. Yeah, right. Are you supposed to ring in the new year star naked to avoid anything dirty? Lol.
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 6, 2015 22:49:46 GMT
I'm not superstitious about anything. But my husband believes in so many that he makes up for my unbelief! I have a girlfriend whose grandmother taught her a variation about "no washing clothes on New Year's Day." Her version of it went that all clothes had to be clean when the new year rang in or your year would be filled with luck. Yeah, right. Are you supposed to ring in the new year star naked to avoid anything dirty? Lol. I have a husband who would totally agree to this.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Nov 6, 2015 22:59:14 GMT
Are you supposed to ring in the new year star naked to avoid anything dirty? Lol. I have a husband who would totally agree to this. Hahaha!!! Mine would, too. Maybe I should buy into that superstition even if I think the whole thing is totally bunk.
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