Friday 13th

[Blue River]

Anyone believe in it / had anything bad happen to them today?

[Herr Lipp]

My Uncle was born on a Friday teh 13th.


His dad beat him when he was a child, really abused him and told him he wasnt his father.
He lost his eye in a pellet gun accident at age 16.
Started a lifetime of drug taking at about the same time.
Fell in with a bad crowd and got into drug dealing.
Had a child but split up with his partner, then his daughter grew to hate him when he spent too much time with his new girlfriend.
Went to prison at 38, was in the early stages of bowel cancer, for 9 months he asked to be checked out by the prison staff, they told him he had piles. He sued them, but what is £15k in exchange for a life?
He copped it last year at age 42. When he got out of the slammer at 39 he was already terminal. He did chemo once before he knew it was terminal then they told him and he chose not to have it anymore as it's awful apparently.



So he had a wank life, but it was just coincidence. It's just a date.

[Jackal]

My son thinks it means something, as did I when I was his age. 11.

[In Dust and Ashes]

my dad was born on friday the 13th of november 1945...I think... he's had a great life. a hard life at times, perhaps, but he always manages to come out on top and become widely known for his greatness.

[Blue River]

Originally posted by Herr Lipp
My Uncle was born on a Friday teh 13th.
So he had a wank life, but it was just coincidence. It's just a date.

I'm sorry. :(

But i agree that the date is just a coincidence. I don't believe in having "Bad Luck" on Friday the 13th but I know a lot of people who do and want to stay in bed all day!

I don't follow superstitions which are pointless. I don't walk under ladders, but that's because I'm not stupid.

I know a lot of people are debating religion here, but is anyone superstitious? I'm curious.

[Fab]

Originally posted by RosegardenMercury
and I think religion and superstition are the same...which a few centuries ago would have really pissed people off.
a few centuries ago, superstition would have been fact.

[Herr Lipp]

Eons of time spent willing my lottery ticket to be "THE ONE!" has left me cold and bitter in terms of believing in luck! I think you're only lucky when it's completely out of the blue. Last lucky thing that happened to me:

Found a lighter that I thought I had lost. It burns with a green flame, now that's ghetto.

[Blue River]

I think the origins of it are to do with the "Knights of the Templar" who, on a Friday the 13th, went round destrying villages in England (or Europe too, not so sure) and killing and raping the villagers. But that may just be a myth.

[Squirrel]

I fell over on the ice and bruised my arse a bit on Friday 13th. I'll let you all draw your own conclusions on that one.

[Herr Lipp]

Originally posted by Blue River
I think the origins of it are to do with the "Knights of the Templar" who, on a Friday the 13th, went round destrying villages in England (or Europe too, not so sure) and killing and raping the villagers. But that may just be a myth.

I think I've heard something similar.

I hate arse bruising. Especially if you land on the tail bone. Ouch.

[Fab]

Originally posted by Squirrel
I fell over on the ice and bruised my arse a bit on Friday 13th. I'll let you all draw your own conclusions on that one. was it because you were worried to be ice-skating on friday 13th, so you were a bit trembly?

[Squirrel]

No, I just went out to go to the shops and fell over on the road.

[Squirrel]

Originally posted by Herr Lipp
I hate arse bruising. Especially if you land on the tail bone. Ouch.

Yeah man. I have no arse either, so there's no cushioning. D:

[Squirrel]

When I was a kid I sat on a bee and it stung me on the arse. That hurt more than the fall.

[Fab]

I used to catch bees in my hands and they never stung me.

[Herr Lipp]

I got stung on the foot after putting on a sock with a wasp in it. Fucking bastard.

Re: skateboarding, I saw some kid die on ogrish.com the other day. It was horrid. Bunch of skaters filming stunts, guy stacks it on a huge rail falls straight onto his head, blood gushing everywhere and he gradualy falls unconscious as teh ambulance crew arrives and he just dies. Why didnt the fucking tool have a helmet on for gods sake.

[ramblingrose]

Originally posted by Fab
I used to catch bees in my hands and they never stung me.


Luke once told me you weren't Jesus, but now I don't believe him! Although Ruth's mum can do that too. I'd like to but I'm scared of killing the bee. And of the bee stinging me because it hurts lots. Whatever, you're some sort of magical genius in my book.

I was going to write something about superstitions, but that diverted me. Erm, my mum is part Romany on one side and from a long line of weirdos on the other and she's really superstitious, but not about the number 13 or Friday 13th. It's rubbed off on me, if I spill salt I HAVE to throw it over my left shoulder, I HAVE to salute at magpies, etc. I'll walk under a ladder but I'll cross my fingers until I see a dog. there's other things as well. I know it's silly but I don't feel like taking the risk.

[ramblingrose]

Originally posted by ramblingrose
I'd like to but I'm scared of killing the bee. And of the bee stinging me because it hurts lots.

I know that's the same thing, in case anyone felt like being clever.