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Friday 13th

ThrAx · 2004-02-11 03:07:33

Seeing as this friday will be falling on the 13th, I was wondering does anybody here beleive in the tale that friday 13th brings bad luck? Anybody here have any stories of bad luck on past friday 13ths?

11-02-2004 3:07am

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ThrAx

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Seeing as this friday will be falling on the 13th, I was wondering does anybody here beleive in the tale that friday 13th brings bad luck?

Anybody here have any stories of bad luck on past friday 13ths?

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#2 11-02-2004 9:20am

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can't say i'd ever start falling for the evil myths of some crapy day.... if it was monday the 13th... i think it would be far worse. everyone loves fridays!

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#3 11-02-2004 9:23am

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I'm flying to Paris on Friday the 13th so I hope it's not bad luck

Couldn't really care less though, superstitious nonsense :rolleyes:

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#4 11-02-2004 9:40am

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I never go out on Friday the 13ths ... went out a few times on them and had the weirdest nights ...

superstitions come from somewhere ... if enough people believe it ... its gonna happen .... I shall be locked up nice and safe on friday ... with movies and popcorn ...

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#5 11-02-2004 9:42am

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Originally posted by KlodaX
popcorn ...

Watch yourself on those kernals :eek:

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#6 11-02-2004 10:30am

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I'm getting my new sky dish & dsl re-ordered on the 13th so lets hope nothing goes wrong there...

Better go out and get plastered on Thursday instead, just to be extra *hic* safe!

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#7 11-02-2004 10:31am

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Makes ya think tho.. how many relationships are gonna last till Sat, Feb 14th...

might be unlucky for a fair few couples out there..

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#8 11-02-2004 10:32am

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Originally posted by rymus
Better go out and get plastered on Thursday instead, just to be extra *hic* safe!

From what i hear Ry, ya do that most nights...

What makes ya think doing it tomorrow night will make any difference

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#9 11-02-2004 10:36am

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I have to attend a quality audit process meeting that day, ergo yes, Fri the 13th is unlucky

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#10 11-02-2004 11:18am

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Originally posted by ToxicPaddy
From what i hear Ry, ya do that most nights...

What makes ya think doing it tomorrow night will make any difference

Difference, schmifference! I'll go out on Friday aswell, just wont notice death stalking me at every corner because I'll still be trollied from tomorrow night

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#11 11-02-2004 11:21am

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Originally posted by KlodaX
I shall be locked up nice and safe on friday ... with movies and popcorn ...

Better hope ErinGoBrath's flight doesnt pass overhead so...

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#12 11-02-2004 11:26am

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and that any ill luck doesn't carry over to the following days proceedings in Paris

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#13 11-02-2004 11:39am

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I wrote off a wheel on Friday 13th many years back....but I think it was my fault...hmmmmmm

Mike.

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#14 11-02-2004 12:54pm

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It's a load of pagan mystic nonsense (or Final Supper based nonsense - you choose). Having said that, my friend Jason is coming over to visit Dublin on Friday. He has a terrible skin condition, so he wears a mask on his face. He likes hockey, you see. Anyone want to point him to a place where he can meet lots of nice people on the day in question?

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#15 11-02-2004 2:26pm

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Originally posted by rymus
Better go out and get plastered on Thursday instead

You'd wanna get home before 00.00!!!

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#16 11-02-2004 2:31pm

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FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS A HAPPY DAY!

and it is NOT pagan mystic nonsense - it used to be a wonderful day until other people came along and twisted it around to be "unlucky" - thirteen moons, etc.

13 is my favorite number.

/is done ranting now

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#17 11-02-2004 2:31pm

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every friday the 13th there is one of these threads and every friday the 13th i post 3 or 4 links explaining how the day became so fixated in popular culture and associated with bad luck

well not this time

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#18 11-02-2004 2:32pm

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me born on Friday the 13th....

explains a lot tbh

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#19 11-02-2004 2:33pm

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http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/friday13.html

Very accurate (AFAIK) and well referenced explanation

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#20 11-02-2004 3:09pm

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Originally posted by Mordeth
well not this time

Ahh go on... If not for yourself then for the sake of tradition!

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#21 11-02-2004 3:20pm

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Originally posted by Mordeth
every friday the 13th there is one of these threads and every friday the 13th i post 3 or 4 links explaining how the day became so fixated in popular culture and associated with bad luck

well not this time

pfft, youve only dont it once and it was only two links on a thread that wasnt even about friday 13th !

(owned)

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#22 11-02-2004 3:24pm

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i've done it at least 3 times..

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#23 11-02-2004 3:47pm

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I was also born on Friday the 13th, and my son was born on Friday the 13th. We checked his forehead for the numbers 666 when he was born but we couldn't see any and so far he doesn't appear to be a spawn of Satan or anything like that.

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#24 11-02-2004 4:09pm

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Originally posted by ll=llannah
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS A HAPPY DAY!

and it is NOT pagan mystic nonsense - it used to be a wonderful day until other people came along and twisted it around to be "unlucky" - thirteen moons, etc.

13 is my favorite number.

/is done ranting now

Except that it IS possibly pagan mystic nonsense, as from the source given:

We have already mentioned Judas and the crucifixion of Christ; this has a parallel in the old ‘pagan’ religion of the North: twelve gods were invited to a banquet at Valhalla. Loki, the trickster deity, was excluded, but he came anyway and the guests now numbered 13. Loki killed the god Balder at the banquet Loki killed the god Balder at the banquet by tricking Balder's blind twin brother Hod into throwing a mistletoe fig (dart) at the god.

I also heard that it was to do with witch's covens, where the thirteenth member knocked up the level of "evilness" (which is why I mentioned pagan nonsense). Also the concept of 13 cycles of the moon and all that is often directly tied into paganism. So I stand by my statement and will have Jason staunchily defend me.

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#25 11-02-2004 5:17pm

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Originally posted by Mordeth
i've done it at least 3 times..

Show me the money*!!

(er, links)

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#26 11-02-2004 8:05pm

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I doubt its a pagan thing. Didn't the pagans use a different calendar to the christians?

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#27 11-02-2004 8:33pm

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Big session friday the 13th so i hope theres no bad luck

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