How superstitious are you?

later12

A few years ago I was only very negligibly superstitious.

Today, under the influence of impending old age and superstitious friends, I cannot walk under ladders, walk upon four drains, refrain from crossing a 7 nor from saluting to magpies without considering some inexorable doom which may at any moment visit my destiny.

Has anybody else shared such an experience?

How has your superstition manifested itself, and from where did it come? I find it quite contagious, myself.

Opinions?

Mr. Boo

I smash mirrors for a living.

Darlughda

Yeah this is the seventh time you shall hear this warning-feck off with your silliness!

Greentopia

later10 wrote: »

A few years ago I was only very negligibly superstitious.
Today, under the influence of impending old age and superstitious friends, I cannot walk under ladders, walk upon four drains, refrain from crossing...

The what now?

later10 wrote: »

Opinions?

My opinion is you appear to be very superstitious. :pac:

Myself I avoid walking under ladders and I don't like walking on cracks in the pavement-though that might be more a neurosis than a superstition.

Pedro K

I'm not superstitious at all. It's bad luck to be superstitious.

Chuck Stone

I was going to say some stuff but then I wasn't sure if it was superstition or just mad shit that goes on in my head.

mackg

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I was going to say some stuff but then I wasn't sure if it was superstition or just mad shit that goes on in my head.

It probably isn't much madder then well known superstitions.

OneArt

I wouldn't really consider myself superstitious I don't believe in any of them but I still salute magpies anyway... Just in case :P

Although now I'm in Germany it's a habit I must stop.

Jesus Wept

Hopefully not at all. Being superstitious is for morons.

Old Perry

A black cat tried to cross infront of me today so I chased after it and ran him down....turns out he was dark blue, superstitions will do that to ya OP.

later12

OneArt wrote: »

I still salute magpies anyway... Just in case :P

I agree. It's polite, if nothing else!

Darlughda

Old Perry wrote: »

A black cat tried to cross infront of me today so I chased after it and ran him down....turns out he was dark blue, superstitions will do that to ya OP.

Jayzus! Ya psychopath! Hope I don't cross your path!:eek:

DEFTLEFTHAND

Have an irrational fear that odd numbers will bring me bad luck. I play outside centre for my local rugby team but must always wear number 12.

Hank_Jones

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Have an irrational fear that odd numbers will bring me bad luck. I play outside centre for my local rugby team but must always wear number 12.

Ooooo post 13, wouldn't want to be you right now.

Darlughda

Silly boy. number 13 is your fate and DOOM!

okay, okay, am just making that up for dramatic effect.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Sh1te, I'm worried now that I'm going to be struck down and killed.

Emiko

I always give the nod to a lone magpie.

Dravokivich

I don't walk under ladders, because I don't want the fúcker on top of it blasting me with piss.

:mad:

--Kaiser--

I knock on wood if someone talks about something unpleasant that could potentially happen, .i.e. "if we were in a crash..."

I wouldn't consider it superstition though, it's merely a way of saying 'God forbid'

tfitzgerald

I must be a sad old bloke I do all of the above post including saluting magpies so they take the bad luck with them

Biggins

Not superstitious at all.
No time for that rubbish.

Orando Broom

If the number 13 passes me buy I must immediately run to get on a number 7 bus to avert the bad luck...

Plazaman

What the hell does saluting magpies mean ? What are ye doin', american style salute or is it a full on mein furhrer salute? ( O> or O/ )I've hear the old "One for sorrow, two for joy...." rhyme about magpies but never hear of saluting them. Just wondering does that mean since I haven't been doing it all my life am I hexed :eek: ?

jester77

When I am in Ireland I always carry an umbrella with me, does that make me superstitious?

Sirsok

Very superstitious, writing's on the wall
Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past

When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way

Very superstitious, wash your face and hands
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song

When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh

Very superstitious, nothin' more to say
Very superstitious, the devil's on his way
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past

When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way, no, no, no


so yeah whatever that says i am

marty1985

Instead of putting chopsticks down on the table, I left them stuck into a bowl of rice, and was asked to remove them quickly, as it's really unnerving for some Chinese people to see. Apparently it resembles incense sticks at the temple. They're super superstitious.

tfitzgerald

Plazaman wrote: »

What the hell does saluting magpies mean ? What are ye doin', american style salute or is it a full on mein furhrer salute? ( O> or O/ )I've hear the old "One for sorrow, two for joy...." rhyme about magpies but never hear of saluting them. Just wondering does that mean since I haven't been doing it all my life am I hexed :eek: ?

Magpies bring bad luck with them but if you wave or just acknowledge them they will take there bad luck somewhere else

Snakeblood

later10 wrote: »

A few years ago I was only very negligibly superstitious.

Today, under the influence of impending old age and superstitious friends, I cannot walk under ladders, walk upon four drains, refrain from crossing a 7 nor from saluting to magpies without considering some inexorable doom which may at any moment visit my destiny.

Has anybody else shared such an experience?

How has your superstition manifested itself, and from where did it come? I find it quite contagious, myself.

Opinions?

Not very. I'm barely even stitious to be honest.

Gearheart

i once walked under a ladder when moving into my new house and a guy working on our driveway got run over by the dumper half way up his body lucky he wasnt killed , i think it was the ladders fault lol

as for others splitn poles and walking on the 3 manhole covers in a row i stil ave to skip the last one and look like a freak hoping over it or 2 the side lol

seamus

Not in the slightest. Complete waste of time and energy worrying about that nonsense.

tfitzgerald

Snakeblood wrote: »

Not very. I'm barely even stitious to be honest.

Very good:):)