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The Price of Superstitions

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  • 23-07-2012 4:39pm
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    fakearms123
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    "When you believe in things that you don't understand,
    Then you suffer,
    Superstition ain't the way." - Stevie Wonder

    Superstitions are beliefs we hold that are not based on knowledge or reason yet they impact our decisions and our behaviours. Why is this? And what superstitions do you hold onto?
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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    I don't know, but I've got a sudden urge to watch The Thing!


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    #3
    DirtyBollox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,674 ✭✭✭DirtyBollox


    Sure you dont want to be buying into all that superstitious stuff, its bad luck you know!!!


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    #4
    Schism
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    The man knows what he's talking about

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZFf0pm0SE


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    #5
    Diapason
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭Diapason


    The price of superstitions, eh?

    Will I get banned if I say "About Three Fiddy"?


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    #6
    mauzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭mauzo


    I always touch wood.....

    tee hee


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    #7
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    Im not superstitious at all.


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    Latchy
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    They guy behind the hood and mask in Scary Movies ...he's real right ? :eek:


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    kfallon
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    I'm not superstitious but I have one pair of boxers that I consider to be my 'lucky briefs'.....I've not shat in them....yet :pac:


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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    kfallon wrote: »
    I'm not superstitious but I have one pair of boxers that I consider to be my 'lucky briefs'.....I've not shat in them....yet :pac:

    Don't jinx yourself! :pac:


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    FatherLen
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    Diapason wrote: »
    The price of superstitions, eh?

    Will I get banned if I say "About Three Fiddy"?


    no, just an anti thank. :pac:


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    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Superstitions bring bad luck


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    kfallon
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    chin_grin wrote: »
    Don't jinx yourself! :pac:

    Clenching tightly as we speak :(
    Defo not gonna attempt that fart I've been holding


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    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    I still wont walk under a ladder ...fcuk no


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    #15
    mauzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭mauzo


    I do actually touch wood a lot, but id purposely walk under a ladder.
    I definitely wouldnt put new shoes on the table either


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    #16
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    Life, oh life, oh life, oh life
    doo do do doo


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    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    syndeyfife wrote: »
    I definitely wouldnt put new shoes on the table either

    :confused: Is that supposed to bring bad luck???


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    chin_grin
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    syndeyfife wrote: »
    I do actually touch wood a lot, but id purposely walk under a ladder.
    I definitely wouldnt put new shoes on the table either

    Never heard of this one! I wouldn't think that a table is for shoes anyway, quite unhygienic!


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    mauzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭mauzo


    chin_grin wrote: »
    Never heard of this one! I wouldn't think that a table is for shoes anyway, quite unhygienic!

    If you go out and buy new shoes, they are in a box and a bag, you come home, put the bag on the table. Queue mother 'Is that a schuh bag???? GET IT OFF THE TABLE!!!!' Its meant to be bad luck....

    Oddly enough worn shoes is fine, just new shoes bring bad luck.


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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    syndeyfife wrote: »
    Oddly enough worn shoes is fine, just new shoes bring bad luck.

    Hmm, wonder where that originated? You'd think new ones would be grand! Just love the mentality of these things.

    Oh....wait....got it!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoes_on_a_table


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    kfallon
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    Jaysus I better get home and get me runners off the table, no wonder I was losing all the time at football ffs!!


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    mauzo
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    chin_grin wrote: »
    Hmm, wonder where that originated? You'd think new ones would be grand! Just love the mentality of these things.

    Oh....wait....got it!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoes_on_a_table

    http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080229084329AAA4EKa


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    #23
    CodyJarrett
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 307 ✭✭CodyJarrett


    I have Hexaphobia and I make at least a half dozen decisions based on this fear every single day. Sometimes I get close believing that it's all a nonsense but then something really f**ked up will happen and I just know that number was involved.

    Like the day I heard the bus ploughed into those people on the quays - I immediately said to the person I was with: "I bet it was the number **". There have been many other more personal instances of the number showing up when negative stuff happens in my life.

    I am intelligent and of course I understand that if you're looking for these things, then you will be more likely to notice them when this number is involved but there have simply been too much negative occurrences for it all to be a coincidence at this stage.

    When I was born the doctor found the number in triplicate on my scrotum also

    Okay, I made that bit up but the number is evil I'm telling you.


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