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Yurmasyurda · 11-01-2003 8:09pm #1

Why is the number 13 supposed to be evil and unlucky etc, I could search the internet but my search button is too far to the left

and it's good to see how insiteful you can all be....

Well?

Superfurry · 11-01-2003 8:16pm

As far as I know it's because that's how many people sat down to the Last Supper. Could be way off the mark though.

^CwAzY^ · 11-01-2003 8:21pm

I'm not of it's origin but I'm very wary of the number 13. I wouldn't live in a house that was number 13, and I usually try to avoid doing things on friday 13th. That's superstitious for you!

Neil3030 · 11-01-2003 8:29pm

Something to do with a baker's dozen perhaps?

ando · 11-01-2003 10:38pm

Dont ask me how, but I wake up normally about 7am by myself (no alarm) in the weekday mornings, and about 2 in 10 times I wake up to see 7:13 on my radio/clock. I usually wait till 7:14 till I get up because of I guess superstition, although recently I've been jumping out of bed at 7:13 to see how my day would go.. funny enough, they were good days

Yurmasyurda · 11-01-2003 11:20pm

mmm keep em coming, tis a strange thing, I would be more inclined to believe the last dinner theory

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 12-01-2003 8:16am

lol no it ain't that

i saw a proggy on tb about it, i don't remember it all but

i think it was the templar knights... some french king or something grew jearlous of their riches and power so he organised a huge assault/ambush on them, and alot of them were massacred, on friday the 13th. the day became unlucky after that event.
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or maybe they weren't massacred

http://www.crystalinks.com/friday13th2.html

http://www.denofheathens.com/2001_apr.html

some links there... apparently they weren't masacred, but were arrested and imprisoned.. heresy and all that

Snowball · 12-01-2003 3:10pm

suposed to be something to do with the apposols.
think so anyways

Samba · 12-01-2003 3:14pm

http://www.yogi.com/Teach/fear_of_the_number_thirteen.html

There is a different story for it from all four corners of the globe

Mewzel · 12-01-2003 7:53pm

as far as i know it is indeed about the amount of people at the lsat supper. also, apparently (at least this is what my german teacher said) in germany its a lucky number cause it was a great thing that jesus did for us yada yada yada.

BEAT · 13-01-2003 4:03am

I am not a person who believes in superstitions but on my flight back to the states i noticed my seat number was 13...i thought they didnt have that as a number of a seat on planes like in hotels, no floor 13 etc... i was nervous for about 5 minutes...then mydrugs kicked in and i was fine, and guess what...
I am still here today, teehee

stuperstitions, who needs 'em

hedgetrimmer · 13-01-2003 10:02am

I've done quite a bit of reading on the Knights Templar. They were arrested on Friday 13th 1807 (if memory serves, but it could be worng) and excecuted after a parody of a trial 3 years later. Pretty impressive - Philip II of France managed to orchestrate the capture of all the Knights (most of whom were "old" at that time) in numerous centres across the country at the same time. That's good admin for a time with no form of long distance communication in prevalent use other than people runnnig/riding around

13-01-2003 7:44pm

I dont believe in the 'unlucky 13' stuff.

But I got to admit, 'Friday, the 13th' was a VERY VERY bad horror film. Now, is it because there was 13 in its name? I am not sure... :rolleyes:

13-01-2003 10:41pm

Was just reading about it originating in France, but when I lived there I was told it was a day of good luck

. Go figure.

Maj. TightAss · 13-01-2003 10:51pm

I found this particularly unusual:

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