Very superstitious...

Lorelli! · 13-07-2017 08:45AM #1

I'm not superstitious and don't believe in any of that stuff but I'm still not going to walk under a ladder. I'll go safely around it thanks. I wouldnt do it myself so if anyone attempted to open an umbrella in my house, I'd be shocked at the blatant cheek of them.

There's lots more superstitions that i follow and live by but I don't believe in any of them

You?

ianob7 · 13-07-2017 08:48AM

Writings on the wall

Gunslinger92 · 13-07-2017 08:53AM

I'd happily stroll away under a ladder

Superstitions are a pile of pish

Squall Leonhart · 13-07-2017 08:55AM

Lorelli! wrote: »

I'm not superstitious and don't believe in any of that stuff but...

I'm not racist, in fact, some of my best friends are Nigerian, but...

Nabber · 13-07-2017 08:57AM

OP you are superstitious.

One of modern societies problems, people denying what they are.

valoren · 13-07-2017 08:58AM

Superstitions are like self confirming prophecies.

e.g. I will tap the door 3 times before leaving each morning or something bad will happen.
One day you forget.

*Something bad happens*

"It's because I didn't tap the door this morning!!!!"

gramar · 13-07-2017 09:01AM

Magpies know shít and communicate this to us through the number of them that you see.

MistyCheese · 13-07-2017 09:05AM

Today is the 13th :-O

*runs back to bed and pulls covers over head

Lorelli! · 13-07-2017 09:07AM

Nabber wrote: »

One of modern societies problems, people denying what they are.

yea that and people being too serious

Lu Tze · 13-07-2017 09:13AM

Lorelli! wrote: »

I'm not superstitious and don't believe in any of that stuff but I'm still not going to walk under a ladder. I'll go safely around it thanks. I wouldnt do it myself so if anyone attempted to open an umbrella in my house, I'd be shocked at the blatant cheek of them.

There's lots more superstitions that i follow and live by but I don't believe in any of them You?

I'm not superstitious, but I don't walk under ladders as its more likely that something will fall on me than if I go around. There is a reason for some superstitions

Lorelli! · 13-07-2017 09:15AM

Lu Tze wrote: »

I'm not superstitious, but I don't walk under ladders as its more likely that something will fall on me than if I go around. There is a reason for some superstitions

Gunslinger92 wrote: »

I'd happily stroll away under a ladder

ILikeBoats · 13-07-2017 09:16AM

Not superstitious.
Not a big believer in anything that can't be proven really!

SEPT 23 1989 · 13-07-2017 09:16AM

a fear of something landing on my head is the reason i don't walk under ladders

valoren · 13-07-2017 09:17AM

gramar wrote: »

Magpies know shít and communicate this to us through the number of them that you see.

If you see one, you must see another one asap or else something bad is going to happen.

gramar · 13-07-2017 09:18AM

valoren wrote: »

If you see one, you must see another one asap or else something bad is going to happen.

I know...the amount of times I've nearly ended up in a ditch looking around for a second magpie.

BrokenArrows · 13-07-2017 09:19AM

Lorelli! wrote: »

I'm not superstitious and don't believe in any of that stuff but I'm still not going to walk under a ladder. I'll go safely around it thanks. I wouldnt do it myself so if anyone attempted to open an umbrella in my house, I'd be shocked at the blatant cheek of them.

There's lots more superstitions that i follow and live by but I don't believe in any of them You?

OP, You are superstitious. If you were not then you would walk under ladders (or around but for the reason of something not falling on you rather than something bad will happen in the future) and wouldnt care less if someone opened an umbrella in your house.

Thats like me saying "i dont believe painkillers work but i take them when i have a headache".

Cee-Jay-Cee · 13-07-2017 09:26AM

I'm not superstitious but I wave at single magpies and ask 'Where's your wife Mr Magpie?'...just in case.

sbsquarepants · 13-07-2017 09:42AM

Lorelli! wrote: »

I'm not superstitious and don't believe in any of that stuff but I'm still not going to walk under a ladder. I'll go safely around it thanks. I wouldnt do it myself so if anyone attempted to open an umbrella in my house, I'd be shocked at the blatant cheek of them.

There's lots more superstitions that i follow and live by but I don't believe in any of them You?

I'm not superstitious and I wouldn't walk under a ladder unless for some reason I couldn't go around it. What's the point in risking something falling on your head from a height when you can just take an extra 2 or 3 steps and avoid it!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-07-2017 09:47AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

a fear of something landing on my head is the reason i don't walk under ladders

Generally when something falls from a ladder it lands around it and not under it.

I don't think I have any superstitions that I adhere to at all, thank God.

cbmonstra · 13-07-2017 09:49AM

I'm a superstitious girl,
I'm the worst in the world
Never walk under ladders,
I keep a rabbit's tail

sbsquarepants · 13-07-2017 09:50AM

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Not superstitious.
Not a big believer in anything that can't be proven really!

When you come right down to it there is very little that CAN be proven.

I'm with Descarte on this one "I think, therefore I am" anything else you can't really be sure of.

For example - "Prove" that you aren't asleep and dreaming all this right now. Or that you aren't just some brain in a jar a la futurama:eek:

gramar · 13-07-2017 09:52AM

cbmonstra wrote: »

I'm a superstitious girl,
I'm the worst in the world
Never walk under ladders,
I keep a rabbit's tail

What an annoying song and years later it's still on the radio!

sbsquarepants · 13-07-2017 09:54AM

gramar wrote: »

What an annoying song and years later it's still on the radio!

Oh, I get the shivers
I don't want to see a ghost,
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast
And watch the evening news

They don't write them like that anymore:D

gramar · 13-07-2017 09:58AM

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Oh, I get the shivers
I don't want to see a ghost,
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast
And watch the evening news

They don't write them like that anymore:D

I just saw that the singer is Des'ree. Des'perate is more appropriate.

El_Duderino 09 · 13-07-2017 10:03AM

Lu Tze wrote: »

I'm not superstitious, but I don't walk under ladders as its more likely that something will fall on me than if I go around. There is a reason for some superstitions

I worked as a house painter and I agree. Ladders are tall with a small base. They have people carrying tools with nowhere to put them do dropping stuff is always a risk. If you walk under a ladder there's a decent chance something bad will happen.

Most superstition is nonsense but some are like apocryphal tales

Permabear · 13-07-2017 10:25AM

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heldel00 · 13-07-2017 10:32AM

MIL will practically climb out a window or stop the car to see a second magpie. "Those fcukin mags" is like her catchphrase.
We got married on Friday 13th just to pi$$ her off!

Ninjavampire · 13-07-2017 10:34AM

Was with a friend one day and we both walked under a ladder with a guy painting on it. Big load of paint fell on his head and we had to go to his aunts house to get the paint out.

I'd say the painter was waiting for the opportunity all day to make someone superstitious for the rest of their life!

valoren · 13-07-2017 11:33AM

When boarding a plane I instinctively give the outside fuselage a quick double pat.
While there are some who think machines have 'souls' I do it purely for reassurance that the plane will do it's job and not kill us all.

sbsquarepants · 13-07-2017 11:46AM

Permabear wrote: »

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Exactly - who doesn't (or didn't at least) have a lucky pulling shirt. AKA - a fanny magnet:D

Permabear wrote: »

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I think you're bang on the money - we are hardwired to look for and identify patterns, being able to predict the future to some extent is the very basis of our success as a species. It forms the basis of everything we do - if I do x, y will happen and then I can eat it, kill it, escape from it, sell it or whatever. So much so that we will lock on to anything remotely like a pattern, a coincidence even.
I'm wearing a new shirt, I got laid - I'm wearing that shirt out next time. Most likely it wasn't even anything to do with the shirt, it's usually the shoes!:D

Subacio · 13-07-2017 12:01PM

valoren wrote: »

If you see one, you must see another one asap or else something bad is going to happen.

So it's not just me.

I was walking to my final exam when a magpie landed in front of me. I didn't take another step until I spotted a second one nearby.

I passed my finals.

Very superstitious...

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