Friday the thirteenth is considered the unluckiest of days in many superstitions, unless you were born on Friday the thirteenth in which case it is your lucky day.

The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.

Origins

The origins of Friday superstitions are many. One of the best known is that Eve tempted Adam with the apple on a Friday. Tradition also has it that the Flood in the Bible, the confusion at the Tower of Babel.

The origins of the Friday the 13th superstition have also been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Jesus, who was traditionally crucified on Good Friday, but it probably originated only in medieval times.

It has also been linked to the fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year.





Buildings avoid numbering the 13th floor. Airplanes avoid the 13th aisle. And most common of all, Friday the 13th is considered a bad luck day.

Psychologists believe that Friday the 13th will become a day of bad luck if people focus on the day because people will create their own bad luck by paying attention to the superstition. True!


- anyone superstitious?

I think its crap. I'm with the psychologists, you bring this type of stuff on yourself

I suppose what I mean is, I have to think its crap, cause i cant sit around worrying!

Red, you were fast!

susannah said:

Hmm.. but if you were sat on 13th row on seat 13 on an airplane.. wouoldnt you think twice?

http://www.snopes.com/luck/friday13.asp

PANDURITO said:

Fast? How so? Its 11.07am..

If I had paraskavedekatriaphobia I'd go to therapy just not to have to say it again

REDFEATHERS said:

I posted "It's Friday the 13th" like 2 minutes before you started this thread

Coincidence? I don't think so

PANDURITO said:

Oh spooky.. well post yours too.. where is it?

PANDURITO said:

Could you even say it?

REDFEATHERS said:

In the Imago's Thai New years Party
It's a post, not a thread.
Look at the Susannah's reply times. Spooky indeed

REDFEATHERS said:

I am writing my dissertation on terrorism - my dear, "luck" has nothing to do with my paranoia!

REDFEATHERS said:

No, but I'd learn it just to piss the therapist

I lived at number 13 for 15 years as i was growing up. Really does not bother me at all.... or maybe it does explain many things in life

PANDURITO said:

Actually some years ago in Friday 13th I broke my leg but last year in Friday 13th 1 of my friends found down a brief with 100 $
[Edited 4/13/07 3:38am]

The next version of Microsoft Office is Office14.

Technically it's the 13th version but they refuse to name it Office13.

all day today I thought it was the 12th

MACBETH! MACBETH! MACBEEEETH!!

Superstition. Illusion intended to elevate our collective status of importance above that of other animals, plantlife and all nucleus possers of all shapes, sizes and counciousnesses in inner and outer space. We think we're so fucking special that luck and fate exist. Embarassing nonsense and an insult to every common ancestor buried along the way to our species' current state of evolution. A pillow for morons. You're going to die and not exist ever again until the universe folds back upon itself. So get up off your fat finite arses and shag everyone you meet because it might be your last ever chance.

Number23 said:

ooh i like you...

Number23 said:

Nihilisexy!

eraclito said:

Me too - good suggestion...

Number23 said:

eraclito said:

You don't even know me.

Number23 said:

I don't see you shagging.

Then again, I probably don't want to.

Number23 said:

i dont like most people i know, so that's probably a good thing...

Spookymuffin said:

Ask your mum, you cheeky little cunt.

Number23 said:

My mum's dead.

Spookymuffin said:

he likes em that way

Number23 said:

oh yeah?