bad luck ladders?
February 13, 2009 at 9:58 amDC, constructon
It’s Friday the 13th… are you superstitious? Would you walk under that stack of ladders without worrying about it bringing you a string of bad luck? Or, perhaps, you think like me and see that there are 6 ladders — an even number — and they obviously cancel each other out, so you wouldn’t have to worry.
I’ll admit that when it comes to my superstitions, it’s more of a numbers game than anything else. Evens, especially multiples of 10 or any number with an 8 in it being the far superior types of number. Maybe this is more of an obsessive-compulsive trait than a superstition, but something about me just feels off when there are odd numbers present. I don’t like to set my alarms for random times, example 6:37 am, that freaks me out, but 6:40 is perfectly acceptable. The television volume has to be on an even number as well, preferably 18, but 22 if the dishwasher is running. I like even-numbered addresses, like Matt’s old address at 8508 Summit Hills, but not my work address 8505.
I guess has more to do with my quirks than it does with Friday the 13th. What are your superstitions?
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February 13th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I am the opposite. I HATE even numbers they are too neat and pretty for me. The best number by far is nine because it has such magical properties (any multiple adding the digits together gets you back to 9!). I ALWAYS set my clock to random numbers that add up to 9 or three i constantly wake up to 7:20 or if i’m lazy i’ll sleep in till 7:29, or even 7:41. I think it’s the lost in us Lori…..
Don’t get me started. I dont mess with anything but single digits. My order of best numbers 9, 3, 1, 7, any even number, then 5 (way to neat with the multiplication tables to not be even….)
WIth the other post: I still use pennies and cash them in, there was a real good article on cnn.com the other day about this family that for fun goes around and picks up found money (mostly pennies), after 3 years they have a little over 1,000! That’s not chump change my chumpy friend….
February 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
If you walk under a ladder just go home and break a mirror!