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Friday the 13th

Martin-O2
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Hey everyone, 

 

So it’s Friday the 13th today which has got a bit of a bad rep these days. Around three-quarters of UK adults say they have suffered from bad luck on Friday the 13th and even businesses are not immune to this superstition with hotels skipping room the number 13 and car registrations adding a digit to avoid the number 13.

 

The origins of 13 being an unlucky number have routes in the bible, Norse mythology and the knights templar.

 

Personally I’m not terribly superstitious and always seem to have a good day on Friday 13th. Does anyone have any stories of bad luck on Friday 13th? Or is it a regualar day for you too? 

 

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Curr946
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ell, I'm 50/50 tbh. Today has been fine but other F13ths have been horrible. Depends whos been naughty or nice... wait.. that was last month.

 

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In GB black cats are considered to be lucky Cat Very Happy

I'm not a superstitious person ... rather ... I'm a spiritual person ... do you put shoes on the table ? which is considered bad luck ... I don't do that for hygiene reasons LOL

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@Anonymous I hadn't heard about that one, putting shoes on the table. However at least in my family if you place the bread upside down it's considered bad luck!

 

I think there's always good and bad things in a day and whenever it's Friday the 13th, all the (normal) bad stuff are automatically attributed to it. tongue

 

Yesterday was snowing here though. I think that's definitely due to the 13th!

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Bread upside down @Marjo? Surely it will go stale far quicker??Confused

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HOW do you put bread upside down if it's not buttered....This could be my problem!

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Marjo
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@jonsie wrote:

HOW do you put bread upside down if it's not buttered....This could be my problem!


grin I meant the pack of bread, like this:

 

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Oh I thought you meant like this .....LOL

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LOL

 

That rye bread looks delicious by the way.

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Send me a Warburton's medium sliced....I promise to store it the right way up.....

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