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BillieTheBotBillieTheBot Posts: 8,721 Bot
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Heya all, just wondering what weird superstitions you all have.
Me i have a few,
1) cant walk over 3 drains
2) cant walk under a lader
3) cant walk under street signs (but thats more of a fear that it will fal down as im under it and chop me in half)
4) have to wave if you drive past a grave yard

Thats all i can think of for now.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: superstions
    Originally posted by Zella
    (but thats more of a fear that it will fal down as im under it and chop me in half)

    I think if I saw that happen to somebody on a dull Monday morning it would sure as hell brighten up my day! :D

    Oh and no I don't have any superstitions. Unless you count sacrificing a lamb once a week to keep the evil spirits out of my house.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: Re: superstions
    Originally posted by z0ma

    Oh and no I don't have any superstitions. Unless you count sacrificing a lamb once a week to keep the evil spirits out of my house.
    my tutor room at school was an art room and had a blocked sink full of painty water most of the time. A guy there used to regularly get the random bones from the room, mainly the sheep skulls, and we'd have a 'sacrificing the lambs head to the pit 'ceremony.

    god, school was such fun.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    None.

    I still don't see how anyone can believe in this shit :/

    Though not walking under ladders is just common sense :yes: :razz:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Re: superstions
    Originally posted by Zella

    3) cant walk under street signs (but thats more of a fear that it will fal down as im under it and chop me in half)

    :lol:

    i have the exact same fear.

    one time i was waiting for my friend under a give way sign (the thin metal type, not the newer plastic ones), and it just fell right off the post. about 6 inches from my head :eek:

    i had nightmares about that for weeks.

    i also have issues with even numbers - think they're unlucky in some way, not sure why.

    single magpies make me nervous.

    black cats. now, the english and the polish have different views on this. one says it's lucky if they cross your path, the other say it's unlucky. i figure either way i'm screwed.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i always cross the road if i see budgie feathers sticking out the sides of someones mouth ...i don't know why but i get the feeling it's not a real person but a winged demon!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    None.

    I still don't see how anyone can believe in this shit :/

    Though not walking under ladders is just common sense :yes: :razz:


    What about broken mirrors?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Tweety
    What about broken mirrors?

    What about them? :/

    Just means there's more versions of me to look at - can never be a bad thing :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    What about them? :/

    Just means there's more versions of me to look at - can never be a bad thing :p

    Matter of opinion i'm sure :p.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    No superstitions for me. I'm a bit of a bore, really. :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Tweety
    Matter of opinion i'm sure :p.

    Naaah really though - what about mirrors? :razz:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    Naaah really though - what about mirrors? :razz:

    Lots of people believe its seven years bad luck if you break one. I am not one of those people though, i grew out of most of my supersitions.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Tweety
    Lots of people believe its seven years bad luck if you break one. I am not one of those people though, i grew out of most of my supersitions.

    Yeah I know, but I meant why did you ask me about it after I said I don't believe in any of that bullshit :razz:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by morrocan roll
    i always cross the road if i see budgie feathers sticking out the sides of someones mouth ...i don't know why but i get the feeling it's not a real person but a winged demon!

    *deep breath*

    II DIDNT KILLING MY FECKING BUDGIE!

    *and is calm*

    Mwaa!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Single magpies. Tho if I see loads I'm quite chuffed. Penny on the ground, and prob breaking mirrors as well. It's quite funny after Kaffrin's 'fear' of even numbers. My friend hates odd numbers. Anything that can be digitally controlled with a scale needs to be even. It drives her to distraction if it's not. Not a good plan to play with the volume control when she's driving...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by morrocan roll
    i always cross the road if i see budgie feathers sticking out the sides of someones mouth ...i don't know why but i get the feeling it's not a real person but a winged demon!

    OOOMMMMGGGG!

    You have Ozzy as your av :D I remember saying that he reminds me of you. :p

    I dunno why that excited me. :confused:

    And I have no superstitions. I do get funny about the 13th though. But my dad was born on the 13th so it kinda explains that. What an evil day.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I sleep with a knife under my matress and if I know what direction my head is pointng in, I won't sleep with it in the direction of south.

    Still haven't had a bad dream for a while.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    A knife under the mattress? Is that superstition? Cos I've never heard of that one before...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yup, I have a book on it by Cunningham and looked up bedrooms and apparently it protects you from nightmares and stuff. It works for me, if only a placebo it works.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by MoonRat
    It works for me, if only a placebo it works.

    That's a contradiction in terms :/

    Anyway, you're using specious reasoning, surely you can't actually believe it?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How's it a contradiction? If it's a placebo and there is an improvement, then it's all pyschological and the item plays a large part in helping a person even if it doesn't work in the same way, say, antibiotics work.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Some of your superstitions are just plain loopy. I don't have any, and don't understand why people have them. Ok, so not walking under ladders has some sense to it. But some like magpies, waving at graveyards, etc, are just unfathomable to me.

    Mr_Wobble ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I suppose they all have some basis in tradition and people like tradition, even if it doesn't make sense...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Walking under ladders
    Bad luck to see 1 magpie
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by TheKingOfGlasgow
    How's it a contradiction?

    ...'Cause placebos don't actually work.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    ...'Cause placebos don't actually work.

    Well, they kinda do, as the idea is you think they'll work, so you kinda cure yourself psychologically. It's a means to an end, kinda. Kinda kinda. But I don't want to argue with you because you scare me :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    Yeah I know, but I meant why did you ask me about it after I said I don't believe in any of that bullshit :razz:

    Gah you ask lots of questions :p.
    I asked as its one the the most common ones i thought.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    ...'Cause placebos don't actually work.
    Um, if they don't work, but do work, how's that not working? They don't work in a strict sense, like I already pointed out, but they work at a psychological level... That's why testers use placebos, to see if the thought of a cure messes with the actual test results. And if you've ever read It by Stephen King, the little boy in that who uses an inhalor is actually just using water vapour, but it stops his attacks because he thinks it works.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by TheKingOfGlasgow
    Um, if they don't work, but do work, how's that not working?

    Yeah but my point is they don't actually *work*, people just trick themselves into believing they do.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by TheKingOfGlasgow
    And if you've ever read It by Stephen King, the little boy in that who uses an inhalor is actually just using water vapour, but it stops his attacks because he thinks it works.

    hmm that wasn't in the film version was it?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by DaisyChainThing
    OOOMMMMGGGG!

    You have Ozzy as your av :D I remember saying that he reminds me of you. :p

    I dunno why that excited me. :confused:
    so it was you! i knew someone had ...

    finnished with my woman cos she couldn't help me with my mind ..
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