Friday the 13th! Are you superstitious? - GoFuckYourself.com

PersianKitty · 12-13-2002, 12:47 AM

Some people won't leave their homes.. some people won't even get out of bed. To many it's just another Friday.

What's Friday the 13th to you? Any bad experiences?

Fletch XXX · 12-13-2002, 12:49 AM

Not superstitious here... though I do own black cats.

the Shemp · 12-13-2002, 12:50 AM

I think i was blacklisted at elephant list on the last Fri. the 13th.

shemp

Undutchable · 12-13-2002, 12:51 AM

Not very superstitious normally speaking but today I've got some important stuff to do so I hope it all goes right

If I fuck up, I'll blame the Friday the 13th demons

12-13-2002, 12:52 AM

I'm hitting two airplanes today.

TheFLY · 12-13-2002, 12:52 AM

No, but I knock on wood tho...

theking · 12-13-2002, 01:05 AM

If I ever knew, I have forgotten the legend behind Friday the 13th. I do not feel like doing a search, so can someone clue me in as to why Friday the 13th is supposed to be a bad luck day?

Easy · 12-13-2002, 01:06 AM

I've a bad feeling that LikeWhoe will be down today

TDF · 12-13-2002, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox
I'm hitting two airplanes today.

oh the irony..

PersianKitty · 12-13-2002, 01:19 AM

Its origins can be traced to Norse mythology and a dinner party at Valhalla, home of the god Odin, where Odin and 11 of his closest god-friends were gathered one night to party. Everyone was having fun, but then Loki, the dastardly god of evil and turmoil, showed up uninvited, making it a crowd of 13. The beloved god Balder tried to boot Loki out of the house, the legend goes, and in the scuffle that followed he suffered a deathblow from a spear of mistletoe.

Part of the Friday-the-13th legend is a particularly bad Friday the 13th that occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France burned the revered Knights Templar at the stake, marking the occasion as a day of evil.

From that mythological start, the number 13 has plowed a path of devastation through history. There were 13 people at Christ's Last Supper, including the double-crossing Judas Iscariot. The ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission left the launching pad at 13:13 hours and was aborted on April 13. Friday hasn't been much kinder to us. Friday was execution day in ancient Rome -- Jesus was crucified on a Friday. Put it all together, and Friday the 13th spells trouble for triskaidekaphobics. It's a testament to the phobia's prevalence that Hollywood was able to parlay our fear into a hugely successful series of slasher movies starring a hockey-masked guy named Jason.

greentea · 12-13-2002, 01:28 AM

I think brad cole slaw will get his ass kicked royally today

the Shemp · 12-13-2002, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PersianKitty
Its origins can be traced to Norse mythology and a dinner party at Valhalla, home of the god Odin, where Odin and 11 of his closest god-friends were gathered one night to party. Everyone was having fun, but then Loki, the dastardly god of evil and turmoil, showed up uninvited, making it a crowd of 13. The beloved god Balder tried to boot Loki out of the house, the legend goes, and in the scuffle that followed he suffered a deathblow from a spear of mistletoe.

Part of the Friday-the-13th legend is a particularly bad Friday the 13th that occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France burned the revered Knights Templar at the stake, marking the occasion as a day of evil.

From that mythological start, the number 13 has plowed a path of devastation through history. There were 13 people at Christ's Last Supper, including the double-crossing Judas Iscariot. The ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission left the launching pad at 13:13 hours and was aborted on April 13. Friday hasn't been much kinder to us. Friday was execution day in ancient Rome -- Jesus was crucified on a Friday. Put it all together, and Friday the 13th spells trouble for triskaidekaphobics. It's a testament to the phobia's prevalence that Hollywood was able to parlay our fear into a hugely successful series of slasher movies starring a hockey-masked guy named Jason. As well, you may be blacklisted at Elephant List

makes sense now

theking · 12-13-2002, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by PersianKitty
Its origins can be traced to Norse mythology and a dinner party at Valhalla, home of the god Odin, where Odin and 11 of his closest god-friends were gathered one night to party. Everyone was having fun, but then Loki, the dastardly god of evil and turmoil, showed up uninvited, making it a crowd of 13. The beloved god Balder tried to boot Loki out of the house, the legend goes, and in the scuffle that followed he suffered a deathblow from a spear of mistletoe.

Part of the Friday-the-13th legend is a particularly bad Friday the 13th that occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France burned the revered Knights Templar at the stake, marking the occasion as a day of evil.

From that mythological start, the number 13 has plowed a path of devastation through history. There were 13 people at Christ's Last Supper, including the double-crossing Judas Iscariot. The ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission left the launching pad at 13:13 hours and was aborted on April 13. Friday hasn't been much kinder to us. Friday was execution day in ancient Rome -- Jesus was crucified on a Friday. Put it all together, and Friday the 13th spells trouble for triskaidekaphobics. It's a testament to the phobia's prevalence that Hollywood was able to parlay our fear into a hugely successful series of slasher movies starring a hockey-masked guy named Jason.

Thanks for the info. Excuse me while I check the locks on the door and get my shotgun out and stand watch.

Hooterdog · 12-13-2002, 02:17 AM

<br>paraskevidekatriaphobia is fear of Friday the 13th . . .
in case you were wondering

flashfreak · 12-13-2002, 02:45 AM

superstitions are for pussies...

Brujah · 12-13-2002, 02:54 AM

I love superstitions, and folklore as they portray our ancient traditions and history.
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"In any case, despite whatever terrors the numerical unknown held for their primitive forebears, ancient civilizations were not unanimous in their dread of 13. The Chinese regarded the number as lucky, historians say, as did Egyptians in the time of the pharaohs.

To the Egyptians, life was a quest for spiritual ascension which unfolded in stages ? 12 in this life and a thirteenth beyond, thought to be the eternal afterlife. The number 13 therefore symbolized death ? not in terms of dust and decay, but as a glorious and desirable transformation. Egyptian civilization perished, this explanation continues, but the symbolism of the number 13 lived on only to be corrupted by other cultures (the Romans, for example) and bound to a fear of death instead of a reverence for the afterlife. (In Tarot decks the "Death" card bears the number 13 but retains its original, positive meaning: transformation.) "

http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar.../aa101100b.htm

Brujah · 12-13-2002, 02:56 AM

Ohhh could it mean that women were bad luck ?

"Another explanation suggests the number 13 was purposely vilified by the priests of patriarchal religions because it represented femininity. Thirteen was revered in prehistoric goddess-worshipping cultures because it corresponded to the number of lunar (menstrual) cycles in a year (13 x 28 = 364 days). (The "Earth Mother of Laussel," a 27,000-year-old carving near the Lascaux caves in France, depicts a female figure holding a cresent-shaped horn bearing 13 notches.) As the solar calendar triumphed over the lunar with the rise of ancient civilization, so did the number 12 over the number 13. "

SetTheWorldonFire · 12-13-2002, 02:58 AM

just another Friday

PlayaPlaya · 12-13-2002, 03:02 AM

I was never really superstitious, but since i was born on the 13th i was told that the bad luck was reversed for me. However, tonite i was driving through manhattan @ 1am when i got pulled over going 69 in a 35 by the 1 of the biggest asshole cops i've yet to meet. Being that my license is already restricted, the cop was blatantly clear when he said I was going to loose my license. Shortly after that i cut my thumb on a cigar cutter. Its now 5am and i will soon be making my trip home. I'm sleepy, in pain, and pissed about my license, what a way to start off my birthday

eRock · 12-13-2002, 03:07 AM

I have to get on a plane in a few hours...luckily I'm not superstitious. But I HATE flyin' anyways, so.....

NickB. · 12-13-2002, 03:10 AM

My collegue is getting Married today!
Friday the 13th

NO JOKE !!!

X-raid · 12-13-2002, 03:34 AM

I had a test at school today. Man, I did bad... Fucking friday!

Jakke PNG · 12-13-2002, 04:07 AM

Be afraid, be very afraid!!!

Beastiepoo · 12-13-2002, 04:34 AM

My brother was born on a Friday the 13th back in 1970. He's a happy guy and lives a good life. I've never had anything bad enough to remember happen to me on a Friday the 13th either so I pretty much see it as just any other Friday.

Now I've said this, the Friday the 13th imps will strike me down.

sherbert · 12-13-2002, 04:41 AM

I'm not superstitious, but still, I refuse to climb out of bed.

foe · 12-13-2002, 08:44 AM

Just had a engineering final ;)

tree · 12-13-2002, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TeenGodFather
Be afraid, be very afraid!!!

YESSSSS!

that kicks ASS!

brutus · 12-13-2002, 09:28 AM

...I will NOT leave my office until midnight... have been here the whole day as I noticed from the screen that its FRI 13th - Are you scared ?

rip raster · 12-13-2002, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by the Shemp
I think i was blacklisted at elephant list on the last Fri. the 13th.

shemp

Isn't everyone blacklisted at the elephantlist?
I had a feeling it had something to do with Norse gods.... lol

cherrylula · 12-13-2002, 10:03 AM

I was born on the 13th... my first birthday was on a Friday the 13th hehe.

Its always been a great day for me, any Friday the 13th.

Sarah_Jayne · 12-13-2002, 10:11 AM

yeah I pretty much agree that it is just another friday (mind you NEXT friday is my b-day). Mind you, i'm not going to go doing anything risky.

When I was a travel agent there were loads of cheap flights available on Friday the 13th because people just wouldn't fly. I had one guy pay an extra $200 a ticket just to fly the day after because his wife wouldn't get on the plane on the 13th.

picindex · 12-13-2002, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox
I'm hitting two airplanes today.

so am I.

capribex · 12-13-2002, 10:14 AM

13 is a good luck number to many people; in china, in judaism and in islam.

so many disasters, murders, terror attacks, tragedies and deaths hapenned on non-friday-the-13 days that it kind of make this superstition lame.

me thinks.

cherrylula · 12-13-2002, 10:16 AM

but i could roll around in evil all day, i love horror and am always trying to find something that scares me...books, movies, music...i can't ever get enough.

jfkpt · 12-13-2002, 10:20 AM

I'm not supersticious on Friday the 13th cause i always change my Calendar date

Brujah · 06-12-2003, 11:08 PM

Ahh here it is. Great thread.

12-13-2002, 12:47 AM	#1
PersianKitty Meow Media Inc. Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: In the valley of the sun, cactus, tacos, tequila, and nod Posts: 7,785	Friday the 13th! Are you superstitious? Some people won't leave their homes.. some people won't even get out of bed. To many it's just another Friday. What's Friday the 13th to you? Any bad experiences?

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Undutchable Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,217	Not very superstitious normally speaking but today I've got some important stuff to do so I hope it all goes right If I fuck up, I'll blame the Friday the 13th demons

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X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	I'm hitting two airplanes today.

12-13-2002, 12:52 AM	#6
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PersianKitty Meow Media Inc. Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: In the valley of the sun, cactus, tacos, tequila, and nod Posts: 7,785	Its origins can be traced to Norse mythology and a dinner party at Valhalla, home of the god Odin, where Odin and 11 of his closest god-friends were gathered one night to party. Everyone was having fun, but then Loki, the dastardly god of evil and turmoil, showed up uninvited, making it a crowd of 13. The beloved god Balder tried to boot Loki out of the house, the legend goes, and in the scuffle that followed he suffered a deathblow from a spear of mistletoe. Part of the Friday-the-13th legend is a particularly bad Friday the 13th that occurred in the middle ages. On a Friday the 13th in 1306, King Philip of France burned the revered Knights Templar at the stake, marking the occasion as a day of evil. From that mythological start, the number 13 has plowed a path of devastation through history. There were 13 people at Christ's Last Supper, including the double-crossing Judas Iscariot. The ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission left the launching pad at 13:13 hours and was aborted on April 13. Friday hasn't been much kinder to us. Friday was execution day in ancient Rome -- Jesus was crucified on a Friday. Put it all together, and Friday the 13th spells trouble for triskaidekaphobics. It's a testament to the phobia's prevalence that Hollywood was able to parlay our fear into a hugely successful series of slasher movies starring a hockey-masked guy named Jason.

12-13-2002, 02:17 AM	#14
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Brujah Beer Money Baron Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: brujah / gmail Posts: 22,157	I love superstitions, and folklore as they portray our ancient traditions and history. ------- "In any case, despite whatever terrors the numerical unknown held for their primitive forebears, ancient civilizations were not unanimous in their dread of 13. The Chinese regarded the number as lucky, historians say, as did Egyptians in the time of the pharaohs. To the Egyptians, life was a quest for spiritual ascension which unfolded in stages ? 12 in this life and a thirteenth beyond, thought to be the eternal afterlife. The number 13 therefore symbolized death ? not in terms of dust and decay, but as a glorious and desirable transformation. Egyptian civilization perished, this explanation continues, but the symbolism of the number 13 lived on only to be corrupted by other cultures (the Romans, for example) and bound to a fear of death instead of a reverence for the afterlife. (In Tarot decks the "Death" card bears the number 13 but retains its original, positive meaning: transformation.) " http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar.../aa101100b.htm __________________ Free Premium Domain Lists and Tools at Clickmojo.com For Sale: Obscenity.com

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Brujah Beer Money Baron Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: brujah / gmail Posts: 22,157	Ohhh could it mean that women were bad luck ? "Another explanation suggests the number 13 was purposely vilified by the priests of patriarchal religions because it represented femininity. Thirteen was revered in prehistoric goddess-worshipping cultures because it corresponded to the number of lunar (menstrual) cycles in a year (13 x 28 = 364 days). (The "Earth Mother of Laussel," a 27,000-year-old carving near the Lascaux caves in France, depicts a female figure holding a cresent-shaped horn bearing 13 notches.) As the solar calendar triumphed over the lunar with the rise of ancient civilization, so did the number 12 over the number 13. " __________________ Free Premium Domain Lists and Tools at Clickmojo.com For Sale: Obscenity.com

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12-13-2002, 03:10 AM	#21
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brutus Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Living in the bottle. Posts: 590	...I will NOT leave my office until midnight... have been here the whole day as I noticed from the screen that its FRI 13th - Are you scared ?

12-13-2002, 10:03 AM	#30
cherrylula lol Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 15,969	I was born on the 13th... my first birthday was on a Friday the 13th hehe. Its always been a great day for me, any Friday the 13th.

12-13-2002, 10:11 AM	#31
Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	yeah I pretty much agree that it is just another friday (mind you NEXT friday is my b-day). Mind you, i'm not going to go doing anything risky. When I was a travel agent there were loads of cheap flights available on Friday the 13th because people just wouldn't fly. I had one guy pay an extra $200 a ticket just to fly the day after because his wife wouldn't get on the plane on the 13th.

12-13-2002, 10:14 AM	#33
capribex Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 382	13 is a good luck number to many people; in china, in judaism and in islam. so many disasters, murders, terror attacks, tragedies and deaths hapenned on non-friday-the-13 days that it kind of make this superstition lame. me thinks. __________________ <b>For sale: Country in Europe, French speaking. Will not accept Belgium as tender. Offers above $1 should be sent to [email protected]<b>

12-13-2002, 10:16 AM	#34
cherrylula lol Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 15,969	but i could roll around in evil all day, i love horror and am always trying to find something that scares me...books, movies, music...i can't ever get enough.

12-13-2002, 10:20 AM	#35
jfkpt Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Portugal Posts: 71	I'm not supersticious on Friday the 13th cause i always change my Calendar date

06-12-2003, 11:08 PM	#36
Brujah Beer Money Baron Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: brujah / gmail Posts: 22,157	Ahh here it is. Great thread. __________________ Free Premium Domain Lists and Tools at Clickmojo.com For Sale: Obscenity.com