tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post356346400815476860..comments2024-03-08T08:23:19.959+00:00Comments on Paul Anthony Shortt - Author: Friday the 13thPaul Anthony Shortthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14393249001158230985noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-48668979255083238482012-01-14T14:38:06.890+00:002012-01-14T14:38:06.890+00:00There's more I do without thinking I've re...There's more I do without thinking I've realized since this post. <br /><br />My bed faces away from the door (feet towards the door is bad - you are carried feet first in your coffin) <br />I always leave a tray in my oven when it's not in use (so there's never a time of having nothing to go in the oven apparently) <br />I always come back in the house by the same door I left - this one I'm not sure about but I remember it was a big thingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741651261524135082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-24358328385929233212012-01-14T11:32:42.564+00:002012-01-14T11:32:42.564+00:00Interesting. I only have one thing that can be cal...Interesting. I only have one thing that can be called superstition, but it's not something debilitating. When I draft, it's on good quality paper with a specific type of black pen. :-)Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-78452592765111590082012-01-14T01:43:52.570+00:002012-01-14T01:43:52.570+00:00I totally understand the dice thing. Sometimes I h...I totally understand the dice thing. Sometimes I have a game in which I feel completely confident, and my dice do exactly what I want them to, like they reflect how I'm feeling. And sometimes the exact opposite happens: I feel only so-so and my dice hate me. Of course there's absolutely no reason to believe there's a connection, but I still seem to have this happen all the time.A. Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978856161066277320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-79626346720612987622012-01-14T01:12:23.164+00:002012-01-14T01:12:23.164+00:00Yep can't help myself with the Magpie thing, i...Yep can't help myself with the Magpie thing, it really doesn't seem worth tempting fate the same with touch wood. <br /><br />At least 13 is a high number compared to 4, it was hilarious when I was in Korea and you would see car park spaces etc as 1 2 3 3+1 5 of instead of 4 they would have the letter F or they just skip that floor. At least there isn't actually that many 13 floor buildings in Ireland to have it be an issue!SJ Egan - Fragment Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643973973853437159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-36050330993597874512012-01-13T12:51:01.750+00:002012-01-13T12:51:01.750+00:00I bet you didn't know this, Paul, but my stree...I bet you didn't know this, Paul, but my street doesn't have a number 13. We have 12A instead :)<br /><br />Quilla, I've heard a version of that before! In Ireland it's called an 'ainm cul na clainne' according to my dad, which translates as 'a name against the family', or more literally, 'a name with its back to the family.' The idea was that your child could avoid family illnesses and bad luck by being given a name that the family had never used before.<br /><br />My father named me after his mother and grandmother, and my middle name is after both his great-grandmother and my mother's cousin. I invite everyone to make of this fact what you will.<br /><br />I'm very superstitious about magpies. I truly believe that if I see one magpie, something bad will happen if I don't wave. I have risked social ridicule in order to wave at magpies many times.Ellen Brickleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184391430927483100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-56257951016277267322012-01-13T12:39:12.443+00:002012-01-13T12:39:12.443+00:00One for me that i followed is you dont name your c...One for me that i followed is you dont name your children after living family members. <br /><br />that made picking a boys name rather difficult as there are many males in my family with all the good ones :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741651261524135082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282504373890041231.post-72060820333155589302012-01-13T12:26:27.962+00:002012-01-13T12:26:27.962+00:00I heard on the radio that the reason the number 13...I heard on the radio that the reason the number 13 is seen as "bad" or "unlucky" is because the number 12 is seen as such a good number, since there are 12 months in the year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of olympus, 12 disciples of jesus etc...so 13 was seen as just one too many! Apparently Fridays have long been considered to be the unluckiest day (who knew!) of the week (who knew!). <br /><br />I don't really have a problem with the number 13, but as someone born on the 12th, married to someone born on the 12th (of the 12th!), I'll go with the theory that 12s are awesome :)<br /><br />I find it both amusing and irritating when hotels don't have a room 13 or a floor 13, even been on a pitch & putt course with no hole 13. <br /><br />If you think about it, it differs all over the world. in China, it's the number 4 that is deemed to be unlucky (sounds the same as death!). <br /><br />Also, different cultures have different superstitions...in the states a black cat crossing your path is supposed to be bad luck, but my mum always told me that it was good luck depending on which way they are facing???Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578809815608715977noreply@blogger.com