Not that I'm superstitious or anything...
It's just that... It's only March, and it already is the 2nd Friday the 13th this year!
And what's even more interesting... is that it's been Friday the 13th for 2 consecutive months in a row! (February also had a Friday the 13th)
Just a few interesting facts about Friday the 13th and the number 13~
1. Fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia.
Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13.
(That's one heck of a freaking long phobia name... Try pronouncing it fast... it's a good tongue twister XD)
2. Many hospitals have no room 13, while some tall buildings skip the 13th floor and some airline terminals omit Gate 13.
(Guess that's normal here as well. People usually have their house numbers altered to 11A instead of sticking with 13)
3. President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 13 guests at a meal. Napoleon and President Herbert Hoover were also triskaidekaphobic, with an abnormal fear of the number 13.
(Wonder if our Prime Ministers have these kind of superstitions. Lol)
4. Mark Twain once was the 13th guest at a dinner party. A friend warned him not to go. "It was bad luck," Twain later told the friend, "They only had food for 12."
Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a quatorzieme, or professional 14th guest.
(Wah, I wouldn't mind working as a quatorzieme... sounds like a good thing to be getting paid to get to eat! XD)
Mark Twain is an author by the way, his better known books are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
5. The number 13 suffers from its position after 12, according to numerologists who consider the latter to be a complete number - 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labours of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 days of Christmas and 12 eggs in a dozen.
(Ooo... interesting XD)
6. Friday 13th is unlucky for some. The risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased as much as 52%. Staying at home is recommended.
(Probably just coincidence? o.O I think people just freak easier on Friday the 13th because of the superstition...)
So...
Anybody come across any form of bad luck today? Or a black cat perhaps? XD
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2 comments:
wah so fr3 ar u?? XD
1. dats a rly.. long word LOL
2. haha.. yeah.. dats quite common ^^
3. i din noe dat O.o superstitious lot?
4. GG.. poor dude din get 2 eat den? i wanna work as dat too LOL
5. O.o
6. LOL... mayb is a psychological ting (like how red cars have a higher accident rate..)
my day was fine XD
good to know ur day was fine ^^
haha no la.. nth much to do mar (for now that is).. so just read through a few articles about it hehehe
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