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| pdog |
Have a great day!
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| egon |
Friday the 13th indeed:
It's raining,
Here,
In the South of France,
People are pointing at the sky shouting "Armageddon"....
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| pdog |
I just saw a man running down the street, pointing at the sun, and yelling, the planet is getting warmer, we're all gonna die! |
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| egon |
quote:
pdog wrote:
I just saw a man running down the street, pointing at the sun, and yelling, the planet is getting warmer, we're all gonna die!
How is Joey nowadays? |
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| pdog |
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egon wrote:
How is Joey nowadays?
He's on his kneees for Don Imus... |
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| M.O.W.A.T. |
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pdog wrote:
He's on his kneees for Don Imus...
Joey's a nappy-headed ho now? |
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| _Boomy_ |
Uh oh.
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| pdog |
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M.O.W.A.T. wrote:
Joey's a nappy-headed ho now?
When it is in the black comunity, it is called a problem, when it is in the white comunity, it is called an epidemic.
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| fireontheplatter |
i stayed put yesterday, just so nothing had potential to happen. |
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| gustavobala |
Friday the 13th
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For the series of slasher films, see Friday the 13th (film series). For the original film, see Friday the 13th (film). For the TV series, see Friday the 13th: The Series.
A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English, German, Polish and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece or Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. In Russia, the unlucky day is Monday[citation needed]. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia (a word that is derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Παρασκευή, δεκατρείς, and φοβία, meaning Friday, thirteen, and phobia respectively; alternate spellings include paraskevodekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia) or friggatriskaidekaphobia, and is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.
Contents [hide]
1 History of Friday the 13th
2 Effects in people and cultures
3 Occurrence
4 Planned events on Fridays the 13th
5 Natural events on Fridays the 13th
5.1 Notable births and deaths
6 References
7 External links
[edit] History of Friday the 13th
Before the 20th century, although there is evidence that the number 13 was considered unlucky, and Friday was considered unlucky, there was no link between them.
Many popular stories exist about the origin of the concept:
The Last Supper, with stories that Judas was the thirteenth guest, and that the Crucifixion of Jesus occurred Friday.
That the biblical Eve offered the fruit to Adam on a Friday, and that the slaying of Abel happened on a Friday (though the Bible does not identify the days of the week when these events occurred). [1]
Many modern stories (including The Da Vinci Code) claim that when King Philip IV had many Knights Templar simultaneously arrested on Friday, October 13, 1307, that started the legend of the unlucky Friday the 13th.
Neither these nor any other historical date have been verifiably identified as the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition. The first documented mention of a "Friday the 13th" is generally listed as occurring in the early 1900s.[2][3] [4]
In the case of Greece, Tuesday, April 13, 1204 was the date that Constantinople was sacked by the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade. The first-ever fall of what was then the richest Christian city, and the looting that followed, allegedly gave Tuesday 13 its bad meaning. Coincidentally, Constantinople fell for the second time in its history on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, to the Ottoman Turks, a date that puts an end to the Byzantine empire, and to Greek sovereignty for several centuries, and therefore reinforcing Tuesday as an unlucky day in the Greek world.[citations needed]
[edit] Effects in people and cultures
"It's been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do." [5]
Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they are simply unable to get out of bed when Friday the 13th rolls around. The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute estimates that more than 17 million people are affected by a fear of this day. [6] Despite that, representatives for both Delta and Continental Airlines say that their airlines don't suffer from any noticeable drop in travel on those Fridays. [7]
A British Medical Journal study has shown that there is a significant increase in traffic related accidents on Friday the 13ths.[8]
The date is well-known in the motorcycle (biker) community: Since 1981, motorcycle enthusiasts and vendors gather every Friday the 13th in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. This tradition started on November 13, 1981 by Chris Simons as a gathering of approximately 25 friends. The event has grown substantially, with an estimated 100,000 people attending in August 2004, as well as music bands, vendors, a bike show, etc.
In the Spanish-speaking world, it is Tuesday the 13th the day that supposedly brings bad luck; a proverb runs En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques, ni de tu familia te apartes. (On Tuesday, neither get married nor start a journey, or separate yourself from your family.)
However, many people who expereince odd ocurrences on Friday the 13 seem to also experience a good fortune on a diffrent aspect. For example; If a person wakes up late due to an alarm clock failing to go off, then a colleague at work may compliment them. People who belive in Friday the 13 as "Bad Karma" usually don't admit to any bad circumstances occuring.
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| corgi37 |
Friday the 13th. My wife got her nipple pierced.
Pics to follow. |
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| Starbuck |
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Have a great day!
this is not one of your better posts.
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