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- Sayde, on 10/11/2007, -0/+87I don't care if it is the 13th or what...all I care about is it is friggin' FRIDAY!!! Woohoo!!!
- bobcrotch, on 10/11/2007, -1/+44That went down faster than a prom date on roofies.
- kendra82, on 10/11/2007, -4/+43One time, at bandcamp, on Friday the 13th, I bit into the side of my mouth while eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
- Easty, on 10/11/2007, -2/+30Friday the 13th doesn't bother me. I'm not superstitious.
Also, I'm wearing my lucky socks with Tigger on them so it should cancel out the bad luck. - DFENS, on 10/11/2007, -0/+25Apparently Friday the 13th is bad luck for bandwidth limits, too. :)
- fatsobob, on 10/11/2007, -5/+291. It’s been estimated that $800 or $900 million (U.S.) is lost in business on this day because people will not fly or do business they would normally do.
2. No historical date has been verifiably identified as the origin of the superstition. 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.
3. The first documented mention of a “Friday the 13th” is generally listed as occurring in the early 1900’s.[
4. 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.
5. Many 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. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia.
7. Every year has at least one, and at most three Fridays the 13th, with 48 occurrences in 28 years an average of 1.7 times per year. The reason, this is the evidence: twenty-eight years have 336 months and 336 also equals seven times forty-eight.
8. A study published in The British Medical Journal (1993) has shown that there is a significant increase in traffic-related accidents on Friday the 13ths.
9. Friday the 13th is also known as “Dooms day” all around the world.
10. Many popular stories exist about the origin of the concept: The popular painting of the Last Supper, with stories that Judas numbered among the thirteen guests (Jesus plus his 12 apostles), and that the Crucifixion of Jesus occurred Friday. The Knights Templar is another popular theory: recently offered up as historical fact in the novel The Da Vinci Code, holds that it came about not as the result of a convergence, but a catastrophe, a single historical event that happened nearly 700 years ago - TKn00b, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18Gosh I hope the can of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee was ok.
- MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15Friday the 13th is a superstition. Just like getting 7 years bad luck from breaking a http://www.duggmirror.com
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14heh heh, jackpot
/quagmire - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -15/+28I remember one time on Friday the 13th, I was running to get the phone and I had a open can of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee in my hand, but I slipped while running to get the phone and the ravioli went all over the place, hit the roof and everything.
That was enough proof for me, now every time its Friday the 13th I lock myself in a room and do not move all day till its over. - AJH16, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9I think the point was that it would be very fast if you combined the two.
- peeinian, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7I think Sunday the 1st is the real problem here.
- Boshow, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7antichrist
- sosgal721, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5FYI this is the second Friday the 13th that we have had this year (April 13th was a Friday)... so does that make this Friday twice as unlucky?
- orlyfactor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6That's ridiculous. So a person doesn't do it today, they'll probably do it the next business day or even Saturday the 14th. I wonder if businesses make 800-900 million MORE on the days following the 13th? Buried for being stupid.
- MikeonTV, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Did anyone else get this ad?
http://b1.adbrite.com/iads/21857.jpg
man she is hot!! - Sayde, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4http://www.newstoob.com/2007/07/13/ten-friday-the-13th-facts-and-theories/
Mirror... - TKn00b, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4"twenty-eight years have 336 months and 336 also equals seven times forty-eight"
reminds me of that movie 23 - SuperOmegaSlack, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Looks like Friday the 13th killed the site.
- vulapine, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Can I have your stuff?
- bobcrotch, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Okay now that made me laugh out loud.
- rkritzer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3"7. Every year has at least one, and at most three Fridays the 13th, with 48 occurrences in 28 years an average of 1.7 times per year. The reason, this is the evidence: twenty-eight years have 336 months and 336 also equals seven times forty-eight."
.....What? - LucasVB, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3In that case: UUUUURRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
- danakin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4They couldn't have at least been slightly creative and made it a Top 13 List? Come on.
- JesusDeluxe, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3oh snap
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I got married on a friday the 13th ?!
- alucinante, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2In most of Latin America Tuesday the 13th is our bad luck day.
- StacysMom, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia."
What's scary is that I found this out from a 16 year old girl during a game of Balderdash because she takes latin or something and broke the word down into sections.
What are they teaching in that school of yours? I never learned this stuff. - judbeasley, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2A lot of hotels and building leave out floor 13 aswell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_floor
Although it's still there, it's 14 that takes it's place. Other variances in the link provided. - nonsequitor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3You're dead on, the business is merely displaced, not "lost." Its as stupid as the 1 day gas boycott. If you're going to boycott a service you have to stop using it completely. That's like saying that states which do not sell liquor on Sunday only sell 6/7ths the amount of booze sold in other states.
- Pottypotsworth, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2My best friend had a beautiful baby girl today, Friday 13th cant be that unlucky :o)
- bball2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The list comes up 3 items short :-(
- vulapine, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Yea. Cause there were no motorcycle accidents anywhere yesterday. I checked.
- krawkula, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2What AntidoteSqrd forgot to mention hes a triple amputee. Just by coincidence of course.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"You want to find the number 216 in the world, you will be able to find it everywhere. 216 steps from a mere street corner to your front door. 216 seconds you spend riding on the elevator..."
- Leomarth, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Dude, it's Jason Vorhees. Not Freddy Krueger.
- davidlow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1You don't need complicated math to get to the article's number of 1.7 Friday The 13ths per year. Every year contains twelve 13ths, one for each month, and each 13th has a 1-in-7 chance of being a Friday. 12 / 7 = 1.714...
- yodaj007, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It's the devil's child!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1anarchist
/wonders if anyone will get the reference - HanSolo69, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'd say the best Friday the 13th fact is that mc chris is playing in a ***** hole bar down the street from me tonight.
- eecrown, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Paraskavedekatriaphobia! That's awesome!!!! Isn't that also a town in Wales? Can't wait to spell check this one! :)
- guigui42, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1i m not supersticious.. it brings bad luck....
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1HA! My lucky tie is a black silk number with Tigger on it. :D *thumbs up*
- Ryanbread, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Okay, so women can't drive and motorcycles are dangerous... doesn't sound like bad luck to me, sounds like everyday life.
- Tmax88, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Who writes this ***** and why do people digg it? "It's been estimated..."? Who? How did they get those measurements? "9. Friday the 13th is also known as “Dooms day” all around the world." What are you talking about? In Europe it's unknown. Get over yourself.
- danhillmoses, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I was born on a Friday 13th! My sister was too.
- pyrotix, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Last Friday the 13th (in April) I stepped on a thick, spiral-cut, rusty nail. It went almost all the way through my foot.
- DesuKN, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I pulled network cable today and drilled several holes. Nothing went wrong.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Superstition is a stupid religion.
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