What are you superstitious about?
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Topic: What are you superstitious about?
Posted By: GuestGuest
Subject: What are you superstitious about?
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 9:54am
I just realised how crazy I was when I got in the car this morning and turned the radio down because it was too loud. I looked at it to see what level I had turned it down to and it was 13 so I quickly changed it to 12! In my crazy mind I was thinking that having my volume at 13 would cause an accident. What a moron! 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 10:00am
I wouldnt think I was a superstitious person BUT....I always throw salt over my left shoulder, wont walk under a ladder, open and umbrella inside AND you should hear me try to work out a wish.....I dont even like wishing for happiness incase I end up happy and someone else suffers etc. I am terrified of breaking a mirror...soooooo I guess not so unsuperstitious after all
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Posted By: catisla
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 10:05am
I think it is bad luck to be supersticious 
I spent the first two thirds of my life avoiding ladders, doing the salt thing etc and then i thought about it and realised i had had more than my share of bad luck in my life, so i stopped doing these things, and nothing has got worse. i even put umbrellas up indoors  ------------- |
Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 10:17am
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Hehe, Susie.
I don't think I'm supersitious about anything. I can't think of anything, anyway. -------------   
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 10:30am
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Im not superstitious about anything. I dont really believe in that.
If i did believe in one thing, i would have to believe in them all. I have broken alot of mirrors lately so its lucky i dont care lol  -------------  
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 10:42am
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i dont walk under a ladder. i stand under it and stabalise it.
my neighbours black cat comes inside and gets comfy on our couch -so not worried about black cats. birds often fly into our house. i have broken 4 mirrors in my life - they cancel each other out
I wont open an umbrealla in the house. only cos it knocks the mirror off the wall
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 11:22am
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If I say something is going well, and dont want to 'jinx' it, i always knock on wood..
but otherwise I'm not superstitious.. just slightly OCD (my stereo volume always has to be in increments of 5  )------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 11:55am
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more of an OCD than superstition - volume on anything that has a number association has to end in 0, 2, 5, 8 (10, 12, 15, 18, 20 etc)
dont put umbrella's up indoors (not only that, but i dont really see the point considering there is a roof lol) i do the touch wood thing when i think ive jinxed something when i 'make a wish' im really meticulous about it (incase i get an a$$hole genie lol) and 'dont count your chickens before they hatch'. i hate getting ahead of myself, but i always do lol. ladders, mirors, birds in the house, black cats dont phase me (used to have a black cat lol. and birds for that matter) |
Posted By: LadyBee
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 11:56am
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I always doing silly little things.....just incase
Always knock on wood if I say something is going well. Touch white when I see a ambulance with its lights on Always open packets the right way up, ie if you open a bag of chippies with the label upsidedown its bad luck (not sure where that came from tho) Lift my feet up when driving over railway tracks (except when Im driving because that too hard) If im doing some pricing for client quotes and the total has three 6's in it I adjust it slightly so it doesnt  Im sure there is heaps more I do subconsciously, just cant think of them now------------- TTC for 4 1/2 years IVF #1 - April 2012 short BFP, no frosties IVF #2 - August 2012, BFP!! 3 frosties! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 12:02pm
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I'd never even heard about the touching white / ambulances thing! Although I do hate seeing them go past. I feel a bit better about it now my cousin works in one, he says that most of the time they're heading out to situations that are scary and need to be dealt with (old people with chest pains, babies with bronchitis etc) but that work out well - I was imagining car crashes every time I saw one -------------
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Posted By: GuestGuest
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 12:05pm
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Oh I just remembered another one, I try to say "White Rabbits" on the first day of every month to give me luck for the month. Not sure if it's ever worked!
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Posted By: amme_eilyk
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 12:37pm
| since i've been pregnant i havent been able to bring myself to visit cemetaries. |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 12:51pm
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I hate things with three 6's!!!
I will touch wood etc, but only out of habit lol Im a little OCD about things being...even and in place, like when I park my car the tyres have to straight when i hang a towel it has to be even etc. If Im putting something like hashbrowns in the oven there has to be an even number lol I wont walk under a ladder lol ------------- |
Posted By: E&L+1
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 3:15pm
Me too! but I don't consider myself particularly superstitious. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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MyLilSquishy wrote:Posted By: BeLoved
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 8:00pm
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I hate it that I look at the clock and it says 911 or 111 I always think its trying to tell me something but then I manage to look at the clock whenever its 911 or 111!
I do the touch wood thing and I tend to not say anything about baby sleeping well or not being sick for ages because it always seems to jinx it! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 17 December 2010 at 8:12pm
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This is an interesting thread!
I never allow new shoes on the kitchen table, eg when DH brings home shopping and puts a box of new shoes on the table I go nuts!!! I always throw spilt salt over my shoulder. Never walk under ladders. I always touch wood! New toilet rolls have to roll out from the wall as opposed to down against the wall (thats probably more OCD though). If I am at someones house and their toilet rol is around the wrong way I change it ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 7:58am
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What is this throwing salt over the shoulder thing?
I'm not superstitious at all. Have a few OCD things tho, like saying "no trains" whenever I go over train tracks not sure where that originated from!------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: _H_
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 8:43am
I do this! and i always change it if it isnt right. i have always wondered it people notice that i do it at their house ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 11:27am
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omg I'm with you on the clock thing BeLoved!! Except in my case I keep seeing 12.34... happens just about every day! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 11:58am
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Nothing really, but re the volume control, always has to be 5 space intervals, or a even number so 5, 10, 15, 20... or 10, 20, 30... Lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 11:59am
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Ohh I HATE 11.11, I see it EVERYWHERE!!! Omg so annoying! I never used to until my husband mentioned it cos he sees it all the time, cos someone told him about it lol, and now I see it everyhwere too. ------------- |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 12:38pm
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Oh yeah, 11.11 on a clock! That one drives me nuts actually!
I used to be superstitious about the ladder one, but it always seemed every time I walked around the ladder I'd slip over or trip so I gave up that one and no accidents. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 4:29pm
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the salt thing is a pinch of salt over the shoulder for good luck.
rachel ray does it all the time, and always says "salt over the shoulder for luck" |
Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 6:40pm
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I thought i was totally mental but it seems a lot of us share the number quirk - mine have to be an even number! In the same area, but not superstition related prices that make no sense annoy me to no end - things that are $12.23 or something, whats wrong with $12.20 or $12.30?
The only real thing i've been spooked by is shortly after my dad dying a fantail (which arent common at all here, its actually the only one i've seen since i lived here) flying into his room and hanging out for half an hour or so. It sat on the bed above his side, the wardrobe door and the bedside table on his side. I thought the superstition was a fantail in the house brings death and was quite worried about who was next but after some investigation found that they are also believed to carry spirits who want to say goodbye. I know that sounds mad, but it was nice for me at the time to think he'd found away to let us know hes ok, even though he'd laugh at me for thinking it. |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 18 December 2010 at 11:00pm
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Oh, we always get fantails after someone dies, plus doors randomly locking/unlocking, gates opening/closing... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 19 December 2010 at 8:13am
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I have the same thing with the number 13... like if it's the volume I change it (but 12 and 14 are good luck), I can't look at the exercycle timer thing during the 13th minute (if I do I have to watch until it turns to 14)... I use to be far worse when I worked full time on the computer and I saw the wee clock in the corner had a 13 I had to watch until it changed - drove me a little crazy. If I stop the microwave early and it's on 13 I will turn it on again for another second etc etc...
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 19 December 2010 at 8:35am
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Knock on wood is about it for us.
I figured shoe shops with there tables of shoes must be responsible for the national road toll. Hence the not worried about new shoes on tables any more.
I don't walk under ladders incase something falls on me. Usually there is someone up there with paint or a hammer. Just common sense on that one. |
Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 19 December 2010 at 9:06am
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I do the toilet roll thing...but only because my nana (who is blind) once mentioned that when the end is against the wall, she can't feel where it starts and ends, whereas if it's hanging down away from the wall, she can
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Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 20 December 2010 at 11:07am
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Haha this is gold!
I always knock on wood if I say something is going well. I also do the touch white when I see a ambulance thing, regardless of if its lights are going. It becomes hard if your in the car with someone else and don't want to seem like an idiot, so I just touch my teeth LOL. I see the 11.11 thing everywhere too - I read that it is meant to be good luck and that the angels are watching you! OMG the toilet roll thing, I do it too - change it everywhere! Haha. But I have it so it comes down against the wall - what way do you girls do it? My Mum always tells me off because I'm forever changing hers! Haha. Once I had a hard time at this toilet because I went to change it and it wouldn't change, but I had it in my head that since I had started to change it over I just had to finish it - I nearly broke the bloody holder trying to do it, was in the loo for about 5 minutes hahahahaha ------------- TTC 6 years IVF it is IVF/ICSI round one 10 eggs, 8 mature, 3 fertilised BFN IVF/ICSI #2 = 22 eggs! 20 mature, 15 fertilised, 1 fresh transfer and 2 frosties BFN 2 Frosties still in freezer thank god |
Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 20 December 2010 at 12:24pm
i have it against the wall too. it bugs me when its roll side out as if it gets bumped as we have to do some kind of foreign bum shuffle dance to get out of the toilet door the whole roll unrolls itself onto the floor otherwise |
Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 20 December 2010 at 12:34pm
oh yeah i do this too..... to the point where i actually have to change it round before i use it... (if i am someones house, i will turn it round the 'correct way'... use it... then turn it back lol. i used to hold my breath everytime i passed a cemetary.... stopped that when preggy though coz i always got a little lightheaded lol. especially a big/long cemetary lol. |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 20 December 2010 at 12:40pm
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Toilet paper NEVER against the wall & I will always change it...ha ha.
A friend worked as a maid & they were told the correct way to do the toilet paper was away from the wall & you fold under the 2 ends to make a point (V) & that is the mark of class & they also put little chocolates on pillows...but I just do the toilet paper
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 20 December 2010 at 1:27pm
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lol jazzy when i worked in a hotel as a cleaner i had to do that to the toilet rolls. and a stupid fold over and re stick the new rolls waiting to be put on.
pissed friends off no end at their houses by doing it to thier rolls to the point where they didnt want to use them cos they liked them all pretty |
Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 20 December 2010 at 1:57pm
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hee hee MT
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Posted By: LG
Date Posted: 20 December 2010 at 10:08pm
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I do the salt over my shoulder, dont walk under ladders, raise my feet going over railway tracks or when i hear a train (no idea why though), dont stir with a knife or pick up a knife i've dropped, dont put new shoes on the table, if i put a top on inside out get someone else to take it off for me, dont cut nails on Fridays or Sundays....ummm i could go on and on. My mother is nuts and has passed everything on to me. Drives DH CRAZY haha -------------  Angel Baby Aug '12, Feb '13 |
Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 21 December 2010 at 12:09pm
wow!!!! oh and what are these ones for/mean...? lifting feet over a traintrack stir with a knife pick up a dropped knife inside out top - get someone to take it off nail cutting on fridays or sundays new shoes on the table alot of people have mentioned some of them, but i havent heard of them before? |
Posted By: _H_
Date Posted: 21 December 2010 at 1:20pm
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I couldnt share a toilet with some of you ladies, the toilet paper goes over the top (so NOT against the wall!!!!) and like i said i always have to change it ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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