superstitions

[fms]

is there actually any proof written or otherwise to say that superstitions bring bad/good luck??

[PhilBy]

Not walking under a ladder may be one :)

[whiffey]

I have to get down the stairs before the flush stops otherwise I will die. Obviously I am not going to try and prove it, but it's worked so far.

[fms]

yeah i know theres loads of them but wheres the proof

[Lore]

Yep, when I visit my mother, if I don't abide by her rules of... never ....
cross on the stairs
put new shoes on the table
look at a single magpie without bidding it Goodbye (although the toon fans usually hang out in multiples)
open an umbrella in the house
spill salt without throwing some over your shoulder (something which I think, is potentially a dangerous thing to do)

So to me, there's some proof of bad things to come (usually in the form of a hand across the ear!)

[jeanette1976]

Good question, but I doubt that there is any proof as I supect people were too afraid to jinx themselves to find out.

Not an answer to your question but I have a tiny worry doll family made from half a matchstick and material, which, when I'm feeling blue and talk to them, i always wake up bouncing the next morning without fail! X

[fms]

im gonna go on a one man mission to see itf its true and break them all hahahahahahah

[Lore]

mind you don't break anything else during your quest! :o\

[fms]

well it will prove it one way or the other ;~)

[Lore]

whiffey, how do you manage to wash your hands AND reach the last step before the flush stops? :o\
Do you flomp the last 4 steps?

[PhilBy]

Some are just down to common sense I believe fms .... like not walking under a ladder. I know that refusing to be the 3rd person to light his ciggy off a match came around during WW1... apparantly it gave a sniper just enough time to take aim& fire.

There may be new superstiton soon .......... Stay at the top of the stairs until the flush ends! Do you catch my drift whiffey bump bump bump! :)

[whiffey]

Lore. I do the biz, put the lid down, wash my hands, operate the flush with my elbow, and run for it.

I can wash my elbow at leisure downstairs. Thought you'd caught me out there didn't you nah nah !!

[PhilBy]

Good point Lore, not only whiffey by name eh lol

[whiffey]

Completely off-topic, but there is MEGA MEGA rain here, flood quantities.

[PhilBy]

Stick you elbow out of the window :)

[PhilBy]

your elbow even!

[Lore]

whiffey, why is it that I can picture you whistling the lonely goatheard and contemplating the possibility of putting a beetroot in a shepherds pie whilst scrubbing your elbow in the kitchen sink? :o\

p.s. yep, I thought I had you there for a moment - I had my finger poised ready to point and harangue!

[fms]

wat sthe elbow out the window thing??

[whiffey]

fms, wot's that in English lol :)

[fms]

elbow out the window why ???

[PhilBy]

whiffey, it would save you washing it !!!