What are you superstitious about?

[Kaysea]

OK, I landed on my profile page by clicking the wrong icon, and the first thing I saw was Marks:666 - it was enough to make me go running for the Forums to find somewhere to increase my marks simply to get off that particular number.

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So that got me thinking, what makes you go and touch wood, or turn around three times and then spit over your shoulder??

[Paula]

Try throwing salt over your left shoulder, that should ward off all evil luck. (or danruff if you don't have salt at hand).

[Avery]

haha, that reminds me of how my Rite-Aid receipt was 16.66 yesterday.

Other then that, I can't really remember any of my superstitions off the top of my head.

[Bree]

I have to tell people "Drive Safely" every time they leave my apartment, because if I don't, they'll obviously drive into a tree and it will be all my fault.

[Kaysea]

I'm a bit the same myself Bree.  

I have to tell family members I love them ebfore they leave the house, especially on long trips because I always fear it may be the last time I see them.

Morbid and superstitious at the same time.  Go me!


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[PastMember]

I think the only realy superstitious thing I do is pick up pennies... you know the whole "find a penny pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck"? (I added that just in case someone hadn't heard it before!) Even though I don't really think that pennies are lucky, I would hate to miss out if they were!

[Kaysea]

I'd consider finding any money lucky.

:D

[Mikel]

I do not know if it is a superstition or not, but when dressing I always put right sock on before left, right shoe first, right pants leg...  You get the idea

[Jane]

I don't think I have any superstitions.  I'm too busy with my obsessions. :laughing5:

[Eimi]

I'm actually a little afraid of flying (which is really annoying since I have to do it a lot).  Whenever I'm getting on the plane I always touch the outer skin of it and say a quick prayer just before I walk through the door.  There have been a couple times my heart skipped a beat when I wondered if I forgot.  I don't know, I think it makes me feel like I have at least SOME measure of control.

I also clean my apartment from top to bottom before going off on a trip where I know I'll be flying.  Mostly its because Murphy's Law would say that if I were going to die on a plane, it would be the time I left my apartment trashed and whoever came in to pack up my stuff would look around and think "Dang, whoever knew she was such a slob!"

[Yvonne]

Hooooo boy. I am a superstitious mess!

I touch wood constantly when someone says something that could herald bad luck (ex. "as long as the car doesn't crash!") and if there isn't any wood, I say it and feel better.

I don't walk under ladders. Black cats crossing my path make me smile - yay good luck! Everyone else says it's unlucky, but that wasn't the way I was brought up. I don't want to drive a green car and I always feel somewhat nervous when in one - they're unlucky (this is an odd one that my Mum passed on, which she got from her Scottish granny). I cross my fingers to make things I hope for happen, or at least increase the odds. I don't allow peacock feathers in my house because they're unlucky (which is sad because I love them - they're so pretty! It's another weird Scottish thing, I think). And I, of course, toss salt over my left shoulder if I spill it.

[Patrick]

I'm the KING of superstitions.  Just not the ones everyone expects.  I think Black cats are good luck (mostly because I like to be opposite the majority).  But I believe in signs of all sorts, and the supernatural and all that jazz.  Like take these last two days for instance:  I've had this odd feeling in the pit of my stomach that SOMETHINGS going to happen, or somethings missing or hasn't happen that should have.  Its such a weird feeling.

 But I ALWAYS cross my fingers when I'm wishing for something.  I do the wish on a star thing (Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight...) every time I'm outside at night.  There are a bunch of others that I can't think of right now, probably just because I do them subconsciously.

[PastMember]

Mostly its because Murphy's Law would say that if I were going to die on a plane, it would be the time I left my apartment trashed and whoever came in to pack up my stuff would look around and think "Dang, whoever knew she was such a slob!"

LMAO! I thought I was the only one that did that!!!!

I also blow a kiss at the roof of the car when going through a yellow light, and lift my feet going over railroad crossings.

I think the one I do most often though, is simply knocking on wood, if someone mentions something verbally that I really don't want to happen. For example, if someone says something like 'It's Friday, so just our luck the boss will come up with some BS report we have to do so we have to stay late...' .... I knock on the closest wooden item I can find!

[Bree]

I do the yellow light thing... mostly out of habit from High School, though. I can't seem to stop myself. :p

[Eimi]

Here are a couple superstitions I know in Japan (though I certainly don't follow them...)  Some are particular to certain regions:

* Don't kill a spider at night becuase its is bad luck.  
* Kill a spider in the morning for good luck.
* Don't whistle at night or you will call out the snakes.
* Put salt on either side of your door to ward off evil spirits (interesting how salt plays into several cultures, eh?)
* Unmarried women/girls should take their "Girl's Day" dolls down on Girls Day (March 3rd) or they will never get married
* Carve your name (and anyone who is with you) into a cuccumber before you go swiming in a lake or river to ward off the KAPPAs (water spirits that are said to drown people and suck their innerds through their anus) and throw it in the lake as an offering
* Don't go swimming in rivers or lakes in August or your ancestors will drag you down under the water (I know for sure that one is region specific)
* Don't stick your chopsticks down into your rice bowl or food - that's how you leave food for dead people
* Don't pass food from chopsticks to chopsticks - that's how they pass a dead person's bones to each other during a traditional Japanese funeral
* The numbers 4 and 9 are unlucky numbers - 4 because the kanji can be read as "shi" which means death, and 9 because it can be read as "ku" which means pain
* Red is a lucky color
* Don't cut your nails at night or you will not be with your parents when they die

And that's all I can remember right now!  Funny what superstitions countries have!