Friday the 13th

[lurkingdirk]

Many people have irrational fears. Friday the 13th is such an "unlucky" day for some, that the whole day is a cause for panic. Take Arnold Schoenberg, for example:

Schoenberg was an Austrian composer and creator of the twelve-tone technique. This method of composition ensured that all 12 tones of the chromatic scale would be used equivalently throughout a piece.

For as much he as he liked using all 12 tones, he was terrified of the number 13. His triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) was so intense that he even changed the title of one of his songs so that it wouldn't have thirteen letters.

On Friday, July 13th, 1951 Schoenberg stayed in bed all day, sick with anxiety. This was both because it was Friday the 13th and due to the fact that he was 76 years old (7 + 6 = 13). He died of unknown causes roughly 13 minutes before midnight.

How will you be celebrating Friday the 13th today? What are other of your irrational fears?

 

[wdoall]

Historically a good day for me

 

[Mayhem]

Other than cancelling my machete-juggling class, it's just any other day.

 

[busenbust]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...perstitions-2051988.html?action=gallery&ino=7

 

[Erika Red]

I am heading to "City Walk" tonight at Universal, in Orlando to party away any bad luck
Ok, Ok so I was going to go and party anyways

 

[gunslingingbird]

I'm going on a flashlight tour of the Winchester Mystery House. That should be interesting.

 

[lurkingdirk]

Friday the 13th

has 13 characters.
:eek:

 

[StanScratch]

Friday the 13th

has 13 characters.
:eek:

Yes, but the proper AP spelling "Friday the Thirteenth" has 19.

 

[TheOrangeCat]

I'll be going to a 'walking under a ladder while a black cat crosses your path and smashing a mirror' party.

 

[STDiva]

Yes, but the proper AP spelling "Friday the Thirteenth" has 19.

But if you subtract 6 from that, you get 13.

 

[lurkingdirk]

But if you subtract 6 from that, you get 13.

Exactly.

 

[TheOrangeCat]

But if you subtract 6 from that, you get 13.

Exactly.

 

[StanScratch]

But if you subtract 6 from that, you get 13.

If you add 6 to it, you get 25. Which is the number of men a professional baseball team can have on their rosters during the regular season.
Makes you think.

 

[STDiva]

My mind is being blown today.

 

[TheOrangeCat]

If you add 6 to it, you get 25. Which is the number of men a professional baseball team can have on their rosters during the regular season.
Makes you think.

If you add 2+5 you get 7. Add six to that and you get 13 ... now that's spooky

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

1. More than 60 million people worldwide claim to be affected by a fear of Friday 13th. Some of them won’t go to work, drive cars or get out of bed on this day.

2. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia.

3. According to the British Medical Journal there is a significant increase in traffic-related accidents when the date is Friday 13th.

4. Every year has at least one and at most three Friday the13ths.

5. The longest period that can occur without a Friday the 13th is fourteen months.

6. Black Sabbath's eponymous debut album was released in the UK on Friday, February 13, 1970.

7. The independent horror flick Friday the 13th was released in May 1980 and despite only having a budget of $550,000 it grossed $39.7 million at the box office in the United States.

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6. Its sequel Friday the 13th Part II was released a year later in May 1981.

7. The remake of the original Friday the 13th film was released on Friday, February 13, 2009.

8. Famous people born on Friday the 13th include Samuel Beckett (13 April 1906), Margaret Thatcher (13 October 1923), Fidel Castro (13 August 1926) and Steve Buscemi (13 December 1957).

9. Tupac Shakur Died on Friday, September 13, 1996.

10. The Uruguayan rugby team’s plane crashed in the Andes mountain range on Friday, 13 October, 1972.

11. Many hospitals have no room 13, while airports don't have a Gate 13.

12. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. Napoleon and President Herbert Hoover were said to be sufferers.

13. The Athens Olympic Games opened on Friday 13th of August, 2004.



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[maildude]

We got a sh*tload of snow, my back is aching, I have a stack of unpaid bills....BUT I'M OFF WORK UNTIL TUESDAY. So Friday The 13th is cool. :clap:

 

[larss]

Friday the 13th

has 13 characters.
:eek:

Spaces are characters too, so that makes 15. If you add 1 and 5 you get 6, which is what you subtract from 19 to get 13. :eek:

 

[Facetious]

I usually hear about the passing of Friday the 13th on or about the 15th. :o

I am superstitious about black cats crossing my path while driving the roads, boulevards and expressways etc. Really, why would I hit a dog one night after a cat crossed my path?
Really, I've driven many a mile over the years and only once have I even come close to hitting a dog while driving, much less hit one! Yeah, that one time... You figure it out. :dunno: Anyhow, whenever a black kitty crosses my path, I flip a bitch, i.e. make a u-ey turn and go back crossing the path again in the opposite direction to unravel any hex that may have been cast. :dunno: Weird, I know.... and a bit semi off topic too. :tongue:

 

[Nat2012]

i found a penny today...making 13p so far this year
(i collect the stuff in a jar)

spooky