Guest guest Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I miss (I'm 65) the old Friday the 13ths where we could look forward to special scarey movies on TV and lots of specials about superstitutions by Disney .... they had one about black cats I particulary enjoyed (I have a black cat named October) gee I could have called him Friday huh? oh well happy F 13 Blessed Be In a message dated 2/13/2004 10:28:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, kg writes: > > , Swami Anand Nisarg > <swamiji_nisarg> wrote: > > > > > > Good story, just one addendum to it that you might > > find interesting: The real historical source for the > > "Friday the 13th" as bad luck is that it was on > > Friday, October 13th 1307 that the Templar Knights > > were wiped out by the Pope and the King of France. > > Interesting. I have to admit I've never heard that angle. National > Geographic offers other curious explanations as well: > > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0212_040212_friday13. > html#main > > The one I've traditionally heard (and believed) is the Biblical > interpretation: Judas, who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th gues at the > Last Supper. What's curious, however, is how many people are afraid > of Friday the 13th *and yet have no idea why*. Just another example > of mindlessness in American culture. > > The article above offers some great advice to triskaidekaphobes: > > "They need to realize that they have the ability to create much of > their own good and bad luck....And they should concentrate on being > lucky by, for example, looking on the bright side of events in their > lives, remembering the good things that have happened, and, most of > all, be[ing] prepared to take control of their future." > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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