2006-10-13 02:02:17 · 31 answers · asked by JoeyL 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
oh i don't know, but i'm not walking under a ladder, next to black cat with my umbrella open.......yeah it's nonsense....but it gives people something to say i guess.....lol
2006-10-13 02:05:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen
Strangely, there is evidence to suggest that Friday the 13th is actually unlucky. Psychologists have found that some people are especially likely to have accidents or fall ill on Friday the 13th. This has been attributed to such people feeling a heightened state of anxiety on that day. The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina estimates that in the United States alone, $800 or $900 million is lost in business each Friday the 13th because people will not fly or do business they would normally do.
2006-10-13 02:05:46 · answer #2 · answered by Joe Somebody 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Friday the 13th is superstitious nonsense.
2006-10-13 02:19:32 · answer #3 · answered by Eisha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece and Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number thirteen.
There have been a number of events known as "Black Fridays" in history. Usually, these events are devastating. Some historians propose that the origin of the "Black Friday" was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of Knights Templars on October 13, 1307 (Friday), to be later tortured into admitting heresy.
2006-10-13 02:06:18 · answer #4 · answered by Captain F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's superstitious according 2 me 2 other people it m8 not b, but, last Friday the 13th I got punched in the face & I got suspended for 5 days & I didn't even hit back.
2006-10-13 02:48:26 · answer #5 · answered by lakersfan_4life1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know...it's fun though. Apparently a lot of people think it's superstitious. Why don't we have a 13th floor. 11...12...14...15... When you go in to a highrise more than 12fl take look and see if there is a 13th floor. I bet you their won't be one.
2006-10-13 02:04:35 · answer #6 · answered by sweetpea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nonsense.
2006-10-13 02:03:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friday the 13th, everyone so cautious on this day, but the truth is it is nonesense. everyday something bad is happening but only we did not give meaning but when it is on the 13th of friday it seem big deal to everyone.
2006-10-13 02:12:39 · answer #8 · answered by picturesque 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nonsense unless something bad happens.
2006-10-13 02:09:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a load of nonsense just an old wife's tale
2006-10-13 02:07:24 · answer #10 · answered by amber_xx66 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It must have something to do with holloween or the movie Friday the 13th.
2006-10-13 03:01:30 · answer #11 · answered by Mr Christian Ct 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋