Okay, I have never been on a plane before. Not because I am opposed to it, just never had the opportunity.
Next week I may have to get on one for a business trip.
If I say out loud "Knowing my luck, the plane will crash." - that would be jinxing myself, right?
Does that apply if I only think it? What about write it? Or is it the saying out loud part that does the actual jinxing?
I'm not superstitious, so I am curious as to the mechanics of the whole thing.
2007-03-21 04:23:40 · 3 answers · asked by a kinder, gentler me 7 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Health & Safety
Well you already thought it AND wrote it and you probably say out loud what you're typing. So anyway my point is that you're already screwed.
2007-03-21 06:26:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're only jinxed if someone says "JINX! CANDY BAR JINX! YOU OWE ME A CANDY BAR!!!". Oh wait that's just if you say something the same time someone else says it then whoever says "JINX" jinxes the other person and they own them a candy bar. Phew...
I think that in your case it's like knocking on wood... is that being jinxed? Umm... basically I don't know. But there is a 1 in 8 million chance that you will die on that plane. I think you're DOOMED!
2007-03-21 04:55:28 · answer #2 · answered by THATgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think saying it out loud is actually a way to alleviate the jinx. It's when we think it without saying it,that our fears get control.Somehow just saying something seems to make it less......(at least that's what I think)
2007-03-21 04:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋