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1965
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
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 Posted - 06/14/2006 : 17:00:38
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Does anyone have any superstition/s [An irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome] that they would like to share?
For the record, I have none... that I can think of at the moment.
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/14/2006 : 19:31:21
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I think when I think about something too much I do things differently to avoid an undesired outcome I've illogically invented. It's usually a quite unlikely outcome, but never impossible. This is usually when I'm very tired and feeling generally impressionable. I can't think of anything I do regularly, like saying hello to magpies or avoiding ladders because they're more to do with 'bad luck' and all that, right? That doesn't wash with me. You make your own luck, by knocking on wood.
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 06/14/2006 : 20:58:23
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For years and years I followed suit w all my high school buddies' superstitious belief that en route to a concert you should never listen to the music of the artist you're going to see. Last summer, driving to various Pixies reunion gigs, I threw caution to the wind and listened to tons of Pixies and Frank and will no longer be superstitiou.s
I’m the only one who can say that this light is mine
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edbanky
= Cult of Ray =
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
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Posted - 06/14/2006 : 23:22:46
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My "superstitions" are basically obsessive compulsions. Now and then I will make my future success contingent upon swishing a freethrow or something.
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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Posted - 06/15/2006 : 02:27:15
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Originally posted by kathryn
For years and years I followed suit w all my high school buddies' superstitious belief that en route to a concert you should never listen to the music of the artist you're going to see. Last summer, driving to various Pixies reunion gigs, I threw caution to the wind and listened to tons of Pixies and Frank and will no longer be superstitiou.s
I’m the only one who can say that this light is mine
I do the opposite: when I go to a concert I absolutely have to listen to all the albums of the band/artist in the CHRONOLOGICAL order. Then when I go to see our beloved Frank, Sonic Youth or Depeche Mode for instance, it takes some little time...
Apart from that funny one I have what we call in French "TOC" (Obsessional compulsive troubles?), you know, that's when you have for instance to check several times if you have correctly closed doors, taps, when you have to touch some objects a precise number of times (and lots of other very stupid and exhausting little rituals), just because your forced to do it, and if you don't you feel very bad and unsecured. I have this since I'm a little child, now it tends to calm down, except during stressful situations.
I have also lots of other personal superstitions and it's kind of really pradoxical since I already said in the "Supernatural" thread that I have a very rational mind (which is true... it's just my instinct that forces me to do some things or to believe in some others).
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jtjcp88
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Posted - 06/15/2006 : 03:41:56
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Well the only superstition I uphold is saluting at a magpie. However when watching a sporting event I get incredibally superstitious, end up praying to God, touching wood etc etc.
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edbanky
= Cult of Ray =
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2006 : 07:50:45
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I often have the superstition that if I talk about something bad that could happen, it will. For instance I'd never say "Maybe we'll miss that train", even jokingly, cause I feel it'll happen, as if everything that crossed my mind was a premonition. See what I mean?
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Your team sucks |
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/15/2006 : 07:51:52
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Oh, I do that too. But then I counter it with 'now I've thought it, it won't happen' ... but then 'now I've thought that, it will'... after that, I usually forget it and think about something else.
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marcus4realius
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Posted - 06/15/2006 : 07:53:33
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 06/15/2006 : 07:53:58
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Originally posted by jtjcp88
Well the only superstition I uphold is saluting at a magpie.
"Dance at my party."
I like to shoot magpies.
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edbanky
= Cult of Ray =
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
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Posted - 06/15/2006 : 07:56:00
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
quote:
Originally posted by jtjcp88
Well the only superstition I uphold is saluting at a magpie.
"Dance at my party."
I like to shoot magpies.
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Don't believe the hype.
I've been known to murder crows. 
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1729 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2006 : 09:32:21
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What about killing mockingbirds?
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"Destroy! Destroy!" The elves chanted/
My soccer ball went to the mall/
The elves ate 6 of my cousins/
The elves are killing us all/
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the acorahs
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
181 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2006 : 10:08:52
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i mocked a killing bird once
the fighters, the lukewarm, the traitors... |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2006 : 10:33:39
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Hmmm, superstitions eh?
-I don't cross anybody when walking up/down the stairs (only applies at home)
-I don't walk over 3 grids in a row
-I wear the same hat and shirt to football matches, these change each season (exeptions are made for cup matches and away matches)
-When going to an away football match I have to take a packet of Jaffa Cakes if the distance is 90 miles or further
I probably have more superstitions which I can't think of at the moment.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 06/16/2006 : 15:05:23
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I have loads of little habits. Certain things you have to do, I suppose a lot of people hav that kind of daily ritual thing to a varying degree.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 06/16/2006 : 18:35:41
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Originally posted by vilainde
I often have the superstition that if I talk about something bad that could happen, it will. For instance I'd never say "Maybe we'll miss that train", even jokingly, cause I feel it'll happen, as if everything that crossed my mind was a premonition. See what I mean?
Denis
Your team sucks
yeah let's give it a name.
how about 'tempting fate'
or, jinxing it
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2006 : 18:43:43
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i'm superstitious about talking about my superstitions..
i shouldn't have even said that much.
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2006 : 20:45:19
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I'm not superstitious but as a high school golfer playing a tournament round, I became fixated on a broken red tee lying on the grass, beginning just after the first teeshot of the day. For the rest of the round I kept seeing these flashes of that red tee, to the point of becoming bizarre. Really stunk up the course that day. But later I gave myself a stiff talking to and never came close to anything like that again.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 06/17/2006 : 12:15:31
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Songs about superstition:
I Ain't Superstitious-Willie Dixon.
Superstition-Stevie Wonder.
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