Do you have any superstitions? (And if so, what?)

Question of the whatever for 3/6/02 to 3/26/02

The answers (in order recieved):
  • I never take the top newspaper from the stack. I always let the water run for a minute before drinking water from the faucet. I never use a public toilet stall that has an exhaust fan directly over it (for fear of netcams). Of course, some would call organized religion a form of superstition...but I wouldn't.

  • No. Unless you count my obsessive/compulsive need to have my hamburgers made correctly. Always put mayo on both sides of the bun. The mustard and all vegetables other than the tomato go under the burger. The cheese, tomato and ketchup are on top of the burger. Please help me spread the word.

  • Nope, none at all

  • Yes, I have. I believe in lucky numbers, although they don't seem to perform miracles ...

  • I have three major superstitions simply because they've come true so many times... One is to never mention something really nifty that is planned to happen in the near future, because then events will suddenly twist around to ensure it's impossible. The second is to not wish harm upon a person or animal even in a moment of extreme anger, as things like that tend to come true particularly if you "didn't mean it." Third is that if an animal is suddenly acting really clingy, NEVER push it away. Every time one of my pets became unusually demanding of my love, if I rejected them, something horrible would happen to kill them.

  • No.

  • Hmmm...not really I guess. Although I try not to walk under ladders, just cuz.

  • yes, i do... and if i had longer to think about it , i could probably come up with many. Off the top of my head, i can think of: kissing the roof of the car when i run a yellow, and I don't like to say certain concerns out loud, because then I think they are more likely to come true.

  • I don't eat for like 8 hours before an audition or a concert...

  • I try not to walk under ladders. Mostly my superstitions deal with theatre. If I pass a certain poster on my way to an audition my chances will be better. If I'm auditioning in a studio that I got a job from before...that sort of thing.

  • Yes, If I fantasize about the man I am involved with the relationship will sour.

  • My backwards-sort of superstition is that Friday the 13th is always a lucky day. It's been true so far, but maybe it's just a self-fulfilling prophecy.

  • No I have no superstitions. And I fear that people who do might be cursed.

  • I'm nothing but bad luck.

  • I do, I hold my breath while passing cemetaries. I dunno why I do it, i just do.

  • I'm sure that I have superstitions. I just can't think of them right now.

  • I consider it good luck when I find pennies on the ground or when I have an egg with a double-yolk.

  • I don't really have any, but I find superstitions really interesting. I think they explain a lot about a culture.

  • You ask this of someone who had a pull down menu of different lucky articles of clothing. The best has to be the undefeated leapord skin bikini briefs..

  • i am blissfully without superstition. i don't even say bless you when someone sneezes. bless you, by the way, comes from the ancient superstition that the devil can enter your body while you sneeze.

  • Not seriously. However, I often dread February, because bad things seem to happen to me in that month more than others. Good thing it's the shortest month!

  • "Step on a crack, break your mother's back." While I don't believe thie intellectually, I do still find myself avoiding cracks as I walk down the street/sidewalk/whatever. I don't do it deliberately, but every so often I'll notice what I'm doing, and get a reasonable chuckle at my own expense. I don't know that that counts as a real superstition, as it's not something I consciously believe or practice, but there it is.

  • I'm not too happy about the number 13, but other than that, not really.

  • I dislike the number 12. I like 11 and I like 13. 12 is BAD. I'll also only pick up coins if they're heads up.

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    I have a bunch of sports related superstitions. Nothing I actually believe in, but things I do so that I feel that I might have some minor impact on things that affect me despite my inability to affect them. I always say hello to Yost Ice Arena before games, and always enter it through the same door. In tribute to Charlie Brown I always put my left show on first if Im going to play baseball or softball. I also never mention a no-hitter in progress unless I want it broken up.

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