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After Falwell's death, Christopher Hitchens suggested he be given an enema, enabling him to be buried in a shoebox. That's just mean, but funny. Guess I'm not as superstitious about this as I thought.
See it gets easier!
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I've got one…and I do this a lot, cuz I cook a lot. Whenever I add salt to a recipe, or especially if salt is spilled I throw a pinch of salt over my left shoulder. Now, I can't tell you where I picked this superstition up, because it absolutely drives my mother crazy. She can't stand to see me throw salt on the floor! I guess I need to get more proactive and look this stuff up.
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My Grandmother and Mother would SCREAM if anyone put a hat on the bed. Both from Denmark. I still haven't found out what was supposed to happen it you did it. Suggestions??
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My great grandma will literally pull me as hard as she can so that everyone walks on the same side of telephone poles and such. And if she cant get us to we all must say bread and butter. Not sure why but she says its carried with her since she was a child. Also the whole never open an umbrella indoors no matter how hard it is raining. Iv hear the one about the hat on the bed but dont know why. I know Iv done it before….uh oh
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My great grandma will literally pull me as hard as she can so that everyone walks on the same side of telephone poles and such. And if she cant get us to we all must say bread and butter. Not sure why but she says its carried with her since she was a child. Also the whole never open an umbrella indoors no matter how hard it is raining. Iv hear the one about the hat on the bed but dont know why. I know Iv done it before….uh oh
Say what? Who does the bread and butter thing?
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Say what? Who does the bread and butter thing?
Grandma Millie does it. She must have done it to you as well.
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Grandma Millie does it. She must have done it to you as well.
Oh I don't remember that!
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Oh I don't remember that!
lol
Lol, well you do have a bad memory lately lol!
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Lol, well you do have a bad memory lately lol!
Yes I'm going senile. /tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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My great grandma will literally pull me as hard as she can so that everyone walks on the same side of telephone poles and such. And if she cant get us to we all must say bread and butter. Not sure why but she says its carried with her since she was a child. Also the whole never open an umbrella indoors no matter how hard it is raining. Iv hear the one about the hat on the bed but dont know why. I know Iv done it before….uh oh
my husband taught me this one on our 2nd date. he's 21 yrs older than i am (makes me always look better by comparison /wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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"We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of dreams." - Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder)
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I have gotten over most of the superstitions, like black cat, I use to have a black cat & he would cross my path all the time, no bad luck. I have broke a few mirrors over my life, no bad luck. I walk under ladders, no bad luck. The only thing that I have never done & will never do is step on a headstone in a cemetary. I don't know why I started doing it but to this day I step over or walk between headstones, I feel that somehow I am disrespecting the dead to step on their headstone.
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I feel the same way Duck about headstones.
It's not a superstition, I dont think anything bad will happen if I did,
but it seems amazingly disrespectful to do. I know it would hurt if
I saw someone step on my daughters stone.
When my grandfather died, he was buried with her at his head.
It was a wet and muddy the day of his funeral. When we got
to the grave I could see the tire tracks from when they dug
his grave on Marissa's stone. She had only been gone 3 months,
and it killed me to see that.
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I know what you are talking about Heidi, I always go and clean off headstones that haven't been taken care of. I need to go to my great grandfathers headstone and clean it, it has been a few years since I have been. I feel it is my responsibility as I am the only member of my family that lives near the cemetary.
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There are so many I've heard, mostly came from "the old country".
Don't sleep with your feet towards the door, spirits will be able to enter your body.
Always leave a building or home by the same door you enter.
I don't know why, but my aunt swore by this.
Never sew on Sunday, the sewing will never be complete and when you die you'll have to pick the stitches out with your nose.
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There are so many I've heard, mostly came from "the old country".
Don't sleep with your feet towards the door, spirits will be able to enter your body.
Always leave a building or home by the same door you enter.
I don't know why, but my aunt swore by this.
Never sew on Sunday, the sewing will never be complete and when you die you'll have to pick the stitches out with your nose.
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I have never heard any of those
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I have never heard any of those
They are very old. Another one is what ever you do on New Years day, you'll do it for the reat of the year everyday.
My mom will call me ask what I'm doing like clock work. /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />
Every year I answer well mom I got up, guess I'm doomed. /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Be very careful on New Years, Duckie. /tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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They are very old. Another one is what ever you do on New Years day, you'll do it for the reat of the year everyday.
My mom will call me ask what I'm doing like clock work.
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Every year I answer well mom I got up, guess I'm doomed.
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Be very careful on New Years, Duckie.
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So since I will be doing laundry, does that mean I have to for the rest of the year. Oh, no the horror.
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some of these are really interesting.
me, i HAVE to knock wood when saying something that could go wrongly. and like heidi i have a touch of ocd and have some rituals that i do without even noticing. guess that's why i loved MONK on tv so much.
"We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of dreams." - Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder)
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Annie, Monk made me feel sane /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />
I have so many OCD rituals, but really the only people that notice
them are people that live with me because they see them so often.
I have little rituals i do at work that no one has noticed, or at least
let me know they've noticed haha. little things like tapping the water
cooler two times before filling my bottle.
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Annie, Monk made me feel sane
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I have so many OCD rituals, but really the only people that notice
them are people that live with me because they see them so often.
I have little rituals i do at work that no one has noticed, or at least
let me know they've noticed haha. little things like tapping the water
cooler two times before filling my bottle.
most of my ocd rituals are now confined to my head: ie i have 'safe' words that i think, stuff like that. i try to not go to restaurants with tablecloths, tho, because if one is crooked i cannot enjoy my meal. and crooked pictures drive me nutz. anything that's 'not as it should be' (in my mind at least /tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' /> ) is trouble for me.
and yeah…MONK made me feel boring and normal. but i defy anyone to not love that charactor, for all his twitches and touching things etc.
"We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of dreams." - Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder)
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