Friggatriskaidekaphobia...
Jul 13, 2018 13:24:09 #
Sunnely
Loc: Wisconsin
...or paraskevidekatriaphobia: FWIW, some good and bad events you might not know are linked with this fear:
1) "...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." (On a letter written by this statesman on Friday the 13th, November, 1789)
2) This "master of suspense" was born on Friday the 13th, August, 1899.
3) Birth of heavy metal, Friday the 13th, February, 1970.
4) The world of video games was never the same after its launch in Japan, Friday the 13th, Sept. 1985.
5) Returned to this city 108 years after it hosted the first modern summer games, on Friday the 13th, August, 2004.
6) Brace yourself when this asteroid, Apophis, flies by our planet on Friday the 13th, April, 2029.
1) "...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." (On a letter written by this statesman on Friday the 13th, November, 1789)
2) This "master of suspense" was born on Friday the 13th, August, 1899.
3) Birth of heavy metal, Friday the 13th, February, 1970.
4) The world of video games was never the same after its launch in Japan, Friday the 13th, Sept. 1985.
5) Returned to this city 108 years after it hosted the first modern summer games, on Friday the 13th, August, 2004.
6) Brace yourself when this asteroid, Apophis, flies by our planet on Friday the 13th, April, 2029.
Jul 13, 2018 14:42:28 #
Never heard it with the Frigga- in front of triskaidekaphobia, but if that's what it is....
Jul 13, 2018 15:02:56 #
Sunnely
Loc: Wisconsin
Matches Malone wrote:
Never heard it with the Frigga- in front of triskaidekaphobia, but if that's what it is....
Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13. http://www.triskaidekaphobia.info/
Friggatriskaidekaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia is fear of Friday the 13th. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6768236/friday-the-13th-what-fear-date-symptoms-phobia/
Jul 13, 2018 17:10:13 #
Ah, but is it only Christians that link friday and 13 as being 'double trouble'?
A Friday on the 13th is quite frequent. Having 4 equal weeks in February is much rarer (this year)
Perhaps I shouldn't push my luck - my birthday falls on a friday,
A Friday on the 13th is quite frequent. Having 4 equal weeks in February is much rarer (this year)
Perhaps I shouldn't push my luck - my birthday falls on a friday,
Jul 14, 2018 07:35:06 #
G Brown wrote:
A Friday on the 13th is quite frequent. Having 4 equal weeks in February is much rarer (this year)
A Friday on the 13th is quite frequent. Having 4 equal weeks in February is much rarer (this year)
We generally have two Friday the 13ths every year.
I'm not sure what you mean by "4 equal weeks" -- all weeks are equal. February is exactly 4 weeks (28 days) 3 out of 4 years.
Jul 14, 2018 09:10:11 #
Friday marks the end of a normal work week and the beginning of the weekend. For some it's also payday. But look out for Monday the 13th!
Jul 14, 2018 09:27:44 #
Jul 14, 2018 12:27:48 #
JamesCurran wrote:
This is what I was thinking.We generally have two Friday the 13ths every year.
I'm not sure what you mean by "4 equal weeks" -- all weeks are equal. February is exactly 4 weeks (28 days) 3 out of 4 years.
I'm not sure what you mean by "4 equal weeks" -- all weeks are equal. February is exactly 4 weeks (28 days) 3 out of 4 years.
I intentionally quite smoking on a Friday the 13th years ago. Worked out well for me, haven't looked back.
Jul 14, 2018 15:13:50 #
FrankR
Loc: NYC
Why is 13 an unlucky number to us? Look at the Great Seal of the United States: There are 13 letters in e pluribus unum, 13 clouds, 13 arrows in the eagle’s talon, 13 olives and 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 stripes on the sheild and 13 feathers in it’s tail. All those 13s and were the luckiest country on the planet.
Jul 14, 2018 19:59:52 #
Sunnely
Loc: Wisconsin
FrankR wrote:
Why is 13 an unlucky number to us? Look at the Great Seal of the United States: There are 13 letters in e pluribus unum, 13 clouds, 13 arrows in the eagleâs talon, 13 olives and 13 leaves on the olive branch, 13 stripes on the sheild and 13 feathers in itâs tail. All those 13s and were the luckiest country on the planet.
And, on 14 June 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the following resolution: "RESOLVED, that the flag of the 13 United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white: That the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."
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