The Unlucky Number 13
Those who consider themselves unlucky are more likely to believe in superstitions associated with bad luck, such as the number 13, especially when it falls on a Friday. There are many explanations that we can co-relate with various culture around the world. Hence persistent are those old instincts that even today the fear of the number 13 is so wide spread around the world. However, here are some facts....
At the time of the Alexander the Great, 12 Gods were known, one for each month. He wanted to a God and accodingly erected the 13th statue in the place of his capital. He died shortly therafter and people believed that his will to be the 13th God was the reason for his death.
There were 13 disciples present during the last supper, one of them betrayed Jesus setting the stage for crucifixion.
The Apollo 13 malfunction was caused by an explosion and rupture of oxygen tank no. 2 in the service module. The explosion occurred on April 13, 1970.
Columbia Space Shuttle sent into space on 16-01-2003 (1+6+0+1+2+0+0+3 = 13)which exploded during re-entry process and all crew members died.
A comparison between ratios of traffic volumes to number of accidents were made in two different days (Friday 6th & Friday 13th). The results indicated that although the traffic volume was lees on the Friday 13th, the number of hospitalization due to road traffic accidents were more!
Many cities do not have a 13th street on the 13th Avenue. Many hotels do not have room # 13, they often named as 12-A. On streets in Florence,Italy, the house between 12 & 14 is addressed as 12 1/2.
If you have 13 letters in your name, you may probably have Devil's luck. Saddam Hussein, whose name contains 13 letters, was captured on 13th December'03.
In ancient Egypt, the number 13 is represented immortality.
Some airports skip the 13th gate, some aircrafts skip the 13th Aisle.
The moon moves approximately 13 degrees each day. There is always at least one Friday the 13th in each year. This year there are three. The next one is November the 13th.
We can add more to the list..... What do you reckon?
campbell_09, No worries... it doesn't mean anything... I am not superstitious or stupid-stitious in real life..... Just enjoy your Birth Day....
my birthday in on the 13th of November which falls on the friday damn!
Thats just supersititious and nonsense
I am not stupid-stitous!!! That's just nonsense!!
13th.. that to on a FRIDAY ....
anyone noticed...Friday the 13th is coming up over this weekend :-S
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
some people think that they are unlucky with some numbers,you can not delete the number 13, who believes that 13 is unlucky number seems to have a lack in something in himself.
hhmmm, at Pearl Qatar there is Parcel 13...
"Do not do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you(Wag kang gay-an, kung mang gagay-an ka, wag gay-on)"
13 millions USD and I will not consider myself unlucky!!
I consider them as coincidence.... I don’t mind taking 13 for anything...though my family is superstitious...
Did you ever see Ballack play for Chelski ?? They were definitely unlucky..
Cuban Airways 013 was the flight that too my Shotputter away from me :O(
My Ex Birthday was on the Friday the 13th
We got married on Friday the 13th
Yes we got divorced on Friday the 13th..
That explain why she is my EX?
13 OCTOBER 2009
D A M N !!!
Romanian Government overthrown in the motion of censure!
http://www.wall-street.ro/articol/English-Version/73277/Romanian-Government-overthrown-in-the-motion-of-censure.html
BAD DAY!
my birthdate is 13 but i feel lucky most especially during friday the 13.maybe what happened during those times are simply coincidence.
in 2 years my birthday will be friday the thirteenth
how lucky am i!!!!!
honestly superstition stuff is the last thing id believe in
you are acting like JIM CARY in the movie
23
watch it
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"It could be a picture
It could be a medicine
it could be a bullet
depends on how you see it"
one of my mates back in melbourne has a fashion line up with the label 'fear of 13'. still young and growing.
i did advise him no.13 is not gonna help him move ahead but he wants to take the chance.
One of the most dramatic events in Oregon state history took place on Oct. 11, 1923, in a railroad tunnel in southern Oregon.
It almost sounded like a Hollywood movie script. The train was the “No. 13 Gold Special,” heading from Seattle to San Francisco. In command was engineer Sidney Bates – and it was to be his last run. At the fateful hour, the train was just cresting the Siskiyou summit and testing its brakes, getting ready to go through Tunnel 13.
When the train slowed down to test the brakes, three men jumped aboard. They had been planning a train robbery for months, and they had heard a rumor that $500,000 worth of gold was aboard, so Train 13 seemed like a good one to hit. They had stolen some dynamite from a construction site and, of course, they were armed with pistols.
The train stopped at the end of Tunnel 13. The robbers killed many including the Engineer & the fireman. Realizing time was running out and there was no sign of money or gold, the brothers decided to get away while they could. So, they killed engineer Bates and the fireman, Marvin Seng, the only witnesses who had seen them; then they dipped their feet in creosote to throw the bloodhounds off the scent and fled.
They might have gotten away with the crime, except for Edward O. Heinrich, a detective brought in to work on the crime. He picked up a pair of overalls from the scene and that lead to trace all the three criminals!
People is d one making things worst...
Everything in this world will gonna happen by GOD's will only...
I have no problem with any number including 13, it'd be my first choice for a hotel room number, if applicable, just to beat the "odds".
Salam
while I have always found 13.is Lucky for me....
In Dubai, 'KPMG' office was at 13 floor, they removed the lift tab and put their logo instead......pure superstitions......
oh God.. I hope i dont get unlucky.. i was born on the 13th..my name totals to 13 letters..
"There are three types of men:
One who makes things happen;
One who watches things happen;
One who wonders what happen."
Petrol station has 13 letters
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trikaidekaphobics?????
Hey people..... 13 is just a number......
there's nothing special nor terrific bout it....
well, if someone could do a reasearch on the happenings of another number say 7 or 12, you might find such incidents too.....
(Number 13 should actually feel lucky of itself.....cos it has attracted the attention of almost the whole world!!!!!)
Lion king,
Keys got stuck,...it happens
Haven't figured it out, Check with mods if your repeated posts can be deleted.
Coven is usually referred to as a meeting or group of witches, usually 13 in number
COVEN bole to ?
There are 13 witches in a Coven
The German National Soccer Team has a number 13: Michael Ballack. Obviously they give a s***!
In France, socialists, known as Quatorziens once made themselves available with 14 guests to keep dinner parties from unlucky fate...
LOL Lion_King....i got ur point!
By the way,though the origin of the association of 13 is attributed widely to the 13 guests at the Last Supper,the reason I believe most is because back in later times when people where punished by being hung, there were 13 steps up to to platform you stood on before you were dropped with a rope around your neck. I belive this reason because it is what I hear the most and in St. Augustine, Florida, the old jail still stands where one can count exactly 13 steps up to the platform where the convict was hung. If for some reason you don't believe me, check it out for yourself.
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor
no 13th floor either..
ooppssss
you on crack?
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Lion King easy now boy !!
i think 13 is really unlucky number for u ....lol
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In formula 1 there is no car with the number 13
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chinx lady nice tattoo :)
"There were 13 disciples present during the last supper, one of them betrayed Jesus setting the stage for crucifixion."
umm....weren't there only 12 disciples?there were 13 individuals who supped at that table...and Jesus Christ was one of them....
Traditionally, the Twelve include Peter(Prince of the Apostles),Andrew, James the Greater, James the Lesser, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, Thaddeus, Simon, and Judas Iscariot.
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor