Are you superstitious? Or is anyone you know?

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18 Jan 09 - 10:54
My grandparents believe that if you drop your nails on the ground (when you are cutting them) on a Friday, the family will lose money. Also, they never ask where a person is going just before he/she leaves the house as they believe the person them might not return home safely.
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Nero Higher Spirit
18 Jan 09 - 14:30
In hockey, when a goalie is going for a shut out (meaning they've not allowed any goals in against them) you never say shut out.
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Apollo Marid
18 Jan 09 - 19:45
If I talk gently and nicely to my PC, it works faster/better.

If it is messing up/being stupid, shouting and swearing at it makes it worse.
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Umbreo Utukku
18 Jan 09 - 23:25
LOL. I play guitar, right? So if my PC's acting up I play guitar for it, and it goes faster (or at least it does in my mind).
When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney.

Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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19 Jan 09 - 13:59
Apollo wrote:If it is messing up/being stupid, shouting and swearing at it makes it worse.
Funnily enough, shouting at your PC slows it down. The vibrations cause a measurable increase in hard drive seek times.
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19 Jan 09 - 15:54
Any of you wary of black cats? Or believe in lucky heathers?
I'm not superstitious, but I used to believe in lucky charms. I gave up when I realized the probablitites of them turning out to be unlucky were far higher.
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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19 Jan 09 - 16:47
I'm only wary of black cats of a larger variety than housecats..
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Umbreo Utukku
20 Jan 09 - 10:39
I used to avoid stepping on cracks when I was a kid, but I think that's just because I was bored.
When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney.

Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
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21 Jan 09 - 13:10
Odd. It's the older ones who don't step on cracks. Kids always jump on them (atleast I used to).
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
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Apollo Marid
22 Jan 09 - 21:29
I walk in impromptu patterns in accordance to the shape/color of sidewalk or floor tiles.
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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22 Jan 09 - 21:51
Apollo wrote:I walk in impromptu patterns in accordance to the shape/color of sidewalk or floor tiles.
Good man.
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Umbreo Utukku
22 Jan 09 - 22:46
Apollo wrote:I walk in impromptu patterns in accordance to the shape/color of sidewalk or floor tiles.
Haha, me too. That's what I started doing after I grew out of not stepping on cracks. But then I grew out of THAT too, so now I just walk. Retarded, I know. But that's what happens when you get older.
When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney.

Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
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23 Jan 09 - 15:45
Sentynel wrote:Good man.
Good one. I used to play hopscotch that way. Just for fun.
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.

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