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Thinking about the strange rituals we have related to religion, I got me a thinking and scrathin' my head about about superstitions.

I'm an atheist.

I also think superstitions are a load of mumbo-jumbo.

Strangely though I still knock on wood, or tap my head if I ain't got no wood, when I don't want to jinx myself.

Looks like I'm a total hypocrite, or is the human nature so fragile that we need these scientifically unproven rituals in our lives to survive?

Where did they originate from?

If you do them, will they perhaps turn into one of those phobias were you have to turn round six times and leave the house backwards, because if you don't you think diaster is waiting round the corner?

What little superstitions do you always do?

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I do that too.

Why?

Its fear.

Like you say its illogical...but why risk bad luck?

I'll probably be one of those atheists who have a grand conversion in old age, and demand gold, incense, Gregorian chants and a priest in full regalia...just in case.:D

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Salute a lone magpie. Dont eat meat on Good Friday. Dont walk under ladders.

Dont walk under ladders - because you never know what might drop!

Dont eat meat on Good Friday - mum said it was because it would be like eating Jesus - my idea was that gave mum a break from cooking - dad always cooked the fish because he was better at it than mum!

Salute a lone magpie - my sister said it was bad luck if you didnt.

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That won't be that far off then.....................:D

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What you smoking girl.......:) ;)

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:D I'm going all nostalgic here for 60s music. Don't need to be smoking anything.

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I saw a lone magpie on my way up to rawtenstall today, bad luck, I actually had better luck than i thought, I asked someone to meet me n they said no, which was expected, but they did agree to meet up in the next couple of weeks which is fantastic. I had something else nice happen too, then on the way back i saw another one. so do singles make a pair. singles and pairs were the theme through out the day.

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The ladder one makes sense.

What's with salt over your shoulder though?

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whos the tat member?

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ah yes when you spill the salt, you throw some ofver your shoulder so the next person along will go slip, arse over tit and and you can blame them for the mess.

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Don't be like that hatter, he's really a nice chap and quite harmless. I think that word seems a little harsh, admittedly he's a pain in the arse but to call him a tat, Oh sorry, I thought you said something else :D :D :D

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lol i meant he's the tit whos the tat.
He knows I think an awfull lot to him really and have a lot of respect for him, this place wouldnt be anywhere near as good with him.

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I think the salt thing dates or more correctly originate out of the bible storey of the Pillars of Salt. The don’t look back thingy. Anyway if you spill salt and you don’t homage the fact by throwing over your shoulder (i.e. not looking back) you’ll get bad luck.

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Here's the tit.

I wouldn't be so rude as to point out the tat.;)

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...but please don't salute him, a small curtsey will do.:D

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That's what I call a good looking Tit, pity it isn't a pair. You can't beat a beautiful pair of tits on a bird table all fluffed up and perky like. :D ;)

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garinda - i thought u wud've touched a different kinda "wood" rather than ur head if u cudnt find a piece of natural wood around

*L*

i'm not that superstitious but i do sometimes think bad things will happen if i sin - i'm a beleiver of sorts of karma - but then sometimes i think am i doin bad karma or bringing karma to someone who's done bad things

i do worry too when i go to work if i dont get a goodbye kiss from my daughter.

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My mum always told me never to bite the head off a jelly baby first.....always start at the legs.......:confused:

never did tell me why.........:o

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Bite the head of first you wont hear it scream. :eek:

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When I see a single magpie I say, "Good morning Mr Magpie. How's your wife?" My daughter salutes them. We're as daft as each other.

The salt thing is because it was so precious, in Roman times part of a soldier's pay was in salt - salary. The devil stands behind you if you spill any of this precious stuff so you throw a bit over your shoulder and into his eyes to make him run off. I don't know what he's supposed to do to you if he stays.

Touching wood has something to do with the Spirit of the earth living in trees but I'm a bit vague on that one. I still touch wood though.

Who says, "Bless you", when somebody sneezes? I do. I think it goes back to the days of the Plague, which started with sneezing.

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Cutting your nails on Sunday and Friday. My Nana would throw a wobblie when we were kids if we even thought of doing so.

I still can't bring myself to do it even now.

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as I was leaving my first real girlfriends house I would always jump over the gate (pathetic, showing off) but sometimes one of her parents would show me to the door and wave me off.. I would open and close the gate and say my goodbyes.. but would wait till they closed the door then jump into the garden and back over the gate!.. wierd but I thought it would bring bad luck if I didn't

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I am an Atheist too.

I walk under ladders and ignore all this other stuff.

The explanantion is emotion and conditioning.

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says he as a brick end knocks him out

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Then why did you post it twice?

For luck.:D

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I am definately a big believer in karma, AccyWeb would be a shadow of itself without it.

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If someone is working up a ladder I won’t walk under it otherwise I will. That’s common dog not superstition.

The only thing that I believe in is that if I do somebody some wrong then sooner or later someone will do me some wrong. This encourages me to try and treat everyone as I would like to be treated.

Otherwise - Superstition! Bah! Humbug!

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I always sing the Magpie song when I see any - but I think that's more down to Tony Bastable than superstition!

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I always salute a lone magpie no matter where i am or what im doing or whose around , my kids think im loopy and maybe they could be right but for some strange reason i will always do it

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Ah yes, West Ender, but if you respond and say "thank-you" seems a fairy is popped off, and I am rather fond of Tinkerbelle and Garinda, so never do it now.

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I didn't know that. :eek: I'll try to remember in future. ;)

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Question is, if we had to pop one of the fairys off which one would it be. :D

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Weak, very weak.:(

Or was that your audition piece for the part of the Dame in this year's Accy Web panto?:D

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...see if I was as bad mannered as you, I could have said you should have auditioned for the part of Tom Thumb, because of your diminuative stature.;)


Don't try to out bitch the bitch, run off back to agreeing that football needs to be less sexist...and throw salt over your shoulder and hope my wrath is now sated.

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See that audition peice shows much more dedication and inventivenous.

Therefore Neil gets the prestigious part of Baron Hardon.

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Give up you soft bu**er :D

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I can't believe it's not bu**er.:D

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