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Are you scared of Friday 13th ?


Posted on Friday, 13 November, 2009 | 14 comments

It is a day that you either care about or you don't, some go to great lengths to avoid doing anything at all while others carry on as though it's a normal day. What do you do on Friday 13th ?

It's a day when people rearrange travel plans, delay surgery or just pull up the covers and stay in bed until Friday the 13th turns into Saturday the 14th, convinced that even stepping out of the house would cause bad luck to find them the way an anvil finds the head of Wile E. Coyote.

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Comment icon #10 Posted by commonsense on 13 November, 2009, 16:23
I've never personally bought into the whole myth that its unlucky. But a few of my friends do. You wouldn't believe the lenghts they go through to stay home on the 13th!

Comment icon #11 Posted by Metal Angel on 13 November, 2009, 20:42
Noting creepy or anything happens on the 13th. Good day to watch scary movies at night though.

Comment icon #12 Posted by The Silver Thong on 13 November, 2009, 20:44
Well I went to my dentist appointment and that was pretty close to any horror movie I want to see twice LOL Damn this friday the 13 stuff sucks LOL

Comment icon #13 Posted by The Silver Thong on 13 November, 2009, 20:48
Here's a classic for ya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXddo5IpXjs Don't watch it you don't like corny vamp flicks

Comment icon #14 Posted by Zuazua on 15 November, 2009, 1:51
October 13, the day the Templars were arrested.

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