Today considered or supposed to be an unlucky day... Cos today is Friday the 13th... And my sis called me early in the morning when I'm at work with a gan jiong voice... 1st thing I thought is that i forget to apply leave to paint my room... who knows... she jus called to say today is friday the 13th... scare me out of wits sia... Anyway... extract the following information from the forum that i frequent... on why Friday the 13th is considered unlucky...
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Paraskevidekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th(Last updated November 16, 2005)
The abstract of a study published in the British Medical Journal in 1993
entitled "Is Friday the 13th Bad for Your Health?" With the aim of mapping "the
relation between health, behaviour, and superstition surrounding Friday 13th in
the United Kingdom," its authors compared the ratio of traffic volume to the
number of automobile accidents on two different days, Friday the 6th and Friday
the 13th, over a period of years. Incredibly, they found that in the region
sampled, while consistently fewer people chose to drive their cars on Friday the
13th, the number of hospital admissions due to vehicular accidents was
significantly higher than on "normal" Fridays.Their conclusion:"Friday 13th is
unlucky for some. The risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport
accident may be increased by as much as 52 percent. Staying at home is
recommended."Paraskevidekatriaphobics — people afflicted with a morbid,
irrational fear of Friday the 13th — must be pricking up their ears just now,
buoyed by seeming evidence that their terror may not be so irrational after all.
But it's unwise to take solace in a single scientific study — the only one of
its kind, so far as I know — especially one so peculiar. I suspect these
statistics have more to teach us about human psychology than the ill-fatedness
of any particular date on the calendar. The Most Widespread Superstition The
sixth day of the week and the number 13 both have foreboding reputations said to
date from ancient times, and their inevitable conjunction from one to three
times a year portends more misfortune than some credulous minds can bear. Some
sources say it may be the most widespread superstition in the United States.
Some people won't go to work on Friday the 13th; some won't eat in restaurants;
many wouldn't think of setting a wedding on the date.
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Actually... I din realised it until my sis told me... well... maybe Friday 13 only applicable in US ba... To me... if a person is suay on that day or week or mth or year... whether it is Friday 13 or not... he/she will still be suay de... Just like me... So... dun believe too much in this kind of things... but then again.. some things are better to believe still.... lol... I know i am contradicting myself again...
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