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Friday the 13th

Tricky

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Tricky
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Yep, today's the day. I usually celebrate the day by violating every bad luck superstition I can think of. I walk under ladders, open an umbrella in the house, break a (cheap) mirror, spill salt, turn the shoes upside down (my mom told me that one), and if I can find them, walk where a black cat has crossed and hang a horseshoe upside down.

Anybody got any others, old or new? The only thing I can think of is finding a four-leaf clover and plucking the extra leaf off.
 
ChristineR said:
Surgically reattach a foot to a rabbit? Say "Macbeth" in a theater?
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I'm an amateur actor, and I make a point of saying 'Macbeth' in every show I'm in - without anyone hearing me. I just mutter it to myself, and see what happens.

Funnily enough, major things have gone wrong, in the scene directly after I say it:

Romeo and Juliet, 2003 - said 'Macbeth' in the interval. In the very next scene Friar Lawrence walks on stage, trips, and careens into the audience.

Waiting for Godot, 2004 - again in interval. I walk on stage. A gust of wind takes my hat off and blows it down a chasm (we were doing it outside.) I had to mime the hat juggling.

Proof, 2004 - Again in interval. Next scene, leading lady gets stuck to a door and has to shout most of her lines.

There have been other occasions. Of course, this means absolutely nothing. I'm sure other things have gone wrong in other scenes in other nights, but these were the ones I remember!

Anyway, I'm off to find some single magpies, and then neglect to say "Good morning Mr. Magpie".
 
dogjones said:
I'm an amateur actor, and I make a point of saying 'Macbeth' in every show I'm in - without anyone hearing me. I just mutter it to myself, and see what happens.

Funnily enough, major things have gone wrong, in the scene directly after I say it:

Romeo and Juliet, 2003 - said 'Macbeth' in the interval. In the very next scene Friar Lawrence walks on stage, trips, and careens into the audience.

Waiting for Godot, 2004 - again in interval. I walk on stage. A gust of wind takes my hat off and blows it down a chasm (we were doing it outside.) I had to mime the hat juggling.

Proof, 2004 - Again in interval. Next scene, leading lady gets stuck to a door and has to shout most of her lines.

There have been other occasions. Of course, this means absolutely nothing. I'm sure other things have gone wrong in other scenes in other nights, but these were the ones I remember!

Anyway, I'm off to find some single magpies, and then neglect to say "Good morning Mr. Magpie".
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This is universal in the theater. EVERYONE refuses to say it. If you say it aloud, you'll be hounded until you do the ritual. I've even had people insist to be that they too once thought it was nonsense, until the day when they said it....
 
ChristineR said:
This is universal in the theater. EVERYONE refuses to say it. If you say it aloud, you'll be hounded until you do the ritual. I've even had people insist to be that they too once thought it was nonsense, until the day when they said it....
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dogjones said:
I'm an amateur actor, and I make a point of saying 'Macbeth' in every show I'm in - without anyone hearing me. I just mutter it to myself, and see what happens.

Funnily enough, major things have gone wrong, in the scene directly after I say it:

Romeo and Juliet, 2003 - said 'Macbeth' in the interval. In the very next scene Friar Lawrence walks on stage, trips, and careens into the audience.

Waiting for Godot, 2004 - again in interval. I walk on stage. A gust of wind takes my hat off and blows it down a chasm (we were doing it outside.) I had to mime the hat juggling.

Proof, 2004 - Again in interval. Next scene, leading lady gets stuck to a door and has to shout most of her lines.

There have been other occasions. Of course, this means absolutely nothing. I'm sure other things have gone wrong in other scenes in other nights, but these were the ones I remember!

Anyway, I'm off to find some single magpies, and then neglect to say "Good morning Mr. Magpie".
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Just so long as you dont whistle on stage.

Or use real flowers.

or use a new pot of pancake on a first night.
 
I crossed many people on the stairs and refused to salute a solitary magpie!
 
Tricky said:
Yep, today's the day. I usually celebrate the day by violating every bad luck superstition I can think of. I walk under ladders, open an umbrella in the house, break a (cheap) mirror, spill salt, turn the shoes upside down (my mom told me that one), and if I can find them, walk where a black cat has crossed and hang a horseshoe upside down.

Anybody got any others, old or new? The only thing I can think of is finding a four-leaf clover and plucking the extra leaf off.
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Oh yes glad you reminded me: the day they show that lousy slasher movie on a couple cable channels. If I see a ladder I'll go under it. but Too lazy for the umbrella :)
 
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