How superstitious are you?

[Kitty 34]

I still say ALL the time "knock on wood".
I pick a penny up if it's head's up. If it's tails up I will hand it to someone.
I most likely will walk past a ladder vs under it.

Does any of my actions mean anything......heck no (or probably not )!

I had a son born on Friday the 13
black cats always seem to cross in front of my car

The only odd one I do because my oldest DS always does it....is I tap the ceiling of my car if I pass a car with a headlight out. I don't know where he got that from but in his behalf I always do it.

I want this to be fun and not all serious.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I don't say "Good Luck!" to an actor.
I don't utter the name of the Scottish play in a theatre.
I throw salt over my shoulder.
I avoid walking under ladders.

 

[hereyago]

I love black cats,lol.

So not very superstitious, except:
When I would cruise on DCL wonder,
I would reserve the same cabin.
And when I fly I have to always be at rear of plane.

 

[Uncle Coaster]

I’m not superstitious, I’m just a little stitious. - Michael Scott

The only significant superstition I had was when I used to play the horses. There was this one traffic light near the racetrack that I somehow got into my head was bad luck if I had to stop at it. So if I saw it was red or turning red I would start slowing early so that I never came to a complete stop. If I had to stop due to other traffic I would turn around and go home.

 

[John VN]

ZERO

 

[design_mom]

I don't think I'm very superstitious, but my cousin is. I go to hockey games with her.

-- We always have to enter through the same door, even if the line is longer at that one.
-- She always wears the same outfit. (I don't, but if they lose, then I'm "not allowed" to wear the same thing to the next game.)
-- We walk around the concourse at the intermissions. If they're tied or in the lead, we walk one direction to "keep the momentum going." If they're playing poorly, we walk the opposite direction to "reverse the bad luck."
-- If one period goes particuarly poorly, she's been known to make me switch seats immediately to "change things up".
-- If they've won, we have to leave through the same door we entered. If they lose, we have to leave through any OTHER door.

I think it's kind of funny, but they're her season tickets, so I go along with it.

 

[L&Lfan]

Not at all.

 

[Meriweather]

not at all

 

[Frozen Canuck]

I'm soooooooo not superstitious that I even delivered one of my babies on a Friday the 13th and didn't give it a second thought. So far, it has been my luckiest Friday the 13th ever. My doctor was supposed to be off duty at 8 am and I managed to arrive at the hospital around 7 am, so she stuck around the few extra minutes and caught him at 8:05.

 

[Kitty 34]

I'm soooooooo not superstitious that I even delivered one of my babies on a Friday the 13th and didn't give it a second thought. So far, it has been my luckiest Friday the 13th ever. My doctor was supposed to be off duty at 8 am and I managed to arrive at the hospital around 7 am, so she stuck around the few extra minutes and caught him at 8:05.

I know what you're saying. My oldest was born at 9 exactly on a Friday the 13th.

 

[Micca]

Can't think of any for me. My mother used to say it was good luck to have black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. The only thing I can attest to is that black-eyed peas aren't especially tasty.

 

[Cindy's Mom]

Can't think of any for me. My mother used to say it was good luck to have black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. The only thing I can attest to is that black-eyed peas aren't especially tasty.

the beans alone aren't tasty, but the broth my dad used to make for them was amazing!!

 

[Cindy's Mom]

When entering someone's house (even mine) I always leave through the door I entered.

 

[Kitty 34]

Can't think of any for me. My mother used to say it was good luck to have black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. The only thing I can attest to is that black-eyed peas aren't especially tasty.

I have yet to have black-eyed peas let alone luckily on New Year's Day but because I host a huge dinner for the entire family on that day, in your Mom's honor maybe I'll try them next year.

 

[diznygirl]

I’m a baseball fan, so pretty superstitious. The no-hitter rule is pretty important, and rally-caps and wearing the same thing during a winning streak.

My family can personally take responsibility for the Cubs World Series win. Every time we turned on the tv to watch, the other team scored. So we kept the tv off until after the final out. You’re welcome.

 

[Kitty 34]

When entering someone's house (even mine) I always leave through the door I entered.

Interesting.

 

[Floridaman999]

When entering someone's house (even mine) I always leave through the door I entered.

But do you take off your shoes?

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I'm not superstitious at all. Maybe, I should be. My luck may change for the better. I do say things like "knock on wood", but that's to pick on my DH & DS, by knocking on their heads. I also tell DS he broke my back by stepping on too many cracks. I know about all the superstitions, because my Mom was very superstitious. I just don't take them seriously.

 

[cinnaminny]

I don't believe in anything supernatural.

 

[PollyannaMom]

From the OP:
I still say ALL the time "knock on wood". - I do say that.

I pick a penny up if it's head's up. If it's tails up I will hand it to someone. - I never remember which is supposed to be good luck!

I most likely will walk past a ladder vs under it. - This one doesn't bother me.

black cats always seem to cross in front of my car - I love all cats!

I tap the ceiling of my car if I pass a car with a headlight out. - I've never heard of this one?


Other than "knock on wood" (oh, and "break a leg" to theater people) I think my only other one is not leaving the TV volume on 13. I'm not sure why it only bothers me in that scenario (I never think about it in terms of hotel room numbers or anything like that) but it does make me feel funny to put it there.