12/01/2006
Book review published on Friday the 13th!!!
I am not a very superstitious person and sometimes can be quite aloof when it comes to things like stepping over cracks and under ladders….but still!
My book review for “The Star” on the book ‘It’s called a breakup because it’s broken” is published on FRIDAY the 13th (hear the Twilight Zone song yet?)
So far, nothing untoward has happened to me today…yet...partly due to the fact I've been sleeping the whole day because of late night working on client’s website and is still kind of groggy right now. Touch wood, touch wood.
But sometimes I think the famous Friday the 13th is all fiction and no fact. Why would it be bad luck day only on Friday the 13th? Fear of Friday the 13th has a scientific name, by the way, and it’s called paraskevidekatriaphobia. (I dare you to try to pronounce that!)
Points to ponder:-
- If Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, the whole world will suffer at the same time and nobody will win lottery on this day.
- Friday the 13th is really all fiction because it’s a complete national (International?) unfounded trepidation
- The stock market will crash on Friday the 13th
- It’s all in the mind. Ever heard of THAT one? If you think Friday the 13th is going to be a bad day…by golly, you’ll get nothing but bad luck all day. But if you snub your nose at the notion, you will have none of the ill fortune
- Nobody should go to work on Friday the 13th because nothing will go right. The printer will not work, the coffee machine will explode, virus will penetrate the intranet, files will be corrupted, clients will leave, documents and legal agreements will be lost…etc
- Nobody gets married on Friday the 13th
- Nobody will ever give birth on Friday the 13th
- Nobody will go to the doctor or dentist on Friday the 13th
- Nobody will start a new job on Friday the 13th, lest they get fired on the spot for no apparent reason.
- Nobody will buy insurance or shares on Friday the 13th
Imagine, the world would have complete stopped spinning because…it’s black Friday.