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	Why Friday the 13th Is Unlucky

hitchhiker08

6-10-2008 5:30 AM

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superstition, legends, rumors, hearsay, evil, horror, satanic

hitchhiker08 says:

Frankly, other than the famous virus attacking my computer, I have no other worries...

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6-10-2008 11:08 AM

CarnivalBorn

Friday 13th has always been a good day for me

6-10-2008 11:08 AM

Mohir

In the novel The Da Vinci Code it is traced to the arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday October 13, 1307

6-10-2008 2:03 PM

tanyamm

Anything or date can be lucky or unlucky depending on how you look at what happens in any given circumstance.

7-13-2008 8:23 PM

Jorjor

My favorite cat died last Friday the 13th. Five minutes after he died, my computer died, too.

7-14-2008 4:35 AM

hitchhiker08

Oh I'm sorry about your cat, Jorjor - that's a very strange coincidence?!

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