# Anyone superstitious about Friday the 13th? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549 "2015-02-13T07:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/21 "2015-02-13T19:04:55Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [Your Alma mater?](http://image.motortrend.com/f/classic/features/12q1_1968_1972_chevrolet_el_camino_buyers_guide/46099854/chevrolet-el-camino-side.jpg)😃 Oh, cute. We used to have a neighbor who drove one of those. I couldn’t stand him. ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/22 "2015-02-13T20:56:20Z")
I smoked my last cigarette on Friday, September 13, 2002. I picked that day because the following day was my birthday, so it was a present to myself. Best gift I ever gave or got! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/23 "2015-02-13T21:40:11Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > We used to have a neighbor who drove one of those. I couldn’t stand him. Jealous because he was cool? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/24 "2015-02-13T23:08:33Z")
I turned 13 on Friday the 13th, so no. Actually, no to any sort of superstition. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/25 "2015-02-13T23:22:30Z")
I never go to Camp Crystal Lake on a Friday the 13th. I suppose that would be more of a superstitious thing if I actually knew where there was a Camp Crystal Lake. And if I was a really obnoxious late teen or early 20 something. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/26 "2015-02-13T23:22:53Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > A timely question. Today is Friday? The 13th? Dag nab it. Almost slept through it.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/27 "2015-02-13T23:35:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Jealous because he was cool? No, fed up because he modified the engine to make the vehicle into a real loud noise-toy. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/28 "2015-02-13T23:41:03Z")
i without fear in bed under the covers . ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/29 "2015-02-14T01:30:19Z")
Not at all. [knock wood] ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/30 "2015-02-14T01:54:16Z")
I usually don’t build a house on an Indian burial ground if I see a black cat on this date, but otherwise I wouldn’t have noticed if someone hadn’t reminded me. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/31 "2015-02-14T05:00:07Z")
I got married on a Friday the 13th. Still married almost 21 years later, so I consider it good luck. Husband’s birthday is on the 13th, and so is my oldest nephew’s (different months). So when their birthdays fall on a Friday it’s double good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/32 "2015-02-14T06:38:33Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I turned 13 on Friday the 13th, so no. Actually, no to any sort of superstition. Nevertheless, I’ll bet you never do _that_ again. ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/33 "2015-02-14T09:37:42Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > No. > > I also used to own two black cats. On Friday the 13th, I’d put up a ladder and walk under it just to hit the “bad luck” trifecta. > [@KRC](#): > > I usually don’t build a house on an Indian burial ground if I see a black cat on this date, but otherwise I wouldn’t have noticed if someone hadn’t reminded me. Black cats are supposed to be a bad omen in America? Where I am, superstition has it that it’s lucky to meet a black cat. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/34 "2015-02-14T15:39:06Z")
> [@vontsira](#): > > Black cats are supposed to be a bad omen in America? Where I am, superstition has it that it’s lucky to meet a black cat. We used to have a cat who was mostly black. He brought bad luck–to mice; to other tomcats (he became The Boss of Seventh Place); and to dogs in our neighborhood, whom he would attack every now and then, just to show them who’s in charge. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/35 "2015-02-14T15:43:11Z")
> [@vontsira](#): > > Black cats are supposed to be a bad omen in America? Where I am, superstition has it that it’s lucky to meet a black cat. > [@](#): > > Well, I ain’t superstitious, black cat just cross my trail. > Well, I ain’t superstitious, oh the black cat just cross my trail. > Don’t sweep me with no broom, I might get put in jail. Howling Wolf. ---
**Author:** ![Cole33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cole33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cole33)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/36 "2015-02-15T00:42:51Z")
Not at all superstish. I have 2 black cats and allways step on cracks.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/37 "2015-02-15T01:00:08Z")
I met my wife on a Friday the 13th (1977). We discovered that we were going to have a baby on one, too (1995). Not superstitious, but I do feel entitled to have something good happen when it comes around. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/38 "2015-02-15T02:58:09Z")
Nope, not at all. I don’t have a superstitious bone in my body (knock on Formica). ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/39 "2015-02-15T04:11:12Z")
Yes. My dog died on a Friday the 13th. I disliked it before then, hate it now. Things always seem to go bad on them. The one yesterday I left my glasses at a place an hour from my home and had to drive back to get them today. Also, I had a headache all evening because I accidentally took a decongestant instead of Excedrin (the bottle and pills look similar). ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549/40 "2015-02-15T04:24:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Howling Wolf. Have you ever seen a black cat of yours step on a crack? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-superstitious-about-friday-the-13th/712549.md?page=3)