# Yikes! It's Friday the Thirteenth!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-its-friday-the-thirteenth/142479>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 13, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-its-friday-the-thirteenth/142479 "2002-12-13T10:25:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-its-friday-the-thirteenth/142479/21 "2002-12-13T23:35:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Spooky \*  
> \*\*Does this make any of you Dopers nervous?
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> I usually find thirteen to be a lucky number, but by saying this, I probably just jinxed myself.
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> Be careful out there, don’t walk under any ladders or break any mirrors! \*\*

Well, I wasn’t nervous when I woke up - but I shoulda been. It was a lousy day. Of course, I don’t really believe it had anything to do with FTT.

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-its-friday-the-thirteenth/142479/22 "2002-12-14T04:15:08Z")

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Yeah… I happened to have a play performance today… I was mildly freaked out about it (and yes in my scene someone forgot a line, it was umm… interesting in how it was covered up).

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**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yikes-its-friday-the-thirteenth/142479/23 "2002-12-14T07:12:28Z")

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Sounds like you all managed to survive the Thirteenth pretty well.

I ended up having a wonderful day!

1. My husband was offered a promotion
2. We put up our Christmas tree and I broke only one glass ornament in the  
process
3. We received a lovely Christmas package from friends  
The package contained an Elton John compilation cd and I’m now listening to my all-time favorite Elton song, “Someone Saved My Life Tonight,” which I did not previously own in my collection. Thanks, Emily and Doug!

I’m now officially in the Christmas spirit. Good luck, and many wishes for a wonderful New Year to all my Doper friends.

Love,  
Spooks

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