Jason
Pluto
May all your hits be crits
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Post by Jason on Aug 22, 2008 18:19:35 GMT -4
I knew it. Can you give any explanation for your weird behavior? ;D Sure. I was being childish. It fit, because I was a child for most of the incidents I described. And as Dr. Who says, "what's the point of being an adult if you can't be childish once in a while?" Except the dice thing isn't childish - powering up your dice or cursing them when they fail you is part of the fun of playing games with dice.
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raven
Jupiter
That ain't Earth, kiddies.
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Post by raven on Aug 22, 2008 19:10:01 GMT -4
Thankyou. I have lost pets I loved dearly as well. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Post by BertL on Aug 23, 2008 7:01:58 GMT -4
I'm so sorry to hear this, wdmundt.
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Ian Pearse
Mars
Apollo (and space) enthusiast
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Post by Ian Pearse on Aug 23, 2008 8:21:36 GMT -4
I have to say I'm not superstitious at all. I feel the universe is a wonderful and fascinating enough place as it is without needing to invent any more of it! ;D
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Post by PeterB on Aug 23, 2008 10:00:25 GMT -4
In the wargaming I do * dice are rolled for both movement and combat. Sometimes if I or my opponent rolls consistently well for movement, I remind them that good movement dice mean bad combat dice; and vice versa. I find I'm right about half the time. ;-)
As for other superstitions, I've never paid much attention to them. In fact, I'm quite unfamiliar with many of them because my parents never mentioned them when I was growing up. No salt over the shoulder, no avoiding ladders or black cats. I don't even bother to say "Bless you," when someone sneezes.
Regarding coins in the fountain, I don't bother to make a wish, as I usually only ever chuck coins in a fountain where I know they're collected for a particular charity. So I treat them simply as a donation, rather than the purchase price of a wish.
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Al Johnston
"Cheer up!" they said, "It could be worse!" So I did, and it was.
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Post by Al Johnston on Aug 23, 2008 12:51:39 GMT -4
One girl I knew at school insisted that crossing on a staircase was bad luck.
I forebore from mentioning that in her case, there was a more obvious physical reason for avoiding it...
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Jason
Pluto
May all your hits be crits
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Post by Jason on Aug 23, 2008 13:10:28 GMT -4
Actually I usually say "gesundheit" instead of "bless you."
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Post by gillianren on Aug 23, 2008 14:14:14 GMT -4
I was raised to think that saying "bless you," "gesundheit," "salud," or whatever is polite. Ergo, I do it. I don't really think any of my wishes for the person's continued good health and wellbeing are superstitious, particularly.
Oh, I'm not saying I don't have superstitions. But I seem to have fewer of them than a lot of people around me--I don't even have "lucky" dice!
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raven
Jupiter
That ain't Earth, kiddies.
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Post by raven on Aug 23, 2008 14:40:26 GMT -4
I cup dice in both hands when I roll them, because a), its how I always did it when playing bored games with my family on a small table, b) its the only way to get d4's to actually get random.
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Bob B.
Bob the Excel Guru?
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Post by Bob B. on Aug 23, 2008 15:29:49 GMT -4
Have you ever thrown coins in a fountain and made a wish? Have you ever prayed in a time of crisis, even if you didn't believe in God? Have you ever had to pick up a penny on the ground - just for 'good luck'? Have you ever done any superstitious ritual? NO YES NO YES, but not with seriousness
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Post by BertL on Aug 24, 2008 5:55:50 GMT -4
Last friday, the phone rang. From out of nowhere, I thought "omg that can't be my friend" because we usually never call. It was my friend. I know that that's not really much and scientifically correct (and it has an actual explanation), but it kind of freaked me out. I never get the feeling that when the phone rings it's a friend, except for yesterday.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 24, 2008 16:05:32 GMT -4
I seem to know who's ringing quite often, I swear the phone rings differently for different people.
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