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From: humble.life on 7 Aug 2008 05:31 Ariel wrote: > I'm not superstitious but the way I go around proving to myself I'm > not makes me wonder if I'm just in denial. > > A little while ago someone told me that they won't get out of bed if > the number on their digital clock cannot be divided by three. I must > have looked surprised because I was told that's quite normal and a lot > of people do that. News to me, anyway, I've notice now that before I > get out of bed I look at the clock and if it's devisable by three then > I'll wait a minute or two before getting out of bed. And I do that to > prove to myself I'm not superstitious. > > Now I've noticed I have a tendency to post messages when the time is > an even number. I look at the little clock (bottom right) and if the > minutes are an odd number I look for typos before posting, then post > on an even number. But if the clock is even when I've finished > writing, I've got this urge to send now without a proper check because > I don't want to miss a posting opportunity. > > Has anybody else got this curious thing with numbers? I don't know if > it's a superstition thing, or an obsession thing or just a silly > thing. (I'm currently preoccupied with ensuring I'll be eating a > Chinese meal at 8pm on Friday 8/8/08, for luck, not that I'm > superstitious or anything). > want tibet on that?
From: CJ Dunnaway on 7 Aug 2008 06:30 "humble.life" <gn(a)t.com> wrote in message news:6fvtmoFdh06nU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Ariel wrote: >> I'm not superstitious but the way I go around proving to myself I'm >> not makes me wonder if I'm just in denial. >> >> A little while ago someone told me that they won't get out of bed if >> the number on their digital clock cannot be divided by three. I must >> have looked surprised because I was told that's quite normal and a >> lot >> of people do that. News to me, anyway, I've notice now that before I >> get out of bed I look at the clock and if it's devisable by three >> then >> I'll wait a minute or two before getting out of bed. And I do that to >> prove to myself I'm not superstitious. >> >> Now I've noticed I have a tendency to post messages when the time is >> an even number. I look at the little clock (bottom right) and if the >> minutes are an odd number I look for typos before posting, then post >> on an even number. But if the clock is even when I've finished >> writing, I've got this urge to send now without a proper check >> because >> I don't want to miss a posting opportunity. >> >> Has anybody else got this curious thing with numbers? I don't know if >> it's a superstition thing, or an obsession thing or just a silly >> thing. (I'm currently preoccupied with ensuring I'll be eating a >> Chinese meal at 8pm on Friday 8/8/08, for luck, not that I'm >> superstitious or anything). > > want tibet on that? thats odd.
From: Sasquatch on 7 Aug 2008 08:06 On 7 Aug, 10:00, Ariel <espr...(a)mailhaven.com> wrote: > I'm not superstitious but the way I go around proving to myself I'm > not makes me wonder if I'm just in denial. > > A little while ago someone told me that they won't get out of bed if > the number on their digital clock cannot be divided by three. I must > have looked surprised because I was told that's quite normal and a lot > of people do that. News to me, anyway, I've notice now that before I > get out of bed I look at the clock and if it's devisable by three then > I'll wait a minute or two before getting out of bed. And I do that to > prove to myself I'm not superstitious. > > Now I've noticed I have a tendency to post messages when the time is > an even number. I look at the little clock (bottom right) and if the > minutes are an odd number I look for typos before posting, then post > on an even number. But if the clock is even when I've finished > writing, I've got this urge to send now without a proper check because > I don't want to miss a posting opportunity. > > Has anybody else got this curious thing with numbers? I don't know if > it's a superstition thing, or an obsession thing or just a silly > thing. (I'm currently preoccupied with ensuring I'll be eating a > Chinese meal at 8pm on Friday 8/8/08, for luck, not that I'm > superstitious or anything). I'm buying my lottery tickets tomorrow:o) Little rituals like that are quite common, it's only when they become MUSTS that they become worrying. My Great Aunt would never get out of bed on a Friday 13th, have lilies in the house, let a cat into a room where someone was ill etc. All superstitions, when they become more than that, they're indications of OCD or other anxiety related problems Be gentle on yourself Simon
From: humble.life on 7 Aug 2008 08:19 CJ Dunnaway wrote: > "humble.life" <gn(a)t.com> wrote in message > news:6fvtmoFdh06nU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> Ariel wrote: >>> I'm not superstitious but the way I go around proving to myself I'm >>> not makes me wonder if I'm just in denial. >>> >>> A little while ago someone told me that they won't get out of bed if >>> the number on their digital clock cannot be divided by three. I must >>> have looked surprised because I was told that's quite normal and a lot >>> of people do that. News to me, anyway, I've notice now that before I >>> get out of bed I look at the clock and if it's devisable by three then >>> I'll wait a minute or two before getting out of bed. And I do that to >>> prove to myself I'm not superstitious. >>> >>> Now I've noticed I have a tendency to post messages when the time is >>> an even number. I look at the little clock (bottom right) and if the >>> minutes are an odd number I look for typos before posting, then post >>> on an even number. But if the clock is even when I've finished >>> writing, I've got this urge to send now without a proper check because >>> I don't want to miss a posting opportunity. >>> >>> Has anybody else got this curious thing with numbers? I don't know if >>> it's a superstition thing, or an obsession thing or just a silly >>> thing. (I'm currently preoccupied with ensuring I'll be eating a >>> Chinese meal at 8pm on Friday 8/8/08, for luck, not that I'm >>> superstitious or anything). >> >> want tibet on that? > > > thats odd. it was an excuse to use the tibet/to bet joke, thanks for making me explain it
From: Nanny Ogg on 7 Aug 2008 09:30
humble.life wrote: > CJ Dunnaway wrote: >> "humble.life" <gn(a)t.com> wrote in message >> news:6fvtmoFdh06nU1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> Ariel wrote: >>>> I'm not superstitious but the way I go around proving to myself I'm >>>> not makes me wonder if I'm just in denial. >>>> >>>> A little while ago someone told me that they won't get out of bed if >>>> the number on their digital clock cannot be divided by three. I must >>>> have looked surprised because I was told that's quite normal and a lot >>>> of people do that. News to me, anyway, I've notice now that before I >>>> get out of bed I look at the clock and if it's devisable by three then >>>> I'll wait a minute or two before getting out of bed. And I do that to >>>> prove to myself I'm not superstitious. >>>> >>>> Now I've noticed I have a tendency to post messages when the time is >>>> an even number. I look at the little clock (bottom right) and if the >>>> minutes are an odd number I look for typos before posting, then post >>>> on an even number. But if the clock is even when I've finished >>>> writing, I've got this urge to send now without a proper check because >>>> I don't want to miss a posting opportunity. >>>> >>>> Has anybody else got this curious thing with numbers? I don't know if >>>> it's a superstition thing, or an obsession thing or just a silly >>>> thing. (I'm currently preoccupied with ensuring I'll be eating a >>>> Chinese meal at 8pm on Friday 8/8/08, for luck, not that I'm >>>> superstitious or anything). >>> >>> want tibet on that? >> >> >> thats odd. > > it was an excuse to use the tibet/to bet joke, > thanks for making me explain it "thats odd" was also a numbers joke! |