Friday the 13th Trivia

[Snagglefoot]

Today is Friday the 13th , a day considered in western superstition to be unlucky. It can happen once per year or up to three times per year. This year it will happen three times, Feb, March and November. To have a Friday the 13th, the first day of the month needs to be on a Sunday. Good luck!

 

[Selmorides]

Tim Russert, remember him? NBC, Meet the Press. Died on Friday the 13th, June 2008. I don’t expect too many likes.

 

[Hermann]

It's the day you deny your Templar affiliation.

 

[KGMtech]

My wife claims - with zero evidence- that Friday the 13th's are good luck days for her side of the family.

 

[Reggaemon]

I bought an Audi on Friday the 13th.

 

[grasscutter]

The main thing I'm worried about is a car collision. I'm extra paranoid on Friday the 13th. Not for my sake, but for the sake of the car.

I would rather not drive on Friday the 13th if I don't have to.

 

[goblin]

In France, La Francaise des Jeux (FDJ United, the operator of the national lottery games) single-handedly changed the superstition starting in the 90s.

They declared it "Good luck day", ran special lotteries (bigger wins and whatnot) on Friday 13, and absolutely drowned the media landscape with ads (their ads were very good, btw, usually very creative and funny). Lottery ticket sales are orders of magnitude higher on Friday 13th. Needless to say - on Friday 13th the chances of getting a (small sum) winning scratchie are also orders of magnitude higher.

Not sure if it's still ongoing (probably is), but by the early 2000s everybody who actually pays attention to Friday 13th considered it a good luck day there.

 

[Passport1]

Triskaidecaphobiacs make this claim ipse dixit as we now know up to three times per year. Its genesis is from a final supper when thirteen deciples were deceitful. (skirting a religious topic)

 

[02SE]

My parents were married on Friday the 13th, and were happily so for the next nearly 66 years.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

The Friday the 13th movie was filmed at Camp NO-BE-BO-SCO in New Jersey. When my son was a Boy Scout we camped and hiked there as a troop. We have the pictures of all the scouts with the lake, cabins etc. It was a pretty cool fun trip.

 

[earlyre]

My Childhood best friend was Born on Friday the 13th. ( and my Dad was Born on Halloween)

 

[GSCJR]

My wife claims - with zero evidence- that Friday the 13th's are good luck days for her side of the family.

The number 13 is customarily considered good luck in our family. I have an 18kt gold 13 pendant on my baptismal necklace.

 

[KGMtech]

The number 13 is customarily considered good luck in our family. I have an 18kt gold 13 pendant on my baptismal necklace.

Your family might have some connection to my wife's family. The 6 degrees of separation might only be 5.5 ?

 

[GSCJR]

Your family might have some connection to my wife's family. The 6 degrees of separation might only be 5.5 ?

Probably closer to 3

 

[Snagglefoot]

It's the day you deny your Templar affiliation.

You can’t retreat until you’re outnumbered three to one.

 

[Arc]

Today is Friday the 13th , a day considered in western superstition to be unlucky. It can happen once per year or up to three times per year. This year it will happen three times, Feb, March and November. To have a Friday the 13th, the first day of the month needs to be on a Sunday. Good luck!

My clock says Saturday the 14th so I must have missed it.