Any triskaidekaphobia guys out there?

[marylander1940]

Today is the first of three Friday the 13ths this year. (The other two fall in March and November.)

 

This date, of course, is associated with bad luck and superstition, which is why it has its own phobia — "Frigg" was a Norse goddess who originally lent her name to the word that became "Friday," and "triskaidekaphobia" is the fear of the number 13. Statistically speaking, the day is not more dangerous than any other. But even people who don't avoid black cats or fear walking under ladders can have a little fun with Friday the 13th.

 

Read on for some of the strangest, most tragic and simply notorious events that have occurred on Friday the 13ths throughout history

 

http://news.yahoo.com/13-freaky-things-happened-friday-13th-133310220.html

[+ purplekow]

Friday the 13th usually occur twice a year and some years three times and rarely once in a year. So the odds of a bad occurrence on that coming on that day in any year is between 1 in 366 to 1 in 122. So it is not surprising that there have not been any major occurrences of disasters happening on that day. In face the odds may be a bit longer in that some may choose to avoid minimally risky activities on that day. Anyone ever delay a trip so as to avoid traveling on that day?

[+ Charlie]

My uncle was killed in action in WW2 seventy years ago today, but I just checked, and in 1945 the 13th was on a Tuesday.