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Paraskavedekatriaphobia

Yes, it’s Friday the 13th again. The 13th falls on a Friday more than any other day of the week, so get over it. It’s only valid in in English and Portuguese speaking countries, so go visit a Spanish-speaking neighborhood for the day.

If you want to blame someone, it’s the calendar of Pope Gregory XIII that created this imbalance. [He obviously didn’t have a problem with the number on any day.]

2 comments

1 Kryten42 { 08.14.10 at 10:43 am }

I still laugh when I think about the fact that some places I visited didn’t have a thirteenth building in a street, or a 13th floor in a building! 😆

2 Bryan { 08.14.10 at 8:12 pm }

I guess people need excuses when things go wrong, and numbers can’t fight back. We don’t have 13 or 666 down here because of superstitious people. There isn’t much you can do about phobias other than accommodate them so people don’t complain.