10, 11, 12…

13. Friday the 13th. It’s origin is at the most shrouded by theories and guesses. You can ask anyone, ‘Hey! It’s Friday the 13th!’ and they’ll nod their heads grimly. Looking wise and sage-like, they’d answer, ‘bad luck’ and spin tales of grim deaths or events occurring on this day. But no one knows on how it came to be!

One most popular Dan Brown-like theory was that

• In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve signs of the zodiac, twelve hours of the clock, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, twelve gods of Olympus, etc., whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness. There is also a superstition, thought by some to derive from the Last Supper or a Norse myth, that having thirteen people seated at a table will result in the death of one of the diners.
• Friday has been considered an unlucky day at least since the 14th century’s The Canterbury Tales, and many other professions have regarded Friday as an unlucky day to undertake journeys or begin new projects. Black Friday has been associated with stock market crashes and other disasters since the 1800s. It has also been suggested that Friday has been considered an unlucky day because, according to Christian scripture and tradition, Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

An extract from ‘Wikipedia- the cheap ass way to do homework.’

Now I’ve tried researching the Internet (by that I mean typing ‘Friday the 13th’ in my Yahoo! search bar) and all I’ve come up with was the same stuff- 13 bad, Friday bad, Friday the 13th very bad. Fortunately, I found something very interesting. The pagan lunar calendar is in tune with the human menstrual system xD got that? It’s like a vagina in the sky!

But seriously, I don’t think Friday the 13th is any less dangerous, than dancing naked around a campfire while holding a rubber chicken… That was just my opinion. A lot of people actually fear the day and date. This has actually brought out a word for the fear of Friday the 13th- friggatriskaidekaphobia (I know… sounds like a swear word right?).

These people think that they might die, go bankrupt, or even screw up their whole lives due to actions that happen in this day. I mean what’s the harm in Friday the 13th, right? The least that could happen is a blogger forgetting the password to his laptop, ultimately begging his cousin for his laptop… And that’s exactly what happened to me.

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