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Superstitions
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I don't believe in superstitions, that's bad luck 
No, in all seriousness, people have some outlandish superstitions and I don't understand them at all. Just be you, be happy, live your life. Bad things happen to everyone, there isn't some arbitrary action that's going to bring it on.
No, in all seriousness, people have some outlandish superstitions and I don't understand them at all. Just be you, be happy, live your life. Bad things happen to everyone, there isn't some arbitrary action that's going to bring it on.
I know all the main ones, such as Knocking on Wood, Throwing Salt Over Your Shoulder, Walking Under a Ladder, Broken Mirror, Step on a Crack, Break Your Mother’s Back, Friday the 13th, Black Cats, Fingers Crossed ...and some more.
I believe that the world will end in our lifetime
I was so convinced that it would end in 2012, that on the day in question, I unplugged everything, boxed it up, sat down and waited
sadly it didn't happen and I was disappointed.
the other one I hear all the time is the one about the bride not seeing the husband before they get married
I was so convinced that it would end in 2012, that on the day in question, I unplugged everything, boxed it up, sat down and waited
sadly it didn't happen and I was disappointed.
the other one I hear all the time is the one about the bride not seeing the husband before they get married
Seems like every two or three years somebody comes up with a doomsday prediction.
In fact, every day is a "doomsday" for someone. I pretty much cling to the notion that "No one knows the day or the time." 
What? Why would you want the world to end?
I guess deep down I didn't, but for months I strongly believed it would and part of me did think well wouldn't it be cool anyway?
I knock on wood just to be safe! 😋
I think superstition is a load of bullfrog and it is one of my pet hates. My father was superstitious and we would be punished if we did something he deemed unlucky or mocked his beliefs. This has coloured my views on superstition. If you really want to witness my Irish temper, just try to stop me doing something 'because it's unlucky' or insist I perform a ritual to break the bad luck you think I'll get.
Not superstitious, but - - Occasionally I have to take a quick look around for some real wood to knock on!
(EVERYTHING'S plastic these days )In Africa, people who suffer from albinism get murdered for their body parts because people believe their bones are magical and grant wishes.
People with albinism in Africa are being hunted for body parts
Today is International Albinism Awareness Day, bringing focus to people with albinism who are being hunted for their body parts in Africa - and the number of killings are increasing.
There is TONS of lizards around my house. None of them ran across my feet yet. They're too fast and zoom in the other direction at 100 miles an hour at the sight of any human.
I love lizards.
Me too, they are cute.
I keep a small garbage can in the backyard and I had to stop leaving it against the wall because lizards would fall in there and cant get out. They crawl on the house (where there is grip) but the garbage can is smooth plastic and they slip in there and can't climb out.
Why don't you go buy a Sahara Monitor lizard?
They run about 60 dollars and get up to being 3 to 4 feet long.
