Friday the 13th and Other Superstitions

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1:03I don't believe in any superstitions but I have one by it by it anyway. I buy it by it anyway. I'll share it a minute. But think about some of the things like this out there in the world. How many buildings don't have a 13th floor? Do you think architects and developers really a lot of them think it would be bad luck for someone to live there or work there? No, but maybe in that case it's about property values because other people who don't actually believe it's bad luck won't want to live or rent there. Maybe they could offer a 13th floor discount. But what about for you? Would you live on the 13th floor or what's a superstition that you don't actually believe in but you live by it anyway? That's the question. 212433 WNYC 212433 9692 call or text. Few people I know contributed ones knowing I was going to do this today. One person wrote the one that I find myself doing I have no idea really why or where I learned it

2:06is you kiss your hand and tap the roof of the car if you're driving and you go through a yellow light. I think it's a tiny wish for good luck they wrote. Someone else ever since watching drugstore cowboy in which the superstition against a hat on a bed plays a part and does lead to death I found myself avoiding that I'd never heard of it until the movie but I guess it's a thing writes that person so listeners what about you? What's a superstition that you don't actually believe in on this Friday the 13th by but you live by it anyway? Mine is that I shouldn't say out loud that I almost made it safely somewhere or sometimes to say see you tomorrow. You've probably never heard me say talk to you tomorrow at the end of the show because I almost never say it I don't really believe it's bad luck but somewhere in a weird corner of my brain I think I'm jinxing myself if I say that and something might happen to me between now and tomorrow

3:09if I'm so cavalier about my existence that I make that assumption. You know similar one is that I rarely will say things like well I almost made it through flu season I would say that out loud much what about yours? 212433 WNYC your Friday the 13th superstitions that you don't believe in but you abide by them anyway we'll take your calls and text right after this WNYC on WNYC okay now to your Friday the 13th superstitions that you don't believe in but you live by them anyway we're getting so many and so many that I never heard of we'll start with the text listen and wrote when I spill salt I always throw some over my shoulder here is a lease in miniola hi a lease around WNYC

4:12hi Brian how are you today? good what's your superstition that you don't believe but you live by it anyway well I think a lot of us know I cannot bring myself to buy anything for baby before he or she is born baby showers can't do I can't do it yeah you wouldn't give the gift or you wouldn't buy it even buy it I can't do either I if I if I need to go to the shower for whatever reason I'll go I'll bring a card whipping them all the luck in the world and let them know that a beautiful gift coming when the baby comes I know there are a lot of you out there who feel the same way and or at least act the same way Alba in Westfield you're on WNYC hi what's yours? I have two actually one of them is that you don't cut your nails at night time because my entire life I've been told that that you know something bad will come of it and then the second one is that you don't

5:13wear the same clothes that you were wearing during the day because you'll have bad dreams yeah Alba thank you very much Anita in park slope you're on WNYC what's yours? hi I almost tried to never open an umbrella indoors does it rain a lot? yes I was just asking if it rains a lot in your home I'm just joking no which can be a problem because if I go to a store to buy an umbrella I want to test it but I will never do that wow Anita thank you very much David and hope well you're on WNYC hi David what's yours? hi Brian Sterry Day today is 13th if you see a coin on the ground and it's pale don't pick it up look away very bad karma associated with that oh really interesting thank you very much you know the sports world and theater world have a lot of these apparently a common theater one I've heard that is that you never say

6:15Mick Beth out loud in a theater unless it's in dialogue during a rehearsal or a show it's bad luck and will curse the whole production people say you only refer to it as the Scottish play I've seen this on Reddit and a few other places let's see Jeanette in Manhattan you're on WNYC hi Jeanette what's yours? oh my gosh walking underneath a ladder don't do it yeah really that's such a classic one yes something could fall on you and especially in New York City the ladder is underneath all that gas folding that's that that's it that's a pragmatic concern about infrastructure that's not a superstition right oh no that's my superstition thank you very much um let's see oh here's an EMT a paramedic who has one kind of similar to mine as an EMT or a paramedic person writes you never say it's quiet out there

7:17like I don't say oh I almost got through flu season and I didn't get the flu uh who else Stephanie in Manhattan you're on WNYC hi Stephanie hi well I'm a physician and I agree with the EMT but mine is that I never put my cursor handbag on the ground because it could lose money not lose money but I will have the misfortune of not having money in the future thank you very much listen to riots sockney from Brooklyn there's a superstition in the airline crew community we always tap the aircraft we're about to work on before we enter the aircraft we're about to work on every single flight writes that person who works in the airline industry oh let's see Melissa in Stanford I think it's going to be the last one Melissa here on WNYC what's yours mine is has to do with Feng Shui hi Brian um so it's uh there's of course the bed one you always put your

8:22head north but there's also the one where always close the the top of the toilet because if you don't then money goes down the drain do I follow people around the house and I'm like make sure you close the top of the toilet or else we're gonna lose money Melissa thank you very much all right well we could have done this for longer based on what's still coming in but thank you for your Friday the 13th superstitions that you don't believe in but you live by them anyway Brian Lerr on WNYC talked to you Monday there I did it stay tuned for Allison since WNYC's first broadcast in 1924 we've been dedicated to creating the kind of content we know the world needs since then New York Public Radio's rigorous journalism has gone on to win a Peabody award and a Dupont Columbia award among others in addition to this award-winning reporting your sponsorship also supports inspiring storytelling and extraordinary music that is free and accessible to all to get in touch and find out more visit sponsorship.wnyc.org