tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post6178246457517599861..comments2023-11-03T13:16:48.376+00:00Comments on A Woman Of No Importance: Today is brought to you by the Number 13A Woman Of No Importancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02194976046531063422noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-38281075834048762882009-01-30T14:42:00.000+00:002009-01-30T14:42:00.000+00:00Funny, up til now I had no aversion to the number ...Funny, up til now I had no aversion to the number 13 in fact love the Bakers Dozen if it's connected to doughnuts...but that's a cop thing, I guess lol...wonderful post, as usual. Your attention to detail is fascinating. Congratulations on the Post of the Day comment...you earned it!<BR/>SandiSandi McBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033518416111957858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-80435463829349295422009-01-29T15:33:00.000+00:002009-01-29T15:33:00.000+00:00Fascinating post. Senor's favorite number is 13. Y...Fascinating post. Senor's favorite number is 13. Your posts are very impressive. A lot of work... our good fortune!!Sometimes Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10053598560687202583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-76049082836052342692009-01-29T13:40:00.000+00:002009-01-29T13:40:00.000+00:00Diane: Funny you should say that about Z, such a...Diane: Funny you should say that about Z, such a spiritual person - I do think some of these superstitions are ingrained, in spite of our better judgements - As well as the shoes not on tables (signifying a death - I guess from the days of laying folk out on tables), my mother would not have anything with birds on it in the house - I don't follow with that one, 'though... Touch wood! xox<BR/><BR/>GB: Oxymoron? I sense a blogpost coming on! <BR/><BR/>Henry the Dog: I strongly feel there are some things we cannot easily explain away with science - And all your loyal and faithful readers are very pleased to treasure your mum still guiding your paw to write those funny blogs, in spite of those infernal flying machines! I think your mini-schnauzer paws must bring her luck, like a lucky rabbit's foot?! xxx<BR/><BR/>Working mum: I wouldn't even like to think about that one - spooky - Little Dorrit was fab tho', so I hope you get to see Ep 13 (eek, Ep 12a) soon! x <BR/><BR/>Dumdad: This is very true, Sir - I could have added in more, but sometimes my posts can be a little too long for folk to stomach - Wiki describes how 13 is lucky in some cultures, and in China, the number 8 is believed to be lucky, I think... Interesting, if mad, stuff, non?<BR/><BR/>The language is wonderful is it not, and I am so pleased you got the Kirk Douglas reference - I shall look out for that filming gaffe next time I air the movie - You've got to love anything with Tony Curtis and KD in it - There's a law!<BR/><BR/>Fat, frumpy and fifty: Saz, to be honest, I do try to see 13 as not unlucky, if you know what I mean - And numerology has it that it isn't unlucky, because 1 + 3 = 4 and that's a lucky number - Oh, I sense my readership ebbing away at TMI, and all my olde worlde madness! xxoxx I am far better, thank you, having given up virtually everything I enjoy - for the present!<BR/><BR/>Michelle: Bless you for liking this little part of Fhina's world of madness! The Beatles sang, Michele, ma belle... and that can only be a good and lucky thing, in my book! ;) Obsess not, but tittering is fine!<BR/><BR/>Auntiegwen: Hello sweetie, thank you for offering me something to twitter about today - Much love x <BR/> <BR/>Kate Coveny Hood: Glad to have made you smile, for it was my intention! <BR/> <BR/>Scriptor Senex: You are a very astute and wise (but not ancien...) man!<BR/> <BR/>TOM FOOLERY: Welcome in, hen, the more the merrier! <BR/> <BR/>david mcmahon: LOL - I don't like using overused abbreviations, but oh well!<BR/><BR/>Rab: You are Clay, no?! :0 <BR/> <BR/>Lady Clippy Mat: Bless you! If I keep taking the tablets, I know I will get better each day!<BR/> <BR/>La Belette Rouge: And this coming from such a wise and lovely weasel - Do you have any thoughts on fate as an outside agent, per se? I do write lists and I don't personally balk about writing number 13... Superstitions are silliness, I agree, and I fought them for many years, hence walking under ladders, and I do not avoid cracks in pavements - I used to rail against my mum for her foibles, but I seem to have 'picked up' so many of them by osmosis! x<BR/><BR/>French Fancy: Thank you for watching over me like some sweet, fondant Ange Guardien - if that makes sense - which I don't do often! ;) <BR/><BR/>Derrick: I know only too well I just need to 'get a grip' in all senses of the word! We would say, "Get a haad of mesel', man!"A Woman Of No Importancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194976046531063422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-70147980060260892002009-01-29T11:41:00.000+00:002009-01-29T11:41:00.000+00:00Hello Fhina,Plenty of comments here, so now worrie...Hello Fhina,<BR/><BR/>Plenty of comments here, so now worries today! I've no idea why we ended up with many of our superstitions. Not walking under ladders though seems eminently sensible because something might get dropped on your head or you might tip the ladder, which would be unlucky for the poor soul at the top!<BR/><BR/>As they say 'up here', dunnae fass yersel' hen!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-28686180238960910282009-01-29T09:57:00.000+00:002009-01-29T09:57:00.000+00:00I'll keep a watch on your blog comments in future ...I'll keep a watch on your blog comments in future and try and help you avoid the problem. As for me - I never think about superstitions. Some of them do make me laugh though - I had a boss once who shouted at me for putting some new shoes I was showing him on to his desk.I don't know why that should be unlucky.French Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-66642592868970031222009-01-29T06:13:00.000+00:002009-01-29T06:13:00.000+00:00I don't believe in luck coming from an outside age...I don't believe in luck coming from an outside agent and yet I am strangely superstitious about having a #13 when I make a list. I know it isn't really an unlucky number and yet every time I get to 13 I skip it and go from 12 right to 14. I think your post may have cured me of that silliness.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-33645559777437122702009-01-28T23:41:00.001+00:002009-01-28T23:41:00.001+00:00just came by to be number 14 and so to stop you hy...just came by to be number 14 and so to stop you hyperventilating at the thought of 13 commenters hahaha.<BR/>i agree with commenter #13, Rab. think of it as a lucky number and this is what will happen.<BR/>(i think!)<BR/>;-)Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-59440259306218568292009-01-28T23:41:00.000+00:002009-01-28T23:41:00.000+00:00Rab, you are so right, and yet, you see - I cannot...Rab, you are so right, and yet, you see - I cannot prevent myself from tipping the scales in to number 14!<BR/><BR/>I shall respond to everyone else tomorrow - Hope that's okay? (UK time) - for I really ought to be slipping down into the arms of Morpheus right now - I just can't help myself, twittering on!A Woman Of No Importancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194976046531063422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-45743594712179355632009-01-28T23:37:00.000+00:002009-01-28T23:37:00.000+00:00Alas, it seems I am number 13. But I resolved long...Alas, it seems I am number 13. But I resolved long ago to make 13 my luck number and to heck with centuries of superstition. I hope you too can resolve your conflict with this most misunderstood of numbers.Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05931718314145818646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-7022439312709919702009-01-28T23:09:00.000+00:002009-01-28T23:09:00.000+00:00Lucky I'm the 12th person to comment and not the 1...Lucky I'm the 12th person to comment and not the 13th!david mcmahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009095220051075552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-35389972159065783832009-01-28T22:18:00.000+00:002009-01-28T22:18:00.000+00:00Oh, I was so tempted to give you three different c...Oh, I was so tempted to give you three different comments just so I could become No 13. But I resisted the temptation which was very hard for me to do :) Oh, I came here from my fellow rebel the Scottish Auntiegwen. TFDABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596811034169293653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-71067391124566012082009-01-28T21:31:00.000+00:002009-01-28T21:31:00.000+00:00Hands up those who scrolled down to see what numbe...Hands up those who scrolled down to see what number their comment would be before reading the rest of the blog? Creeping towards 13...Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-78027990727250987602009-01-28T21:04:00.000+00:002009-01-28T21:04:00.000+00:00You're so funny! I never think about unlucky numbe...You're so funny! I never think about unlucky numbers. But I suppose I'm superstitious about other things. Who isn't?Kate Coveny Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006589284938683965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-24363456325450945892009-01-28T20:01:00.000+00:002009-01-28T20:01:00.000+00:00hello my lovely,want to play with your auntie ?Ok ...hello my lovely,<BR/><BR/>want to play with your auntie ?<BR/><BR/>Ok ?<BR/><BR/>Tag, you're it (all explained at my house)auntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-17063264661062329132009-01-28T19:54:00.000+00:002009-01-28T19:54:00.000+00:00WOW this is a thought provoking post!!! So one th...WOW this is a thought provoking post!!! So one thing i noticed is that<BR/><BR/>The ancient Hebrews thought 13 was unlucky because the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is the letter M, which is the first letter in the word "mavet," meaning death.<BR/><BR/>My name begins with the letter M!! Ummm, so shall i obsess over this?? NAH!! :O) <BR/><BR/>But this is all so very interesting to me. I am not superstitious at all. In fact, i giggled at friggatriskaidekaphobia. I do not know why i giggled.<BR/><BR/>I am not making light of this post at all. I am making light of myself!!!!<BR/><BR/>How are you feeling girlie???Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012277904032798697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-61058829654063679162009-01-28T19:42:00.000+00:002009-01-28T19:42:00.000+00:00Really interesting Fhina! I think we all have 'luc...Really interesting Fhina! <BR/><BR/>I think we all have 'lucky' numbers, special dates etc....I know I do, I don't avoid 13 well not obviously so....but I usually notice it and wonder...<BR/><BR/>Thank you for popping round and leaving such lovely comments...again!!<BR/><BR/>How are you feeling today??<BR/><BR/>FFF xSazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-29414781555788152392009-01-28T19:40:00.000+00:002009-01-28T19:40:00.000+00:00In some countries, I believe, 13 is lucky.Triskaid...In some countries, I believe, 13 is lucky.<BR/><BR/>Triskaidekaphobia - what a lovely word!<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I thought the photo of Kirk Douglas with the Vikings was a nice touch. The Vikings is one of those good bad movies. Tony Curtis with his Brooklyn accent - and after his hand is cut off his stump is actually very slightly longer than the other arm!Dumdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070838905120958459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-37638138205264967472009-01-28T19:37:00.000+00:002009-01-28T19:37:00.000+00:00I never believed in the superstition about 13, how...I never believed in the superstition about 13, however, I have tried twice now to record the entire series of Little Dorrit (once on BBC1 and once on BBC4) and each time it has failed to record episode 13. Is there something in that?Working Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243697047355131343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-29773554403408150022009-01-28T19:24:00.000+00:002009-01-28T19:24:00.000+00:00Very interesting. On 13th April 2005 my mum was to...Very interesting. On 13th April 2005 my mum was told that the lump in her breast was benign. She was truly relieved because the history of cancer in her family is rather high. She had lots of benign lumps after that. On January 13th 2009 the plane she was flying in had engine failure and she ended up in an emergency landing. She's still here to tell the tale. Is that bad luck, or good luck?????Henry the Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338889319568692778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-52165046455123284722009-01-28T18:12:00.000+00:002009-01-28T18:12:00.000+00:00What an interesting post. I shall definitely be ba...What an interesting post. I shall definitely be back for more. Of course being a completely rational male (no comments about oxymorons please) I have no belief in such superstitions. And, touch wood, I shall remain of such a persuasion.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-570655052849048780.post-88433955603466887252009-01-28T18:00:00.000+00:002009-01-28T18:00:00.000+00:00My friend Z (Protege) cannot be the 13th commentor...My friend Z (Protege) cannot be the 13th commentor (commenter?)... if she is, she must leave another comment, so she can be 14th, too :). I'm not sure it negates being the 13th, but it works for her. <BR/><BR/>My mother is terribly superstitious and though I don't really believe them myself, I do touch wood... I don't put new shoes on the table... I wouldn't open an umbrella in the house. Though I don't think I'm terribly obvious about it, I wonder if I'll see Ryan doing the same as she gets older.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637670293642285740noreply@blogger.com