I hope nothing unlucky happens to me today.. dat will ruin my "warm buttery feeling" day... Not that i am superstitious, but anything can happen riteee..
Hmm.. i think some people have NO IDEA what Friday 13th is... Since i have alotta free time at d moment, i 'll post a few stuffs n facts about FRIDAY THE 13TH...
WHAT IS FRIDAY THE 13TH?
No one knows for sure what's up with our odd fear of Friday the 13th, so ingrained in pop culture that it has a movie series and one mouthful of a phobia—paraskavedekatriaphobia—in its honor.
Folklorists think the dread goes back at least a few centuries, and may well trace its roots all the way to Biblical times, when the 13th guest at the Last Supper betrayed Jesus and caused his Crucifixion, which was held on a Friday. Whatever the origin, by the late Middle Ages both Friday and the number 13 were considered bearers of misfortune. That potent combo, more than any specific association with the date, is what has deemed Friday the 13th unlucky.
Today it's dismissed as an old superstition but—if given a choice—how many of us would eschew getting married, flying or giving birth on a Friday the 13th? Superstition, indeed.Social impact
According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day. Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they avoid their normal routines in doing business, taking flights or even getting out of bed. "It's been estimated that [US]$800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day".[5] Despite this, representatives for both Delta and Continental Airlines say that their airlines don't suffer from any noticeable drop in travel on those Fridays.[13]
Rate of accidents
There are conflicting studies about the risk of accidents on Friday the 13th. The Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics (CVS) on June 12, 2008, stated that "fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday than on other Fridays, because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home. Statistically speaking, driving is slightly safer on Friday 13th, at least in The Netherlands; in the last two years, Dutch insurers received reports of an average 7,800 traffic accidents each Friday; but the average figure when the 13th fell on a Friday was just 7,500.[14][15] However, a 1993 study in the British Medical Journal that compared the ratio of traffic accidents between Friday the 6th and Friday the 13th, stated that there is a significant increase in traffic-related accidents on Fridays the 13th.[16][3]
| Year | Months | Dominical Letter |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | April, July | G |
| 2002 | September, December | F |
| 2003 | June | E |
| 2004 | February, August | DC |
| 2005 | May | B |
| 2006 | January, October | A |
| 2007 | April, July | G |
| 2008 | June | FE |
| 2009 | February, March, November | D |
| 2010 | August | C |
| 2011 | May | B |
| 2012 | January, April, July | AG |
| 2013 | September, December | F |
| 2014 | June | E |
| 2015 | February, March, November | D |
| 2016 | May | CB |
| 2017 | January, October | A |
| 2018 | April, July | G |
| 2019 | September, December | F |
| 2020 | March, November | ED |
| 2021 | August | C |
| 2022 | May | B |
| 2023 | January, October | A |
| 2024 | September, December | GF |
| 2025 | June | E |
| 2026 | February, March, November | D |
| 2027 | August | C |
| 2028 | October | BA |
Favorite Friday-the-13th facts
1. Fear of Friday the 13th - one of the most popular myths in science - is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia. Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13.
2. Many hospitals have no room 13, while some tall buildings skip the 13th floor and some airline terminals omit Gate 13.
3. President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 13 guests at a meal. Napoleon and President Herbert Hoover were also triskaidekaphobic, with an abnormal fear of the number 13.
4. Mark Twain once was the 13th guest at a dinner party. A friend warned him not to go. "It was bad luck," Twain later told the friend. "They only had food for 12." Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a quatorzieme, or professional 14th guest.
5. The number 13 suffers from its position after 12, according to numerologists who consider the latter to be a complete number - 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 days of Christmas and 12 eggs in a dozen.
Movies
Movies that are linked and related to FRIDAY the 13th.
1. FRIDAY THE 13TH (1-7) duh
2. URBAN LEGENDS
3. THE EVIL DEAD
4. GIRLS NITE OUT
5. THE EVIL DEAD
6. HOUSE
7. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (Freddy Krueger..!)
*took all this from the net.. hehe :P
