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triskaidekaphobia, fried stuff, schwarzeneggar
2002-9-13 � 1:54 p.m.

sup kids

this word is appropriot(sp?) for today

triskaidekaphobia tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh, noun:

a morbid fear of the number 13 or the date Friday the 13th

triskaidekaphobic: adjective and noun; triskaidekaphobe: noun

Thirteen people, pledged to eliminate triskaidekaphobia, fear of the number 13, today tried to reassure American sufferers by renting a 13 ft plot of land in Brooklyn for 13 cents... a month. --Daily Telegraph, January 14, 1967

A discussion in the U.N. last week on the number of members on a committee raised the question of triskaidekaphobia. --[2]New York Times, November 8, 1953

Past disasters linked to the number 13 hardly help triskaidekaphobics overcome their affliction. The most famous is the Apollo 13 mission, launched on April 11, 1970 (the sum of 4, 11 and 70 equals 85 - which when added together comes to 13), from Pad 39 (three times 13) at 13:13 local time, and struck by an explosion on April 13. --"It's just bad luck that the 13th is so often a Friday," [3]Electronic Telegraph, September 8, 1996

There are many theories about the origin of triskaidekaphobia. In medieval Christian countries the number 13 came to be considered unlucky because there were 13 persons at the Last Supper of Christ. Fridays are also unlucky, because the Crucifixion was on a Friday. Hence a Friday falling on the thirteenth day would be regarded as especially unlucky.

Some famous triskaidekaphobes:

* Napoleon

* Herbert Hoover

* Mark Twain

* Richard Wagner

* Franklin Roosevelt

well that was fun wasn't it.

today i heard this guy say "well i really like my fried stuff, but i am scared to eat it on the weekend" that was great. i think i might wrtie a song about it. we will see.

the people on my floor have named my roomate, who is also jessica, schwarzeneggar because she likes to lift weights. it is kind of fun and is a little less confusing.

ok i have to go to math.

byeness

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