So today is Friday The 13th, and society tells us we are supposed to be scared, but I don't think I ever bothered to ask why. David Emery breaks down the origin behind the myth behind the legend that is Friday the 13th.

Why Friday the 13th Is Unlucky [Urban Legends]

SupremePizzaMan

Seattle, WA

September 2003

FEB 13, 2004 12:41 PM

Best way to avoid trouble on Friday the 13th?

Duck and cover.

Scopitone

Irvine, CA

OLD SKOOL

FEB 13, 2004 12:45 PM

I'm going to a party tonight, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let Paraskevidekatriaphobia get in MY way.

Ndoki

Beverly Hills, CA

February 2003

FEB 13, 2004 12:50 PM

it's friday the 13th today?
always the last to know

criticaloversite

New Baltimore, MI

January 2004

FEB 13, 2004 12:56 PM

I'm leaning towards the Templar theory, if only because that was the only believable explination I'd heard before I read that very well-written article, heh. Thanks for sharing!

LuckyLee

Lincoln Park, MI

OLD SKOOL

FEB 13, 2004 01:02 PM

I love Friday the 13th. It has ALWAYS been my lucky day... hell, maybe tonight I'll win the lotto. Who knows. But either way, tonight we are going to the SG show here in Detroit, so I can't say it's an unlucky day.

Pokes

Vancouver, BC

October 2003

FEB 13, 2004 01:04 PM

You mean it's not because of some sociopathic horror character in a goalie mask?

a548456

United Kingdom

OLD SKOOL

FEB 13, 2004 04:29 PM

(Taken from the linked article)
It has been proposed, for example, that fears surrounding the number 13 are as ancient as the act of counting. Primitive man had only his 10 fingers and two feet to represent units, so he could not count higher than 12. What lay beyond that 13 was an impenetrable mystery, hence an object of superstition.
Primitive man also had another 'unit' for counting to 13
*chuckles like Beavis and Butthead*
Spike