It’s bad luck to be superstitious.
And that ugly and annoying girl grew up to be Susan Estrich.
The End.
Let me guess! You married that ugly girl, who later turned into a raving beauty that was always on time.
That sounds like a logic flaw. She may have been so late your bus had already gone.
No - knock on wood.
I read all that and NO punchline?? You owe us!
Are you superstitious? And why?
Yes because it’s the red car that will hit you.
“Are you superstitious?”
Goodness no, living without such silly fears is the only way to have a content life.
(knock on wood)
A simple lesson in Karma, or what my grandpappy would say, “what goes around comes around.” Or is it the other way around? “What comes around goes around.” Well, whatever, you get the point.
It’s no superstition. Ugly people have traditionally brought good luck to the rest of the population (they’re good for something after all.) Remember, it is good luck to touch a hunchback’s back, or to see more than one blind man in one day. There is also something about encountering nuns and gypsies, the details escape me.
Whenever I watch a Patriots game, I have to wear a hat or other article of clothing bearing the team logo. Otherwise, I know they will lose. Sometimes they lose anyway, but at least I know it wasn’t my fault. ;-)
Superstition has obvious survival value. We correlate favorable outcomes with events or conditions and unfavorable outcomes with other events or conditions. Since we are rarely in a position to uncover “root cause” the mental association of success with behavior is a short cut that has proven effective.
In the case you cite, person recollection (anecdotal data) is notoriously unreliable. Maybe there was something to it, maybe you were more relaxed not feeling guilty about crossing up the ugly chick, or maybe you are simply the beneficiary of selective recall.
Or maybe it's divine intervention.
After going hitless for a while, White Sox outfielder Minnie Minoso figured his bad luck resulted from his uniform. So still in cleats, he showered with it on. After he got three hits the next day, eight of his teammates joined him fully clothed in the shower.
Pagan says yes.
Pagan also hints at intelligent design. LOL
Pagan also says there is indeed a rational explanation for your test results, at least, but at a loss to explain the appearances.
Why? Um, pagan?...Hello?
I’m Irish, Scots and Welsh. [and Danish]
I have a superstition for *everything*.
[at least I came by it honestly]
You were feeling better, and in a more charitable mood, when you first began to notice this “effect.” This was due to your being prepared for your upcoming test(s). On the days when you were feeling bad, and in an uncharitable mood, you knew you were not prepared, and were stressed out because of it. Over time, you began to associate your success on tests to the effect, rather than the cause. But, since you believed you’d do well, you did. It had nothing to do with the girl. It was all mental on your part.
Non sequitur *ping*
: )
Somewhat...and I don't know why.
Paul Auster, who has been criticized for clumsy plot turns in his novels (like unbelieveable coincidences to move the plots forward), defends himself in one of his non-fiction works, which tend to be better than his novels, by citing numerous coincidences and lucky encounters in his own life.
I believe that there is something mysterious out there ruling these things.