Triskaidekaphobia Alert

Snopes ^ | Feb 13, 2009 | Unknown

[Young Werther]

Some Christian traditions have it that at the Last Supper, Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table, and that for this reason 13 is considered to carry a curse of sorts.

However, the number 13 is not uniformly bad in the Judeo-Christian tradition. For example, the 13 attributes of God (also called the thirteen attributes of mercy) are enumerated in the Torah (Exodus 34: 6-7).[1] Some modern Christian churches also use 13 attributes of God in sermons.

[Young Werther]

Apollo 13

Perhaps the most famous example was NASA's Apollo 13 mission. The craft lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida at 13:13 in Houston, Texas on April 11, 1970. The mission was interrupted by a fuel cell explosion on April 13 but the crew was brought back alive.

[Tennessee_Bob]

My youngest daughter was born on the 13th, and tomorrow is Friday the 13th, and she'll be 13 months old.

I'M DOOMED!!!

[Flycatcher]

Kurt Warner, the devout Christian quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals, stated that he chose the number "13" for his jersey because he (as a Christian) wasn't afraid of popular superstition, and wanted to show it.

Refreshing.

[ThomasThomas]

As long as it is not post 13 on the thread your ok.

[Trod Upon]

Forget phobias, fear Odumbass and his party.

[Revolting cat!]

Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)

[Travis T. OJustice]

Paraskevidekatriaphobics have a morbid fear of Friday the 13th

[paulycy]

Paraskevidekatriaphobics

Ouch.

[Young Werther]

Since this is not a leap year Feb and March are mirror images for the first 28 days. So it is a rare occassion when friday the 13th occurs in back to back month's.

WE'RE DOUBLE DOOMED!

[kevkrom]

Pshaw. March 13 is my last day at work before vacation. Sounds more like good luck to me.

[mrmeangenes]

And tomorrow’s my 75th birthday.
I’m doomed too - but-hopefully-not too soon !

[Just another Joe]

My youngest daughter

You were doomed from the moment the doctor said, "You have a daughter!"

I speak from experience. ;^)

[America2012]

The Friday the 13th story goes back to the destruction of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13th, 1307 by the Catholic Church.

Today's superstitions about Friday the 13th are simply a mish-mash of old folk tales and urban ledgends that have been passed down through history, some of them inspired by the destruction of the Templars in 1307.

[D Rider]

Another famous one is the Passover, where the firstborn of Egypt died. The Passover took place on Saturday, the 14th of Nissan, by the Jewish calender. Which, of course, was Friday the 13th for the Egyptians.

[Billthedrill]

Doesn’t it bother anyone that there are only eleven Friday The 13th movies? It’s almost as if...they’re waiting out there...

[NCC-1701]

Your's was the 13th post on this thread.

[Travis T. OJustice]

You were doomed from the moment the doctor said, "You have a daughter!" I speak from experience. ;^)

I hear ya, joe! LMAO!

[Verginius Rufus]

Three Friday the 13ths this year (November too).

The US flag has had 13 stripes during all of its wars (except for the War of 1812). For a country that began as 13 colonies it has done pretty well.

Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13 (N.S.), but it was a Saturday the year he was born.

[elcid1970]

The building I live in has no thirteenth floor.

I live on the twelfth level, the floor above me is the fourteenth.

I’ve heard of tall buildings constructed where the thirteenth floor was left unfinished and the elevator would not stop there.

IMHO, The number thirteen is far less fraught with evil than the number six hundred threescore six.

[SunkenCiv]

How’d that work out for him?