The FRIDAY THREAD from the FReeper Canteen ~ FRIDAY, the 13th! ~ Friday, May 13, 2005!

The Canteen Crew, and FRiends of the Canteen | May 13, 2005

[tomkow6]

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...walk under ladders?....throw salt over your shoulder?.....black cat cross your path?.....lucky horse shoes?......Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home......Skin Of Your Teeth?.........3 lights on a match?......did you drop the scissors?....were you singing before seven?.... did you bite you tongue?...

Are you superstitious?

It's Friday the 13th
with so much to dread.
Some people ignore it
and just stay in bed.

Silly Superstitions

It's bad luck to walk under a ladder. This came from the early Christian belief that a leaning ladder formed a triangle with the wall and ground. You must never violate the Holy Trinity by walking through a triangle, lest you be considered in league with the devil. (And you all know what good Christians did to people they suspected of being in league with the devil.)

Beware of Friday the Thirteenth. Those who know about these things, inform us that Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden on a Friday, Noah's flood started on a Friday, and Christ was crucified on a Friday. Christians also noted that twelve witches plus one devil are present at Satanic ceremonies so Friday and 13 make a deadly combination.

God Bless You. During the sixth century, it was customary to congratulate people who sneezed because they were expelling evil from their bodies. Later, when a great plague took hold of Europe, and people began sneezing violently, the Pope passed a law. Since sneezing meant that the person was going to die of plague, people were required to bless the sneezer.

Don't spill the salt. Although some people believe that Judas spilt salt during the last supper, this claim can't be proven. Salt was a very precious expensive commodity in the middle ages. It was also used for medicinal purposes. If you spilled any, you must immediately throw it over your left shoulder to strike the nasty spirits in the eye, thus preventing sickness.

Wear a St. Christopher Medal when you travel. Historians don't believe there ever was a Saint Christopher.

Black cats are evil. In ancient Egypt, the Goddess Bast, was a black female cat. Christian priests wanted to wipe out all traces of other religions so convinced their ignorant followers to destroy the evil demons that were black cats. While they were at it, they destroyed the kindly little old ladies who cared for the cats believing them to be witches.

Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home. It is bad luck to kill a ladybug because it represents the Virgin Mary.

Pie In The Sky. Of course, this means to search for the impossible dream but it originated in the early 1900's. A famous labor organizer named Joe Hill was extremely critical of the clergy's treatment of slaves. He wrote a tune called 'The Preacher and the Slave" accusing the clergy of making false promises of a better life in heaven while people starved on earth. The song goes: 'Work and pray, live on hay. You'll get pie in the sky when you die. That's a lie!'

Skin Of Your Teeth. This saying means to barely escape from a harrowing situation. It comes from Job 19:20, where God inflicts all sorts of terrible things on one of those who love him. Poor Job had all his animals stolen, his children die, his house collapse and his body covered with sores. Job has this to say; "My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth."

Fleshpot. - Today 'fleshpot' describes decadence. In the time of Moses, it was a large pot in which to boil meat. Somehow, preachers managed to change the meaning to scare their flock about 'sins of the flesh'.

To make a scapegoat. - The poor scapegoat gets the punishment for everyone else's mistakes. God condoned this cruelty to animals in Leviticus 16:7-10 "And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the Lord, and the other for the scapegoat." The scapegoat got to escape, and carry the tribe's sins into the wilderness, to be eaten by some animal instead of being offered alive as a sacrifice for the Lord.

Get a rabbit's foot, a 4-leaf clover
or even a horseshoe.
If you think that might help,
it could always be true.

But no matter how much it
seems like an unlucky time,
It isn't any fun
to sit home and whine.

So, I've only got one thing to say...

Do YOU have any SUPERSTITIONS?????

Material posted is not meant to offend ANYONE!

[GummyIII]

From the east coast:

[Kathy in Alaska]

050509-N-4205W-002 Singapore (May 09, 2005) - Girl Scouts and Brownies from two troops in Singapore pass Girl Scout cookie boxes up the brow of the rescue and salvage ship USS Safeguard (ARS 50) as part of Operation Thin Mint. The Scouts delivered the cookies to bring a taste of home the Sailors while deployed. Enough cookies were delivered for each member of the crew to have his or her own box. Commander Logistics Group Western Pacific (CLWP), located in Singapore, is coordinating the distribution of more than 40,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to deployed Sailors and Marines throughout the 7th Fleet area of operation. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Kathryn Whittenberger (RELEASED)

Scouts Deliver Taste of Home to Safeguard Sailors Story Number: NNS050512-08
Release Date: 5/12/2005 11:25:00 AM

By Journalist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Kathryn Whittenberger,
Logistics Group Western Pacific Public Affairs

SINGAPORE (NNS) -- Girl Scouts and Brownies from two troops in Singapore dropped in on the crew of USS Safeguard (ARS 50) during a port visit to Singapore to pass out boxes of Girl Scout cookies May 9.

The cookie delivery was part of Operation Thin Mint, a program developed by Girl Scouts in the San Diego area, where they teamed up with their customers to send cookies and handwritten notes of support to service men and women serving overseas.

“We’re extremely grateful to the Girl Scouts for bringing a piece of home out here to us while we’re deployed,” said Lt. Cmdr. Doyle Hodges, Safeguard commanding officer. “We’re delighted at the chance to show them around and teach them a little bit about what the Navy does.”

While aboard, the girls formed an old fashioned navy-style “working party” to "onload" the cookies and hand them out to eager crew members gathered on the fantail. Sailors where delighted to eat up this famous piece of American culture.

The rest of the story

[Lady Jag]

Is this him? He looks pretty scary

[stand watie]

GM, beachn!

SMOOCH.

free dixie,sw

[Lady Jag]

When out and about, I find Darwin coming to mind all too frequently. Makes me wish Darwin worked harder and the ACLU didn't work at all.

[GodBlessUSA]

NOOOO! ;)

[GodBlessUSA]

How cute! Thank you! :)

[Lady Jag]

These are always funny and entertaining. Wherever do you find these??

What's it worth it to you? Maybe we can trade.

Thanks for posting them daily!!

Whatever helps people laugh, it is my pleasure.

[Darksheare]

Hey!
That's one of them!
He tucked the lawn flamingo under his arm and ran off!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

I really have to get!

Hope to be on tonight!

HUGS

[Lady Jag]

You're still on your waterbed, aren't you?!!

[Lady Jag]

I have to run out for a few hours and will pick up more ammo for The Red Ones. Hang tight and if you have any more flamingos on the lawn, try to get them inside and somewhere safe.

[Darksheare]

Willdo!
In the meantime, the lawn gnome will become a temporary projectile weapon.

[Lady Jag]

Willdo! In the meantime, the lawn gnome will become a temporary projectile weapon.

Does he have gas? I do.

[Darksheare]

Pointy hat, rocket propulsion, he's ready to go.

[Kathy in Alaska]

From beyond the left coast,

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