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!

[tomkow6]

 

 

 

 

 

These are just a few organizations that can provide assistance for supporting our Troops. There are plenty more out there.

Operation 4th of JULY!

WWW.PROUDPATRIOTS.ORG

Thank you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are just a few organizations that can provide assistance for supporting our Troops. There are plenty more out there.

Operation 4th of JULY!

WWW.PROUDPATRIOTS.ORG

Thank you!

 

 

 

[tomkow6]

 

SALUTE!

 

[tomkow6]

 

Today's FEEBLE

YOKE :

Jim Finn, the noted biologist, was stumped.  He'd spent months studying the little green frogs in the Keefo swamp.  The population, despite all efforts at predator control, was declining at an alarming rate.

Finally, Finn went to the chemistry department at his college to see if anyone there might be able to help.  Tom Trom looked into the problem and came up with a solution.  The little frogs had succumbed to a chemical change in the swamp's water and simply couldn't stay coupled long enough to reproduce.  Trom brewed up a new adhesive, made from a dash of this, a zoss of that and, most critically, one part sodium.

"You mean?" Jim said when told.

"Yes," said Tom, "they needed mono-sodium glue to mate."

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[tomkow6]

 

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Mornin', everybody ! Happy Whacky Friday!! TGIF!!!

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[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Well Troops, Tom's running Amok . . . again . . . and personally . . . TGIF!!!

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Hi BF. Good to see you too.

[4CJ]

It's still Thursday here, but Friday the 13th will be here soon, one of my favourite days.

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  God Bless America and Our Great Military  

Blessed

We are blessed each day
in what we can do
like being able to...
Call the USA
our country and homeland;
Play in the sand
whether in a yard, field, or at a beach;
Take a chance and reach
for the brass ring,
knowing it might lead to nothing;
Speak our mind
without having to hide behind
closed doors or whisper in one's ear
in fear that we might disappear;
Worship as we choose
when others might lose a hand
or more in another land.

America's freedom has blessed
us so much,
withstanding every perilous test,
and never wavering in its protective touch,
which has been borne by many valiant ones
with most being our beloved sons.

And it is for each us
to continue our blessed America's success,
standing united, proud, steadfast, and tall,
leaving no doubt for all
that She will never fall.
By David G. Bancroft