The Unluckiest Guy in the World

Elizabeth I said:
No, no, no, you don't SAY it - you have to play in a production of "The Scottish Play."

And while you're in the theater, be sure to whistle.
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If you want bad luck, you have to get someone to wish you 'good luck' before a performance instead of 'break a leg'.

Also, make sure the dress rehearsal goes well, that will guarantee a bad first night.
 
According to a persian co-worker, sneezing an odd number of times is bad luck, but an even number is not.

Which was then rebutted by a chinese co-worker that one is good, two is bad.



Either case, make sure no one says "bless you" or "gesundheit" when you sneeze so the demons can get in.
 
Take a permanent marker into the elevator and change the 14th floor back into the 13th, like it should be. Then get off there.




No, you sickos, off the elevator.
 
I don't think he's going to make it... he's been silent for so long. Probably tripped on a black cat, knocked over his lucky horse shoe, stumbled under a ladder, and fell face first into a mirror.
 
tkingdoll said:
A common superstition you see acted on in the UK is not passing someone on the stairs. It drives me mad if I'm going up a broad staircase and some idiot (usually a middle-aged woman) stands at the top like a fool waiting for me to get there.

Whenever this happens, I always ask if the person is superstitious, and they always are.
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Whenever this happens I make sure I walk reeeeaaaalllyy slowly. And preferably stop just before I reach them and have a conversation with whoever I'm with.
 
Loss Leader said:
Light three cigarettes with one match.
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I think this one comes from trench warfare. Add a sniper/sharpshooter and you have the following- on the first cigarette he notices you, on the second one he aims and shoots the third guy who uses the match. Not nice. Otherwise, lighting cigarettes is generally not a wise idea...
 
hipparchia said:
I think this one comes from trench warfare. Add a sniper/sharpshooter and you have the following- on the first cigarette he notices you, on the second one he aims and shoots the third guy who uses the match. Not nice. Otherwise, lighting cigarettes is generally not a wise idea...
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Maybe, but every time I've heard the phrase "three on a match," there's been a woman involved. And it's been the 1930s.
 
hipparchia said:
I think this one comes from trench warfare. Add a sniper/sharpshooter and you have the following- on the first cigarette he notices you, on the second one he aims and shoots the third guy who uses the match. Not nice. Otherwise, lighting cigarettes is generally not a wise idea...
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If he is using an IR scope, it doesn't matter. But, if you are smarter, you will mount a passive starlight or passive IR scope on your weapon - when you see his glow, fire just to your right of it and you have a near perfect head shot. Assuming he is right handed - the most likely situation.
 
As concerns The Scottish Play, I was under the impression that it was always disastrous to say "Macbeth" or to quote the play while in a theatre.
Is that a dagger I see before me?
 
tkingdoll said:
A common superstition you see acted on in the UK is not passing someone on the stairs. It drives me mad if I'm going up a broad staircase and some idiot (usually a middle-aged woman) stands at the top like a fool waiting for me to get there.

Whenever this happens, I always ask if the person is superstitious, and they always are.
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Really? Wow. I mean, I can see waiting at the top of the stairs if they are narrow (as frequently happens on board ships), but I didn't know it was actually unlucky to do so.

Of course, I can see there being a safety issue, if there's a danger of accidentally pushing someone, which might be where the superstition originated.

Marc
 
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