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Yes it's that dreaded day for some, but hey, the weekend a few hours away.
So, what weird accidents have you had to record either on this notorious day or any other? To kick off, I'll tell a short story that led my weird one.
At 4 a.m. the cleaners come in and do their job. On the last toilet bowl, because the contents of the bleach bottle was nearly out the whole of the remaining bleach was tipped into the toilet bowl. Several hours later with still a strong smell of bleach a young fella went for No2. The how and why the young fella received something akin to a chemical burn on his dangly bits has still not been fully disclosed (Embarrassment) but the cleaners have since changed their cleaning fluid to something not so strong.
Now over to you.
Badger
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You probably woke this morning thinking “thank god it’s Friday”, it was only when you arrived in work this morning and did the initial routine of checking your diary - you realise it is actually “Friday the Thirteenth”.
I am not superstitious in the slightest; however I tend to still get the tingling feeling that if something was going to happen, it would happen today, it would happen on “Friday the Thirteenth”.
I personally think that the reputation associated with this unlucky day is now actually causing me undue stress. I am waiting for phone to ring. I am waiting for an alarm to sound. I am drinking a hot cup of anxiety and all this has been caused by an unlucky reputation, placed on a particular day “TODAY”
Solution: I propose that “Friday the Thirteenth” now be a national bank holiday for all H & S employees! What say you?
;0) Chow for now
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Now I don't mind a bit of a Friday fun thread but this is absolute rubbish about Friday the thirteenth being unlucky.
Its purely coincidental that my toaster blew up this morning just as I was removing the last slice of toast from it, burns and several stitches required.
On the way to casualty I was hit by a low flying pigeon causing me to swerve and crash into a tree, car written off and severe bruising to my neck, after the fire brigade cut me free found out my leg was broken too.
A taxi took me home after many hours of treatment, the driver had a heart attack and died instantly causing the taxi to leave the road at high speed and roll over, broke my other leg, punchered my lung and cant open my right eye, think its gone?
Once treated again I eventually made it home only to find out there had been a gas explosion and my house had been flattened, killed two of my dear neighbours and the rest of the street are staying in the local sports hall till the all clear is given.
Just because its Friday the thirteenth doesn't matter one bit, that all would have happened anyway, wouldn't it??
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Born on Friday 13th and over two score years and ten I am still here, so perhaps not so unlucky form some?
Chris
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The chances of anyhting bad happening today, as opposed to any other day must be about 365 to 1
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Sean - just as well you were wearing your lucky white heather - could have been worse you know!
David
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I guess Sean won't be looking forward to next year, when there are 3 Friday 13ths to contend with. This year there's only the one.
Not a descendant of the Knights Templar by any chance are you?
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Chris.Packham wrote:Born on Friday 13th and over two score years and ten I am still here, so perhaps not so unlucky form some?
Chris
Chris that is just crying out for a come back, luckily your advice is too sound for me to be rude.
As for everyone else, where are they, it's very quiet on the forums, they must all have the day off, or have fallen down a well or something.
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GOOD NEWS, just found out my beloved Goldfish survived the explosion! (for about 2 minutes)
It was blown approximately 300 meters away landing in the middle of the local cattery, minus the bowl and any water, the cats enjoyed their lunch!
That proves without any doubt that just because its Friday the thirteenth doesn't mean bad luck at all, ask the cats!
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I think Friday should be the Dog day... i get fed up of being the lamp post ......Big dogs ....Little dogs Dogs with big bladders and ....Dogs suffering with prostrate trouble little bits all day long...
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Sean....sorry to hear that that was your fish. I did manage to save it from the cats but I slipped on something dodgy. Poor fish went hurtling through the air back into the cats. I landed badly, open fracture to my leg and lots of blood. But i scrambled over to try and save your fish but fell head first into a litter tray (hadn't been cleaned). My eyes are now very sore and hard to open and I can't say how my mouth feels!!!!!
So, I do apologise about your fish and I did try to save it. Better luck next time.
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Whitehouse your a working class hero of the aquatic world, lucky you were there, you are solely responsible for the extra few seconds of my gold fish's life, god bless you.
Hope your face gets better and the limp disappears after a few years,
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sean wrote:Whitehouse your a working class hero of the aquatic world, lucky you were there, you are solely responsible for the extra few seconds of my gold fish's life, god bless you.
Hope your face gets better and the limp disappears after a few years,
And I wear my pants on the outside, just for luck!!!! Rhea
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And I wear my pants on the outside, just for luck!!!! Rhea
Superman!!
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Thundercliffe26308 wrote: I think Friday should be the Dog day... i get fed up of being the lamp post ......Big dogs ....Little dogs Dogs with big bladders and ....Dogs suffering with prostrate trouble little bits all day long...
I think you need a loooooooooong holiday or time in a nice padded room with a Hug-Yourself style jacket!!!
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sean wrote:
And I wear my pants on the outside, just for luck!!!! Rhea
Superman!!
Super WOMAN actually!!!!!
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Whitehouse - sounds like you are talking with a mouth full of litter tray lol.
David
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To add a bit of interest and edification to this topic, fear of or anxiety about Friday 13th has the posh name friggatriskaidekaphobia, while fear about the number 13 is triskaidekaphobia. According to the internet, where I found such information, paraskevidekatriaphobia is an alternative to the one about Friday 13th. New words to sprinkle in your conversations if you can remember them and perhaps also to take a deep breath beforehand. The name Friday is derived from Frigga the Norse goddess and apparently a relic from the days when the Vikings ruled much of the UK.
It seems that some hotels and other establishments don't have rooms with the number 13. I recall noticing that a hotel I stayed in on Kintyre last Autumn had no room 13. Also, according to the internet, some researchers have found that accident rates on Fridays 13th tend to be lower than usual - apparently because some people take more care on such days while others tend to stay at home Take your pick from risk awareness or risk avoidance!
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