Photos and doors
Now Stevie Wonder literally sings the praises of superstitions, my Grandma despite being sharp as a (knitting) needle, agnostic and generally fantastic has a few of her own we all must follow:

You must leave the house through whichever door you first entered. Not too much bother but a bit odd.

She refuses to have whole family photos taken - apparently they are bad luck and as soon as the image is developed we'll start dropping like flies. I have no idea where this came from, maybe from the John Goodman film 'King Ralph' when the entire British Royal family checks out during a photo shoot due to some dodgy wiring.

Three rings. When you've arrived home safely after visiting you've got to phone them and let it ring three times - GCHQ has nothing on this code system and there's the almost tangible pleasure of getting a free service from BT.

Still love her to bits.
( monkeybananaraffle, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 14:54, 4 replies)

even as
a big scary tattooed thug of a 27 year old - i still give my gran 3 rings... she has this puppy face that pleasds and i cant say no...
(jordanchaos isn’t just any PeaRoast, this is a M&S PeaRoast, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 14:59, closed)

a big scary tattooed thug of a 27 year old
Hope your gran never hears you calling her that.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 16:48, closed)

John Goodman film starts a tradition?
I'm not sure if 'King Ralph' would be capable of starting a tradition. Unless it was a tradition of avoiding John Goodman films.
(richardm, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 15:52, closed)

I know lots of families
that do the '3 rings' thing.

Back in the days when BT had the monopoly on telecommunications there was a bit in the front of the phone book saying that doing that was very naughty. Don't know why.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 21 Nov 2008, 16:17, closed)