OK, so, since I'm a walking pile of bad luck at the moment
what silly superstitions do you have to ensure good luck? Crossing fingers all day is not practical

alt q: did anyone do anything practical with their weekend?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:18, 142 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

oh, great
and unlucky enough to have to sympathy reply myself

*mopes*
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:36, Reply)

*there there*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:03, Reply)

my level of moping
requires CAPITALS
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:06, Reply)

*THERE THERE*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:07, Reply)

OK, I feel a bit better now

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:08, Reply)

I cross my fingers when I see a single magpie
and that's about it.

I certainly did not: I sat in the park and read books. I now have one sunburnt knee.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:51, Reply)

sun carpet
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:57, Reply)

It would be difficult to carpet burn one's knee
sitting in a park alone. I don't think I've ever got carpet burn - clearly I'm far too vanilla.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:59, Reply)

or have laminate wood floors

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:03, Reply)

Well, or that, but it's all carpets in this flat
and my sofa is too nicely made to chafe when you shag on it.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:04, Reply)

shag-pile carpet?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:07, Reply)

Fnar.
No, this flat is cheap and the carpets aren't very nice; I suspect it would chafe significantly.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:10, Reply)

Sounds painful.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:20, Reply)

Perhaps I'm just boring or just not spontaneous enough
but it seems a bit silly to shag on the carpet when it's not possible to be in my flat and more than about 6m away from my bed...
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:25, Reply)

Superstition is rubbish,
I don't salute magpies or any of that bollocks.

I went out in the sun a lot yesterday and this morning, now doing some boring paperwork and about to hoover. *sigh*

Edit: Currently laughing at fake profiles on OKC.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 17:51, Reply)

I know it's rubbish, but I'd like superstitions to work
because then I'd have more control on the world.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:02, Reply)

Soon as you learn that control is over-rated
then you can just enjoy the ride! :D
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:21, Reply)

but I hate it when I do everything I possibly can
then something outside of my control ruins it. Although I suppose I'm not the kind of person who should be given control of things, I'd piss about with it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:25, Reply)

Alt: I won on the National, woo!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:22, Reply)

Me too!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:22, Reply)

what did you do 'for luck'?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:31, Reply)

betted on the winning horse.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:39, Reply)

this sounds like a good system

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:41, Reply)

I've had a lovely day cleaning and then long walk with rents and dogs along the canal to the pub.
I'm fecking knackered and have blisters : (


I'm not supersticious but I do touch wood when I can ; )
( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:26, Reply)

Wayhay!
*Waves*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:31, Reply)

*waves*
I'm a bit squiffy. Woo!
( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:45, Reply)

Good work!
Sunday drinking rocks (although I'm having another day within ale).
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:49, Reply)

Don't you mean without ale?

( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:50, Reply)

Oh yeah.
(Thinks about trying to shoehorn a wine-related 'full bodied' comments in, but can't be arsed).

Did the dogs have a nice time?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 18:52, Reply)

They certainly did. They chased lots of ducks.

( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:00, Reply)

Animal quackers!
Going anywhere nice this evening?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:02, Reply)

Hell no
Cooking aubergine and chick pea stew and putting my blistered feet up.
( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:06, Reply)

silly blousie
dinner is made of meat, not crazy hippy food.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:52, Reply)

I made it mainly for my mother who seems to have forgotton how to cook.
She doesn't eat enough vegetables and can't be bothered to cook for herself properly..
( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 20:10, Reply)

insert shite pun about BGB having spent the afternoon dogging
What sort of dogs do you have?
(CheatingRabbit, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:15, Reply)

They're my parent's dogs.
Parsons Jack Russells.
( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:16, Reply)

tiddly ones...
A bit on the small side for me though.

I am suprised they chased ducks tho - I would have expected them to be off tyrying to find rabbit holes
(CheatingRabbit, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:22, Reply)

Rabbits, squirrels, moles, ducks, cats, they'll chase or hunt anything.

( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:34, Reply)

you can't chase a mole
those fellows are either slow or underground
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:43, Reply)

They stick their noses in the mole hills and go mental.

( girlinthehole, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:48, Reply)

I like chasey dogs
they're usually more fun to play with.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:49, Reply)

sounds like a fun pastime
perhaps that's what I'll do next weekend
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:50, Reply)

I have just burnt the palm of my hand so badly it's blistered
ow :( tasty soup though...
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:43, Reply)

oooo, nasty
it better be tasty soup for that
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:44, Reply)

Leek, potato and bacon
nom. Bloody sore though.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:48, Reply)

can you find womeone to kiss it better?
or failing that, get something out of the freezer to hold against your hand.

Also, ow. Poor berk.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:50, Reply)

Tennis boy is busy, sadly
I am clutching a glass of cold cider in it. Purely for medicinal purposes, you understand.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 20:05, Reply)

+ but TC is one happy boy.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:11, Reply)

He's not even here
it's a good job it's my left hand though, else he might be quite sad.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:19, Reply)

Well make sure your soup isn't too hot when you eat it.
You don't want to burn your mouth as well.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:23, Reply)

Ha very ha.

(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:27, Reply)

nasty indeed
The longer you keep the hand in cold water the better

Now, something inapproppriate about hand-jobs
(CheatingRabbit, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:14, Reply)

Washing up liquid is very good at taking the sting out of burns.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:14, Reply)

Really??

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:53, Reply)

Really.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:01, Reply)

I seem to generally lead a charmed life
and even though some things go spectacularly wrong, and I'm an absolute wonder at putting my foot in it and cocking up, I always seem to get what I need. Not to sound too Noel Edmonds, but Cosmic Ordering seems to work for me. Or something similar, anyway.

I desperately hate magpies, though. There's a lot of them round here, and the bastards are always alone. If I see a lone magpie, it bothers me for the rest of the day.

Alt: yes. We cleared up the front garden, cutting down/back a bunch of trees and bushes taht were blocking the door and the kitchen window. Then I cleaned the door and windows, and swept up the drive. It looks fab now.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:48, Reply)

Can't you count them as being together if you see them on the same day
or do they have to be in your eyeline at the same time?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:56, Reply)

my rule is you have to be able to see them both from the same spot
you can't just toddle off having seen one and put all that bad luck on hold while you go looking for another one.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 20:00, Reply)

This ^
there's about a 10 second window in which to count them together, otherwise you have to count them as two single ones.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 20:06, Reply)

and how long does this bad luck/good luck phase
last for after spotting them?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 20:08, Reply)

It's just that day.
otherwise you'd be storing it all up for ages!
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 20:09, Reply)

oh, right. Thought maybe I was working
through a backlog
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 20:10, Reply)

until the end of the day
or the next observed pair/single magpie, whichever comes first.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 20:09, Reply)

if you say
Good day mr magpie. How are you, mrs maghpie and all the little magpies?

All the bad luck goes away
(CheatingRabbit, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:20, Reply)

Being superstitious is like
reading tabloids, going to church, putting ketchup on pasta or voting in TV talent shows: a sure fire sign of a complete lack of intelligence.
( djtrialprice, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 20:56, Reply)

thanks for that Dawkins.

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:08, Reply)

Dawkins eh?
I must have gotten the level of condescending just right.
( djtrialprice, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:13, Reply)

Can you add food snobbery and arguing about how to pronounce "scone" to that list?

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:18, Reply)

I did half.

( djtrialprice, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:24, Reply)

Putting ketchup on anything that isn't a chip
a burger, sausage or similar. Putting ketchup on pasta sounds especially wrong, though.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:28, Reply)

ketchup is the devil's pus
just thought I'd put a few people off their dinner
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:42, Reply)

Agreed.
Where chips are concerned, it's curry sauce or nowt.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:44, Reply)

It is indeed the devils manky period clots
it's just about palatable on hotdogs and burgers and that's it. Mayonnaise is far superior for chips.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:48, Reply)

bearable with NOTHING
and there is nothing more horrific than watching people put ketchup on steak
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:53, Reply)

Heathens!
I've never seen anyone do that, and I'm glad - I might have had to kill them.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:55, Reply)

I came close
but yes mayonnaise for chips.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:57, Reply)

Who does that???
Sometimes it's nice on a barbecue burger, and always nice on a hot dog.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:07, Reply)

BROWN SAUCE

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:56, Reply)

Wanna be a winner.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:00, Reply)

WIN AN AWARD!
wow I thought i was the only one to remember that, should have bet on the dogfucker
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:02, Reply)

What do I get?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:04, Reply)

an earworm
*pots the black like hurricane higgins*
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:05, Reply)

Here you go.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbK7ncKJanM

EDIT: Brilliant! When the song references Barbara Woodhouse, the person who uploaded the video has put their own 'caption' on the screen. It says 'Jeffz Vids' or something.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:09, Reply)

OMG
I've not seen that since I was 7 or something. cheers
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:13, Reply)

Want another from the era?
Have this!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftd6pHpp1wo
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:14, Reply)

go on then

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:14, Reply)

Tell ya what Crunchy.
This'll never take off.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vix6TMnj9vY

Witchcraft.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:21, Reply)

amazing

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:23, Reply)

When are you next Larping?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:27, Reply)

the royal weddin weekend

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:27, Reply)

Are you marking the occasion with a prince and princess theme?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:41, Reply)

SO happy. BA ROBERTSON!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBOJ5A_Fq1I&feature=related
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:14, Reply)

nostalgiafest!

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:15, Reply)

This almost needs a new thread!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:16, Reply)

Would California Dreaming count as well?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:26, Reply)

Mammas and Pappas?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:27, Reply)

Yeah
then Johnny B Goode
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:28, Reply)

How about a bit of Eddie Cochran as well?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:31, Reply)

I don't know that one

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:17, Reply)

Shame.
What about this pile of pony from 1982

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i8VE0TAbF0
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:28, Reply)

terrible

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:30, Reply)

I liked that I did

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:31, Reply)

Right.
We need a 80s thread!

but don't expect me to start it, as I need to go and put some washing on.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:32, Reply)

Not on burgers though, or hotdogs
bacon and sausage, absolutely.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:03, Reply)

on everything
I just had it on pasta with cheese. That's my signature dish
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:04, Reply)

Ewww, wrong!

(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:05, Reply)

I'm a classy bird

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:06, Reply)

"Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck
Pass it on to a friend, and... you probably don't want this do ya?"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:45, Reply)

Don't forget whistling and saluting to magpies
*facepalms*
( djtrialprice, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:47, Reply)

"FLY WINDOW!"

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:49, Reply)

Nothing practical
the most unpractical thing I've done is attempt to buy a Rupert bear scarf
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:41, Reply)

i am drunk and maudlin
the best kind of drunk
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:46, Reply)

Don't be maudlin!
You have the world at yer feet.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:48, Reply)

I have nintendo donkey kong bongos at my feet

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:53, Reply)

But don't be maudlin.
Why not play with your bongos. That'll cheer you up,
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:00, Reply)

they only work when attached to the game cube
and that needs to be attached to a telly. I don't have one of those. Hence it is an elaborate footrest
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:01, Reply)

I see the problem.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:05, Reply)

I remembered 5 mins before leaving the house that I'm not in work tonight!
Hence I was mincing round the neighbourhood looking just a bit to glam for someone at the end of such a hot sunny day, looking for cotton wool balls and wine.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:47, Reply)

The wine I understand...
but the cotton balls?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:49, Reply)

Like a total slattern, I'd run out
and decided a good way to spend a night off was to drink wine and take my nail varnish off and re-paint.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:50, Reply)

Sounds like a plan
how'd it go? I imagine that roundabout the third glass of wine, the repainting might not be successful
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:52, Reply)

I can paint nails on a train me.
I painted em glittery green in the back of my folks' car on the day I went to university. You can always lick them smooth if you make a small mistake.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:54, Reply)

I can't get the hang of painting nails smoothly
they always end up a bit bumpy and uneven. What's the secret?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:55, Reply)

I have found that if you don't put too much varnish on the brush
and only brush your nails once, it goes on more evenly than if you try and fill in all the gaps whilst the varnish is still wet. Erm. If that makes sense. You can stick another coat over the top to fill in the gaps once the first one is dry.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:58, Reply)

i like that I get so many tips on being a girl, here
it's filling in for all the lessons I must have missed at school
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 21:59, Reply)

You wouldn't think that here would be a good place to get that kind of thing...

(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:09, Reply)

I'm obviously just too impatient :)
my nails only look nice if I get them manicured.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:00, Reply)

I've never had a manicure
trufax.
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:01, Reply)

a guy once bit my hangnail off
for a gold* at a larp event

*plastic gold coin
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:02, Reply)

*shakes head*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:04, Reply)

That's weird but sweet.
If you wanted him to bite it off.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:04, Reply)

well I couldn't find any scissors

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:05, Reply)

Fair play then

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:17, Reply)

That actually made me feel nauseous.
Grim. I bet there wasn't even chocolate in the gold coin either, was there?
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:05, Reply)

nope
but he could save it up and use it to buy a magic sword
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:07, Reply)

Would that be a plastic magic sword?
The most magical of all the swords.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:12, Reply)

foam
and latex...
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:13, Reply)

Oh.
well, obviously that makes it alright then...
(berk, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:12, Reply)

Exactly....

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:16, Reply)

I had a salon day (it was a present) and when it got to the manicure I told her to leave my nails alone.
She did all the massage and the hand moisturising, but as my nails were lovely and long and painted silver at the time, she appreciated that she only had boring colours and there was no point ruining a good job.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:04, Reply)

I don't like them at all
but it does make your hands look good so I occasionally put up with it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:05, Reply)

THIS.
Always two thin smooth coats rather than one hazardous one.
Leave good time between coats.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 22:05, Reply)