Also going back to the fasinating facts from yesterday
I believe the fear of walking under ladders stems back from when people were hanged from ladders.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 13 Sep 2013, 9:00, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

Or common sense that something may drop on your head

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Fri 13 Sep 2013, 9:02, Reply)

Conversely, I believe it 'stems back from'* it being potentially hazardous to walk under ladders


*not English but hey ho
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 13 Sep 2013, 9:03, Reply)

Hey its early boycie
I did read back the sentence but couldn't be arsed to change it. And while I agree that things can be dropped on your head the superstition derives from the hanging thing.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 13 Sep 2013, 9:05, Reply)

I'm pretty sure that, as with most superstitions, it harks back to that age old problem of people being fucking idiots.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 13 Sep 2013, 9:07, Reply)

Well I'm glad we both agree that things can be dropped on your head.
An anvil, hopefully.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 13 Sep 2013, 9:08, Reply)

Beep beep

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 13 Sep 2013, 9:23, Reply)

Yer, it could injure you OR as we say MARr you

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Fri 13 Sep 2013, 9:05, Reply)