Friday The 13th
Today is Friday the 13th. Many people have phobia about this date because they think bad things will happen. Besides, the have made horror movies about it. It started because Westerners considered it bad luck. Friday and the number 13 are considered unlucky so it is a double whammy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VhXo4Nye5Q In numerology 12 is considered completeness hence 12 months in a year, 12 successors of Muhammad, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus Christ. Superstition persisted because some felt that 13 people seated at a dining table will result in the death of one since the Last Supper, Jesus plus 12 disciples = 13 departing from gospel truth. In some places, their hotels, apartments and buildings never had the 13th floor. Well, they simply called it 12th or 14th. It is not necessary that they believed or subscribed to it but it sure makes business sense. Yet to each his own simply because some folks may feel they are lucky with Fridays and ...