Strange But True ? - General Discussion Discussion

[–] MinaVladimir (4086) 7 years ago

You don't put milk in mayonnaise? Maybe that's the problem and not the menstruating woman.

Don't sweep dirt through the doorsill. Don't sweep when someone is traveling /like family and stuff, not just random people/. Lots of sweeping, I wonder if this was just so that women could get out of household chores.

Don't put your handbag on the ground.

Once you've left through the front door, don't come back into the house if you forget something.

Don't put bread with the upside facing down. That's disrespectful to bread.

Don't look at your hands because someone is talking bad about you.

Don't wear a hat indoors. Idk if this one is manners or superstition though.

If you break any of these generally bad things would happen.

That's all I got for now.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

We're not here to judge who puts what in where.

Does traveling include going to cross town for the night ?

What if you forget your keys, money or your child inside?

How do you know if you cleaned your hands properly or how do you cut your fingernails ?

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[–] MinaVladimir (4086) 7 years ago

No, it's long distance traveling, like going to the next village.

You are doomed. Honestly, I don't know what happens then.

It's not "don't ever look at your hands". More, don't look at them for no reason I think.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Still not convinced on the whole hands thing but I'll allow it.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

One crow sorrow, two crows joy.

You can't go in one door and then out the other. Bad luck.

Never take the broom with you when you move out of a house.

Don't try using someone's crutches or you will have a broken leg yourself soon.

Hmmmm.....can't think of any more.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

What if there's 37 crows and their all staring at you?

I've heard the door one before.

The broom one was started by broom manufacturers many years ago so you would
keep buying new brooms.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

the broom comment made me lol. I thought maybe it was about witches? I'll have to look that up but its probably something my family made up. haha

If there is a murder of crows, run! And that's my driveway every morning. I swear they have their safety meeting here before they go about their business for the day. :)

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

It may be . I've never heard the broom one before.

I hear ya. I look in my yard and see all those birds every day.
When I let my dogs out the birds go flying it blocks out the sky.
I guess if they don't fly that's when you need to start worrying.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Yeah, when I finally watched "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock I finally understood why people were nervous all that time. haha. We had to put a sign up at work not to feed the crows, but they never bothered me. Apparently they remember people and how they treat them. I think that must be where he got the idea from.
What kind of dogs do you have?

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I have 4. They're a bunch of mixers.

Amstaff/Husky
Australian Shepard/ Catahoula Leopard Dog
Chihuahua/Rat Terrier
some sort of hound/lab

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

They sound gorgeous. Times like this I wish we could post pics. :)
I have one tiny Japanese Chin. That's it. He's my third same breed. I love mixed breeds better, they are just smarter. No doubt. More genes in the mix, more ways to be stronger. Would you agree?

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I had a friend who had a Chin.
He was a cutie.
He was also a little barker if I remember . Does yours bark at everything ?

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Mine is like a cat. He barks at nothing and grooms all day. I call him my living stuffed animal. Mind you, if another animal comes in the yard he will bark but nothing annoying.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

That's strange.

Either you got lucky or my friend just got a barky one.
Cool dogs either way.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Just more bad luck on the doors? Or people typically use one door for their main and don't want you using the other one? haha

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I wonder why ?

Are they ashamed of the other doors ?

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[–] AS117 (246) 7 years ago

Oh yea always go in and out the same door.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

You agree? Why is it though? Weird superstition..

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[–] AS117 (246) 7 years ago

No idea why. Just told to do t growing up.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Me too, with the simple explanation.. ITS BAD LUCK. I think saying that was very popular. :)

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

If you spill salt you have to throw some over your left shoulder. I can't remember why though. LOL. Anyone know this one?

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Yes, good one.

If you spill it it's bad luck.
If you throw it over your shoulder it cancels the bad luck.

In reality you now have salt all over your floor.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

I know and if you are at a restaurant, the table behind you might get pretty pissed. I think that would make the throwing part the bad luck then... hmmm. Just don't spill salt is the bottom line.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

That's actually a really good point.
At least bad luck for the people behind you.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Or you, if they want to get rough with ya. ;)

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

I thought it had something to do with spirits too, but maybe not.

I should make a ghost thread to see if anyone here believes in them or not.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Somebody made one last week I think.
There were some good stories.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

I saw something like that on here too, but i don't think it was like "Do you believe?", I guess only people that did would have replied.. maybe?

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

No it wasn't Do you believe.
I don't remember what exactly it was . I know I got OT and talked about dreams and other things.
You should try it.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

I read something about someone's experience about seeing something.

Before I do that,
Do YOU believe? ;)

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I'm one of those people have never experienced anything that I haven't
been able to explain.
Here's the thread.

https://moviechat.org/general/General-Discussion/59cb7af68a7fe400124f52e4/I-had-a-ghostspirit-moment-twice-last-night

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Yes, that's the one I was thinking of too. I read some of it. So do most people believe or what? Probably 50/50...
I have a hard time believing anything supernatural. Heard too many stories growing up for them to be real. Like... really. Some of the stuff my family says is just too hard to believe but they swear by it.. I dunno..

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I guess if you've experienced something you believe if you haven't you don't .

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I just looked it up.

The old brooms were thought not only to carry the physical dirt and dust of the old home, but with it the negative aspects of your life at the old place"

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Wow, that's actually pretty cool. To be honest, I have always left my broom behind. So weird, these superstitions. Thanks for the thread though. Really interesting.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I thought it was too. Different people, different countries, different cultures.
I like things like this. Helps you discover some things about other peoples cultures that
normally don't get talked about.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

So is that part of the Scottish culture? Not sure,but that's what my family is.. and that's where it comes from. I love things like this too. So cool. I also love sayings and figuring out why they became them.. like
"I don't wanna hear it from the peanut gallery" and "Beat around the Bush"...

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I have these conversations all the time in the real world.
I'm asking people about these sayings.
People think I'm a weirdo I'm sure but nobody knows the answers.

Like- to butter somebody up or even the phrase gee whiz.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Hmmm....
I know the peanut gallery was that was because that's where the cheap seats were and they were always loud...
Beat around the bush was when people who use sticks to hit the bushes and trees to check for animals..

To butter someone up... maybe to use butter because it wasn't cheap to make them on your side?

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

How does hitting a bush to check for animals have to do with what we use it for now?
Now it means quit stalling and get to the point.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Yeah, quit looking for those dumb animals and settle in cause we gotta hunt. I dunno. That's my guess. You make one.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I don't know, that's the point. Nobody knows.

I don't want to make a guess. I'd rather listen to yours and then rip them
apart. It's more fun that way. ;)

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Well one that bugs me so bad is ..
"Hell in a handbasket"
Short of the witch in the wizard of oz I got nothing. haha

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

And was beating dead horses popular in the past? Because where did that saying come from?

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

These are all valid questions and ones I have every day.

This should have been your post. Much better than mine.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

okay...i'll be quiet now LOL

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I meant you should have posted about this instead of
Hey it's Friday.

I find it hard to believe you'll be quiet now. :P

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

That's what people say IRL. I talk faster than I type. and its alot of the same nonsense. I'm fun.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

None of this news to me or anyone on MC.
BELIEVE me.

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[–] Daisy (3024) 7 years ago

Wow cool, I never heard that part about the devil before.

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[–] db20db (17421) 7 years ago

I can remember as a kid living in Germany, spotting a chimney sweep was considered to be an omen of impending good fortune.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Do you mean an actual person ?
That's interesting.
I wonder where that came from.

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[–] db20db (17421) 7 years ago

Yes, there's an iconic image of a sweep adorned in black clothing, his facial features covered with soot,wearing a stovepipe hat with a piglet under his arm ( that's the mysterious aspect to me ) .

I do have a vague memory of actually seeing one once, pedaling a bicycle, sans the piglet but definitely all dressed in black.

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[–] db20db (17421) 7 years ago

Just Google chimney sweep with piglet and you'll instantly see what I'm talking about.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

First, If I ever saw a chimney sweep with a stovepipe hat on a bike I would consider this good luck.
Either with or without the piglet. How could you not? At the very least it's going to make you smile.

Second, why the piglet ? Did he rescue it or just a pet ?
This is intriguing. I feel this would have been on Real People back in the day.

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[–] db20db (17421) 7 years ago

' Real People . ' Hah, there's a show I used to really like which I haven't thought of in quite awhile; thanks for that memory jog ! 😁

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

That one and That's Incredible.
Never missed an Episode.
Good memories to be sure.

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[–] db20db (17421) 7 years ago

Yeah, I also liked that one as well.

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[–] db20db (17421) 7 years ago

I'm familiar with the song but was never aware of that lyric. Thanks for that confirmation to the superstition.

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[–] Stratego (30822) 7 years ago

Can't make mayonnaise or whipped cream either when there's going to be a thunderstorm.

Sneeze in threes and tomorrow will be good weather.

Knock on wood three times to avoid a jinx .

Asians got a thing about sleeping with the fan on...you will suffer certain death.

If your nose itches, you'll have company.

If it itches behind your right ear, someone's talking about you positively. If it's your left ear, it's negatively.

Seeing a spider in the morning brings bad luck, seeing a spider in the evening brings good luck.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

This whole making mayonnaise thing fascinates me.
Are there a lot of people who make mayonnaise ?
Why not during a thunderstorm ?

What if you sneeze at midnight ?

No fan would suck. How about the an air conditioner? Does this count ?
Have a lot of people died with a fan on ?

What if the front of your ear itches ?

If I see a spider in the morning and the same one in the evening does it cancel out ?

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[–] Stratego (30822) 7 years ago

I think the humidity makes it curdle or something. Cream and mayonnaise are just very sensitive. My sister and I always leave the whipping of the cream up to our mother, because it just stays flat when one of us does it.

No man, I don't think it cancels out if it's the same spider. It's all about the time of day. A spider in the afternoon apparently does nothing at all!

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Poor mom. That's what moms are for though right ?
Either you or your sister will have to step up your game.

What if I step on the spider but don't know it, I look down to see what I stepped in
then I see the spider? Does this count?

Way too many variables.
Interesting none the less.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

NO MILK IN MAYO- got it.

Dazed -Arachnid police. I love it.

They already call you on your day off about milk, do they do the same if they find a spider ?

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[–] Stratego (30822) 7 years ago

My poor mom once stepped on a big, fat spider at night when she was heading towards the toilet. It made a nice crunching sound as well. I guess the bad luck goes both ways when a spider and a human encounter each after midnight?

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I would imagine spiders have their own superstitions about us.

See a human at anytime is bad luck.

Crunchy? Ewww.
Please tell me she wasn't barefoot.

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[–] Stratego (30822) 7 years ago

As far as I know, my mother never goes to bed with her shoes on.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

I was thinking hopefully some slippers.

That is not a fun experience.
And you still make her whip the cream. *shakes head back and forth*

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[–] Stratego (30822) 7 years ago

No slippers. Otherwise she wouldn't still cry about it 45 years later.

It's either that or eat curdled cream. I don't think anyone likes to eat curdled cream. Do you like to eat curdled cream?

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

"That reminds of the time I stepped on that spider with no shoes....."
Know exactly what you mean.

I've never eaten curdled cream so I can't discuss the topic intelligently.
My gut tells me I don't but who knows.

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[–] Stratego (30822) 7 years ago

You don't. It tastes like the music of Air Supply.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Oh, You didn't tell me it was SWEET cream.

BTW I found anther person who isn't getting emails so it's not just you.

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[–] Stratego (30822) 7 years ago

Ah okay. Thanks for the info. I still have to send Jim an email!

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Just tell him who you are and that some of the cool kids aren't getting notifications.
That should bump you up to the top.

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Tuesday - three bad hours.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Does this mean every Tuesday you have 3 bad hours ?

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Yep,on those three hours nothing works as it should be.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Every Tuesday?

Is it the same three hours every Tuesday ?
Are the hours together or are they separate ?

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[–] croft_alice (12180) 7 years ago

Together,mate...for example...the first three hours at work,from the start of my shift,nothing is working...true story.It happens every time.

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[–] ALurker (485) 7 years ago

Chewing gum can really get stuck in your intestines for a long time if you swallow them.

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[–] Prelude (1443) 7 years ago

Superstitions can be strange but you do realize NONE are "true"?

The ones surrounding menstruation especially, are just old fashioned misogyny.

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[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

This may or may not be the case.

All I know is I'm taking my 4 leaf clover and going outside to wait for a shooting start.

I'm also not taking any chances the next time I make mayonnaise.
Just in case. ;)

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