Here’s my Friday the 13th
giftgifs to you.(P.S. Don’t miss the “bad luck” quotes below).
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Some Thoughts on Bad Luck
Calvin: “You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.” ~Bill Watterson
“When it rains it pours and when it shines you get melanoma.” ~Sol Luckman
“People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have.” ~Anne Tyler
“Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day’s receipts.” ~Sheri S. Tepper
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” ~Cormac McCarthy
“Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.” ~Garrison Keillor
“That’s how stories happen – with a turning point, an unexpected twist. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness is a story.” ~Haruki Murakami
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter trials of all kinds, because the testing of your faith produces perseverance, and perseverance, when it has finished its work, will make you mature and complete, lacking in nothing.” ~James 1:2-4
“Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.” ~Seneca
“Write your banes in sand, your blessing in stone.” ~Amit Kalantri
Thanks for reminding me that it’s Friday the 13th, Mitch. Have a great weekend.
You too, Mary!
The girl trying to do the heart with the doctor made my day 😄🫶
You outdid yourself on this one, Mitch! And today I have a strong enough signal to enjoy it on my laptop!! Well done, Sir.
So glad you enjoyed it, my Anonymous friend!
Looks like Wp no longer recognizes Roo’s Ruse.
Aha, Roo! WordPress can be so exasperating, can’t they?
I think Friday the 13th doesn’t just happen on a Friday the 13th. Thanks for this collection of quotes and images!
My pleasure, Vanya!
Thanks from the the “lucky” mother of an only son who was born on a Friday the 13th, and who will turn 40 on Friday the 13th of this December!
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First of all 13 is one of my lucky birth numbers and second I was born on a Friday. So that makes every Friday the 13th a very lucky day for me. Being born on a Friday I always say I came out ready to party.
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Hilarious! Thanks for the Friday the 13th laughs 😄 Maggie
My pleasure, Maggie!
Interesting assortment of painful mishaps and insightful quotes. The bowling ball video and Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes are hilarious-and no one got hurt!. 🙂
Those videos are funny but I feel bad about laughing. I like the thoughts of wisdom.
I tried to avoid any in which people got seriously hurt, and of course a number of them (like the two guys in the middle of the busy stree) aren’t real. Still, I understand, Thomas. I cringed at some of the ones I saw–and rejected.
Funny how “bad luck” days are different in different cultures. In my country the supposed “bad luck” day is Tuesday 13th…
Ah, I didn’t know that.
Yeah, in Spain that is the crazy superstition. We actually love Friday 13th. I reckon in France it is unlucky because that was the day…supposedly…that the pope burned Jaqués de Molay at the stake…
Happy Bad Luck Day?! Thanks, I think. 😂
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It completely escaped me that we had Friday the 13th yesterday so I missed an opportunity to be afraid of nothing in particular.
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Some of those pictures had me laughing out loud. Hope you had a great Friday the 13th.
Thanks, and likewise, Susanne.
My Friday the 13th went surprisingly well! Thanks for the fun, Mitch. 😊
My pleasure, Sally.
The best day to watch a good horror movie!!!
Charlee: “That incident up at the top involving the cat does not look like bad luck. It looks like inadequate shelf engineering.”
A few of those clips prove the wisdom that Red Foreman is sharing in the 8th slide. They might think it’s bad luck, but just watch each of them–there are a few dumbasses in there.
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