On May 28, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> When I was a kid, we were told that Friday the 13th was unlucky >> because Judas was the 13th apostle (and hence the number 13 is >> generally unlucky) and Friday in particular because that was the day >> Christ was crucified (I went to a Catholic school). > > 13 has been regarded as unlucky since long before Christianity. Many > cultures have regarded 12 as a "perfect" number and 13, one off from > perfection (as well as being prime, which always makes a number stand > out for good or bad), as suspect.
Hey, ".. mine goes to 11." ;-) G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
