What other superstitions do people follow?

I have a friend who walks round drains on paths, the ones with 3 drains in a row, just the 3 in a row ones, cos they're bad luck

Posted By: pants on February 20th 2009 at 13:26:53

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Latest magpie news, please (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 20, 13:24:56
- Still on course for a Nodger win, I'm quietly optimistic about Saturday (n/m) (NCFC) - stringersrevenge, Feb 20, 13:34:46
  - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 20, 13:35:31
    - Sellers giz a wave (n/m) (NCFC) - stringersrevenge, Feb 20, 13:38:02
- finished in the 80s-i prefered blue peter (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 20, 13:32:18
  - one for sorrow, two for joy........ (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Feb 20, 13:34:36
- solo one in garden (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 20, 13:31:12
  - FFS woman, you are going to jinx stringer and he is the OFFICIAL magpie reference point (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 20, 13:38:06
    - the only magpie I know to have an influence (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 20, 13:40:05
      - Is that the one over the road near the Magpie pub ? My mother always salutes it... (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:43:31
  - But you can offshoot a solo Magpie as long as you salute it. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:31:59
    - None of that bollocks work. Magpies are just messengers of god. Saluting or saying phrases (NCFC) - stringersrevenge, Feb 20, 13:36:47
    - or spit on your hand (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 20, 13:32:44
- What other superstitions do people follow? (NCFC) - pants, Feb 20, 13:26:53
  - oh yes if we see a banham poultry lorry on the way to the game (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 20, 13:40:56
    - Wow, a Shackell/soon-to-be-headless chicken correlation (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 20, 13:42:38
  - magpies are not a superstition (n/m) (NCFC) - stringersrevenge, Feb 20, 13:37:22
    - What are they? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 20, 13:49:10
      - birds (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 20, 13:50:19
        
        not pants' best subject (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:53:07
    - They are a FACT (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 20, 13:45:53
  - no sex when city lose (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 20, 13:37:03
    - Poor old piggies when we win (n/m) (NCFC) - stringersrevenge, Feb 20, 13:38:39
    - or when they win (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:37:32
  - I stopped walking under ladders on matchdays in case we lose...oh hang on (n/m) (NCFC) - Buckscanary, Feb 20, 13:34:16
  - jump over yellow lines on match days (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 20, 13:31:39
  - I never cross motorways on foot (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:31:05
    - I don't go to games (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 20, 13:33:33
      - we know (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 20, 13:41:13
      - Oh, me neither. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:35:17
        
        we know (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 20, 13:41:42
        
        Soz Selwyn, economic crisis means 23 return flights a year on top of season ticket would (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:44:44
        
        That's why sellers doesn't go to away games (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Feb 20, 13:49:48
        
        True, so if we are not allowed to comment on NCFC cos we don't go, then (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:54:06
        
        he has no idea what we're like in home games neither (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 20, 14:00:07
        
        and the fact im married with 5 kids to help look after! (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Feb 20, 13:52:37
        
        And here, ladies and gentlemen, is the damning evidence to the case for... (NCFC) - Arganth, Feb 20, 14:05:00
        
        Oh, so suddenly you understand then ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:55:05
  - Lucky football boxers. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 13:28:05
    - haha like we would ever be that bad! (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Feb 20, 13:42:01
    - Mine fell apart. I'm not happy if i don't walk down Jimmy Hill on the way to a game (NCFC) - Small, Feb 20, 13:37:36
      - Double-handed fist pump and cheer when driving past the Norfolk: Nelson's County sign on t (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 13:40:29
        
        Don't fall off into a ditch (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Feb 20, 13:43:11
        
        bit of a bugger for the car coming in the opposite direction though (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 20, 13:41:40
        
        If you knew the A17 as well as I do (I barely even bother opening my eyes these days) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 13:44:24
        
        A17 is a road I try to avoid as much as possible (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 20, 13:48:16
        
        I would get a non-negotiable tent if they duelled the A17 (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 13:50:08
        
        Fewer. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 13:50:29
        
        fewer sprouts, fewer farts, carbon footprint improved (NCFC) - camcan, Feb 20, 13:52:26
        
        And you have to boo going the other way when you pass the Lincolnshire: A Godless Shithole (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 13:47:07
        
        Godless is good. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:47:47
- Kinnear (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:25:11
  - is still alive (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 13:25:16

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