The closes I could come to that, and it is more of a habit, is when I play solitare on the computer, I place the cards on top, hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs, always. More of a habit than anything else.

The only omens I get are the ones I sometimes feel. You know like a gut feeling. Unfortuntely I always say "I'll act on it next time" and for some reason I never do, and something bad happens that I could have avoided by stopping what I was doing, or I miss an opportunity. Although sometimes I can't do anything about it. Like for instance, one day I had this really bad feeling, and I didn't know what it was, I told my mother but she didn't think anything of it. A few hours later my grandfather died in hospital after fighting with cancer. Another time when I was catching the train home, I had this feeling that I should get off at a particular station. I ignored the feeling, it turned out that this girl I liked who lived very far away from that station had been left there by her friend and she had to walk all the way home from nearby the station while being harassed by some guys in a car. Had I got off, I could have got her on a train home. I doubt anyone's going to believe me but oh well, I thought I'd share it.

People have it all wrong these days, instead of discriminating and hating others for being black or ugly, we should practise fairness and hate every living thing equally.

I was actually thinking about creating a thread about superstition, but I was going for a more "why do you think that this is the case" sort of direction.

magpies

magpies?

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I think a magpie is a bird and most likely has some supersticious values.

Don't you know the little poem that goes with magpies? It refers to the number you see together at one time

One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a girl
Four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret,
Never to be told.

the first magpie you see of a day must be part of a pair, if you don't see more than one magpie then the day will bring you bad luck.

eight's a wish and nine's a kiss, and ten is a bird you must not miss..."

Edited by - Tawakalna on 6/20/2004 7:49:08 AM

there is another one that says you have to say 'hello sir' or something like that to a magpie and it will bring good luck

My uncle always used to say "good evening, sir" to them, regardless of the time of day, that might be it.

There was once a cartoon called heckle and jeckle about to magpies, I think.

I always ware a jacket, in some form. I feel very unprotected if I don't have one on.

Life: No one gets out alive.

rilms, its the same with me, only with my mobile phone.

Australian magpies are really painful in spring. *swoop* *CLICK* YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!!!