tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post8111818002775145302..comments2023-10-11T07:35:31.358-07:00Comments on Knights of Creativity Spirit & Ale: dkWellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036130304612683613noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-33246534530135473552009-03-13T17:27:00.000-07:002009-03-13T17:27:00.000-07:00yes i used to think it was because the last of the...yes i used to think it was because the last of the Knights Templar were rounded up in France by the king on Friday 13th in 1307...but many historians now say no...<br><br>then there was the theory that goes back to a combination of Paganism, Christianity, and the Battle of Hastings. For many, the number 13 was considered a lucky number (such as 13 lunar cycles each year), but with the efforts of Christianity attempting to degrade all things Pagan, they promoted 13 as an unlucky number, with Friday thus also being considered a bad day of the week. However, on Friday the 13th of October 1066, the decision was made by King Harold II to go to battle on Saturday the 14th of October, rather than allow his troops a day of rest (despite his army having made a long and arduous march from a battle near York just 3 weeks earlier). <br><br>This decision in going to battle before the English troops were rested (the English lost and King Harold was killed), further established Friday the 13th as an unlucky day. <br><br>Sir Dayvd ( who thinks he's lucky to be so wonderful ) of OxfordshireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-44880474859470912192009-03-14T04:46:00.000-07:002009-03-14T04:46:00.000-07:00I never understood why people get so weird about F...I never understood why people get so weird about Friday the 13th. Actually, I've had some of my best days on Friday the 13th. Reason, I know a lot of people will have negative attitudes that day, so I become the positive beacon in the night. It's like attracting Moths to the flame!<br><br>It's just another day, like your birthday, your anniversary (marriage, lost your viginity, birth of a child, etc.) It's there to make of it what you believe it to be so. Make it evil, it's evil...make it good, it's good...make it great...it's great!<br><br>Remember, if your staying on the 14th floor of a hotel, and it's really the 13th floor...you're on the 13th floor! It's like sticking your head in the sand to keep safe...your ass is still available to get kicked!<br><br>Final comment from this rant on 13. Back in my school sports days I wore number 13 in basketball. Why, because nobody else would, and it was the only jersey that fit me really well. I lead the team in points scored. Number 1 sat on the bench. Kurt Warner, currently the quarterback of the Airzona Cardinals, has worn #13 his whole carrer. He's been the league MVP 2 times, playes in 3 Super Bowls, was the Super Bowel MVP once, and most recently siged a 2 year multi-million dollar contract while pushing 40 years old, in a sport of youngsters.<br><br>It's not the number that makes or breaks the man....it's the man who makes or breaks the number.<br><br>Sir Hook Who's Counting 13 Ways to Make it A Better Day Next Friday of WarrickSir Hook of Warrick aka "David K Wells"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14036130304612683613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-76186531896303593442009-03-14T05:21:00.000-07:002009-03-14T05:21:00.000-07:00I have to say i'm still charmed, tho don't...I have to say i'm still charmed, tho don't believe, in all the olde English Superstitions and paganisms, and the way they have travelled to the new world, too, on boats to be re-invented, as even commercial entities... <br> I work up a lot of ladders... and only around two in ten will deliberately walk under my ladder, some actually stopping in the first stride, and stepping back and round...all of them saying...."i'm not going under there"....you couldn't even drag them under....... Crazy of course....harking back to the days of the Gibbet...LOL.. <br><br> I love the universal connection between them it brings to us all in the West........the ghostly imprint of the way life used to be when science was misunderstood and witches lived in the lands... LOL... so people see black cats as lucky... certain amounts of magpies too... Mirrors when broken bring 7 years bad luck,<br>Shamrock with 4 leaves for luck too and a rabbits foot, which is rarely seen these days in more PC times... <br><br>Whatever our Class or Status in society, these are the weird touchstones we shiver at as children, and no matter how grown up and sopisticated we think we become, these things still stick showing us that even without religions we are in awe of the unknown, and are all just Childern of the Sun.<br> We could of course leave them behind, and believe people rise from the dead, or water gets turned into wine, and that you can walk on water and create thousands of fish and bread out of just a couple...<br> yes, ... that makes soooo much more sense. <br><br>Sir Dayvd ( with his lucky heather in his his lapel ) of Oxfordshire...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-40146765284308803352009-03-14T11:35:00.000-07:002009-03-14T11:35:00.000-07:00we enjoyed a great Friday the 13th for those who a...we enjoyed a great Friday the 13th for those who are wondering - and not a drop of beer was spilled - is it ever?!<br><br>Lady Suzanne of GreenbriarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com