sublime1 wrote:I won't light three smokes fom a single match and I knock on wood. I think it is more out of habit than the thought of any type of evil befalling me.
An interesting note on 13. In a lot of the older buildings in Chicago there is no 13th floor. The numbers on the elevator jump from 12 to 14.
Not only Chicago and not only older buildings. I lived in a high rise in Boston that I thought was a 25-story apartment building. Turned out it was only 24 stories as it had no 13th floor. The building was erected sometime in the 1970s. I know someone who has apartment 12-A in the buiding she lives in, near the Northeastern University campus. 12-A is next door to 12. There is no Apartment 13.
About 10 years ago, I checked into the Marriot Residence Inn in Oklahoma City. The suite they had reserved for me was 1313. The desk clerk was very solicitous and concerned that I'd be upset and want another suite instead. I told her I loved the number. One of the most pleasant guest suites I've ever occupied.
BTW, some hotels don't have room 666 either because of its connection to evil. See Book of Revelations.