If salt was spilled, my grandmother would throw some over her left shoulder, to give the Devil his due.

freediver wrote on Apr 4^th, 2017 at 7:46pm:


I don't think that fits.. it isn't a superstition it is a beauty myth. My Mum used to do that.. claimed it tightened the skin. Well, this is true it worked and she had lovely skin till the day she died. 
BUT Unfortunately, she also had multiple broken veins in her cheeks and so , altho her skin was soft and supple, it was also marred by rosacea.
NOT the result she had expected, but had to live with.

I am not religious at all, and not particularly superstitious either.
I do say 'touch wood' and then tap my head, if there is no wood handy tho.

During my bowling days, whenever my bowls did not get a strike, I had the tendency to cradle my bowling arm with my opposite hand (probably to keep it warm) whilst using the hand drier before the spare delivery. If I did not, it would usually result in me not getting the spare. 9 times out of 10, the cradling would work. It was a very psychological game.

Johnnie wrote on Apr 5^th, 2017 at 12:30am:


Two attempts to hypnotise me have failed completely.
Once in a psychology experiment at uni and later in an attempt to stop smoking.
Why are some people immune to hypnosis and others can be put under in a couple of seconds?

I have no superstitions I am aware of.

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 5^th, 2017 at 11:31am:


Hypnotism is a technique we use to alter our psychological state of mind. Most people actually do a form of self-hypnosis on themselves, called refocusing attention -- actually, I just made that name up. When we go to sleep at night, we fall into a type of hypnotic trance where we let our subconscious take over our conscious mind.

There is more to the hypnotism process. I know how it is done and have done it to others. It does not include having a watch waved in front of you. That is nonsense designed to fool you away from knowing how it really is done.

The reason why it is difficult to hypnotise some, whilst others are easy is due to how your brain functions. Some people take drugs or are heavily into the alcohol and that makes it difficult to make them hypnotised. Others have taken anti-psychotic drugs, and that leads to easier hypnotism. Though anti-psychotic drugs can also lift the hypnotism against the subject. Whereas, some people have a pychology that makes them near impossible to hypnotise. I have heard of sociopaths that take near forever (if at all) to hypnotise.

issuevoter wrote on Apr 5^th, 2017 at 12:59pm:


OOhh, Issue, you reminded me of a good one.

Your Horoscope is only 'good' if read before midday AND you can't read your own horoscope.
So, when you are at a cafe with your lovely wife having a morning coffee, you read each other their horoscope !!

This is a good one, I made it up

Anyone believe in demonic possession and exorcism? Surely that stuff is just superstition?