Today is Friday the Thirteenth - a day when many try to spend the day in bed in case of bad things happening.
In France they are a bit schizophrenic about the number 13, so there is always a special massive jackpot on the lottery, they do not fear having 13 people sit down to dinner and if you ask for a dozen oysters from a vendor, you are likely to get 13 not 12.
Today the news reports are full of stories about people being afraid of Friday the thirteenth, putting the blame on Jesus sitting down at a table of 13 at the last supper and then being crucified on the Friday. Personally that seems more likely to bring on an Arthur Dent moment of not being able to cope with Thursdays rather than Fridays, and better vetting of friends, but there we go.
Could it be that the French are trying to avert people's attention from the truly unlucky Friday the thirteenth back in the forteenth centruy when the French king, Philippe the Fair (Philippe le Beau) had the Knights Templars rounded up and burnt on a Friday 13th?
Still no luck on the photos clearly ...
I'm not at all superstitious, so (touch wood) nothing untoward would happen to me on Friday the 13th (fingers crossed!!
Posted by: Anne Donald | 13 November 2009 at 06:19 PM
Just watch out for those peskey ladders!
Posted by: Jane | 14 November 2009 at 04:27 PM