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Posted: 23-04-2002 09:33 Post subject: Misfortune

Hi there. First post. How exciting. Smile

I have a friend, who despite absolutely every attempt to avoid chaos, mayhem and misfortune finds himself embroiled in everything that could possibly go wrong.

Everything hits him in waves. He goes a few weeks without misfortune, and then lots hits him at once. A good example is this trail of awful circumstances..

His grandfather died suddenly, his parents divorced, his car broke down, his old landlord took him to court, the block of housing he lives in set on fire, and he got an infection that required a 24 hr stop in hospital while operations were deliberated.

Now, all these things are perfectly well explained. He doesn't suffer from anything out of the ordinary, just ENDLESS woes hit him. He is quite bad at managing his life, and an adorable space cadet, but really - I'm almost at the stage where I believe he needs help ridding himself of this bad luck.

Other friends joke that if Sean lost his bad luck, it might settle on someone else - and that he's a sink for misfortune, so that we can all live hassle free lives...

Does anyone know of anything similar, or have any experiences that would be of use? Poor Sean needs a break.

Persia.

Posted: 23-04-2002 10:55 Post subject:

Hello Persia. Welcome aboard - it's very nice to see some new members posting serious subjects.

There was a thread a short while ago about demons (for want of a better word) tagging along with people and causing bad luck etc. Unfortunately, being my usual helpful self, I can't remember where or when this was mentioned now but no doubt someone else will enlighten you.

Jane.

Posted: 13-05-2002 19:49 Post subject: Cheating death- twice!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1983000/1983117.stm

This guy has survived two disasters, several years apart.
I wonder if he's seen the fillum 'Final Destination'????

Posted: 13-05-2002 19:55 Post subject:

i saw an interview with this guy today, he claims he loves cats and he has 9 lives just like his cats. i wonder if there is any truth in it.

Posted: 13-05-2002 20:01 Post subject:

This is similar to the American guy that survived the World Trade Center and then went to Israel and survived a terrorist bombing there! If that isn't a message from the gods......

Posted: 14-05-2002 01:56 Post subject:

Posted: 14-05-2002 07:31 Post subject:

The gods toy with us like cats do with mice.

If there's an afterlife, what does it matter when you die?

And if there isn't an afterlife, then life itself is pretty pointless.

How depressing. Not a good start to the day!

Perhaps the next thread will give me a laugh....

Posted: 14-05-2002 10:42 Post subject:

This man He has much reasons to give thank you.

My question involves luck. Do you believe that, like evil, luck is a force, skill or disease that either one has or hasn’t?

I personally believe that I have less than the average allocation of luck and would like to know how to top it up. I’m the sort of person who could back the only racehorse taking part in a snail race and still lose. I’m the sort of person who could neglect to load my revolver in a friendly game of Russian Roullette and still manage to blow my brains out on the first spin. It just ain’t fair!

On the other hand I know people who are luck Gods. These are the sorts of people who can buy three national lottery tickets and complain later that one of the tickets didn’t win a jackpot prize. Is this kharma or some skill they are born with?

If its kharma then I must have been George Bush senior and junior in my past two lives (yes I know they aren’t dead yet, but I can have dreams, can’t I?). Fortunately I no longer gamble and view it as a waste of time, having lost most of the family’s assets and my siblings’ respective college funds.

Someone once said you make your own luck. If so I would like the blueprints as I need to rennovate mine and possibly add a new annexe with room for a barbecue. If anyone has said plans please send them on to me, presuming they haven’t been patented by the casinos.

So what do you think of luck? Is it a force, skill, art, etc, or a purely abstract concept designed to enslave the weak-minded among you?

Posted: 18-10-2002 06:29 Post subject: well...

if your lucky , I hear you can find it. roll eyes (sarcastic)

Posted: 18-10-2002 07:36 Post subject:

There was some research done a few years ago that showed that 'lucky' people were of a different personality than people who reted themselves as 'unlucky' the 'lucks' were outgoing and optomistic and convinced that they were 'winners'; more importantly they actively looked out for opportunities to be lucky. They would always buy raffle tickets, enter lots of competitions, talk to lots of people and so find further opportunities for 'luck' that way - for instance, if they were job-hunting, they would mention that fact to everyone they met, raising their chances of finding a job.
On the other hand, the 'unlucks' hardly ever buy raffle tickets or enter competitions, because they were convinced that that "I never win anything, anyway!"; also, they were generally loners, with few friends.So it would seem that luck is really a matter of self-belief and personality. However, I have been testing that theory for several years, and it hasn't worked out for me so far!

Posted: 22-10-2002 15:35 Post subject: luck

Luck is a thing you get when you dont need it and never get when you do.
Luck is like the force in star wars. Positive thinking and praying to some token god will often sway luck in your favour. Luck is standing in jobbies and having a puddle nearby to wash the smelly shoe in. Luck is not living in scotland and not taking part in any government training schemes.
Crooked, when u find the blueprints for luck, remember and give me a shout.

Smile

dam luck

Posted: 09-11-2002 01:37 Post subject: Luck

I am the sort of person who always gets bumped up to first class on an airplane, gets the best seat in a restaurant, hte last room in a hotel which happens to have the best view.
All my friends consider this lucky. But I also am the person who always ends up buying the defective product, the one that's recalled, the one that's missing a part and has to battle for hours with customer service to get it sorted out.
My theory is luck evens itself out.
My mother find money on the street all the time, and I'm talking twenty and fifty dollar bills. However she always has her reservations lost or mixed up. Once when she was in France she had trouble with her car, her plane and both her hotels reservations.
I was just wondering if anyone else has noticed this. Or has strange lucky/unlucky things that happen only to them?