Friday the 13th could be a lucky day?

[yysg28]

Friday the 13th sounds unlucky ? Superstition ?

A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the world. And similar superstitions exist in some other traditions.

Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they are simply unable to get out of bed when Friday the 13th rolls around. The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute estimates that more than 17 million people are affected by a fear of this day.

Try your luck on the coming Friday 13th, any month and any year. Who knows it will be your turn.

[KenSmith]

I can't decide whether to blast this post or not. It is apparent that the only reason he posted was to provide more link strength to the CNN article where there is a link to what I assume is his site. (Nice incoming link there for him, no doubt!)

He posted this same message on many other gambling message forums in the last few days. Still, he posted in "Anything Else", and this is about as benign a piece of web spam as I've seen in a while.

What's your opinion... Blast it and ban him, or just leave it alone unless he repeats?

[ScottH]

Originally Posted by yysg28

Friday the 13th sounds unlucky ? Superstition ?

A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English and Portuguese-speaking cultures around the world. And similar superstitions exist in some other traditions.

Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they are simply unable to get out of bed when Friday the 13th rolls around. The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute estimates that more than 17 million people are affected by a fear of this day.

But somebody did win money, check out the news on CNN.com :

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe...win/index.html


Try your luck on the coming Friday 13th, any month and any year. Who knows it will be your turn.

I will still be betting next Friday, regardless if its the 13th or not. I figure hey, my luck cant get any worse than it already is!

[mdlbj]

Originally Posted by KenSmith

I can't decide whether to blast this post or not. It is apparent that the only reason he posted was to provide more link strength to the CNN article where there is a link to what I assume is his site. (Nice incoming link there for him, no doubt!)

He posted this same message on many other gambling message forums in the last few days. Still, he posted in "Anything Else", and this is about as benign a piece of web spam as I've seen in a while.

What's your opinion... Blast it and ban him, or just leave it alone unless he repeats?

Blast him, ban him etc.. Also Ken, you can add some extra security a.k.a anti phishing security buy adding a php module to the forum that requires one to read the messed up text box and confirm it by typing it in. A small inconvenience to combat a huge problem..

[Canceler]

Originally Posted by KenSmith

...or just leave it alone unless he repeats?

As you said, it's not that bad.

[ScottH]

The post doesn't seem anything to be upset about, is there something bad in the link? I didnt go to the link the first time I viewed this, and now it is removed...

[supercoolmancool]

There has been a lot worse. Like the Cheescake Factory guy. That was a bad day. Almost won a gift certificate to Red Lobster after filling out 10k surveys or whatever it was I did.

[ScottH]

Originally Posted by supercoolmancool

There has been a lot worse. Like the Cheescake Factory guy. That was a bad day. Almost won a gift certificate to Red Lobster after filling out 10k surveys or whatever it was I did.

Who is worse, the guy posting it or the idiot that filled out endless surveys for NOTHING!

I hope you learned your lesson. If those things worked I would have about 25 free Ipods, free computers, I'd never pay for a lunch anywhere, etc.

[shadroch]

Let it ride. lets see if he posts a follow-up.
I'm a fan of Friday the 13th myself.Its the day that all of Europe rose up and slaughtered the Knights Templers,ending a several century old plague of evil.

[Brutus]

I say blast. good-luck bad-luck has no place here.