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by **TheInsanity1234** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:18 pm

I recently found out via a friend of mine that it is supposedly good luck to keep a die-cast model of your car in your car.
This is definitely new to me, and I wondered whether there might be some people here that might've heard of this before.

It does sound intriguing.

by **Horse** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:46 pm

Well, WW1 Baldrick had a bullet with his name on, on the theory that if he had it no-one else could, and it's well known that hanging an old CD from your rear-view mirror defeats police hand-held radar . . . So you never know . . .

by **TheInsanity1234** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:15 pm

So that explains why I often see people driving around with CDs hanging from the rear-view mirror :lol:

by **Kimosabe** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:09 pm

Horse wrote:Well, WW1 Baldrick had a bullet with his name on, on the theory that if he had it no-one else could, and it's well known that hanging an old CD from your rear-view mirror defeats police hand-held radar . . . So you never know . . .

This emoticon doesn't fully express my reaction. :lol:

by **lyndon** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:21 pm

TheInsanity1234 wrote:I recently found out via a friend of mine that it is supposedly good luck to keep a die-cast model of your car in your car.
This is definitely new to me, and I wondered whether there might be some people here that might've heard of this before.

It does sound intriguing.

I am reminded of an apocryphal story about Niels Bohr that I like very much.

A visitor at the home of Niels Bohr, famous atom scientist and Nobel Prize winner, was surprised to see a horseshoe hanging over the door.

“Do you, a sober man dedicated to science, believe in that superstition?”

“Of course not,” replied Bohr, “but I’ve been told that it’s supposed to be lucky, whether you believe in it or not.”

by **TheInsanity1234** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:09 am

lyndon wrote:I am reminded of an apocryphal story about Niels Bohr that I like very much.

A visitor at the home of Niels Bohr, famous atom scientist and Nobel Prize winner, was surprised to see a horseshoe hanging over the door.

“Do you, a sober man dedicated to science, believe in that superstition?”

“Of course not,” replied Bohr, “but I’ve been told that it’s supposed to be lucky, whether you believe in it or not.”

I think I'll keep this in mind for when I begin my lessons!

by **Horse** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:52 pm

lyndon wrote: I am reminded of an apocryphal story about Niels Bohr that I like very much.

A visitor at the home of Niels Bohr, famous atom scientist and Nobel Prize winner, was surprised to see a horseshoe hanging over the door.

“Do you, a sober man dedicated to science, believe in that superstition?”

“Of course not,” replied Bohr, “but I’ve been told that it’s supposed to be lucky, whether you believe in it or not.”

But which way up?

I've heard that 'u' acts as a bucket, to keep your luck in, whilst 'n' is a roof or shield to protect you from woe.

by **revian** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:39 pm

Horse wrote:I've heard that 'u' acts as a bucket, to keep your luck in, whilst 'n' is a roof or shield to protect you from woe.

I don't think it matters as long as the horse (no attribution intended) is comfortable....

by **TheInsanity1234** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 5:50 pm

revian wrote:
Horse wrote:I've heard that 'u' acts as a bucket, to keep your luck in, whilst 'n' is a roof or shield to protect you from woe.

I don't think it matters as long as the horse (no attribution intended) is comfortable....

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