Lucky charms and talismans
 

A few years ago a sweet and talented young artist in Thailand gave me a piece of crystal and said it would keep me safe on the bike - well I haven't crashed since so maybe it's doing some good. I also have my lucky rubber cockroach in my wallet :D

Just before Chris8886 left I gave him a small silver sybil pendant to wear, (a wise woman/prophet) etched with the word 'safe' and told him she'd look after him on his travels as an alternative to a St Christopher. I still think she manifested herself in human form as the off duty nurse who gave him CPR in that Thai bar and kept him alive when his heart stopped.

So anyone else on here have their little charms that despite no scientific proof, they are convinced brings them a little bit of luck and protection? Or am I just bonkers? :smt119

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It's all cobblers and you're clearly bonkers.

It's still bad luck to ride with the pillion pegs down when there's no-one on the back though.

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I got stabbed 8 times when I was standing in Asda, but when I collapsed convulsing onto my groceries I didn't break any of my eggs. Wow, I'm lucky.

No. Stupid logic. Stop it.

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Luck is just deviation from what would be predicted by probability that is inherent in small sample sizes.

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Most of the GM may have noticed my "lucky" To Ride or Not to Ride T-shirt I wear when out on the bike. I have never crashed wearing that T-shirt (despite being a reckless idiot) but have had a few spils when not wearing it???

A load of supersticious nonesense I reckon but it makes me feel better.:confused:

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Should have gone to Waitrose.Far better class of rifraf there;)

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I've got my PaddyPower lucky pants on. Mostly because I need to do a wash and they are my end of the washing basket pair.

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They only stabbed you 8 times? I'd have had you shot then electrocuted as well and made sure they made a proper job of it.

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Should have gone to Lidl.

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With my luck lately, I think its about time I started wearing my St Christopher again

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I'm kinda inclined to this http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...t_whatever.jpg

,But doe accept there's weird **** out there(Through practical recent experience)

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Could this be the reason mums go to Iceland instead?

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:smt082

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I've heard a different story.....

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my nickname in the army was lucky


I got blown up 5 times and lost count how many times I got shot at

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please do tell me what that is/was, ta.

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Nurses uniforms...Thai bars...don't need to stretch the imagination too far ?

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haha, those are just the sort of stories I would expect, but all lies :rolleyes:

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The girls didnt wear nurses uniforms when I was in Thailand.My (slightly hazy)recollection is that they didnt wear much at all.

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I carry a bag of snowflake obsidian. It's supposed to be for safe travel. The chips used to be a bracelet but it broke.
My mum gave me a worry angel once. Not sure where it went.

I've used crystals for various uses for many years. I got quite knowledgeable at one point of gemstone use for spiritual and healing properties.

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Perhaps if you believe it you behave differently on a subconscious level therefore perhaps you can say it works. I do not believe in 'lucky' things myself, the nearest I ever got was when I used to go clay pigeon shooting I used to listen to rock music on the way to a shoot to get my mind clear and ready, I would get quite stressed if I was staying too close to a shoot to listen to at least one cassette on the way there.

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I'd go with a different explanation, starting with the idea that we have evolved to try and detect patterns in the natural world because that enhances our chances of surviving.

If two consecutive positive events happen when you're carrying a 'lucky' object your brain detects a pattern. From then on, when good things happen you associate them with your talisman and it appears to be working. This would be enhanced if someone credible tells you that your talisman is lucky, pre-disposing you to associate future positive events with it.

But we don't deal with bad events in quite the same way. Instead we tend to externalise them, blaming gods/fate/witchcraft rather than throwing our lucky talisman on the fire because it didn't save us.

Just my thoughts,

Keith.

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Sounds a fair view on the matter