Stepping on the cracks - The Big Poll

[swee'pea99]

I generally regard superstition with something approaching contempt, am indifferent to black cats, perfectly happy to walk under ladders, and so on. And I don't think it's anything to do with thinking it's unlucky, but I have noticed that when I'm walking along the footpath, I do tend to avoid stepping on the cracks. I'm not obsessive about it...I'll step on them occasionally and it doesn't bother me in the least. But I've noticed that I notice, and like I say, other things being equal, I'll avoid it. Am I weird, or do other people do the same?

 

[cosmicbike]

Not fussed about cats, cracks etc. But, never, ever, walk, run, ride or skateboard across a linked set of 3 manhole covers. This will lead to almost certain damage to your mode of transport...

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Step on them?? No, I just ride around them if they're big, and ignore them if they're small. My Vivente tourer can handle a bit of crack .

 

[Beebo]

Whenever I walk in a London street,
I'm ever so careful to watch my feet;
And I keep in the squares,
And the masses of bears,
Who wait at the corners all ready to eat
The sillies who tread on the lines of the street,
Go back to their lairs,
And I say to them, "Bears,
just look how I'm walking in all the squares!"
And the little bears growl to each other, "He's mine,
As soon as he's silly and steps on a line."
And some of the bigger bears try to pretend
That they came round the corner to look for a friend;
And they try to pretend that nobody cares
Whether you walk on the lines or squares.
But only the sillies believe the talk;
It's ever so portant how you walk.
And it's ever so jolly to call out, "Bears,
just watch me walking in all the squares!"
AA Milne

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

[QUOTE 2738450, member: 9609"]I walk along the kerb stones stepping purposefully on the joins, this gives me a speed of exactly 4.1mph, If I try to increase or decrease my speed I start to miss the joins - faster and I over shoot, slower and i fall short. should I seek help ?[/quote]
How fast do you go over cobblestones?

 

[ScotiaLass]

Oh this made me smile!
When my son was in hospital (one of his frequent CVS admissions) we decided to take a walk to the hospital shop.
The flooring in one corridor was old, polished lino with a geometric pattern.
He wanted to walk fast to get to the shop and thus his favourite comic, but couldn't bear standing on the lines that formed the patterns.

This meant that we had to go back to the start of the corridor each time he stood on a line!
It took us a good 10 mins of going back and forward, in itself not so bad, but when you consider said child was dressed in pj's, slippers, a batman dressing gown and a pumpkin halloween mask, which he refused to take off, it must have been quite a sight!
In the end I picked him up and carried him, whilst he screamed, kicked and dislodged the bandaged venflon (IV drip tube) in his hand.

So I carried a kicking, screaming, bleeding child, wearing a halloween mask to the hospital shop.
I'm sure they'd seen worse!

 

[Arch]

I'm not obsessed with pavement cracks, but I do make a point of getting any magpies I see, with "good morning Mrs magpie, how are you and all your children?"

 

[Hill Wimp]

I did laugh when I read this post thinking I'm not at all superstitious then I saw Arch's post about Magpies. If I see 1 I will automatically look for another to make 2 for joy, cant have sorrow and the theme tune from Magpie starts to play in my head without fail.

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Ehmmm.. nothing wrong with saluting a magpie when cycling, is there?

I'm not superstitious, but no point in running any unnecessary risks either...

 

[swee'pea99]

"sexist poltergeist"?

 

[Markymark]

"sexist poltergeist"?

Bernard Manning's spirit?

Although I'd like to think he was spendong eternity far below...!

 

[Puddles]

[QUOTE 2743315, member: 1314"]I claim not to be superstitious but...went to Edinburgh dungeons last year. I told the guide I didn't believe in ghosts.[/quote]

I told the guide there would be blood shed and very soon if she insisted on picking on my son (the littlest there) who clearly was not up for it one more time. very loudly I caused "A Scene" in my defence I was pregnant at the time and a tad over protective