EP #125 Oh those crazy superstitions.

Robb (: 00:01

And welcome to another show of Don't Get This Wisted. I am Rob along with my cohost as always, Tina. How you doing, Tina?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 00:08

I'm doing all right, Rob had a really good day today. I rode in the parade with my Harley and my niece was also in the parade, which was cool. And I think I broke my foot that I didn't tell you offline. I don't know what I did, but my foot is really swollen and black and blue. And trying to put on my motorcycle boots was fun, but I wear them all day and my foot was doing all right. But now that I took them off, I see it.

Robb (: 00:14

Hmm

Robb (: 00:22

What?

Robb (: 00:29

Hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 00:37

It's blowing up.

Robb (: 00:38

Oh no, that's worse. I remember way back in the day when I was wrestling, I had hurt my ankle, like, and I mean, really, really bad during a match. And I had, my boot was on and it was like super tight. And I remember going, should I take this off? And I remember driving home with it.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 00:47

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 00:59

and then taking it off and taking a shower. And in about 40 minutes, it blew up like I have like a softball size on my ankle. It was massive.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 01:07

Oh yeah.

Yeah, I think I need to put on some lotion because my toes are starting to look like the skin is stretched pretty tight

Robb (: 01:16

Yeah, you might wanna put your foot in a bucket of ice. Yeah, that's important.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 01:21

Yeah. Well, it was on it was on my Harley today, so it was feeling, you know, those boots, they're pretty stiff. So wearing them actually, it helped quite a bit other than, you know, not walk. You shouldn't walk like that. But I don't know.

Robb (: 01:30

That's what I mean. Of course it did. No, but it was keeping all the pressure on your foot, but the release, it must be going around. My friend down the street broke her toe. I'm like, I do not wanna be anywhere, I do not wanna break anything. It's been many, many years since I've broken anything. So I prefer to stay away from that. Oh.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 01:40

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 01:47

Huh.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 01:55

Mm-hmm. I've never I've never broken anything. So this is kind of fun, especially You know working on my feet and then of course I had this parade and my dad's 75th birthday party Was yesterday that I threw him so I was I was up at five o'clock in the morning cooking because everybody showed up around noon and Yeah, I'm of course of course never say die, you know, I

Robb (: 02:00

All right, well.

Robb (: 02:08

Hehehehe

Robb (: 02:17

and you've been on your feet the whole time. Oh yeah. That's why. And do you have to work tomorrow? Yeah, you might wanna go to the doctor and have them x-ray it just to make sure.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 02:24

Don't buy have my Christmas party for work. No work till Wednesday.

Yeah.

Well, what are they gonna do, put a boot on me? I mean, I'm walking on it.

Robb (: 02:37

Well, yeah, I mean, if it's broken, yeah, but that doesn't mean it's not bad. That just means you can walk on it. That just means you're you have a high pain tolerance. I mean, if it's a broken foot, it's different like broken toes, they just tape them. Not with a broken foot with a broken foot, they fix it, they set it and put you in a cast or a walking boot or

Tina Marie Garcia (: 02:43

hahahaha

Tina Marie Garcia (: 02:47

I don't think I do, I'm kind of a wuss.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 02:53

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 03:02

You don't think I want to go to the doctor's?

Robb (: 03:04

Yeah, probably not, but I'm telling you that if you don't, then it's not going to heal correctly. So just a little wrestler talk for you. Just thought I'd help you. And the transition of that is going to be into superstitions because we talked about that the week before, but we decided to go with a different show. And it looks like your superstition is not to go to the doctor. No, I know.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 03:06

Yeah, I don't think so.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 03:13

I hear ya.

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 03:29

Yeah, no, I'm not afraid of them. I just I don't have time. Ah Not making time

Robb (: 03:34

Well, yeah, that's yeah. Well, I don't want to hear anything about your foot in a month Go to go to the doctor

Tina Marie Garcia (: 03:41

We'll see. We'll see. I mean, if it continues, if it doesn't get better in the next few days, which I'm hoping that it will now that I'm not going to be on the Harley or, you know, catering a party, hopefully, I'll be able to calm it down and, and see how it goes.

Robb (: 03:50

Yeah, ice.

Robb (: 03:58

Lots of ice, lots of ice, lots of ice. So I found a website, it's called yourtango.com, it has 60, six zero, of the common superstitions around the world that people believe. And before we got on,

Tina Marie Garcia (: 04:00

to ice.

Robb (: 04:21

I thought it was quite interesting that the first one that is on this list I read I had no idea and you're like yeah I know about that one. So this is going to be one of those shows where you're going to be like you've heard all these stupid superstitions and I'm going to be like yeah I'm stupid. I know like the traditional ones like don't walk under a ladder you know broken mirrors you know the very common superstitions in the states. A lot of these are all over the world too.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 04:46

Mm-hmm

Robb (: 04:51

it's gonna be kind of interesting. So let's start with the first one since I had no idea and I thought it was interesting. It says, never place two mirrors opposite of one another. So I've never heard about it, but I guess it opens a threshold to the devil.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 04:54

Let's do it.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 05:02

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 05:10

See, I didn't hear that, but I heard that it was like a, it made like a portal for spirits to come through. So I don't think that's far off from the devil, but.

Robb (: 05:17

Okay, so correct. I mean, I, well, it's pretty far off. I would say that Satan and spirits are two totally different things. I was telling you too, because the way my apartment is set up, my bathroom mirror and my closet doors are mirrors and they're right across from each other. So it does create this like psycho vortex of like just a million images forever. So the...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 05:23

Yeah, well... Spirits? Yeah, I getcha.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 05:37

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 05:44

Yeah, the same ones.

Robb (: 05:45

There must be lots of spirits in my house. There's, because it's every day. It's crazy. Here's a funny one. I don't know if you've ever heard this one. It says never shake hands or kiss across a threshold. So one person in the house, one person outside. I didn't know that. Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 06:00

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 06:04

I didn't either, but it says that you'll become mortal. A friend or lover could become your mortal enemy if you do that. That's horrible.

Robb (: 06:09

Yeah, so I have now, I have now never gonna do that again, even though I'm not very superstitious.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 06:14

So now I'm wondering how many superstitions are we going to follow now that we do this stupid show on them?

Robb (: 06:20

Well, that's probably gonna be the big thing is that a lot of people may. They might hear this and go, I'm not supposed to do this. And we probably won't get to all 60, but we'll go. Says, never allow a broom to touch the feet of anyone you know. Didn't know that one. Wow.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 06:28

Yeah, I gotta stay away from the devil.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 06:37

Yeah. One of your parents will die it says. And I'm a hairdresser so they're sweeping over my feet all the time. All the time. It's supposed to be a bad thing to do though.

Robb (: 06:44

all the time.

Robb (: 06:50

Yeah, I'll hear something that's interesting. And this would kind of make sense, I guess, is don't go home right after a wake, which is like the viewing. The idea is that you need to keep the bad spirits away from your house. So basically take a little pit stop, shake off the bad spirits, drop them off at a coffee shop, that's perfect. I mean, you know, they need coffee or they can come to my house and just jump in the mirrors.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 07:12

Right?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 07:21

That's funny.

Robb (: 07:22

I mean, do you have any superstitions that you really stick to? No, I will tell you, I told you last week off the air before we went. So when I played hockey, I played hockey in the late 90s in a rec league. And I had heard a bunch of different things of professionals who do crazy shit. Like if they wear a pair of socks and they...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 07:26

No.

Robb (: 07:48

keep on a winning streak, they keep wearing the same pair of socks like they do. No, no, they'll wash them, but they don't switch socks. So regardless, like let's say they happen to have a big hole in them, they continue to wear them until they lose. Like weird stuff like that. So and I got dressed, I played goalie, so I had a lot of shit I had to wear. I got dressed the exact same way every single time. No matter like how I put my socks on,

Tina Marie Garcia (: 07:52

That's disgusting.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 07:58

Okay.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 08:04

Gotcha.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 08:13

Hmm.

Robb (: 08:18

I always put my right skate on first, left skate, right pad, left pad. Like I had it down to like exactly how I could get ready. And not that it was because of like winning and losing. It just became like kind of a habit and I just felt good doing it. So but that it is very superstitious to do things like that. And I really never did anything like that wrestling. It was just, yeah, kind of weird, right. And I'm surprised because.

can get really hurt wrestling. I probably should have did a lot more superstitious shit. Who knows? So, let's see. Never stick your chopsticks straight up.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 08:58

I also heard never put them down on the table. I've heard both of those things. Yeah. I leaned them on something. You don't want to put them straight up and down. You don't want to put them straight down. So I kind of lean them or I place them across the plate.

Robb (: 09:02

Really? So what do you just lay them on the plate?

Or in the bowl, maybe.

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 09:17

but they said it invites death if you keep them straight out of your food.

Robb (: 09:21

Yeah, damn, there's a lot of death and evil shit, huh?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 09:26

I know superstitions though it makes sense it's getting you to do something that you're you know so because of fear that's a fear based thing so.

Robb (: 09:30

Yep.

Robb (: 09:35

Yeah, and I'm sure most of these are very old school stuff, like this one right here from Lithuania. It says it's forbidden to whistle indoors because the noise is believed to summon demons. Okay, well...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 09:50

Yeah. And you don't cheer with water because you're actually wishing death on the people you're drinking with. That's number seven. What the hell? I always drink water, so now I'm just not going to cheers anybody ever again. So.

Robb (: 09:58

Yeah, what the hell?

Robb (: 10:05

Yeah, I mean, maybe I mean, yeah, because it says not water at all. So if you're the one and everyone else doesn't have water, it's still the same thing.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 10:16

How about keep your shoes off the table? Like that's just nasty, first of all, but yeah.

Robb (: 10:20

Yeah, it says not only is it gross, but in Britain, it is considered bad luck because it symbolizes the death of a loved one. I've been told I was I've been told since I was very, very young, don't put my feet on the table. And obviously, it was because of your feet are dirty. Right. And you're bringing in stuff that you're going to. Put it on the table and.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 10:28

Again, what's up with all this death? Death, death, death.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 10:41

Yes.

Robb (: 10:48

You know, like we live in a place where there's dirt and grime and gum and poop and everything else. So I'm sure by doing that isn't the greatest. Let's see. This one I've heard actually here, but it says in Turkey, an itchy right hand means you will come into some money while an itchy left hand means you'll lose out big time. I've heard about itchy hands. I don't remember if it was for finances or not.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 10:54

Ew.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 11:13

Yeah, I don't think it was determined which hand was what it just you'd get money if your hands itched Yeah

Robb (: 11:19

Yeah, I'd, and I've heard that since I was very young. So I think that's a, I'm sure a lot of these superstitions grew out of, you know, things that happened like maybe the 17, 1800s, where obviously technology and things were not as prominent.

So, and then they were just carried on, right? So, because you were told things as a child and I was told certain things and these things were been handed down for ever and ever and ever. And, you know, we know a lot of the same kind of things. So obviously these things were cross community as well. So it's very interesting to see how many of these things actually exist.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 11:57

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 12:03

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 12:04

This one I've never heard, but it is kind of humorous. In some coastal regions of China, it is bad luck to flip over a cooked fish, as it will lead to other ships capsizing. Probably because of the fishing off the coast. They probably just wanted to say, hey.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 12:26

Yeah, who knows?

Robb (: 12:27

Yeah, instead many families will use chopsticks to pick up the meat from the bottom of the fish when they are finished with the top. So they just pick through, interesting. In Italy, it is considered bad luck to put the bread upside down, either on a table or a basket. Wow, I'm in a lot of trouble.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 12:45

Yep.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 12:50

It says bread represents the body of Christ and it should be treated with respect. Don't put your bread upside down because Christ will be disrespected. Some of these are crazy.

Robb (: 12:56

that I hate to say it.

Robb (: 13:01

I mean, it does, but it does kind of make sense if you're going through the story of the Bible, right? Cause he obviously made bread and then the Catholic religion really comes out of Italy, like heavy. So that would actually kind of make sense. Man, I'd be in trouble though. Well, I mean, not make sense, but definitely you can see where the story comes from.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 13:16

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 13:20

None of these make sense, Rob. Let's just keep going.

Robb (: 13:28

You know, don't put your keys on the table in Sweden. Because in the olden days, sex workers would put keys on the table in public areas to attract clients. Yikes. Ha ha.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 13:40

Hmm. Well, I must be attracting clients every day because I always throw mine on the table

Robb (: 13:47

I have a key ring, so mine don't go on the table, but that's funny.

Robb (: 13:55

In Spain, Tuesday the 13th, not Friday the 13th is bad luck. Tuesday, let's see, Tuesday in Spanish, come from Roman god Mars, which ties to the day of violence and bloodshed. Okay, that, I know, again, a lot of these things are probably done through...

long, long time ago, and they've just continuously been passed down. That's interesting though. But maybe you kind of have to wonder about the 13th though, because 13 has been unlucky for ever and ever and ever. Yep, yep, to this day. And I think it's, I don't know if it's outside the United States, but, because I've...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 14:32

Yeah, they don't even put 13 on the floor for a building. Yeah.

Robb (: 14:45

I don't remember. Oh, for sure here, without a doubt. And I've been in lots of buildings, nope. Don't sit at a corner table. In Russia, it means bad things for your romantic life. The unlucky person who comes in... Wow, the unlucky person who comes in late. So basically what we've learned from this is be on time.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 14:46

It's definitely here though.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 15:00

You'll never get married if you sit on a corner at the table.

Robb (: 15:10

Because it's, because usually you get the corner table if you're, if you're behind that actually is, I think that's more of just keeping people on time. Because someone's got to sit at the corner table, I'm sure. Right, that's what I mean, the corner of the table, I'm sorry, because generally it's after all the seats have been taken, they bring it to, one, two, there. Don't have seven children, according to Argentinian legend.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 15:10

Yep.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 15:19

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 15:23

It's the corner of the table, not a corner table. Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 15:30

Yes.

Robb (: 15:38

There's a stupid situation that the seventh son will turn into a werewolf.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 15:44

unless the president of the country adopts them. Craziness.

Robb (: 15:48

Wow. Wow, that's funny. Wear a lot of bells on your wedding day. Irish brides wear bells on their wedding dresses to wave off evil spirits that try to ruin their special day. Better hope that a slim line dress can fit over 50. Wow. So they tie bells to their dress.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 16:10

You know, that's funny because I got the trike and my cousins and my best friend's husband, they were like, oh, you got to put a bell on your bike because it's supposed to ward off like spirit, bad spirits that will come up, you know, on the road and attached to your bike and cause accidents or some shit like that. So they say that the spirits will hear the bell be attracted to that.

and get stuck in the bowl of the bell and you'll be safe. So that the bell thing is kind of a funny one. And I do have a bell on my bike. So I guess I do follow one superstition, but I didn't do it. They did.

Robb (: 16:46

I think...

Robb (: 16:52

But I think that the bell thing has been around for a long, long time. Because like you said, I think it's in a lot of things where bells are supposed to wane off spirits because they don't like the sound of the bell. In the Netherlands, you're not supposed to sing at the dinner table.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 16:58

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 17:07

Mm-hmm. Yes.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 17:14

you're praising the devil for the food. That is insanity and I sing all the freaking time and dance. My grandmother used to get mad at me and she'd slap me on the back of the head for dancing or singing at the table. So I still remember that and I still cannot not dance or sing or do something.

Robb (: 17:17

Wow.

Robb (: 17:36

I mean, I've heard a lot of things about, you know, weird shit like that, but could you imagine like in the Hispanic household where they're like, I mean,

Tina Marie Garcia (: 17:46

Uh, it was a Hispanic household. Like my grandparents were.

Robb (: 17:49

What I mean though, like my best friend is Hispanic and they were always like Jodhjakin and singing around the table Don't enter a room with your left foot in Spain That brings bad luck. I heard the same thing about getting on a boat

Tina Marie Garcia (: 17:53

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 18:07

You don't get on a boat with your left foot either.

Robb (: 18:09

Nope, always with your right foot. So I think that's an old seaman's tale because it's bad luck. Sorry, I know man.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 18:12

Hmm

Tina Marie Garcia (: 18:16

I see. I number 19 is don't open an umbrella inside. We always did follow that. My grandmother was like, don't open that umbrella until you get outside.

Robb (: 18:25

Mm-hmm. I agree. I've always been told that for whether it's bad luck or just I think a lot of it probably came with knocking things down.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 18:38

Yeah, bad luck will rain on you if you open umbrella inside.

Robb (: 18:42

It says, we're told to cause injury if opened inside, which I mean, I don't know, I have a huge umbrella. Like it's like 63 inches.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 18:48

That makes sense totally.

Robb (: 18:55

Um, cause I don't like, even if I'm either walking my dog or I wear shorts a lot. So even in the rain, I'll, if I use an umbrella, I have, I have, I don't want to get super wet, so I can understand that. I couldn't even open it in my house. Like I couldn't physically my doorway. It's bigger than my doorway to get out of my apartment. Yeah. So that could never happen. Um,

Tina Marie Garcia (: 19:11

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 19:16

Yeah.

Robb (: 19:20

Hide your thumbs when passing a graveyard in Japan. It's common practice to tuck your thumbs in while passing a graveyard to protect your parents. This is because the Japanese word for thumb loosely translates to parent finger.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 19:36

Yeah, you're protecting them from death apparently by holding your thumbs in. Yeah. This is, this is one that I do though. Knock on wood for good luck. Yeah.

Robb (: 19:40

by holding your thumbs in. Er, hold.

Robb (: 19:47

Yes, I think we've all been, we've all been told that for a very, very long time.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 19:57

But this is funny, it says many churches claim to have pieces of Jesus's cross, so knocking on what is said to bring good luck. It's interesting. Now, now I know.

Robb (: 20:05

Ah, okay, well, that's interesting. Yeah, I mean, again, that would kind of make sense if you believe in that. Don't, here's one, don't chew gum at night. When you chew gum at night, according to Turkish legend, it turns into the flesh of the dead.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 20:13

Ew. Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 20:27

That's nasty and I always chew gum at night.

Robb (: 20:30

Now here's the funny thing, Tina. I think we're starting to flush out the superstitions that they all have to do with death. I mean, a lot of them is, it's either evil spirits or death, which I guess would kind of walk hand in hand. Let's see.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 20:38

death. Yeah.

Robb (: 20:52

Don't give someone you like yellow flowers, but I thought that yellow flowers were friendship, at least on our side of the world. This is in Russia. This.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 20:59

No, in Russia it symbolizes death, separation, and infidelity, so avoid them like the plague if you want to make a good impression on someone for a first date.

Robb (: 21:09

it. Yikes. Wow. In South Korea, do not sleep in a room with a running fan. Wow. All the time. Me too. I mean,

Tina Marie Garcia (: 21:12

Right?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 21:17

I do that shit all the time.

It's believed to prolong exposure to a running fan will cause hypothermia and asphyxiation.

Robb (: 21:28

So you're going to choke to death or freeze to death. Yikes. Let's see. Putting.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 21:34

Interesting. Don't put empty bottles on the ground. It says placing empty bottles on the ground is considered good luck in Russia, so don't be shy about leaving your empty beer bottles on the ground when you're done with them.

Robb (: 21:40

Please.

Robb (: 21:49

Ah, so it's a good thing. That's kind of weird. I mean, I guess it would, yeah, you know, gotta love webpages. Here's one that we've all heard for years. Throw salt over your shoulder if you spill it. I have friends that still to this day do that, to this day, and I've known them for 40 years.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 21:51

Placing empty bottles on the ground is considered good luck, but it says don't put empty bottles on the ground.

Okay.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 22:03

Yep.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 22:16

It's for good luck though, if you spill salt you throw it over your right shoulder and you have some good fortune on your side.

Robb (: 22:18

Yeah.

Robb (: 22:22

Yeah, and I've seen him do it in a restaurant. It's wild. I was just like, what are you doing? Let's see, give a penny if you've received something sharp. Let's see, don't give something sharp to someone if you're trying to start a relationship with. If you receive a knife, setters, scissors as a present, give the gift, give her a coin in return. Okay, so you have to purchase.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 22:27

Yes.

Robb (: 22:49

You shouldn't ever give something sharp to someone without giving a... You can't take it for free basically. Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 22:56

a coin or something. You know, I never heard that and I was just given some scissors and they didn't give me a coin. Can you back up the there was something on 28. What was

Robb (: 23:03

I haven't either.

Robb (: 23:13

That was the salt.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 23:16

Okay, I forgot what I was gonna say. Let's just go to 30.

Robb (: 23:20

Let's see, don't sleep with your head facing north. According to Japanese superstition, sleeping with your head in this direction is bad luck because that's how the deceased are laid to rest. Also, all the dead are facing north in Japan.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 23:36

Interesting because my ex used to say that you always want to place your head north in your house because that's the Feng Shui thing. I'm gonna have to check that out.

Robb (: 23:49

Yeah, we're gonna, and again, bear with us, people. We're just going off this website, so I can tell you how real or fake these are. Don't get too crazy with the fact checking, because who knows?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 24:01

And if you're in Africa, the same superstition exists if you sleep with your head facing west. So you can't have your head facing west or north. Okay.

Robb (: 24:10

North or West? Correct. Well, I'm assuming if you're from that country, because I guess if you're Japanese and you fly to Africa, you're good going West, just not North.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 24:21

Right. Yeah. Well, see, if in native tradition, you when you pass your spirit goes to the West. So maybe that has something to do with that. I don't know.

Robb (: 24:34

Mm-hmm. I don't play with scissors, obviously. I think that...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 24:38

Bring bad luck according to Egyptian folklore. I always have my scissors in my hand and I'm sure I fidget with them.

Robb (: 24:41

I mean it.

Robb (: 24:46

I remember always, you know, don't run with them, but that's because of grade school, I think. Let's see. Step in dog poop with your left foot. It might seem gross or unlucky, but stepping in dog poop is actually considered good luck in France. But.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 25:04

So when I step in dog foot dog shit, it's always by accident. So because you imagined if you do it with the wrong foot, now it's an issue.

Robb (: 25:09

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 25:13

Yeah, I think that's kind of what they're saying too. It's like, I don't think that you're supposed to actually do it, but if you do and it's with your left foot, you're all right. Bird poop brings good luck. You might've heard that after an unfortunate picnic date, if a bird pooping actually. I've kind of heard the same thing though for quite a while I've heard that.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 25:25

Yeah, I think people just say that because you got shit on. They're like, oh, but it's good luck. Yeah, it's not making me feel any better.

You know what, or they say it's good luck if it rains on your on your wedding day. That was one that, yeah, I always tell people that I don't know if it's true, but I heard it that it's good luck if it rains on your wedding day.

Robb (: 25:39

Really? Huh.

Robb (: 25:49

I also think that like with superstitions, you know, we've how many have we heard that have just been passed down through?

you know, oh, my grandma used to say this like back in the day, or, you know, this brings bad juju. You know, there's probably thousands and thousands of superstitions based on, you know, who you are, what part of the country, when you came here, you know, so many different things. It's pretty interesting to me really that such far-reaching beliefs have

Tina Marie Garcia (: 26:07

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 26:21

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 26:28

are all over this planet. And it's probably based on, you know, obviously seasons, right? Cause like this one right here, knitting outside can bring longer winters. If you're in Iceland, keep the knitting inside unless you want colder weather.

So obviously this happened, you know, probably over and over for a couple of years. Granny was out there on the patio, you know, knitting into the winter time. And then winter went until June. And they were like, you better get Granny out there and put her inside, because this shit is not going good. And then the first time that they brought her inside, winter ended in March.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 27:05

Right?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 27:09

Heh.

Robb (: 27:10

And they were like, see, I told you it was crazy, crazy talk. So I kind of get it. Um, no.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 27:14

Yep.

I don't get it. All these are stupid, including this one. Owls are bad luck. Now I know for native people, owls really do they say they bring death. So don't use owl feathers. Don't don't keep anything from the bird like if it's if you don't want your regalia because it it's the bird of death. But for my tribe, it was always it was a good sign. Because if you think about it, owls see in the dark like they're

Robb (: 27:46

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 27:47

And they're really good hunters. They're good at killing prey at night. And they're supposed to be, they're supposed to bring...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 27:58

You're supposed to, owls are supposed to be smart and have vision and knowledge and everything, but it says it'll bring death to your home if you bring it inside. Terrible news will come.

Robb (: 28:08

Yikes. This one, what about 37? This one's kind of funny. In Syria, they've banned yo-yos because they are believed to cause droughts.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 28:18

That's exactly why you don't want a yo-yo. Ha ha ha!

Robb (: 28:21

Yeah, because you won't get rain.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 28:24

This one's funny. Don't get your hair cut on a Tuesday, because in India it will cause bad luck. I'm glad I don't work on Tuesdays. I don't want to give anybody bad luck. Right? I'm giving you bad luck because I only cut your hair on Tuesdays.

Robb (: 28:30

Yikes. Yeah. I know that would be, could you imagine? And.

Robb (: 28:40

Here's one for you pregnant women should give into their cravings. There's a Canadian superstition That expectant mothers who crave fish, but don't eat it will end up having a baby with a fish head Man so make sure not to deny your body what it wants yikes that

Tina Marie Garcia (: 28:53

Shit.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 29:00

Yeah, my grandfather used to say, if you have a craving, you need to have it because it's something that the baby needs and the baby will end up crabby if you don't give it what it needs when it's in the womb. Crabby, you'd have a crabby crying baby all the time. He would take any woman that was pregnant anywhere they wanted to go to eat whatever they wanted so that they didn't have crabby babies. That was his thing.

Robb (: 29:11

Ah-ha, crabby, look at that. Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 29:24

That's funny. And then here's number 40, we talked about it earlier. Don't walk under a ladder. Go to medieval Europe, walking under a ladder symbolizes the gallows and death. I mean, yeah, nothing like getting hung at the gallows, the gallows pole. A ladder, I kind of understand. I think a lot of it just has to do with things falling on you probably. You know, obviously when you're working.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 29:28

Don't walk under a ladder.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 29:36

the gallows.

Right? Crazy. I'm going to go to bed.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 29:49

Mm-hmm. Or the ladder falling on you.

Robb (: 29:52

or the person falling off the ladder, falling on you. Yeah. Here's one that kind of goes with an old show we did, be careful of full moons. Because obviously their association with, oh.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 29:53

Yeah, right. Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 30:02

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 30:07

werewolves bringing bad luck especially near hospitals.

Robb (: 30:11

Wow, I don't think we talked about that on the first time, but that is kind of funny, hospitals, yikes. Let's see, go to hospitals on Wednesdays, whether it be a major surgery or a routine checkup, go to the hospital on a Wednesday, it means good luck and good health. Yeah, so.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 30:17

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 30:29

Oh, something good. So go to hospitals on Wednesdays.

Robb (: 30:33

So if you have to have a surgery, I guess it means do it on a Wednesday. So you have a couple of days, so you need to go to the doctor, so go on Wednesday. Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 30:40

Yeah, I'll be fine by Wednesday. We'll see. This is a dumb one. Don't wear red during a storm, because in the Philippines, people believe that red attracts lightning. So if you don't want a nasty surprise on a rainy day, make sure you stay away from the bold shade of red.

Robb (: 30:51

Hehehe.

Robb (: 30:55

Uh, obviously somebody important got struck by lightning to death and was wearing red. Those are, those are how that starts. You know, they're like, you know, you know, aunt Betty out there got struck by lightning and she was wearing a red dress.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 31:00

Never.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 31:06

right?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 31:11

Hahaha. Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 31:15

Those are how those things start. A horseshoe is good luck, obviously, in many cultures. A horseshoe is incredibly lucky symbol. If you find one with an open end pointing towards you, you'll have especially great day. And I've heard that too, is if you hang them on the wall, it's always up. Yeah, and it's up, right? Not down. Right?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 31:30

Yeah.

Hang them over a doorway. You have to have the open side up so that the good luck and good fortune goes into it. If you have it upside down, you're letting all the good fortune out of it. Yeah.

Robb (: 31:47

out. That makes sense. This one has been around since, well, the middle ages. Black cats are bad luck. People believe that black cats were witches. Even worse, people thought that these cats could turn their owners into demons after seven years.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 31:52

The Donna time. No.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 31:58

Yes.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 32:08

seven years. I've always had black cats since I was 16 years old. As a matter of fact my ex still has two of my black cats that they found me. I didn't even go out looking for them but um they're one is 11 and one is like 9 and good luck bad luck I don't I don't get it I don't get it. As a matter of fact I personally kind of like black cats because they've got kind of a trippy

Robb (: 32:36

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 32:38

I don't pay attention to that one at all.

Robb (: 32:41

I definitely, you know, we've heard that since forever and ever and ever. Um, obviously the stigma is not great during Halloween. So, um, lots of bad things happen to black cats. So don't get one while you're around Halloween. Not a good, not a good thing. They end up missing and, or they get adopted and then they get let go or whatever. Uh, let's see. Uh,

Tina Marie Garcia (: 32:50

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 33:10

Don't return home for something you forgot. In Latvia it is a bad luck to return home for something you forgot so if you forget your keys at home tough luck. You could look into a mirror before you leave to neutralize the bad omens. What the hell? I always forget something and have to go back. Oh that's funny.

Robb (: 33:25

Wow. See?

Robb (: 33:31

In India, you shouldn't sneeze but once. It's bad luck. So that's why, oh no wait. No, it's bad luck to only sneeze once. So you need to make sure you force out a second one. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I guess you could throw some pepper in your nose. Do you know people who, speaking of sneezing, that no matter what, sneeze a certain amount of times? It's wild. The guy at my work.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 33:42

Only sneeze once, yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 33:46

How do you force a sneeze? It's crazy.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 33:57

Mm-hmm. I was like that for probably about 15 years. I always sneeze three times. It's not like that so much anymore. I kind of got a handle on my allergies, but three was the lucky number with me. And my mom would count one, two, three, and then she'd say, bless you. And that's enough. Yeah. I don't do that anymore, but I did.

Robb (: 34:10

Yeah.

Robb (: 34:18

The guy at my work three times, no matter what, every time. It's very wild. Yeah, to think of it, I think I only sneeze once. So I guess I'm in trouble. I need to force one out. Bad things happen in threes, of course, in the lovely... Yep. Death. Death comes in threes.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 34:28

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 34:35

everybody I know says that. Like, like, yes. For instance, like if one actor dies, oh, there's gonna be two more or if a family member dies, oh, they go in threes, you're gonna hear of two more. You know, what's funny is, I don't know if I look for it, but it always seems like it happens kind of in threes.

Robb (: 34:58

I kind of agree. There's been many, many wrestlers who like big time guys that someone will die and then a week later, two weeks later, another one will die. And obviously a lot of it has to do with age, but it is odd that and it happens quite often. But here's the thing, too, I think with things like this.

You if it was three people in their 20s, I would go okay bad things are happening but you know when you have someone who dies maybe at like 85 and then the next one dies and they're 94 and then the next one dies and they're 75 you kind of have to kind of throw things in going they were just old actors and things happen, but I will agree that kind of thing does

Tina Marie Garcia (: 35:45

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 35:52

Well, it happens. You know, and again, that could just be, you know, it's dumb luck, but definitely an interesting thing that it really kind of does happen.

Let's see, don't comment on a cute baby. In Thailand, you shouldn't comment on a person's cute baby as many families believe it will take the beauty away. I bet you that's coming from a lot of different countries. I bet you a lot of people believe that kind of thing where...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 36:20

Interesting.

Robb (: 36:28

you know, don't say it because they're going to end up looking, you know, like they got smacked in the head with a forklift. So I think that's just the same thing where you're like, ooh, don't press the odds with doing stuff like that. What about 51? This one's kind of common.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 36:50

Never sit with 13 people at the table. 13 to a table is similar to the ratio in the last supper. And we all know how well that story went from all the dinner guests. That's kind of silly.

Robb (: 37:00

Yeah, it's very true. I mean, again, I think it's a lot of numerology. You know, 13, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,

A lot of these things happen to be with numbers. And I think numerology is big. I was talking with my friend down the street one time about it. And she said something, and then I said something. And then we started talking about, I go, you know, that's a numerology thing. And that's been like.

since the like dawn of time like ancient greek they had a thing with numbers and a lot of that kind of stuff so this these are things that have been around forever and ever so that doesn't surprise me so and then you know you start finding stories that you can go oh and that's probably where it came from something with the disciples and jesus and bad things

Tina Marie Garcia (: 37:56

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 37:58

Um, let's see don't step over a manhole cover. It'll break your mom's back same with a crack. I think those are

Tina Marie Garcia (: 38:05

Says while we have worry about cracks breaking our mother's backs in Sweden the thing is to look out for manholes If you step on one with a letter a this will bring you a broken heart a much deeper pain as we all know That's a madness

Robb (: 38:18

Oh, damn. I wonder if they have, well, they must have different letters all over them and not like a spelling of something.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 38:26

I don't even pay attention, I've probably stepped on many.

Robb (: 38:30

Yeah, oh, I'm sure I, yeah. Here's a crazy one. Don't trim your nails at night. Many cultures believe that cutting your nails after sundown is a big taboo. One Japanese server session believes it causes premature death. The where I'm dying early then, because I cut my nails at night a lot. Like a lot, most of the time.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 38:31

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 38:45

Wow.

Robb (: 38:56

like after a shower or something, I'll do it. So yeah, I'll probably be in a lot of trouble then. Here, we'll try to skip ahead on these ones. If you see anything that jumps out at you, Tina, just say, but this.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 39:04

Mm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 39:09

Don't jump over kids, I think that's silly. Cause it would curse the kid to be short forever. Ha ha ha.

Robb (: 39:15

That's wild, Turkish superstition. This one I've heard, but this is not because of the superstition, but I think it probably trumps a lot of superstitions, like not getting your baby sick. But it says, do not kiss babies on the lips. If you do, you will curse the baby to a lifetime of drooling. Yeah, but I've heard the thing with not kissing babies on the lips because of obviously getting them sick and we have, you know, that kind of thing.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 39:34

ruling babies

Robb (: 39:44

Keeping your bananas off a cruise ship. Fishermen don't bring bananas on boats as it brings bad luck to the open seas.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 39:52

Here's Carrie and acorn to gain immortality. If you want to be young forever, many women in ancient Britain keep acorns in their pockets to ensure a forever youthful complexion. That was just some straight bullshit.

Robb (: 40:07

Yeah, I mean, obviously, like you said, I bet you a lot of these are pretty crazy. But I mean, I'd like to try to find out more of why, though, because like some of these are just bizarre like this one. Don't let your purse touch the ground in Brazil.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 40:23

Now that one, my friends always tell me you don't put your purse on the ground because you don't want your money to run out. Yeah.

Robb (: 40:30

Yeah, it says become penniless. Better work on those arms because you can't let the tote rest on the floor. I mean...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 40:36

And that's why they have purse hangers that people will hang their purse off the edge of a table. That's, that's yeah. That's why I actually don't do that because you know, who doesn't, who wants to be broke?

Robb (: 40:45

Hmm.

Robb (: 40:51

Yeah, but I mean, if you've heard, I mean, some of these things I've never heard of, but I think I've heard of that one before, and obviously that's why people have, like they'll put stuff on a coat rack or like, it's those other things of not having things hit the floor or touch other things.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 41:10

Yeah.

Robb (: 41:14

Let's see this one. Don't announce your last drink of the evening in Cuba. If you declare that it's your last drink of the night, some believe that you're attempting fate and it will truly be your last drink of the night and forever. So don't tempt fate. A common way to migrate this is to knock on wood after you say it. That's pretty fun. This is my last drink. So it may be your last drink forever.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 41:42

Dun dun dun. Don't give clocks as gifts.

Robb (: 41:44

Here's one. Yeah. Not only is it a lame gift, well, yeah, but according to Chinese culture, the phrase to describe giving a clock has a similar pronunciation to the phrase of attending someone's funeral. Okay, so it's similar. So it doesn't mean like a watch, but obviously a clock, you don't give it as a gift. Maybe it's like the same thing, you're tempting fate, time, like how much time you have left.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 41:49

This is.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 42:01

Interesting.

Robb (: 42:13

Let's see, number 60, last one on our list. Add your sugar before your coffee. If you wanna start the morning off right when making your cup of morning coffee, put the sugar in before your coffee to get your daily dose of good luck. Wow.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 42:29

Hey, there's where sugar's good for you. Finally, something.

Robb (: 42:33

The funny thing is that I do that not out of superstition. I just I think for me I have a very large cup of coffee and So I pour my coffee into the cup and then I pour it back into the cup that I brew it in and then back into the cup my travel cup and then so I Really do it just so I can mix the sugar because I didn't want to stick a because it's like very tall so to get a

Tina Marie Garcia (: 42:42

Hm.

Robb (: 43:02

a spoon down at the bottom of that to mix up the sugar would be impossible. But I mean, obviously, you know, when we were talking about this before, superstitions have been around since the dawn of time. And obviously by the ones that we've said, they're quite silly, right? I mean, we end up, we end up...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 43:21

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 43:24

Believing a lot of things because of our family and how they've been passed down over and over and over again I think some of them are fun obviously Like again like getting dressed the same way every day or putting your socks or shoes on and I bet you We do this thing and don't even know it. You know, it's just routine or

Growing up your parents said okay put your right shoe on first and We've been doing it since We were little kids I find them to be interesting fun But also you start looking at this listen very bizarre

Tina Marie Garcia (: 44:00

Hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 44:10

Yeah, I don't think it's fun anymore because all of them bring death or bad luck or death to your parents. What the kind of shit is this? Like all of them. Yeah.

Robb (: 44:19

Everything seems to be about bad juju, but I think that that's what makes them superstitious, right? Most of these things are like don't do anything like this and nothing bad will happen to you where we know that you know, our fate is fate and you're

Tina Marie Garcia (: 44:34

When it's your time, it's your time.

Robb (: 44:36

It's your time and I'm more of a believer in that and that you know But but we're all we all do the same thing I was talking to the my boss at work the other day and I was in her doorway talking to her and we said Something and I went oh knock on wood and I knocked on the door so These are things that aren't gonna go away Maybe with time we know the new generation because obviously they're not

Tina Marie Garcia (: 44:59

Mm-mm.

Robb (: 45:05

we're not passing these things down as much anymore. At least, you know, my side, probably knock on wood, he probably would know, or I'll say things like a penny for your thought, or like these sayings are things that are going to continue. But I think they're definitely going to...

Tina Marie Garcia (: 45:09

Mm-mm.

Robb (: 45:26

slow down with the age of technology. I mean, it's hard enough to have your child speak with you in the same room watching television because they watch TV with a phone in their hand. Or they, you know, so it's a much different time. I kind of hope some of these go though, because I'm like, my boy knows all like the major bad luck ones, right? Like ladders and broken mirrors and, you know, the number 13.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 45:29

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 45:38

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 45:53

They didn't even say anything about a broken mirror.

Robb (: 45:55

Yeah, and that one's like, I think one of the most common ones, right?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 45:59

Yeah, seven years. They'll yell it out as soon as they hear glass breaking. Seven years. Yeah.

Robb (: 46:03

Yep, seven years of bad luck. So these are the things that I think need to follow and need to go forward. Cause as silly as they are, they're fun. And these are the things that kind of, you know, you remember growing up. And again, cultures, cultures are, have so such different superstitions.

you know, like you said, you're, you're Native American. I'm sure there's tons of superstitions in Native American culture. And me being of European descent, there's shit tons of European superstitions. So when you start looking at the reality of them, it's very humorous and very fun.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 46:42

Yeah.

Robb (: 46:54

Some of them, you know, I would love to dig deeper into the real stories of how we got to some of these ones because I'm sure a lot of them are one-offs in very small places and the story just grew, right? You know, someone probably did get struck by lightning in a red dress or a red shirt. And it blew up to where it went to the next neighboring town.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 47:03

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 47:24

by lightning in red don't wear it and it grew and it's like any tall tail right they just it starts really tiny and it and it grows and grows and grows into this big thing and i'm sure at some point

with the ladder thing. I mean, I've been hit with something off a ladder. So I'm kind of, you know, for me, it's hard to say, don't walk under a ladder because I took a drill to the noggin. So and four stables later, you know, I probably shouldn't have done it. And but, you know, where it got from there, I'm sure someone died during, you know, the early times.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 47:54

Oh Jesus.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 48:05

Somebody died so now nobody could do it.

Robb (: 48:08

Yeah, so don't do it. And that's just the house a lot of these superstitions grew is And I and I hate to say it this way is like it was a control thing But it was like it was probably for safety of small people You know what? I mean, like don't do this shit. You might die Don't do this shit. You might die or like the bananas on a boat I'm sure someone took bananas on a boat and the fucking thing sank and

Tina Marie Garcia (: 48:18

Oh, totally.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 48:26

Yeah.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 48:36

Not the bananas.

Robb (: 48:38

And then the last thing they remember loading on it, they're like, you know, I think we loaded a crate of bananas on that shit and it sank. And they were like, see, don't put it on them damn bananas. But then there's banana boats. So go figure. So for me, I think going over this over the last hour, it shows you that you really have to continue these fun stories.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 48:42

was the bananas.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 48:50

Yeah.

There you go.

Robb (: 49:06

in whatever culture you're in because they make for great stories and make for um things the families remember these are

Tina Marie Garcia (: 49:16

And for me, they could all just disappear and I would be just as fine as I was yesterday.

Robb (: 49:19

Go away.

Robb (: 49:23

I mean I agree with that but I like I said I think it's more of the tall-tail part of it it's because we in a modern society know that nine and nine Tents know that all these are nonsense and none of them are real But again it plays for like I said the next time you want something good to happen. I guarantee you you'll knock on a door so

Tina Marie Garcia (: 49:28

Yeah, I get you.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 49:39

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 49:47

Yeah, or I still won't put my purse on the floor. So there's that. Even though I think it's all bullshit, I still do it. So I do it. Yeah, exactly.

Robb (: 49:51

Yeah.

Yeah, but you do it because it's locked in into who we are as people. So I thought it was interesting when you brought it up to do superstitions, because again, I think there there's probably more in our friendship base than we think. And.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 50:08

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 50:10

And it's been, I'm going to start asking people why don't we go to work and see if they have anything just for giggles. Cause it's definitely, I'm sure we're going to hear cause the guy who sits next to me at work, he's Peruvian. So I guarantee he's going to be like, oh, you know, my dad told me this old Peruvian superstition. It's good stuff. So hopefully this will,

Tina Marie Garcia (: 50:32

Yeah.

Robb (: 50:37

take the people who listen to the show and they'll be able to go to other people and say, hey, what's your superstition? What's the last thing you want to say for today since this show flew by?

Tina Marie Garcia (: 50:43

Mm-hmm.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 50:50

Just have a good week everybody. We're getting close to Christmas and I noticed that everybody's starting to be out and about more and there's a lot of aggressive drivers so try to stay cool. Enjoy your month of December and we'll get through this as fast as we can.

Robb (: 50:59

Mm-hmm.

Robb (: 51:11

That's very true. Get out there and do your shopping, assuming that you go out and do it, because I know that that's a dated thing, but we used to go to the malls and actually do shopping. And just have a good week, I agree. I think that there's a lot of turmoil in the world, and if we can bring you a couple of funny stories, then that's what we'll do.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 51:15

Yeah, forget that.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 51:37

There you go.

Robb (: 51:39

And it's an opinion show, so don't get it twisted. Keep coming back every Wednesday and listening. You can check us out on all the majors, Spotify, Apple, Amazon, YouTube Music, which is the new one. And you can check us out on YouTube as well. And check out our socials. You'll get all the updates on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram.

And yeah, we're coming to YouTube. I've convinced my co-host over here that we'll do it at some point. So I think over the new year, you'll be able to see our very happy smiling faces and we're gonna get, you know, cameras set up and lights and you're gonna be able to actually see us. So, yay, yay. It's just more stuff I have to edit. Don't worry about it, Tina, we'll be all good.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 52:20

Yay. Ha ha, yay. Ha ha, oh. Yay. Ha ha.

Robb (: 52:30

But until next week, you guys have a good week. Tina, as always, it's a pleasure and we'll see you later. Bye.

Tina Marie Garcia (: 52:37

See ya!