Paraskevidekatriaphobics Unite

[MilesAhead]

As one Paraskevidekatriaphobic to another, today is the day.  Watch out for open grates in sidewalks, ladders with a bucket of paint hanging, and guys selling sunglasses for a buck.

Used to be I'd just stay home on Friday the 13th.  No option now.  I have to be out in the wild with all the weirdos.  I just hope the crackheads take the day off. 

[IainB]

Heh. That's worse than "lethologica".   

[MilesAhead]

Heh. That's worse than "lethologica".    

It can be handy at times if you have Tourette syndrome.  For example, you feel no inhibition about calling some giant football player lookin' dude a really nasty name.  Fortunately you are not punched out because you can't recall the insult. 

[Stoic Joker]

Heh. That's worse than "lethologica".    

Gotta disagree on that one. I've generally had good luck on Friday the 13th (which is rather infrequent), but the tendency to forget words (frequently) in the middle of a train of thought is a real PITA. You know there is a word for it. You start the sentence with all intent of using said word ... But when you get there...total blankness. This is compounded by the fact that I think in pictures. So any time I'm speaking, I'm actually trying to describe a picture in my head ... That requires a word that I cannot bring to mind even though I'm staring right at "it". Trust me...it's annoying as hell. Especially since apparently some dildo created a word for it which I also will not be able to remember..

[Stoic Joker]

Heh. That's worse than "lethologica".    

It can be handy at times if you have Tourette syndrome.  For example, you feel no inhibition about calling some giant football player lookin' dude a really nasty name.  Fortunately you are not punched out because you can't recall the insult.  

That sounds like a good plan, but (trust me) unfortunately it's never the short words that go missing...

[MilesAhead]

@SJ I get that at times myself.  Not exactly as you describe.  It can be a word but often it's a proper name.  That's really annoying.  Like in the middle of relating some childhood experience at a Red Sox game, I forget the name Ted Williams... type of thing.  Of course you remember the name 10 minutes after nobody cares. 

I used to be quite skilled at that thing where you study the definitions of words.  Dang!!

[Stoic Joker]

@SJ I get that at times myself.  Not exactly as you describe.  It can be a word but often it's a proper name.  That's really annoying.

Oh forget names...I quit even trying that years ago. I've actually taught myself a speech pattern that avoids the use of anything even resembling a proper name when talking to people. I just got tired of running into people I've know for like 20 years and getting trapped by the Dude...WTF's your name? thing ... When I damn well should know it off the top of my head.

[tomos]

^ names, I know that one....



Re tourettes: I saw a good comic the other day (NSFW I guess - just profanity)
"Tourette Reversor"
www.pidjin.net/2013/11/28/tourette-reversor/

[Stoic Joker]

"Tourette Reversor"
www.pidjin.net/2013/11/28/tourette-reversor/

Good one

[IainB]

Well, seems that Friday 13th had some other interesting "reversals":

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