slimster.net » 13th floor http://www.slimster.net People, Technology, Gardens, Yoga and Corporate America Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:36:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 The 13th Floor – Superstition is Alive and Well http://www.slimster.net/the-13th-floor-superstition-is-alive-and-well/ http://www.slimster.net/the-13th-floor-superstition-is-alive-and-well/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:39:20 +0000 Slim http://www.slimster.net/?p=185 Multiply 13 times 28 and the result is 364. How many days in a year? 365. “Moonths”, as they were, indicated lunar cycles and made a perfect calendar: 13 moonths in a year + 1 extra day.

And then 13 became unlucky, or evil, or something strangely superstitious so we changed the whole calendar system to “months” which range from 28 days to 31 days and the only way to keep up with it is by counting knuckles or remembering some silly rhyme.

But what really is strange is that I work in a modern building in downtown Atlanta and there is no 13th floor. As a matter of fact, I have been looking for a 13th floor in ANY building for quite some time now. Why do buildings routinely skip the 13th floor? Are we really that superstitious?

Well, yes, we are.

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