Are some people just unlucky?
Short & Curly
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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2016
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Many cultures believe it's good luck if a bird poos on your head, like what happened to Carl (eww!). Others say it's bad luck if you break a mirror. For centuries, humans have tried to understand things like right and wrong, fair and unfair. So, how much does luck play in your life, in good or bad ways? And how might understanding luck make us think differently about the world?
Producer: Kyla Slaven
Executive Producer: Ian Walker
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| 0:00.0 | Molly, thanks for buying me that ice cream. It's so nice to be out in the sunshine with you on this very fine day. |
| 0:11.0 | Yeah, after all that rain, it's so good to just be outside. Everyone looks |
| 0:16.2 | really happy and check out that beautiful flock of birds flying past. |
| 0:21.0 | Wow, they're so pretty, those bright red and green bits and... |
| 0:25.0 | Oh my God. |
| 0:27.0 | Did that bird just poo in my hair? |
| 0:31.0 | Yes, yes it did. Your head is covered in a big blob of white poo. |
| 0:38.0 | Oh, I just got my hair cut and it was looking so great and I had a party to go to tonight. |
| 0:44.0 | Ew, why is with these birds? |
| 0:47.0 | Twice! |
| 0:50.0 | Oh, ow, there's some in my eye I think. |
| 0:55.0 | Go clean up, Carl. We got a show to do. |
| 0:58.0 | Anyway, a bit of bird poo in your hair isn't so bad. |
| 1:02.0 | Many people around the world think a bird doing its business |
| 1:05.4 | on you is a sign of good luck. Well I'm not feeling very lucky at the moment. It's all over me. |
| 1:12.2 | What have those birds been eating? |
| 1:15.0 | Maybe it is your lucky day, Carl, because our show today is all about... |
| 1:21.0 | Ta-da, luck! |
| 1:24.4 | Who has it, who doesn't, and why luck is so important in life? |
| 1:29.4 | Okay, I'll be right in, give me a minute, just keep those birds away from me. |
| 1:35.6 | There's no way bird poo is lucky. What are people thinking? |
| 1:39.6 | Hello and today you're just now. Short, you're listening Short you're listening to Short and Curly |
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