So we'll end today on a lighter note for just our last ten minutes after all the heavy

stuff about the war and housing and U.S. politics that we've been doing today.

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th and we're going to open the phones now for any superstitions

that you may either believe in or that at least guide your behavior a little bit, even if

you intellectually think that they're silly and not real.

Who has one?

Two, one, two, four, three, WNYC, two, one, two, four, three, nine, six, nine, two, again,

it's for any superstition that you may either believe in or that at least guide your behavior

a little bit, even if intellectually you think they're silly and unreal.

Two, one, two, four, three, WNYC, two, one, two, four, three, nine, six, nine, two.

Maybe we're doing this call-in on Thursday the 12th because it would be unlucky to do it

on Friday the 13th, maybe, and what's the superstition that maybe guides you a little

bit?

Are there superstitions that you have that are particular to your culture?

Any kind of culture?

I read, for example, that knocking on wood.

You know that one?

Good luck.

Knocking on wood came first from a Celtic belief, for example, and there are many more.

So any others from whatever culture of yours?

What if you're an athlete?

Athletes have superstitions.

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