[quote=@Obscene Symphony]So I'd like to ask you guys: Do YOU think black cats are unlucky? And what are some of your other superstitions?
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Back during the black death, having a shitload of cats hanging by your door meant they were finding something to eat, such as plague-rats.
-In addition, the Romani ("Gypsies") found cats distasteful as pets, because they lick themselves. The other cultures were not any less crazy about hating things.
+[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL1uFjSbvnA]Having any animal crossing your path when hauling a motorized-cartwagon at-speed is not fun[/url], especially if the animal is [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3emhr_tq4lc&feature=player_detailpage#t=113]large enough to act as a wheel-chock and instantly seize it up[/url].

Walking under a ladder as a small child is also bad-luck, as any worker up there may drop something upon your without warning, or you could trip it over and not have the strength to put it back up yourself, leaving some hapless sign-painter stranded 30 feet in the air.

Breaking mirrors was bad in the olden days because glass of any sort was not cheap, polished, optical-glass, with mirror-polished silver backing... [i]yeah, that's a 7 year's wages you just broke...[/i]

Stepping on cracks doesn't make much sense to men... but to women wearing high-heels... Also a good way to teach children to watch where they step.