The Government is to bring in a new licence-plate system next year amid fears that a ‘13’ registration number would hit car sales.
Cars registered between January and the end of June will have a ‘131’ registration. Those from July 1 to the end of the year will have ‘132’ on the plate.
The decision is based partly on fears that superstition about a ‘13’ reg would affect sales and partly in response to the motor industry’s plea to spread sales more evenly across the year.
We have a lot of superstitious nonsense in the US, but nothing like that.
Out of curiosity,does the Catholic church still have too much power in Ireland?
I wouldn’t say they have that much now days; 50 years ago they had a lot, but not so much now; it’s slowly declining. There’s a lot of talk on the radio of how less and less people are going to Church.
I first heard about this superstious omen in connection with the number 13 from reading Arnold Shoenberg’s biography. I gathered he had a strong dred for anything to do with the number 13. However, in his case (Shoenberg was very eccentric indeed) it turned out his foreboding was justified in the end, for he died on that same date.
My supervisor flipped her wig on the last Friday the 13th. Everything and anything that went wrong she blamed on the date. She’s also gotten weirded out when I’ve punched in at 9:11, a price of $6.66 came up, and so on. She’s stupid, uneducated, and superstitious. Christ I hate my job. *Stares longingly at noose hanging in back of room.*
My supervisor flipped her wig on the last Friday the 13th. Everything and anything that went wrong she blamed on the date. She’s also gotten weirded out when I’ve punched in at 9:11, a price of $6.66 came up, and so on. She’s stupid, uneducated, and superstitious. Christ I hate my job. *Stares longingly at noose hanging in back of room.*
Next time purposefully punch in 333, tell her it’s only half evil.
The Government is to bring in a new licence-plate system next year amid fears that a ‘13’ registration number would hit car sales.
Cars registered between January and the end of June will have a ‘131’ registration. Those from July 1 to the end of the year will have ‘132’ on the plate.
The decision is based partly on fears that superstition about a ‘13’ reg would affect sales and partly in response to the motor industry’s plea to spread sales more evenly across the year.
I find it sad that in this day and age people still have a fear of the number 13.
My previous license plate (government issued) had the number “666”. I thought it was funny. (Although I was hit a couple of times in minor collisions, no fault of my own.)
My supervisor flipped her wig on the last Friday the 13th. Everything and anything that went wrong she blamed on the date. She’s also gotten weirded out when I’ve punched in at 9:11, a price of $6.66 came up, and so on. She’s stupid, uneducated, and superstitious. Christ I hate my job. *Stares longingly at noose hanging in back of room.*
Next time purposefully punch in 333, tell her it’s only half evil.
Derek, come on man! If you get own that low even the half evil villains would just laugh at you. That makes you 5/6ths good and satan would shake his head in disgust! Tsk,tsk.
Derek, come on man! If you get own that low even the half evil villains would just laugh at you. That makes you 5/6ths good and satan would shake his head in disgust! Tsk,tsk.
Cap’t Jack
I disagree with your math. I propose that negative 666 would be perfect goodness. Zero would be neither good nor evil. 111 would only be 1/6th evil, but not good at all. So 111 could be a minor minion of a really evil villain, say, perhaps a 555.
