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In a message dated 11/14/2003 2:12:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
"I found vague references without history to three kinds of finger crossing:
to purposely tell a lie (like the wedding vows in The Truman Show), for good
luck (when the wheel's spinning on a game show) and for time out in a game of
tag or something."<<<<

Interestingly, in Germany it's considered BAD luck to cross anything. My
neighbors would show me their hands and legs when they were wishing me good luck
to show me that nothing was "crossed". Something about letting the good vibes
or wishes OUT and not "trapping" them inside.

Ask your German buddy about this.

~Kelly


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In a message dated 11/14/2003 2:29:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kbcdlovejo@... writes:

> Interestingly, in Germany it's considered BAD luck to cross anything. My
> neighbors would show me their hands and legs when they were wishing me good
> luck
> to show me that nothing was "crossed". Something about letting the good
> vibes
> or wishes OUT and not "trapping" them inside.
>
> Ask your German buddy about this.
>
> ~Kelly
>
>

My daughter is rabid about crossed bats in the dugout. Swears it will win or
loose a game. She's even marched into the dugout of a semi pro baseball game
her brother was playing to UNCROSS the bats. The turn around in the game was
remarkable.

She reads a lot of German books and is fluent in German (or so she tells me,
I wouldn't know for sure) maybe that is where she picked this up, because I
had never heard of it before.

glena


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