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Old Fri Dec 19, 2008, 07:13pm
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I Guess That You're Not Superstitious ...

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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
I've never had a uniform/equipment problem in all my years of officiating.
Haven't you ever heard of a jinx? This would be a jinx by tempting fate. After such a statement, failure would be ironic. For the human mind, the irony makes it all the more likely. This therefore brings bad luck: it is a "jinx". The event itself is referred to as "jinxed".
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