to be concerned that a glass mosaic mirror that Ive bought for a tenner from Ikea might bring bad luck.

[kizzie]

Clearly I am - and slightly deranged. but I cant tell DH because he'll think Iv'e gone mad. So putting it on here instead

Its a round mirror with bits of square mosaic mirror round the edges.

i woudlnt care but my sister has got something reallllllllllllly importnat going on and I so so so hope it all works out ofr her and dont want to jinx her.

Are mirrors only bad luck if you break them yourself?

I tell you something, who ever broke those tiny pieces around the edge into perfect squares most be some kind of genius.

What an amazing stroke of luck to break a mirror...no actually 1000's of mirrors and they all break into prefect 1cm squares so that Ikea can painstakingly place them around a big unbroken mirror.

Truelly amazing.

Or they could have all been cut into that shape in a great big factor, on a great big machine in Uzbekistan somehwere, paying the person 0.0000000000001p for every mirror they lovingly produce.....

Yes, you must never open umbrellas indoors

why, what will happen mrsr?

You'll knock a picture off the wall

Bad things PAB

You havent got a cRYING Boy picture a s well have you? if so, you are doomed.

gulp! I've got an ikea mosiac mirror in my bathroom better get some rosemary...

the broken mirror bringing seven years bad luck hearks back to the days when glass was expensive, and mirrors more so. If a servant broke a mirror, it would take seven years for them to repay it out of their meagre wages.

I think you can sleep safely.

Use the umbrella you've just opened indoors to knock the Crying Boy off the wall whilst throwing salt over your left shoulder at the solitary sodding magpie.
It's the only way, mark my words.......

Walking under ladders is even worse

And I never put new shoes on the table

Lol lady!

I remember my mother burning our Crying bOY as kids(as advised by 'The Sun')

What about crossing on the stairs though? Surely unavoidable but a terrible omen or accidently putting all those new shoes on the table. You are just asking for it.

Just read the post about turning the mirror towards a wall if you are really worried. Doesnt that the defeat the point of it being a mirror? Then it will just be a picture, actually, just a wall hanging. LOL, LOL

Yes and if you stick a picture of the Crying Boy on to the back of the ex-mirror and then smash it you've killed two birds (preferably magpies) with one stone (which you would not leave unturned)

As I spend most evening making mosaics and breaking mirror, i can categorically say it has not brought me any bad luck whatsoever.

OK here is how to avoid bad luck. Shave off all your body hair with a blunt spoon, shit in an egg cup and eat the result with the same blunt spoon, then paint yourself green and dance naked down the street singing LALALALALA I AM A GULLIBLE SUPERSTITOUS BELLEND. THen the nice ladies with the white coats and the padded van - and the big syringe - will come and you won't have to worry about anything ever again.

HTH

Definitely wot Madamez said...

ROTFLMFAO, madamez!

Well the mirrors dont seem to have bought IKEA much bad luck do they??

Yabu and very silly.

I do all of those hedgewitch, except saluting magpies(though i know you should!). I cross my fingers and count to twenty instead

And no crossing on stairs

Try not to stir food with a knife(bad luck)

Let knives cross over(causes an argument)

Im not superstitious either

OMG !! Just logged in and expected 3 extra messages saying 'dont be stupid you silly cow'!!!!

Not THIS many messages saying 'dont be stupid you silly cow'!!!!

Im going to be strong and not turn it Be it on all your heads