Truth in superstition?

[Forward Union]

If you open a packet of crisps upside down, do you get bad luck?

[ComradeR]

The hell, of course not. The point of this thread is?

[apathy maybe]

If you get bad luck, you open crisps upside down.

[midnight marauder]

You've failed to grasp the dialectic, comrade. The internal contradictions within the bag will inevitably cause the bag to open well enough on it's own.

[Forward Union]

No if we're going to discuss religion in depth then why can't we discuss bad luck with crisp packets. They're both as scientific as eacother.

[RedAnarchist]

I don't really think it matters, although if you have salt and vinegar ones, a lot of the salt will probably have gone to the bottom, so you might get saltier crisps.

[Sir Aunty Christ]

I never open a crisp packet the right way up and while I wouldn't call myself lucky, I wouldn't say I'm dogged by misfortune.

[Forward Union]

Originally posted by Sir Aunty [email protected] 20, 2007 01:44 pm
I never open a crisp packet the right way up and while I wouldn't call myself lucky, I wouldn't say I'm dogged by misfortune.
Maybe your life would be better if you opened them the right way up.

[apathy maybe]

Who can say what is the right or wrong way to open a packet of crisps? Who are we to impose our moral values on others?

[al8]

Who do we need to be?

[Lynx]

Me.

[Forward Union]

Originally posted by apathy [email protected] 21, 2007 12:21 am
Who can say what is the right or wrong way to open a packet of crisps? Who are we to impose our moral values on others?
That's right, if I say that opening a packet of crisps upside down causes me ill fate, then who are you to say otherwise? my opinions are mine, and they're right to me.

I have faith and don't need proof. Though I do feel sorry for you with all your bad luck, how many times have you tripped over or hurt yourself this year? and how many crisp packets have you mis-opened.... Coincidence?

[hajduk]

Originally posted by William Everard+October 21, 2007 10:23 am--> (William Everard @ October 21, 2007 10:23 am)
apathy [email protected] 21, 2007 12:21 am
Who can say what is the right or wrong way to open a packet of crisps? Who are we to impose our moral values on others?
That's right, if I say that opening a packet of crisps upside down causes me ill fate, then who are you to say otherwise? my opinions are mine, and they're right to me.

I have faith and don't need proof. Though I do feel sorry for you with all your bad luck, how many times have you tripped over or hurt yourself this year? and how many crisp packets have you mis-opened.... Coincidence? [/b]
next time be careful when you opening packets of crisps

[RevMARKSman]

Originally posted by William Everard+October 21, 2007 05:23 am--> (William Everard @ October 21, 2007 05:23 am)
apathy [email protected] 21, 2007 12:21 am
Who can say what is the right or wrong way to open a packet of crisps? Who are we to impose our moral values on others?
That's right, if I say that opening a packet of crisps upside down causes me ill fate, then who are you to say otherwise? my opinions are mine, and they're right to me.

I have faith and don't need proof. Though I do feel sorry for you with all your bad luck, how many times have you tripped over or hurt yourself this year? and how many crisp packets have you mis-opened.... Coincidence? [/b]
Do I get bad luck if I open them from the bottom as an unintended side effect of making them explode?

[Forward Union]

Originally posted by [email protected] 21, 2007 05:35 pm
Do I get bad luck if I open them from the bottom as an unintended side effect of making them explode?
That would be an equmenical matter.

[BurnTheOliveTree]

What we can be certain of is that we ought to have deep respect for those strong enough to have faith in the correct procedure of opening crisps. In fact, we should not tolerate any criticism of this belief; it only serves to alienate superstitious comrades, and anyway if you criticise it you're just as bad as the fundamentalists, you scientific-dogmatist.

-Alex

[al8]

Originally posted by Lynx+October 21, 2007 05:08 am--> (Lynx @ October 21, 2007 05:08 am)
[email protected] 21, 2007 02:22 am
Who do we need to be?Me.[/b]
No...me. Because I'm the Center of the Universe. (relatively speaking)
And that means that my every whim is representative of the only true middle-path between two extremes. So everyone that disagrees with me is a minority extremist on the periphery that does not jet fully comprehend my profound wisdom and humbleness. Marvel before my mild temper and indecisiveness clad as truth! Bow before my smack middle between arbitrary ideas! I am truth.

[RedStarOverChina]

I don't ever leave the house without gutting a hare and reading its liver beforehand.

[AAFCE]

Originally posted by William [email protected] 20, 2007 12:02 pm
If you open a packet of crisps upside down, do you get bad luck?
No, your just stupid for wasting your money on a bag of crisps that just fell on the ground. :D

[blackstone]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22, 2007 11:26 am
I don't ever leave the house without gutting a hare and reading its liver beforehand.
I never heard of this superstition

[RedStarOverChina]

Originally posted by blackstone+October 22, 2007 04:20 pm--> (blackstone @ October 22, 2007 04:20 pm)
[email protected] 22, 2007 11:26 am
I don't ever leave the house without gutting a hare and reading its liver beforehand.
I never heard of this superstition [/b]
Oh yeah I'm oldschool.

[RedStarOverChina]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruspex

[AAFCE]

Interesting, but im not superstitous.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

No. Bad luck is when the packet of crisps is difficult to open, and in your struggles you end ripping the stupid bag apart and covering yourself in crisps. :angry:

[Lord Testicles]

The fact remains that opening a packet of crisps the wrong way may bring about armageddon.

[Red October]

Originally posted by [email protected] 23, 2007 03:12 pm
No. Bad luck is when the packet of crisps is difficult to open, and in your struggles you end ripping the stupid bag apart and covering yourself in crisps. :angry:
Quoted for truth. There are few things more annoying than having your snacks fly all over the place, unless you're in space. Then it's awesome.