13

by Stovohobo

“Gosh, I have, like, thirteen mosquito bites!”

“Gah! Don’t say that!”

”...What?”

“Th—thirteen...blegh…”

“Thirteen?”

“Gah, yes! Thirteen, don’t say that! Unlucky, unclean!”

“Um…okay. What’s so bad about thirteen?”

“Oh, so many things…consider the Apollo 13 mission. Launched on April 11th, 1970. Four plus eleven plus seventy equals eighty-five. Eight and five is thirteen. Launched from Pad 39 (thirty-nine divided by three equaling thirteen), at 13:13 local time. When did it explode? April 13th, why not?!?!

“Talk about triskaidekaphobia…”

“Huh? Anyway, the Last Supper of Christ…thirteen people.”

“You know, the whole ‘thirteen’ superstition was made up by cavemen.”

“Huh?”

“Yeah. They, like, counted their fingers and number of feet, came up with twelve, and feared the unknown…thirteen.”

“Yeah right.”

“I read it in this Tell Me Why book or something…”

“Oh yeah, I remember that one. Thirteenth edition, right?”

“Yeah…”

Comments

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    someday_93's Buddy Icon someday_93

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This made me laugh…

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    artistsrunwild's Buddy Icon artistsrunwild

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Do you want me to count this as an entry into my PHOBIA CHALLENGE ?
    [http://ficlets.com/stories/10480]

    because its very good and snaps for using the real name for the phobia

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    artistsrunwild's Buddy Icon artistsrunwild

    Posted 11 months ago

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    i just put your entry into my challenge

    would you mind spreading the word about the challenge to those that are your minions?! LOL im only kidding…about the minions bit

    that would be much appreciated

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Hey, how do I get minions? I’ve always wanted one. Fun little conversation piece…wait, that has another meaning. Anyway, well done, and the ending was a great one.

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    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 11 months ago

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    Clever! Can I be one of your Minions?

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 11 months ago

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    Huzzah! A minion! Oh joyous day.

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    One Time, One Chance's Buddy Icon One Time, One Chance

    Posted 11 months ago

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    lol this is funny – i have plenty of real life minions, so i’m going to say – yes, get one, they’re AWESOME !—just thought i’d add tht little tidbit.
    anyway, this was hilarious!! how did you think up of all this?

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    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I think it’s very good. I was surprised it wasn’t part the challenge, actually.

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    ItsNotEasy_BeingGreen's Buddy Icon ItsNotEasy_BeingGreen

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I wanna minion!

    Great story!

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    N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja (LoA)'s Buddy Icon N555champ /\and/\ X-Ninja (LoA)

    Posted 10 months ago

    So much math.. it confuse n555Champ. . .

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    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 10 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Well written! I love the ending especially, with the book being (of course) the 13th edition.

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