No? Me, neither. However, a lot of people do and (I love this!) treatment is available. Simply visit The Friggatriskaidekaphobia Treatment Center. (I'm sure other treatment centres are available.)
For those who don't know, friggatriskaidekaphobia is the irrational fear of Friday the Thirteenth. Imagine having a condition that you can neither pronounce nor spell!
Apparently, around twenty million people in the US suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia. Billions of pounds/dollars are lost whenever Friday falls on the thirteenth of the month because people won't travel or even leave their homes if they can help it.
Now while I'm being all rational and dismissing friggatriskaidekaphobia as utter nonsense, I will admit to throwing a fit if people put new shoes on a table (a death in the family) or if I see knives crossed (a quarrel). I will also risk getting mown down by a passing car rather than walk under a ladder.
What about you? Are you suspicious? Do you suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia? Will you walk under ladders?
