I Used To Do This Very Thing / myLot

Boise, Idaho

April 30, 2018 11:19pm CST

So weird. When I was young I started this practice where whenever my friend and I drove over a railroad track we put our fingers of the right hand on the roof of inside of the car. I just started doing it. Something I thought up. Well, on this show about superstitions this gal does the same thing. She says she does it or she thinks the tires will fall off. My reasoning wasn't quite so dramatic. How weird!

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ultraman cosmos

@id_peace (17036)

• Singapore

1 May 18

I don't get it as well.

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The Fly One

@aureliah (24687)

• Kenya

1 May 18

That is kinda weird. So you would also put the fingers there to prevent the tires from falling off?

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189838)

• Boise, Idaho

1 May 18

No, not for that. Just fun to do.

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The Fly One

@aureliah (24687)

• Kenya

3 May 18

@celticeagle ok

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Silvermist

@silvermist (19701)

• India

1 May 18

That is odd.But then there are so many such things dome by all of us,without knowing the real reason.

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Ria Roy

@ria1606roy (2797)

• Kolkata, India

1 May 18

That is a strange superstition

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189838)

• Boise, Idaho

1 May 18

I think so too.

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

2 May 18

We always lifted our feet when we went over tracks.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189838)

• Boise, Idaho

2 May 18

Railroad tracks can be scary.

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Angie

@andriaperry (118793)

• Anniston, Alabama

1 May 18

I agree that is strange.

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bonnie

@bunnybon7 (50970)

• Holiday, Florida

1 May 18

that is strange. kind of like my step dad saying it's bad luck to walk around with one shoe on.

he never said why or what would happen nor even why a person would do that.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

1 May 18

I guess it just becomes a habit after a while

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189838)

• Boise, Idaho

1 May 18

Sure it does.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61463)

• United States

1 May 18

That is weird, I have never heard of the superstition but then I am not superstitious so I guess that explains it lol

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189838)

• Boise, Idaho

1 May 18

Yep. Sure does.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135690)

• Marion, Ohio

1 May 18

That is weird. My grandmother always tried to keep us from counting the cars as she believed that a person you knew would die soon after.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189838)

• Boise, Idaho

1 May 18

Weird how superstitions come into being.

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

1 May 18

I've seen people do that. I thought it was to keep from hitting your head on the top of the car as the tracks can be very bumpy.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189838)

• Boise, Idaho

1 May 18

Interesting.

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Denise

@petatonicsca (7070)

• Japan

1 May 18

We always held our breath going over bridges and lifted our hands and feet from touching anything when crossing railroad tracks. Just for fun, we had no feeling of doom if we didn't.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (189838)

• Boise, Idaho

1 May 18

Same here. Just fun to do.

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