any love for "lucky" objects?

Sérgio

Sérgio

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Many folks have an object they simply like to carry around in their pockets... For luck, utility or just... because.

Some fancy swiss army knives, others carry pens... Multipurpose packs...

I like Zippos. Always carry one around.

Recently got a new one, the old one got lost in some drunken night in some smoky rock n roll bar with a crazy chick I used to date:

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It's called magical thinking. A sportsman will win a match one day, and he will notice something - like the underpants he's wearing. Magical thinking then forces the connection into his brain and they become his lucky pants. He wears them to every game - wins no more than usual, but now starts noticing the wins, and the association gets driven deeper - even to the point where he can't play a game without them.

The only thing to do if you notice yourself doing this is to deliberately get rid of the object in question. Don't descend into even minor insanity - it really isn't good for you.
 
I carry a small tape measure in my coat pocket.i do wood working projects also so alot of times i found i wished id had a tape measure. But i like your story better about the drunkin night at a Rock n Roll Bar better lol
 
Don, I mentioned luck 'cause people often think of it like that but I carry a lighter because I like it, either to light a cigarette every now and then (I don't smoke often) or just to flip it around.
 
Besides it's an object I can carry anywhere but into airplanes. It's not so easy to play with a bali song or a pair of nunchucks on the street and not be stopped by a policeman :D

Btw about this: a friend of mine carries a HUGE bowie style knife everywhere. I don't know why, but it's something he makes a serious point in doing.
 
I carried a Zippo when I smoked, but one night at a gig I found I had left my slide at home. I took out my Zippo. Stuck it between my ring and middle finger, and went to town as the saying goes. From then on I played slide with a Zippo. Not for luck but rather simply I always had one in my pocket.
Funny though. I've long since quite smoking and no longer carry a lighter. But there's a Zippo in both guitar cases.
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I have a coffee mug that was given to me by a very sweet schizophrenic girl, who I spent probably 3 hours with over a couple of days. I feel a strong connection to her, 40 years later, every time I hold it. That is a kind of "charm" I suppose.
 
Biddlin said:
I have a coffee mug that was given to me by a very sweet schizophrenic girl, who I spent probably 3 hours with over a couple of days. I feel a strong connection to her, 40 years later, every time I hold it. That is a kind of "charm" I suppose.
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Nope, that is a really nice piece of sentiment. I'm all for that.
 
I always carry a good knife.
It's not a "lucky charm" though.
You never know when you're gonna get jumped
by a piece of packing tape or a length of string.

I also always have 14 or so guitar pics in my left hip pocket.
They are used in switching centers in Verizon to isolate relay
contacts when shooting troubles (Yes it was actually MY innovation
and was adopted by other techs in my shop. Then it spread to other shops
and is more or less a company wide trick that "old timers" show to new guys.)
and I just never got out of the habit of carrying them.
 
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Well and so... If I've got me magic feather, I kin fly...
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"Ah b'lieve I've seen most EVER thang, when I see a elephant fly...."
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That said, here's the dasboard of the Mustard Mobile. She's a 2008 Dodge Caravan and currently boasts about 260,000 miles on
the odometer. So my lucky charms apparently work. Plus careful, professional driving.
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I can't say that I believe in magic, but I like to live in a world where unicorns are possible.
and if a lucky charm can give any aid, I'll take it. The road scares me shitless...
I don't keep St. Christopher or Holy Mary on my dashboard, but I've got the
Queen of the May herself... for luck
 
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You will never find me without a lock blade knife on me unless I'm on an airplane...then it's in my checked bag so I have it at the destination...
 
Col Mustard said:
Well and so... If I've got me magic feather, I kin fly...
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"Ah b'lieve I've seen most EVER thang, when I see a elephant fly...."
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That said, here's the dasboard of the Mustard Mobile. She's a 2008 Dodge Caravan and currently boasts about 260,000 miles on
the odometer. So my lucky charms apparently work. Plus careful, professional driving.
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I can't say that I believe in magic, but I like to live in a world where unicorns are possible.
and if a lucky charm can give any aid, I'll take it. The road scares me shitless...
I don't keep St. Christopher or Holy Mary on my dashboard, but I've got the
Queen of the May herself... for luck
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Hey, Colonel....

I take issue with your lucky charms.

I, sir, have a box full of Lucky Charms...and they look nothing like that!

I mean, sheesh...not a single green clover in the bunch!

I'd wager a worn guitar pick that your "lucky charms" (so-called) do not taste good in milk, either.
 
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I don't believe in lucky charms. I believe we make our own luck. I do carry I my right pocket a guitar pick and in my left pocket a black smooth rock. The rock simply helps me remember things that I want to remember.
 
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