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d0minat_e



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 12:27 am    Post subject: a broken mirror. Reply with quote

in sweden we think that if we broke a mirror, we get seven years bad luck. i do�n�t really belive in that, but many people in sweden do that. but i belive in other superstitions here in sweden. du you wanna know what, writh and ask me.

bye bye / Ida from Sweden.
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garfield_jesse



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What supersitions do you believe?

In my country we do think that if you break a mirror, you will get bad luck in a short time not for a long time in Sweden Shocked . I didnt care about breaking mirror. I wonder that if you broke mirrors many times so would you get bad luck on entire your life??? Shocked Shocked
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RedRose



Joined: 21 May 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In China, if we break a mirror, we would say: "great!!! Da-Fa! we will become rich!!"

PS: Da-Fa means "the broken stuff makes us rich"


you can see how different cutures show different meanings.
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ClarissaMach



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In Brazil, it's the same as in Sweden: seven years of bad luck, so they say!
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ad-miral



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought Da-Fa means something religious, haven't you heard of Fa-Lun-Da-Fa?
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RedRose



Joined: 21 May 2004
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Location: GuangZhou, China

PostPosted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ad-miral wrote:
I thought Da-Fa means something religious, haven't you heard of Fa-Lun-Da-Fa?


NO!! I meant 打发, not 大法
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midrik



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

HAL�����������������!
HAHAH


THIS THING ABOUT SUPERSTITIONS ONLY GIVES YOU OBSESSION THOUGTS/ NOT GOOD FOR YOU YAO!


/SEX PISTOL OR WHO EVER YOU WANT ME TO BE
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