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Chookas

Sat, 16 Sept 2006, 12:50 pm

Tari-Xalyr27 posts in thread

I have a question. I know people say Chookas to wish people luck - it's been said to me quite a bit lately but does anyone know the story behind that saying? It's really beginning to bug me so anyone who knows please . . .let me know! lol ~ Tari

Superstition

Tue, 19 Sept 2006, 07:06 pm

Paul Treasure

I know of a play by Ira Levin that seems to be rapidly gathering a similar reputation... I don't know who put the theory forward... probably Terry Pratchett... that the reason we a re all so superstitious is that there are so many things that can go wrong that are totally out of our control that the last thing we need is bad luck as well... Which made a lot of sense to me :-)

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Chookas— Tari-Xalyr16 Sept 2006

I have just read the long thread about chookas...— Logos16 Sept 2006
- Aussie chookas— Grant Malcolm16 Sept 2006
Chookas history— Christine Ellis17 Sept 2006
- Chookas— JoeMc17 Sept 2006
Thanks— Tari-Xalyr17 Sept 2006
Ive heard it all over the— Walter Plinge17 Sept 2006
Toi Toi Chookas— Christine Ellis18 Sept 2006
chookas— Walter Plinge18 Sept 2006
chookas— JoeMc18 Sept 2006
Vaguely present— Labrug18 Sept 2006
- Cold Chills— Logos18 Sept 2006
Interesting— Tari-Xalyr18 Sept 2006
Chookas— Logos18 Sept 2006
ohhhh— Tari-Xalyr18 Sept 2006
It feels a little silly to— Alex Milne18 Sept 2006
All I can say is...— Na19 Sept 2006
- Thou Temptest Fate— Labrug19 Sept 2006
  - Couldn't resist! The— Na19 Sept 2006
I directed it once. Suffice— Logos19 Sept 2006
Superstition— Paul Treasure19 Sept 2006
chookas— Walter Plinge30 Dec 2006
I don't think either of— Na1 Jan 2007
I did a Google and there— Logos2 Jan 2007
Hot news!— Rapunzel3 Jan 2007
- Ah, now I see the Yiddish— Na3 Jan 2007
Chookas— James McDonald7 Jan 2007

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