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Superstition

Fri, 1 May 2009, 05:44 pm

Lee Daniels35 posts in thread

Why shouldn't you whistle backstage? Where did this come from?

Ah, phooey to superstition!

Sat, 2 May 2009, 01:08 am

Ah, phooey to superstition! Whistling is a dying art and I do my best to keep it alive by happily whistling away the hours while painting sets. I also walk under ladders and I always say 'Macbeth' three times before going on stage to perform. Well alright, perhaps not ALWAYS because sometimes I forget. I don't believe in fairies or Father Christmas either . . . what a bad man I am, eh? Per Ardua Ad Astra

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Superstition— Lee Daniels1 May 2009

Threat of Violence— Labrug1 May 2009
Uh... no it has nothing to— Na1 May 2009
- Contact— Labrug1 May 2009
  - I quite agree, I've often— Na1 May 2009
OK then , smarties, what about "chookas"?— Lisa Skryp1 May 2009
- That I do know— Labrug1 May 2009
  - I found this...— Labrug2 May 2009
  - My self-correction— Labrug2 May 2009
Chookas— Na1 May 2009
Ah, phooey to superstition!— Tim Prosser2 May 2009
- Very Supersticious— crgwllms14 May 2009
Theatre is so full of— Garreth2 May 2009
Oh, how wonderful . . . I— Tim Prosser2 May 2009
- So— Logos3 May 2009
Indoor Umbrellas— Frellis2 May 2009
isn't whistling the most— devils advocate2 May 2009
why is the above comment— devils advocate3 May 2009
What's a— jeffhansen3 May 2009
- Not sure......— Taurean15 May 2009
  - Excuse Me— Logos15 May 2009
    - Clarification — Taurean19 May 2009
      - ···
        Thanks— Logos20 May 2009
What's a?— Norma3 May 2009
a bridge that— devils advocate3 May 2009
dickhead — Robert Whyte4 May 2009
oh and here's me thinking— Walter Plinge4 May 2009
- Ssh!— Freddie Badgery5 May 2009
  - Santa? — Garreth5 May 2009
Grahame Saunders — Robert Whyte5 May 2009
- robert, why call me a— devils advocate5 May 2009
WHISTLING, TRADITION AND SUPERSTITION— PHILLIP MACKENZIE7 May 2009
- I have only just recently— Lunamynx2218 May 2009
I think the whistling bit— JoeMc14 May 2009
No, it's for fly cues. — Rebecca Jo19 May 2009

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