10 responses for this post

1. Bluebunny on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 9:43 am

   Great article!

2. Chips O'Toole on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 10:43 am

   That was great. I learned a lot and that was fun to read. Thanks!

3. freakgirl on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 10:46 am

   Yay! Thank you! These are a lot more fun than writing about radiation and seed banks.

4. sandra on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 11:55 am

   I had no idea about theses superstitions. How crazy is that? Fun little article.

5. chuck on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 12:23 pm

   Nice one - great transitions! Did you put the shout to my sinking ship article or did Amanda add that?

   (I can’t wait for the noodling one, we’re having fun with the initial approach today)

6. freakgirl on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 2:07 pm

   Amanda added the sinking ship link.

   And yeah, she keeps sending me “Oh, and here’s one more thing” emails for my IA.

7. Maggie on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 2:33 pm

   I enjoyed it! And I read the sinking ship one as well. All good to know.

8. Hugh on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 3:50 pm

   Nice article. Although I worked on a crab boat and I don’t remember the banana one. All I know is, if it had taken up Valuable Beer-Storing Space, it probably wasn’t going to make the trip.

9. cin on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 5:23 pm

   what about pigs and roosters?

10. freakgirl on Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    “Many other traditional sailor tattoos have their origins in superstition. One great example is the pair of tattoos of a pig on one foot, and a rooster on th’other. The implication is that both these animals fear water, and that they will keep a sailor’s feet from sinking into the depths, speeding them back to land all the sooner.”

    From here:
    http://www.blog.meansofseeing.com/?p=151

    

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