h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: Unlucky 13 - A1085005
Author: Researcher 229475 - U229475

The number thirteen is making a comeback and cursing the vain and ignorant in an entirely new way.
BEWARE!

The first two paragraphs of this entry are good, but after that it turns into something which is not likely to get into the Edited Guide, being something of an opinion piece.

If you want to keep it like this, it might be better suited to the Alternative Writing Workshop where it could be picked up by The Post, AGG/GAG, or the Underguide.

If you want to rewrite it to fall in with the Writing-Guidelines though, we could use an entry in the EG which includes the word 'triskaidecaphobia'


Scout

Against that I enjoyed it. Not for the guide though - send it to The Post.

This would probably simply upset those who read it (as they would probably be superstitious themselves, hence why they read it). Very few facts either. I agree with the others, send it to alternative writing etc.

- NC

Nice entry, only two quibbles:

It's "Hawking" as in Hawking radiation.

And you never do get around to explaining why 13 is unlucky. You build us up and then dash our hopes.

Well one can get the number plates 'H 262 xxx' pretty cheaply. Then all you need do is make sure that one of the fasteners goes through the 6 and suddenly you've got yourself your very own H2G2 plate

The thought of Stephen Hawkin turning into Tina Turner!

I rather like this piece - OK, it's not at the moment in the form that might get into the Edited Guide, but it could find a home in <./>ThePost</.>!

I like this, and it was languishing neer the end of the list.

It really is for the Post, as has been mentioned, but on the other hand it could make a really good article. I seem to remember something from somewhere about 13 being unlucky before Jesus' time, and about the number 4 being unucky for some other group of people.

Should it go into Flea Merket or Writing Workshop so everyone can help out?

The number 4 is unlucky for the Japanese and Chinese, as the word they use for 4 sounds like their word for death. I think.

Well, it's now two months since the author's last h2g2 post, so how about a move to the Flea Market?


Scout

Seconded


(and I'll do the e-mail)

*Breathes a sigh of relief*


Scout

I'm going to take this one on. It has the makings of a good article about unlucky numbers in general...

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