Hello my dear alp friends!
Here is a true story!
Like many boomers.... I was raised with no superstitious beliefs. Science was taught in the public school systems then! 1950s and 1960s !!
I went off to college (only to drop out later) in 1970 and was a freshman resident in the brand new co-ed dormitory. The architects, not being superstitious, numbered the 13th floor (the top floor!) the Thirteenth Floor!
There was of course elevators for getting to the top and ground level on this modern building!
I resided on the 13th floor!
I was taking the elevator downstairs with a group of friends when the elevator got stuck!
It was FRIDAY the 13th !!
There were 13 coeds on the elevator all of us were in our 13th year of schooling!
All of us were residents of the THIRTEENTH Floor !!
It was 13 minutes before anyone figured out why the elevator wasn't working and called for help!
(i just made that last one up trying to come up with a cute ending for this up until then story!)
This is true:: one of the girls 'freaked' and started screaming and someone had to slap her!
Beth.....
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