No Glory For Thursday 12th?

This is Thursday the 12th. Had you thought about that?

No, you hadn’t. Because Thursday the 12th is just a nice unassuming, unsung day. Nobody makes a fuss over it.

Yet, Thursdays the 12th do not come along just any old month. They might even be said to be rare.

There were three this year, in January, April and July - just as there were in 1928, and just as there will be in 2012. But next year, there will be two, in September and December, and the year after that, there will be just one, in June. Had you thought about that?

No, you hadn’t. What does everybody have against Thursday the 12th anyway?

It is all sunshine and all innocence. If somebody breaks a mirror on Thursday the 12th, does he consider throwing salt over his shoulder? The very thought is silly.

If he walks under a ladder, does he mope? On Thursday the 12th? Ridiculous.

Do newspaper city editors horse around with pictures on black cats on Thursday the 12th? Of course not.

That’s because Thursday the 12th is just another day. It is an anonymous, uncelebrated, quiet day. It does not interfere with anybody’s freedom or safety.

There is no danger attached to its name and thus no hoopla. This particular one happens to be the birthday of Julius Caesar, but wo celebrates that nowadays?

Thursday the 12th is calm and peaceful. It is not part of the weekend and it is not midweek. It is nothing special. Nobody ever looks forward to it, and when it is gone, nobody ever remembers it.

It is a blue skies day, meant for enjoying.

Celebrate Friday the 13th if you want to Worry, Frown, Wring your hands.

You won’t find any black cat pictures in The Charlotte News.

We’re celebrating Thursday the 12th.

Charles Kuralt's People (Kenilworth Media, copyright 2002)
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