- 'Cause I don't give a fuck.
(sneezing)
And I just remembered that I'm allergic to cats.
So, my grandparents are from Italy
and Italians are pretty superstitious people.
I definitely feel like that part of my heritage
has rubbed off on me because I can be
a pretty superstitious guy sometimes.
Like this one time I walked under a ladder by accident
and the next day I went to have milk in my cereal,
it was expired.
That ain't no coincidence.
Anyways, I figured that I can't be alone,
so I decided to do a little digging and I discovered
that every country kind of has their own little
weird superstition like you look at it
and you're just like da fuck?
So here are the 10 weirdest superstitions in the world.
Love letters in Italy.
In Verona, travellers come far and wide
to visit the home of the famous Juliet from Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet.
The superstition is that whoever grabs the right breast
of the bronze statue will be lucky in love.
But I'm a little bit confused as to how this got started
because I mean Romeo was a debonair
and suave type of guy.
I'm pretty sure he didn't win Juliet's heart
by grabbing a tittie.
Juliet, my love for you is undying, now gimme some.
Flowers in Russia.
Russians are especially superstitious people
like not only is it bad luck to whistle inside your house,
but there are specific rules for giving people flowers.
A bouquet must have an odd number of stems
because giving an even number like a dozen
is reserved for honoring the dead only.
Secondly, don't ever give yellow roses
because they represent infidelity
and a relationship curse, but why yellow
and why whistling?
I mean those are such happy things.
I guess it wouldn't be the first thing
that Russia got backwards.
In Soviet Russia, web gets posted on cat.
A cursed president in Argentina.
Carlos Menem is the former president of Argentina
and he's thought to be a living curse
because he's considered to be responsible
for the huge economic crash in 2001
that crippled the country.
The superstition is that nobody's allowed to speak
his name because it's thought to bring bad luck
and other bad things to a person.
However if someone around you does happen
to speak his name, you can actually ward off
the bad luck by grabbing your left breast if you're a woman
or your left testicle if you're a man.
Damn, too bad Harry Potter wasn't Argentinian.
He could've avoided that whole thing with Voldemort
by just grabbing a nut.
Chewing gum in Turkey.
In Turkey, nobody chews gum at night because
it's believed that you're chewing the flesh of the dead.
So if you're going out on a date in Turkey,
I suggest you stick with like mouth wash
or a toothbrush because if you show up chewing gum
at night, your date might think you're the undead.
Unless she's the fan of the the undead,
then you go ahead and get your zombie on
with your bad self.
Hidden thumbs in Japan.
In Japan, if you pass by a dead body, for example
in a hearse or in a graveyard, you have to tuck
your thumbs into your pockets to protect your parents.
This is because the Japanese word for thumb
roughly translates into parent finger
and hiding them protects your parents from death.
You know what, I'm okay with this 'cause I mean,
you know, this is probably the least weirdest thing
that's come out of Japan.
Like don't get me wrong, I love all you Japanese
but like between the bagel heads
and the tentacle porn, y'all some crazy (bleep).
Damn.
Manhole covers in Sweden.
Some manhole covers in Sweden are marked
with either an A or a K.
A stands for (speaks foreign language)
which means sewage but it's also the symbol
for (speaks foreign language) which means
bad luck in love.
K stands for (speaks foreign language)
meaning clean water but it also stands for
(speaks foreign language) meaning love.
The superstition is that people want to step on the K's
but try to avoid stepping on the A's.
If someone does happen to step on an A,
the bad luck can be reversed but only
if someone pats them on the back three times
and it can only be done by coincidence.
Good Lord, all these rules for walking down the street
in Sweden, I think it would just be easier
to visit Italy once a year and grab a bronzed tit
for your love luck.
Tombs in Paris.
In Paris, there's a tomb of a French journalist
named Pere-Lachaise.
People visit yearly to rub the crotch of the tomb
which is said to bring fertility and luck in love.
What is with all the statue groping?
And apparently tourists have rubbed the area of that tomb
so much that officials had to fence it off
because the crotch of the tomb
was actually changing color.
Let's just talk one on one for a second.
If you're unlucky in love, maybe it isn't because
you haven't rubbed enough statues,
but maybe it's because you're a weird type of person.
Like the type of person that would molest a statue.
Numbers in China.
In China many buildings like hospitals and hotels
don't have a fourth floor, very similar
to our 13th floor here in the western world.
This is because the number four is unlucky
as it sounds like the word used for death.
Number eight however is considered
a very lucky number which is why the Beijing
Summer Olympics started precisely at 8 PM
on 8 8 2008.
I'll tell you though, the number eight isn't always lucky.
The other night, I got the number eight special
from Bamboo Restaurant around the corner
from my house, I was up all night.
Pretty sure it was cooked by Chef Sum Ting Wong.
Secret travel in Senegal.
Many parts of Africa believe that some people
have either devil or evil eyes which have the ability
to doom your travel plans.
So in order to prevent this, nobody discusses
their travel plans.
Everybody from high level government officials
to the average family.
I'm pretty sure this would never fly here
in North America though.
Every single person that I know that has made
vacation plans, brags about it everyday leading up
to the day they leave and then posts pictures
everyday after that.
Selfie in front of a waterfall.
Selfie in front of a beach.
Bitch, I can't afford trips.
You better hope I don't have devil eyes.
I'll (bleep) you up.
And finally wish granting in Istanbul.
In the Byzantine Church, there's bronze plated
column with a hole that is said to grant the wishes
of anyone who sticks their thumb into it.
Another thumb superstition?
What's up with these?
All right, again, no, I'm gonna keep an open mind
about this one.
I mean it could be worse.
Like I was at a truck stop once and there was a hole
in the bathroom stall with the words above it:
Reach your hand out and all your dreams will come true.
So I did.
Let's just say that was the most awkward way
I've ever met a man named Buba.
Anyways, those are the 10 weirdest superstitions
in the world that I found.
I hope you guys enjoyed this video
and I'm gonna go wash myself because I'm really itchy
from touching that cat.
I will see you guys next Saturday with a brand new video.
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