Coleman Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 OK so im not very superstitous but i find this one myth to be very true. So the myth is that a white lighter is bad luck. OK first ill tell you a story relating to me. ok so at age 17 i began smoking cigarrettes (now quit) i was using a white lighter and was caught by my grandmother. this was a moment of bad luck but i have always had bad luck when using a white lighter. So i was reading up on the 27 club (of you dont know what that is its celebrities that died at age 27 mainly musicians). I found out the main deaths being Kurt Cobain, Janice Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrisson were all in possesion of a white Bic Lighter supposedly. Thats just odd to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I agree with you on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 http://www.bicworld.com/en/bic-group/history/ The first Bic lighters were launched in 1973. So.... Kurt is the only one that could have died with one in his possession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 yeah, but they are still bad luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainUM Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 i've heard the myth, but i dont believe it. i am decently superstitious person at times, but this is one thing i dont believe in. i've had many white lighters in the past and have not had any bad luck while owning them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 i have always had bad luck while owning them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainUM Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 the closest thing i have had to bad luck with a white lighter is a friend broke one of my bowls by pulling it over, but gave me money on the spot to get a new one, and ended up giving me more money than i needed for the new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 worst things that have happened to me, totaling a car, almost getting swarmed by bees and breaking my first hookah bowl....not all at once though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 honestly, there were probably other factors involved. but still....i try to avoid them now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleman Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 yeah i've also had bad luck with white lighters as stated. But to the comment on Bic lighters being produced in 1973, it could have been a no name lighter that was white. I mean it doesnt have to be a Bic hahahah just a white lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustafabey Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Never heard this one before.back in the old fart days it was3 on a match, Bad luck for the third guy. Based on WWI trenches.First guy lights up,sniper takes notice.2ndguy takes aim third guy gets the bullet.Was still vaild in Vietnam in 66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 White was never the superstition for me, it was always red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cp44 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 hmmm never heard of this before interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 lol wut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I breath fire.....so am I a white lighter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainUM Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 [quote name='Travis' timestamp='1292654834' post='491678'] I breath fire.....so am I a white lighter? [/quote] nope. just a crazy cracker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Crafted Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Fire cracker, bizznatches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 LAWL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonethere Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 ^LMAO I've never kept track of days where I had bad luck while using a white lighter. Then again, I don't think I've owned one. I'm not superstisious at all. I had a friend who was so supersticious that it was obsurd. If she stopped at a red light, she'd kiss her finger tips and touch the roof of her car (weeeeeiiiiiiiirrrrrrddddd). She had other rituals for other things as well. Life's too short to worry about stuff like that. Enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joytron Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Are you guys serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 [quote name='joytron' timestamp='1292836323' post='491843'] Are you guys serious? [/quote] [img]http://images2.cpcache.com/product_zoom/56630552v9_400x400_Front.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdfghjk48290 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 One time I had a white bic and it blew up on me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='Travis' timestamp='1292837727' post='491845'] [quote name='joytron' timestamp='1292836323' post='491843'] Are you guys serious? [/quote] [img]http://images2.cpcache.com/product_zoom/56630552v9_400x400_Front.jpg[/img] [/quote] Damnit you beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_lunchb0x Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='mitchard' timestamp='1292624272' post='491637'] [url="http://www.bicworld.com/en/bic-group/history/"]http://www.bicworld....-group/history/[/url] The first Bic lighters were launched in 1973. So.... Kurt is the only one that could have died with one in his possession. [/quote] i like it...did some research but i don't believe that there bad luck...but I've never owned one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avielth Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='Coleman' timestamp='1292623114' post='491635'] OK so im not very superstitous but i find this one myth to be very true. So the myth is that a white lighter is bad luck. OK first ill tell you a story relating to me. ok so at age 17 i began smoking cigarrettes (now quit) i was using a white lighter and was caught by my grandmother. this was a moment of bad luck but i have always had bad luck when using a white lighter. So i was reading up on the 27 club (of you dont know what that is its celebrities that died at age 27 mainly musicians). I found out the main deaths being Kurt Cobain, Janice Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrisson were all in possesion of a white Bic Lighter supposedly. Thats just odd to me. [/quote] I thought the origin of the white lighter myth linked back to the 27 club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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