13 things you shouldn't do in Lebanon this Friday the 13th

Our expert advice is to not drive anywhere on Friday. Yes, traffic is horrendous no matter what, but driving on Friday the 13th is asking for it. 

Think with your head, obviously EVERYONE who has a car will be driving on that horrible day. So ... just stay home.

Thinking about using that elevator to get to the 7th floor? Think again. 

On any other day, if you got stuck in an elevator, it would be a normal power outage. But, if it's Friday the 13th, it's obviously a sign of terrible luck. 

Stay away, and take the stairs instead.

The 2 or 3 kisses on the cheek haunts our daily lives, but going in for that 3rd one on Friday will just be disastrous.

In order to live a life of less awkwardness, you'll leave the 3rd kiss alone. 

That chicken you try to get to cross the road in that game, where it goes kr-splat? 

That's you on Friday the 13th, obviously. Why would anyone need to cross the road for any reason anyway? You're no chicken.

Food poisoning. It's basically a rite of passage for any person who doesn't have our intestines of steel, hardened by many days of bad food. Food safety in Lebanon is in really bad shape, folks. I'm sure this is especially true on this most unlucky of days. 

Anyway, what are you doing out? I told you to stay home! 

Besides the fact that cutting your nails or hair on Friday the 13th can prove superstitiously disastrous, do you really wanna get two inches chopped off your hair when all you asked for were two centimeters?

Hairdressers may be especially evil that day ...

I'm sure your mom is an incredibly lovely and charming woman on all other days of the year, but Friday the 13th could turn her into a momster.

What kind of monster, you ask? Take this quiz and tell me ...

Taking a service is always a chance encounter. You may get a guy who's just trying to do his job, or a guy who's a total sleaze bag.

On Friday the 13th, the odds are definitely against you, so don't even try. 

When you're at a Lebanese party, no doubt there will be a dabke circle. 

If you cut in the dabke line on Friday the 13th, it's bound to happen right when the music stops ... you're better off clapping in your chair. 

As if those weren't awkward or hard enough without bad luck looming all over, do you really wanna sit through all your families grueling questions? 

The "have you found the person you're going to marry?", to the "have you graduated yet?", to the "have you found a job?" and everything in between? Do you?  

That's just asking for bad luck ...

Our Ministry of Tourism seems to think you can ski and swim on the same day. I wonder how the Ministry feels about widespread pneumonia. 

Don't do it this Friday the 13th. 

While marriage proposals that your mother sets up for you are usually a great thing that should always be accepted, your mother's spot-on bride searching eye may be askew on Friday the 13th (evil eye and whatnot) 

Better to skip this one out, bro.

Don't you dare watch your favorite series this Friday. Yes, I've forced you to stay home, with no electricity and no freedom to do anything, but do you really want to be watching a series and right when a cliffhanger happens, the internet cuts? 

I mean, c'mon, what are you suggesting? That it DOESN'T happen? 

It's better to trust an expert when it comes to these superstitious things ...