With my eyesight I can’t even see the durn cracks. I sit on one so why should I be worried about stepping on one? Besides, my mom died long ago so no worries about breaking her back.
I am almost 65 and, if I am not walking with anyone other than my daughter, I will make the effort not to step on cracks – at least where cracks are evenly spaced. I also count things like telephone poles, cars, livestock, houses, anything that is not TOO bunched together and only if I am bored. If I have my cell phone, then nothing gets counted. LOL
As a child in the 50’s this was one of the nonsense rhymes we used skipping rope.“Step on a crack,You’ll break your mother’s back;Step on a lineYou’ll break your father’s spine. Step in a ditch,Your mother’s nose will itch;Step in the dirtYou’ll tear your father’s shirt.
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
Just asking, but does the superstition still work when your mother is passed on and you have a stepmother?
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 3 years ago
https://allpoetry.com/Lines-And-Squares
i_am_the_jam almost 3 years ago
That sounds more like having OCD…
Plumb.Bob Premium Member almost 3 years ago
With my eyesight I can’t even see the durn cracks. I sit on one so why should I be worried about stepping on one? Besides, my mom died long ago so no worries about breaking her back.
juicebruce almost 3 years ago
And that is how the “Watch Your Step” sign was created ;-)
Zykoic almost 3 years ago
My Mom would tell me every time I shivered someone was walking on my grave site.
There must have been a matching band on it when I would go skiing.
zerotvus almost 3 years ago
or a dog named Verdell………
pheets almost 3 years ago
One is a plugger if one walks ANYwhere and withOUT a dog.
david_42 almost 3 years ago
We do have sidewalks in our ‘new’ neighborhood, but the concrete they are made of was so weak that you can’t walk on them without hitting cracks.
ctolson almost 3 years ago
Generally because the sidewalk sections have heaved up or sunken down and you might twist an ankle if you do.
tcayer almost 3 years ago
Even though your mother is long dead!
hsawlrae almost 3 years ago
Better to step ON them than to trip over them.
gooddavid almost 3 years ago
Ma is 91 and I still avoid stepping on cracks. Can’t be too careful at her age. ;)
contralto2b almost 3 years ago
I am almost 65 and, if I am not walking with anyone other than my daughter, I will make the effort not to step on cracks – at least where cracks are evenly spaced. I also count things like telephone poles, cars, livestock, houses, anything that is not TOO bunched together and only if I am bored. If I have my cell phone, then nothing gets counted. LOL
A# 466 almost 3 years ago
Or feel bad if you do.
lawguy05 almost 3 years ago
Ah – doesn’t want to break him mother’s back. Well done, plugger.
GreenT267 almost 3 years ago
As a child in the 50’s this was one of the nonsense rhymes we used skipping rope.“Step on a crack,You’ll break your mother’s back;Step on a lineYou’ll break your father’s spine. Step in a ditch,Your mother’s nose will itch;Step in the dirtYou’ll tear your father’s shirt.
wiatr almost 3 years ago
I can’t say that I really take note unless the slabs are uneven. They often are here because of trees and a long-ago installation.
debra4life almost 3 years ago
And break my mother’s back!!!!!!!!!! – horrifying!
Sailor46 USN 65-95 almost 3 years ago
What! And break my Mom’s back.