GMM 977: Strangest Superstitions Around The World

very superstitious people in the world let’s talk about that [Music] good mythical morning a lot of people have superstitions maybe you like to knock on wood maybe you’d like to rub a rabbit’s foot maybe you like to do what my uncle does and stick your finger in your bellybutton and then smell it I think that’s a superstition I don’t know or maybe it’s just a bad habit we’re not gonna be talking about it was very common superstitions today we’re gonna be talking about weird and wacky and unusual superstitions we’re gonna be finding out whether or not link knows about them as we play an inquisition into your super intuitions about superstitions okay here’s how this is gonna work this is a multiple-choice that race do you have to choose one of the got it and if you get four right I get a punishment and if you don’t get four right you get said punishment and it’s a real bad luck situation you have not what I mean you said said punishment but you haven’t said the punish yeah but I will say it about okay they’re soon to be safe I don’t want to say it right now okay okay you have three lifelines you can step on a crack break two answers backs whoa fifty-fifty you can ask a good luck charm we have an actual good luck charm that you can consult it’s probably gonna be chase just based on the way things go around here or you can hear an old wives tale from an actual old wife and that’ll be a hint okay ready who’s the old wife let’s do this don’t expect to get a kiss when the clock strikes 12 on New Year’s Eve in Spain the Spanish believe that the only way to bring good luck at midnight is very quickly eat 12 blanks it’s got a grapes B sardines C olives or D Penelope Cruz body pillows she sells us she should or they are they are in Needham though you choke because they’re they’re as big as are they shaped like Penelope Cruz or body pillows are a thing and I figured there’s probably some that come with Penelope Cruz on him if they’re not we should start selling them rhettandlink.com/store I’m sure she’s a nice person she’s gotta be well if you got it you got to gobble up 12 of these in 60 seconds man that’s less that’s that’s that’s uh one every two seconds to your great amazement sardines olives or grapes in Spain I’m gonna say man I don’t think it’s grapes I’m down to sardines and olives and I’m going with olives that’s what I would have thought and I would have also been wrong actually grapes grapes yeah they eat grapes at the strike of midnight they eat 12 with it with the ring of the clock huh so and you can go on YouTube and you can see these people doing this basically intoxicated Spaniards eating grapes really quickly I’m sure no one ever chokes mmm yeah that’s a problem yeah man if you’re passing a graveyard in Japan and you don’t feel like killing your parents that day you better tuck your blanks into your pockets is it a hankerchief be thumbs see money or D handy-dandy universal parent killing tool now available in six colors put that thing away yeah it’s really enough ugh I’ve done this I have passed a graveyard in Japan and I’ve not murdered my parents hmm because I put my finally correct how did you know that late because money’s already in your pocket and no one carries a hanker – nobody does you’re right the word thumb and Japanese basically translates to parent finger I don’t know why but that’s that’s weird that’s what the you know there’s another finger that will really get you in trouble with your parents though it’s the party the party don’t flip the birdy around your parents yeah don’t do that birdy in your pockets kids in South Korea many people believe that leaving your blank on all night can lead to suffocation hypothermia and if it wasn’t already clear death is it a underwear V makeup see an D plastic bag on your face alright I’ve done that when I’m trying to keep a perm real tight hmm almost died who I you know what I I want to use a lifeline just to keep this interest okay so it’s I want to ask who an old wide okay you just turned around tonight that man how did that make you an old wife just listen to my voice okay I’ll close my wife thank you once upon a time Beyonce has placed these all around the stage at her shows the end well I’ve never been to a Beyonce show but I would imagine a lot of fans throwing underwear on the stage a lot of men throwing underwear on the stage that happens at Beyonce show right yeah I felt my underwear Beyonce I would if I were there yeah doesn’t mean I didn’t use an after war yet the ones on my pocket yeah she batted it back down to give her a dead-ringer like put a white eat ID right on your answer fan C fan your right leg this is such a commonly held belief in South Korea that they’re actually sold with timers whoa so they’ll shut off before they murder you in your sleep good gracious I should also be sold with the tag that says hey fans don’t kill you because that makes no dang sense in 1972 be removed by owner that ties in 19th century Vermont it was believed that tilting windows at 45 degrees was an effective way to keep out a witch’s be poltergeists see pigeons or D Bernie Sanders he’s from Vermont the DNC did do that yeah I took their windows when our Hillary on it what man okay good cuz of the 45 degrees um it’s not late Larry David doing x-fighters I’m sorry and it’s a bad one at that while pigeons it sounds too practical poltergeists and witches are interchangeable huh well that’s what so I’m going I’m gonna step on crack and break mahmud eyes back that’s it mom okay I’m gonna remove two answers because I don’t want your mom to break it back I’m getting rid of Bernie Sanders and oh yes okay so I am going with which is great use of the right least they’re actually called which windows they can still be found on houses in Vermont and it makes total sense because witches can fly they can turn humans into toads but you throw that 45-degree angle that on there like can’t go in well they try to go in and then they get split by windows and then they teach their which kids not to do that how many does link have right you have three right like you only need one more they’re so easy in Nigeria you should never kiss a baby on the lips if you do when the kid grows up to be an adult it will a have a hard time keeping a job you’re just be never get married sad see drool or D still have baby lips that adults got baby look I know what happened there you got kissed baby this might be a good thing to keep though on the Neal side of my family always like for the right sides as a kid we would kiss each other on the lips but on the paid side of the family my mom sided family we wouldn’t kiss on the lips she got the herpes from the nails that’s a good point but no that came from my mom’s side really yeah oh they knew they had her freezing so they that did that’s what one foot was yeah you put it together and then I gave a mystery saw and I gave it to the my dad’s side of the family you hear that your patient zero link of the Neal herpes outbreak Nigeria what what’s the answer link hard time keeping a job sounds too wordy so I’m gonna would be never getting married Julie rule C rule there’s absolutely no information about where this came from so it’s probably just some dude in Iowa in a basement putting it into a Nigeria forum you know that kind of stuff can spread around the inner Reggie okay Nigeria formant you gotta get one right to win here’s your last question if you’re hanging out in Iceland during the winter don’t blink outdoors it’s believed that this will only prolong the icy season a knit B eat C urinate or D touch Bjork you won’t like her when she’s angry you have one more lifeline I’m gonna use the Lifeline that I don’t have to bring in my lucky charm okay let’s bring in the lucky charm take it down yeah don’t forget you need to consult this thing I’m afraid to look at it you found your freaking halloween costume that’s the best thing ever guys so you have these seniors I get it have you seen yourself in a mirror nope I like hey you got a little stash right there Lincoln had a stash man you gotta be authentic so how you prolong an Icelandic winter is that by knitting outside eating outside or urinating outside or touching Bjork I know if you urinate outside you know what happens you end up with the yellow snow in it but it’s so cold there that it freezes the whole way up right inside yeah it’s like a ice cat freezes the ureter the urethra so I’m good yeah freezes something you don’t want frozen to pee too yeah feet the hoop so what is it why would you knit outside is that the right answer I don’t know yeah all right you haven’t let us down never failed to you mean you look great if you actually don’t look as great line it back up go a little more cooking there you go all right so my final answer is mixed of course link you are right right and you are anywhere Thank You Lucky Penny just never take that off again okay I mean best Halloween costume yeah yeah we need to go with a whole set of cash or coins oh yes mythical crew becomes changed this year there’s not enough currency we got to go foreign currency we can do that we can do that printer like I am going to see the punishment which is I’m gonna open all of good mythical more under a ladder holding a cat so but congratulations for winning all right stick around for that thanks for liking commenting and subscribing you know what time it is go to our Facebook facebook.com slash rhett and Link we even get a picture of that Lucky Penny and put your face in it it’s gonna be great it’s gonna be great for you and for us click through to good mythical more we’re gonna bring up Mike and Alex we have a special challenge for them involving lots of superstitions are they ready are you I played through in second are you ready for turtlenecks the musical look at us keeping our next one look at you singing about it now I got this new turtleneck and it takes my finger and I gotta put it up cause it’s a new kind of turtleneck I’ve seen it your neck and I love it I’ve seen it on your neck and I get it get some more I see you’ve got the kind the turtleneck that takes you left ten and you hold it up there is on the back I can do it alone I can do it with a friend turtlenecks I take the white side of your face and put it on the white side of the penny that looks like a moon [Music]

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