What superstitions do you find silly?

I don't believe in superstitions. My belief is that only God controls our fate and not some practice that we do or don't do. But to contribute to the list, here are a few more that I remember from my grandmother and other old folks in our family: 1. A lady should not try on her wedding dress before the wedding day or the wedding will not push through. I would not want to march down the aisle with an ill-fitting dress on one of the most important events of my life so I tried my wedding dress on before the wedding day. I think that is that most practical thing to do. 2. Another wedding day superstition - A bride should not wear pearls on her wedding day or she will experience heartache and tears all her married life. I wore pearls and had pearls on my wedding day and I have a happy and blessed marriage. 3. If a pregnant woman eats twin bananas, she will have twins. 4. If you drop a fork on the floor accidentally, you will have a male visitor. If you drop a spoon, it will be female visitor. 5. My grandmother, sprinkled our wooden floor with water, as the casket was brought out of our house (after the wake) so that no other deaths will immediately follow. There are many more, but I would like to end with this one. When a group of three have their picture taken, the one in the middle will die first.

There are a lot of silly superstitions here in the Philippines.. I don't know how our ancestors had come up with it. lol But sometimes, your encouraged to practice it since you won't be loosing anything. I find a lot of it silly actually. I pretty much agree with everything the others have already posted. lol

this are some of the superstition that i find crazy. 1. If a sick person on his way to the hospital meets a black cat, he will die. 2. If one cuts his fingernails at night, a member of the family will die. 3. Pregnant women should not have their picture taken; otherwise, their babies will die. (my friend who was pregnant for 5 months had her picture together with us and she had given to a healthy baby girl and she didn't even had a hard time to give birth). 4. If two people from the same family get married within a year, one will die. 5. A girl who sings before a stove while she cooks will be married to an old widower. 6. One should not sit on his books because it will make him dull. 7. Drying clothes, especially underwear, at night causes pregnancy. 8. If one opens an umbrella inside the house, a lizard from the ceiling will fall. 9. Playing at night brings bad luck. 10.If one points his finger at a rainbow, his finger will be cut off. 11.If a hen cackles under the house at night, it means a girl in the family will give birth to an illegitimate child.