My Mom had osteoporosis. She caught a cold that made her cough deeply. A vertebra cracked (hairline) during a deep cough. She could not get out of bed easily. She was in tears, from the pain and the fear that it was lung cancer. She prayed that if she could just continue to live she would quit smoking. She went cold turkey then and there (& had no cancer.)
As she relayed the story to my husband and me the next day, he started laughing. He said he’d wondered what I was doing the other day. He thought I’d lost my mind dancing on the sidewalks. Now he figured out I was trying to step on the cracks! Good thing I love him, lying like that to my Mom! ;-)
SHAKENDOWNVILLE about 1 year ago
“Concrete” evidence this is no lame superstition!
oldpine52 about 1 year ago
Children can be such a pain, no matter how old they are.
Ratkin about 1 year ago
She’s a crack navigator.
allen@home about 1 year ago
So that old saying does work.
Spiffy about 1 year ago
Must be one of those voodoo sidewalks.
Macushlalondra about 1 year ago
When I was a kid I stepped on the cracks on purpose whenever I was mad at my mother. She never had a back problem as far as I know.
Doug K about 1 year ago
It can be “fun” when walking by yourself to figure out what length of stride it takes to either hit or miss the cracks.
Doug Taylor Premium Member about 1 year ago
I need another covfefe! I didn’t get it until I started reading the comments.
Lee26 Premium Member about 1 year ago
This is why all moms had bad backs as the got older.
Zebrastripes about 1 year ago
Silly myths and wife’s tales, but some still adhere to them!
formathe about 1 year ago
I never considered the sidewalk separations as ‘cracks’. i believe only a real crack will suffice.
Zen-of-Zinfandel about 1 year ago
Step in a ditch, mom’s nose will itch.
WCraft Premium Member about 1 year ago
What a wicked sense of humor that mother has!
T... about 1 year ago
Very funny, I haven’t heard that ditty in decades, actually in over more than half a century…
cuzinron47 about 1 year ago
Dang, never worked for me.
Frank Burns Eats Worms about 1 year ago
The poor daughter’s been hittin’ the crack pretty hard lately.
Rich Douglas about 1 year ago
Great. Now I have Devo playing in my head.
LoveBritTV Premium Member about 1 year ago
My Mom had osteoporosis. She caught a cold that made her cough deeply. A vertebra cracked (hairline) during a deep cough. She could not get out of bed easily. She was in tears, from the pain and the fear that it was lung cancer. She prayed that if she could just continue to live she would quit smoking. She went cold turkey then and there (& had no cancer.)
As she relayed the story to my husband and me the next day, he started laughing. He said he’d wondered what I was doing the other day. He thought I’d lost my mind dancing on the sidewalks. Now he figured out I was trying to step on the cracks! Good thing I love him, lying like that to my Mom! ;-)
clarrywat Premium Member about 1 year ago
Stepping on section lines in concrete is not stepping on cracks.