Friday the 13th Fun

vic fortezza
3 min readMar 13, 2020

Headline at foxnews.com: “Gloria Gaynor video of ‘I Will Survive’ amid coronavirus outbreak goes viral.” The Grammy winner shared a video of herself lip-syncing to the hit single while washing her hands at a bathroom sink. Kudos, madam. Here’s a snippet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvqP5NRXf8g

Here’some Friday the 13th humor. Supply your own rimshots:
What song does Jason Voorhees sing on Friday the 13th? Takin’ Care of Business.
What do Italian’s eat on Friday the 13th? Fettucinni Afraid-o.

Here are some facts:
Every month starting on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th.
A witches coven consists of 13 members.
There are 13 steps leading to the gallows.
Lizzy Borden uttered a total of 13 words at her trial.
13 people, Christ and his 12 disciples, were at the last supper.
Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson — 13 letters.
The coronavirus is a pain in the ass. I keep asking myself if the stuff I usually feel are symptoms.
Non-stop coverage of the coronavirus isn’t helping.

Here are 13 celebrities born on Friday the 13th:
The Olsen twins.
Peter Tork of the Monkees.
Tony Dow, the Beav’s brother, now a noted sculptor.
Max Weinberg, the Boss’s drummer.
Christopher Plummer.
Steve Buscemi (Somehow fitting).
Taylor Swift.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Darius Rucker.
Fidel Castro.
Bernie Williams, former Yankees great.
Michael Spinks, Olympic boxing gold medalist.

And here are some images:

The rain stopped just in time to get the floating book shop rolling. My thanks to the young woman who bought the posthumous short story collection Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath, and to the the other who purchased a book on Feng Shui for apartment design; and to The Quiet Man, who went home with the last three baseball collector’s magazines; and to the svelte Evelyn, who for some reason selected one of the books of The Biggest Loser franchise; and to Arthur, who chose a hardcover on baseball whose title escapes me; and to the two women and the gentleman who donated books.

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vic fortezza
vic fortezza

Written by vic fortezza

I was born in Brooklyn in 1950 to Sicilian immigrants. I’ve had more than 50 short stories published world wide. I have 13 books in print.

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