Saturday, March 14, 2026

Freak’n, Frig’n, F%$#k’n with 13

Wilt Chamberlain 

Given my previous post re Freaky Friday, my thoughts turned to “Friday 13th”… and the number “13”, both of which are often considered unlucky.  My birthday being on June 13th, I consider this to be a lucky day.   I decided to investigate further and found a site: 

Triskaidekaphobia is fear or avoidance of the number 13.

Perusing its list of sections, I came across one that peaked my curiosity: Lucky 13.  In this section, 14 notable sportsmen who wore a #13 jersey, and considered it a lucky number.  This stood out because as a teen I played on the school basketball team … and chose #13 because I too considered it a lucky number.  note the following from the Lucky 13 section: 

Wilt Chamberlain, 13-time NBA All-Star, has had his No. 13 Jersey retired

Note that he was also 13-time NBA All-Star…, now THAT’S lucky!!  AND, his surname is an addition to the recently pointed out “First and Last 2 Letters in Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, and so making “chin”, a word that has featured prominently in recent posts, and to name butt just two: 

Note from Wilt Chamberlain’s wiki page: 

Wilton Norman Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999)

His date of death stands out…, given the following recent additions to Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2026 site, who also happen to have names that are additions to the “First and Last 2 Letters in Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster: 

  • John Fisher Burns (4 October 1944 – 12 March 2026) journalist                           (*buns)
  • Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said (5 October 1940– 12 March 2026) politician               (*said)
  • Bruno Contrada (September 2, 1931– March 12, 2026)police                   (*coda/tail end)
  • László Kiss (10 February 1951 – 10 March 2026) judge                                          (*kiss)
  • Moon Yong-joo (8 February 1933 – 10 March 2026) MP                                      (*moon)
  • Willie Waters (October 11, 1951 – March 10, 2026) opera conductor                     (*wars)

In yesterdays post Said Kiss Buns , I did bridge the October 6 gap generated by the October birthdays, and now we have a new cluster emerging “October __, 11, 12/Date Sequence” pattern cluster.  This is a prompt to bridge the October 10th gap, … to locate the intended third notable individual.  To bridge the gap, we use the formula as per usual by first going to the days wikipedia page, where there are 3 lists— Notable Events; Notable Births and Notable Deaths, where we then limit our search to only years having 3 identical sequence of numbers ie: 1999, 2000….  , and in this case there is only one, note from her wiki page: : 

2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike (née Ratwatte; 17 Apr 1916 – 10 Oct 2000)PM Sri Lanka    (*bake rate)

Note that her surname is an addition to the “First and Last 2 Letters in Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, … and so making “*bake”,… and even the first and last 2 letters in her maiden name makes a four letter word: “*rate”.  AND, my son-in-law was born on her birthday, so we have an addition to the “Targeting Family Birthdays” pattern cluster.  As to why the cryptic focus on my son in law…, perhaps his name, Nick Schultz, can offer a clue or two— for one, the surname Schultz in origin means “judge”… well that sure is meaningful to me personally, as anyone would know reading this blog, … and then his first name Nick (short for Nicholas) is a word … and is used in the phrase “nick of time”.  So the cryptic communication is “Judge nick of time”,… and/or “Judge nick”. 

Here are the other famous athletes who used #13 jersey’s, if you care to continue investigating, note the 4 I investigated whose names are additions to the “First and Last 2 Letters in Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster: 

Some other notables mentioned on the Triskaidekaphobia wikipedia page, butt ones who consider 13 unlucky: 


Note AI’s take on the word “frig”… not quite a swear word… butt then again: 

While some suggest a link to "Frigg," the Old Norse goddess of love, the primary etymology points toward the Middle English terms meaning "to rub or wiggle"
  • Etymological Roots: Middle English friggen ("to quiver") or Old English frician ("to dance"), potentially related to older terms for caressing or rubbing.
  • Sexual Euphemism: By the 17th century, "frig" was used to describe masturbation or sexual acts, often with "frigging" being used as a euphemism for the more vulgar F-word.
  • Minced Oath: As a minced oath (like "freaking" or "frickin'"), "frig" is used to lessen the severity of a curse word, often seen in dialects in New England (USA) and other English-speaking areas.
  • Early Usage: The earliest recorded use of "frig" as a verb is around 1522, and it appears in literature soon after, notes Green’s Dictionary of Slang





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