Pausing at the bulletin board, Muriel gazed up at the long line of political badges pinned to the cork, representing failed Democratic campaigns over the past eight years; she decided not to add Obama’s to the line just yet, to ward off any possibility of a jinx.
Dammit, Muriel. Now we know it was All Your Fault.
Same thing used to happen to me when I was a Denver Broncos fan. They *never* won a game when I watched.