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Title: Phobias
Post by: Freddies Ferret on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:19:59
Has anyone got any nasty phobias? I know someone who was shit scared of balloons


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Kinky Tom on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:25:02
Mushrooms, of any kind, cannot touch them.  Ergh!

I've heard of yogurt pot lids, card board, stickers...


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:25:16
anal assault without prior consent


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Ginginho on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:25:44
I'm a bit scared of wasps, whether it's a phobia, i'm not so sure.
What classifies it as a phobia? If I run around screaming like a girl if a wasp is chasing me, does that mean it's a phobia or that i'm just a big wuss?


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Chubbs on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:28:35
I'm a bit scared of wasps, whether it's a phobia, i'm not so sure.
What classifies it as a phobia? If I run around screaming like a girl if a wasp is chasing me, does that mean it's a phobia or that i'm just a big wuss?
the latter


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Chubbs on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:28:56
there are things im not a fan of but i wouldnt say i have a phobia


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Sippo on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:34:39
Bridges


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Freddies Ferret on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:35:12
you wont cross them sippo?


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:36:49
Flying
unmatching bikinis
Crunchies
Felt
Blue drinks


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:38:38
Flying
unmatching bikinis
Crunchies
Felt
Blue drinks


Isn't most of that just stuff you don't like?


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:39:23
No - Its proper hatrid thats turn to phobias! ;)


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Freddies Ferret on Monday, November 9, 2009, 15:40:40
Crunchies, you are mental!


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Samdy Gray on Monday, November 9, 2009, 16:00:54
Spiders.


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: leefer on Monday, November 9, 2009, 16:08:25
Laptops....no,no,no,no....please dont hurt me...leave me alone you orrible toshiba....leave me..leave me alone..oh shit...nooooooooooooooooooo!!


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Freddies Ferret on Monday, November 9, 2009, 16:12:36
Spiders.

haha i was about to say that all girls are scared of spiders! :)


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Batch on Monday, November 9, 2009, 16:32:02
Spiders.

Me too. To the point the Mrs has to deal with them. "They're more scared of you than you are of them" - I boody doubt it.


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Langers on Monday, November 9, 2009, 16:35:57
The wierdest phobia i have seen is the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. Its called anatidaephobia.
 
No, really.

http://www.answers.com/topic/anatidaephobia


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Sippo on Monday, November 9, 2009, 17:00:26
you wont cross them sippo?

I'll cross them reluctantly in the car but I get the real sweats on if I do. Never walk accross them.


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Sippo on Monday, November 9, 2009, 17:06:29
Apparently its called gephyrophobia


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: flammableBen on Monday, November 9, 2009, 17:09:42
I'm terrified that one day I'll develop one of these crazy unfounded fears and will no longer be able to feel superior over those mentals which already have one.


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Langers on Monday, November 9, 2009, 17:10:59
Is that a phobia? The phobia of being terrified of getting a phobia!


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: flammableBen on Monday, November 9, 2009, 17:12:32
phobophobia?


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: sonicyouth on Monday, November 9, 2009, 17:13:59
Arachnophobia
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Barry Scott on Monday, November 9, 2009, 17:30:42
The wierdest phobia i have seen is the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. Its called anatidaephobia.
 
No, really.

http://www.answers.com/topic/anatidaephobia

That's a fucking ace phobia.

I remember the first time i bumped into Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, clearly named by a Brit with a strong sense of irony.


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Bedford Red on Monday, November 9, 2009, 18:04:28
Heights is my only phobia, spiders etc don't bother me in the slightest but heights scare the living crap out of me.

If i have to go up anywhere high, i just have this feeling that i want to jump off to get it over with rather than have to stay up there, so my feet always stay firmly on the ground if possible.

Flying i am ok once i'm up high enough that i can't see the ground!


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Ginginho on Monday, November 9, 2009, 18:08:41
I was on holiday a few years ago, in a queue at a bar and the woman in front of me asked the guy behind the counter for a tea bag. The man next to her jumped out of his skin and then proclaimed to have a phobia of teabags.
I wasn't convinced he was genuine though, and thought it was more an attempt to start a conversation with this bird :)


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: DerbyRed on Monday, November 9, 2009, 19:01:54
Heights is my only phobia, spiders etc don't bother me in the slightest but heights scare the living crap out of me.

If i have to go up anywhere high, i just have this feeling that i want to jump off to get it over with rather than have to stay up there, so my feet always stay firmly on the ground if possible.

Flying i am ok once i'm up high enough that i can't see the ground!

I'm the same - can't cope with heights if I'm not enclosed - break out in a cold sweat and have to really force myself to move.

However flying I'm absolutely fine with, and even things like the London Eye I can cope with as I'm completely enclosed (although I wouldn't say I'm entirely comfortable doing it!).


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Samdy Gray on Monday, November 9, 2009, 19:07:48
phobophobia?

You're right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobophobia


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Samdy Gray on Monday, November 9, 2009, 19:10:31
My favourite phobia has to be Aibohphobia, the fear of palindromes. Whoever came up with that clearly had a sense of irony.


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: 4D on Monday, November 9, 2009, 19:29:47
I'm not afraid of anything  :)




Oh, hang on.......................  :fishing:


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Barry Scott on Monday, November 9, 2009, 21:39:30
Heights is my only phobia, spiders etc don't bother me in the slightest but heights scare the living crap out of me.

If i have to go up anywhere high, i just have this feeling that i want to jump off to get it over with rather than have to stay up there, so my feet always stay firmly on the ground if possible.

Flying i am ok once i'm up high enough that i can't see the ground!

I've a strange relationship with heights and don't consider it a phobia, as i think it's just vertigo, if that's not the same thing. I like the fear of height and it makes me anxious, which i also enjoy, but i get a bit unsteady and even of watching heights on a TV, or Youtube, i still have to hang on to something.

My old man is similar except he has a proper fear of heights and gets no enjoyment from them at all. He was a pilot. :)


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Crozzer on Monday, November 9, 2009, 23:10:54

Ergasiophobia and Sphenisciphobia.


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: jayohaitchenn on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 13:14:10
The wierdest phobia i have seen is the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. Its called anatidaephobia.
 
No, really.

http://www.answers.com/topic/anatidaephobia

Really not. It's a famous joke from a cartoon strip.

[url width=439 height=470]http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7031/anatidaephobia.png[/url]


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Barry Scott on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 14:30:29
I fucking love Larson. The Far Side is a thing or genius.


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Langers on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 16:22:25
Really not. It's a famous joke from a cartoon strip.

[url width=439 height=470]http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7031/anatidaephobia.png[/url]

Its still quite funny.


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: jayohaitchenn on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 17:09:49
Yes, comedy tends to be :D


Title: Re: Phobias
Post by: Langers on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 17:10:29
not always, you can get some really shit attempts at comedy