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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 01:25 PM
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Irrational fears?
I am scared that I will post about "Parmesan Witch Hunts" and that it will go viral and I will become the wingnuts poster girl for liberal stupidity, like the "moran" guy.

My other one is always being afraid of dropping my car keys into the grate of a storm drain in a parking lot. A variation is constant fear that I will drop my keys into the crevice of an elevator door.
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TomorrowNeverKnows Donating Member (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 01:40 PM
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1. I used to
have a HUGE fear of bees, and an even larger fear of crossing the street, even when there was almost no traffic. No real irrational fears currently though.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 01:44 PM
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2. But fear of bees is rational. They sting and if you're allergic they could kill you.
But fear of crossing an empty street is kind of what I'm talking about. There is little or no chance harm will befall you and yet you still have the fear.

I'm also kind of afraid of space debris and frozen toilet water from passing planes falling onto me and killing me.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 02:59 PM
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3. caterpillars
that's about it
oh and microphones/public speaking
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 03:02 PM
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4. I know someone who's terrified of deer.
I don't get it, either. We live in a city.



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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 03:05 PM
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5. Interesting. Probably stomped at a petting zoo at a young age. Repressed memory. nt
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 09:53 PM
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28. Hard to say. She doesn't know herself.
She grew up in Chicago, so it's possible.

Weird.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 03:05 PM
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6. Dropping my cell phone in a toilet.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 07:22 PM
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7. It's nightmare with gradations depending upon WHEN you drop the cellphone.
Edited on Sat Apr-25-09 07:22 PM by Phoebe Loosinhouse
There are some instances when you would just have to flush.
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 07:23 PM
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8. This...
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:14 PM
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12. Bug -"Damnit! Ruth's Chris is worth more than a goodnight kiss! Call security - see if I care!
Edited on Sat Apr-25-09 08:14 PM by Phoebe Loosinhouse
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:18 PM
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14. ZOMG! BIG, BIG WASP! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 07:24 PM
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9. Like your rings & bracelets get "loose" when you put your hand
out the window. . .
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 09:21 PM
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26. "Put your hand out too far and it goes home in another car"
Another comforting ditty hummed to me by my mother. I just assumed the jewelry went too.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:00 PM
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10. That is irrational - there's no chance that enough wingnuts would understand the
gaffe for any typo like that to go viral. In fact, no matter how stupid something is, a majority of wingnuts will think it's a good idea...
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:12 PM
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11. Roaches.
Damned if I know why. I can handle bats, bugs, snakes, lizards, poisonous spiders... no problem. But roaches just creep me right the fuck out.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:18 PM
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13. And those giant flying roaches with a 2 ft wingspan are Palmettos!
Sounds MUCH nicer than giant flying roaches.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:46 PM
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17. ... a roach by any other name would still be just as horrific.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:56 PM
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18. Have you ever seen one? A roach big enough to fly off with your briefcase, drop it off and
come back for your Yorkie? You'd be grateful for your little guys who still respect Black Flag.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:57 PM
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20. I lived in Florida for 20 years.
Gators, snakes, poisonous snakes, spiders, giant spiders, poisonous spiders, no problem.

Roaches... no.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:19 PM
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15. stepping out of an elevator the moment the cable snaps
and getting cut in half

heh, that reply was cached
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:20 PM
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16. Ooh, the giant bagel slicer demise! I've never heard that variation. Nice. nt
Edited on Sat Apr-25-09 08:21 PM by Phoebe Loosinhouse
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:57 PM
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19. Pit bulls in the package store. I know, I know. I can't get over it.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 09:12 PM
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24. You're okay unless you buy them smokes or liquor. No matter how much they beg.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 08:58 PM
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21. BED BUGS!!!
:scared:
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 09:09 PM
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22. "Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite". Said to countless children who wondered
Edited on Sat Apr-25-09 09:10 PM by Phoebe Loosinhouse
"how do I keep the f!@king bedbugs from biting if you're going to put me into a bed with them?!!" Like I can STOP them from biting? You're the friggin' adult - buy a can of Raid!
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littlebit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 09:09 PM
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23. Mississippi
I will not stop anywhere in that state. No matter how bad I have to pee or how sleepy I am.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 09:17 PM
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25. I agree. No state spelling should end with " i .p. p.i"
even as a child, I thought it was subliminal encouragement for me to pee in my pants.
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Redneck Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 09:49 PM
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27. LOL! I have the car keys one too.
I can't think of anything other than that.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 09:54 PM
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29. You are very seriously disturbed. That was just a trap I laid to smoke you out. nt.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 10:01 PM
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30. Bugs, snakes, and the creepy lizards all around my property.
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-25-09 10:16 PM
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31. And why do they congregate on YOUR Property? Bwahahahah!
Perhaps your fear is not so "irrational" after all.
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