Irrational phobias

[Chaos]

Arn't phobias fun?

I discovered one the other day, one I thought long buried: The fear of the filters in swimming pools.

Yes. I'm scared of getting sucked into them and being eaten by giant scorpians. Fact. I used to be so scared I would refuse to swim over them, and if I had to then I would shut my eyes and hold my breath. Because <i>that</i> has always helped when confronted with being sucked into a whirling vortex in a giant aquatic basin.

What crazy phobias do you have?

Chaos

[SomethingBig]

I have an intense fear of heights. I can't go near the edge of a high up place without feeling queezy or get that strange feeling in my stomach. It doesn't really keep me from riding water rides, even though there are some that I refuse to go on, but it does keep me from riding extremely fun-looking roller-coasters.

[Dr.K]

Ah, the dreaded swimming pool filters. The price we pay for purified water.
Similar to that, I used to be scared of walking over cattle grids in case i got caught in them.
The only main one i can think of now is a slight nervousness when breaking eggs - ever i since i cracked a rotten one about half a year ago. Tis' ming of the highest order.
My uncle once cracked an egg which had...hmm...been maturing perhaps a bit long in the cupboard to find that a fetus had developed. Hasn't touched an egg since *shudders*.

[Lionx]

I actually hate bugs, anything but an ant on its own freaks me ><;;;

[krissy]

Palachniuk wrote a story about a swimming pool.

really shouldnt talk about it here, i'd get banned or something


SPOILER

anyway if you value your small intestine, stay away

[SomethingBig]

ROOFLS, that story made my innards cry.

I used to also have an intense fear of clowns as a child. I saw "Night of the Killer Clowns" at a very young age and because of this, any time I saw a clown, I'd come so very close to crying.

[Crazy the Clown]

The only thing that scares me is Barbra Streisand.

[Chaos]

Ack, my intestines!
Atchally, I told someone about it today. She said: "Yeah, I'm not suprised about your fear, I mean, there were all these stories about people getting their hair caught in them and drowning!"

The look of shock and horror on my face quickly revealed to her that I had no knowledge of these fiendish occurances.

In future, I'm staying down the shallow end of pools.

Chaos

[kikimm]

I, too, am afraid of swimming pool filters. Not because of the scorpions that dwell down there, but because I'm afraid of catching my hair in it, and drowning. Not fun.

Also, losing my cone collection. I'm deathly afraid of that.

I'm sure there's loads more that my friends would delight in telling me, so I'll get back to you on that.

[Mirage]

Now that you mention it, I used to hate standing on those swimming pool filters. Probably not anymore though, but I haven't been to a swimming pool in years so I can't know for sure. Other than that, I don't think I have any phobias.

[Tokki Wartooth]

Short people. Fat people. Ugly people. People. They all horrify me.

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

Spiders.

[Dingo Jellybean]

Short people. Fat people. Ugly people. People. They all horrify me.

Oh man, I guess I know what the elves got you for Christmas. :aimsmile:

My phobia includes can lids. Maybe because I got a severely deep cut on both my middle finger and thumb from gripping it at the sides while trying to pull it off the can. I get jitters just thinking about it.

[Sacred Phoenix]

Definately the pool filters, the one on the bottom doesn't bother me, just the ones on the side. Plus I ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT swim if there is ones of those automatic vacuums in the bottom, the click click click as they move *shudders*. I am also scared of spiders, standing in front of people, for like presentations and such. Oh I won't swim in pools that have alot of dirt in the bottom.

[eestlinc]

rhubarb plants