Aja on 9/4/2010 at 04:02
I haaate the sound it makes when people suck on their fingers. HATE IT. Like fingernails on a blackboard for other people. Lower pitched sucking noises no problem. But that post-chicken-wings finger cleaning high pitched squeak/slurp drives me nuts.
Jackablade on 9/4/2010 at 04:11
freaks
june gloom on 9/4/2010 at 04:31
I have an aversion to most insects that it results in me freaking out and on occasion inordinate violence. Spiders draw an especially extreme reaction from me.
Case in point, one night last week.
I was in a parking lot and getting back into my car. I closed the door and was putting the keys in when I noticed a spider on the driver's side window. I immediately jump and scream. I open the door thinking it was on the door and I could knock it onto the ground, however it was attached to the car proper and so it lowers itself a bit instead. So I huff and puff and try blowing it off, it falls and lands on my arm.
So I launch myself out of the car, I don't even know how I got my seatbelt off. I start flailing about trying to get the thing off me. After a moment I see the spider on the ground and I stomp on it like 20 times muttering "die you fucking cocksucking shitbitch dickfuck."
When it finally stops moving, I notice some woman nearby staring at me like I grew a second head, so I raise my arms all thug like and yell "WHAT?!"
Then I get in my car and leave.
PigLick on 9/4/2010 at 04:51
hehe huntsman's have a annoying tendency to view cars as a mobile feeding machine around these parts. Just remember, they can flatten themselves enough to get through a closed door, just because the spider is on the outside of the car window doesnt mean it always will be.
Vasquez on 9/4/2010 at 05:55
Quote Posted by st.patrick
- I'm afraid of heights but it's a selective kind of vertigo. I'm only scared whenever I instinctively feel the danger of falling is somehow likely. I'm ok on planes - I enjoy flying. I don't mind most of lookout towers, ferris wheels etc. But put me on a rickety ladder leaning on a 5-meter cherry tree and my butt's so clenched you couldn't stick a needle in it.
Same here, and less than 5 meter is way enough too, if I can't hold to anything with my hands. If there's a railing to grasp, I can happily go any high and enjoy the sights, but standing on a small wobbly stool to find something from the upper shelf, I feel like throwing myself down because I'M GONNA FALL ANYWAY.
And when I do yoga or tai chi, I have to be aligned with walls, floor/carpet patterns etc. and preferably facing a window. If I'm even slighty off "the grid", I feel I can't find balance and do the moves awkwardly :rolleyes:
Oh, and irrational fears. For some reason VERY BIG LETTERS terrify me, and I'm scared of big construction machinery.
witherflower on 9/4/2010 at 07:05
Yes... Heights are terrifying. I get these insane impulses to jump.
And I have these recurring dreams that I'm flat out on the sloping roof of some ridiculously tall and massive building and sliding down slowly, but steadily.
hopper on 9/4/2010 at 07:54
I just remembered another one of mine: escalators. If they don't move, I won't go up (or down) them if there's a regular stairway close by. If I expect one to start moving as soon as I step on the press-plate, and it doesn't, I'll turn back and take the ordinary stairs instead. From numerous observations I know that I'm far from being alone in this, though.
What makes this really crazy is that I almost always walk up or down escalators if they do move (as opposed to just standing idly on a step while it carries me).
TBE on 9/4/2010 at 08:13
When I open a beer bottle, I wipe off the top after removing the cap.
When I get a cup/glass to drink from, I always look in it really well, and smell it too. Had a couple bad cups from the old dishwasher days have gunk in them, and totally made me barf. Won't ever have that happen to me again.
People sharing my food, I usually don't mind as long as I know your cleanliness habits. If you're that guy who doesn't wash your hands after peeing "because you didn't get any piss on your hands" then I will not be letting you near my plate/food/whatever. I don't mind drinking other people's drinks if they offer, again, if you've got cankers/gingivitis/bad breath, I won't drink after you. But if you're one of my friends, I don't care. Especially alcohol drinks, I mean, there's alcohol. Germs don't do well in there.
When I fix a computer for someone, I install EVERY update possible. Instead of just installing Windows, and calling it good, I make it a point to spend hours downloading and installing updates. Then I make sure their Internet Explorer or whatever has all it's Flash and Shockwave plugins installed. Most places you take your computer to get fixed, they do the bear minimum, and let you install all that crap. I've just seen too many computers try to get updated, and then they crash. I'm kinda thorough like that. Adobe Reader gets installed too if I am fixing your PC.
I read my horoscope daily, and let it influence some items in my life. Weird, I know.
And I hate the feeling of cardboard on my fingers. Makes me cringe, and want to fight.
37637598 on 9/4/2010 at 08:38
I subconciously have a rope attached to my soul, and if I turn around in one direction, I'll be totally uncomfortable until I turn back around to unwind. It's very annoying, sometimes I'll leave the room just so I can turn around without anyone seeing, then re-enter the room once I'm straightened out.
I hold my breath when walking past someone in public, long enough for their could of air and smell to pass, before I resume breathing, and if I smell them at all, I silently make myself cough when I'm far enough away.
I drink milk with sugar and vanilla in it. It's the most delicious breakfast beverage ever for anyone who likes milk.
rachel on 9/4/2010 at 09:15
Quote Posted by 37637598
I hold my breath when walking past someone in public, long enough for their could of air and smell to pass, before I resume breathing, and if I smell them at all, I silently make myself cough when I'm far enough away.
me too :idea:
