Fetishes, phobias and unnatural fears...

[marv]

Everybody has some - somewhere...

Some of mine:

Hot stewed tomatoes;
Mom would cook them as a vegetable side-dish when I was a kid. They made me gag. But I love them in every other fashion, from ketchup and salsa to salads and sliced on sandwiches.

Riding in helicoptors;
When we were pulled out of Laos, we took small arms ground fire; you know there's a bulls-eye painted on your butt and there's no place to hide.

Strawberry soda pop;
It will make me vomit. But I love strawberries in every other way; ice cream, fresh, jello, as a flavoring in baked goods.

What are yours? :beer:

[Blueangel]

Mine are straight forward...

Sharks, snakes and crocodiles - why did they survive whatever killed the other dinosaurs? I know birds did too, but at least they went all cute and fluffy afterwards. I'm absolutely terrified of sharks and snakes, yet I still love surfing!?! Bit daft really when you think of the shark attack stats.

Decapitation - initially caused by seeing a headless horseman on Scooby Doo when I was 5 years old, but has since been reaffirmed by the decapitation of two aquaintances.

House fires - had a couple of house fires when I was a child (mum leaving a pan unattended, bro reading by candle light, etc) and it's made me extra, extra vigilant in my own home. I started designing fire escapes when I was 10 :p and adapted them to my house so there isn't a single room where you can't get out safely and in a hurry.

[JLwH211]

My husband laughs at me because of this, :p , but it really is funny. I can't stand bologna. I won't eat, I won't even touch it. The smell of it makes me gag. Whenever he or one of our girls has a bologna sandwich, I won't kiss them or let them touch me until they've washed their hands and brushed their teeth. I know it's weird. I think it has something to do with my brother telling me the whole time I was growing up that bologna, when digested, has worms that come out of it. Rationally, I know that's not true, but the whole business about that stuff just makes me sick to my stomach.

And fog. When I was in kindergarten, my dad was driving me to school in a very heavy fog. Our truck was t-boned by a bus. The bus didn't have it's headlights on and ran through a stop sign. I was on the side the bus hit, so I wasn't looking pretty afterwards. I break out in a rash if I have to get in a car when it's foggy outside.

[allan]

Any cockroach larger than a full-sized cat.

[JD3]

Insects in general, Spiders specifically. I'll tackle a bear or a bull head on. But keep them sneaky spiders and such off me. You just don't know they are there until they bite you. That is just wrong!

Very picky about food. Dislike cookies and most deserts. Will eat chocolate anytime. Will also eat my weight in grapes and watermelon. And I'm a real big fellow.

:D