Odd fears

wingedbride

When I was a little winger, I used to live in fear of getting sprayed by a skunk. It never happened. Until now. Thankfully I just got the tail end(no pun intended) of said spray but I'm stinky. GET IT OFF!!! What do I do? And are my pants ruined?

KayRI

Ewwwww.  I think it's safe to say your pants are ruined.  That stank is hard to get out.

I'm afraid of getting my head stuck in a revolving door. 

boxerfan

I've heard that tomato juice gets skunk stank to go away.  As in - take a bath in the stuff.

wingedbride

I can't bathe! 

buddhagouda

I think you're supposed to take a bath in tomato juice

and throw your pants away 

boxerfan

What? Why?  You're dirty.

applesandoranges

Exfoliate a lot maybe?  Sorry, that stinks (pun intended).

I am afraid of zombies.  I have nightmares, can't even listen to that groaning sound they make - ugh.  I even thought I didn't want to buy the home we bought because it couldn't be easily zombie-proofed.  :-|

buddhagouda

I bet skunk smell coupled with not washing would make your pants last a good five years.

wingedbride

Haha. No. I mean takes baths. I can shower but my shower head doesn't ha e a tomato setting. 

wingedbride

Maybe I can sponge it on?

Novemberrocks

Ewwww. Skunk is nasty. Can you just pour tomato sauce over the effected area and try to leave it on for a while?

HappyTummy613

winged is cracking me up in this post.

I had/have many an odd fear, some of which I've grown out of.  They include:

-My jaw getting stuck shut.

-Trying to do a somersault in the water and getting stuck with my head on the bottom and drowning.  [This one is especially weird since I used to swim competitively and was quite used to doing flip turns.]

-Getting my head stuck in a sewer or a small opening in a secret passageway.  No idea why I would ever have to be in either situation, but I have recurring nightmares about this.

-Caves

 

boxerfan

Oh, gotcha.  I think it's more of a soaking thing, so I'm not sure if the sponge would do it.  But it's worth a shot, right?

buddhagouda

My odd fear was always that some far away person could read my thoughts. I would lie in my bed and try not to think.

CaptainSerious

My husband's been sprayed.  The tomato sauce/juice doesn't work.  If makes it so you don't smell it for a while, but it doesn't remove the smell, and it won't save your clothes.

What does work is a mixture of baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, and dish soap.  We used this "recipe":  http://lavplourde.tripod.com/skunk/.  It creates a chemical reaction, and foams and heats up, so you have to use it right away.  If you soak your clothes, it will get the smell out of them, too.

MadameS

Wait. How did you get sprayed by a skunk? The only time I even see skunks is if they are already road-kill.

lmydogally

Please tell us how this sunk event occurred. Also, just lather the tomato juice all over your self and let it sit for a few minutes, rinse and repeat.

CaptainSerious

HappyTummy613:

-Trying to do a somersault in the water and getting stuck with my head on the bottom and drowning.  [This one is especially weird since I used to swim competitively and was quite used to doing flip turns.]

This actually happened to me.  Well, all except the drowning part.  I accidentally did a flip into a cistern, and was caught upside down, with my head underwater.  Luckily, my cousin witnessed it, and found someone to pull me out.

MelindaFelinda

My weird fears that make people hate me:

Tiny thin glass including baby glasses.  Especially watching people eat lightbulbs.  I also hate thin wine glasses.

Crabs and Lobsters.  I seriously want to die even thinking about them.

Touching cotton

I'm afraid to run the garbage disposal because I think I might get a compulsion to stick my hand in it.

I don't like to hear recorded voices slowed down.  It really bothers me because once when I had a fever I had a dream about talking jello and it talked really slow and deep like a slowed down tape recorder.

 

HappyTummy613

CaptainSerious:

HappyTummy613:

-Trying to do a somersault in the water and getting stuck with my head on the bottom and drowning.  [This one is especially weird since I used to swim competitively and was quite used to doing flip turns.]

This actually happened to me.  Well, all except the drowning part.  I accidentally did a flip into a cistern, and was caught upside down, with my head underwater.  Luckily, my cousin witnessed it, and found someone to pull me out.

Now every time I swim I'm going to have to look for cisterns first.

wingedbride

Thanks CS! And you all it was so weird. I walked out of this school and he was lying in wait. Ready to pounce. I'm not even sure what was being sprayed, maybe another animal. I kind of walked into it, like you would walk into perfume you just sprayed. 

boxerfan

MelindaFelinda:

Crabs and Lobsters.  I seriously want to die even thinking about them.

nicoleg1982

Lizards and frogs.  I can't do them.  And yes, I live where they live - it is a daily nightmare.  NIGHTMARE, I tell you.

CaptainSerious

HappyTummy613:

Now every time I swim I'm going to have to look for cisterns first.

It's a real hazard the way they just jump out at you!

CaliopeSpidrman

MelindaFelinda:

My weird fears that make people hate me:

Tiny thin glass including baby glasses.  Especially watching people eat lightbulbs.  I also hate thin wine glasses.

Crabs and Lobsters.  I seriously want to die even thinking about them.

Touching cotton

I'm afraid to run the garbage disposal because I think I might get a compulsion to stick my hand in it.

I don't like to hear recorded voices slowed down.  It really bothers me because once when I had a fever I had a dream about talking jello and it talked really slow and deep like a slowed down tape recorder.

Your whole list is cracking me up, but especially your anecdote about talking jello.   

Novemberrocks

My odd fears: standard poodles. Poodles are supposed to be small dogs...the big ones freak me out. Being found dead and naked.

katie.i.do

i used to have recurring and terrifying dreams about a squadron of giant black wasps. i guess you could add that to my uncontrolled fear of huge fast spiders and centipedes.

i also had recurring dreams about a bleak alternate reality where every boy and girl were waiting in a line that ascended a huge hill, and at the top of the hill was a guillotine. all the boys had to have their finger chopped off and all the girls had to have their head chopped off. talk about gender inequality!

Novemberrocks

When I was a kid, I was terribly frightened by Kiss.

katie.i.do

melinda i can see your garbage disposal fear. i mean, whenever i have to stick my hand in there i break out in a cold sweat for fear it will spontaneously turn itself on. and then i have visions of that scene in the goonies when the fratellis threaten to put chunk's hand in the blender.

FallinAgain

Touching cotton?? Plants in the field? Or do t-shirts freak you out?

TheDuckis

I am terrified of finding a body. Hiking in the woods, walking through dark parking lots, and H not answering when I yell from the next room all make me nervous for this reason.