I don't have a phobia as there is pretty much nothing I won't have a go at, like the rat temple in India where if they run over your feet it's supposed to bring you good luck. Picture me sticking my pinkies in their faces evertime one came near me.....mind you I'd been there a while by then & my feet must have penned as not one of the buggers went near them :-(
& heights I'm not great with but I've rock climbed, abseiled (Spelling), been in a cezna jet above the Nazca Lines.
BUT i have an adversion
the 'ooooohhhhh laaaaaaa' in War of the Worlds!!!!!
I kid you not, when I hear it the hairs on the back of my neck go up & I am transported back to being a kid when my sister bought the album & played it on a stormy day, it scarred the bejesus out of me!
Am hoping to be cured on the 21st June when I go see it at the O2.............mind you I might just run to the hills the first time I hear it!!!!!!!
Frogs, hate them no idea why cannot stand them. Used to work at an International Development Charity and as soon as overseas trips were mooted my first comment was is there frogs! Told no in India, saw one within 30 seconds of arriving at my destination. I think they LIED! Don't mind Kermit though..
spiders for me. If there is one in the house it's a stand on a chair job and call the missus. I have a pet one in the garage, hides behind a bit of wood, but I know he's there and anyway I talk to Harold and he wouldn't do anything to hurt me. Once had one in the conservatory and the missus was out. So, being fearless and brave, I managed to place a tupperware bowl over it and then slid a bit of cardboard under it so I had it trapped. Carried bowl carefully across the decking and put in down at the edge before booting the bowl right down the garden. Closed conservatory doors and when wife returned sent her out to retrieve the bowl. Sad isn't it !!!!
Don't go to the Atlas Mountains then Kimbo, when we got back to our tents one night there was a bullfrog in one of the girlies tents and I kid you not, it was the size of a dog!!!!!! When it croaked it sounded like a grown man belching!!!!!
[cite]Posted By: DA9[/cite]Rats are just big mice, want one as a pet one day.
Had two of them when I was younger. Absolutely awesome pets - inquisitive, friendly, affectionate creatures. Would recommend them to anyone (apart from people who are scared of rats of course!)
The only real downside to them is that they don't live that long (3 years if you're very lucky) and you get a lot more attached to them than you would a hamster or a mouse so when they kark it it's a bit of a bugger. Oh - and they stink if you don't clean them out regularly.
[cite]Posted By: LargeAddick[/cite]spiders for me. If there is one in the house it's a stand on a chair job and call the missus. I have a pet one in the garage, hides behind a bit of wood, but I know he's there and anyway I talk to Harold and he wouldn't do anything to hurt me. Once had one in the conservatory and the missus was out. So, being fearless and brave, I managed to place a tupperware bowl over it and then slid a bit of cardboard under it so I had it trapped. Carried bowl carefully across the decking and put in down at the edge before booting the bowl right down the garden. Closed conservatory doors and when wife returned sent her out to retrieve the bowl. Sad isn't it !!!!
No!!!
was once on a training course in New York State staying in these log cabin places in a forest, was having a shower and I am blind as a bat or worse, could see a blurred leaf on the floor of the shower, reached out put my glasses on it was the biggest mother fxxxer spider I have ever seen, jumped out of the shower .. so traumatised I can't remmember how I got the soap off me, but I did not share the shower.
[cite]Posted By: DA9[/cite]Rats are just big mice, want one as a pet one day.
Had two of them when I was younger. Absolutely awesome pets - inquisitive, friendly, affectionate creatures. Would recommend them to anyone (apart from people who are scared of rats of course!)
The only real downside to them is that they don't live that long (3 years if you're very lucky) and you get a lot more attached to them than you would a hamster or a mouse so when they kark it it's a bit of a bugger. Oh - and they stink if you don't clean them out regularly.
No phobias at all strange that. Not overly keen on spiders running across my feet when occasionally watching a horror film in the dark. Think thats more the shock factor like when someone deliberately touches you whist engrossed in a film. I jump easily so I'm a bit of target.
Have caught the huge one that lives in the living room on quite a few occasions. He's got a habit of running straight at my feet. Always get caught just as I'm about to release him into the garden and forced to return him back into the living room by the parents so he can continue eating whatever the hell he does in there.
I make sure any found in my room at night are kicked out. Would be a bit cruel to the ones with spider phobias to put the reasons why.
I would say needles but not half as bad as some others on here. Got used to them eventually. Funnily enough the dentist and associated injections never bothered me, just the sight of seeing a foreign body go in my arm I guess.
Thats if youre quick enough to hit one.....they dont half move.....nasty bite on them as well......My 14 year old came crashing down the stairs last year at about 4am.....Dad, Dad, theres a huge spider on the wall by my bed.....urgh...what colour is it?.......Brown! ahh go back to sleep its only a Huntsman....zzzzzz
Spiders for me, although I'm getting braver - dont want my children to learn a fear of them through me so am quite calm if they are around when we discover one. So far they dont seem bothered by them.
Also daddylonglegs - have been known to get off of a train if there's one in the carriage.
Not a great fan of heights, but didnt know that until I went on the London Eye - that was bloody long half hour, not helped by two young children trying to climb on the bar that goes around the pods, and asking questions like 'what happens if I open this door?'!! No probs with flying, but absolutely hate any turbulence; daughter is the total opposite and likens it to a fairground ride!
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& heights I'm not great with but I've rock climbed, abseiled (Spelling), been in a cezna jet above the Nazca Lines.
BUT i have an adversion
the 'ooooohhhhh laaaaaaa' in War of the Worlds!!!!!
I kid you not, when I hear it the hairs on the back of my neck go up & I am transported back to being a kid when my sister bought the album & played it on a stormy day, it scarred the bejesus out of me!
Am hoping to be cured on the 21st June when I go see it at the O2.............mind you I might just run to the hills the first time I hear it!!!!!!!
The only real downside to them is that they don't live that long (3 years if you're very lucky) and you get a lot more attached to them than you would a hamster or a mouse so when they kark it it's a bit of a bugger. Oh - and they stink if you don't clean them out regularly.
No!!!
was once on a training course in New York State staying in these log cabin places in a forest, was having a shower and I am blind as a bat or worse, could see a blurred leaf on the floor of the shower, reached out put my glasses on it was the biggest mother fxxxer spider I have ever seen, jumped out of the shower .. so traumatised I can't remmember how I got the soap off me, but I did not share the shower.
Did not know that about their lifespan, cheers.
Here is one of our baby Huntsman.....this one is not quite the size of an average womans palm.....you should see them when they grow up!
This is Polly and her baby from Late 2007 Pete......
Have caught the huge one that lives in the living room on quite a few occasions. He's got a habit of running straight at my feet. Always get caught just as I'm about to release him into the garden and forced to return him back into the living room by the parents so he can continue eating whatever the hell he does in there.
I make sure any found in my room at night are kicked out. Would be a bit cruel to the ones with spider phobias to put the reasons why.
Wierd cos I used to love hights, realised the last time I flew I was really not happy about it.
Jeez that mother looks scary
Look closely and you can see four of the eyes running across the top of its head
Also daddylonglegs - have been known to get off of a train if there's one in the carriage.
Not a great fan of heights, but didnt know that until I went on the London Eye - that was bloody long half hour, not helped by two young children trying to climb on the bar that goes around the pods, and asking questions like 'what happens if I open this door?'!! No probs with flying, but absolutely hate any turbulence; daughter is the total opposite and likens it to a fairground ride!