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I'll level with you. I'm really freaked out by loose buttons. I'm fine while they're doing their job, but once they're free the evil bastards are a major threat to my life. Tell us what spooks you, and how you cope. Also: church bells, doner kebab salads, death.

(, Thu 11 Sep 2014, 17:18)
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My GF has two phobias, one is pretty normal the other is genuinely strange. She is terrified of spiders, OK I can understand that one. The other irrational fear is uncooked potatoes, particularly those with a small amount of soil still attached. She can't articulate what exactly she is frightened of them doing to her, but whatever it is, she goes into a state of panic when faced with the dirty naked tuber. When cooked however, the danger is over and she is quite happy to eat chips, mash and roasties. I can't explain it, and neither can she.
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 12:54, 22 replies)
It's probably
something to do with the fact they look like Jimmy Sommerville.
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:22, closed)
^racist

(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:36, closed)
For her birthday,
why not dress up as Mr Potato Head?
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:36, closed)
Raw n dirty mr potato head

(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:03, closed)
Have you experimented with other dirty tubers?
Sexually or otherwise...
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:38, closed)
Did someone say dirty tuba?

(, Wed 17 Sep 2014, 21:20, closed)
Is she of Irish descent?
Or not?
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:45, closed)
Yorkshire
So not.
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:04, closed)
which Riding of Yorkshite.

(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:21, closed)
Sheffield, so West Riding.
It had always puzzled me that Yorkshire has North, East and West Riding, but no 'South'. I thought that perhaps Derbyshire is actually the South Riding in disguise. A little research yielded this factoid; The word 'riding' as used in this context is a corruption of the Norse word 'þriðjungr' which means one third, thus there can only be three Ridings.
(, Thu 18 Sep 2014, 8:57, closed)
Holme-upon-Spudling Moor?
KingEdwardston-upon-Hull?
Malton Piper?
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:29, closed)
You need to string together 8 or so new potatoes to form
a rudimentary set of anal beads this will help her overcome her fear
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:21, closed)
sounds like a convenient way to get out of peeling potatoes

(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:33, closed)
Oops
Great minds think alike.
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:03, closed)
she's also scared of fairy liquid, plastic shopping bags, and dust

(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:14, closed)
dust anybody?
dust?
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:25, closed)
She's having you on
She just can't be arsed peeling potatoes.
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:01, closed)
I think you should phrase that in the form of a wager...

(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:17, closed)
Having me on...
Not impossible I suppose, but if she is, it's quite a convincing performance.

Oh wait, she is a professional actor... doh!
(, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 17:05, closed)
How is she with jacket potatoes?
It's important that we know.
(, Wed 17 Sep 2014, 0:17, closed)
Jackets are fine..
so long as they are cooked, split and covered in butter and cheese.

Now I'm hungry. Where did I hide those biscuits... ?
(, Wed 17 Sep 2014, 10:41, closed)
(^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!
I U
(, Thu 18 Sep 2014, 16:34, closed)

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