Tuberphobia
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.
( notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 12:54, 22 replies)

It's probably
something to do with the fact they look like Jimmy Sommerville.
(username failed moderation, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:22, closed)

^racist

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:36, closed)

For her birthday,
why not dress up as Mr Potato Head?
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:36, closed)

Raw n dirty mr potato head

( notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:03, closed)

Have you experimented with other dirty tubers?
Sexually or otherwise...
(csdaveuk, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:38, closed)

Did someone say dirty tuba?

( notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Wed 17 Sep 2014, 21:20, closed)

Is she of Irish descent?
Or not?
(Carpe Cyprinidae, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 13:45, closed)

Yorkshire
So not.
( notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:04, closed)

which Riding of Yorkshite.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, 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.
( notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Thu 18 Sep 2014, 8:57, closed)

Holme-upon-Spudling Moor?
KingEdwardston-upon-Hull?
Malton Piper?
(Carpe Cyprinidae, 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
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:21, closed)

sounds like a convenient way to get out of peeling potatoes

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 14:33, closed)

Oops
Great minds think alike.
(superfly78, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:03, closed)

she's also scared of fairy liquid, plastic shopping bags, and dust

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:14, closed)

dust anybody?
dust?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:25, closed)

She's having you on
She just can't be arsed peeling potatoes.
(superfly78, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 16:01, closed)

I think you should phrase that in the form of a wager...

(csdaveuk, 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!
( notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Tue 16 Sep 2014, 17:05, closed)

How is she with jacket potatoes?
It's important that we know.
(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, 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... ?
( notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Wed 17 Sep 2014, 10:41, closed)

(^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!
I U
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Thu 18 Sep 2014, 16:34, closed)