Atoms.
I'm not afraid of nuclear war, only the left over atoms. I'm afraid they'll gang up on me.
( EvS, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:37, Reply)

Irrational Fears
I once met a guy who had a fear of Cheese. He freaked out once because someone offered him a slice of Pizza, it was as if he had seen a big F Off tartantula
(Chi Chi, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:36, Reply)

Meat fat
especially in grill pans.

It makes me shudder and retch.
( 100% Cock Raw like carrots., Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:36, Reply)

Terracotta Tiles
on my feet.

*shudder*
( Banana, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:36, Reply)

More of an obsessive/compilsive
One of my collegues will only ever park in *his* space at Tesco. Even if someone else is parked in it, he will queue up for *his* space.

And he will only ever reverse into parking spaces. Even though I suggested going in forwards means easy-access to the boot, to stick his shopping in. He was having none of it. He said he gets in the car and pulls forward so he can get to the boot..

"Why not just go in forwards?".
"Nah, then its harder to get out!"
"But its harder to get in backwards"
*Shrug*
(popey, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:35, Reply)

my mate is violently afraid of the dark
this is a direct result from watching the entire nightmare on elm street series at the age of four

what a cranberry
(Limited IQ, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:35, Reply)

Buttons, coathangers, sweetwrappers, circles
At uni I shared a house with a guy who was was scared of:
a) Buttons (Seriously, all his clothes had Velcro, zips or ties)* **
b) Coathangers

His girlfriend was scared of :
a) Sweet wrappers
b) Circles (WTF caused that, I have no idea.)

* Many years later he came to stay and my then flatmate had a huge jar of buttons on a shelf in the living room. In the morning we woke to find that he had found a paper bag and put it over the top so he could get to sleep.

** Also he used to pinch my records and leave the lieing about in his room out of their sleaves. I simply stuck a button on the wall with Blu-Tac next to my record collection. He never "borrowed" another record.
(Stacker, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:34, Reply)

my ex girlfriend
had a fear of me putting my finger in her belly button becuase all the insides would come out ha ha ha ha
(BigBobbyh, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:34, Reply)

Old china dolls with glass eyes scare me
but that's not really irrational.
They'd kill me given half a chance.
I know it.
edit: and I don't really like being underground, or in a big crowd.
I'm also scared of spiders, although not to an interesting extent.
( MissPrism, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:34, Reply)

I have to go up staircases
rather than escalators because I fear getting myself caught in them.

BTW I am not from a third world country that has never seen them before.

Also I have extreme vertigo. Even thinking about going up the Eiffel Tower makes my hands break out in a nervous sweat. I went up it once and was nearly in a Coma from fear when I got to the top.
( Toma_o, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:33, Reply)

Shed
There is a slightly derelict shed at the bottom of my garden. Me and my four housemates decided to eat some home-grown mushrooms (of the psychadelic variety) and dance about in the garden, I was videotaping the whole thing.

At some point i became aware of how evil the shed was and that nobody should go near it, incase they were consumed. Everybody found this hilarious and kept jumping into the shed and I became increasingly more scared.

I had to go inside and sit down.
(Choaderboy, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:33, Reply)

only a rational fear
of dogs, because I got badly mauled by a labrador with earache when I was little. I do have a rather swash-buckling scar on my cheek as a result though.
( butchbint, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:32, Reply)

Underwater lights in swimming pools
they just freak me out for some reason.
(Prof_Frink has remembered his username, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:32, Reply)

i have a fear of
shops own brands

(happy shopper too)
('tin'tintin, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:32, Reply)

Waxworks.
I fucking hate waxworks. They look too real. It's like they're watching me. And I see them move out of the corner of my eye, but when I look at them they stop. Waxworks are scary, really scary.
( Comma, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:32, Reply)

being alone
for the rest of my life!
( recently dumped after 3 years )
( harpski, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:32, Reply)

Feeeeear...
Flies. Euuuurgh. No particular reason, I just hate them.
(Fenriz-Hates Goffiks, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:32, Reply)

I live in perpetual fear
That I will flick my cigarette ash into the turnups on my trousers, thereby setting them aflame.

For this reason, I avoid trousers with this feature.
( Mr. Sheep Fat Squelchy Goodness, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:31, Reply)

Wasps . . .
black and yellow stingy bastards

Not a phobia, more an irrational dread . .
( Tabazan - Stoneage Dinosaur, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:31, Reply)

Clock towers
There's just something really wrong about them. And the hands might fall off the clock and spear you, which would be an inconvenience. It'd probably hurt a bit too.
(bedsitmartyr : Doctor of Bottles, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:31, Reply)

i have a friend...
.. who is scared of chins.
esp. if you gang up on her and all poke her with your chins.
( bertram, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:30, Reply)

Fructophobia
I'm scared of fruit. I can't walk past a greengrocers, I have to cross the street.
(DogPoleDumbHorse, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:30, Reply)

The Krankies
Shudder!
(seamonkey, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:30, Reply)

My good lady hates apricots.
the touch, the smell, the taste.

ever since her dad chased her round the dining room with a mouldy one when she was younger.
( Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:29, Reply)

glass.

( Sunshine Elephant, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:29, Reply)

My girlfriend
has an extreme phobia of the sound of an apple being eaten. She "doesn't like the noise".

I have a total phobia of hairdressers, and watching musicals gives me panic attacks. But I really like watching barbershop quartets. This is a fact.

Oh, and daddy-long-legs also shit me up no end.
( Mullet Over, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:28, Reply)

Clowns or Coulrophobia
i have no idea why....

oh and grapes
i cant stand watching someone eat a grape or any fruit that involves a juicy explosion upon biting.... aughhhh now im scared again

go to www.phobialist.com
(Limited IQ, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:28, Reply)

i get very disturbed
by people licking their fingers and not wiping off the resulting residue.

i have to leave the room.
( dipdapdop, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:28, Reply)

Peaches
They fucking shit me right up for some reason.
(Me and your sisters- at it. DVDs/Videos 10 quid., Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:27, Reply)

I'm terrified of Roadrunner.
MEEP MEEP! Jesus!
( Baz Fuck off, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 13:27, Reply)