It's all getting a bit heated over there
Or possibly it got heated a while ago and isn't any more, but I stopped paying attention.

Tell B3ta something you've never told us before. Truth is preferable but not expected. I'll start; my fear of heights dates back to the age of 5, when I got stuck on top of a stegosaurus at some amusement park or other.

That was true, just not interesting. Your turn.

Alt: What phobia do you suffer from? And what's your favourite word ending in -phobia? Mine's emetophobia. Fear of vomiting. In severe cases, thinking about vomiting induces such intense nausea that the suffferer vomits. That must be entertaining to watch.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:09, 106 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Rogthemongfish suffers from that.
If you're lucky she'll send you the name of her therapist.
It will also include having to converse with Rogthemongfish by gaz, so maybe you'd be better just barfing and being happy.

I'm scared of dogs. Not all dogs. I know some lovely dogs. But if some inconsiderate cunt thinks I want their dog slobbering on me or pulling loops in my clothes with their claws they can fuck off. And keep the big fucker on a lead as well.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:13, Reply)

They're only slobbering on you
cos they wuv woo
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:14, Reply)

It's dog slobber.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:16, Reply)

LOVING dog slobber

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Are you saying you like being slobbered on by dogs?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:19, Reply)

No/yes*
*Delete according to which is less weird, I've lost track
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:20, Reply)

Do what you like with your own dog, dude...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:22, Reply)

Are you calling the missus a dog?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:23, Reply)

If the collar fits.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:24, Reply)

No, I'm saying she looks young!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:24, Reply)

Careful Roota
I like your face as it is
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:25, Reply)

NOT THE FACE!
I WAS KIDDING!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:26, Reply)

She does look young
She'll be 30 in a fortnight. Blimey.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:28, Reply)

Hence the fortnight in the smoke?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:32, Reply)

'xactly
Am trying to sort out a private dance lesson with one of them there professionals off of the telly
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:32, Reply)

I currently find Shemale porn compulsive viewing.
Not sure what to make of it all.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:15, Reply)

They've got the journos out of the Trippoli hotel
sounds pretty fucking scary
www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2011/aug/24/libya-rebels-take-gaddafi-compound-live-updates
(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:15, Reply)

Whilst technically this is something you haven't previously shared with the group
That's only because it's only just happened
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:16, Reply)

I didn't read your post, obviously

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:17, Reply)

Good job I'm not the sort to have a massive dig at those who subvert the point of a thread

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:19, Reply)

I can take it.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:21, Reply)

It's like the old joke
If a journalist, lawyer and traffic warden fell from a tall building, which one would hit the ground first?
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:17, Reply)

Is it the one with the porn obsession and confused sexuality?

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Not so much confused...
Actually, I hadn't thought about it in those terms.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:23, Reply)

Stop coming on to me.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:33, Reply)

If you keep a goldfish in a dark room it turns white
Alt: Neither of them are proper phobias, but I'm scared of flies, and pregnant women scare me a bit as well.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:16, Reply)

Me too.
Perhaps I shouldn't have watched Alien at such a young age...
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:18, Reply)

This could be a clue as to the reason
it's not normally a problem unless they ask you to touch their stomach
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:23, Reply)

Although if you put them in a darkroom they die

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:53, Reply)

I'm scared of spiders.
My favourite phobia is pogonophobia
(DeeDee, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:22, Reply)

Translation please

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:22, Reply)

Beards

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:23, Reply)

Is that a real thing?
One of my best friends has always claimed to be scared of beards. I thought she was just being melodramatic on account of some traumatic formative stubble-rash incident
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:24, Reply)

Totally bona fide

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:25, Reply)

beards are creepy though

(DeeDee, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:26, Reply)

What about pants beards?

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:26, Reply)

I prefer a nice debonair
pants moustache
(DeeDee, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:28, Reply)

Or he's a screaming drama queen.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:26, Reply)

my friend heaved at the sight of one, once
she was a bit hungover and just started retching at the sight.

afterwards she said it was "the twits" that set her off, remembering that description about mr twit licking his lips and getting scraps of his day's food...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:36, Reply)

Alt: homophobia
I say that - I'm not scared of them.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:37, Reply)

*puts up dukes*

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:39, Reply)

Has Uncle Jesse thrown them out?
Poor Luke and Bo.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:40, Reply)

You don't know horror
Until you've heard a redneck having sex with his car in your guest room
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:43, Reply)

Triskaidekaphobia
my friend nick suffers from this. he won't even get in a car if the numbers on the licence plate add up to 13. i have tried pointing out that you can then add the 1 and the 3 to make 4, but...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:39, Reply)

Nick is an idiot.

(TheColonel, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:41, Reply)

i have to admit i find it a bit affected

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:43, Reply)

I think you should kill Nick for the good of humanity.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:43, Reply)

he's gay, so he won't be breeding

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:44, Reply)

I just think he should die as a punishment for being a medieval halfwit.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:46, Reply)

he is a banker at goldmans
you can draw your own conclusions
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:50, Reply)

Is he one of the 'Burning McDonalds Mosque LOLkidz Kru'?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:52, Reply)

ha, however did you guess?!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:57, Reply)

He's a stupid cunt

(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:54, Reply)

he earns a lot more than i do though, al
sad times
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:57, Reply)

Everyone earns more than you do swipey
and don't you forget it.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:58, Reply)

no no no
just people i know. and cancerjoy, as established in the previous thread. although i'm not sure it counts if you nick it from the benefits office.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:00, Reply)

I think I might stab him with one of my swords.
Thirteen times.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:50, Reply)

Pork?

(TheColonel, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:51, Reply)

I've just had some toast but thanks, maybe next time yeah?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:52, Reply)

I brined it especially :(

(TheColonel, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:54, Reply)

I didn't know it was wet ham, man.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:05, Reply)

Fucking hell, I tend to talk about most things
Erm, I once met John Barnes. Fascinating, eh?

Alt: Arachnophobia, but not of spiders, it's scorpions that fuck me up. My favourite is Triskaidekaphobia.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:41, Reply)

No.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:47, Reply)

Doesn't your brother know John Barnes?

(TheColonel, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:51, Reply)

No.
He's been in a barn?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:53, Reply)

His brother once had sex with John Barnes and then put his headless corpse in a rubbish chute.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:53, Reply)

Luckily the police were rugby fans so they weren't bothered.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:04, Reply)

oh did I miss the fun again :(
I really really really hate snakes. It's not a phobia, it's a reasonable reaction
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:43, Reply)

oh and a 'fascinating' thing I've not told OT before
This woman is my dad's cousin: www.lionaboyd.com/
she's mostly famous for having an affair with the canadian prime minister in the 70s. She also seems to like photoshop, judging by those pictures
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:50, Reply)

Wow, that's such an horrific website, it breaks so many rules of good design that it's just...just....wow
I expect that from a non-comercial web development place, but not a real one. AND look at how much she paid ! www.commbits.com/web-site-design/all-inclusive/business/
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:55, Reply)

it's pretty special

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:58, Reply)

I'm going home now
I've realised that starting threads and then fucking off before all the replies are in is The New Black. Tonight I will write a short story and tomorrow I will get it published. I expect a totally undeserved sense of moral superiority to be firmly in place by Friday.

Night all.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:45, Reply)

Racist.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:47, Reply)

I still find it hard to believe that was an adult male.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:52, Reply)

I wonder about some of the posters here sometimes.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:53, Reply)

I just sat in a meeting about the break in.
I swear humanity is only a small meeting away from mass rioting and murder.

Some of the cunts that work in this building astound me, nobody got hurt and nothing really serious got nicked, but you could just tell this one guy was desperate to be righteous indignation personified.

At one point he proclaimed that he could get through any door with a crowbar, and my favourite bit was when he said "what if someone had been working here when they broke in? I mean, I'm not worried about myself, but anyone else *gestures at some of the women*"
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:53, Reply)

Surely he would have protected them valiantly?

(TheColonel, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:56, Reply)

He looked like he would have done just that.
With his polyester shirt and bear gut.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:57, Reply)

Alpha male shenanigans
If somebody did break in whilst he was there, I bet he'd be throwing the women at them to give himself time to get away.
( Kroney, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:57, Reply)

He also told us how he had helped arrest a gang of kids from Archway who had come up to rob the newsagents next door with a knife.
Or was it a spoon, I forget.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:58, Reply)

Oh God I hate people like that.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:58, Reply)

You know, 'women'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:59, Reply)

Bitches?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:00, Reply)

They all need killing with hammers.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:01, Reply)

Gassing

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:01, Reply)

Bitches be crazy

(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:01, Reply)

Bitches be needing stitches.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:02, Reply)

Something I've never told you guys before.
Ok, when I was seven years old, I stuck the cut-off end of a shoelace up my nose. I never told a soul, and I think it's still there.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:53, Reply)

Is this the reaon you've never touched a lady?

(Bazongaloid, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:54, Reply)

No, that's because of his hideous appearance, pathetic social skills and putrid scent.

(TheColonel, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:57, Reply)

like the rest of the boys here

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:58, Reply)

;)

(TheColonel, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:59, Reply)

Nice sig.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:01, Reply)

kinda hoping it'll be a while until I get to put it on my gravestone

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:04, Reply)

Hah, a six-sided dice went up mine.
It's not still there, though. Granny came to my rescue with her medical forceps.
( Kroney, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 16:57, Reply)

Did she throw a three and a four?
risklols
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:01, Reply)

+a D&D handbook

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:02, Reply)

Dice and small children.
Always a risk.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:05, Reply)

I misread that as:
e k
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:06, Reply)

What sort of childhood did *you* have?

( Kroney, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:06, Reply)

I was thinking the same.
Christ, where are you from, Weston-super-mare?

Truly the town that comes into its own.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:07, Reply)

it was just a misreading
and given this site, it's not that unlikely!
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:10, Reply)

You have to wonder.

(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:12, Reply)

I used to work with 1966 world cup heroes Geoff Hurst & Martin Peters.
Alt: I'm not great with heights. And I seem to have relationshiplongerthan10minsphobia.
( broadsword, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 17:00, Reply)

My aunt is a Booker Prize winner
no-one's heard of. Her name is Hilary Mantel and her last book was Wolf Hall.

So there you go.
(Biscuit Burlesque wants to be Dita von Teas, Wed 24 Aug 2011, 21:56, Reply)

She often gets a mention on Radio 4.
I think she emptys the bins or something.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 25 Aug 2011, 7:52, Reply)