Curious Kitty
You know how everyone has a certain sound or feeling that goes right through them, eg. nails on a blackboard, forks on a plate, that kind of thing?

Can anyone explain why thinking of those kind of things sends that little shiver through you?



...or is that just me?

Lately I've found that I've inadvertantly used Pavlov's conditioning on myself by thinking of these things when I go past a certain station on my way home, it's driving me mad!!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:20, 42 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

What sound is it for you?
For me it's the sound of sanding.
Dry things rubbing together. Scraping.
*shudders*

Makes me go cold and my skin crawls.
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:27, Reply)

Urrgghh
Dry, cracked, old pensioners hands rubbing on crimplene.

**Shudder and BOWK!**
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:30, Reply)

Special K
is that linked to your dislike of sand?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:30, Reply)

For me
it's violins. I can think of a few notable exceptions, but generally violins make me shudder. And make me cross.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:32, Reply)

touching foam with my fingernails.
like the underside of doormats or the inside of cheap camping mattresses.

I feel horrible now just having typed that.

*shudders*

Have no idea why just thinking about them makes that happen though.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:33, Reply)

I should have seen this coming: a list of the most teeth-edging sounds ever
My worst one is when you've shampooed your hair or done the washing up, wet crinkled fingers rubbing together!

*cringes and shudders*

And anything scrapey on sheet metal, like those foil art kits you can get in craft stores where you use a sharp pointy tool to scrape the top layer off to create a metallic picture. WHY?! Who would want to do that?!?!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:34, Reply)

Urgh
Its the sound of metal on metal, like knife sharpeners or cutlery on pots and pans


Argh!
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:36, Reply)

it's not so much the sound of things scraping
as the fact that hearing those sounds makes me feel what it's like to scrape things, and that is horrible.

other than actual fingers down a blackboard, the sound of someone with little skill on the guitar playing Today by the Smashing Pumpkins.

It drives me nuts.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:36, Reply)

And
Things that are the wrong size.

this: cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09BV2z61sW7JX/340x.jpg

freaks me the fuck out.

(It's just a picture of someone holding a giant tennis ball, I promise)
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:40, Reply)

The sound of sharpening a knife
Is actually one of my favourite sounds.
I don't mean that in a "Lol, stabbing peeepll!" way.
There's just something really satisfying about it.
The little ringing sound after the scraping... *smiles*
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:42, Reply)

K
I know what you mean.

like the drawing of a sword. makes a fine noise.

sschhhing!!!!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:44, Reply)

Yes!
*sschhhingingingingingingiiiii....*
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:45, Reply)

Polystyrene rubbing on Polystyrene

For this reason I can never buy new electronics.

*throws more coal into computer boiler*
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:46, Reply)

I really like the sound
of empty Strepsil packets, if you pop the lozenge out of two adjacent holder thingies and fold it over, you can push them together to make a slight popping sound, kind of like bubble wrap but less poppy and more clicky.

In that vein, I love pressing the lids of jars that have that little button that says "do not purchase if button is depressed".

I should carry around a little Strepsil clicker as an antedote to horrible scrapey thoughts.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:51, Reply)

Kitty
I love to press jar lid buttons too. very satisfying
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:53, Reply)

Poor depressed buttons
they should get themselves some counselling, and some mood stabilisers.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:55, Reply)

Yeah!
Pickle-jar-lid-clickers are awesome.
As are pickles.

I think I'm easily amused by simple things.
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:58, Reply)

Teeth
I hate squeaky teeth. My teeth squeak when they've just been cleaned and I hate it!


Likewise, biting wool. ARGGGHHHHHHH
Teeth. On. Wool. The stuff of nightmares.
(The Apeface Cherub is not a cunty-uber-cunt, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 15:58, Reply)

You're not alone
One of my friends gets very agitated at the thought of grinding your teeth on cotton wool. I can't ever think of a reason cotton wool would be in your mouth, except at the denist or if you've been bound and gagged. In either case, I think the cotton wool squeaking is the least of your problems at that point.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:00, Reply)

ARGH!
Why did you have to remind me?

At the dentists:

"Kaol, could you please bite down on this cotton wool?"

"Mmmmggfffhh!"

"Yes, all the way down."

*cries*
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:00, Reply)

even the sound of someone squishing cotton wool between fingers
is enough to set one of my mates off.

quite amusing :-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:02, Reply)

KittyOhara
I hate you for making me think of that.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:05, Reply)

Tin-foil on teeth.
It's horrid when you don't peel a Kit-Kat properly.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:10, Reply)

babies
any noise they make brings me out in sweats and histrionic acts of violence

Crying is the worst, but even horrible burbling and laughing, oh god that baby laughing rphone ringtone, its like a knife in the ears every time.
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:14, Reply)

Agreed
The only good baby noise is the one just after the knife-sharpening one.
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:16, Reply)

Phew!
I thought I was the only one who felt that way about babies' cooing and gurgling and all the things that make most women go all melty and irritating.

I hate when people bring their spawn into the office when they're supposed to be on sillybitch/maternity leave.

One of my favourite Simpsons quotes is when Moes says "aww, the sound of children's laughter....it cuts through me like a knife!"
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:19, Reply)

my sister
decided it would be immensly funny to ram a fucking dribbling pile of her fucking dna into my face while I was eating the other evening.

not impressed.

not impressed at all.

There is a fork dent in the lounge door
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:25, Reply)

Argh! Fuckin' hell,
Get out of my head :(

We had someone come in today with her stupid fuckin' baby.
She's on maternity leave.
I wish she'd stay away.

They stink as well. Filthy little incontinent bastards.
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:26, Reply)

hahaha
bet I can guess who!

If I was interested in the little sacks of shit I would have one of my own, and then still wouldn't need to look at yours.

now do fuck off, thankyou!
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:31, Reply)

Yeah, you know who!
It's gonna be such a chav-kid.
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:32, Reply)

oh god yes
im sure fake burberry and kappa will dominate the next 15 years.
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:33, Reply)

*nods*
And there's another one on the way.
*shakes head slowly*
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:34, Reply)

you are shitting me?
thats two out and another on the way in what 3 years?

Fucking breeder
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:35, Reply)

Haha
When the girls at work were talking about Downs syndrome and birth defects and what you have to deal with if they baby is born with any of those things and I said "I wish there was some kind of test where you could play dance music during the ultrasound and if it's raving, abort it straightaway".

I'd have a Downs kid over a chav any day. Same thing though really.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:39, Reply)

Oh, hang on!
I think there's one out, one on the way :|
Not three.
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:39, Reply)

are you sure?
was the latest not the second? she popped a couple of months ago
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:40, Reply)

Oh...
Stupid babies, all look the same.
I don't even know any more.

Kitty, I like the idea of a rave-abort-test.
Ten points.
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:41, Reply)

kitty
is not hating babies an abomination onto womanhood?

Good skills!
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:43, Reply)

I knw, I'm letting the side down
Although I do have a slight defence, babies are acceptable only if the following two criteria are met:

1. It must be asleep
2. It must be wearing one of those baby-gro things that is designed to look like an animal. It is very important that the hood bit of this has ears. It does not count if there are no ears.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:48, Reply)

Pfft,
You're not letting the side down!
You're the same age as me. Got years to come around to the idea of wanting kids.
Or deciding that they should be banned.

I'm gonna roll with option two.
( Cawl, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 16:58, Reply)

children
should be hermetically sealed away until they are 18, and then slowly drip fed into society.

im with banned, its certainly the more environmentally friendly solutions.

Die a barren old harriden and save the planet :)


hahaha edit: this requires one ogf halfys "smooth, very smooth" moments by pointing out I meant women in General, and not Kitty of course.

fonz thumbs.

sigh.
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 17:08, Reply)

Between the ages
Of 5 and 7.

They're acceptable. They understand what you're saying to them, you understand what they're saying to you.

Outside of those parameters is frankly a blur to me.

Never wanted, don't wish I had but somewhere in the world is my 19 year old daughter. Mistake!

She'll be OK. Last time I saw her (she was three) she had her Mum's looks and my brains.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 19:35, Reply)