Electricity, Microwaves, and Black People
My great grandmother was scared of electricity.

So much so that she would freak out if anyone left a plug socket switched on, because she was scared the 'leccy would leak out and she would drown in it.

I'm scared of microwaves - I have to leave the room when one is in use, otherwise I get this uneasy feeling that I'm being slowly cooked from the inside out.

And the oddest one - when I was about 3 or 4 I was terrified of black people. I don't know why, as I lived in a very tolerant family in south-east London of all places. Obviously this isn't the case today, as I live with a West Indian bloke, but my parents told me I used to be scared whenever I saw a black guy. Very odd indeed.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 9:50, 2 replies)

hitler yoof....
When my youngest daughter was abut 4, she was PETRIFIED of black people. Full blown hysterics!

Difficult, as i am mixed race and half my family is Jamaican. Christmas was fun.

She was fine with me (in fact, tried to climb me like a blubbering snotty ferret whenever my dad came to visit) but only me.

Lasted 6 months and shes fine now. Found out it was a dream she'd had about black monsters eating her face. Bless her little racist heart.x
(Mr. Fahrenheit Can reach naught to fuck you in 8.36 seconds, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 10:13, closed)

MIcrowave ovens, contrary to popular belief
don't cook from the inside out. They cook from the outside in, just like infra red radiation. The absorption coefficient is such that the difference between outside and inside temperature is much less pronounced, but the outside still gets more heating.

So if you feel your insides cooking, you've probably swallowed something very hot! Like a nuclear reactor, or a coal fire or something.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 10:38, closed)