dbminter Posted April 17, 2006 Posted April 17, 2006 Full story http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=1...-name_page.html Snippet: "22 March 2006 I'M PEA-TRIFIED Bizarre frozen veg phobia makes mum'slife a misery By Richard Smith MUM Louise Arnold is left frozen with fear by a bizarre phobia - of peas. She flees restaurants if she spots peas on a plate and cannot even walk past them in a supermarket without becoming anxious." Frightened of peas! :& What's next... corn-phobia?! Hear Whimsical Will's report from the Doctor Demento Show http://www.concentric.net/~Whmsicl/Dn06-16.ram I love how he says "PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAS!"
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 Weird, innit? Some others from http://www.phobialist.com Fear of: Air- Anemophobia. Asymmetrical things- Asymmetriphobia Bald people- Peladophobia Beautiful women- Caligynephobia Bogeyman or bogies- Bogyphobia (Bogyphobia? - LOL!! ) Chickens- Alektorophobia Clowns- Coulrophobia Computers or working on computers- Cyberphobia Dining or dinner conversations- Deipnophobia Food- Cibophobia Gravity- Barophobia Ideas- Ideophobia Justice- Dikephobia Knees- Genuphobia Parents-in-law- Soceraphobia Puppets- Pupaphobia Running water- Potamophobia Standing up and walking- Stasibasiphobia Tickled by feathers or feathers- Pteronophobia Ugliness- Cacophobia Vegetables- Lachanophobia Washing- Ablutophobia Yellow color- Xanthophobia
lfcrule1972 Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 Bogyphobia ??? Tell me you made that one up !!?
dbminter Posted April 18, 2006 Author Posted April 18, 2006 No, it's real, but, the site makes the common mistake most associated with bogyphobia. Bogyphobia is the fear of Humphrey Bogary movies, that you're stalked by Bogart, or that you are gradually turning into Bogart.
lfcrule1972 Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 Isn't a boggart in Harry Potter ?? I am sure it takes the form of whatever frightens you most, in your case db that might be a working drive, a piece of software that you couldn't break etc !!
dbminter Posted April 18, 2006 Author Posted April 18, 2006 No, see, I'm a smart guy! If such a monster exists and I encounter it, suddenly, I'm afraid of beautiful women willing to do my bidding. Poof! Instant evening's entertainment.
lfcrule1972 Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 Poof! Instant evening's entertainment. Somehow I don't think you meant that !!! ?
dbminter Posted April 18, 2006 Author Posted April 18, 2006 No, no, no, you're just a Pouf! Lowly, insignificants in the eyes of the great, butch Venusians!
Groundrush Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 Poof! Instant evening's entertainment. Somehow I don't think you meant that !!! ? ha ha ha ha, you two are unreal....... =))
polopony Posted April 19, 2006 Posted April 19, 2006 fear of Parents-in-law- Soceraphobia and I thought it was marriage
dbminter Posted April 19, 2006 Author Posted April 19, 2006 Isn't Soceraphobia the fear of Harry Potter?
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