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"Phobias Anyone?"

Im scared of spiders. Really though. How pathetic is that? Ahhh well.
Its not my fault my house has the biggest spiders in the world living in it.

Anyhoo.
http://www.indianchild.com/phobias.htm

Find your Phobias and their scientific names and report back with your progress.

Spiders = Arachnophobia

Wet dreams = Oneirogmophobia

I'm done.
Yes I know you aint scared of nothing but you never know...

CGJ wrote:
> Who came up with all these?
> triskaidekaphobia?
> arachibutyrophobia?
>
> Did someone just sit down one day and think of everything and just
> add phbia to the end of it?

I think you have to say the correct scientific name of something and add phobia. Although....how has the likes of rooms for example have scientific name?

Rather strange.

blood = hemaphobia

I was talking to Ros because hers wasn't on that list.

English_Bloke wrote:
> Tell me your phobia and I will name it.


I hate knife's and the site of blood.

Who came up with all these?
triskaidekaphobia?
arachibutyrophobia?

Did someone just sit down one day and think of everything and just add phbia to the end of it?

No Probs

;)

Dunno Im too tightly wrapped in a quilt at the mo.

Thanks a bunch.

Yeah, the real one is still alive in your house somewhere.

are you sure it was a dead spider and not just a skin shed by a spider that was too small for it?

Ah, I think I'm thinking of France, it happened there too.

English_Bloke wrote:
> I do remember a while back when there was a sudden influx of them. You
> couldn’t step outside without literally hundreds of them landing on
> you.
>
> I bet you didn’t step outside that summer, did you?

yeah, but it must have been about 18 years ago now.