OT: Is there anything worse then Mustard? (AKA The Phobia Thread)
 

Okay. I just realized how much I detest mustard, to the point where I have asked a waitress at a resauraunt to move it off a table no one was at across from mine. I have NEVER been Col. Mustard in Clue, it's that bad.

I have no other what I would call "disorders". Everything else I can take in stride, but I swear, Mustard is the bane of my existence. How people can eat that is beyond me. It's so, so bad. Ugh.

So, I outed myself. What other "phobias" run amuck on FOFC?

Oh and since RadioFriendly confronted me about this calling me Rake Yohn from Jackass (Deathly afraid of mustard) I would probably say I am as bad. I refuse to eat White Castle burgers until someone else makes sure there is no mustard on them. It's that bad.

When I was about 4 years old, my aunt babysat me and put on the shitty horror movie "Dolls", which, as you guessed, is about dolls that come to life and kill people. Well, after my viewing of this movie, and countless subsequent nightmares, I became paranoid of dolls. As a kid, I would watch any dolls in the room just to make sure they didn't move, blink, twitch, or brandish weapons. I made my mom pack up her doll collection until I was about 15, and even now I take second glances at them.

I have a deathly fear of spiders, bees, and other creepy crawlies. Thats probably not very weird though. One quirk of mine involves my extrememe dislike for the sound and texture of popsicle sticks, they drive me crazy.

yeah I can see where the sound of those popsicle sticks would get annoying.

My three year old will not go to sleep if there are any monkeys in the room, real or stuffed.

Bees/wasps for me as well, as well as people waving things in front of my face: I'm a very calm, non-violent person, but if people start waving their hands or arms close to my face, even with no hint of violent intent, I become very aggressive.

There has been a case in his three years when there's been a real monkey in his room? :eek:

bananas

can't eat them, can't be around when someone else is eating them, can't handle them if they are rotten, nor can I handle discarded peels.

I see someone in the vain of my mustard hate. I can't blame you.

Clowns...have always been terrified of them.

I also hate bananas, but more because of the smell/taste than a deep seeded phobia, but basically I feel like I am going to vomit if I smell anything banana-y...

Ive never understood how people can eat bananas. Ive tried on many occasions and their consistency seems to trigger my gag reflex.

Pix plz, thx.

Tony George

Not yet, but she isn't taking any chances. She has a stuffed sock monkey named Carlos who she likes otherwise, but she will go as far as to verbally confirm with me that Carlos is downstairs in the playroom when she goes to sleep. All other monkeys are also down there.

Needles. For real. And I'm not talking about a run of the mill "I don't like needles", we're talking "You wanna stick me with that thing you better bring a lunch, a priest & some backup." They fully triggers my most basic flight-or-fight response, to the point of having decked several nurses in my life & once trying to go out a 3rd story window.

Dola:

maybe she read that thread about the moneky who chewed off that guys foot and his nads.

DeToxRoxDVHStyle thats disgusting lol

I am a very outdoors type person. I do a lot of hiking and camping. I've stepped over alligators, hidden from nearby bears, and been harassed by aggresive bobcats. I don't care about things like that(perhaps adding to my own stupidity), but I HATE spiders. Sure if I can see the spider beforehand and identify it its no big deal, but if I walk through a web I didn't see and feel its inhabitent on my neck I do a freaked out dance. I think its the whole idea that it could be poisoness and hurt me, and its just such a stupid and sucky way of getting hurt, being bitten by a little bug. Little bastards.

I love mustard though...
:)

I'm the same way about Spiders. Actually I was on a delivery one night and when I went to ring the door bell I saw this huge yellow and black spider over the doorbell. Luckily the family was watching for me near the door because I almost beat the spider to death with their pizzas.

Another vote for spiders. Last summer these huge spiders decided to camp out around my house. There were about 5 that were longer than an inch and half somewhere around my house. It was kind if interesting watching the one outside my window since there was a piece of glass separating us, but I got the they gave me the heebee jeebies when I went outside. But then something even more gastly happened.

This big, black burly spider crawled across my closet door. I caught it out of the corner of my eye and it ran into the closet. It took me quite awhile, slowly moving things out of the closet before I managed to catch it. However the very next night, another spider that looked just like it ran across my desk right under my monitor (clearly trying to eat me). Needless to say the spider ended up a little more squished than it was before. However, it took awhile for me to feel comfortable in my room after those two nights. Even now, about 10 months later I still think I see things out of the corner of my eye crawling across my closet door.

Bologna and Brussel Sprouts. I will gag on command just by looking at either one.

Seeing snakes makes me go wierd.

My food phobia is melons - all kinds. Just the smell of a cantalope or honey dew would start me gagging.

Sea Boogers and Whole Belly Clams are a close second.

Have a wander through this old list of same:

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And yes... I did search on the term "soup sandwich" to dig that up, if you must ask.

Brussel Sprouts are awesome.

Personally, I have yet to come accross anything remotely close to these types of 'phobias,' however I can't stand mushrooms once they are cooked. The texture of a cooked mushroom is horrible.

Raw white mushrooms in salad, however, and I'm fine. Once they are cooked...ugh.

That's what I love about diversity - some many opposite likes and dislikes. For example, I love spiders, snakes, mustard and cooked mushrooms.

...with some fava beans and a nice chianti?

I love brussel sprouts too, my mom made them taste so good with butter and salt. Kind of like mini cabbages.

I will not eat tomatoes in their normal, disgusting, seedy form.


I love tomato soup and I enjoy my fries with some ketchup (and catsup, too), but I cannot fathom eating anything that resembles the texture of a raw tomato. Any salsa or spaghetti sauce I have cannot be 'chunky' or I will just have to do without. Tomatoes are freaking disgusting.

haha, well I eat bananas. so agree to disagree. :)

i felt this way too for...24 years of my life. And then I went to Italy. And now I'll eat raw tomatoes like frikkin apples. They're good. In salads, in caprese/bruschetta style appetizers...awesome

Mayo/Miracle Whip is Satan's condiment. It truly is the work of the devil.

i'll agree though. mayo is GROSS. i refuse to go anywhere near it. If I know there's mayo in something I basically won't even eat it.

I'm with you two - mayo is one of the most vile substances in existence.

Ditto. I don't even let it in the house. I also won't kiss Arlie if he's eaten Mayo at any point in the day. Even if he brushed his teeth.

I eat tomatoes raw, like apples, often. Sprinkle a little salt on them and they are amazing.

Pico de gallo, chunky salsa, caprese, ceviche, bruschetta -- the tomato is probably my favorite single item of food on the planet. I'm not as gung-ho about sundried tomatoes, but they are still good.

Well there's your problem right there. Miracle Whip is gross. Best Foods (Helmanns) on the other hand...

It's fascinating to see how some people are completely grossed out by foods you yourself find integral. I love tomatoes (excepting sun-dried), I'm a mustard connoisseur, and mayo/miracle whip are essential condiments for me, especially for making both tuna salad and egg salad spreads for sandwiches.

Squash is a big turnoff for me, and while I was OK with beets as a kid, I've come to dislike them as an adult - I'll eat them, but I'm not a fan. I really don't like sweet potatoes either.

Mayo is an amazing food. I make mine from scratch (thanks to Alton Brown), and it's awesome.

Dola.

The only things that make me gag are the smell of old fish, the taste of smoked salmon, or any kind of seafood that isn't ABSOLUTELY fresh. Luckily, I live in Bellingham, which for all it's flaws, has some amazing seafood.

Fighting ... urge ... to .... say ... a ....... joke .... women .... will .... be ... offended ... by

speaking of the smell of old fish I recently had a bad experience with it.....ill keep the story to myself though, lets just say ill never go around her again

Tough being on set of Golden Girls eh?

there's a lot of foods I wont eat - squash, beets and sweet potatoes are on that list (along with seafood, melons, most nuts, and baked beans to name a few). But none of them truly OFFEND my very existence like the sight or smell of a banana does...

Snakes and beets.

Yes, Frankenstein.

Olives......justthe smell of them makes me wanna vomit.

Clowns, which isn't really weird.

But Playdough is probably my weirdest one. I can't stand the smell, let alone touch or even get near it. Same goes to Brownies, they taste and smell like Playdough. I almost vomit the smell of both of these things. I HATE them.