Weird things you are scared of..

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

That "Emergency Broadcast Test" noise that comes on around 3 am.

Any sudden, loud, noise like a siren.

Being kidnapped.

Falling off of anything into water.

I totally dislike the emergency broadcast system noise too......I always feel like a reporter is about to go on air and say that aliens are about to attack!! freakkkky!

[Scully]

I am very freaked out by clowns! I can handle Ronald McDonald and Grandma from the Big Apple Circus - but if there are any on TV, my DH will tell me to cover my eyes then let me know when it's safe!

I also hate staplers. I put a staple through my thumb when I was younger. Now anytime one needs to be refilled, I have to ask a coworker to open up the top and slam it down to make sure it's closed!

The same thing with paper cutters and Xacto blades. I sliced a small portion of my left index finger off with a blade at work a few years ago. It hasn't grown back the same!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by twinkle555

I totally dislike the emergency broadcast system noise too......I always feel like a reporter is about to go on air and say that aliens are about to attack!! freakkkky!

It was WAY worse back in the day (early 70s). I would literally run away from the TV and hide my face in my mother's lap because I hated that sound so much. I don't know when I got old enough to realize I could turn the sound down until it was over.

[groovypq]

Originally Posted by twinkle555

I totally dislike the emergency broadcast system noise too......I always feel like a reporter is about to go on air and say that aliens are about to attack!! freakkkky!

You know, I am so glad I'm not the only one! When I was a kid, I swear they didn't test the system *that* often, and I don't ever remember it actually being used. I sort of grew up believing that if you ever heard it and it wasn't a test, nuclear war or something was imminent.

So now when I hear those tests (inevitably in the middle of the night), they freak me out a bit. Also because now the EBS is used at the drop of a hat, it seems - even for freaking severe thunderstorm warnings. And, I'm terrified of tornadoes, so I hear it and am afraid a tornado is coming!

BTW, I suppose that could be my weird fear. I don't live in tornado alley, and they're not THAT common around here *knock wood* - but I'm always afraid they're lurking in thunderstorms.