Thursday Thirteen #44-The Fear One

Thirteen Things Sparky is Afraid of Some of these things are things that I am pee my pants afraid of. Some of these are things that Phew, I will never do that again, afraid of. And some of these things are things that I am Oh My Goddess I can't believe that is something that exists afraid of. Now you will know what not to get me for my birthday. 1.Mice-Have a mouse run past your sleeping ahead along a wall and then have it make those squeak squeak noises from your closet in the middle of the night and tell me you aren't a wee bit frightened. 2.Bats-I think of them as just giant flying rats, even though my brain knows they are not even in the mouse family. 3.That Swinging Pirate Ship Ride- My brother and I were on one at the pier at Wildwood when we were wee ducks and the gate was not fully closed. There was a moment where we both thought we would fall out. I still avoid that right now. 4.Snakes-I have gotten over my fear of gardner snakes because they are so tiny, they are like giant worms, but anything else snake wise still skeeves me out. 5.That Blonde Columnist-Sometimes you just can not believe that someone that says things so vile and hateful, still has a contract to write books and columns in newspapers. Her name shall still not be typed here. 6.Flying/Landing-I used to be afraid of flying, but as the rest of the Duck family began to spread themselves across the country, I got more practice flying. I do not like the fact that I can not wear my Ipod during landings, because that is still the time I feel the hyperventilation sneaking up on me. 7.Making a Wrong turn in Trenton-It happened only once, and it is probably just something born out of growing up in NJ and hearing stories about how scary Trenton is, but I was taking a leisurely drive after work and ended up some how in the middle of what seemed to me to be a whole bunch of crack dens. Suffice it to say I did not stay at the red light long and my dress shirt was soaked. 8.Those folks on the movie Jesus Camp-I'm all for teaching young children religion, whatever religion there parents belong to, it is a good way to start to teach a child right and wrong. But, watch the movie sometime and tell me whether they maybe taking the religion thing a wee bit too far. 9.Frogs-I think they maybe be plotting to get me, because my father Tex was a biology teacher and the final project was dissecting frogs. They will get me to get even with him. 10.Big Dogs-as evidenced by the mention yesterday, I do not like some dog breeds. Dobermans and Pit Bulls are tops on my list. I think it is because I was a paper boy for 10 years and the areas I delivered in did not have the biggest houses, which means Fido lived outside and was none to happy about it and seeing me collecting. 11.Horror Movies-Not like Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street, they are lame now adays. Im talking Hostel and the Saw series. Talk about Nightmare in my mind after those gross things. I never watch em. 12.Professional Mixed Martial Arts-To me, it looks like Dog fighting with humans and you dont expect someone to die. Tell me why anyone would want to fight someone else in a metal cage type structure? Unless of course its Fight Club, THE MOVIE. 13.Drowning-In my nightmares, this is my scariest way to go. I think you know its happening which is even worse then something out of the blue. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)


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