Your oddest fears - Page 3

lookout123 · 01-22-2009, 12:29 PM

walking on the large grates always takes me back to my childhood when my cousins and i would pretend the large series of grates near the house were the deck of a star wars spaceship.

my super-awesome nerd rays are blinding you aren't they?

glatt · 01-22-2009, 12:46 PM

My father in law was a chemical engineer before he retired, and once when we were visiting him, he took us on a tour of his plant. It was pretty impressive. Halfway through it, when we were up on this second floor catwalk thing, I looked over at my wife, and she was making a strange face and pointing down. I couldn't figure out what she was pointing at. I looked through the grate we were standing on at the concrete floor about 60 feet below, but there was nothing there. "What?" I asked, and she hissed "the grate!" and it wasn't until then that I realized we had been walking all over on the grates and remembered how much she hated grates. She earned big points with me that day for putting her fear aside so she wouldn't disappoint her dad as he showed off his plant. Plus, it was kind of funny after that as we kept climbing higher up around these enormous vats.

SteveDallas · 01-22-2009, 12:49 PM

A spaceship? That would work, but I'd think of the Bespin carbon-freezing facility first for grates.

I fear personal contact with other people.

Pie · 01-22-2009, 12:55 PM

Aha! An IT type!

footfootfoot · 01-22-2009, 01:00 PM

I'm afraid you're going to have to leave.

Clodfobble · 01-22-2009, 01:45 PM

Your grate and manhole-cover fears are not entirely unjustified. When she was younger, my mother stepped on a manhole cover that was not properly secured, and she slipped down halfway into it, breaking her leg. True story.

glatt · 01-22-2009, 01:53 PM

We had a rash of exploding manhole covers not too long ago in this area. Never did hear the official explanation. But the covers would shoot up into the air like an anvil shoot and come crashing down randomly on cars and stuff. Weird. They use slotted ones more and more now so the pressure won't build up.

footfootfoot · 01-22-2009, 01:48 PM

Did she say "That's just *****?"

HungLikeJesus · 01-22-2009, 02:29 PM

In some cities there have been problems with the grates becoming electrified and shocking people and animals that have touched them.

And when you walk on a grate, just remember that that's the only thing between you and the hot hard center of the Earth.

Aliantha · 01-22-2009, 04:46 PM

There's an add on telly here at the moment about home insurance that has exactly that scenario case. It's ok though. The guy survives and gets a nice new bathroom too if he's properly insured.

kerosene · 01-22-2009, 04:48 PM

Nooooo! Don't tell me that actually happens. My husband tries to tell me "Don't worry, floors are reinforced and they are designed to withstand the weight, etc. blah blah" but it doesn't really help.

Aliantha · 01-22-2009, 04:51 PM

Well if it's any consolation, I think you'd have to be hella unlucky for anything like that to happen, and I reckon you're a pretty lucky person case.

And besides, if your husband says that's how it is, then he must be right.

kerosene · 01-22-2009, 05:04 PM

It seems that I am fairly lucky, but if I am so lucky in so many other ways, that could be my one unlucky moment. Or something. Yeah, I better just believe hubby.

limey · 01-22-2009, 05:05 PM

I have an irrational fear of slipping on ice and falling over. I don't want to look a twat, and I don't like pain but these are not sufficient for the magnitude of my fear ... Anyway, I end up looking like a twat taking teeny-tiny pigeon steps on any icy surface ...

Aliantha · 01-22-2009, 05:07 PM

You should move here limey. Then you wouldn't have to worry about icey footpaths and stuff.

On the other hand, you would have to worry about snakes and sharks and other nasty stuff. lol

01-22-2009, 12:29 PM	#1
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	walking on the large grates always takes me back to my childhood when my cousins and i would pretend the large series of grates near the house were the deck of a star wars spaceship. my super-awesome nerd rays are blinding you aren't they? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

01-22-2009, 12:55 PM	#4
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Aha! An IT type! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-22-2009, 01:00 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm afraid you're going to have to leave. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-22-2009, 01:45 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Your grate and manhole-cover fears are not entirely unjustified. When she was younger, my mother stepped on a manhole cover that was not properly secured, and she slipped down halfway into it, breaking her leg. True story. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

01-22-2009, 01:48 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Did she say "That's just *****?" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-22-2009, 12:46 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My father in law was a chemical engineer before he retired, and once when we were visiting him, he took us on a tour of his plant. It was pretty impressive. Halfway through it, when we were up on this second floor catwalk thing, I looked over at my wife, and she was making a strange face and pointing down. I couldn't figure out what she was pointing at. I looked through the grate we were standing on at the concrete floor about 60 feet below, but there was nothing there. "What?" I asked, and she hissed "the grate!" and it wasn't until then that I realized we had been walking all over on the grates and remembered how much she hated grates. She earned big points with me that day for putting her fear aside so she wouldn't disappoint her dad as he showed off his plant. Plus, it was kind of funny after that as we kept climbing higher up around these enormous vats.

01-22-2009, 12:49 PM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	A spaceship? That would work, but I'd think of the Bespin carbon-freezing facility first for grates. I fear personal contact with other people.

01-22-2009, 01:53 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We had a rash of exploding manhole covers not too long ago in this area. Never did hear the official explanation. But the covers would shoot up into the air like an anvil shoot and come crashing down randomly on cars and stuff. Weird. They use slotted ones more and more now so the pressure won't build up.

01-22-2009, 02:29 PM	#9
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	In some cities there have been problems with the grates becoming electrified and shocking people and animals that have touched them. And when you walk on a grate, just remember that that's the only thing between you and the hot hard center of the Earth. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-22-2009, 04:46 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	There's an add on telly here at the moment about home insurance that has exactly that scenario case. It's ok though. The guy survives and gets a nice new bathroom too if he's properly insured. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-22-2009, 04:48 PM	#11
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Nooooo! Don't tell me that actually happens. My husband tries to tell me "Don't worry, floors are reinforced and they are designed to withstand the weight, etc. blah blah" but it doesn't really help.

01-22-2009, 04:51 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well if it's any consolation, I think you'd have to be hella unlucky for anything like that to happen, and I reckon you're a pretty lucky person case. And besides, if your husband says that's how it is, then he must be right. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-22-2009, 05:04 PM	#13
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	It seems that I am fairly lucky, but if I am so lucky in so many other ways, that could be my one unlucky moment. Or something. Yeah, I better just believe hubby.

01-22-2009, 05:05 PM	#14
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I have an irrational fear of slipping on ice and falling over. I don't want to look a twat, and I don't like pain but these are not sufficient for the magnitude of my fear ... Anyway, I end up looking like a twat taking teeny-tiny pigeon steps on any icy surface ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-22-2009, 05:07 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	You should move here limey. Then you wouldn't have to worry about icey footpaths and stuff. On the other hand, you would have to worry about snakes and sharks and other nasty stuff. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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