[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Family-induced phobias (was Other Weasleys (Percy, Fred))

[Amanda Lewanski]

Milz wrote:

> I was about 4 years old, when my brothers (ages 8 and 6) got a toy
> rubber snake as a gift (undoubtedly from some deranged person).
> Anyhow, they used to hide behind corners and jump out to scare me.
> They would make hissing sounds behind me then throw the snake on me.
> They would hide it in my bed, under my pillow. I credit them with my
> dislike of snakes.

Yeah, mine did the same thing with a rubber eyeball. But I have a
sneaking suspicion I'd have a problem with loose eyeballs anyway.

--Amanda, whose lunatic brother gave her husband one of those newer
"always facing up" eyeball balls in his Christmas stocking one year, and
whose children just *love* it, grossing her out regularly, sigh
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