[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Irrational childhood fears

[silverdragon at ezweb.com.au]

> > "Tracy" wrote:
> >
> > > Since it's Halloween season and time to talk of all things scary,
> > > here's a topic.  What basically harmless things scared you as a
> > child
> > > (for example, a certain toy or household item)?


As a kid I had a toy clown that looked almost *exactly* like the one in
Poltergeist. I used to lock it in the cupboard or hide it under the bean
bag...

And now I fear GRASSHOPPERS! I *hate* grasshoppers! Especially the really
big crunchy ones. I used to live in North Western Queensland in the desert,
and we'd get *plagues* of the things. Every step out into the yard would
send thousands of the revolting things flying all over. I would refuse to
hang out washing in those conditions - it would be 45+ degrees celsius and
I'd have the dryer on to get the clothes dry. Once I gritted my teeth and
went out to get the clothes off  the line (I was lazy and left them out
overnight). Of course the grasshoppers had arrived overnight, hadn't they?
So what did I grab with my lily white hand when I went to pull the first peg
off? You got it - a dirty great gasshopper that was sitting on the peg...
And I had very long hair, so the thought of one getting caught in my hair...
<shudder>.

Blech!

Nox