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jacenta, I think I know the answer to your troubles here...
I think the ringing in your ears and also hearing your name being called when no one is there is actually your ears calling you and you just don't answer. Just a thought.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 15, 2005 at 8:45 PM
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I-R-Will,
You sure you're not using that as an excuse to ignore people? I know I would.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 15, 2005 at 8:40 PM
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Hi SpitFire70...
I enjoyed reading your posts and I admit that I do have an occasional ringing in my ears. I've heard it is a sign of an impending stroke, but I think it is quite normal, especilly with hearing loss. I asked the top registered nurse in rehabilitation and she has never heard of it being a sign of a stroke. I don't know, maybe if it is excessive ringing.
I have no real big fears of anything, except I consciously tell myself to autogentically stop myself from being concerned about what I can't do anything about. Like things that could happen. I also at times, hear my name being called when no one is there. Good thing it doesn't happen often. A college instructor told me once it was a brain cell lost. You know we are only born with so many brain cells and I want to keep all I have. Ha-Ha
My hubby just made me a P&J sandwich, thus TTFN. 
jacenta
posted by
jacentaOld
on June 15, 2005 at 8:19 PM
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Yes, but I'm partially deaf due to sound abuse. It does lead up to some
interesting conversation at times. LOL
posted by
I-R-William
on June 14, 2005 at 9:17 AM
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Smartdog,
But it's true! Don't you remember having those hearing tests and having to raise your hand when you hear the pitch? So, my only question now is who is conducting the test when I can't seem to find anyone around and have no wires hooked up to me?
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 13, 2005 at 9:17 PM
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LoanLady,
My mom and aunt were so obsessed with putting TP down on the toilet seat. I still do it everywhere I go. Now, I do the same thing with my stepdaughter. She asks why and the answers just seem to come out naturally. Hmmm, learned behavior at its best, I suppose.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 13, 2005 at 9:15 PM
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blackcat,
Do dogs chase after you when it happens? Damn, that must be hard to explain.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 13, 2005 at 9:12 PM
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I-R-Will,
Is the test test test thing about the hearing test? Do you get that?
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 13, 2005 at 9:11 PM
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Factor,
LOL! Thanks for the chuckle. I needed that. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Anyone else, at least.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 13, 2005 at 9:09 PM
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HolyG,
Phantom smells are the worst. Hmm, maybe someone's been hittin' the bottle at work near the printer?!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 13, 2005 at 8:52 PM
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Word,
I recently learned that the "drop n' flush" is called a "courtesy flush!!" Ya know where I learned that? From some movie when Tom Arnold was in a stall next to a guy (I can't remember the name of the damn movie or the star of it who was in the stall) but Tom Arnold said, "Hey, Buddy. How 'bout a courtesy flush there, eh?" Damn. Now this is bugging me that I can't remember the name of it!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 13, 2005 at 8:51 PM
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Fires
The ear ringing comments cracked me up - "Should we raise our hands?"
"... uhh a little help over here! What!?"
Thanks for stopping by before
-smartdog
posted by
smartdog_670
on June 13, 2005 at 7:42 PM
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I have all kinds of potty paranoia. I blame it on my Mother, as do my sisters. Seems she didn't teach the same looney fears to the boys. When my daughter goes out with Grandma she chuckes about all the don't touch anything advice because me Mommy long ago said don't get paranoid about potty stuff... a little overreaction to the crazies.
posted by
the-loanlady
on June 13, 2005 at 1:42 PM
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lol
I'm always the person that can't smell what the other person smells. I feel so left out! I think I'm nose challenged. LOL Although I do get the ringing in my ear sometimes, or hear the really high pitched sound that no one but dogs can make out.
posted by
-blackcat
on June 13, 2005 at 5:51 AM
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Oh yes , the old 5 sense "Test, Test, Test ! Is this thing on ? " routine.
I usually don't mention it anymore. I figure, What the heck. As far as Ode' de la Parfume le ' Poo-Poo' I'm pretty vocal "Damn. man Eat some fiber, for crying out loud. Yer making my eyes burn here! Jeez!" LOL
posted by
I-R-William
on June 13, 2005 at 5:37 AM
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So I talk to myself...
at least I don't answer myself too! And I hardly ever hear voices. (No I don't. She doesn't need to know about that. Shut up! ) ahem. where was I? Oh yeah. No I am perfectly sane. (Am so.)
posted by
FactorFiction
on June 12, 2005 at 7:50 PM
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All of those things have happened to me, especially phantom smells. Today I was cleaning my rug and kept smelling pizza. And the other day I smelled that nasty spilled, dried beer smell at my printer at work.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on June 12, 2005 at 7:45 PM
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The bathroom one gets me all the time.
Today as a matter of fact. The good thing was that there were 3 stalls and there was no line outside any of 'em. As for the stinkbombs, I usually scuttle away really quickly...Have they never heard of 'drop and flush'? That is, the minute it drops, flush it, even if you have to do it 2-3 times. There's less chance of leaving noxious fumes that way.
posted by
word.smith
on June 12, 2005 at 6:26 PM
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kingmi,
I think you are grateful already! Oh, and how's this for a gross smell stuck in my nose...the smell of burning flesh after removing some growth from an animal in surgery. Smells a bit worse than when the dentist drills into your teeth. Yick!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 12, 2005 at 4:03 PM
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sf70, I smell Lysol spray and spagetti cass.
Thanks for the nice words of encouragement. And you are right i need to be thankful for my what I've got.
posted by
kingmi
on June 12, 2005 at 2:27 PM
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OBP,
I know! I just walk right back out of the bathroom cause of the possible misunderstanding thing but also cause it makes me gag!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 12, 2005 at 1:50 PM
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Spiffy
Yes, and the last thing happened this weekend. It really wasn't me, it was the woman in front of me in that restroom! Gawd awful..but I know the person behind me that it was me~~I can relate to all of them, but odd the last one just happened yesterday~~lol! Hate when that happens~~
posted by
Offy
on June 12, 2005 at 1:47 PM
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Strat!!
You get those hearing tests, too??? What the hell is that??
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 12, 2005 at 1:06 PM
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Rach,
Why do I not find that surprising?!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 12, 2005 at 1:05 PM
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Factor,
I can think of one of yours. But I won't say it publically. Think about it!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 12, 2005 at 1:04 PM
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Sass,
I think snakes are a common phobia. The dripping glass thing? Um...
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 12, 2005 at 1:03 PM
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Marshall,
Funny, I'm totally hydrophobic, too. I can swim, though and I'm only hydrophobic in natural bodies of water and traveling over bridges over water.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 12, 2005 at 1:02 PM
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JJ,
Thanks for the advice, but nah. I don't wanna smell limbuger. Or smell like it either!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 12, 2005 at 1:00 PM
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Arrrgghh!!! The hearing test thing!
I hate that!
And the smell thing -- we used to get a boost around the house with our other worldly friend. Many is the time I've awakened to the smell of a glorious southern country breakfast just filling up the entire house, only to go to the kitchen and find it spotless, as though no one had ever been there ever. And upon asking where the leftovers were, getting the answer "Leftovers from what?"
Pretty mean trick.
posted by
strat
on June 12, 2005 at 9:23 AM
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LMAO
Yep, everyone of them!
posted by
RachelAnna
on June 12, 2005 at 7:43 AM
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Yep, but I can't think of any phobias at the moment...
posted by
FactorFiction
on June 12, 2005 at 7:33 AM
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Yes to everything that you have listed
and many more phobia's that are embarrassing to talk about. My biggest phobia is a fear of snakes, my worst phobia is cleaning my house constantly. I cannot go to bed with a dirty dish in the sink. I also hate it when guests come over and get a drink from the faucet and allow their dripping glass to get my floor messy.
posted by
Sherri_G
on June 12, 2005 at 6:48 AM
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I have many phobias and i admit it...
Among them, spiders, serpents of all kinds, coakroaches...i'm afraid of water (can't swim), etc...my worst fear is to be inside of a plane when it crashes or caught in the middle of a fire.
posted by
Marshallengraved
on June 12, 2005 at 5:34 AM
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Spiffy,
Try Limburger. It's actually a mild cheese, flavorwise, but if you eat it, every smell that gets into your nose for the rest of the day smells like Limburger. And when you take your shoes off at night, your socks smell like Limburger. And your underwear. I think the membranes of your nose lock onto Limburger Molly Q's. When another smell comes along, it dislodges the Limburger Molly Q's and whoosh--your nose sends it to your brain. I call it BLMQSS, or Belated Limburger Molly Q Sensory Syndrome.
I had the same thing happen in my post What Stinks Here? A number of commentators noticed it, while others didn't detect a thing. It can be quite a shocking, even an embarrassing, event. Thank you for your post. I'll print it and run copies so that I have clear-cut evidence to display to detractors who commonly say, ''Man, you nuts, foo'. Get's outta mah face.''
JJ 
........Bubba Stinky
posted by
Jack_Flash
on June 12, 2005 at 2:34 AM
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