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The ones at the mall here are particularly vicious, Sunnys Ghost.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 6, 2006 at 9:18 PM
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TMI, MarieClaire.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on July 6, 2006 at 9:17 PM
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I too fear the woman-eating escaltors!
posted by
Sunnys_Ghost
on July 2, 2006 at 6:13 PM
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Floaters are a strange phenomenon...
No matter how many times I flush, they keep popping back up! You'd think I'd swallowing foam or something. It does not happen all the time, but it is quite embarassing especially when my daughter's boyfriend finds the little critter in the porcelain bowl. It only happens on odd occasion, there must be a medical explanation for this. I am serious.
posted by
marieclaire66
on July 2, 2006 at 12:22 AM
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LOL!
Is that all ?
posted by
markng
on June 29, 2006 at 8:29 PM
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I've already taken steps to avoid that little eventuality, Lensman ...
I've sent away for a "Do-It-Yourself Tube-Tying" kit.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 29, 2006 at 11:18 AM
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I seriously doubt she has time to read any other posts, Ann ...
Though, curiously, she does sometimes reference comments I made on
other blogs.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 29, 2006 at 11:16 AM
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Mademoiselle
Although you may never morph into your mother, it is possible that someday you may have a daughter who will morph into you. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course...
posted by
Lensman
on June 28, 2006 at 8:17 PM
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So your mother is one of the lurkers here? Lol.
3 clicks are here for your actress' answer. Congrats!
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on June 27, 2006 at 2:12 PM
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I was only joking, Rumored ... I knew what you meant.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 27, 2006 at 12:19 PM
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I don't like being touched period, Frankenkitty.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 27, 2006 at 12:18 PM
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Thank you, Mari-am.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 27, 2006 at 12:17 PM
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In this case, Blanche, she read it over my shoulder ...
In general, however, she reads them while she's at work. Thus, I'm 99% certain she has her own account. I would never,
ever tell her my password ... no matter how much she tortured me.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 27, 2006 at 12:16 PM
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I'll have to think about that one, Ben.
Perhaps you could simply solicit cartoon ideas
in general. Maybe some bloggers are too hung up on making the jokes aardvark/snake-specific.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 27, 2006 at 12:13 PM
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I'm sure she'll come up again (at some point soon), TallAndSkinny.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 27, 2006 at 12:10 PM
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You're welcome, Curator.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 27, 2006 at 12:09 PM
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lol..mademoiselle..2 separate fears..the clowns, ....
and the subway..wow, put the two together and I'd never recover....
posted by
Rumor
on June 27, 2006 at 10:14 AM
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How about being touched
by a person who has fondled a urinal cake? I am afraid of being trapped in public places. I know, that's weird. Take care
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on June 26, 2006 at 7:39 PM
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The Ten Things I Fear The Most
You have alot of things in your life ,its great .
posted by
Rosetree
on June 26, 2006 at 2:41 PM
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Mademoiselle, well this beat Dave Letterman's top 10 list any day
I'm sure his fears are much less colorful, and have far less psychological depth. Besides, I've seen his mother, he need never fear turning into her, I'm sure. Just out of curiosity, does your mother read over your shoulder, or does she have your password?
4 happens a lot when you have roommates, who are "socially autistic" (a kind way of saying "lazy"). Midgets,. chimps, aliens and clowns all seem to share a quasi-humanoid quality, distorted and malevolent, so that's a no-brainer. As for number 8, just don't keep your food anywhere an escaped mental patient could get to it, and I'm sure you will be fine. (Then again, maybe not). It's probably more likely the stock boy from your last episode would taint your food, for revenge.
posted by
Blanche.
on June 26, 2006 at 2:21 PM
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I think you'll work towards avoiding those fears. So you need not fear anymore. Lol.
Congrats, 13 clicks are here for the winnings. It seems we can't get a variety of bloggers to submit material so we'll have to think of revamping soon. Any ideas? Thanks for your support.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on June 26, 2006 at 2:09 PM
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I'm Sure I'm Not the Only One
...that saw you had chimpanzees, aliens and your aunt all mixed together at the end.
A new Top Ten about her perhaps??
--Shawn, "Tall & Skinny Jokester"
posted by
TallAndSkinnyPoet
on June 26, 2006 at 1:19 PM
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Ooh, I'm in agreement with #4....
...especially because I see it coming....
and I just dropped by to say it was interesting to hear about your tarantula. Thanks for visiting!
posted by
curator
on June 26, 2006 at 10:26 AM
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Personally, Aaron, Bird Flu is the only disease I'm especially fearful of.
Well, besides all the various flesh-eating bacterium.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:46 AM
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I pray you don't mean in your own home, Thomas?
Because if that ever happened to me ... I'd run screaming from the house (never to return again).
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:44 AM
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If fears were logical, mine would be melanoma
I've had about 5 jillion sunburns in my lifetime. Instead, I fear sharks.
posted by
AaronB
on June 26, 2006 at 8:40 AM
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#5 has happened to me over and over. And then I flush it and it goes round and round.
posted by
ThomasFranklin
on June 26, 2006 at 8:33 AM
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That's a good line, Strat ...
I didn't care for that movie, however. Seemed sorta silly to me. Now, "The Funhouse", on the other hand ... that was scary
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:30 AM
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Oh, you're welcome, Bonnie ...
I've never seen either type of dancer you mention. Never even
heard of the Morris Dancers, in fact.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:28 AM
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I'm sure you're not alone either, Bel ...
But I just decided that, on balance, being gynecologically probed by little green men or ripped apart by crazed chimps is probably slightly worse than turning into my mother.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:25 AM
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Um, what were clowns doing on the subway, Rumored?
Pushing people off the platform and into oncoming trains? (Yet another of my fears.)
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:22 AM
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You seem to harbor a rather diverse group of eclectic phobias, pkcricket ...
Though I suspect nearly all women share the fear of other people's body fluids.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:19 AM
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Yes, indeed they are, Trevor.
When my boyfriend was a child, he once stepped on a toothpick and got it embedded in his foot. It had to be surgically removed.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:16 AM
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Really, Ben?
I had always just assumed it was because of the baggy pants and huge floppy shoes they wore.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:14 AM
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While I don't fear Santa Claus per se, SilverMoon ...
I do despise him.
For you see, despite my being a very, very good girl, he has nonetheless repeatedly failed to bring me the pony I've requested (each of the last 12 years).
Now, my mother says it's probably because he can't fit one down the chimney ... but that just seems like an excuse.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:11 AM
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Well, that question certainly came out of left field, Samhain ...
Do I really make her sound all that appealing?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 8:01 AM
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Yikes...Clowns, clowns, clowns...
When I saw Stephen King's "It" I thought it was a documentary.
posted by
strat
on June 26, 2006 at 6:27 AM
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clowns are way up there on my list too, as are many others you mentioned.
Don't know if you have ever seen a Thai traditional dancer...with weird painted on smiles and white makeup (the dress is beautiful BUT...) they can bend their fingers back in a very abnormal way...(they train from birth I think). Anyhow-they are on par. Being here I get that creeped out feeling far too often than I would like!. Clowns...I managed to escape. Morris Dancers in the UK too...they rank.
Thanks for the advice on how to handle telling my child about the "clown" next door. Ug....Maybe that ranks up there too....Danish men with Tatoos that beat their girlfriends...hmmm.
posted by
BonnieM
on June 26, 2006 at 6:24 AM
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#4
is my #1!!!!!!
posted by
bel_1965
on June 26, 2006 at 6:06 AM
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I've never found clowns very funny, either..they terrified me as a kid...
getting onto a subway at "rush hour" - always afraid I'll get crunched just as the doors are closing.....
posted by
Rumor
on June 26, 2006 at 6:04 AM
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I'm pretty terrified of falling and hitting my head. I also am afraid of walking in between cars at night...I hate my ankles being exposed to somewhere I can't see. A friend of mine is afraid of homeless people. I just recently discovered I'm afraid of body fluids (other peoples') and of being wet...I just don't like it. Cricket ><>
posted by
pkcricket
on June 26, 2006 at 5:34 AM
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OMG
I fear Q-tips too. My sister got one jammed in her ear when we were kids, and her screams haunt me to this day. I am also wary of the shoelace-escalator thing...
I've had that floater thing happen way too many times for me to care anymore. Men are pigs. lol
posted by
Trevor_Cunnington
on June 26, 2006 at 5:23 AM
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Clowns are evoke fear because their real faces are behind the grotesque comical masks. Lol. Congrats, you've won. 20 clicks are in. Thanks for playing.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on June 26, 2006 at 5:05 AM
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Q-Tips are our friends, Mlle. I'm dying to know the stories behind the items on this list. I have a few of these myself, replacing Q-Tips for Santa Claus, though I doubt our reasons are even remotely similar!
posted by
SilverMoon7
on June 26, 2006 at 3:30 AM
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....hand mirrors should work....just be sure you attach them firmly to the corners.....uh........consorting with your mother.....as in watching a movie together....sort of undermines the whole notion of magical work you know.....BTW, does your mother want to meet me yet? Samhain_Moon
posted by
syzygy
on June 26, 2006 at 12:55 AM
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Will hand mirrors work, Samhain?
Actually, I'm trying to get my mother to watch a movie with me ... seeing as it's too late for either of us to even bother going to sleep now.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 26, 2006 at 12:53 AM
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P.S. I left you a couple of tips in the comments on my blog. Don't worry, they're written in invisible ink - no one but you can read them. Samhain_Moon
posted by
syzygy
on June 26, 2006 at 12:51 AM
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Mad Child....if you have trouble sleeping, place mirrors (facing outwards) in the four corners of your room (at the ceiling of course) - burn a white candle - say a prayer. If your mother happens to enter your room in the middle of the night, simply say: "I banish you in the name which is above every other name and I cast you into outer darkness." If that doesn't work, send me an email and I'll give you my private, unlisted number. Samhain_Moon
posted by
syzygy
on June 26, 2006 at 12:46 AM
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My mother has now banned me from ever mentioning her (in this blog) again.
Like I really talk about her all that often anyway! I mean, I only bring her up at most twice per post.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 11:36 PM
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LOLOLOLOLOL 
LOLOLOLOLOLOL LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Sweet Jesus! Please help me!
posted by
syzygy
on June 25, 2006 at 11:16 PM
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I don't think I've ever actually seen one either ...
but at least I'm aware enough to know how the other half lives.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 11:08 PM
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How fortunate for her..
to never have had this experience. lol
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on June 25, 2006 at 11:04 PM
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Interesting sidenote (to me, anyway):
My mother (who stays out later than I do ... which is frightening) just asked me what a "floater" is!
She's, obviously, lived a very sheltered existence.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 11:01 PM
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No, don't think I've seen that one.
I have a bedroom scene hanging on the tip of my mind...but I guess it wasn't that one
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on June 25, 2006 at 10:53 PM
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Well, it's a flashback to when Bart had first outgrown his crib ...
So Homer builds him this monstrous-looking clown bed ... which, of course, Bart is too terrified of to sleep in.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 10:51 PM
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I'm trying to recall, but I don't think so.
What happend in it?
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on June 25, 2006 at 10:45 PM
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Did you ever see that Simpsons episode, SunnyBeach?
The one where Homer builds Bart a "clown bed"?
Well, anyways, it's hilarious.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 10:44 PM
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When I was young I used to stay over my grandma's a lot durning summer
vacation.
She had these two pictures of clowns on the wall.
Boy did I hate sleeping in that room!
to clowns!
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on June 25, 2006 at 10:34 PM
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It's called coulrophobia, Aaron ...
Meanwhile, as with most of Stephen King's work, I found "It" to be more laughable than scary, actually.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 10:15 PM
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Q-Tips are a new one
it seems a whole lot of people are afraid of clowns for some reason. Which came first: movies such as "It" or that fear? There's a word for fear of clowns, something-phobia, but I'm too lazy to look it up right now.
posted by
AaronB
on June 25, 2006 at 10:12 PM
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P.S.
I don't think I ever posted more than once per weekend though.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 10:08 PM
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No, you're correct, Samhain ...
due to a variety of factors I haven't even been posting once a day.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 10:07 PM
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MG....oh I won't sleep for hours if at all.....thank you for commenting on my blog....I left you a response, a question and a P.S. Is it my imagination or have you slowed down? Your posts seem less frequent? Is it just my anticipation and the agony of waiting or have I stumbled onto something? Samhain_Moon
posted by
syzygy
on June 25, 2006 at 9:53 PM
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I'm quite sure my mother would disagree, Samhain ...
Good night to you as well.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 9:45 PM
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MG, I hate to be redundant but, I'm certain #4 has already happened and, additionally, #1 is the same as #4.......sleep well.......
Samhain_Moon
posted by
syzygy
on June 25, 2006 at 9:38 PM
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Bozo talks?
Actually, Franciscan, there are stories behind all ten (each one more pointless than the last) ... I shall be elaborating in the near future.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 9:34 PM
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Mademoiselle,
Allagash aliens were diabolically clinical.
Tell us more about your aunt.
At least Bozo was audible.
posted by
franciscan
on June 25, 2006 at 9:26 PM
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Oh, and I should probably clarify #7 and #3 ...
but I
won't.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 9:13 PM
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Well, Passion, I certainly wouldn't mind looking like her, anyway.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on June 25, 2006 at 9:11 PM
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Here's a news flash, Young One...
All females turn into their mothers at some point. I think quite a few of us are afraid of clowns too.
posted by
Passionflower
on June 25, 2006 at 9:09 PM
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