Bananas are disgusting (re: breastfeeding)
Kent Parks
Andrea Luttgen (dj...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
:
: Having read the posts about breastfeeding in public and if it's disgusting
: or not, something else completely disgusting comes to my mind: Bananas!
: The smell alone makes me sick and I can't stand being in the vicinity of
: someone taking of its gross yellow/brown peel and munching on it.
: (Don't even get me started on banana peels on the floor for people to slip
: on them).
Hi, Andrea--I laughed a lot over your post! Not AT it, but OVER it; it
really lightened up my mood! And, for the record, while I like bananas
(although seem to have some kind of mild allergy to them since my throat
sort of itches when I eat one), I can tell you that there are things I
absolutely despise that most people think are perfectly 'fine',
gum-chewing being numero uno. I am always fascinated at what "everyday"
kinds of things really squick people yet are rare enough that they feel
defensive about them (which, I think, they have no need to do; a gross-out
is a gross-out, whether anyone else agrees, or not!)
Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
Kent
E l i s e
On 10 Mar 1998 20:17:53 GMT, dj...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrea
Luttgen) wrote:
>Having read the posts about breastfeeding in public and if it's disgusting
>or not, something else completely disgusting comes to my mind: Bananas!
Andrea!
I'm with ya!
I think it might have been too many of them as a kid, but it's more
likely the fact that my Gran used to eat them *every damn morning* ---
before she bothered to put her teeth in!!! ARGH!
>
>Ok, now I'm sitting back to expect all the flames from the banana-eaters
>out there. I'm probably getting lectures about how bananas are superior
>to other fruits (or are they vegetables - I don't really care)
I *wish* I liked them, because they *are* really high in nutrients. I
kept waiting to like them, because goodness knows I went from a
no-veggie diet to loving veggies from age 10 to 20. Nothing doing.
RETCH
Elise
Marisa Wood
On 11 Mar 1998, Kent Parks wrote:
> Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
People putting their contact lenses in, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! Sticking
their fingers into their eyes.... ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww, gross! That's why,
personally, I wear glasses!
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<very entertaining stuff about bananas snipped>
Kent wrote:
<<<... I can tell you that there are things I
absolutely despise that most people think are perfectly 'fine',
gum-chewing being numero uno. I am always fascinated at what "everyday"
kinds of things really squick people yet are rare enough that they feel
defensive about them (which, I think, they have no need to do; a gross-out
is a gross-out, whether anyone else agrees, or not!)
Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?>>
----------------------------------------
What an entertaining thread! Can't wait to see what drives others nuts...for me
it's definitely annoying mouth sounds, like gum chewing and food chewing (with
the mouth open). Oh, and that knuckle-cracking noise. Makes shivers go up my
spine.
Kipling, who likes things quiet
Stephie Coane
On 11 Mar 1998, Kent Parks wrote:
> Andrea Luttgen (dj...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
> :
> : Having read the posts about breastfeeding in public and if it's disgusting
> : or not, something else completely disgusting comes to my mind: Bananas!
> : The smell alone makes me sick and I can't stand being in the vicinity of
> : someone taking of its gross yellow/brown peel and munching on it.
> : (Don't even get me started on banana peels on the floor for people to slip
> : on them).
>
> Hi, Andrea--I laughed a lot over your post! Not AT it, but OVER it; it
> really lightened up my mood! And, for the record, while I like bananas
> (although seem to have some kind of mild allergy to them since my throat
> sort of itches when I eat one), I can tell you that there are things I
> absolutely despise that most people think are perfectly 'fine',
> gum-chewing being numero uno. I am always fascinated at what "everyday"
> kinds of things really squick people yet are rare enough that they feel
> defensive about them (which, I think, they have no need to do; a gross-out
> is a gross-out, whether anyone else agrees, or not!)
>
> Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
There's loads I don't eat: especially mushrooms, mad cow, giblet-type
things, blackcurrant-flavoured anything, most shellfish (except scallops
which are OK). But the big one that surprises people is:
Raw tomatoes. I can't eat anything that has been in contact with sliced
raw tomato. The smell makes me feel like retching. One of my major gripes
is the near impossibility of getting ready-made sandwiches without them
(at least in Britain). And as I grew up in Italy, people just can't
believe that I hate the things. (Sauce is OK, for some reason, but only if
made with tinned plum tomatoes)
And bicycles. This is really embarrassing to admit in a city with some
14000 students of whom at least 80% cycle everywhere (the ones who don't
mostly quite rightly spot that cycling in Oxford is a nightmare). I never
managed to learn to ride one without training wheels. At least a dozen
attempts were made to teach me from age 5 to age 12 and they all failed
because the minute the restraining hand was removed from the back, a sixth
sense propelled my foot off the pedal. A chorus of "But your little sister
learned easily" eventually made me refuse to try. I can fall off a
stationary bike when standing with both feet firmly on the ground (believe
it or not). And about six years ago my nose was fractured when I got run
into by a bike when crossing a road, so I had a real phobia for several
years.
I can't drive or swim either, but am reassured by the acquaintance of the
father of an ex-boyfriend of mine, a university maths professor, who can't
swim drive or cycle either. <phew! I' not alone>
Stephie
Jason Gill
I can't stand bananas either. I too have literally vomited from the smell,
for some reason, especially in the morning. It doesn't help that everytime I
smell them, I get sense-memories of that slimy texture in my mouth, and just
start to get that clenchy trying-not-to-hurl feeling in my throat.
In article <35098c12...@news.znet.com>, viri...@earthling.net wrote:
>On 10 Mar 1998 20:17:53 GMT, dj...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrea
>Luttgen) wrote:
>
>>I hereby announce that I belong to a small minority (I know at least one
>>other person) who think that it's rude to eat bananas in public...
>
>Hm. I can understand your aversion to bananas, but why would it be
>considered rude to eat a banana in public? <sitting quietly and
>thinking about it...and somehow reaching a Freudian-laced conclusion>
>
>All I can think of to say is, well, sometimes a banana is just a
>banana!
>
>
>Nicky (who is, at this moment, running away very fast :)
>
>
EVA STOWERS
Kent Parks (pa...@ils.unc.edu) wrote:
:
: Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
:
: Kent
I REALLY hate to see people combing or brushing their hair in any public
space except a restroom. I guess it must be linked to my terror of
finding hair in my food :) That really bothers me, even though I know it
isn't a health threat or anything.
Eva
Jas
Kent Parks wrote:
>
> Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
Seeing somebody bite their nails (or worse, the skin around their nails)
makes me queasy. Oh, and people who use nail clippers in public just
about send me round the bend! And why is it that people seem to prefer
to do those things on public transit? I've gotten up and changed seats
more than once solely to put more distance between us.
Jas
--
Razors pain you; rivers are damp;
Acids stain you; and drugs cause cramp
Guns aren’t lawful; nooses give;
Gas smells awful; you might as well live.
- Dorothy Parker
To e-mail me, remove 'mudbugs' from my address.
Jas
Kent Parks wrote:
>
> Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
And raisins! I completely forgot about raisins. I have this weird phobia
about them...they remind me of flies. Even though I know logically that
they're not, emotionally I cannot be convinced that there isn't a fly's
corpse somewhere in the raisin bread or the box of SunMaids. Not only
can I not eat them myself, I can't watch anybody else eat them. But I'm
fine with currants (go figure).
This phobia is especially strange because I camp out a lot, and surely
in five months of camping I eat a lot of bugs, and I know it and it
doesn't bother me. But don't even show me a raisin.
Stephie Coane
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Jas wrote:
> Kent Parks wrote:
> >
> > Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>
> And raisins! I completely forgot about raisins. I have this weird phobia
> about them...they remind me of flies. Even though I know logically that
> they're not, emotionally I cannot be convinced that there isn't a fly's
> corpse somewhere in the raisin bread or the box of SunMaids. Not only
> can I not eat them myself, I can't watch anybody else eat them. But I'm
> fine with currants (go figure).
Caviar = dead ants
Tapioca = frogspawn
Fish roe really makes me gag. I once had a fish with the <shudder>egg
sac</shudder>. My stepmother felt it was a delicacy. I had to spit it out
and rinse my mouth with wine, it just felt so awfully like something an
insect would leave behind.
Stephie
HCF
Jas wrote:
>
> Kent Parks wrote:
> >
> > Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>
> And raisins! I completely forgot about raisins. I have this weird phobia
> about them...they remind me of flies. Even though I know logically that
> they're not, emotionally I cannot be convinced that there isn't a fly's
> corpse somewhere in the raisin bread or the box of SunMaids. Not only
> can I not eat them myself, I can't watch anybody else eat them. But I'm
> fine with currants (go figure).
>
> in five months of camping I eat a lot of bugs, and I know it and it
> doesn't bother me. But don't even show me a raisin.
I once got ill eating pork fried rice at a Chinese restuarant. It had
nothing to do with the food. I believe I was ill before I ate there and
the food just exacerpated the problem. However for months after that, I
could not eat pork fried rice because I associated it with the illness.
Even though I knew it wasn't the rice that made me ill.
HCF
Steve/Beth George
: Kent
CRUNCHING ICE! Eww! Eww! Eww! The sound! And the thought of what it's
doing to their TEETH! Eww! I have sensitive-to-cold teeth myself, and
someone else crunching ice makes me feel the cold, and sends shivers down
my whole body! In fact, the mere thought makes me shudder as I type!
I detest raspberries. Fortunately, the trend of EVERY! DAMN! DESSERT!
involving those Druplets from Hell has passed, but for a while, I was
always confronted with Being Polite and tasting someone's homemade,
slaved-for-hours Raspberry Whatever. To me, raspberries, are too sweet,
too sour AND too bitter all in one and a ruination of the perfectly good
chocolate usually mixed with them!
--Beth
Gutterboy1
>> Kent Parks wrote:
>Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
The wet, croupy cough of a baby.
AAAAUUGGHHHH!!!!
Gutterboy
(who ain't too thrilled with the baby powder/sour milk smell of a baby,
either...or the "high body temperature"...or the spongy feel of sprogskin...)
organi...@hotmail.com
In article <6e5anp$aes$4...@fddinewz.oit.unc.edu>,
pa...@ils.unc.edu (Kent Parks) wrote:
>
> Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>
> Kent
>
I also don't like gum chewing - but I really HATE the sound of someone
clipping their nails. It seems like the people on either side of my
cubicle clip their nails, at work, at least once a week. When I'm clipping
my own nails, it doesn't bother me (but I do it at home). Someday
that sound may drive me nuts...
Irene
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Trish Connery
Andrea Luttgen wrote:
> snip
> The taste is so horrible that even accidentally getting a tiny piece
> in my mouth might make me loose my lunch.
> I hereby announce that I belong to a small minority (I know at least
> one
> other person) who think that it's rude to eat bananas in public and
> that
> there's nothing wrong with being disgusted
The only food that makes me nauseus is oysters. Can't stand them, won't
eat them, the very smell makes my stomack heave.
Does anyone have severe physical reactions to certain people? There is
one man that I come into contact with occasionally through one of my
dance teachers. He bears such a striking resemblance to my despised
ex-husband that I can't be around him without my skin crawling and I
feel like washing my hands after touching him (in this class we
sometimes rotate partners and I've had to dance with him once or twice).
It's not this guy's fault, I think he senses my repulsion to him but I'm
sure he can't guess why, but never the less I can't help it.
Does anyone have a physical reaction to certain sounds? The sound of
cutting cardboard makes my skin crawl, as does the sound styrofoam makes
when you tear it or cut it or even just use a fork on it.
--
Trish Connery
Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA
TJ Warden
Ugh, I have an acquaintance (in her mid 40's mind you) who eats with her
mouth open. Gross! And to top it off, if she comes across something that
doesn't taste like she wants, she'll just spit the half-eaten, chewed up
piece of food back on the plate.
Note this person is an acquaintance - NOT a friend!
Livia
me@die_spam_die.com (Lo Duster) wrote:
>eww, what a nice thread :-) - i agree with Kipling: chewing (and
>simultaneously talking) with the mouth open is disgusting!
>the mere sight of potato salad makes my stomach turn, same with
>visible fat on meat - i have to remove it even if it's just a tiny bit
>(and i mean *really* tiny)...
>i once saw a movie where a couple was moving a raw yolk from mouth to
>mouth - it was supposed to be sexy but it nearly made me throw up!
>the same happened at a restaurant a few months ago when a sprog spat
>out a halfeaten piece of candy and the mother picked it up and
>continued to eat it...
>i'm sure i could come up with more, but as my stomach is already
>starting to act funny again, i think i'll better stop for now...
Ditto on all of this. And biting into a piece of meat with even a
small amount of gristle (crunch!) makes me ill. Back when I ate beef
and ham, I was always quite wary of ordering any kind of sliced-meat
sandwich for this reason, because the chance of no fat and no gristle
is pretty low.
Also, toothpicks. Not just people actually picking their teeth with
them, but chewing on them. I can't look for very long at anyone who
has a toothpick sticking out of their mouth.
Foods I hate: eggs! I hate the taste, and I hate the smell even more.
How on earth can people enjoy eating something slimy/rubbery that
smells like sulfer? (Kind of like a congealed fart.) When I was a
kid, I'd build a screen of cereal boxes around my plate at breakfast
so I didn't have to see my father and sister eating their eggs.
Kathleen M. Ward
Stephie Coane wrote:
> And bicycles. This is really embarrassing to admit in a city with some
> 14000 students of whom at least 80% cycle everywhere (the ones who don't
> mostly quite rightly spot that cycling in Oxford is a nightmare). I never
> managed to learn to ride one without training wheels.
snip
> I can't drive or swim either, but am reassured by the acquaintance of the
> father of an ex-boyfriend of mine, a university maths professor, who can't
> swim drive or cycle either. <phew! I' not alone>
>
> Stephie
I thought I was the only adult person who could not ride a bicycle. I
lack either the sense of balance or the desire or something.
I didn't learn to drive until I was 33, either--and that's something
causes Californians to believe that you were either incarcerated or
living in a tree for most of your life!
Kathleen Ward
Larisa Migachyov
HCF (h...@childfree.com) wrote:
: Jas wrote:
: >
: > >
: > > Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
: > And raisins! I completely forgot about raisins. I have this weird phobia
: > about them...they remind me of flies. Even though I know logically that
: > they're not, emotionally I cannot be convinced that there isn't a fly's
: > corpse somewhere in the raisin bread or the box of SunMaids. Not only
: > can I not eat them myself, I can't watch anybody else eat them. But I'm
: > fine with currants (go figure).
: >
: > This phobia is especially strange because I camp out a lot, and surely
: > in five months of camping I eat a lot of bugs, and I know it and it
: > doesn't bother me. But don't even show me a raisin.
:
always remind me of bugs and it makes me sick.
--
Larisa Migachyov * Quant'e bella giovinezza
Biomedical Engineering * Che si fugge tuttavia!
Stanford University * Chi vuol esser lieto, sia;
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~lvm * Di doman non c'e certezza.
RFerrie
Jas wrote:
> Kent Parks wrote:
> >
> > Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>
> And raisins! I completely forgot about raisins. I have this weird phobia
> about them...they remind me of flies. Even though I know logically that
> they're not, emotionally I cannot be convinced that there isn't a fly's
> corpse somewhere in the raisin bread or the box of SunMaids. Not only
> can I not eat them myself, I can't watch anybody else eat them. But I'm
> fine with currants (go figure).
>
> This phobia is especially strange because I camp out a lot, and surely
> in five months of camping I eat a lot of bugs, and I know it and it
> doesn't bother me. But don't even show me a raisin.
>
> Jas
> --
Bless you, Jas! I thought I was the only raisin-phobe. I can't get over
the fact that a dead fly *probably* has the exact same texture as a raisin.
You know, a thin, tough little skin, then squishy in the middle. Augh.
Every so often my in-laws make a turkey dinner, and MIL sometimes sneaks
raisins, currants or some such imitation-fly into the stuffing. Then I have
to discreetly pick them all out, otherwise I do the ick-shiver and my whole
face squinches up. Ultimately, I think they prefer the picking. Maybe one
day they'll remember I don't eat the gross little pellets. (Not likely. It's
been 12 years and they still offer me coffee every time I go over. Not ONCE
have I ever had coffee.)
So Jas, at least now I have one other person I can virtually point to as
agreeing with me.
Renee
Rabbit
> Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>
People who crack their knuckles or pick at their fingers drive me crazy.
Rabbit
Rabbit
> I once got ill eating pork fried rice at a Chinese restuarant. It had
> nothing to do with the food. I believe I was ill before I ate there and
> the food just exacerpated the problem. However for months after that, I
> could not eat pork fried rice because I associated it with the illness.
> Even though I knew it wasn't the rice that made me ill.
>
> HCF
Long Island Iced Tea. Even the sight of it makes my stomach queasy. I
recall the first (and the last time) I ever had it, when my hostess gave
me more than I remember counting ... they made two reappearances on the
way home ...
Rabbit
Rabbit
> >Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?>>
> >
Well, this one's going to be kind of hard to explain. Men with bushy
beards who also have thick, pouty, pink lips. It always looks to me
like a dog's butt.
Ugh.
Rabbit
Rabbit
> Does anyone have severe physical reactions to certain people? There is
> one man that I come into contact with occasionally through one of my
> dance teachers. He bears such a striking resemblance to my despised
> ex-husband that I can't be around him without my skin crawling and I
> feel like washing my hands after touching him (in this class we
> sometimes rotate partners and I've had to dance with him once or twice).
> It's not this guy's fault, I think he senses my repulsion to him but I'm
> sure he can't guess why, but never the less I can't help it.
My stepfather, who sexually assaulted me when I was 8, looked very much
like an old boyfriend's brother. I could never warm up to this brother
in any way.
Rabbit
K. Doty
History records that Jas (pol...@mudbugs.cadvision.com) spake thusly:
> And raisins! I completely forgot about raisins. I have this weird phobia
> about them...they remind me of flies. Even though I know logically that
> they're not, emotionally I cannot be convinced that there isn't a fly's
> corpse somewhere in the raisin bread or the box of SunMaids. Not only
> can I not eat them myself, I can't watch anybody else eat them. But I'm
> fine with currants (go figure).
>
>
Eeeewwwww. I don't like raisins either. Sometimes I'll eat them just
out of the box, but I *won't* eat them in bread, cinnamon rolls, or
desserts.
I also don't like raw tomatoes, though I like tomato sauce. And I only
like peanuts in Snickers candy bars, nowhere else. And no fat or
gristle on meat....or bones in fish....or peas anywhere. Other than
those things, I'm pretty omnivorous.
--
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pri...@usit.net
>Ok, now I'm sitting back to expect all the flames from the banana-eaters
>out there. I'm probably getting lectures about how bananas are superior
>to other fruits (or are they vegetables - I don't really care) and how
>people _need_ to eat bananas and can't always wait until they're home.
>Or, maybe not, at least not if it isn't a preshus baybee who's chewing on
>a banana.
>
___________________________________________
I like bananas OK but admit they can get a little pungent, and I can
see how it would be offensive to someone who didn't like them.
My stepmother (I guess really I should call he my father's second
wife, because I was grown when they married and my relationship with
her wasn't even vaguely parent-child), anyway, whatever I call her,
was diabetic, and she ate bananas a lot to keep her blood sugar in
balance. She would eat a half at a time and stash the other half in
some handy place for future reference. Once she put a half banana in
the car's glove compartment and left it there all day. This was an
August day in Richmond, Virginia. If you've experienced an August day
in Richmond I don't have to tell you, and if you haven't I can't tell
you.
This was her car and her banana and she had every right, but I still
thought it was inconsiderate of those of us who found ourselves
temporarily obliged to ride with her. I didn't see how she could stand
it herself, but that's neither here nor there. The final irony was
that at the end of the day she threw the half banana away, saying the
day in the car had spoiled it.
Peggy
Jason Gill
I don't like to eat anything that looks like it did when it was alive. I
want uniform filet of whatever on my plate. I don't want feet, legs,
eyeballs, tongues, joints, tendons, veins, or anything else.
In article <MPG.f70e9647...@news.mindspring.com>,
BryanL
Somebody wrote:
>Foods I hate: eggs! I hate the taste, and I hate the smell even more.
>How on earth can people enjoy eating something slimy/rubbery that
>smells like sulfer? (Kind of like a congealed fart.) When I was a
>kid, I'd build a screen of cereal boxes around my plate at breakfast
>so I didn't have to see my father and sister eating their eggs.
"I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white
round thing without any holes...have you ever seen anything more revolting
than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly,
red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it."
--Alfred Hitchcock
-BL
BryanL
Someone else mentioned raw tomatoes. Indeed. Awful, slimy, disgusting
things, they are!
AND, hard boiled eggs. In fact, eggs in all their versions, except
scrambled, which are only slightly tolerable.
-BL
In article <6e475h$8...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>, dj...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
(Andrea Luttgen) wrote:
>X-No-Archive: yes
>
>Having read the posts about breastfeeding in public and if it's disgusting
>or not, something else completely disgusting comes to my mind: Bananas!
>The smell alone makes me sick and I can't stand being in the vicinity of
>someone taking of its gross yellow/brown peel and munching on it.
>(Don't even get me started on banana peels on the floor for people to slip
>on them).
>The taste is so horrible that even accidentally getting a tiny piece
>in my mouth might make me loose my lunch.
>I hereby announce that I belong to a small minority (I know at least one
>other person) who think that it's rude to eat bananas in public and that
>there's nothing wrong with being disgusted.
>
>Ok, now I'm sitting back to expect all the flames from the banana-eaters
>out there. I'm probably getting lectures about how bananas are superior
>to other fruits (or are they vegetables - I don't really care) and how
>people _need_ to eat bananas and can't always wait until they're home.
>Or, maybe not, at least not if it isn't a preshus baybee who's chewing on
>a banana.
>
>Andrea
>
>
>--
>"It's a good thing the world turned out to be round, putting a satellite
>into a square orbit would have been expensive." (Author unknown)
Jason Gill
On the rare occasions that I have scrambled eggs, I MUST have a bite of bacon
or sausage on the fork with every mouthful of egg. A plain mouthful of egg
gives me (as someone said here) the ick-shivers.
In article <3507610b...@news.tiac.net>, ely...@nospamthanks.tiac.net (E l
i s e ) wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 20:55:31 -0600, ka...@dmreg.infi.net (BryanL)
>wrote:
>
>>Someone else mentioned raw tomatoes. Indeed. Awful, slimy, disgusting
>>things, they are!
>
>Tom, my husband the cook, is fond of saying of raw tomatoes: "They're
>not food...yet."
>
>>AND, hard boiled eggs. In fact, eggs in all their versions, except
>>scrambled, which are only slightly tolerable.
>
>I can't stand eggs either, unless they're in omelette format with a
>zillion veggies, and then I find them to be a completely palatable
>protein source (which is important now that I'm off the red meat).
>Even regular scrambled is unpalatable to me (I'd eat it if I was truly
>famished) without the veggies for distraction. I like quiche, too.
>
>Elise
Bonus Sock
In article <6e7eff$f...@nntp02.primenet.com>,
jrg...@hotmail.REMOVEoTHISxTOxREPLYo.com (Jason Gill) wrote:
> I don't like to eat anything that looks like it did when it was alive. I
> want uniform filet of whatever on my plate. I don't want feet, legs,
> eyeballs, tongues, joints, tendons, veins, or anything else.
So you're saying you don't eat any raw vegetables or something like a
baked potato.
- Don
Bonus Sock
In article <35073b4e...@news.tiac.net>, ely...@nospamthanks.tiac.net
(E l i s e ) wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:35:55 GMT, Rabbit <rab...@hotstar.net> wrote:
>
> >Well, this one's going to be kind of hard to explain. Men with bushy
> >beards who also have thick, pouty, pink lips. It always looks to me
> >like a dog's butt.
> >
> Ow!!! Rabbit! I generally *like* beards on men, but WHAT an IMAGE!
> Hmmm, a talking dog's butt! 8^)
>
> Reminds me of what Ilene said to me awhile about Peppermint Patties,
> one of my fave candies: "They're kind of like chocolate-covered
> toothpaste". ACK! I HATE toothpaste with a PASSION (despite there
> being a requirement to use it if you want to keep your teeth!).
>
> File under "stuff which never occurred to me, and hope won't again".
I've got news for you, Elise. You've been conned. You don't need
toothpaste for good dental health. Plain old brushing and flossing will do
the job if you do it right.
- Don
pri...@usit.net
>Does anyone have a physical reaction to certain sounds? The sound of
>cutting cardboard makes my skin crawl, as does the sound styrofoam makes
>when you tear it or cut it or even just use a fork on it.
________________________________________________________
Oh God - I'm getting goose bumps just THINKING about the sounds
styrofoam makes when you open a styrofoam container and the two sides
squeak against each other!! And CUTTING it!!!!! Shudder!!
My husband, of course, finds this amusing, although I have finally
gotten him to stop deliberately squeaking styrofoam in my presence.
Peggy, who oddly enough isn't bothered by fingernails on a blackboard
Windslave
>Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
This thread had been LOL funny and very enlightening. Let me add my peeves. I
also can't stand gum chewing, especially those who do it in such an animated
fashion. Then there is the nail clipping. Can't stand when people do that at
work. Also add another raisin hater to the list. I'll also add my total disgust
for peas.
Jeff
Windslave
>Does anyone have a physical reaction to certain sounds?
It should go without saying, but the sound of shrieking kids causes me to
cringe in agony.
Jeff
E l i s e
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:59:12 -0700, Jas <pol...@mudbugs.cadvision.com>
wrote:
>And raisins! I completely forgot about raisins. I have this weird phobia
>about them...they remind me of flies.
I love raw raisins. But cooked ones (like in raisin bread) are the
worst, IMO. Their texture changes completely and I have to excuse
myself and say "no thanks" to raisin bread, every time!
Elise
E l i s e
On 11 Mar 1998 18:49:23 GMT, gutte...@aol.com (Gutterboy1) wrote:
baby powder/sour milk
Baby powder is another peeve. Fortunately, I am exposed to it so
little that it'snot even one I normally remember.
What about those desitin commercials (the anti-diaper-rash ointment)
where two insipid mommies are talking about the stuff? The rub it on
the backs of their hands and say "Mmmmm! Creamy!".
BLECH!
Elise
E l i s e
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:35:55 GMT, Rabbit <rab...@hotstar.net> wrote:
>Well, this one's going to be kind of hard to explain. Men with bushy
>beards who also have thick, pouty, pink lips. It always looks to me
>like a dog's butt.
>
Ow!!! Rabbit! I generally *like* beards on men, but WHAT an IMAGE!
Hmmm, a talking dog's butt! 8^)
Reminds me of what Ilene said to me awhile about Peppermint Patties,
one of my fave candies: "They're kind of like chocolate-covered
toothpaste". ACK! I HATE toothpaste with a PASSION (despite there
being a requirement to use it if you want to keep your teeth!).
File under "stuff which never occurred to me, and hope won't again".
Elise
E l i s e
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:52:42 -0500, RFerrie <rfe...@rocketmail.com>
wrote:
>Bless you, Jas! I thought I was the only raisin-phobe. I can't get over
>the fact that a dead fly *probably* has the exact same texture as a raisin.
>You know, a thin, tough little skin, then squishy in the middle. Augh.
>
Last year, during a particularly horrible tick season, I was
unfortunately reminded how much a bloated tick looks like a black bean
(one of my most beloved foods). Put me off my feed for a good while.
Elise
monica
>Well, this one's going to be kind of hard to explain. Men with bushy
>beards who also have thick, pouty, pink lips. It always looks to me
>like a dog's butt.
>
>
>Rabbit
That's not what it looks like to me. Ewww.
monica
>Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>
Well, I must say, *for the record*, that breastfeeding doesn't bother me. But
weird stuff does. Like clear gelatinous things....that gross candy that is in a
tube or something, basically it's just sugar gel. ICK. Or gummy anything.
BLECCH. And any fat on meat, or wiggly things on chicken. YUCK.
I'm very weird about texture of food...hence, no oysters, clams, mussels.
PATOOEY! Oddly enough, I don't mind Jell-O. Go figure.
Monica in Atlanta, who longs for the good ol' days of Sweet Tarts, Bottle Caps,
candy necklaces, and those colored dots you bit off the paper strips
Elizabeth A. Shack
In a previous article, jrg...@hotmail.REMOVEoTHISxTOxREPLYo.com (Jason Gill) says:
>I don't like to eat anything that looks like it did when it was alive. I
>want uniform filet of whatever on my plate. I don't want feet, legs,
>eyeballs, tongues, joints, tendons, veins, or anything else.
Ugh, yes. I've been reading this trying to think of something that really
disgusts me and I'd been stuck till now.
I cannot eat things that have more than four legs. My parents used to buy
rock shrimp occasionally, and I couldn't eat them because they laid on
their backs on the plate with their legs in the air looking like giant dead
bugs. Ick.
Mushrooms on pizza smell bad enough that I try not to sit near people
eating them.
Beth (who has a banana every day for breakfast)
--
Elizabeth Shack
sh...@fas.harvard.edu
Physics Grad Student
E l i s e
Marilynn and Pete Court
"Aaron & Rebecca" wrote:
>I can't eat chicken legs. I always picture the poor little chickens walking
>around on wooden artificial chicken legs. I know they kill the chickens,
>but it is an idea that has stuck with me since I was a wee girl.
I can't eat chicken *wings*. Skin, fat, bones... where's the meat?
Marilynn
Cindy
Jason Gill wrote in message <6e6ddu$n...@nntp02.primenet.com>...
>I can't stand bananas either. I too have literally vomited from the smell,
>for some reason, especially in the morning. It doesn't help that everytime
I
>smell them, I get sense-memories of that slimy texture in my mouth, and
just
>start to get that clenchy trying-not-to-hurl feeling in my throat.
This is a really interesting thread :) To the people who have strong
aversions to something: do you have any idea where it started? I can't
stand cooked broccoli. Raw is fine, but cooked is completely repulsive to
me. I know mine started when i was in about 1st grade. Even then i couldn't
stand the stuff. The smell is horrid. When i was in line for lunch at
school, i could smell it even while standing in the hall. I went through the
line and asked (rather politely) if i could please, please not have any on
my tray. the cooks refused and i started crying...involuntarily. I would
have gladly skipped the entire lunch to escape those wretched clumps! Ever
since then it's all i can do to keep my food down if i get a wiff of that
smell.
cindy
Cindy
>:
>: Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>:
>: Kent
>
>I REALLY hate to see people combing or brushing their hair in any public
>space except a restroom. I guess it must be linked to my terror of
>finding hair in my food :) That really bothers me, even though I know it
>isn't a health threat or anything.
>
>Eva
*yes, yes..me too...even worse to me though is hair on the bar soap in the
shower. It's hair from my hubby, but ewwww..!! I don't know what area of his
body the hair came from (he won't use a wash cloth) and i don't care. After
asking him several times to pick it clean when he's finished, i finally
started hiding my own bar of soap and use it when i bathe.
cindy
@shaw.wave.ca C & S Marta
Gutterboy1 <gutte...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19980311184...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
> >> Kent Parks wrote:
> >Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>
When Squire was a tot, he took it into his head to eat a pound of white
chocolate. He threw up. Some 30 years later, he still can't bring himself
even to smell the stuff.
Both of us are revolted by fat on meat.
I hate seeing smokers throw live butts on the ground. Even thinking of the
smouldering smoke going into my nose gives me a headache.
The white, stringy bit of an egg that keeps the yolk in suspension (the
chalaza) does not always disappear with cooking. It will bide its time,
wrap one end around a molar, and the other will go half-way down my throat,
forcing me into another room where I can flail at it and try to get it out
without vomiting.
(Sorry . . . )
Cristabel, who has a headache from second-hand smoke.
Chris Petit
Did you see the article in USA Today? In the to wonder that
surveyed women to find what was the most sexually appealing smell to
women?
They found that good times candy was ranked second. According
to the women surveyed, the smell that made them feel most sexy was:
baby powder.
Does anyone else find that rather disgusting?
----
"Don't take life too seriously---after all, you'll never
get out alive"
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Chris Petit
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 21:02:13 -0600, ka...@dmreg.infi.net (BryanL)
wrote:
I also find the taste, texture and smell of eggs unappealing.
I don't mind when eggs are in something (even French toast) but not by
themselves.
>"I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white
>round thing without any holes...have you ever seen anything more revolting
>than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly,
>red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it."
>--Alfred Hitchcock
----
organi...@hotmail.com
In article <3506f293...@news.mindspring.com>,
vy...@mindspring.com wrote:
> Foods I hate: eggs! I hate the taste, and I hate the smell even more.
> How on earth can people enjoy eating something slimy/rubbery that
> smells like sulfer? (Kind of like a congealed fart.) When I was a
> kid, I'd build a screen of cereal boxes around my plate at breakfast
> so I didn't have to see my father and sister eating their eggs.
>
Yeah-me too. Even the smell of them cooking gets to me (we don't go out
for breakfast often - obviously). I use a vegan substitute for eggs in
my cooking. This year, my mom gave me 2 eggs to use to make pumpkin pie
for Thanksgiving (that was my project). She wanted pumpkin pie with all
the right ingredients - no funny vegan stuff. So I obliged - NEVER again.
Just cracking them made me want to hurl. Not to mention I had to look at
a turkey carcass during dinner :( Now that I have a house, I can have
Thanksgiving over here! I can imagine it now... 'What, no turkey', 'What,
no eggs in pie', 'What, no bacon roll ups for appetizer', etc. This is
why I got that BIG dog. Baco, sic 'em. :)
Irene
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organi...@hotmail.com
In article <19980311184...@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
gutte...@aol.com (Gutterboy1) wrote:
> Gutterboy
>
> (who ain't too thrilled with the baby powder/sour milk smell of a baby,
> either...or the "high body temperature"...or the spongy feel of
sprogskin...)
>
>
Yuck, you TOUCH them! :) How very brave. I didn't even know they smelled
like sour milk. How gross.
Irene - who makes sure she gets her powder doesn't say 'baby' powder.
Elizabeth A. Shack
In a previous article, blue...@hardreply.notmindspring.com (Chris Petit) says:
> Did you see the article in USA Today? In the to wonder that
>surveyed women to find what was the most sexually appealing smell to
>women?
>
> They found that good times candy was ranked second. According
>to the women surveyed, the smell that made them feel most sexy was:
>baby powder.
>
> Does anyone else find that rather disgusting?
>
Ick. Yes. Aside from the fact that it's *baby* powder, it's an incredibly
sickly-sweet odor. Not sexy at all.
Beth
Rabbit
> >Someone else mentioned raw tomatoes. Indeed. Awful, slimy, disgusting
> >things, they are!
>
> Tom, my husband the cook, is fond of saying of raw tomatoes: "They're
> not food...yet."
>
mouth. Ugh. Then, when I started gardening, my husband asked if I'd
put in a tomato plant for him. I did -- and tried one. Now I grow 30
to 40 plants each year (the earliest ones are sitting under the
grow-light here waiting for nicer weather outside).
I used to hate avocados. Then one day, about 15 years ago, I saw them
in the grocery store and craved them. I brought one home and tried it
-- ugh. Threw it away.
Went back to the grocery store a week later and saw them, and craved one
again to the point that I HAD to buy it. Brought it home, and ended up
throwing it out again.
This went on for about four weeks -- had to have it, couldn't stomach
it. Then finally, I craved one, brought it home, and liked it. Now my
favorite treat is a ripe avocado and a spoon ...
Rabbit
Rabbit
>
> Last year, during a particularly horrible tick season, I was
> unfortunately reminded how much a bloated tick looks like a black bean
> (one of my most beloved foods). Put me off my feed for a good while.
>
> Elise
I dislike June bugs immensely, and my husband likes to remind me of
those loathesome creatures whenever I'm eating dates ...
Rabbit
Rabbit
> Monica in Atlanta, who longs for the good ol' days of Sweet Tarts, Bottle Caps,
> candy necklaces, and those colored dots you bit off the paper strips
Our local bulk food store still sells those paper strips, although I
don't have any desire to buy them. But I do miss penny candy
(especially the fact that you could buy it for a penny).
Rabbit
Ghengismom
>>I REALLY hate to see people combing or brushing their hair in any public
space except a restroom. I guess it must be linked to my terror of finding
hair in my food :) That really bothers me, even though I know it isn't a
health threat or anything.
>>
>>Eva
>
>*yes, yes..me too...even worse to me though is hair on the bar soap in the
shower. It's hair from my hubby, but ewwww..!! I don't know what area of his
body the hair came from (he won't use a wash cloth) and i don't care. After
asking him several times to pick it clean when he's finished, i finally started
hiding my own bar of soap and use it when i bathe.
>cindy
Seems I remember a Seinfeld (?) joke about hair. We treat it as a sensuous,
beautiful object; kiss it, run our hands through it -- until a strand comes
loose and gets near us. Then it is treated like vermin.
GhengisMom
:::owned by a howling Siamese named Ghengis. Having *him* call me "mawwwm" is
ok::
naomi pardue
Marisa Wood (ish...@animal.blarg.net) wrote:
> On 11 Mar 1998, Kent Parks wrote:
>
> > Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>
> their fingers into their eyes.... ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww, gross! That's why,
> personally, I wear glasses!
I'm with you on that one.
Other 'ickys':
Pierced body parts other than ears.
Tonsil swapping.
People eating undercooked (runny) eggs.
Going to religious services dressed like you've just come from a soccer game
(and have spilled ketchup down your shirt.)
Naomi
naomi pardue
Aaron & Rebecca (NOS...@for.me) wrote:
>
> I can't eat chicken legs. I always picture the poor little chickens walking
> around on wooden artificial chicken legs. I know they kill the chickens,
> but it is an idea that has stuck with me since I was a wee girl.
Did you see 'The Muppet Movie' when you were a little girl? (Remember the
bit with Kermit wondering about all those poor little frogs on crutches?)
Naomi
Rabbit
> Did you see 'The Muppet Movie' when you were a little girl? (Remember the
> bit with Kermit wondering about all those poor little frogs on crutches?)
>
> Naomi
It's even older than that. It started as a famous cartoon in either
Penthouse or Playboy of a restaurant advertising frog's legs and a
little legless frog in a wheeled box coming out of the kitchen to glare
at the diners.
Rabbit
Jason Gill
Smart ass. Ok, I will be more specific. I don't like to eat anything from
the animal kingdom that looks like it did when it was alive.
In article <fastslow-110...@ppp-68.ts-4.lax.idt.net>,
fast...@idt.net (Bonus Sock) wrote:
>In article <6e7eff$f...@nntp02.primenet.com>,
>jrg...@hotmail.REMOVEoTHISxTOxREPLYo.com (Jason Gill) wrote:
>
>> I don't like to eat anything that looks like it did when it was alive. I
>> want uniform filet of whatever on my plate. I don't want feet, legs,
>> eyeballs, tongues, joints, tendons, veins, or anything else.
>
>So you're saying you don't eat any raw vegetables or something like a
>baked potato.
>
>- Don
Jason Gill
Come down here to San Diego and try a
picked-four-hours-ago-from-the-trees-behind-the-stand avo. HUGE difference in
taste and texture, since they are bred for taste instead of shippability. I
can't even eat those hard little nuggets like I used to get in Dallas anymore.
das
In article <6e6d9c$j...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>,
Denise Skrypkar <cu...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
>Yes, yes, yes!!! I detest bananas with such a vengence--I hear your pain!
> I don't like banana chips, banana gum, candy, liquor, shakes, --well you
>get the picture. It's the taste--ugh! My husband cannot understand this
>aversion I have to bananas because he, OTOH, eats like 2-3 a day--and I
>will not let him near me for a kiss until he brushes his teeth.
I can not stand the texture of raw bananas, but strangely enought, I
like the taste - I'm the only person I know who likes artificial
banana flavor. I also like cooked bananas (as in banana pancakes
and banana fritters).
--
Debbie the Gruesome d...@halcyon.com
"I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years."
_Steel Magnolias_
* Killfiling idiots since 1989 * * This post copyrighted 1998 *
Trish Connery
Rabbit wrote:
> > >Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?>>
> > >
>
> Well, this one's going to be kind of hard to explain. Men with bushy
> beards who also have thick, pouty, pink lips. It always looks to me
> like a dog's butt.
>
Bwahahaha!
--
Trish Connery
Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA
Trish Connery
BryanL wrote:
> "I'm frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That
> white
> round thing without any holes...have you ever seen anything more
> revolting
> than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is
> jolly,
> red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I've never tasted it."
> --Alfred Hitchcock
I have the egg story from hell....
I normally love eggs, especially hard-boiled, which tends to be my
'comfort' food when sick. Once years ago, when I was home sick, my ex
boiled me an egg. He shelled it then decided it didn't look quite done.
So what did genius do? Popped it into the microwave for a couple of
minutes without allowing for pressure. He brings me this egg on a plate
while I recline feverishly on the couch. I start to bite into it and the
damn thing *explodes* in my face! I shriek, involuntarily throwing the
rest of the egg in the air, and bits of yolk and white fly everywhere.
In the midst of all this confusion I had feverishly come to the
conclusion that the egg must have been fertilized and there was this
mutant chick which had been partially boiled and now trying to get out.
I was freaking out. Later I was able to see what truly happened, but by
that time I was frazzled, worked up, agitated, and had tiny burn spots
on my face caused by the exploding high-temperature yolk.
Chris Henderson
In article <350638e0...@news.tiac.net>, ely...@nospamthanks.tiac.net (E l i s e ) writes:
> On 10 Mar 1998 20:17:53 GMT, dj...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Andrea
> Luttgen) wrote:
>
> >Having read the posts about breastfeeding in public and if it's disgusting
> >or not, something else completely disgusting comes to my mind: Bananas!
>
> Andrea!
>
> I'm with ya!
>
> I think it might have been too many of them as a kid, but it's more
> likely the fact that my Gran used to eat them *every damn morning* ---
> before she bothered to put her teeth in!!! ARGH!
> >
> >Ok, now I'm sitting back to expect all the flames from the banana-eaters
> >out there. I'm probably getting lectures about how bananas are superior
> >to other fruits (or are they vegetables - I don't really care)
>
> I *wish* I liked them, because they *are* really high in nutrients. I
> kept waiting to like them, because goodness knows I went from a
> no-veggie diet to loving veggies from age 10 to 20. Nothing doing.
>
> RETCH
>
> Elise
I sort of "sit on the fence" when it comes to bananas.
I really like them when they've just turned from green
to yellow and are still firm. As soon as they start
to get the brown spots, I can't stand the taste and
consistency of them anymore!
Christine Henderson
(who makes a *lot* of banana muffins!)
Chris Henderson
In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.98031...@animal.blarg.net>, Marisa Wood <ish...@animal.blarg.net> writes:
> On 11 Mar 1998, Kent Parks wrote:
>
> > Who else has "rare" things that get under their skin?
>
> their fingers into their eyes.... ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww, gross! That's why,
> personally, I wear glasses!
>
> ish...@blarg.net "PurrrrrRRRRRRRR." /\_/\
> Consummate Cat Sitter/ = o_o =
> Feline Fantasies Fulfilled ^
>
I know some people (mostly men, actually) who get
grossed out watching women put pierced earrings
into their ears.
Christine Henderson
(who wears extended-wear contact lenses
that only have to be changed once a week)
Jason Gill
I'm sorry you got burned, but the images in my head while reading that
anecdote are hilarious.
K. Doty
History records that monica (monica) spake thusly:
> Well, I must say, *for the record*, that breastfeeding doesn't bother me. But
> weird stuff does. Like clear gelatinous things....that gross candy that is in a
> tube or something, basically it's just sugar gel. ICK. Or gummy anything.
> BLECCH. And any fat on meat, or wiggly things on chicken. YUCK.
> I'm very weird about texture of food...hence, no oysters, clams, mussels.
> PATOOEY! Oddly enough, I don't mind Jell-O. Go figure.
>
>
>
That's a thought, for me it's not really the taste of something, it's
the texture. That kind of part slimy, part chewy texture is what I
hate. Like mushrooms, or raw tomatoes, or oysters now that I think of
it. Or the slippery, chewy fat on meat (really crispy fat on the edge
of a pork chop is OK though).
Except for peanuts, with them it's the taste, yuk!
--
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Trish Connery
Jason Gill wrote:
> I'm sorry you got burned, but the images in my head while reading that
>
> anecdote are hilarious.
>
Well, I do have to admit, it IS funny *now*.
I guess I should have added that at the end. And no permanent damage,
either (physically, that is... <g>)
Bonus Sock
Invite me over next time you're sick...I'l bring a camera.
- Don
HCF
Windslave wrote:
> This thread had been LOL funny and very enlightening. Let me add my peeves. I
> also can't stand gum chewing, especially those who do it in such an animated
> fashion. Then there is the nail clipping. Can't stand when people do that at
> work. Also add another raisin hater to the list. I'll also add my total disgust
> for peas.
>
> Jeff
I can't stand it when people talk too loudly. I have been working with
a person this term who literally practically shouts everything he says.
I don't think he is even aware that he does this. Often times, he would
be speaking with our supervisor across the room while the rest of us
were quietly working. He would almost be shouting to the supervisor.
You could hear him speak from across the room.
Luckily, I am done working with him now.
HCF
HCF
Elizabeth A. Shack wrote:
>
> In a previous article, blue...@hardreply.notmindspring.com (Chris Petit) says:
>
> > Did you see the article in USA Today? In the to wonder that
> >surveyed women to find what was the most sexually appealing smell to
> >women?
> >
> > They found that good times candy was ranked second. According
> >to the women surveyed, the smell that made them feel most sexy was:
> >baby powder.
> >
> > Does anyone else find that rather disgusting?
> >
>
> Ick. Yes. Aside from the fact that it's *baby* powder, it's an incredibly
> sickly-sweet odor. Not sexy at all.
I actually like the smell of talc powder, but I certainly wouldn't call
it sexy.
An odd little fact about "baby" powder: research has found that using it
in the genital area can cause ovarian cancer. Ain't that a twist?
HCF
BryanL
>I have the egg story from hell....
Hilarious egg story snipped.
>Trish Connery
>Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA
This whole thread has to be one of the funniest I've ever seen on this ng.
-BL
Amber M. & Finnian C. McCullough
Trish Connery wrote:
>
> Does anyone have severe physical reactions to certain people? There is
> one man that I come into contact with occasionally through one of my
> dance teachers. He bears such a striking resemblance to my despised
> ex-husband that I can't be around him without my skin crawling and I
> feel like washing my hands after touching him (in this class we
> sometimes rotate partners and I've had to dance with him once or twice).
> It's not this guy's fault, I think he senses my repulsion to him but I'm
> sure he can't guess why, but never the less I can't help it.
>
> Does anyone have a physical reaction to certain sounds? The sound of
> cutting cardboard makes my skin crawl, as does the sound styrofoam makes
> when you tear it or cut it or even just use a fork on it.
>
>
> --
> Trish Connery
> Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA
>
I knew a girl in college. She had a hard time making girl friends, but
she got along with the guys OK. Sharon was very nice, but there was
this "can't put my finger on it" unnerving aura. 'Bout two years later
I figured it out. This chick was the spittin' image of Tonya Harding!
Amy Gale
"Cindy" <Ci...@isnt.here> writes:
> *yes, yes..me too...even worse to me though is hair on the bar soap in the
> shower. It's hair from my hubby, but ewwww..!! I don't know what area of his
> body the hair came from (he won't use a wash cloth) and i don't care. After
> asking him several times to pick it clean when he's finished, i finally
> started hiding my own bar of soap and use it when i bathe.
> cindy
I find soap to be very much an "it depends" area. Perhaps sort of
along the lines of "I don't mind more of 'germs' I had in the first
place".
So sharing soap with family is ok, sharing soap with whatsisname is
ok, sharing soap with flatmates is right out. Not that I have
flatmates any more.
My big "ick" is improper use of facial soap. I squirm at the idea of
washing my face with something that might have been under someone's
arms. Luckily, it has appeared straightforward to educate others on
this matter. Saying "the bright white one is facial only" appears to
do it. Or does it...
Anyway, our household seems to have gotten into a good pattern with
the following soap usage:
basin: flowing soap
shower: shower gel for me, soap for him
shower: tube of facial wash
HAH! Let the grotty hairs try to attach themselves to THAT little lot!
Now if only we could have some resolution on the
cleaning-up-beard-trimmings matter, I wouldn't find anything in the
bathroom disgusting at all.
Amy
Marilynn and Pete Court
I've just realized after reading this entire thread - I don't know if
there's any food I can't stand! I must have an impressive palate or
something...
Marilynn
Chris Petit
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:44:29 -0400,
FIRSTNAME...@REMOVE.SPAMBLOCK.dartmouth.edu (Kristy Bronner)
wrote:
>
>ME TOO, Stephie! I won't eat mushrooms, giblets, olives, or raw tomatoes.
>Make me ill...
I could never understand why some people like to eat
mushrooms. Aren't mushrooms the same kind of thing that makes green
fuzz on our bread?
----
"Don't take life too seriously---after all, you'll never
get out alive"
Reply to bluemist at mindspring dot com --- nothing else
Rabbit
> >ME TOO, Stephie! I won't eat mushrooms, giblets, olives, or raw tomatoes.
> >Make me ill...
>
> I could never understand why some people like to eat
> mushrooms. Aren't mushrooms the same kind of thing that makes green
> fuzz on our bread?
>
Rabbit
(Mushroom fan)
Rabbit
The only foods I can't stomach are kidneys and Brussels sprouts. Quite
a thing to say considering that when I was a child, right up until when
I was 17 or 18, there were about 3 things I would eat. Now my rule is
"the wierder the better", and there's nothing I won't try.
Rabbit
Rabbit
> An odd little fact about "baby" powder: research has found that using it
> in the genital area can cause ovarian cancer. Ain't that a twist?
>
> HCF
I've not heard of that; I'm going to play devil's advocate here. Why
ovarian cancer? If it's something in the powder itself, wouldn't it
affect the vagina, the uterus or the Fallopian tubes long before it got
to the ovaries?
Rabbit
Jim Paradis
blue...@hardreply.notmindspring.com (Chris Petit) writes:
> I could never understand why some people like to eat
> mushrooms. Aren't mushrooms the same kind of thing that makes green
> fuzz on our bread?
No, mushrooms are what grows under your toenails (fungus).
The green fuzz on bread is mold -- which you find in abundance in
blue cheese (and to a lesser extent in other cheeses).
Is that clearer now? 8-)
Of course, I read this whole thread with some trepidation... I love to
cook, and I love to cook for others. I also have *very* few things
I don't like. At various times in my cooking I've used nearly *all* of
the items that others have mentioned as abhorrent (bananas, eggs,
mushrooms, raisins, raw tomatoes -- not in the same dish, mind you!).
I'm starting to wonder just *what* I could possibly prepare for a
CBC potluck that wouldn't have someone nearly retching.... 8-) 8-(
--
Jim Paradis j...@jrp.tiac.net "The early bird gets the worm.
http://www.tiac.net/users/jrp/index.html If you want something else for
breakfast, get up later."
Kent Parks
Rabbit (rab...@hotstar.net) wrote:
: This went on for about four weeks -- had to have it, couldn't stomach
: it. Then finally, I craved one, brought it home, and liked it. Now my
: favorite treat is a ripe avocado and a spoon ...
Uh, Rabbit--you aren't supposed to eat the SPOON...!
Kent
Kent Parks
Chris Petit (blue...@hardreply.notmindspring.com) wrote:
:
: Did you see the article in USA Today? In the to wonder that
: surveyed women to find what was the most sexually appealing smell to
: women? They found that good times candy was ranked second. According
: to the women surveyed, the smell that made them feel most sexy was:
: baby powder.
Weel, I DO kind of like the smell of baby powder, but I CERTAINLY don't
find it SEXY!
What is "good times candy"?
Kent
Maeve vonD
OK, nobody has mentioned my all-time most-gross food, so here goes -
Onions!!!!!!!!!
I hate the way they taste, but the revolting texture is what really turns my
stomach. If raw, the texture is sort of plastic-y . If cooked, the result is a
kind of gelatinous slime. Between the taste and the texture, onions are a
guaranteed gag for me.
Onions are followed closely in the Hurl Parade by liver, fat of any kind,
broccoli, cauliflower, peas, and mushrooms.
The worst part about being an onion-hater is that the things are nearly
ubiquitous in restaurants, and in a lot of recipes. Yes, I ask for them to be
omitted from my food, but it doesn't always work, and 'stealth onions' are the
worst.
The second-worst part about hating onions is my DH, who, though a wonderful
cook, keeps trying to puree the wretched things and smuggle them into my food.
Doesn't work - I can smell them a mile away. :-)
Maeve (who loves garlic, however - go figure)
*************************************************************
"And is there ever any point in having children /
Oh, I don't know."
- The Smiths
Mr Tisane
Kent wrote:
<<Weel, I DO kind of like the smell of baby powder, but I CERTAINLY don't
find it SEXY!
What is "good times candy"?>>
-----------------------
And where can I get me some?
Amy Amaray
In reading this thread, noone has mentioned the one thing that I
cannot stand: Pears!
It is a texture thing, sorta like gritty slime. Now I can eat pear
candy, so it is not the taste. On the other hand, I eat all the things
other people loath for texture: tomatoes, onions, eggs etc.
Does that make me weird?
Susan
Kent Parks wrote:
>
> Chris Petit (blue...@hardreply.notmindspring.com) wrote:
> :
> : Did you see the article in USA Today? In the to wonder that
> : surveyed women to find what was the most sexually appealing smell to
> : women? They found that good times candy was ranked second. According
> : to the women surveyed, the smell that made them feel most sexy was:
> : baby powder.
>
> find it SEXY!
>
> What is "good times candy"?
>
It's Good and Plenty. Love that name, especially with this topic.
Susan
Linda Dachtyl
A truly disgusting smell.....
When I was a TA at Ohio State I walked out of the building and smelled
this absolutely HORRID smell. I even looked down at my feet to set if I
had stepped in something.
The smell: Gingko trees
Smells like vomit....
This was during the time they were doing major construction on the music
building. I always wondered why they didn't cut down those trees.
Linda
Marley Greiner
>A truly disgusting smell.....
>The smell: Gingko trees
>Smells like vomit....
>Linda
Linda--
It's a Buckeye thing. We had the same thing over in Drake Union. Everybody
thought it was them. Then there's there's the screening room in Haskett Hall.
The first time I noticed it, the claim was that the room had been flooded and
it was the dirty carpet. Well, it stayed that way for years, and
didn't go away until the place was renovated. I think it was the ventalation
system--though what was in it, I'll never know. Maybe someone stuck 100
pounsd of dirty socks in the ducts.
Marley
naomi pardue
Linda Dachtyl (lind...@earthlink.net) wrote:
> When I was a TA at Ohio State I walked out of the building and smelled
> this absolutely HORRID smell. I even looked down at my feet to set if I
> had stepped in something.
>
> The smell: Gingko trees
>
> Smells like vomit....
There are some of those around here too. Yuck.
Naomi
HCF
pri...@usit.net wrote:
> This was her car and her banana and she had every right, but I still
> thought it was inconsiderate of those of us who found ourselves
> temporarily obliged to ride with her. I didn't see how she could stand
> it herself, but that's neither here nor there. The final irony was
> that at the end of the day she threw the half banana away, saying the
> day in the car had spoiled it.
>
> Peggy
I agree with you completely on that one. I think it is inconsiderate to
leave food of any kind in a place where other people may be bothered by
it. I think this is true for food that has been half-eaten and is ready
to be thrown away as well. I would never leave food of any kind in
someone's garbage unless I asked if it was okay or if I knew the garbage
was going to be taken out soon.
HCF
Steve/Beth George
Steve/Beth George
Chris Petit <blue...@hardreply.notmindspring.com> wrote:
: I could never understand why some people like to eat
: mushrooms. Aren't mushrooms the same kind of thing that makes green
: fuzz on our bread?
My DH has more issues with food--one of them is the "Yuck, how could you
eat mushrooms, they're fungus, they grow in horse poop!" thing.
I could live with this, yet he'll eat CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP! I guess
chopping 'em up magically makes them non-fungus, grown in pristine lakes!
This is also the man who HATES eggs, yet every time we go to
breakfast, it's Eggs Benedict. This is an English muffin, Canadian bacon
and EGGS IN HOLLANDAISE SAUCE--guess what the main ingredient of
Hollandaise is?
--Beth
Rabbit
I'll eat them, but I'm not fond of pears either, and for the reason you
gave. Like a mouthful of gravel.
Rabbit
Rabbit
Kent Parks wrote:
>
> Rabbit (rab...@hotstar.net) wrote:
> : This went on for about four weeks -- had to have it, couldn't stomach
> : it. Then finally, I craved one, brought it home, and liked it. Now my
> : favorite treat is a ripe avocado and a spoon ...
>
> Uh, Rabbit--you aren't supposed to eat the SPOON...!
>
No ....... ?
Rabbit
(Puts it back in the silverware drawer with guilty look on face)
Rabbit
Kent Parks wrote:
>
> Chris Petit (blue...@hardreply.notmindspring.com) wrote:
> :
> : Did you see the article in USA Today? In the to wonder that
> : surveyed women to find what was the most sexually appealing smell to
> : women? They found that good times candy was ranked second. According
> : to the women surveyed, the smell that made them feel most sexy was:
> : baby powder.
>
> Weel, I DO kind of like the smell of baby powder, but I CERTAINLY don't
> find it SEXY!
>
> What is "good times candy"?
>
> Kent
"Good Times" is a brand name. It's little bits of licorice covered in
candy -- like an M&Ms (or Smarties -Canadian content) with a licorice
centre. Shaped like little bullets.
Rabbit
Brenda Peters
Amy Gale wrote:
> Now if only we could have some resolution on the
> cleaning-up-beard-trimmings matter, I wouldn't find anything in the
> bathroom disgusting at all.
>
> Amy
*BEST* solution in the world for that if you can manage it: 2 bathrooms,
his'n'hers, with each responsible for cleaning his/her own. Works like magic.
The trick is finding an affordable place that has 2 full baths within a reasonable
distance of the bedroom.
Brenda P.
kim birney
> : > And raisins! I completely forgot about raisins. I
Raisins make me feel sick--just to think of them!
Once when I was visiting family I was having breakfast with
my mom, sister and nephew, and I announced that I would not
be eating something because it contained raisins.
Immediately my mom and sister both gave me the "look of
death." It turns out that my nephew is very impressionable.
For a long time after that Kyle would not touch raisins,
along with many other foods that he had heard people say
they would not eat.
kim birney
Rabbit
And after I posted that, I remembered it isn't Good Times, it's Good n
Plenty ...
Rabbit