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Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Topic Author's Original Post - May 30, 2016 - 06:20pm PT
Everyone has one or two or more....You know that texture, sound, taste...something that turns you into a sniveling wimp begging for mercy.

A common one is scratching a chalkboard. The sound is too much for most people.

For me, scratching a chalk board does absolutely nothing. But touch a nylon fabric and I'll run away begging you to stop (this includes sheers, pantyhose, and many other horrible things using this devil fabric). I can't stand the sound, and I definitely cannot touch it - I swear I feel every ridge in that fabric on every ridge of my finger (and especially thumb) tips. Just thinking about it makes my digits over-stimulated. Argh.

This issue with nylon seems normal to me, but BrassNuts kryptonite makes me laugh uncontrollably. His kryptonite is..... peach fuzz. Yes, peach fuzz. Peach fuzz/skinn touching him - especially in his mouth or on his fingers sends him into a seizure. (I am laughing typing this).

So, what is yours? Any other nylon-phobes out there? And what accounts for this response?
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
May 30, 2016 - 06:28pm PT
Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, relish, just about any type of salad dressing. I wasn't born for America, and yet here I am.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
May 30, 2016 - 06:31pm PT
Ha, ha...interesting thread. The chalk thing is right up there but I'm watching the NBA playoffs (full disclosure...I love basketball) and, right now, watching Stephen Curry's mouthguard dislpay while shooting fouls drives me up the wall!
c wilmot

climber
May 30, 2016 - 06:37pm PT
I have the weird fabric affliction but for me its when it touches my mouth/teeth. if I try and pull my sleeves up while doing the dishes or put a rope in my mouth, my body just revolts.

SC seagoat

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
May 30, 2016 - 06:43pm PT
Non cotton sheets.

Stephen Curry's mouthguard

Yeah...he certainly has a way with that. I've often wondered how many he goes through in a season.



Susan.

Edit: first three days of an off shore sail. I am sooooo seasick. I just go to the bunk with a bucket and return to the deck in about 3 days.
Studly

Trad climber
WA
May 30, 2016 - 06:48pm PT
Chewing on aluminum foil.
JOEY.F

Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
May 30, 2016 - 06:49pm PT
"scented" anything . Guaranteed migraine.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
May 30, 2016 - 07:04pm PT
Shopping Malls, my nose itches and my eyes water...happens everytime.
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
May 30, 2016 - 07:08pm PT
Fish.

That includes clams, oysters, and mussels. Especially clams, oysters, and mussels.

I'll catch them. I'll clean them. I'll cook them. ( fish ) But I'm not going to eat any.

I was hanging out for a couple weeks earlier this month in The Bay Area with a bunch of kite flyers, and every goddamn night except for one we had dinner at a seafood place.
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2016 - 07:22pm PT
^ Interesting.

Another one of mine is exoskeletons. Can't even look at them. For that reason, I cannot peel shrimp. I will eat them is someone else peels them, but absolutely cannot touch them. Blllerghhh.
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
May 30, 2016 - 07:24pm PT
"something that turns you into a sniveling wimp begging for mercy."


Love lost.

Yep, that's it for me.
Mark Force

Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
May 30, 2016 - 07:25pm PT
Damn, somebody had to say chewing on aluminum foil! Aaaagh, I said it!
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
May 30, 2016 - 07:26pm PT
Tami, I shudder in agreement. I remember in the early 90s my first time to Jtree, getting out the car and my first sensation was the mid-day heat baking the outhouse into a wall of stench that smacked me in the face.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
May 30, 2016 - 07:34pm PT
April 15 - Dies Irae!
Batrock

Trad climber
Burbank
May 30, 2016 - 07:38pm PT
Open mouth load chewing, there is a name for the phobia that slips my mind at the moment but I'm sure I got it. Drives me up the wall.
Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2016 - 07:42pm PT
For me it's the smell of the rotten food that comes out from between my teeth when flossing. Insta-gag-and-vom technicolor yawn!

HAHAHAHAA! Sorry, but I'm laughing so hard here from this!

Cool - look at what I just found: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_processing_disorder
Karen

Trad climber
Prescott, AZ ~
May 30, 2016 - 08:53pm PT
Remember the solar toilets on Whitney, now that was a real gagger.

Watching the tv show my six houndred pound life when they show skin removal surgery.
Jon Beck

Trad climber
Oceanside
May 30, 2016 - 09:02pm PT
Chewing on wooden popsicle sticks, can not even have them in my mouth. It is ice cream sandwiches only for me.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
May 30, 2016 - 09:06pm PT
hey there say, callie... interesting... i will think on this...


say, also, study, :O

as to this:
Chewing on aluminum foil.

oh my, done that before... rarely, but as a kid, so i know the
feel...

but, i just 'got over it fast' so no big deal...

ahh, i JUST NOW, know of one, callie, one of those 'things' ...

it is:





















TRANSMISSION FUEL, :o
UGH,... first time i ever smelled it, i was pregnant and watching out the window, as, my then-father-in-law, was working on a transmission...

he was a simple small town, tex-mex area, guy, but:
he was AN EXPERT AND everyone, that knew of him, took their stuff to him!


well, even after i was pregant, i could never be around that ol'
smell of transmission fuel (or is it oil?) ... i think it was
a reddish thin type liquid, kind of amburish-burnt sienna- maroon color...


THAT'S it... :O


old quote from an article, i just now looked at:

A few years ago, virtually every transmission fluid was red; technicians would aptly describe a transmission with exceptionally clean fluid as being “cherry.” Today, many manufacturers have begun to stray from the traditional red color.


edit:
oh, i DO know that many folks can't stand burnt chicken feathers...
Alpamayo

Trad climber
Davis, CA
May 30, 2016 - 09:37pm PT
The smell of ripe bananas.

Snoring.
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