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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 30, 2016 - 06:20pm PT
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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?
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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May 30, 2016 - 06:28pm PT
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Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, relish, just about any type of salad dressing. I wasn't born for America, and yet here I am.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 30, 2016 - 06:31pm PT
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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!
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c wilmot
climber
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May 30, 2016 - 06:37pm PT
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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.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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May 30, 2016 - 06:43pm PT
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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.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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May 30, 2016 - 06:48pm PT
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Chewing on aluminum foil.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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May 30, 2016 - 06:49pm PT
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"scented" anything . Guaranteed migraine.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 30, 2016 - 07:04pm PT
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Shopping Malls, my nose itches and my eyes water...happens everytime.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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May 30, 2016 - 07:08pm PT
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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.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2016 - 07:22pm PT
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^ 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.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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May 30, 2016 - 07:24pm PT
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"something that turns you into a sniveling wimp begging for mercy."
Love lost.
Yep, that's it for me.
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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May 30, 2016 - 07:25pm PT
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Damn, somebody had to say chewing on aluminum foil! Aaaagh, I said it!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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May 30, 2016 - 07:26pm PT
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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.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 30, 2016 - 07:34pm PT
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April 15 - Dies Irae!
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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May 30, 2016 - 07:38pm PT
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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.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2016 - 07:42pm PT
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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
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Karen
Trad climber
Prescott, AZ ~
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May 30, 2016 - 08:53pm PT
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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.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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May 30, 2016 - 09:02pm PT
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Chewing on wooden popsicle sticks, can not even have them in my mouth. It is ice cream sandwiches only for me.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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May 30, 2016 - 09:06pm PT
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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...
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Alpamayo
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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May 30, 2016 - 09:37pm PT
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The smell of ripe bananas.
Snoring.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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May 30, 2016 - 09:38pm PT
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Listening to Sarah Palin speak...
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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May 30, 2016 - 10:03pm PT
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Kryptonite
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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May 30, 2016 - 10:51pm PT
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Styrofoam! I can't even stand to see someone else open, close or touch one of those coolers much less do it myself.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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May 31, 2016 - 01:28am PT
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the dancing, the costumes, the people ... cool as hell. the culture ... enviable in many ways, and the yup'ik masks
make me want to burn my honkie card and pray for absolution. but dang, the pounding section which i charitably abbreviate
as bam-bam instead of bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam- ... bamBAM!
... during an eighteen year period of psycho-socio immersion managed to hollow out
an impacted void in my otherwise admiristic-compassiothetic cortex
http://youtu.be/beU485Bxqxs
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ecdh
climber
the east
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May 31, 2016 - 02:15am PT
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Beer.
Loathe the smell let alone taste. Somewhere between armpits and old sports socks.
Dont like weed smoke much either. Like smouldering newsprint.
If i werent a mescaline, coffee and tequila type of guy id be a real drag at parties.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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May 31, 2016 - 04:05am PT
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Internet porn
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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May 31, 2016 - 05:43am PT
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Hearing Donald Trump speak.
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Prod
Trad climber
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May 31, 2016 - 05:58am PT
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Walking on damp/ wet sand sometimes has a squeaking effect that drives me nuts. Dry sad is fine, and if i'm in the water or wave flow no biggie.
Prod.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2016 - 06:15am PT
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These are awesome. My mom has the styrofoam thing too. Doesn't matter if it is peanuts or blocks of it, she'll leave the room at any hint of styrofoam.
Wet sand is wild too!
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Prod
Trad climber
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May 31, 2016 - 06:19am PT
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My old boss, and friend, was going on a road trip from Michigan to North Carolina. I wedged 2 pieces of Styrofoam under the back seat of his suburban. He said he lost his mind to a random squeek about 6 hours into the drive and found the prank at a rest stop....
Prod.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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May 31, 2016 - 06:24am PT
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Goat cheese; reminds me of a billy goat covered in piss.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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May 31, 2016 - 06:26am PT
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Jon Beck - I agree on the popsicle stick! Same effect as those nasty dry wood tongue depressors at the doctor's office - gack!!
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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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May 31, 2016 - 06:32am PT
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Deep thread. And I love it!
Two things for me:
1. Dog crap that inadvertently got onto the bottom of my shoes;
2. "Stinky" vegetables (eg. broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, etc.). What confuses me is why someone would smell one of those veggies, say to themselves, "Wow! That smells like a bad diaper--or dog crap on the bottom of my shoes!" and then ponder to themselves, "Hmmm...I wonder what it tastes like..."
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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May 31, 2016 - 06:41am PT
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Vodka martinis. Not so much my kryptonite, but my "Mr. Hyde" elixir. I've been a bad boy in the past on those devil drinks.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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May 31, 2016 - 07:03am PT
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"somebody had to say chewing on aluminum foil!"
Haha, an unknown author once wrote
"She lived her life like a dental filling in a tin foil blizzard".
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 31, 2016 - 07:24am PT
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Mmm? The sound of Velcro'd waist strap on my harness, slowly tearing. This happens more often when top-roping.
I try to remember to separate the ends before I leave the ground, & pull the Velcro apart as soon as I do remember.
If you keep to things that register on the 'Vominator' scale; those things that cause such great revile that they cause bile to travel upwards, to the esophagus, or cause spontaneous realesasd bodily fluids Of any kind from any location
( just the thought of something, counts, as avoiding direct contact is part of the definition of kryptonite )
Xx ing" yellow jackets, ground wasps, garbage bees,
Needles, the dentist still insists on using.
Seeing someone pulling out a nerve block)!:o0(
Watching surgery/ hospitals - the whirling, sounds, smells & energy all make the 'Vomninator'
giving blood
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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May 31, 2016 - 07:27am PT
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Listening to people chew chips or cereal. I instantly hate the trespasser until they are done.
Also, the slurping of soup or coffee.
My brother and Dad both have problems with the sound of ice. Chewing is the worst for them, but my bro can't even handle the breaking of the ice trays or when the water hits the ice and cracks. He describes it like Roger Rabbit's reaction to the knocks on the wall.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Small Town with a Big Back Yard
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May 31, 2016 - 07:31am PT
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Rotting flesh.
Dogs eating sh1t.
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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May 31, 2016 - 07:32am PT
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The strong sweetish stinky smell of laundry detergent or fabric softener that always accompanies people you meet on trails hiking. It always makes me cringe.
Also going back to work after a great climbing trip.
Mister E you are right. Someones dog returning to camp with TP in it's mouth is pretty bad!
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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May 31, 2016 - 07:40am PT
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Dog eats sh#t and then rolls in rotting flesh.
You're welcome E.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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May 31, 2016 - 07:45am PT
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Crunch crunch crunch, munch munch, chew chew chew, crunch....
You're welcome TJI. Ha!!
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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May 31, 2016 - 07:56am PT
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Add survival to my list now.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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May 31, 2016 - 08:02am PT
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something that turns you into a sniveling wimp begging for mercy
Tar on the beach!
not much of a sniveling wimp more like this sh#t gets all over you feet then sticks onto the surf board gets onto the floor of your car!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 31, 2016 - 08:36am PT
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I'll admit to being deeply bothered by the smell of rotting dead animals & skunk spray, however something sure to move me quickly out of a room is listening to a group of (other) old people bitching about how horrible things currently are.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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May 31, 2016 - 08:42am PT
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Being on a boat. Given enough time, I will barf and want to pitch overboard.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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May 31, 2016 - 09:15am PT
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Eggs, not allergic, just can't stand the sight smell or texture of them. No flan, no custard, no quiche, no french toast. If someone is eating an egg salad sandwich or a deviled egg, I'll probably leave the room.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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May 31, 2016 - 09:46am PT
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I am cursed with a pretty good sense of smell.. thank God, not quite hyper. So any stinky smells sets me off sneezing, headache, or i get a gag reflex...perfume, cigarette smoke, dog poo, baby diaper fill-up , barf.... B.O, even my own (-;.....
But worse for me is .. seeing people and animals injured.. blood & wounds..
I also have to look away when i see a dead animal .
winding roads in car...Recently found out that chewing wads of wrigley's mint gum helps my symptoms..
Being on a boat. Given enough time, I will barf and want to pitch overboard. Yep,^^...that too.
edit, Rancid smells.. like rancid nuts, rancid oil in products, like sunscreen and bad cooking oil. I can walk into a restaurant and smell if they are using rancid/old cooking oil..yuck.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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May 31, 2016 - 10:11am PT
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Bad music. Yes, there is such a thing.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 31, 2016 - 10:13am PT
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High quantities of praise...
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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May 31, 2016 - 10:24am PT
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puke stink
Nails my kryptonite. Ever since I was a kid the smell of throw up has made me gag and throw up myself.
Also, Walmart.
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brotherbbock
climber
Alta Loma, CA
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May 31, 2016 - 10:28am PT
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Boobs.
They break me down and turn me into putty.
Logic and reason break down when they are in my face.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 31, 2016 - 11:37am PT
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Must add one more....Woot! That expression drives me up the friggin wall!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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May 31, 2016 - 12:15pm PT
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Being in constricted spaces--like caves.
I'm so claustrophobic, I almost pass out watching 'Kill Bill 2'
when Beatrix is buried alive. OMG, I almost have heart failure!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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May 31, 2016 - 12:38pm PT
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Couldn't resist... rehab downtime is a bitch ;-)
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 31, 2016 - 12:41pm PT
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Yo! I'll be thinking about your rehab downtime on my way to the Black....I leave in thirty minutes. Get better soon!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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May 31, 2016 - 12:57pm PT
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Thanks Jim. Have fun down there, I'll be wooting for you ;-)
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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May 31, 2016 - 01:19pm PT
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The female counterpart to Donini:
Possibly someone's kryptonite.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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May 31, 2016 - 01:26pm PT
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A spider walking across my face was mildly annoying, until I was informed it was a black widow, at which point it "creeped" me out.
I've learned now that soothing music can help, even though as the man says:
"Black Widows Can Potentially Kill You"
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 31, 2016 - 02:14pm PT
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Roadkill, with attending smell and gore. . . .(Is a picture needed? I think not)
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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May 31, 2016 - 02:23pm PT
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hypodermic needles
skeeves me out to watch injections. But not really kryptonite since I can deal with it, but usually I prefer not to. Not a rational phobia by any stretch.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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May 31, 2016 - 03:43pm PT
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Little dogs and especially cats. Poo covered little creeps. Deal breaker.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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May 31, 2016 - 05:16pm PT
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being awakened by reveille
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO & Bend, OR
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May 31, 2016 - 09:05pm PT
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I read this entire thread to see if anyone described something that was "my krptonite."
I was OK until I red Sierra Ledge Rat's offering. It's closest so far for me. But even that isn't so bad. I can roll over and go back to sleep anytime anywhere if I want to do so.
I think I have a cast iron stomach. Once in my llama ranching/breeding days, I attended a difficult llama birth when the baby got stuck part way out - just two legs and a nose - and no mas. After about 30 minutes of wrestling with this mess, I realized I was hungry, so went inside and eat a hearty lunch - to return to the same scene. (It didn't end well; I will say no more).
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Moof
Big Wall climber
Orygun
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May 31, 2016 - 09:08pm PT
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Burping the poop tube.
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Dave Davis
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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May 31, 2016 - 09:21pm PT
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The sound of Sarah Palin's voice is right up there with fingernails on a chalkboard.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Getting my face hit whilst underwater....
Something about getting hit in the face really freaks me out. One little knock underwater in the noggin and I'm out of the boat swimming. All my roll practice is for naught.
It induces an almost panic reaction I cannot control.
It really limited my kayaking potential to Class 4 or easier.
And I'm cool with that.
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Karla
climber
Colorado
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Elevator whistlers and being seated next to either my oldest sister or mom at the dinner table - open mouth chewers:/
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Attractive blondes and Walmart.
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Aya K
Trad climber
Boulder, CO!
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Foam.
Like open cell foam of this sort
I'm getting chills just thinking about it.
I need to stop.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Remember the tarantula scene in Home Alone? If that had been me I would have stole the show. Tarantula's totally creep me out.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Tickeling.. can't handel it.....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Remember the tarantula scene in Home Alone?
Our friends know the spider wrangler for that and Arachnophobia. He also
raises Black Widows in a storage unit in El Monte, unbeknownst to his
neighbors and the owners, LOL! He'll reach into a 5 gal bucket with dozens
of the little monsters and grab a handfull to take out and milk. You know
how he does it, right?
V e r y - c a r e f u l l y!
He makes B A N K! I'm sure most of you agree with me that's he welcome
to all he makes.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Live chicken heads.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Fake Wasabi
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Pewf
climber
Gunnison, CO
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Watching someone roll an ankle. Feel a bit sick just typing it
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 2, 2016 - 06:18am PT
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Great stuff. Wild how it varies so much.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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self quote from the "mind your manners" thread:
[i'm] eatin' fast food, the guy in the booth across from me is clipping his nails.
one skitters across my table. i call for a halt to it & he calls me sensitive.
so i asked him which of my bodily discards he wanted to search through his
salad for and i think he sort of got it, or else he was all done anyway
yuck
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Dev_C
climber
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Dec 25, 2017 - 07:11pm PT
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Mint anything. The mere thought of it hurts my insides.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Dec 25, 2017 - 07:20pm PT
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The sound of one hand crimping has always set me on edge
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Dec 25, 2017 - 07:33pm PT
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On occasion, the texture of sour cream, and yogurt, but not always. Sour cream I can eat with pierogies, on a baked potato, in goulash - no problem. But my sister made borsch while I was visiting at TG time and I was a little like "uhhhnn..." But most of the time, I am good with sour cream. Especially on fajitas, because that's just delicious.
Yogurt, I cannot eat unless it is on top of granola, with fresh fruit, and then, it can NOT get mixed in the slightest. If I got near finishing the portion and it was starting to....oh, yuck - I cannot eve WRITE the word... And only plain yogurt is edible for me. Even the THOUGHT of those little cups of flavored yogurts, even a high quality one....no.way. Get it away from me.
Reading about the rancid yogurt balls of whatever they were that Beth Rodden described as abut the only thing she and Tommy Caldwell were given when they got kidnapped had me almost unable to read the paragraph.
When I was a kid, I really liked cottage cheese. I thought people who put pineapple in it were disgusting, but other than that, I liked it. Now - one look at it and I cannot imagine what was wrong with me to actually put that in my mouth.
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ECF
Big Wall climber
Ridgway CO
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Dec 25, 2017 - 08:03pm PT
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Chalk
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Dec 25, 2017 - 08:27pm PT
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romance
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john hansen
climber
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Dec 25, 2017 - 10:36pm PT
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When I was in high school I used to pole vualt. One time my fellow vaulters threw one of the pads we landed on over me and held it down on top of me.
Just a bit claustrophobic . The only time I have had a panic attack. Let me out!!
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skywalker1
Trad climber
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Dec 25, 2017 - 11:12pm PT
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^^^^^^ I was once in one of those bouncy castles with the "towers" as a kid and fell into one and couldn't get out nor breathe. It was like a snow well. Dude working it bounced me out!
For me,
Sharks...I don't care if its a nurse shark a leopard shark or a plastic one. I don't like em' and I will freak the f#&k out if I see any sign of them in the water. In fact when the water touches my toes my mind is on sharks. I don't know why. Oddly I'm moving from the mountains to the beach soon and I'm trying to come to grips with the fauna...
S...
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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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Dec 26, 2017 - 04:48am PT
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I hate raisins. I hate everything about them, except when they are in their youth...as grapes. I can taste them in Clif Bars, A-1 Steak Sauce...anywhere they show up in their sneaky little ways...I know they are there.
I learned how to say "I don't like raisins" in 12 languages, just in case I'm ever in a situation where I'm offered them overseas. I can only remember about 9 of them, but I'm still ready.
Oh yes...I'm ready.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 26, 2017 - 07:37am PT
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Oysters.
I'd rather eat snot.
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Dec 26, 2017 - 07:39am PT
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Journey. "...Loving and hugging and touching and squeezing each other." VOMIT!!!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 26, 2017 - 07:42am PT
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Coffee less morning
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 26, 2017 - 07:46am PT
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Oysters are bad, but fried okra is the worst when it comes to texture.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 26, 2017 - 07:48am PT
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I love oysters! Where else can you get that kind of texture sliding down your throat without being in the depths of a really bad cold?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 26, 2017 - 10:25am PT
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Gary, The Wife wholeheartedly agrees. I think I’m gonna fry some okra up to go with my
brekky oysters. But it would be divorce court if she EVER tries to slip eggplant by me.
That stuff is slimey! Actually, it’s more like an old kitchen sink sponge.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 26, 2017 - 10:44am PT
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Another one that makes me puke a little just thinking about it is eggnog.
Damn I wish I hadn't just thought of that. Gotta go brush my teeth again...
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 26, 2017 - 10:45am PT
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As a kid, our garden had ROWS of okra. It turned my stomach just to look at the plant.
Fried okra and beef tongue for dinner pretty much guaranteed I was going hungry. It wasn't the tongue so much as the presentation. My mom just laid out the whole tongue on a platter.
Another one that makes me puke a little just thinking about it is eggnog.
Obviously, you haven't put enough brandy in it, Kris.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Dec 26, 2017 - 12:18pm PT
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For me it is anything that is starting to rot, like yogurt, sour cream, bleu cheese, kimchi, kombucha, etc.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 26, 2017 - 02:10pm PT
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Bourbon. I can't touch it without losing everything that makes me, me. I turn into an alcoholic who wants to have fun, party, and act like a d#@&%e. And I love it so much. Alas...
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Dec 26, 2017 - 03:07pm PT
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Reggae music.... steel drums are nails on my brain....
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Dec 26, 2017 - 03:24pm PT
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Scotch tastes like an ashtray to me. I like other whiskies but...
Calamari. Can I just have a plate of rubber bands please.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Dec 26, 2017 - 03:53pm PT
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Great stuff. Wild how it varies so much.
A very educational thread. We learn that people are weird. Most things mentioned I find only annoying. Peach fuzz may go a little beyond that.
But, in this forum and reflecting on what has truly rendered me powerless: offwidth cracks.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 26, 2017 - 03:59pm PT
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It's the little wooden sticks inside icecream bars & popsickles. From earliest childhood to now, if my tongue or teeth contacts one of those sticks while licking on the treat, it ruins it for me.
Probably comes from childhood Physician abuse with those damn wooden tongue depressors. Does anyone else still wince at the words:
"SAY AH!"
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Dec 26, 2017 - 04:00pm PT
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Poop.
I run the other way when there is a Code Brown. Or I throw up.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Dec 26, 2017 - 06:40pm PT
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Crypto-nazite, queers and sucker punches?
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Lennox
climber
in the land of the blind
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Dec 26, 2017 - 08:09pm PT
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Not the homeless zombie guy with head to toe impetigo. Not drunken pizza vomit. Not cdiff diarrhea. Not digital disimpaction. Not the cockroaches and moldy food in the folds and pannus of the morbidly obese woman. Not the blood clot and amniotic fluid stew. Not a bedsore I could’ve fit my fist inside if it wasn’t filled with sh#t, urine and some necrotic bone. Not suctioning bloody snot. Not the drainage from the gangrenous bartholin’s abcess. Not even the face chopped off by a machete.
I can no longer tolerate more than 5 seconds of the lies and incoherent braying of that imbecile in chief that an idiotic minority of Americans helped elect. Ughbrlgah.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 26, 2017 - 10:15pm PT
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So to get away from all the gastronomic Kryptonite...
This stuff took away Superman's magical superpowers, right?
Well, few things shut me down faster than negativity.
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Lollie
Social climber
I'm Lolli.
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Dec 27, 2017 - 06:22am PT
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My nails scraping unglazed pottery. I shiver each time.
People cracking their fingers. It literally hurts, I feel ill.
Snot.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Dec 27, 2017 - 06:50am PT
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several:
The first three days of an off shore passage. I am so, so very seasick. And I’ve tried EVERYTHING. After three days, pretty much back in the human world.
watching my dog or cat get a shot. They’re totally unphased, I’m writhing on the floor.
Having to take my son to the dentist when he had to have some teeth pulled prior to braces. Once again he was braveheart, I was a mess (but not in front of him).
Man, what’s up with the suppurative body parts and those being flung over highways? Ickmongus
Susan
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 27, 2017 - 11:45am PT
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The stench of cooking bacon! Or pretty much anything. Pork related.
It lingers for days!
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Dec 27, 2017 - 12:17pm PT
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Two near the top of my list, neither of which anyone has yet to mention in this thread:
(1) The kitchen scraps jar, after I just emptied it into our "wormy" compost bin, and
(2) The smell when you let air out of a car tire.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 27, 2017 - 12:55pm PT
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The smell when you let air out of a car tire.
In high school we rigged a a compressed air pipe for shotgunning weed. We attached a line to the valve of the spare tire and ran it to a connection on a hash pipe at the front seat.
We thought we were brilliant, until we got a hit of weed with spare tire air!
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Stewart Johnson
Mountain climber
lake forest
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Dec 27, 2017 - 03:25pm PT
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Climbing festivals and macadamia nuts
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Dec 27, 2017 - 03:40pm PT
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Wow Gary, like you, I thought I was pretty clever in high school too. I made a bong out of an old Army surplus canteen and a French Horn mouthpiece as a bowl! I bet your invention really took the air out your (pot) sails when you tasted that hit!
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Dec 27, 2017 - 09:42pm PT
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Lennox. YES
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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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Dec 28, 2017 - 07:51pm PT
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For me it is anything that is starting to rot, like yogurt, sour cream, bleu cheese, kimchi, kombucha, etc.
Right??
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Happiegrrrl2
Trad climber
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Dec 28, 2017 - 08:13pm PT
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Gotta ask - what does tire air smell like? I am imagining a mix between warm rubber and a person's bad breath.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Dec 28, 2017 - 08:46pm PT
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Tire air smells like you are chewing on the tire. I used to work in a gas station in high school back when it was full service, and I kind of like the smell. Brings back good memories.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dec 29, 2017 - 07:44am PT
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My kryptonite. I am either on cloud nine or falling into the abyss.....
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originalpmac
Mountain climber
Timbers of Fennario
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Dec 29, 2017 - 08:47am PT
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Tearing apart cotton balls. Gives me the willies.
Ditto on the open mouth chewing. Disgusting. I once heard an NPR bit on the different textures of food that involved chewing into a mic. WTF were they thinking?!
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Dec 29, 2017 - 11:36am PT
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Injustice, especially when applied to the defenseless.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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sounds to me like you have a problem with the Truth*, huh?
my kryptonic weaknesses include many mentioned above - esp the gunky concentrated evil that liberates when flossing, and the chalkboard squeal of a Stubai hammerpoint dragged over fresh, wet, claystone.
the mild kryptonites too, should not be discounted - snarfing down a "medium" cooked meatwad of deadbeefsandwich in front of my vegan-ish fiancee last night comes to mind.
mainly, I like to think of my good weaknesses, like the damnably fine Res-mutt that owns my life, and my good-goddamn-gorgeous partner D, caretaker of my heart.
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originalpmac
Mountain climber
Timbers of Fennario
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^^^ I once stepped on a dog turd barefoot. Squished between my toes. Awful.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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^def done the squishyfoot steamin' dogshit thing. I'd rather step in cold cat puke (again) than press a fresh-out-the-oven kibble-turd through my toes, for sure.
that turd-herding work in T-meadows, Timid, I know how that sh#t can make you rethink humanity in some pretty major ways. Who the hell produced this sh#t? Would anyone want all of these iPhones from the bottom of the vault? Is that an Almond Joy wrapper? Do I know anyone that wants that free T-shirt writhing in the dense, last-removed solid matter? How can I feel the urge to eat food in this moment?
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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during the wee hours,
while i was pullin' down youtube music and showin' y'all
the result of my compulsive youtube listening, my sweetheart's
cocker spaniel woke up and headed for the door.
normally, fifteen minutes later ... scratch, scratch, scratch
comes the signal "let me in, dammit." but on that occasion, no dog!
so i hollered into the dark. no dog. come sunrise,
i passed word that the dog was awol, i'm turning in!
so the rightful owner mounted a recovery effort, no joy.
my shift at the camp store came due and local garbage dumpers,
well versed in paying the nominal fee later, during business hours,
stopped in to settle the account and mentioned that during their pre dawn pass,
a dog unknown to them was sleeping deep in an open garbage can
next to the one they had stuffed.
(there's a planting area ramping up to a retaining wall that the cans shelter behind)
so off i went to check it out and by golly, there's the missing cocker ... in a bed of crab legs,
soaked in crab barf, but looking serenely satisfied ... for the moment.
the inevitable assault known colloquially as a cold hosing ended that!
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Fossil climber
Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
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Living on Baffin Is. for a while I had the opportunity of trying several Inuit delectables. Mostly raw.
Warm raw seal brain, dug out of the bullet hole and mixed with seal oil and eaten like poi, was visually distressing but not disgusting.
But there were a couple I couldn't manage. One was qumuqs, large warble fly grubs which fall out from under the skin on the backs of caribou. Some Inuit eat 'em all squirming, warm and raw.
The other was igunaq, which is fermented walrus, which had certain characteristics of strong old cheese but you could smell it half a mile away. One sniff of that and I was running to get upwind.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Wayne wins!
Various parts of Bowhead Whale cooked in Kaktovic were pretty good though, given how hungry I was. The boiled blubber tasted better than butter to me.
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chainsaw
Trad climber
CA
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DMV, IRS, Crooked County Supes and City Councils, Brown, Nunez, Becerra. Squeaky peanuts give me pain, but dont really hurt me. The former do.
I also have an aversion to oldschool science professors who in reality got liberal arts degrees by todays standards. No understanding of physical science. I had a soil science proff who said that pH was independent of concentration. I asked him if a single drop of HCL would acidify the ocean. He was totally stumped. I had a virology professor who didn't understand conventional current, having worked with electrons carrying negative charge for too long. He argued that the current from a car battery flows from the black - terminal towards the red + terminal. So the entire car body, connected to the black terminal is electrified? I asked. He said yes of course it was.... That dooshhbahg was a member of the National Academy of Science....
One of my Microbiology professors, chairman of Davis Microbiology for a time and sometimes my boss used to insist that all students use base ten logarithms to calculate natural growth and decay. I informed him that our students all had prerequisite calculus and understood natural logarithms. He scoffed at me and insisted that the old way was better. I liken his PhD to a stint in seminary. Crusty old fart used to loose my students grades.....
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Chainsaw,
I grant your expertise in physics and math. I question your mastery of possessive nouns and ask whether your old fart had memory problems or was just manually awkward?
No offense, just having fun.
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