A list of unusual phobias...

ok i'll bite what's geliophobic?

i haven't seen quest for the holy grail in ages so i can't help you there sorry

 

If you define them for me, I'll be able to tell you :smile:.

I by no means said that this list was complete...

"This new fashion of learning amazes me Sir Bedivere. Tell me again how sheep's bladders can be employed to prevent earthquakes."

"Certainly my liege."

 

Stay away from the sheep! They're mine.
What's the fear of sheep? Ovinophobia?

 

Dunno, but I bet fear of cows is Bovinophobia...Gary Larson did some Far Side about fear of ducks watching you or something didn't he?

 

I don't remember that one. And DAMMIT my Far Side desk calendar is almost empty. :cry: Any suggestions on a calendar for next year?

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Um, another Far Side calendar? They're usually pretty funny :smile:.

 

Geliophobia - Fear of laughter
Genuphobia - Fear of knees
Odontophobia - Fear of Teeth (or the dentist)

Note: I'll refrain from making a bad pun for now...

 

Well, I have found one reference, of dubious reliability, to this condition being called Sheepioamilaphobia

It was made on this rather dodgy website where you may also be able to pick up a useful piece of advice, Feldon.

During the course of my search, I found a much greater number of references to the phrase "Fear of sheep-fucking," mainly from Welsh and Australian farming articles.

Speaking of which, a term more applicable to your own condition might be something like Sheepioamilaphilia :razz:

 

Actually, the country most famous for 'sheep-fucking' over here is none other than New Zealand. Half the powdered milk in the Middle East comes from NZ, the other half comes from the dodgy farm down the road which you can smell 300 metres away, even when you are upwind.

 

Jarinor, I don't quite see the connection. Are you saying you think powdered milk is produced through a process of sheep shagging? It ain't - do NOT put that white residue in your coffee.

 

Well, Fatman to be honest with you, I'm not entirely sure what I meant when I wrote that. I think I was just saying that not only is NZ famous for sheep shagging, that it also produces a lot of dairy products that end up in the Middle East.

 

Oooh - you bent me over. No fair. Now we're both leaning.

Can I use this as my sig? :grin:

 

did you know that siderodromophiliac gets turned on of trains :grin:

 

Uh, sure...if you want...

I'm not certain whether that's a good or bad thing though :smile:.

 

Agrophobia...fear of open spaces (opposite of claustrophobia)

Agraphibia...fear of panic attacks in a public places.


IN a poll givene to individuals that were a fraid of flying..a certain percentage were afraid of having a panick attack in response tot he plane dropping out of the sky as opposed to the rest who were afraid of dying in the crash itself. This was a contrasting example of agraphobia adn well..aerophobia or something liek that..what ever the hell fear of flying is.

 

I htink fear of the dark is SCOLOphobia..not scotophobia..not sure jsut htought id theow tha out