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Do You Have Any Phobias?
Kerry:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on May 15, 2007, 07:01:31 pm ---Well, it really [doesn't] matter much where you are,
'Cause home is in your heart - it's a feeling that you wake with one day.
Some people keep runnin' all their [lives]
But still find they haven't gone too far -
They don't see: it's a feeling inside - the feeling inside.
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Lovely words, Barbara. Reminds me of the old Flanagan & Allen song, "Home is where the Heart is." :D
Kerry:
--- Quote from: HerrKaiser on May 15, 2007, 07:21:02 pm ---As for spiders, I like them; they bring good luck according to German fairy tales.
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Hmmm, maybe German spiders are cute, but Australian spiders are definitely not cute. They are big and hairy and deadly. We have a barking spider and also bird-eating spiders. That's big! If they bite you and you are not treated with antivenene in time, you will literally die! Having said that, however, we have the superstition here in Australia that the presence of a spider in your home is supposed to foretell the coming of wealth. If you kill the home-invading spider, the result is supposed to be that you will not get the money promised by its presence. I suspect this superstition came down to us from our English forebears, where spiders are probably small and cute, just like your spiders in Germany! Personally, I'd prefer to be poor and alive! :D
HerrKaiser:
and actually, the use of tinsel and garland on Christmas trees that started a many decades ago in germany is symbolic of spider webs.
Brown Eyes:
Fear of closed and confined spaces is my main fear from the ones listed in the poll. I once went on a tour of some caves (with tour guides and a big group of tourists... and my parents) and I almost had a panic attack. It was awful.
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: atz75 on May 23, 2007, 12:13:11 am ---Fear of closed and confined spaces is my main fear from the ones listed in the poll. I once went on a tour of some caves (with tour guides and a big group of tourists... and my parents) and I almost had a panic attack. It was awful.
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I know what you mean, Amanda. I always feel like if something happens, I won't be able to get out of there. Almost as if the walls are closing in on me.
--- Quote from: Kerry on May 15, 2007, 09:41:21 pm ---Hmmm, maybe German spiders are cute, but Australian spiders are definitely not cute. They are big and hairy and deadly. We have a barking spider and also bird-eating spiders. That's big! If they bite you and you are not treated with antivenene in time, you will literally die! Having said that, however, we have the superstition here in Australia that the presence of a spider in your home is supposed to foretell the coming of wealth. If you kill the home-invading spider, the result is supposed to be that you will not get the money promised by its presence. I suspect this superstition came down to us from our English forebears, where spiders are probably small and cute, just like your spiders in Germany! Personally, I'd prefer to be poor and alive! :D
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YUCK!! :P
The cicadas are already coming out here. My dog just caught one in his mouth and released it into my house. He's released 5 or 6 of them in here already. They're coming out earlier than normal this year. I guess they're anxious to crawl out of their nests after all the cold weather we had. God, I hate those things.
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