Author Topic: Everyone is afraid of something... (Read 1056 times)

xrtoronto · « **on:** September 04, 2006, 01:13:01 PM »

Was thinking about the death of Steve Irwin and thought about how many things he did that I wouldn't have the nerve to do...like reaching under a rock ledge looking for snakes. I can remember when he almost got bit by a diamond back! He didn't seem to have much fear about things that most of us would simply not try. That made me think about what I was really scared of...

The one thing that I have always been fearful of is scuba diving in the open ocean. Thing about it is you can't see what is coming towards you. Depending on your depth, you can't see something approaching from behind or in front, from below and sometimes even from above. You are enjoying your dive and then all of a sudden out of the darkness 20 feet away, is something life threatening. And to make matters worse you are in an alien environment.

Diving is not for me. Give me terra firma!

I would expect mine to be a fairly common fear. What is it that you know you are afraid to do?

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 04, 2006, 01:15:52 PM »

who wouldn't be afraid of that?

Furball · « **Reply #2 on:** September 04, 2006, 01:22:01 PM »

nice fishy!

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 04, 2006, 01:30:29 PM »

I'[M ARFRAID OF LIRBBARURRELRUERLUELES OHNOES!!!!!!!!!!!111111

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 04, 2006, 01:47:46 PM »

Also:

Ninjas
Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris as a Ninja

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #5 on:** September 04, 2006, 02:08:09 PM »

truly, the only thing in the world I have a genuine fear of is losing my friends and family to illness, accidents, etc.

life is so fragile that i just know another tragedy is round the corner and i really don't like that thought.

other than that, and now sharks, i'm pretty care free.

WilldCrd · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2006, 02:39:41 PM »

hmmm what bats said but also burning up in a fire.......thats gotta be up there in the top 5 worst ways to go

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2006, 03:42:15 PM »

ok so thats good stuff there....

TOP 5 worst ways to go for me.

1. right now as i type this

2. burning/ on fire/ freezing

3. crippled by something with a hint of a chance but struggling for the rest of it

4. chuck norris

5. infront of my children before they were grown (not even born yet)

Sparks · « **Reply #8 on:** September 04, 2006, 05:21:00 PM »

Quicksand / swamp ......

The idea of slowly sinking in mud til I drown in it scares the living crap out of me ......

Absolutely the worst thing in the whole wide world - ever - completely .....

Now I need a drink.

vorticon · « **Reply #9 on:** September 04, 2006, 05:38:55 PM »

needles
burning to death.
heights, in the 2 - 4 stories range only.

storch · « **Reply #10 on:** September 04, 2006, 05:45:40 PM »

the minute you step into the ocean, even at a beachy touristy spot you choose to enter the wild. I'm amazed by how many people who have no business doing that do so each day, I'm even more amazed so many more don't simply drown never mind the fauna.

Sikboy · « **Reply #11 on:** September 04, 2006, 05:59:08 PM »

I have a very irrational fear of sharks. Or at least I used to. For the longest time it was a "sharks in the swimming pool" kind of phobia. That is, even though I rationally KNEW there weren't sharks in the swimming pool, I would still get panicky and have to get out of the water.

The funny think about it, was that I grew up around the beach (from age 1-13) with no real shark problems. It was when we moved to the Desert that I started wierding out.

That picture gives me the heebie jeebies though lol.

-Sik

xrtoronto · « **Reply #12 on:** September 04, 2006, 06:14:22 PM »

shark attack

Pretty sobering video...due to the panic of the moment it is not a clear film (there is a better one available of this same incident but I can't find it)

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 04, 2006, 06:22:07 PM »

My List Circa 1982

x0847Marine · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2006, 06:23:42 PM »

I'm very scared of the fact John Tesh sells records.

Author Topic: Everyone is afraid of something... (Read 1056 times)

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