Things That Are Creepy
As further proof that I am not as calmly rational as I appear on this blog, I submit to you the following list of things that creep me out. Let us make a meme out of it.
1. Cruises. I never want to go on a cruise. First, because they operate in international waters and have no publicly accountable police force. Second, norovirus. Enough said.
2. Men who use hairspray. I cannot explain why I find this creepy. But I do. I can get past it in performers, who have professional reasons, but the waiter at breakfast at that hotel? Ewwww.
3. Swimming in natural lakes, rivers, etc. I take my girls to the lake in the summer because I do not want to pass my unreasoning skeeves to them, but I only wade in up to my calves. There are dead things in that water. The fish that die don’t just evaporate into thin air. They stay there and rot.
5. Lipstick-stained cigarette butts.
Are you as neurotic as I am? Feel free to try your own list. I tag Melanie, Melanie, Melanie, Sherri and Jeana. Tell me what makes your flesh crawl.
Elle
Ooh, I’d love to play. The creeps have been on my mind as well. Maybe it’s a moon phase.
Julie
Oh that’s funny. I just wrote about how I love anything to do with water.
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Alison
Those bikini jeans have scarred me for life.
Maybe it makes me neurotic, but I can see your reasoning on all of these. Cruises have never appealed to me, but not because of your reason–I’d just think I’d be bored. Or seasick.
Beck
Cruises are the lamest things in the history of the world. Did you ever read that David Foster Wallace essay “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again”? Har.
One of my brothers has his hair expensively styled every six weeks and then carefully coifs it every morning. We make more fun of him than you can imagine.
Pieces
Amen on cruises. I have friends that keep telling me that I should go on a cruise. No thanks for the reasons you listed. Not to mention the puking over the side of the ship.
Those bikini-jeans? The Loved says they are frightening because there is microscopic percentage of women in the world that would look good in them and a vast percentage of women that will try to wear them. Eew. And what is happening on the back side? Double eew.
Melanie at Beanpaste
Oh, prepare yourself. You just inadvertently tagged one of the most irrationally squeamish, creeped-out neurotics west of the Mississippi.
(And I am completely with you regarding natural bodies of water/dead things/various and sundry water slime. It’s a whole thing with me. Did you ever see “What Lies Beneath”? Scared me far worse than the average Jane.)
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Jill
I cannot tell you how much I agree with you on every single point!!!
rahraht
Just wanted to say…love the new page
Tonggu Momma
I’m glad you provided the link to the bikini jeans. Otherwise I would have no idea what they were.
On second thought, maybe I was better off not knowing.
Oh. My. Goodness.
Jamie
Cruises? No, thanks. Hasn’t anybody heard of the Titanic? Great bodies of water are for looking at. Not venturing out in on any kind of water craft. Not for flying over. Not for swimming in. (Never mind what might be dead and rotting. It’s what may still be alive and swimming around your ankles or midsection that worries me, especially where the water is murky.)
Those bikini jeans, wow. Craptastically tacky. I guess it depends on what you want your outfit to say, though. If it’s “Street Corner” they would be perfect.
JulieC
I think I may have been better off not knowing what bikini jeans are.
One of the irrational things that creep me out are hot tubs. What IS that? People soup? And you’re supposed to linger in it?
Veronica Mitchell
People soup. Snort.
gretchen from lifenut
White vans without side windows or markings on are very creepy. Kidnapmobiles!
Sue
The jeans are GROSS.
Things that creep ME out:
-Visible thongs
-Bob Barker
-Flesh scraped against a sidewalk (like skinned knees) {{shudder}}
-Scary kids on horror movies
Bon
i’m now going to be up at night fearing those jeans.
Kelly
suppositories
inadvertently stopping my car on the railroad tracks
photos of Paula Deen
Amanda
Bikini jeans are disgusting, and I’m deeply disturbed by them.
And I’m with the commenter Kelly — I’m disturbed by Paula Deen (and really anyone else who capitalizes on an accent (yawl)). I’m so glad I’m not the only one.
Kelly @ Love Well
Joan Rivers
the sound of someone moistening the roof of their mouth with their tongue
the word “moist”
Annie
People talking (to me) from the next bathroom stall while they are peeing.
Christian Polygamy.
Pap smears.
And after reading this-bikini jeans EEEEEEW
Terri
I see your point on many of these especially those awful bikini jeans.
However, we’ve been on several cruises and have for the most part been satisfied with our experience. I wasn’t aware of the lack of policing of international waters though. That may give me pause next time we consider it.
angela michelle
I can’t sit on those portapotty/rest stop toilets because a part of me believes there is a man down there who will reach up and give me a pinch.
ShackelMom
Big spiders give me the jimjams. I don’t even like to touch a page with a picture of one on it. No, I did not see that spider movie!
Don Mills Diva
Yes to number 5 for sure!
But I love swimming in lakes so much better than pools – I hate thinking of chemicals worse than dead things…
JulieC
I took our boys to swimming lessons this afternoon. When the lesson was done, the instructor let them sit in the hot tub for a minute. They liked it. Traitors!!
I’m hoping this might make you chuckle in your time of illness.
suburbancorrespondent
I refuse to check out that bikini jeans link. The madness has to stop somewhere.
CC
OH NO! I used to love lakes until you mentioned the dead things in them! And the bikini jeans? Sheesh!
As for lipstick on cigarette butts, I can relate. My older sister used to get her pink lipstick all over them, and the straw of the soda we used to share. GROSS!
Sherri E.
Lalala! Have dunnit.
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Barbara H.
I saw this at Elle’s and joined in. I’m not a big fan of lakes and such, either. I agree about the bikini jeans and cigarettes butts!!
Joy
Those jeans should be banned. They are that bad!
And lakes/ rivers creep me out too!
magpie
Men who get manicures complete with clear nail polish. Ick.
Thongs.
I don’t like swimming in lakes, but it’s because of the fresh water – I find fresh water skeevy. Give me the ocean any day.