Yak, Yak, Yak; that's all I do. Sorry about that!!!
Her are some things that I have a great (sometimes irrational) fear of.
Snakes----show me a snake and watch the old guy faint. I don't know where this fear comes from: my older brother (by 8 years) used to have to baby-sit me and he would keep me entertained by getting me garter snakes and letting me play with them. (Thanks a lot, Joe!!)
Maybe I'll blame him!
Heights---I have had had many friends/family visit me in CO over the years. They almost all want to do the tourist thing and visit the Royal Gorge. I, being the perfect host that I am, will oblige. I will drive them to the Gorge, park the car and wait in the gift shop drinking coffee while you and my crazy wife walk or drive over that rickety wooden bridge, with a 1200+ foot drop to the river. Would I faint if I went near the bridge? Probably not....I would crap my pants, lose my stomach contents, and fall 1200+ feet to the Colorado river. (After my cardiac arrest!)
So, to Patrick, Yoichiro, and all the others that I have driven to the Gorge, go ahead and laugh!!
Sharks---Being a sailor on all the oceans of the world, I have had the opportunity to see sharks in their own world. Belive me, sharks, it's all yours!!! There is nothing more frightening to me than to be on the fantail of a Navy destroyer and see a shark following in our wake waiting for the messcooks to dump garbage! (For those that don't know what a "fantail" is, it's the rear end of a ship)
I have other fears, but they are nothing compared to the above. I have learned to overcome many fears, but these have really stayed with me. Chicken? Scaredy-cat? Frightened old man?
Call me what you want, laugh at the irrationality. But don't expect me to walk on the bridge, meet you on the faintail or visit you at the snake exhibit at the zoo!!!!!!!
I actually remember driving with you to work in Fountain to Data General (way back when) and there was a snake in the road. You drove OFF the road and gave it the widest berth. When I asked why, you told me that the snake could have survived if you drove over it and then it would crawl up through the engine and come out of the vents at you.
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I had forgotten about that, Honey......Now I will probably dream about it tonight.....
ReplyDeleteSo Tom, what's your take on Bungee Jumping and Karaoke?? tee hee (which reminds me to make a Karoke blog post--as i so far have no experience with the bungee cord)
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