What's your greatest fear? - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Dion · 10-26-2010, 01:35 AM

From May 25 to June 16, a one-question online poll was placed on high-traffic websites in 16 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Spain, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States). A total of 150 respondents in each

Respondents were polled on the following questions: If mods could form this into a poll it would great - thanks

1. Being alone
2. Going broke
3. Losing your looks
4. Speaking in public

Check out the results from each country in the link below:

http://www.readersdigest.ca/mag/cms/...r-_4370_a.html

Let's see what the CP community has to say and how our results match up with those countries in the link. Also feel free to expand on your choice.

JohnnyB · 10-26-2010, 06:10 AM

I'm amazed any country has people more afraid of being alone than China. And why Russia? Is it just because of the organized crime?

HeartsOfFire · 10-26-2010, 06:58 AM

Destitution.

I actually LOVE being alone.

WilsonFourTwo · 10-26-2010, 07:16 AM

Cool topic Dion - thx!

Public speaking is my number one fear in general.

I've been very happy poor and rich, so no worries there.
Losing your looks.....ugh, you've got bigger problems if that's your answer.
Being alone is awesome as long as you're comfortable with yourself (ie. not the kinda dbag that fears losing their looks above all else).

Methanolic · 10-26-2010, 07:20 AM

The Vancouver Canucks winning the Stanley Cup.

calf · 10-26-2010, 08:06 AM

Animated GIFs

CaptainCrunch · 10-26-2010, 08:14 AM

Waking up without an organ.

Actually my greatest fear is a long drawn out death that involves suffering.

photon · 10-26-2010, 08:14 AM

Underwater caves.

Ironhorse · 10-26-2010, 08:40 AM

Being lost.

CaptainCrunch · 10-26-2010, 08:45 AM

Finding out that my girlfriends of many years is a post op

billybob123 · 10-26-2010, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Waking up without an organ.

Isn't that the old joke:

Guy breaks into house, dude in bed wakes up with burglar holding a gun to his head, who says "I'm your worst nightmare".

Dude replies "no, waking up with my johnson missing is my worst nightmare."

Burglar: "Yeah, good point. Well, I'm close to your worst nightmare."

burn_this_city · 10-26-2010, 08:48 AM

Probably being trapped in a vehicle on fire with the seatbelt jammed. Or falling through ice and being unable to find the opening, banging on the surface ice in desperation.

the crispy badger · 10-26-2010, 08:50 AM

being stuck in water surrounded by approaching Crocodiles.

10-26-2010, 08:54 AM

1)Drowning in undertow (being pulled under and being just below the surface, struggling to swim that one or two feet to break the surface)
2)spiders

troutman · 10-26-2010, 08:54 AM

Being buried alive - with snakes.

troutman · 10-26-2010, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Methanolic

The Vancouver Canucks winning the Stanley Cup.

That is science-fiction, not horror.

FlamesFanInOilCountry · 10-26-2010, 08:57 AM

Inoperable Cancer.

Cowperson · 10-26-2010, 09:01 AM

Snakes . . . . . although apparently not as bad as I used to be.

About 20 some years ago, I was sitting on the coach, calmly leafing through a Life Magazine when suddenly confronted with a two page, gigantic spread of a snake head, mouth agape and fangs ready, coming right at me. I literally screamed like a little girl and the magazine hit the wall 20 feet away at the speed of light. Totally involuntary and apparently a common reaction as they had a few letters to the editor about it. Freaked me right out. Nevertheless, a few months ago, I was out walking the Columbia River gorge and nearly stepped on not one but two snakes, including a big sucker, in two separate incidents. Didn't seem to bother me at all . . . . . in fact, I paused to lean over and get a closer look at the bigger one before he took off.

Oh, and I do not think I would be much of a spelunker.

Other than that . . . . . not much.

Cowperson

Cheese · 10-26-2010, 09:06 AM

hmmmm...not too much I haven't confronted already.

Perhaps if my intestines gave out and I had to wear a bag....

The Big C in any form.

CaptainCrunch · 10-26-2010, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billybob123

Isn't that the old joke:

Guy breaks into house, dude in bed wakes up with burglar holding a gun to his head, who says "I'm your worst nightmare".

Dude replies "no, waking up with my johnson missing is my worst nightmare."

Burglar: "Yeah, good point. Well, I'm close to your worst nightmare."

Busted, it was actually done in National Lampoons loaded weapon.