Dumb things that seem to creep into your thoughts

[4X4]

I seem to have a real problem believing my own memory, specifically about whether I've closed the garage door, both at home and at my shop. Half the time I end up circling the block to check.

Oh, and I've always wondered what it would feel like to snip off a finger with a pair of side cutters. I'd never cut off my own finger, and I'd certainly never do it to someone else... Unless someone volunteered.

[fredr123]

I get that almost irresistible urge to leap in front of a train or bus as they approach. That's not that uncommon though.

I also have an irrational fear of tripping in a department store and losing an eye on those long metal pegs that display merchandise.

[Coach]

When I'm riding a bike I always look down at the front tire and imagine it flies off, leaving me with a psuedo unicycle (which I have no idea how to ride) and will result in the worst face plant in history.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by flizzenflozz

Taking a dump and thinking about an escaped sewer snake (with fangs) biting my dink bag or my anus.. Unpleasant..

Look before you leap.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by MattyC

When I'm riding a bike I always look down at the front tire and imagine it flies off, leaving me with a psuedo unicycle (which I have no idea how to ride) and will result in the worst face plant in history.

Happened to my buddy going down sikome hill when we were kids.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Happened to my buddy going down sikome hill when we were kids.

My brother loosened the quick release on my front wheel on purpose one time and that happened to me as I jumped off a curb.

[DropIt]

Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

I hate the feeling of fabrics rubbing each other. Gives me chills every time, just thinking about it gives me chills.

I thought i was the only one.

Track pants are the devils attire

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Sluggo

Seatbelt breaking my sternum in a high speed collision while driving on the Deerfoot. None of the other potential serious injuries seem to occupy my thoughts/freak me out.

Guy at work named Nick says hi, and I always reply in my mind "Hi! Dr. Nick!"

I actually know a Dr Nick. And he's a chiropractor so it is extra hilarious. He embraces the "Hi! Dr Nick!" but always makes sure to mention that he's not actually incompetant.

[Byrns]

Kicking the bike messenger as he speeds by...

[MissTeeks]

Whenever I am home in Sicamous, I have to check the bottom of my sheets for Black Widow spiders because they once found one in Enderby, which is like 30 minutes away, like 10 years ago.

Also along the lines of Bloody Mary, I get extremely freaked out whenever anyone says "Candyman".

I also try my hardest to avoid walking on cracks in the sidewalk or lines in floor tiles, but that may be more of an OCD thing, instead of a creepy thing.

[troutman]

I fear the Candiru fish, which is said to invade and parasitise the human urethra. When I swam in the Amazon, I wore about three pairs of underwear, under my swimsuit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...o-your-urethra

[flylock shox]

The thought of jumping off super-high apartment balconies.

The thought of clotheslining cyclists as they speed by me on the sidewalk.

The thought that, if I punched a heavily pregnant woman in the belly, it would just deflate like a big bag of air.

That last one rather bothers me.

[Muta]

Here's a bad one - everytime I use nail clippers, I imagine how painful it would be if someone took those nail clippers to your eyelids.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by flylock shox

The thought of jumping off super-high apartment balconies.

I always get this one. On top of a mountain in Banff after getting off the gondola...on a ski lift...on balconies at high up apartments...so weird how some people get that.

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by troutman

I fear the Candiru fish, which is said to invade and parasitise the human urethra. When I swam in the Amazon, I wore about three pairs of underwear, under my swimsuit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...o-your-urethra

The locals warn you about a similar type of fish in Guyana. Even urinating into the river while standing on shore it can swim up your pee stream and into you.

[Slacker]

Spiders, scorpions, sharks and bugs. That drives me insane.

[Bill Bumface]

Fire alarms. I want to pull one so bad. Every time I look at one I'm scared I might not have the self control to not pull it.

Driving. I think of my hand slipping to the left and meeting my end head on. Not that I want to, it just freaks me out how one small motion could end it all for my, my passengers, and a car full of schmucks going the other way.

Being in a very formal setting with someone who is a minority and you get the feeling they don't take jokes about it very well. It makes me want to spit out the most vile joke about whatever background they are that I've heard on South Park. Same thing if I know someone was an alcoholic, or just went through a divorce, my brain is in a constant struggle to not make any inappropriate cracks.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Cheese

Ahhhhh...thanks man! Wait a sec...maybe thats why I have this monicker?

Cheese Man: [holding up a tray of cheese in Xander's dream] These will not protect you.

[Professor Successor]

Originally Posted by fotze

I hate balconies and heights because I think that I might just decide to jump off all of a sudden.

Put me down for this too, and add: any time I'm walking over a bridge or look out an airplane window.

Other stupid thoughts include, and I blame cartoons for this one, that any time I step on a manhole cover I will fall into the sewer.

And, that if I park in a handicap spot, use a handicap bathroom or press those buttons that open the handicap door, that at some point in my life the universe find a way to put me in a wheelchair. So to anyone at the University of Lethbridge who wonders why that jerk didn't keep the door open in the Link to U-Hall, it was probably me and this is definitely why.

[dustyanddaflames]

I have the extreme urge of taking a fire extinguisher and letting it fly in a downtown office... And the thought of kicking my cat as it walks by to see if the pain is so extreme that it may not land on it's feet.