Are you a MAN or are you a MOUSE?

Iamme

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Ha. Really. I'm not joking. This could be an interesting topic of discussion.

Are YOU man enough to voice what some of your fears are, and how you suppose you got these fears? Or, can you share how brazen you are? This could be fun. We don't know each other...really. So, don't be bashful.

Are you afraid of failure? Success? A tv camera? Being in a courtroom or anywhere there are authoruty figures? Heights? Girls? Cynical?-or fellow posters that might 'show you up' on the board? Sky-diving? Public speaking? Appointments? Dentists? Doctors?...or EVERYTHING?

Can you attribute some or all of your fears to your genetics? Was one of your parents timid? Was one of your parents...and are YOU nervy. You know...you aren't afraid to scream at your boss, while workers are gawking. You wouldn't be afraid to stand up in church and address the minister, etc.

Have you ever had a panic attack that you could trace to any one fear? Have you ever been so trapped by a fear that you felt you couldn't leave the house?

Were you 'brave' when you were young...but lost your nerve as you got older? Why do you suppose THIS is?

O.K., I'll start. *I* was braver once...more than I am now. I walked 6-12 story beams once. Not NOW though. No way, Jose'. I also fall to pieces when trying to get small talk with some girl who I think is really hot...a potential marriage candidate. I can talk to the ugly ones, or the married ones all day long.:mad: As I get older, I think more about aging and what a bummer it can be, based on what I see has befallen others. It's not just a casual fear either. It really bothers me. I have become more claustrophobic...of any situation I feel trapped in. Why? I can attribute it to being rooted in rationality, as I have a condition medically that I am afraid of (that however is my little secret). Other than these things...I'm o.k., I guess.:D

Got the nerve to share?
 
I'm afraid of dinosaurs, 50 foot tall women, and evil robots. The not evil ones are okay, but watch out for those evil ones, man. Oh, and I'm also afraid of Richard Simmons.
 
Phil said:
I'm afraid of dinosaurs, 50 foot tall women, and evil robots. The not evil ones are okay, but watch out for those evil ones, man. Oh, and I'm also afraid of Richard Simmons.
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That's because he is an evil robot!
 
Seeeeeeee? I KNEW it! Whimsical responses. You are MICE. You are afraid to reveal to other posters, as you feel this will open you up to vulnerability, that could be used against you in your verbal warfare, I bet. Chickens!!!!!!

We should lay you down on the psychiatrists couch to analyze you people, about this fear of not being willing to send into cyberspace, what your fears might be. Heck...you could post how BRAVE you are. Maybe somebody wrestled a gorilla or something!

Come on, you guys. Nobody is staring you down, eyeball to eyeball. Open up. Come on.

I'm also really afraid of tornados. i saw one high in the sky a few years ago, and frantically drove to a lady's house. i pointed up in the sky. She shreiked. Ha! it was like 5 miles off. She told her kids to head to the basement and called 911. I had a camera with me and didn't have the presense to take a photo of it. All I could think of was that i might wind up like the wicked witch of the east, in the Wizard of Oz.:eek:



What did I get out of this event? A little glory, actually. The call-in made the newspaper. I was instrumental in creating countywide havoc, by having the entire county warning system sound their sirens! The newspaper said meteorologists attributed the funnel cloud to being a cold-air funnel...whatever that is.
 
Anyone who says that he isn't afraid of anything is lying to you. I couldn't begin to list the things I am afraid of, there are too many. But I nonetheless consider myself to be a brave person because when confronted with those things I can function despite my fear. That, I think, is the important thing.

Driving, is a good example. I hate driving because traffic scares me to death. I drive everyday anyway, becaue I have to and I can't let my irrational fear get in the way of doing a necessary task.
 
Starrman said:
Spiders and peas - the only two things I am afraid of.
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How silly. Peas can't come after you in purposeful groups of thousands the way spiders can. Except in your dreams, of course. Like the one you're going to have tonight, for example.
 
Iamme said:
Are you afraid of failure? Success? A tv camera? Being in a courtroom or anywhere there are authoruty figures? Heights? Girls? Cynical?-or fellow posters that might 'show you up' on the board? Sky-diving? Public speaking? Appointments? Dentists? Doctors?...or EVERYTHING?
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When I was younger, I used to get the butterflies in my stomach when I had to make a speech. So I deliberately got involved in programs in which I had to speak in public. At first I wasn't very good, but I got better, and the butterflies became manageable. And now, public speaking doesn't bother me at all. I've addressed groups of hundreds, even thousands, with no difficulty at all.

With practice comes a degree of self-confidence. (At least this is true with some things.)

I'm not afraid of cameras, courtrooms, doctors or dentists. I've found that most things that frighten people don't frighten me. A couple of years ago, I stepped forward from a group of people to "pet" a tarantula and a large cockroach because I wanted to know what they felt like. (The tarantula felt like velvet, the cockroach felt like polished wood.) No one else wanted to step forward, but I did. Heights make me a little apprehensive, but my intellect has always been able to prevail over my gut.

Women, on the other hand... they evoke a kind of fear in me because they seem so unpredictable and fickle. (Naturally, ladies, I don't say that all women are unpredictable and fickle; but I have encountered many representatives of your gender that are.)
 
Other than that fear we all have, that general, overarching, nameless, numbing fear of the size, intent, implications and inhabitants of the Universe that blankets all other fears and makes conscious thought difficult, I can't think of much.
 
Cut to studio: ordinary grey-suited linkman.

Linkman (MICHAEL) Yes. The Mouse Problem. This week 'The World Around Us' looks at the growing social phenomenon of Mice and Men. What makes a man want to be a mouse.

Interviewer, Harold Voice, sitting facing a confessor. The confessor is badly lit and is turned away from camera.

Man (JOHN) (very slowly and painfully) Well it's not a question of wanting to be a mouse... it just sort of happens to you. All of a sudden you realize... that's what you want to be.

Interviewer (TERRY J) And when did you first notice these... shall we say... tendencies?

Man Well... I was about seventeen and some mates and me went to a party, and, er... we had quite a lot to drink... and then some of the fellows there... started handing... cheese around:.. and well just out of curiosity I tried a bit... and well that was that.

Interviewer And what else did these fellows do?

Man Well some of them started dressing up as mice a bit... and then when they'd got the costumes on they started... squeaking.

Interviewer Yes. And was that all?

Man That was all.

Interviewer And what was your reaction to this?

Man Well I was shocked. But, er... gradually I came to feel that I was more at ease... with other mice.
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Linkman ...what makes certain men want to be mice?

Kargol Well, we psychiatrists have found that over 8% of the population will always be mice. I mean, after all, there's something of the mouse in all of us. I mean, how many of us can honestly say that at one time or another he hasn't felt sexually attracted to mice. (linkman looks puzzled) I know I have. I mean, most normal adolescents go through a stage of squeaking two or three times a day. Some youngsters on the other hand, are attracted to it by its very illegality. It's like murder - make a thing illegal and it acquires a mystique. (linkman looks increasingly embarrassed) Look at arson - I mean, how many of us can honestly say that at one time or another he hasn't set fire to some great public building. I know I have. (phone on desk rings; the linkman picks it up but does not answer it) The only way to bring the crime figures down is to reduce the number of offences - get it out in the open - I know I have.
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Monty Python, of course... :D
 
CFLarsen said:


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Monty Python, of course... :D
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You were not asked what MONTY PYTHON was afraid of. You were asked what YOU were afraid of.

The Larsen Counter is on..
 
CFLarsen said:
I'm afraid of Cheddar....!
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Luckily, we don't have much call for that around here (even though it is the single most popular cheese in the world).
 
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