Sunday, November 26, 2006

Phobias anyone?

What is the name for the fear of the number 666?
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

Fear of the number 13?
Triskaidekaphobia

Fear of Friday the 13th?
Friggatriskaidekaphobia

Fear of long words [which you must be suffering from, by now, after reading the previous answers]?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Phobias are interesting. Just as you can tell a lot about a man's character by looking at what he throws away in his trash bin, you can tell a lot about a society by looking at what it fears. To me, phobias are God's way of saying, "Well, you had better be careful of these things, since I made some irrational fears built into you." They are like hard-coded bugs in our operating system, if I may.

Interesting phobias are available here, and here.

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