Things That Creep You Out

[tvlampboy]

Below are some of the things that really creep me out.
What things give YOU the heebie-jeebies?
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Toupées (Ewwwwww.)

Children's pageants
(Shades of JonBenet and lurking pedophiles --
this is some freaky assed shit.)

Trailer parks
(Tornado bait.)

Huge collections of dolls and trains outside museums.
(Hey, hon, you're 60 -- get over it.)

Velveeta
(Avoid anything that must by law be labelled a "food product" is best avoided.)

People who save everything, no matter how badly it needs to be thrown away or recycled.
(There's a vast gulf between thrift and mental illness.)

Guys who have to get mail order brides.
(If you're that desperate, just buy a sex doll and shut up already.)

Crazy cat ladies
(I'm not talking about cat lovers per se --
you know the type I'm talking about.)

The movie Jesus Camp.
(If you want to be royally creeped out, just rent a copy.
Good stuff, but WAY disconcerting.)

Going beyond filial piety and entering the realm of creepy Mommy/Daddy Worship.
(Think Norman Bates, or, in reality, that weird guy down the street
who refuses to change one thing in "dear Mama's" room after she's died.)

Linda Hunt
(Great actress, yes, but distinctly simian in appearance.)

Aspic
(Elegant in a weird way, but really pretty nasty looking at the same time.
Tomato aspic is especially gross -- it looks like clotted blood.)

Make-up on corpses.
(They're dead. Deal with it.)

Joan Crawford.
(Maybe I'm channeling the spirit of Bette Davis here -- LOLOLOLOL.)

Asbury Park
(Same goes for Coney Island, Brighton Beach,
and any other run-down amusement park/resort areas.)

Grown men and women who play Dungeons & Dragons and belong to the SCA.
(Always be wary of anyone who sharpens swords
and makes chain mail in his basement.)

Clowns
(Think John Wayne Gacy.)

Mullets
(1987 is long past. And it was a bad haircut THEN.)

Old barns.
(Quaint and pleasant? Not so much to me -- I think of the slasher movies I grew up on.)

Hello Kitty
(To quote Margaret Cho on the subject of this incredibly surreal Japanese animation diva,
"Hey, the bitch has no mouth.")

[silverbullet]

Currently, Clowns and George Bush ... Hmmmm

Oh yea, women with piercings.

[silverbullet]

Guys who have to get mail order brides.
(If you're that desperate, just get a sex doll and shut up already.)

OK, I'll shut up

[irrbloss]

Sharks
Hospitals

[jones10021]

men in tight jeans.

[musse]

men in tight jeans.

Spiders and rabbits. Especially spiders, just thinking about them makes me feel a sneaking panic.

[Sorcery of Scent]

I'm with Musse on the Spiders!
(I'm a big girl's blouse when it comes to arachnids).

Also:

Blood tests
(The whole process and idea of "letting" so someone can poke and play with your plasma *shudders*)

Cellars
(Lit or unlit, they will scare the fakkin' bejesus out of me)

Teeth
(Kids teeth that have been harvested over the years and kept in jars... just WRONG)!

Animals / Humans kept in Formaldehyde
(Not cool. Ever).

Eardrops
(I'd rather sit out the middle ear infection cheersverymuch! You would have to have 10 iron-men hold me down before you administer a single drop!)

Taxidermy
(Moo. Baaa. Cluck. NOT)!

Knees
(If they're mine, and you have one of those pink hammers around, then FUGGORF!)

[Therese]

Gold chains and ponytails on men

Fake fingernails on women

Oversized religious ornaments (that includes you, Madonna)

Rats

Wifebeater shirts (Patti Smith excepted)

Socks with sandals

[Otto]

Centipedes - When I look at these what comes to mind is that if Satan had a snack--these would be it.

Socks and Sandals - Ditto Ditto Ditto on this.

Unapproriate Clothing on anybody - Some Men/Women do not have the 'IT' to carry off certain styles. Eg..Some Men just do not look right in Capri Pants..well to be honest No men looks right in these but this MY opinion.

Obese People who Smoke

Lightning

Pauly Shore

Aircraft Turbulence

[chaoskitty]

Ivy or any dense climbing plant on buildings/walls.

Fiddly patterns. Yes I know, it is weird, but they send shudders down my spine.

Any striped insect.

Sandpaper.

Velour tracksuits. Juicy Couture people why did you have to make people think it acceptable to be out in public in something resembling pyjamas?

Pierots and clowns.

Miss Mary of Sweden dresses

Bridges over roads.

Car stickers that say things like "Babe on board" or "Princess inside". Partly because, about these parts, they seem only to appear on cars driven by those who park as if they were tossing a shoe to one side.

[socalwoman]

Earwigs


Fingernails so long they start to curl


That picture of Thierry Mugler


Poor dental hygiene

[thaifighter]

People who think they've got it figured out so well they are comfortable judging others...

[kbe]

Men who don't wash their hands after using a public toilet/urinal and just zip up, open the door and walk out

Drivers using cell phones whose driving is affected by their lack of total attention to it.

Cell phone users in public places who talkw with multiples of the volume necessary to carry on the phone conversation

People who chew their food noisily, their mouths opening with each chew

[silverbullet]

People who think they've got it figured out so well they are comfortable judging others...

LOL, heck, I judge others, you even keep score

[Bossa Nova]

STALKERS. Like you hear about on the evening news. The whole idea of trying to access someone in that way is so...controlling, sick and TWISTED. The whole concept SCARES me.

[MadScientist]

Cockroaches

[bbobkc]

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[bbobkc]

Pierced nipples! Yikes!
Maggots.

[Heartwood]

Having to fish out something that fell in the garbage disposal.

[knightowl]

Women with facial hair (yuck), or too much hair anywhere else on the body.

Watching someone pull out a wedgie.

Balding men with comb-overs (who do you think you're fooling???)

Gold teeth.

Gas-station bathrooms (i try to avoid them as much as possible)

[lannansidhe]

Oh yeah, cockroaches, thanks for reminding me!

Mice. Mice as pets. Disgusting, smelly creatures.

Footless tights (LiLo, I blame you!)

That guy that played Kramer on Seinfeld.

[nenugal]

Worst of all are octopuses; but also spiders, snails and several other creatures with too many or too few legs (more than 4 or less than 2).

[MFfan310]

On the top of my list: Spyware. Especially on public-use computers. My suggestion: If you have public-use computers and can't afford commercial-grade antivirus/antispyware software or Macs, don't suffer with Windows... use Linux. It's free, and it's bulletproof.

Honorable mentions:
-Toilets that don't flush well. (Shows how much care they put into the building...)
-Eye drops.
-Hotels with "warning signs" like broken elevators.
-Places that set minimums for using credit/debit cards, which violates Visa/MasterCard policy (in the US anyway).
-Places that surcharge for credit cards (again, a violation of Visa/MC policy... however, debit cards with a PIN can be surcharged.)
-People who lug a bunch of stuff in their huge carry-ons and hog the overhead bins. (And now that American Airlines is charging $15 for the first checked bag, expect it to get worse.)

[Otto]

[B]-People who lug a bunch of stuff in their huge carry-ons and hog the overhead bins. (And now that American Airlines is charging $15 for the first checked bag, expect it to get worse.)

Don't this just irritate every fibre of your being...GRRRRRR..You just wanna smack them.

Best....

Otto

[anamari]

Almost everything mentioned creeps me out but here's another one:

I walk with a friend in the morning and sometimes on garbage days when you walk by some of the bins, the garbage smell is so strong and disgusting that I actually gag! Ohh, and same when there is a dead animal smell.

[EnvYuS]

People who hand out flyers as you walk by.
can they please make trying to pass them not an awkward dance

[MadScientist]

Ok, some of you are just listing pet-peeves or random gripes.

[tvlampboy]

I agree, MS. Sometimes the two are the same, granted,
but this thread's specifically for listing those things which creep you out.

[Bossa Nova]

The Australian show for kids, "The Wiggles." My 5 year old niece loved this show back in her day. But I've always thought something about it was just WRONG! The cast sends the mercury rising to the top of my Creepometer.

[lannansidhe]

Ahhh, the Wiggles are all ex-primary school teachers and are dearly loved here!
I know what you mean, though. I was first exposed to them when I still lived in the US and I thought they were sort of creepy, too. I thought it had something to do with the quasi-Star Trek suits they wear!!

[bbobkc]

I work in a children's hospital and let me tell you, The Wiggles rule! Well, them and Sponge Bob. Lol.

[CologneJunkie]

There are a lot of things that creep me out, but of course when asked to try to name them, I can't think of many.

That being said, I'm pretty claustrophobic, but not so much that I majorly freak out in elevators, planes, etc. However, couple being in an enclosed place with someone who is sick (cold, flu, etc) & I have problems. Last year @ work I had to attend a training session to run a new piece of equipment my company was implementing. The class was being run in a small room, & the trainer had a cold & was coughing & sneezing all over the place. I tried to stand it for as long as I could (maybe about 10 minutes) but I eventually had a panic attack & ran out of the room. It took about an hour for me to calm down...AND I got written up for not attending the training session .

[tvlampboy]

Ahhh, the Wiggles are all ex-primary school teachers and are dearly loved here! I know what you mean, though. I was first exposed to them when I still lived in the US and I thought they were sort of creepy, too. I thought it had something to do with the quasi-Star Trek suits they wear!

Either that or the constant, unwavering, downright maniacal grins they sport all the time. They all strike me as the kinds of guys who'd always volunteer to be birthday party clowns, no matter the crowd -- either a) just way too perky, or b) eerily suspect. (And no, the Star Trek-type suits they wear don't help.)

[tdrps]

Grown men who stare intently at schoolgirls as they alight from/get on the tram. Just not right!

In a similar vein, friends/associates who work in hospitality have regaled me with tales of 40/50/60 sommet blokes sleazing on to them at work. One of my boyfriend's workmates has even been subjected to groping - some charmer simply leaned over the bar an squeezed her boob. Ugh.

[SculptureOfSoul]

Boobahs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm9HYtKrkdg

Freakish obese phallic aliens on acid.

No wonder ADD is on the rise.

(and wth is up with the name "Boobah?")

edit: If you *really* want to be frightened, watch this rather longer clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyxEa...eature=related

This show is really more appropriate for burnt out hippies than small children.

[Coconut]

Number 1: Lizards, Geckos and Snakes (the give me goose-bumps everytime)

Number 2: Bad-breath and Body Odour (I would use my mouth to breath instead)

Number 3: Scuba diving (I have tried it once, my ears were block, felt totally helpless under the water)

[tang]

Snakes are definitely at the top of the list. You should see me when I'm mowing, and a garter snake starts slithering out of my path. (No, I don't run them over. As much as I hate them, that would be even more horrifying.)

And then there was the day I found one in my son's sock drawer -- he just thought he'd "keep it" for a while.

[Therese]

This thread is beginning to read like the lyrics to a bizarro version of "My Favorite Things."

[Vivek]

Bus drivers that wink at me, it's happened twice, and please don't let it ever happen again.

Men that feel it's okay to touch below their waist and above their knees in public.

Women that tuck tissues up their sleeves (or in their trouser waistbands, as one of my teachers does) - Not a pet peeve, it actually does creep me out.

People that insist on talking to me, once an old lady sat next to me on the bus, and wouldn't let me get off at my stop until I told her my name. I told her my name was Abraham, lol.

[Haunani]

Worms!

Meatloaf!

[ubuandibeme]

When a kid has a loose tooth and it's hanging by a thread of gum tissue...ew, disgusting...makes me quiver to think of it!

It also creeps me out when I am walking a short distance behind my daughter and I witness men (and I use the term 'men' loosely) old enough to be her father "checking her out", very creepy!

[the_good_life]

Err, humanity takes the top spot, but perhaps that's a bit philosophical.
more specifically: Racists. Have you ever talked to a hard core racist? Somebody you get the feeling would enjoy slamming a 6-month old baby against a brick wall, provided it's the "right" skin color? That's as creepy as it gets. People like that make me physically ill. The presence of pure evil. Just the thought makes me queasy. Also, there's too many of 'em.

On a lighter note: I was one of those kids who always hated clowns. Still do.

[tdrps]

Racists. Have you ever talked to a hard core racist? Somebody you get the feeling would enjoy slamming a 6-month old baby against a brick wall, provided it's the "right" skin color? That's as creepy as it gets. People like that make me physically ill. The presence of pure evil. Just the thought makes me queasy. Also, there's too many of 'em.

On a lighter note: I was one of those kids who always hated clowns. Still do.

I second the clown issues!

I'm watching ABC news right now, and appearently some 'concerned locals' (as spectacular a euphemism if ever I heard one!) decided to place a blood-soaked pig's head wrapped in the Australian flag at the site of a proposed Islamic school to warn off its development.
That doesn't make sense!

I may well be a scruffy little lefty, but isn't wrapping the national flag around a bloody, decapitated head somewhat disrespectful/unpatriotic?

[bluesoul]

That picture of Thierry Mugler

Am I the only one that noticed this? LOL. I know exactly which one you're talking about. It is rather creepy.

Let me add to the list...

Old men that hit on every attractive girl they see. My friend, those days are over.

People that return from the bathroom and proceed to give you unwanted information about their bowels.

Hearing a scratching/chewing/chittering noise while you're trying to sleep (I've got two unwanted mice in the house).

And I don't think anyone's said it yet so snakes. I'm somewhat calm when I see one at a distance or have some preparation before seeing one but if I'm caught off guard I may just give birth.

[tdi]

Hair-wads in the shower/drain and my own hair that gets wrapped around my fingers or stuck on me in the shower

Eating meat off of a bone

People who do not wash their hands after using the restroom

Pageants ( I'm totally with tvlampboy on that one)

Snakes

Rats

Birds that accidently get into my house/screened in porch

Flavor Flav and the women who humiliate themselves by going on Flovor of Love ( substitute Rock of Love also)

[chaelaran1008]

Clowns; ventriloquists' dummies; porcelain dolls; cruise ships/liners; Mick Hucknall; jellyfish; the Hammer movie Theatre Of Blood. All way too creepy for me.

[bbobkc]

Oh I almost forgot the Olsen twins. Heeby jeebies!

[Bossa Nova]

Richard Simmons. For the same reasons the Wiggles creep me out. :O

[Haunani]

Michael Jackson. The person, not the music.

Lutefisk.

[tvlampboy]

Oh I almost forgot the Olsen twins. Heeby jeebies!

Oh yes. Maybe that surreal pair should go together with Richard Simmons and make another one of their really dreadful movies or execrable music videos -- either would be the apotheosis of creepy.

[fenton_t_fox]

Is there anything worse than the sound of Margaret Thatcher ,that hectoring ,domineering i know what's best for you in a Tim Burtonesque; Mary Poppins spoonful of poverty makes the medicine goes down delivery that makes dubya sound like your favourite uncle. Oh and things like tapeworms and liver flukes or anything that makes you it's choice of residence YUCK!!!!!!.

[tvlampboy]

Is there anything worse than the sound of Margaret Thatcher ,that hectoring ,domineering i know what's best for you in a Tim Burtonesque; Mary Poppins spoonful of poverty makes the medicine goes down delivery that makes dubya sound like your favourite uncle.

Ain't it the truth! (I always thought Thatcher looked and sounded like some bizarre male British demagogue who fancied Tootsie-esque drag.)

Oh and things like tapeworms and liver flukes or anything that makes you it's choice of residence YUCK!!!!!!.

Big time -- oh, yeah, BIG time. My dachshund, Cleo, drank some dirty water about three or four years ago and came down with a bad case of whipworms. It really grossed me out to have to follow my vet's instructions and inspect her stools at that point, as they were literally WRITHING with the little white buggers. (Ewwwwwwwww!) Needless to say, I had the poor little dear wormed (with Flagyl, I think) posthaste

[Therese]

Let us not forget:

Leeches
Raw liver
Jellyfish
Jell-O molds

[Hoos]

Small furry rodents and people a spittin'
Out of shape people in Lycra ill-fittin'
Oddly named scents - I'm thinking of Dzing!
These are a few of my creepiest things.

Religious zealots or folks with agendas
Insurance policies with oddball addendas
Men who invite me to "view their etchings"
These are a few of my creepiest things.

Dimly lit alleys where anything can happen
Dark windy nights when the branches are tappin'
People with weekdays stitched on underthings
These are a few of my creepiest things.

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my creepiest things
And then I don't feel so bad.

[Bossa Nova]

Oh yes. Maybe that surreal pair should go together with Richard Simmons and make another one of their really dreadful movies or execrable music videos -- either would be the apotheosis of creepy.

Maybe the Olsen twins are the secret love children of Richard Simmons and Margaret Cho. Hey! It could have happened!

[bbobkc]

Standing on top of a tall building and looking over the edge downward. Gets me in the pit of my stomach. Creeps me out just thinking about it.

Hearing the "crunch" of bugs as you step on them.

Frank Nitti character in Kevin Costner's version of the "Untouchables". I can't think of his name.

[Brielle87]

Clowns, any and all types!

Religious fanatics, who speak about the 'lord' like a new boyfriend/girlfriend, we all know what I mean; they are way too excited, without any of the reverence and spirituality, makes me want to run and claw myself away from them.

Young girls wearing lots of makeup, definitely shades of Jon-Benet, which is horrifically creepy.

Men who marry girls younger than their 'biological' (first or second marriage) daughters, makes my skin crawl.

Men who 'adjust' (as one of my exes called it) while speaking to me, it makes me want to cringe, and excuse myself, then run-away.

[Tavorna]

Bugs. All of them. There is not a single bug I like and would ever want touching me. The worst are SPIDERS!!, maggots, cockroaches, worms, bees, wasps and centipedes.

When you're swimming at the beach and seaweed touches you. Creeps me the HELL out. I start thrashing around like crazy to get away. I'm getting shivers just thinking about it.

Walking at night alone, in some lonely, dark place.

When old, homeless-looking people stop me to talk or ask for money, or when they talk to me at the bus stop.

Men older than my father who are clearly checking me out. I had one such fun incident where an old man talked to me an entire bus trip, and then when I got off and politely said goodbye he said "I could be your second boyfriend!" I controlled my horror and politely laughed and made a swift exit.

Crows, currawongs and other 'evil' looking birds. They give me the shivers. Always think they're about to attack me and peck my eyes out.

Sitting in front of really dirty/smelly/sick people on the bus. I have this belief that the germs are getting all over me, and I literally have to control myself from shuddering in disgust.

When I am at a party or out and some guy I don't know who I have been talking to asks me to go somewhere away from everyone else. NO WAY!!

Unexplained noises in the night.

Lights in my room at night that are note either my alarm clock or the light from my laptop. I always remember to turn off anything else that may cause there to be a light in the room.

The paranoia that someone is in the house that I don't know about. At home, I keep a metal pole under my bed. I'm just that paranoid.

Walking through a cloud of fruit-flies and thinking I swallowed one. Alternatively, thinking a small bug has fallen in my drink and I've swallowed it because there feels like there's a lump in my throat.

I'm pretty sure I have a lot more, but that's all I can think of for now.

[countryblues]

Tony Blair being sincere.

[jacona]

centipedes never cease to creep me out, not those wimpy indoor ones, I'm talking the big fat, long, brown ones with little pincers. when it rains a lot here they try to get into the house and sometimes they succeed.

maggots would be second on my list, this is why I will be cremated, I cannot stand the thought of maggots eating my dead flesh, lol

the smell of rotting flesh

some people just give me the creeps