tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post115322975174619618..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Coulrophobia: The Hidden PlagueBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1153997682055305842006-07-27T10:54:00.000+00:002006-07-27T10:54:00.000+00:00More hot news on the phobic front: ITV are doing a...More hot news on the phobic front: ITV are doing a show called Britain's Weirdest Phobias. This from the press release:<BR/><BR/>Sue, 37, from Birmingham hasn?t touched her knees for 16 years and can?t bear to utter the word ?kneecap?. She tells David: ?I?d love to be cured, but I can?t ever imagine wanting to touch anyone?s knee, ever.?<BR/>Earleen, 41, from Surrey has had a frenzied fear of Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1153237083458732422006-07-18T15:38:00.000+00:002006-07-18T15:38:00.000+00:00Since writing this entry I have stumbled upon www....Since writing this entry I have stumbled upon www.phobialist.com. This lists every phobia imaginable. I haven't got through the A's but have already diagnosed myself as allodoxaphobic - fearing opinions. Hours of hypochondriac fun to be had.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1153231703928755802006-07-18T14:08:00.000+00:002006-07-18T14:08:00.000+00:00Too right they are. I'd guess that being afraid of...Too right they are. I'd guess that being afraid of clowns is the norm, therefore this is no phobia but a normal state, and it is the unscared who shld be entered in the lexicon of morbid psychology. One sufferer appears to be Homer J. Simpson, who even goes so far as to find clowns funny - funny?! O well, he is Homer - others abide our question...<BR/>A. LienistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com