Arachnophobia Vs. Nyctophobia

Thanks unkil Temp, Miriam, Amrita, Atif, Abskii, Rahulmal and the rest for taking time to read it out and for your benign appraisal.

#20,21,22 Thankyou Aimie; but take it eazi gurl, wud ya! ;) :|

#23 Subruto, gracias man. Please forward my re-regards to Nawab along with a ``long time no hear/read``! :)

Big Shoe you are a man with a big soul and big words (er..we`ll avoid the other obvious ``big`` comments for now). But very well written - I liked it very much and the dog sends his regards too.

did it twice! oops!! :|

hey big shoe!
very very very refreshing!! good one yaar!!

``as if I had always been keen to be this close to an eight-legged freak! (Not to mention, I have had closer encounters with two-legged freaks innumerable times!!) `` - i suppose reference to your chinease housemate!

``I once ran naked straight out of the bath into the street`` - what a mystical sight! dread the thought of it, but the possiblity does lie there!

``So I sneaked out of my bed, as smoothly as I could, so as not to unveil my intentions to the unfortunate brute`` - and i hope you never used such language to describe your future wife as you would find yourself squashed beneath the bata chappal!

hey big shoe!
very very very refreshing!! good one yaar!!

``as if I had always been keen to be this close to an eight-legged freak! (Not to mention, I have had closer encounters with two-legged freaks innumerable times!!) `` - i suppose reference to your chinease housemate!

``I once ran naked straight out of the bath into the street`` - what a mystical sight! dread the thought of it, but the possiblity does lie there!

``So I sneaked out of my bed, as smoothly as I could, so as not to unveil my intentions to the unfortunate brute`` - and i hope you never used such language to describe your future wife as you would find yourself squashed beneath the bata chappal!

Boss,

Loved your self-deprecating humour, made my weekend!

Your target practice reminded me of a similar obsession we had been sucked into a couple of years back. Never short on the innovation front, our blokes added many improvisations to the seemingly boring game of darts. There was speed darting - three or four people standing behind each other, shooting the dart and making way for the one behind, as quickly as possible. Then there was power dart, desire to split the board wide open prevailing over accuracy. I never participated in the blindfolded darting...pockmarks on the door that was 3 ft from the board indicated it must have been `adventurous`.

Shobig - so you see a creepy 8 legged critter staring you right in the face, and your scientific mind starts fathoming the ``deeper`` meanings of that spider?! my first instinct would have been to let loose my bladder right there.

i can only wonder with amazement what you would do on your wedding night. i hope you get right down to business, instead of looking for scientific or metaphysical meanings in what sprawls on your bed.

Nice and pleasant read. A refreshing change from the typical pseudo-scholarly blabber that typically adorns the front page.

Shobie - isnt it amazing how much a science nerd can share with a lit nerd? i`d have thought you lot were all used to creepy crawlies and cutting em open and observing their breakfast with interest... instead, it appears you just squish em much like the rest of us. hmmmm.

anyhoo... enjoyable read... keep `em coming!

khamkhwa #9

May this snake rattle on you when you sleep :P



Hmmm...Profound :)

It recalled me once a iguana had a ride of my feet in my bathroom.

One advantage of facing such phobic episodes with in the confines of bathrooms is that no body knows where the spill came from

hey, cool article / account.

So glad i`m not the only one to see further than the surface, and shadows in the night!

I encountered an almost immortal spider once, in a similar situation to yours.................

:)

s_sifar

Oooh….eight-legged freak indeed!! I keep a can of raid in my room within easy reach, and if that doesn’t work, then there’s always the trusted ``slipper hurled at point blank range`` remedy…..never fails! The little ugly things! Eew, Eeew, and Eeeew! ;)

Nice read.

big zero:

welcome to chowk:)

what a gall...gall baldder that is;)

rgds

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Thankyou all, Charlie, Khamy, Drlokraj, nb, naushee for your words of appreciation and comments. They are a huge source of encouragement, since this is my firstever (publish-worthy!!) attempt at writing on any public forum, and I thought humour would be just right to start with.

#1 wasn`t that supposed to be a secret cayenne? ;)

#2 BeeJay, your input is cherishable indeed, thanks.

#5 Nadia, it is always interesting to see how many intended and unintended connnotations can be derived from a word, a sentence or a whole article. I wrote it as a bit of pure light humour only, nothing else was called for, but the way you have deciphered it certainly opens up a whole new perspective for the article and adds to the credibility of it. Thanks a lot.

This was funny. Kind of cute and naughty.