Phobias!

Welcome to another episode of "Rodney and Jim".



Acousticophobia, Chlorophobia, Graphaphobia, and good ol' Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. What do they all have in common? Read on!


Yesterday, I was doing some schoolwork, when a scream pierced the calm air. It sounded like my mom! I thought she was getting attacked, so I ran downstairs to see what the problem was, and found... a spider.


I watched the tiny little thing move around on the wall, and my mom was SHAKING. It was like she was looking at Bigfoot, but it was only a spider! I squashed and killed the thing with NO PROBLEM AT ALL, and my mom called me her hero.


Okay, WTC? It was a tiny little spider for pie's sake! However, if you think that's odd (unless you have the same problem), you should see the other billion similar cases.


I introduce to you: PHOBIAS!


Those four long words up at the top are all fears of strange things, such as dancing, handwriting, and long words (guess which phobia out of the four that is). I'll share a few of my personal favorites with you here:

Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Peladophobia: Fear of bald people.

Xenoglossophobia: Fear of foreign languages.

Arithmophobia: Fear of numbers.

See what I mean? Now, about that last one: there are two particular number phobias that have ridiculously long names:

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: Fear of the number 666 (number of the beast), and

Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of the number 13.

Yeah, and you thought being afraid of spiders or snakes was crazy.

That wraps up another episode. See ya tomorrow!