Other - Society & Culture - 17 July 2007

If so what do you do to get through it? I’ve been this way for as long as I can remember. I don’t touch doors/handles, I don’t shake hands unless of course I can wash immediately, I take a salsa class and it took more than a month for me to warm up to partnering because I was afraid to touch their hands. I can do it now but I still take frequent trips to the men’s room. But I’ve never been phobic to the point of dysfunctional.

Lately however, I notice that I am getting more “concerned” if you will, about cleanliness in general.

This weekend I had a pretty bad experience. I was out with some people who didn’t know me all that well and they decided to visit a gentlemen’s club. I nearly passed out. I wouldn’t sit down or touch anything, I was doing well until one of the dancers approached me and started rubbing my back. I think I lost consciousness for a moment there. No offense to exotic dancers but I was praying for a tub filled with penicillin.

2007-07-17 09:59:58 · 6 answers · asked by flightleader 4

features' ?

2007-07-17 09:57:48 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm From PA and we can't decide on a state budget!

My BFF lives in Kansas and he loves it.

2007-07-17 09:57:17 · 14 answers · asked by Mrs. Crosby 87! 4

i get dirty looks off twiggy girls at school cause i actually eat my lunch

2007-07-17 09:46:07 · 6 answers · asked by garden fairy 2

I live in an apartment, so I expect to hear noises b/c of the thin walls, and I'm not one to really imagine things, lol.
I heard this startling noise last night about 9:30. The noise itself sounded similar to I guess if a woman with an lower voice moaning. It went down in pitch and lasted unnervingly too long. But what creeped me out was that it clearly came from the small hallway to my left, lower to the ground than I was.
Startled, I looked over to see what the hell it was, and my cat's head was already turned towards the hallway (apparently startled as well). Nothing was there, I left b/c I was so shaken, and went to ask my neighbors around me if they heard anything. Only my neighbor below me was home and he didn't hear anything, nor was he watching television. I've convinced myself that maybe it was my a/c or something so I can sleep lol, but I still get this chill when I think about it.
Ever heard anything that completely freaked you out??

2007-07-17 09:44:29 · 11 answers · asked by sbelle0220 2

when you're in your 30's+ and more, and the clubs and pubs look full of teens.

what did you do for entertainment? people here seem to join the gym but thats just looks so dull a thing to do.

2007-07-17 09:21:37 · 44 answers · asked by thunor 5

2007-07-17 08:46:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-17 08:31:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

10's of thousands died acuiring that ,and other wealth.The UK is still living in luxury of that wealth.

2007-07-17 08:18:16 · 2 answers · asked by KaribuTanzania 3

I mean where everyone in the house worked... including all the wives. All the children went to school or day care. A modern version of polygamy????

2007-07-17 07:51:15 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-17 07:29:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in a small Eastern Kansas town, population 514.

Businesses we have include:
bar
gas station
mechanic
post office
bank
two churches
liquor store
hair dresser
public/high school
catholic grade school
park
car wash
we also have a developed housing community (other wisely known as Snob Hill, lol)

Our Claim to Fame:
The Chicken House, which is a home style eatery that is famous for its (brace yourselves!) ... fried chicken.

Please list the population, businesses, claim to fame, and anything else you think is interesting about your small town.

2007-07-17 07:21:46 · 3 answers · asked by Trouble_Is_My_Name 2

2007-07-17 07:07:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

most of the people in ireland are so racist they are so violent and soo ignorant and much more! I have been around the world and I have never seen anything like this?

2007-07-17 07:00:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is this generation so SELFISH??

2007-07-17 06:54:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

* I find that a complete stupidity, as we no longer owning our bodies, but all our bodies belong to the government.
* It is a disgusting proposal from hell & formed by stupid people!
** I hate that !!!!!

2007-07-17 06:19:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-17 05:51:36 · 10 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4

2007-07-17 05:27:13 · 5 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4

Muslims why is it that in the arab world, mostly in iraq, afghanistan or pakistan, there are sucide bombers every day?
Because if i were a muslim i would never think of commiting sucide and killing my brothers for no reason. Why would an iraqi walk into a market or public place a kill his muslim brothers through sucide bombing and what impression are they trying to give everyone about islam?? If i belong to a particular group nothing will make me betray or kill a member of my group instead i will defend it. If you think closely about this it seems like almost everyone in the iraqi world wants to commit a sucide bombing because its not just the extremists that are doing these its also the normal people. Why on earth do you kill yourselves????

2007-07-17 05:21:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I did not grow up in England so I have not experienced this before. When at work, smoking is forbidden in the work area, but only managers and supervisors smoke there. When I complained I was accused of 'grassing them up' In the housing estate no motor vehicles allowed but black peoples scooters allowed but mine towed away because manager is black or his friends so blind eye turned. in AA Meeting I was told nosmoking but they even gave tobaccoand permitted smoking to friend or person theys
scared of, even tho someone complained. If I said anything I would be 'grassing them up' What is this unfair behaviour?

2007-07-17 05:19:02 · 3 answers · asked by Shironeko 1

I heard he has one (Benedict XVI), and I want to know exactly what it is. Do any of you know what it is and if so, can you tell me?

2007-07-17 05:15:15 · 3 answers · asked by . 3

I'm just asking OK?
Would execution of the most serious offenders (and, may I add, the most costly to keep locked up) help to relieve prison overcrowding and save us a few quid in the UK?

Some criminals cannot be rehabilitated (Sicko Murderers -kiddie fiddlers - life means life etc) so why do we keep them?

The £100,000s per year per prisoner to keep them in solitary could be spent elsewhere saving lives!

2007-07-17 04:58:53 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-17 04:53:50 · 4 answers · asked by Sohrab H 1

I've noticed over the last few weeks whilst wandering round Manchester in our lovely stormy British weather, the women have small brolly's and the men have those huge like fisher men brollies! why is this? surely they're not a bothered as us about how their hair looks? Also a lot of them wearing suits and looking rather business like! Has the world gone mad??!!

2007-07-17 04:45:14 · 22 answers · asked by Miss Tickle 4

It seems if you wear either one of these in the "wrong" place, you'll be bombarded by questions like: "Where can I find the shampoo? "Do you guys sell spray paint"? Or: "What time do you guys close"? I mean, doesn't anyone check for logos and name tags first? I was in a Walmart once, and a lady asked me if I worked there, and I gave her a snide remark. Soon afterwards, her son angrily approached me, wanting to belt me one. I just walked off. I mean what the heck? can't people read anymore? Another time (years ago), I was shopping in an Office Depot, when a guy asked me about something. I told him I didn't work there, and he kept on insisting that I worked there, and that I should help him. Finally, I walked out. What's wrong with people? Even if you tell them nicely, they still bother you.

2007-07-17 04:20:55 · 5 answers · asked by Road Trip 3

When I see small children (between 3-8 years old) they play with other kids from different races and cultures and it's absolutely not a problem. But adults, who are supposedly more mature, can't get through superficial differences. Why is that? What changed?

2007-07-17 03:38:19 · 7 answers · asked by trer 3

why doesnt anybody take me serious, i come on here and open up and spill my heart out to you guys and all you do is act like a bunch of **$%#@,, well im hurt, so what should i do?

2007-07-17 03:35:38 · 23 answers · asked by psycho 2

Germany Mexico Australia Japan France most of them think so

2007-07-17 03:23:22 · 5 answers · asked by Alex 4

does anybody know how to play tonsil tennis, ive been trying to find the rules, but i cant find them anywhere,

2007-07-17 03:18:28 · 8 answers · asked by freakshowjonesjr 2

I am looking for honest, serious responses. Please, no responses of smart allecks incapable of expressing a well thought out response.

Thank you.

2007-07-17 02:58:28 · 9 answers · asked by Lady J 3