Is a roleplaying game, but....
when I was 7 we moved to Pakistan for a year. My Dad is a Civil Engineer and he was doing some work with UNHCR. Anyway, we moved into a house which had gas (our family home doesn't) and there were pipes with outlets in all of the bedrooms. Mum and Dad both warned me not to touch them as the gas may come out and it could kill me and the others. Thus I had a slight not unreasonable fear of the gas pipes. Then I found a Sherlock homes graphic novel floating around the house (I guess it was my Dad's) I don't remember much about it except that Sherlock was called in to investigate the mysterious death of a man who had died in a locked room. Also there was a baboon running loose on the moors (that's how I remember it ). Eventually it was revealed that he had been killed by a snake which had been let into the room through a little pipe (I forget why the pipe was in the room, I think maybe it was so he could issue orders to the kitchen or something?) Anyway that gave me an extra fear of the gas pipe in my room. Not only could it release killer gas, but also killer snakes! That lead me to start sleeping with my head under the covers, with the blanket over my head I was safe from both snakes and gas, as long as nothing was poking out, anyway ;).
I still like sleeping with my blanket tucked up near my face!
Feel free to share your little fears!
Posted by giffy at April 27, 2004 04:02 PM | TrackBack