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I had some bizarre fears, too. Lumpy discussed the toilet. I was scared of it, but for another reason. I was also afraid of the shower. Not at our house, but only at our summer cottage. Our summer cottage was located in the Finger Lakes. There was a story floating around there about a poisonous snake that had come into the pipes and up through someone's shower a few years back. Urban legend, perhaps. But I definitely thought this was possible. Now I had nightmares about snakes for years. I still get this sick feeling in the pit of my stomach at the zoo and growing up I was convinced I felt snakes slithering up my legs as I was falling asleep. My parent's subscribed me to Ranger Rick magazine and if I found a snake picture I would literally throw the magazine on the floor. I was a strange kid...OK, still am. Anyhow, I would stand on the far side of the shower watching the drain the whole time. If possible, I would bathe in the lake to avoid it. I feared the toilet too, but since there was no story about the toilet I figured chances are the snake would come up through the shower instead.