How Well do You Understand Your Yuk Factor?

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:36 pm

I only have a couple.

1. Mayonnaise. I hate the way it looks, I hate the way it tastes. I run a cash register for a little store with a grill, and the cooks sometimes take out this HUGE jar of Duke's mayonnaise and scoop copious amounts into these little containers for putting on burgers. I can't even go in the kitchen for fear of seeing it. It's just... it's just nasty looking.

2. Watermelon. Not that it tastes bad, it doesn't. The texture, though, is horrid. My reaction varies, depending--sometimes I just can't close my mouth around it, and it sort of falls out onto my lap or whatever is in front of me; sometimes my throat seals itself off, and I nearly choke to death after it falls out of my mouth. Most everyone around here thinks I'm odd.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:52 pm

Congratulations wrote:1. Mayonnaise. I hate the way it looks, I hate the way it tastes. I run a cash register for a little store with a grill, and the cooks sometimes take out this HUGE jar of Duke's mayonnaise and scoop copious amounts into these little containers for putting on burgers. I can't even go in the kitchen for fear of seeing it. It's just... it's just nasty looking.

I decided to ask my kids Wombat's question, and this is almost exactly what my son said (well, except the Duke's mayo...I don't think he's ever had it).

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:18 am

Nanohedron wrote:The reason I ask is that I have very strong negative reactions to some human situations, especially in dramatic presentation. ... for example, certain personality types make me very ill at ease...

This is interesting, I have a similar problem. Some characters in
movies have given me a strong visceral reaction. The only one that
immediately springs to mind is King Richard (the Lionhearted) in
Disney's anthropomorphic Robin Hood. There's are a few scenes
where the spineless king sucks his thumb and/or asks for his mommy,
and those scenes always made me squirm. I could never figure out
why.

flanum · Post by **flanum** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:30 pm

Oh i forgot one!

When you are in a couples company and you are basically a gooseberry, then they start kissing sloppily inches from you and you can hear slurpy sounds!

"get a room for gods sakes"!

that is a yuk!

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:37 pm

flanum wrote:When you are in a couples company and you are basically a gooseberry...

Is that anything like being a third wheel?

flanum · Post by **flanum** » Thu May 18, 2006 1:46 pm

I suppose so?

In Ireland when threes a crowd, and your the third spare pr**k, then you are a gooseberry!

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:33 pm

Chambers Dictionary wrote:Gooseberry, n, the fruit of the goose'berry-bush (ribes grossularia), a prickly shrub of the saxifrage family: a fermented effervescing drink (also goose'berry-wine) made from gooseberries: an imitation champagne: an unwanted third person.

I don't mind melon. But if someone stores a melon in the refrigerator next to the apples, then the apples taste of melon and that is NOT NICE.
Please don't do it again.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:43 pm

izzarina wrote:
Congratulations wrote:1. Mayonnaise. I hate the way it looks, I hate the way it tastes. I run a cash register for a little store with a grill, and the cooks sometimes take out this HUGE jar of Duke's mayonnaise and scoop copious amounts into these little containers for putting on burgers. I can't even go in the kitchen for fear of seeing it. It's just... it's just nasty looking.
I decided to ask my kids Wombat's question, and this is almost exactly what my son said (well, except the Duke's mayo...I don't think he's ever had it).

Duke's might be a local brand, I'm not sure. Everyone around here loves it, though.

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:53 pm

Congratulations wrote: Duke's might be a local brand, I'm not sure. Everyone around here loves it, though.

It's a regional brand in the southeast U.S., but you can get it from Sauer Foods for $7.50 a quart ($5.00 a quart if you buy a gallon).

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Thu May 18, 2006 2:58 pm

gonzo914 wrote:
Congratulations wrote: Duke's might be a local brand, I'm not sure. Everyone around here loves it, though.
It's a regional brand in the southeast U.S., but you can get it from Sauer Foods for $7.50 a quart ($5.00 a quart if you buy a gallon).

Good to know.