They are yucky little insects that hide under the hose, and in the bird feeder, and in the lettuce (in the garden -- not in the frig), and between the door and the frame. They have pinchers and look mean and nasty and creepy crawly.
I DON'T LIKE EARWIGS! Or silverfish. Or boxelder bugs, especially en masse. Any kind of bug en masse, in my house, tends to bother me. Even ants. Had a whole kitchen full of the things in Pasadena a few times... blech.
centipedes give me the willies!!
(and not in the way that I like either)
Eeew Bandylu, I am grossed out.
I didn't know they ate my plants!
I am grossed out by the mitey/lousey things that live in the base of our eyelashes and come out to graze at night.
I have seen a picture of them, greatly enlarged, of course, and they are VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERY ugly li'l suckers.
I tried to starve 'em by leaving the light on for a week when I slept - and then forgot about them - until now.......
Bandylu, I think earwigs are the things eating my hostas. I used to suspect slugs but I've never caught a single slug. I've found many earwigs under the leaves, though. They will occasionally get into the house, too. EEEEWWWWW!
I am perfectly willing to let all manner of insect live in my yard -- but once they invade my house, that's it!!!! Especially if they're ugle and yucky and have pinchers and sneak around and hide under things. We've had visits by many crickets this year (in the house) for some reason and in most cases I was able to capture them and return them to the great outdoors. Earwigs, however, are never given a second chance.
The smell of the water treatment sludge plant on a summer's afternoon.
Insects used to gross me out-until I had to do an insect collection for biology class. That's one subject which is very effective at curing phobias. Either get over it or drop out.
Snot.
Mucus.
Loogies.
Now I have to scrub my entire body with steaming hot water.
What grosses me out (besides many of the above mentioned) is people eating on the T (subway here in Boston). There is just something about it that gets to me. Once while riding the green line a girl was eating an ice cream in one of those huge waffle cones....the ones you need a spoon for. Well let's just say it looked like she was having carnal knowledge of that ice cream and to me that was just a little too gross for public transportation.
The sight of starving children. ;( c.i.
Any form of cruelty to animals.
I'm almost un-gross-out-able. I can watch anything in a movie. Bugs don't bother me. I can talk about any and all manner of disgusting things while dining.
BUT, many years ago I had surgery. A drain was in me. When the drain came out, I bled. Blood does not gross me out. But in this case, I heard my own blood gurgle. This grossed me out. I nearly fainted.
