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Things that give you the willies

569 replies

Isshebeingserious · 15/11/2018 21:24

Inspired by another thread, what are things that give you the willies?

My biggest one is houseboats.

desperately hoping other people get the willies too

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BiggFactHunt · 15/11/2018 21:25

DH gives me the willies quite often. Well, one willy.

SoCockneyItHurts · 15/11/2018 21:26

Bald men

Shirleyphallus · 15/11/2018 21:26

Swimming in the deep, open sea and swimming over an anchor attached to a long chain

Eugh eugh it makes me feel so weird

halfwitpicker · 15/11/2018 21:27

Not to be a party popper but you probably need a trigger warning on the thread title

Mine is pomegranates

Move2WY · 15/11/2018 21:27

The ocean. Don’t know whats down there. I can’t even watch underwater footage on tv

halfwitpicker · 15/11/2018 21:27

Pooper!

marvellousnightforamooncup · 15/11/2018 21:27

Farm machinery, silos and slurry pits. Lots of health and safety issues and gruesome ways to die.

AngelaSchrute · 15/11/2018 21:30

How big VY Canis is.

Nuclear cooling towers.

Very small back gardens.

PeevedOfPortishead · 15/11/2018 21:30

Another vote for slurry pits. Have friends raised on dairy farms... How their parents ever slept I'll never know. The stories... I've had nightmares about them.

MamaLovesMango · 15/11/2018 21:32

When a certain colour food touches another certain colour food.
Or a sauce touches a sauce.

Isshebeingserious · 15/11/2018 21:32

What in the willy is a slurry pit?!

Also, why thread disclaimer?

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OHolyNightOwl · 15/11/2018 21:33

Crumbs. Recent ones from a just cut or eaten loaf are OK..ish. Old crumbs make me gag and shudder a bit.

Florries · 15/11/2018 21:33

Octopus + squid. Alive or dead.

Owls.

NameChangeToAvoidBeingFound · 15/11/2018 21:33

Open water and the three little dots that appear when someone is replying to you ugh it’s horrible. Also unplanned calls from family after before 9 in the morning and 9 at night never amounts to anything good. Also phone calls from certain family members for the same reason.

LtGreggs · 15/11/2018 21:34

When your teeth go 'back to front' by mistake - ie top teeth touch back of bottom teeth. Aaaaaaaaagh

EdithBouvier · 15/11/2018 21:35

Pissing myself at the thread title suggestion - why would "the willies" need a trigger warning?

Anyway mine is big thing a like standing next to a massive jet plane or a cruise liner. Just makes me feel so tiny and insignificant and scared I'll get sucked up into engines Blush

Gluetap · 15/11/2018 21:37

Wet tissue paper, very deep water and submarines 😂

Isshebeingserious · 15/11/2018 21:37

Crumbs. Recent ones from a just cut or eaten loaf are OK..ish. Old crumbs make me gag and shudder a bit.

This made me shudder too!

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BadgersBiggestFan · 15/11/2018 21:38

Isshebeingserious it’s where they put the cow shit ... you can die just from breathing in the fumes and many a farmer has been killed by falling in. You wouldn’t stand a chance.

Isshebeingserious · 15/11/2018 21:38

Deep water is popular

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Isshebeingserious · 15/11/2018 21:39

*BadgersBiggestFan

Jesus Christ! Willy alert

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Santaispolishinghissleigh · 15/11/2018 21:39

Different colour wood in the same room.
False eyes.

MsNowtyBach · 15/11/2018 21:39

Men smoking in the street outside a pub. I am terrified of violence and always expect a huge fight to break out.

A Fry-Up, when the fried egg leaks into the baked beans - it really disturbs me.

chaoscategorised · 15/11/2018 21:40

Teeth. Teeth are creepy.

bunintheoven88 · 15/11/2018 21:40

Things with holes in, usually grouped together, e.g. honeycomb or bones marrow 🤢

Also the word cluster 🤮🤮🤮