Silly things you used to be afraid of when you were younger

stacexD · 03-07-2011 08:38AM #1

When I was around 8 watched a movie (not sure of the name of it, basically a couple took pictures of their 3 or 4 year old daughter jumping on the bed and playing with just a vest on and the guy developing the photos reported it as child pornography) it was also around the same time I found out about copyright.
I had a disposable camera full of loads of pictures that I really wanted developed then I also took a couple of pictures of Sabrina on TV. I convinced myself that this was some sort of copyright thing and that I was gonna be locked up for life so i spent weeks trying to figure out what to do before hiding the camera and never telling my parents.

Theres loads of other less dramatic things but I cant think of any atm

Oh on the topic of jail my brother waned to be a garda and he told me he'd put me in jail for life because I tried to skate in his 7 sizes too big roller blades.

melb · 03-07-2011 08:42AM

Priests.

jurahnimoh · 03-07-2011 08:46AM

Old wrinkled ladies looking to pucker up while their false knashers are dangling outta their mouth

stacexD · 03-07-2011 08:53AM

melb wrote: »

Priests.

That was probably more smart than silly! :P

Irish Guitarist · 03-07-2011 08:55AM

I was afraid of those grates on the footpath outside pubs. I used to think I would fall between the bars.

sh1tstirrer · 03-07-2011 08:58AM

When I was 3 years old I said that when I grow up that I would never walk to our local pub as there was a hill on the way there and I though that if I walked up the hill that I would fall back down again

Lapin · 03-07-2011 08:59AM

Fianna Fáil

mattjack · 03-07-2011 09:12AM

Bats, the flying variety...I thought they turned into nuns...I wasn,t particularly fond of nuns either....

**Timbuk2** · 03-07-2011 09:23AM

When going to bed, I'd turn off the lights downstairs and sprint to my room as fast as I could to avoid being attacked in the dark.

Cicero · 03-07-2011 09:23AM

mattjack wrote: »

...I thought they turned into nuns.......

naw...that's penguins ...

mattjack · 03-07-2011 09:37AM

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

When going to bed, I'd turn off the lights downstairs and sprint to my room as fast as I could to avoid being attacked in the dark.

I had another version of that...when I used arrive home drunk ,I,d stand at my bedroom door and jump on my bed as it spun by me....

FesterBeatty · 03-07-2011 09:39AM

My massive shlong. But since then ive learned to manouever it, live with it and love it.

Mickjg · 03-07-2011 09:53AM

I was afraid of Mickey Mouse, whom I believed to live upstairs in the dark.

Tipsy McSwagger · 03-07-2011 09:55AM

stacexD wrote: »

When I was around 8 watched a movie (not sure of the name of it, basically a couple took pictures of their 3 or 4 year old daughter jumping on the bed and playing with just a vest on and the guy developing the photos reported it as child pornography) it was also around the same time I found out about copyright.
I had a disposable camera full of loads of pictures that I really wanted developed then I also took a couple of pictures of Sabrina on TV. I convinced myself that this was some sort of copyright thing and that I was gonna be locked up for life so i spent weeks trying to figure out what to do before hiding the camera and never telling my parents.

Theres loads of other less dramatic things but I cant think of any atm

Oh on the topic of jail my brother waned to be a garda and he told me he'd put me in jail for life because I tried to skate in his 7 sizes too big roller blades.

When I read the thread title I thought it would be the banshee or the dark but bloody Copyright:D

Edit - I was afraid of being sent to jail for taping songs off the radio.

stacexD · 03-07-2011 10:01AM

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

When I read the thread title I thought it would be the banshee or the dark but bloody Copyright:D

Edit - I was afraid of being sent to jail for taping songs off the radio.

I know! Well of course I was afraid of ghosts and all the rest of it but I just remembered the copyright thing and how stupid it was but I remember being really scared about it.
Thought maybe there were some other nutters out there too

Joe10000 · 03-07-2011 10:03AM

When I had to sleep in the other room I wouldn't stretch my legs out in the bed because of what lived at the bottom......

FortuneChip · 03-07-2011 10:37AM

I was watching the Late Late Show once, I was about 5/6. There was something to do with Thomas The Tank Engine around the time, anniversary or something.
Anyway, they had a special guest; The Fat Controller. But he moved!
Having been an avid Thomas The Tank fan (Not masturbation, yet) I had never seen any of the characters "move" per se, so this terrified me, and I had nightmares of trains and fat people moving for the following few weeks

03-07-2011 12:06PM

The wooden spoon.

I was never hit with it, but I always knew that when my mum took it out and put it on the table in front of me it meant "if you're not good I'm going to beat the daylights out of you". Don't know how I knew, but even now she says it was a life saver every time I was misbehaving at dinner.

While I don't think children should ever be hit, I think it's a real pity that you can't really threaten kids anymore.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 03-07-2011 12:07PM

Tales of the unexpected!.

Super-Rush · 03-07-2011 12:10PM

Mike Murphy off Maibag used to scare the ****e out of me.

GSI · 03-07-2011 12:17PM

falling down the plug hole in the bath

AnamGlas · 03-07-2011 12:27PM

Headless mannequins. Freaky shít.

Blisterman · 03-07-2011 12:33PM

Quicksand.

geetar · 03-07-2011 01:51PM

i used to be terrified pulling off my jumper. in the 1 second with a jumper up over my face i was convinced there was some boogeyman behind me.

i also had the same kind of feeling flushing the toilet with my back to the door. :pac:

sh1tstirrer · 03-07-2011 06:23PM

super-rush wrote: »

Mike Murphy off Maibag used to scare the ****e out of me.

It was Arthur Murphy that was on mailbag if that was what you are talking about

Kimia · 03-07-2011 06:29PM

When the wardrobe door was slightly open, I was afraid of the monsters within. I was convinced there was someone in there looking at me.

Where To · 03-07-2011 06:33PM

Kramer v Kramer scared the living hell outa me!!

Chuck Stone · 03-07-2011 06:33PM

God and all that crowd.

dsmythy · 03-07-2011 06:34PM

Jumping into bed so my feet were not hanging around the bottom of it for too long in case I was dragged in.

Scary things in my room can't attack me if I put my head under the cover.