There are few things certain in life, as the old adage goes: death and taxes are the infamous exceptions, but you could also add the clause that for every conceivable thing in the known universe someone somewhere will either want to have sex with it, or be morbidly afraid of it. Some poor souls are also known to suffer Panphobia - the pathological fear of everything - which presumably makes everyday life an absolute scream. It seems that the caveat of being the most evolved organism on the planet - take that cat lovers - is that our brains have over-developed, and will at any time decide to produce a chemical reaction that makes us fear that the microwave is going to kill us. Movies are probably to blame, or video games or something, because it's extremely unlikely that there were cavemen rendered entirely uncapable of normal social interaction because they were too scared that someone might look at them, or that they might be forced to swallow air. Both very real phobias, by the way. But what are the most ridiculous phobias of all time - the kind that would make actually being alive a genuine struggle? You will find no mention of the pathological fear of clowns - Coulrophobia - here, because that is a very real, very justified fear. Watch Poltergeist, and then try and claim otherwise. And sadly, Anatidaephobia - the fear that somewhere there is a duck watching you - is not based on fact, no matter how hilarious it is. But even that seems normal in light of some of the following revelations...
21. Beautiful Women
Warning: Never, ever admit this to your wife. Especially if you aren't scared of her.
