Yep! That's right! I have a very funny yet very serious physical reaction to the thought of pop sickle sticks. Really its any kind of wood stick! Wooden spoons, tongue dispensers and even the wooden pencils. I have no idea where or when this became a phobia of mine. But I can always remember getting the chocolate and vanilla malts (at the baseball park) and refusing to use those wooden spoons they give you, I would just lick it out of the cup.
My mom always teases me about this phobia and every chance she gets she will slowly lick the stick from the pop sickle that she is eating very very slowly. I have an instant physical reaction.
The best part, I'm not the only one!!! A couple of years ago Lydia and I were making homemade pizza, (I of course have all the equipment necessary to look like a true pizza maker, I have the pizza oven stone, the pizza cutter and the pizza tray that has the really long handle and that is made out of wood. I always have to wrap a towel around it so I don't touch the rough wood....) while making the pizza with Lydia I noticed that she would never touch the pizza tray, I laughed and asked her why and she explained that she totally get the chills when she touches rough wood! I laughed so hard and explained to her that I TOO had this issue. We had a good laugh about and then made someone else get the pizza out of the oven with the tray, we also made them wash it!
What triggered this thought today was watching Sam eat a pop sickle last night. I wanted to run away after watching him lick the pop sickle stick! It then made me think, who else that I know, has a strange phobia?
I mean seriously how can you resist this face? She is so cute, so sweet and so smart. Wait a minute...Smart? Hmmm, well let's see, she knows sit, stay, no, come. She plays fetch really well, she can dance on her back legs and she is really fast. So yeah, she is smart...except for one thing, she likes to chew on electric cords while they are still plugged in! So far she has chewed through three fans, one heating pad and her latest victim, the electric heater. Now here is the thing, we don't leave her outside when the weather is bad, she gets too cold to easily so I have made my "office" her little room as well. She has all of her toys, her crate, and a blanket. Usually I leave the radio on so she doesn't get lonely. Now I know that she gets bored, I understand I would be bored too if I was trapped into a room for 3-4 hours at a time. But why not chew on your toys, not cords that are plugged into the wall?! What amazes me, this latest job was the dirtiest ones of all. The other cords were chewed right at the plug. What makes this funny is I have this image in my mind of her pulling the plug out (I HOPE) and then getting to work. My fear is that isn't the case and she just starts chewing it while its plugged in and getting shocked. We do have to break her of this terrible habit. I did some research and they say to put something really bad tasting on the cords that way they won't chew, I'm just afraid that my dog is way to strong headed that she will chew it anyways...Have any of you ever had this problem?
