Do Some Things We See Creep Us Out For, Seemingly, No Reason?  

For some reason, I've noticed that a lot of people are creeped-out by clowns. I've always found them to be warm, fuzzy, funny, and just overall neat.

Of course, I grew up back in the time when they were. I think that there have been several horror movies made where the clown turns out to be a very sinister culprit.

I loved our basement! I just didn't like the railingless, slick steps in our house leading down to it. I'd go up and down them very carefully--or else use the outdoor cellar type staircase to reach the basement.

If I ever bought our old house, I would lay carpet on the basement steps and equip them with sturdy railings--and, if it hasn't been done already, I'd ditch that damper and replace it with a pretty one.

I love The Twilight Zone--still watch old re-runs of it. For some reason, I can't remember the doll one. The sinister doll I know about (though I haven't watched the movie) is the one called Chuckie.

As for dolls, I was a doll person to a T. I had decorative dolls I used to decorate my bedroom as I was growing up (They were international dolls in costume that I kept in their boxes--which had transparent lids--and placed in rows along one wall of my bedroom. Each week at a supermarket called Eavey's, there was a doll of the week that customers got for a cheap price after buying a minimum amount of groceries.), I had nic-nak dolls, and I had the kind you play with (everything from Barbie dolls to baby dolls).

I'm still a doll person, and my sweetie is, too. He has a whole collection of stuffed animals and has bought some for me as presents.

This dreams thing would be a good thing to bring up as a discussion! I'd be interested in hearing about your dreams!

YEW! I hear you there! If you leave something like that for too long, it does get this kind of slimy appearance and feel to it that makes you tempted just to leave it there longer--which, of course, makes matters worse! LOL

Let me tell you the WORST thing I've ever found in a sink.

I was in home ec. class, and we prepared a meal in there--which resulted in dirty dishes afterwards.

Several of us were doing different things in kitchen clean-up, and I came across this sink full of dishes soaking and started washing them.

I think there must have been a remote way to close the drain, or, surely, whoever had started the dishes would have noticed what was in the drain trap. But, maybe, not.

All I know is that I kept smelling this rotten smell while I was washing the dishes--and, then, something kinda distasteful-looking started floating to the top.

Was it possible that the sewage system had backed up into the sink?

Anyway, I let everybody know that there was something wrong with the sink, so the teacher and some students came over to find out what on earth I was talking about.

We gingerly removed the dishes and, then, opened the drain.

When the water went out, we found that there was a dead mouse decaying in the drain trap.

We were all going, "YEW!"

This mouse, at some point, must have eaten some D-Con and ended up jumping into that particular sink and dying. Since D-Con would make it feel thirsty, it was probably going towards a water source.

No telling how long we had been going into that classroom day after day without realizing that there was a mouse rotting away in that sink!

Even scary, evil people when kept at bay somehow lose some of their scariness.

It's when people like that get placed in positions of authority that it really becomes scary with one example being those so-called rehabilitation places for kids.