# Fingernails on the chalkboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759 "2001-08-29T18:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Briminator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@Briminator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briminator)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/1 "2001-08-29T18:02:45Z")
I don’t mind that sound but people who slurp their coffee gives me the willies. Any sounds out there that give you the willies? ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/2 "2001-08-29T18:15:41Z")
I can’t stand the sound of a ringing phone. It absolutely drives me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Ferggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Ferggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferggie)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/3 "2001-08-29T18:34:29Z")
Nails on a chalkboard don’t bother me, but nails on those horrible slick vinyl binder covers drives me nuts. I guess because I hate the _feel_ of my nails on slick vinyl – every time I hear that horrible sound it just makes me want to tear my fingers off. Which would be some trick to do that to _both_ hands. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/4 "2001-08-29T18:35:56Z")
Cutting a milk carton with a knife… OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooogy… I hate it!! ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/5 "2001-08-29T18:38:50Z")
You know that stupid little things you get at the craft store? They are usually little Xmas ornaments or something of that ilk. They remind me of ceramic, but in a more raw form. I guess you’re supposed to paint them, but I can’t even stand to be around when someone picks one up. The noise is just so _Experiment IV_-ish. A friend of mine can’t deal with styrofoam rubbing against styrofoam, but she’s just a freak. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/6 "2001-08-29T19:27:59Z")
That wretching sound my dog makes right before he pukes up that yellow slime. Also, the sound of someone rubbing a brown paper bag. Brrrr. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/7 "2001-08-29T19:38:30Z")
The sound of my dog chewing the fuzz off of tennis balls. Im cringing just thinking of it ---
**Author:** ![Spydergirl\_87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Spydergirl\_87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spydergirl_87)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/8 "2001-08-29T19:58:12Z")
Dire Wolf–I hate that sound too, except it’s a cat/hairball situation. (Yellow slime…LMAO that was hilarious!) My Mom can’t stand the sound that a knife makes when it squeaks against a plate. This proved to be great fun for my brother and me. My personal worst: the scratchy sound that a cotton ball makes when you rub it between your fingers. Gives me shivers. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/9 "2001-08-29T20:18:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spydergirl\_87 \* > \*\*My personal worst: the scratchy sound that a cotton ball makes when you rub it between your fingers. Gives me shivers. \*\* AUGH!!! That’s the same sound that my dog chewing on her ball makes! It’s the same when she rips up a cloth doll. That sound makes me shiver as well. That and the feel of cotton between my teeth (AUGH!) ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/10 "2001-08-29T20:20:36Z")
For me, it’s the smell of pencil lead. ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/11 "2001-08-29T20:28:41Z")
Nails on a chalkboard. Thanks for giving me goose skin here. Just thinking of it made it.☹ That’s worst of all for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/12 "2001-08-29T20:54:48Z")
Chewing polystyrene. Or cotton wool. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/13 "2001-08-29T20:56:06Z")
You know those flip-flop shoes you had as a kid? The ones that had two pictures on them, you could see either one if you held it at an angle? Well, I can’t STAND the sound it makes to run your fingers across those ridges…just the thought of it makes me want to vomit. Also, the sound that a knife makes when it slips on a ceramic plate. Right up there with the chalkboard. Oh…the sound of Madonna’s voice. I don’t know why, but it really does make me feel sick. (Sorry to any Madonna fans out there.) ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/14 "2001-08-29T20:58:26Z")
The sound of two sqeaky clean ceramic type dinner plates being rubbed together. Every time I put the dishes away and have to stack the dinner plates it makes that noise…_shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/15 "2001-08-29T20:59:17Z")
fork tines on ceramic plate :shudder: fingernails on car paint that needs a wax job :shudder[sup]2[/sup]: clipping or filing nails (I think it’s the high pitch) My boss can’t stand watching/hearing someone crease paper. (Guess what we do when he ain’t lookin’) ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/16 "2001-08-29T21:04:30Z")
Celine Dion - no question when my fingernails accidentally scrape a terra cotta pot – say I’m repotting plants people crunching on crunchy stuff in public - please don’t eat chips, nachos, fritos, cheetos next to my head. Example: the person behind me at the movies invests an arm and a leg in nachos. I don’t care if you want to spend your retirement fund at the movies, I just don’t want to hear it going down your gullet. lip smackin’ gum popping - makes me want to commit violence whistling – people whistling. This probably stems from jealousy, as I am unable to whistle car alarms Come to think of it, most high-pitched, mechanical noises drive me bonkers. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/17 "2001-08-29T21:11:44Z")
Please don’t bite on the utensil, it is not a necessary part of chewing your food. Thank you. And close your mouth when you eat. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![AndYrAStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@AndYrAStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndYrAStar)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/18 "2001-08-29T22:49:14Z")
My alarm clock, and any noise people make with their mouth. Eww. Dogzilla - I know what you mean about fingernails on the terra cotta pots. I can’t stand to have my nails even touch them, same with paper, anything from the freezer that has little tiny ice crystals on it, or basically anything that has that kind of texture. ::shudder shudder shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![Pessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pessor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pessor)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/19 "2001-08-30T01:35:23Z")
My dog likes to chew on: His ceramic dish, rocks, the brick hearth under the wood stove. This makes me nuts! ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759/20 "2001-08-30T17:34:24Z")
I have a thing about the smell/feel (not sure which it is) of rough-ish paper. Only certain types. When I have to fold it or need to handle it in some way. Sorry, not a very clear description. Maybe someone else could describe it, or I am the only person with this er…terrible affliction? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fingernails-on-the-chalkboard/78759.md?page=2)