# The Horrors of Room 101 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038 "2007-11-02T18:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/1 "2007-11-02T18:50:31Z")
In the novel, 1984, Winston Smith is faced with the thing he fears most, rats. He cracks and as you all know tells them to do it to Julia I have a horror of blowflies and I assure you if a helmet was placed on my head full of those bastards, Julia would be toast. So what thing/s would make you cave in? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/2 "2007-11-02T18:54:12Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] In the novel, 1984, Winston Smith is faced with the thing he fears most, rats. He cracks and as you all know tells them to do it to Julia I have a horror of blowflies and I assure you if a helmet was placed on my head full of those bastards, Julia would be toast. So what thing/s would make you cave in? [/QUOTE] Those big black centipedes. Sorry Julia. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/3 "2007-11-02T18:56:38Z")
Cockroaches. The big ones down along the Gulf Coast. Some people call them palmetto bugs. :: shudder :: ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/4 "2007-11-02T19:00:11Z")
Most bugs don’t faze me, but I have a horror of [stag beetles](http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/images/luccerfl.jpg). When I was a kid, one of these critters flew into my face, and I’ve had nightmares about 'em ever since. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/5 "2007-11-02T19:02:46Z")
Roaches or spiders. If you gave me _both_, I’d do it to Julia myself. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/6 "2007-11-02T19:04:39Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Cockroaches. The big ones down along the Gulf Coast. Some people call them palmetto bugs. :: shudder :: [/QUOTE] Heh. No surprise that the two Houstonians here both instantly went, “roaches.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/7 "2007-11-02T19:06:00Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] Most bugs don’t faze me, but I have a horror of [stag beetles](http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/images/luccerfl.jpg). When I was a kid, one of these critters flew into my face, and I’ve had nightmares about 'em ever since. [/QUOTE] Holy crap, them as well as blowflies are now on my list ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/8 "2007-11-02T19:06:20Z")
I hate bugs, but I think they’d have to escalate to rats on me. I once dreamed that rats were attacking me. I still get the heebie-jeebies thinking about that. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/9 "2007-11-02T19:06:26Z")
Any bug, really. I was watching the new (well, 2005) King Kong, and those HUGE bugs in there would just… it would not be pretty. In the real world, anything like the bug-cave in Temple of Doom. Or Red Wasps. those are the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/10 "2007-11-02T19:08:01Z")
“Carnies. You know… circus folk” ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/11 "2007-11-02T19:11:33Z")
I share a weakness with Dr. Jones. I would do just about anything to get away from snakes. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/12 "2007-11-02T19:13:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] “Carnies. You know… circus folk” [/QUOTE] Yes, but you need to specify [_why_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9016195&postcount=24). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/13 "2007-11-02T19:15:40Z")
Earthworms. With slugs a close second. Yeah, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/14 "2007-11-02T19:43:25Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Yes, but you need to specify [_why_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9016195&postcount=24). 😉 [/QUOTE] Thanks, I forgot. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/15 "2007-11-02T20:05:18Z")
Slugs. There was an episode of \*\*Fear Factor \*\* where the contestants had to eat slugs. _Live_ slugs. _BIG live_ slugs. If that had been me, I would have taken one look and said, “I’m out. Screw the million.” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/16 "2007-11-02T20:08:28Z")
[QUOTE=The Chao Goes Mu] Those big black centipedes. Sorry Julia. [/QUOTE] [Same/similar here](http://www.uos.harvard.edu/images/ehs/pest/centipede_main.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/17 "2007-11-02T20:22:30Z")
Gahh! Gaahhh! The things in **gigi’s** link. I _hate_ those things. Sorry, Julia. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/18 "2007-11-02T20:46:04Z")
Egad. What horrors… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/19 "2007-11-02T20:46:34Z")
Basically any large bugs. Even butterflies crawling on me will freak me out. There’s some sort of beetle dead right outside the office door - I have to check and make sure its dead before I can leave work. It was worse yesterday - it was still alive. And yet, I’m the designated spider killer at home. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038/20 "2007-11-02T20:49:25Z")
Anything with more than four legs creeps me the fuck out (except for maybe butterflies and ladybugs). I’d probably give up my own mother if I were forced to face them _en masse_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-horrors-of-room-101/425038.md?page=2)