# Things that Make you Shudder (in a good or bad way) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261 "2005-07-06T09:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/1 "2005-07-06T09:15:53Z")
[ul] [li]Entwistle’s bass interludes in 'My Generation" (good)[/li][li]The beat to “Ballroom Blitz” (good)[/li][li]The sound of a train running on the tracks (good)[/li][li]The SQUEAL of the train’s wheels on the track (bad)[/li][li]“Comfortably Numb” guitar solo (good)[/li][/ul] And you? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/2 "2005-07-06T12:50:59Z")
Biting down on a water chestnut (bad) ---
**Author:** ![EnderWay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d26b3c/32.png) [@EnderWay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnderWay)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/3 "2005-07-06T22:48:11Z")
George W. Bush’s voice - bad ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/4 "2005-07-06T23:12:15Z")
Eating a bite of meat and finding you have a chunk of gristle in there. Bad…VERY bad. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/5 "2005-07-06T23:18:06Z")
Thinking about those really tall rides at Six Flags. I didn’t even go NEAR them,but I’ve been shuddering for a week. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/6 "2005-07-06T23:18:27Z")
:smack: How stupid am I?! An orgasam! Good…very, VERY good! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/7 "2005-07-06T23:22:39Z")
Anyone, or anything, touching my belly button. Or even thinking about having anyone or anything touch it. Bad - very, very, bad. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/8 "2005-07-06T23:33:43Z")
Good: The vocal chorus in “A Day in the Life” Bad: Rosie O’Donnell in a thong ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/9 "2005-07-07T01:39:50Z")
biting down on aluminum foil - bad ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/10 "2005-07-07T02:01:21Z")
Listening to a drill rig auger bit grind against caliche\* :::shudder::: It’s like nails on a blackboard multiplied by infinity!!! :eek: \*thick, massive, rock-hard accumulations that cement gravel, sand, and fines of a sediment, producing a dense and impermeable layer that resembles fresh-water limestone. Such massive caliche layers (calcretes) are common in deserts at depths of a few centimeters to about 2 m. The layers are a few centimeters to several meters thick ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/11 "2005-07-07T02:02:17Z")
Good: Keith Moon laying down the beats, Eric Johnson playing _White Cliffs of Dover_, and the obvious orgasm. Bad: My SiL’s voice (yes really, I want to curl into my ass and die thinking about it), the sound of a knife grinding on a plate. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/12 "2005-07-07T02:05:18Z")
The feeling of something wooden, like a popsicle stick, touching my teeth (bad). I know this doesn’t seem bad to most people, but I find something very, very, very oogy about the combination of wood and teeth. Sometimes I shudder when I see someone else eating a popsicle. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/13 "2005-07-07T04:07:57Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > I find something very, very, very oogy about the combination of wood and teeth. _SNORT_ ---
**Author:** ![exastris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b38774/32.png) [@exastris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exastris)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/14 "2005-07-07T04:47:43Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Anyone, or anything, touching my belly button. Or even thinking about having anyone or anything touch it. Bad - very, very, bad. Slight hijack, but I need to second this. Big time. Have almost a phobia about this. Okay, it _is_ a phobia. Argggggggghhhh need to stop typing about this now its making me freak out!!! There are a couple of chords voiced so perfectly in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet (not in the love theme - in tense, quieter moments surrounding the Capulets and Montagues theme), they make my eyes roll back into my head. Every time. Even when I was performing. There are a few parts of a few pieces that can do that to me, but I distinctly remember shuddering for those perfect open chords. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/15 "2005-07-07T12:42:40Z")
> [@John Carter of Mars](#): > > _SNORT_ Heh. Well, I hear that’s bad, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/16 "2005-07-07T12:47:07Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > The feeling of something wooden, like a popsicle stick, touching my teeth (bad). I know this doesn’t seem bad to most people, but I find something very, very, very oogy about the combination of wood and teeth. Sometimes I shudder when I see someone else eating a popsicle. This post made me bad-shudder (I hate this too) Lover breathing on the back of my neck - good ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/17 "2005-07-07T13:12:54Z")
Blistering guitar solos [good] Cold iced tea after coming in from a long hot day of outside work [good] The thought of tsunamis and other water-related disaster [very bad] Ticks [very bad] Spiders [ohgodverybad] Dental work [worstofall] ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/18 "2005-07-07T13:35:00Z")
Sound of Fingernails scratching stiff denim or windbreaker material—Very, Very Bad Warm breathy nuzzles behind/beneath my ears—So good it should be illegal ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/19 "2005-07-07T14:22:29Z")
Just _thinking_ about being on top of high things – bad! Being up there, even worse. Thinking about the time I got stuck on the side of a high rock is making my palms sweat this very minute. However, I do like high rides at amusement parks, go figure. Vanilla-bean ice cream on top of a warm gooey brownie = good shudder. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261/20 "2005-07-07T14:32:19Z")
Metal against my teeth, or anyone else’s teeth for that matter. Sometimes when my husband’s teeth meet against his fork I shudder and yell at him to quit it. Going to the dentist is the absolute worst. I just lay there trembling in shock while she scrapes my teeth with a metal stick! GAH! Any soft touch against the back of my neck – bad shudder. Cold breeze when it’s hot – good shudder. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-shudder-in-a-good-or-bad-way/311261.md?page=2)