Mannequins Ook Me Out.

Do you get ooked out by mannequins? I totally do. I am not afraid of them or anything; I just really get sort of off balance around them. Madame Trussaud's does not sound like anyplace I would want to be. All corpse-y, waxy, looking-frozen-in-time-not-quite-right wax figures.

No thanks.

Historical displays like at museums that have life size beings to make it more realistic also ook me out. Their wigs or hairpieces are all just a little off and make me think of a mouse's nest.

At the Civic Fest '08 this past weekend, there was this:

FDR in his special car made with a ramp and space for his wheelchair. (How cool is the wicker wheelchair?!?!)

But the fake FDR? Couldn't look at it. I took the picture really super fast and didn't really worry about composition, lighting, aperture, etc

Wait.

I never worry about that stuff anyway.

Words I Hate.

Moist.

I hate the word moist.

The "muh" with the "oy" and "stuh". The combination is not pleasing to my earholes.

I am not a musically gifted person, per say, nor am I really sensitive to audio things. Yet, I have determined---and I don't know why---that this word is like nails on a chalkboard of my mind.

Close runners up:

"Dank". Just sounds harsh......and also reminds me of bat caves with sharp teeth and beady red eyes. I mean, thanks Mr. Bat for eating all the mosquitoes, but I am sure am glad you are out at night when I am not.

Also, Rod. I repeat "Rod". If your name happens to be Rod, sorry if this offends...I have a distant relative whose name is Rod, he is not offended as far as I know. Regardless, the name doesn't really bug as much as the usage of the word rod in a sentence.

The shortness of the word, the abruptness of it. Describing something that might be longer or at least have some size to it, like a rod of steel----you'd think the name/word would be longer.

All three together: Makes me have a meltdown.

What words do you hate?