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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 527984" data-attributes="member: 11476"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red">Words</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: purple">"Jerkwater" is a railroad term. Until about fifty years ago, most trains were pulled by thirsty steam engines that needed to refill their boilers from water towers next to the tracks. But some towns were so small and inconsequential that they lacked a water tower. When trains stopped in those places, the crew had to find a nearby stream or well and, bucket-brigade style, "jerk" the water to the train. Those little dots on the map became known as jerkwater towns.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Malcolm Lowry had pnigophobia—the fear of choking on fish bones.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Augustus Caesar had achluophobia—the fear of sitting in the dark.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Androphobia is a fear of men.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Caligynephobia is a fear of beautiful women.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Scopophobia is a fear of being looked at.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Phobophobia is a fear of fearing.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cook.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Papaphobia is the fear of Popes.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'"><span style="color: cyan">Clinophobia is the fear of beds.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><span style="color: darkred">The ZIP in zip code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 527984, member: 11476"] [CENTER][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=red]Words[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/CENTER] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3][COLOR=purple]"Jerkwater" is a railroad term. Until about fifty years ago, most trains were pulled by thirsty steam engines that needed to refill their boilers from water towers next to the tracks. But some towns were so small and inconsequential that they lacked a water tower. When trains stopped in those places, the crew had to find a nearby stream or well and, bucket-brigade style, "jerk" the water to the train. Those little dots on the map became known as jerkwater towns.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080][FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Malcolm Lowry had pnigophobia—the fear of choking on fish bones.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Augustus Caesar had achluophobia—the fear of sitting in the dark.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Androphobia is a fear of men.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Caligynephobia is a fear of beautiful women.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Scopophobia is a fear of being looked at.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Phobophobia is a fear of fearing.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Mageiricophobia is the intense fear of having to cook.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Papaphobia is the fear of Popes.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Microsoft Sans Serif][COLOR=cyan]Clinophobia is the fear of beds.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode][COLOR=darkred]The ZIP in zip code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."[/COLOR][/FONT] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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