--------------------+ Bizarre Phobias +---------------------

Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.

Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.

Olfactophobia- Fear of smells.

Eurotophobia- Fear of female genitalia.

Politicophobia- Fear or abnormal dislike of politicians.

Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.

Cypridophobia - Fear of prostitutes or venereal disease.

Medomalacuphobia- Fear of losing an erection.

Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.

Dishabiliophobia- Fear of undressing in front of someone.

Mycophobia- Fear or aversion to mushrooms.

Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.

Rhytiphobia- Fear of getting wrinkles.

Spacephobia- Fear of outer space.

Urophobia- Fear of urine or urinating.

Quote : "All arguements about the last war apart, I believe Hitler was a lunatic. I believe his astonishing grip on the german and other people was due mainly to the radio.His shrieking was compulsive, and many a time i listened to him myself. His contagion was infective.
But how many of the other lies and fancies...are due to the newspapers? I feel the true answer is : Not a few. Reckless newspapers in search of circulation and notoriety can incense bodies of readers to the point of causing a war which would not otherwise, from economic reasons, happen at all.
I think the record of the press of this country is clean enough, though it may be mainly because we are a small country and our capacity for originating mischief is small. Still, I think the point I have been trying to make is worth making." End quotes.
flann O 'brien, "Myles away from Dublin", Paladin.Grafton Books, 1990.

musings from madras and ramblings from the ramans ? close but no coconut. this is from bangalore for starters. well though i am not a raman i guess i have spent so much time at the raman's that i guess i qualify for the honour of being part of this blog. so here goes.this stuff about madras and bangalore got me thinking about the cauvery issue. pretty strong emotions have been raised. i like to just add that karnataka is right. an upper riparian state has got the right to collar all the left over water in a bad rainfall year. that is as much the law of physics as gravity.if the small qty of water is left to flow - most will be wasted in 100 Kms of evaporation. better to be used by a few.