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Carmen Electra scared of water?

Nov13200910:34 a.m.

So how are you fairing this Friday the 13th? I have already met a few unlucky misdemeanours involving a flight of stairs and some rediculosly high shoes. But still, my scepticism that Friday the 13th an unlucky day is as strong as ever.

The number 13

But what is it about Friday the 13th that is so unlucky anyway? Not sure, but there is indeed a real phobia of number 13, so are you one on the surprisingly many triskaidekaphobics?

It's been a bit of a phobic week though; Monday's news revealed that student, Vicki Larrieux cannot eat her five a day because she is frightened of vegetables...? And I also discovered some ironic phobias of the stars too.

It seems Pamela Anderson fears mirrors and Carmen Electra, who also starred in "Baywatch" is apparently scared of water because she can't swim. Well, she seems to have mastered her fear in this clip, be warned it's possibly the cheesiest reel I have seen for a while.

Okay back to reality boys, this prompted a bit of phobia snooping on my part, to find out what is everyone else scared of.

The top 10 phobias are...

1. ARACHNOPHOBIA: Fear of spiders.
2. SOCIOPHOBIA: Fear of people or social situations.
3. AEROPHOBIA: Fear of flying.
4. AGORAPHOBIA: Fear of open spaces.
5. CLAUSTROPHOBIA: Fear of confined spaces.
6. EMETOPHOBIA: Fear of vomiting.
7. ACROPHOBIA: Fear of heights.
8. CANCERPHOBIA: Fear of cancer.
9. BRONTOPHOBIA: Fear of thunder and lightning.
10. NECROPHOBIA: Fear of death.

For me, number 6 is the only curveball, all the rest seem pretty, well, normal. However, I also came across a few more 'random' ones...

Porphyrophobia - fear of the colour purple.
Ambulophobia - fear of walking.
Anablephobia - fear of looking up.
Aulophobia - fear of flutes.
Arachibutyrophobia- fear of peanut butter

But the most ironic of them all has to be Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia; fear of long words.

Happy Friday 13th!

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