Continuing with the list of phobias I read through, I noticed that body parts and body functions were very popular; although the parts listed were not only the ones you might expect:
Proctophobia - fear of rectums, is understandable, especially if one is too close to you, but the following list seems a bit odd to me:
Geniophobia- Fear of chins (obviously they can't watch the Tonight Show with Leno), Genuphobia- Fear of knees (these people walk funny), Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes (these people take photos with everyone's head cut off).
As far as body functions go there is Urophobia (fear or urine or urinating) can only last so long before you have to give in no? Fear of defecation is called Rhypophobia, and these folks must spend a lot of money on colonics. Fear of feces in general--which I assume leads to Rhypophobia--is called either Coprophobia or Scatophobia. These folks typically can be seen running and screaming from the bathroom with their pants down!
Remembering that each of these phobias has one or more real "victims", I wonder how the following people live in today's society:
Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting (no chairs in this house)
Electrophobia- Fear of electricity (mostly an Amish thing)
Olfactophobia- Fear of smells (popular with ex-zoo workers)
Papyrophobia- Fear of paper (what do they use in the bathroom? do they handle money?)
Nomatophobia- Fear of names (don't even think about opening the 10,000 baby names book!)
Dipsophobia- Fear of drinking (I assume these people die off in a few days?)
Anemophobia- Fear of air drafts or wind (none live in Chicago)
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up (hate to hear "Heads up!", and can't become astronomers)
Tomorrow in the final installation of our phobia list (aka make fun of other people so no one notices us), we will look at some really strange phobias (yes, even more than the above). Don't be scared, come back and read!