A rope walks into a bar, sits down, orders a drink. The bartender says, “Hey buddy, we don’t serve ropes here.”
Dejected, the rope leaves. Outside he ties himself into a knot, tousles his hair, and walks back into the bar. The bartender stops him and says, “Hey! Aren’t you that rope I just sent out of here?”
I’m afraid of wildfire. In central Texas, with the manic construction and consequent particulates in the often dry Austin air, not an irrational fear at all.
One of my other fears is finding a snapping turtle on the road. I’ve rescued red-eared sliders and other turtles near creeks, and would face a grave moral crisis with a snapping turtle. So far only seen dead ones though.