aye blacksun, your image of the worst button is truly terrifying, my
mum ahs a loose button on her dresser, and it amkes me cringe.

--- In b_phobia@yahoogroups.com, "twisted_blacksun"
<twisted_blacksun@y...> wrote:
>
> 10. Buttons
> 9. Buttons for decor
> 8. Buttons with loose thread hanging from them
> 7. Loose buttons
> 6. Loose buttons with loose thread hanging from them
> 5. Yellowing buttons
> 4. Bags of spare buttons that come with new clothes
> 3. Buttons attached to a dirty item of clothing
> 2. Chewed buttons
> 1. Buttons on the floor or other surface/buttons enclosed within a
> stinky box
>
> ABSOLUTE DREAD: Imagine a chewed, yellowing old button (4-holer
with
> rim type) lying on the ground with thread hanging off it...next to
a
> food item that you like, such as a donut. You'd never touch that
food
> item again...
>
> In response to the Antiques Roadshow...I cannot understand why
people
> wear them, let alone collect them and stick them all over their
> walls...To me, it seems like a perversion or maybe a symptom of
some
> sort of psychological illness. I cannot understand this woman.
>
> Buttons are filthy, awful things that should not be in existence.