englishmajorhumor reblogged
englishmajorhumor reblogged
Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky goes up to the counter and spends two hours frantically trying to decide what to order. When he finally makes a decision, he sits in a corner and broods for the next several weeks. He is finally arrested for loitering and taken to prison overnight. He fears that he will face execution. He is an idiot.
Five Writers and their Phobias
- James Joyce was afraid of thunder, dogs and firearms.
- Sigmund Freud suffered from agoraphobia and siderodromophobia, the fear of trains.
- Charles Dickens had a lifelong fear of bats.
- Thomas Peacock had a fear of fires.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky had a terror of being buried alive.