Lilyliveredrubapoultryphobia

Although Trey Parker and Matt Stone maintain that ,"There are no stupid questions, just stupid people." I do believe I have been asking more than my fair (although still excessively small) share of stupid questions lately.

For instance, knowing that Alektrophobia is a fear of chickens (or winged creatures in general) and that butyrophobia is a fear of rubber... I could not help but wonder if Alektrobutyrophobia was the correct word for a fear of Rubber Chickens. Jiblets being a European (and thus half backwards) chicken believes the word should actually be Butyroalekrophobia. Still, I wasn't satisfied and sought out a true expert on all things bizarre.

Steve Martin (yes THE Steve Martin) tells me that he has a word for fear of Rubber Chickens: Lilyliveredrubapoultryphobia.

Now although Mr Martin has a superior claim at this juncture, I wish to stake an ease of speech claim, namely that Alektrobutyrophobia is far simpler to pronounce. And in doing so I also pronounce March 13 international Alektrobutyrophobia day.

The celebrations will begin with a traditional LAN party where I will be cunningly disguised as a RUBBER CHICKEN rather than the normal Uther Pendragon (the armour gets a bit rusty after the underwater levels...) and thus all gamers choosing to participate in the 1PS variety must first sign a waiver regarding their state of Alektrobutyrophobia - of course this is a sneaky ploy to be guaranteed victory on the greatest stage of them all.

Sorry, Mr Steve Martin, I must firmly disagree with you on this one; better luck next time.