The Creepy and The Kooky Scales

I have created a scale to rate books on how creepy or kooky they are. Today, I present you with my Creepy Scale. Since I have a massive fear when it comes to insects (related to a childhood trauma I'd rather not go into), I am using them to represent how creepy something is.

The ladybug is a 1 on the creepy scale because they are actually kind of cute but since they are an insect they still have a creepy factor.

The rolypoly also known as the pillbug or doodle bug is a 2 on the creepy scale. It is a bug I remember well from my childhood. I was never really afraid of these bugs, which would curl up into a little ball when you poked them, but if you analyze them, especially when they are upside down and wiggling their 50,000 legs all over the place then you can really creep yourself out. Some children even keep them as pets. That's just sad.

The grub is a 3 on the creepy scale. My boyfriend would put these at a 5 but he does a lot of gardening and has a personal grudge against them.

Number 4 on the creepy scale is the house centipede. Boy do I hate these monsters that I shared a basement apartment with in Chicago. And they didn't even pay rent! This is the kind of bug that gets so big it will send you screaming from a room. 

And here we have it folks. Number 5 of all time creepiest bugs! The potato bug! Now, I can't honestly say I've ever encountered one of these, but that's a good thing because i do not think I would have lived to tell the tale. If you can get through a book that is a 5 on the creepy factor scale you deserve a medal for bravery.

Stay tuned next time for my kooky factor scale!