No, no. No apologies needed Jayne, I was being my usual flippant self. Since my poem seems to be a one-off (I was going to say 'sui generis' but my pretention alarm went off) maybe you could move the thread to GT and rechristen it 'Things That Scared You Shitless As A Child'. Much more fun!
Edit: Whether it's apocryphal I don't know, but I read that after it was first shown on Spanish TV, people noticeably began wedging a foot into the door of the phone box...