Nearly everybody on the planet has an irrational fear. One thing, that for some unexplainable reason, scares the living daylights out of us. It can lead to someone avoiding certain situations or seizing up with fear at the thought of it.
This morning the Early Breakfast listeners weren't short of an irrational fear or two. Some of these we can kind of understand. Others, not so much.
Morning Pam. I hate beards. Id even go as far as to say Im afraid of them. Katie
Hi Pam brussel sprouts oh my god even their thoughts of them at the moment makes me want to get sick when I see them I can taste them I can smell them and my whole stomach just turns Derek in Tipperary
Hi Pamela. Acerophobia is fear of grapefruit! My wife hates wind turbines! Bob
Pamela I have an irrational fear of €50 notes, they really freak me out. Now because this is science week, I am willing to try and get over this fear. If everyone could bombard me with fifties I'm sure that together, we can beat this fear. Niall in Tipp
My weird fear is chalk. The feel of it, the dust it leaves everywhere – just everything! Ciara
Pamela I'm terrified of statues. Can't be near them. So bad that when I was in New York I wouldn't get off the ferry at the Statue of Liberty. Mike
Hi Pamela .. I have a massive fear of Pinocchio ... a doll that comes to life and turns into a donkey and the creepy fox i cant even look at a poster of it – Claire in Waterford
Hi Pamela - mine is ketchup!!! Can’t even open the little sachets for my kids in case I smell or touch the stuff. Sarah
Hi Pamela I hate cannot stand bananas smell the texture the site of them drive me mad now imagine having a 2-year-old who loves bananas!
Pamela - I'm afraid of those conical glass cups they serve lattes and hot chocolates in. I can't even look at them. Alan, Dublin
