As today is ‘Face Your Fears Day’, we took to the streets of Dublin and asked the public what keeps them up at night. We got the usual responses like the dark and spiders but we also got some strange ones, like sock puppets.
On the team, Ian isn’t fond of heights, Mairead HATES walking alone in the dark, Shauna has a fear of seagulls (and mushrooms), Clare will not go near a rollercoaster and Jack, who is in on work experience, absolutely detests spiders.
Ian put it to the listeners and asked them to text in and tell him what gives them the heebie-jeebies. Here are some of the responses….
I have a fear of being buried alive and confined spaces
My wife has the fear of going to the bar (!)
Snakes
Cockroaches
Butterflies
Petrol pumps
Lifts. Also I never lock toilet doors in case I get locked in and I hate the word vest!
Dead things and anything associated with the dead
I have an intense fear or octopus! It started when I accidentally had a seafood lasagne in Mexico and a tenticle rose up out of the cheese sauce, I'll never get over it! I can't even look at pictures or cartoons without getting chills and closing my eyes!! Aoife
Dancing and the dentist
Water, spiders and heights
Clowns
Ian my fear is of getting hit by a double decker bus and I can assure you I'm not going to face that today no matter what day it is. Paul
Peas on my plate
Wasp, tomatoes and the word Lusk
The guy in work catching me staring at him and realising I fancy him like mad! (Awwwwwwwh)
Hydrangeas (especially the blue ones)
My dad’s cooking
The hairy peach skin
Seaweed, jellyfish, cows and crossing the road
Dolls
Veins
Tin foil and hair in the shower
Buttons
Skydiving
Writing in front of people
