Written on October 23, 2008 – 5:06 pm | by Maria Mihale |


Ooook! I’ve heard of all sorts of phobias, but I’ve never imagined that there is one for every little thing that has the nerve to just exist in our environment. At a first glance through an alphabetical list of phobias, I felt some cold shivers going down my back. On second thought, it ended a hilarious activity, trust me!

Now, what do you say about ablutophobia? Did you just say you have no idea about such thing? Wait for my explanation and you’ll probably die laughing, because, so that you know, there are people on this earth who are afraid of washing or bathing. Isn’t it unbelievable? Moreover, I’d dare to add that this is actually shocking, not to mention outrageous. If, on the other hand, you experience on a regular basis the fear of insanity, of going crazy someday and losing control over you mind, then there’s a word for you also: agateophobia. I’ve heard people saying they hate garlic, due to its not-so-very pleasant smell, and I couldn’t agree more with them, even if I don’t blame those who love it. But come on, what’s with this nonsense? How can anyone be afraid of garlic? Well, I don’t know how, but someone considered this problem and gave it a name: alliumphobia.

I told you, reading about these fears it’s a crazy, but at the same time funny way of spending time. But there’s one phobia I (hopefully) will never experience: fear of opinions, aka allodoxaphobia.

However, this is why I shouldn’t be so surprised when hearing that some people are horrified by germs. Cross contamination can often happen in the kitchen and some residual germs can not only taint the taste of a good meal, but also make someone sick in the process. So it’s very important to kill the little buggers any way that you can. And the Germ Eliminating Knife Block is a very useful tool to insure that food preparation is as safe as can be.

This device uses safe UV-C light, meaning the same technology used in hospitals to kill surface bacteria on instruments, in order to eliminate 99.99% of food bacteria and viruses from cutlery in 20 seconds. The ultraviolet bulb sanitizes knives up to 8 ¾-inch long from tip to bolster, killing pathogens like salmonella, listeria and staphylococcus to help prevent cross contamination and food-borne illness. In addition, the UV treatment also dries the knives directly in the block since the heat from the UV-C bulb is hot enough to evaporate any residual moisture.

You can program the device to turn on automatically every three hours or to sanitize knives as soon as they are inserted in the block. The durable ABS plastic block has five slots to accommodate chef’s, serrated and pairing knives, and a wide opening that holds kitchen shears or a honing steel.
The Knife Block plugs into AC and measures 9.5 x 10.25 x 6-inch. If you’re interested, then go to Hammacher Schlemmer’s official website, where you can grab this little germs exterminator for $90. This is the fastest way to heal your germophobia, or the sharpest, as you prefer.

(Source coolest-gadgets.com)