Who Did Your Parents Have an Irrational Hatred of?

When I was a kid I wanted to watch the fayre lots of my schoolfriends watched - Benny HIll, Love Thy Neighbour etc. My dad hated all that kind of stuff and wouldn't have it on. Looking back now I'm grateful because what he actually hated was lowest common denominator rubbish which pandered to the basest human instincts and tastes - the naked racism of LTN and women as objects as in BH.
 
My dad had a hatred of strong cooking smells like curry, vinegar, greasy food etc. We never had fish and chips from a chippy as kids
 
My dad used to, probably still does, avoid a cul de sac near us because of a “stupid little yappy dog”. He used to walk the long way around. Said dog must be long gone by now.
 
My mum hated TV strongman Jon Pall Sigmarsson with an incredible passion. She had met Geoff Capes at the Spalding Tulip Festival (he was displaying his budgies) and he had been really nice to her. She hated JPS's 'I am a Viking' persona. It was the most out of character thing, my mum is a lovely, quiet woman, but if he came on the screen, the red mist came down. Oh, and Eric Bristow, she despised him.
 
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