Germophobe

This is a picture of me, about to kiss the Blarney Stone.  Please note that, firmly gripped in my right fingers, is an alcohol swab to clean the stone first.  The guy who keeps the tourists from falling into the opening was dumbfounded, saying it's the first time in the thirty years he has worked the stone that anyone has done so. To his repeated 'But why?', the only answer that made sense to him is when I finally blurted 'I'm a nurse!' 'Oh, well, then, that explains it...'