Things that seemingly, only you do.

[The 27th Evil]

I'll start the ball rolling-

Shaving my arms.

Preferring walking 5+ miles to driving there.

[AwSnappity]

I know I have a million of these, but all of a sudden I can't think of them.

-I cut my toenails very short, almost to the point where my little toes are nail-less.
-I only watch 30 minutes of TV a week. (I realize there are other people like this, but my roommate last year would watch TV constantly so I felt odd.)

I'll probably be back with more.


27, I have a friend who waxes her arms.

[eman77]

I always thought everyone does this but apparently I was wrong.

Everytime I go #2 I let everything go and then I sit on the toilet waiting for everything to come out but while I'm doing this I eventually get carried away thinking about something totally unrelated that I end up sitting on the crapper for about 5-10 minutes more than I should've. This seems to happen everytime but whenever I tell my friends they're silent and look at me like I'm crazy.

[Alice The Goon]

I have calluses on my hands from driving. I've taken an informal survery, and yup, I'm the only one.

Even though I sleep alone in queen-sized bed, I sleep on "my" side, on the very edge.

Every time someone asks me if I'm comfortable, I say "I make a living" and laugh hysterically. I'll never tire of that joke.

[dwc1970]

There are some things that I only do because they are things where it seems like I am the only one who is capable of doing it. For example, whenever I hear a tone, such as car horn, I can identify its pitch and name the note, and I can tell if a song I am familiar with is playing the slightest bit too slow or too fast. Nobody else I know can do this, so I have no way to convince or prove to anyone that I have this ability.

As for routine things, I think I am the only one who writes lowercase a's with the small loop and the stem at the top (like how it appears here), instead of what looks like an o with a vertical stem to the right (like the a as it is rendered in italics). I also think I am the only one who writes out smaller numbers as words. For example, I would more likely write, "my lunch costs me five dollars" instead of "my lunch costs me 5 dollars" as most other people seem to do.

I think I am also the only one who takes time to rename all my digital camera photo filenames, instead of posting them and distributing them with their default filenames. Too often I see pictures posted on Webshots, etc. with the default filenames.

I haven't seen too many people use keyboard shortcuts. Most people rely entirely on the mouse. For routine things such as opening and closing files and applications, copying and pasting, etc, I find it much faster to use the keyboard for these things. I get annoyed to watch someone else use a computer and take the time to click on everything instead of just breezing through the procedures with keyboard shortcuts.

That's all I can think of for now.

[flamingbananas]

Quite a few friends of mine shave their arms.
I cut my toe nails insanly short. (I'm on Pointe, and it hurts if you have long toenails!)
And lots of people around here write their As like this: a. In fact, the minority is the other a

When I'm bored I will look at my hands. Like really look at them. How each finger moved, how the skin streaches, and all the wrinkles and lines. The longest I've just sat there and stared at my hands was I think half an hour- one hour. And to add the real kick to this, I don't take drugs.

[Bill H.]

For fun, I enjoy doing repetitive, incredibly mundane edits on documents (typically spreadsheets, but sometimes text docs), the more mundane the better. The sort of thing where you type the exact same 5 or 8 keystrokes over and over and over.

[jacksen9]

I tow my dog around the neighborhood in an all terrain Radio Flyer wagon. She has trouble walking long distances but I can't leave her behind when I walk Lucky. We are a spectacle. She smiles and seems to enjoy getting out. She will be 15 years old soon.

Sometimes when I shower I can't remember if I washed my hair or not, so I guess I wash it twice....

In a hurry brushing my teeth, I sometimes pull the toothbrush out too far and end up smacking the front of my mouth.

I change my dog's water obsessively which I don't think is too terribly unusual. Thing is, I am almost always tempted to change the dog water in other places I go. If somebody leaves me alone long enough, I can hardly help myself. Sometimes I ask first, which is rude regardless. My friends know I am weird and tolerate this behavior. Or at least they pretend to.


Most of the time, I eat all of one thing before eating anything else. I like to start with dessert.

[kwikwitty]

I also stay on the john longer than is required, sometimes upto 30mins... not because I don't know if I'm done, but because it's kinda peaceful. No one can contact or interrupt you whilst taking care of 'business', it's like a universal understanding...

I waste a lot of my time doodling... which I understand everybody else does, but I never keep my work. Some doodles take 10-15 mins and are sketchy, and so belong in the trash. But sometimes I can spend 2-3 Hrs on a sketch and crumple it up as soon as it's finished. My GF keeps telling me I'm mad, as she really likes some of the stuff I draw, but because it's only a sketch with a blunt pencil on lined A4, and not masterfully etched on expensive artist's paper, I feel it is worth nothing. Does anyone else share in this clearly nihilistic behaviour? :confused:

[AwSnappity]

Sometimes when I shower I can't remember if I washed my hair or not, so I guess I wash it twice....
I did this last night, except with my body wash insted of shampoo. And then I got all mixed up, so I might have put conditioner on my hair twice. Not too sure.

[kwikwitty]

whenever I hear a tone, such as car horn, I can identify its pitch and name the note, and I can tell if a song I am familiar with is playing the slightest bit too slow or too fast. .

I knew a kid at school who could do the same thing... he could tell the note of a bell or a scream/shout (again unprovable), and could play absolutely anything on the piano although he had never had a single lesson. You could even hum a tune he had never heard and he could play it as though he knew it... that sort of musical aptitude astounds me and is a gift. You and my old school mate, Jamie, are the only two people that I'm aware of with such a skilled ear.

[Ethilrist]

I'll start the ball rolling-

Shaving my arms.

Nah, my son does this. First time he did it, he got razor burn and asked me what he should do. My answer: "Don't shave your arms."

I'm the only person who cleans in my house. :mad:

[Red Stilettos]

I haven't seen too many people use keyboard shortcuts. Most people rely entirely on the mouse. For routine things such as opening and closing files and applications, copying and pasting, etc, I find it much faster to use the keyboard for these things. I get annoyed to watch someone else use a computer and take the time to click on everything instead of just breezing through the procedures with keyboard shortcuts.

I do that, too. One of my first bosses would get mad at me for not using the shortcuts, so I had to learn them all. Now, I much prefer them. They really are shortcuts! :smack:

When I'm thinking, I "count" my molars with my tongue. I never really noticed that I did this until an ex called me on it.

Also, I apparently have a very distinctive walk. Many friends have told me that my footfalls are easily recognizable. It probably helps that I'm always in heels. :cool: sneakers, be damned!

[Zhora]

dwc 1970
- Any number lower than ten is written out. I blame Strunk & White.
- All photos are renamed and dated.
- Keyboard shortcuts are a must. It drives me crazy watching other people use the mouse or, even worse, the menus!

trublmkr
I also only sleep on my side of the bed. Never been married so there is no reason for it.

[DeVena]

I only eat one food at a time. For example, if presented a dinner of chicken, green beans, and potatoes, I will not eat a bite of each. I'll eat all the green beans, then eat each food going clockwise around the plate. If anything is served in a separate dish, it's eaten first.

My brother, the freak, does the same thing but counterclockwise.

[Siddhartha Vicious]

I read my horoscope at the end of every day to see how accurate it was.

With my hand in my pocket, I fold any dollar bills I have into little squares.

I dip my french fries into my chocolate shake.

[Tower Dweller]

Mixing foods - I'm sure other people do it somewhat, but not to my extreme. I mix ketchup and mayonaise into a dip for french fries. I luuuuuv Indian food (esp. a buffet) because I can get some lamb curry, some sort of vegetable, some rice, some yogurt (and on and on) all together in one bite. I get sad when I can't fit any more on the fork. And I honestly believe I can taste all of those tastes - it's the blend that I love.

People that eat one thing at a time make me crazy. This is especially true when we're sharing food - then the person might eat all of "my" fries while I'm still alternating between mayonaise-gooped fries and bites of my burger.

Those crazy non-mixers!

:D

[FilmGeek]

There are some things that I only do because they are things where it seems like I am the only one who is capable of doing it. For example, whenever I hear a tone, such as car horn, I can identify its pitch and name the note, and I can tell if a song I am familiar with is playing the slightest bit too slow or too fast. Nobody else I know can do this, so I have no way to convince or prove to anyone that I have this ability.

As for routine things, I think I am the only one who writes lowercase a's with the small loop and the stem at the top (like how it appears here), instead of what looks like an o with a vertical stem to the right (like the a as it is rendered in italics). I also think I am the only one who writes out smaller numbers as words. For example, I would more likely write, "my lunch costs me five dollars" instead of "my lunch costs me 5 dollars" as most other people seem to do.

I think I am also the only one who takes time to rename all my digital camera photo filenames, instead of posting them and distributing them with their default filenames. Too often I see pictures posted on Webshots, etc. with the default filenames.

I haven't seen too many people use keyboard shortcuts. Most people rely entirely on the mouse. For routine things such as opening and closing files and applications, copying and pasting, etc, I find it much faster to use the keyboard for these things. I get annoyed to watch someone else use a computer and take the time to click on everything instead of just breezing through the procedures with keyboard shortcuts.

That's all I can think of for now.

You're not alone. In any of these things. Well, except the first one. :)
Plus, you learn to use keyboard shortcuts very quickly when editing or using image programs like photoshop.

[AwSnappity]

I dip my french fries into my chocolate shake.
I used to think I was the only one who did this (doesn't have to be chocolate though) because my friends would protest and call me disgusting whenever I did.

[Siddhartha Vicious]

(doesn't have to be chocolate though)

Me neither. I just usually get chocolate.

[malkavia]

I have the very opposite issue with "my" side of the bed. I have neither a side, corner or direction. On any given night I may sleep with my head at one end and on the left side, only to sleep with my head at the opposite end and in the middle with a leg off to the right the very next night. I can take up my entire bed or squeeze myself into an upper corner, depending on my mood. I guess this wouldn't be so bad, except that my poor SO has to clamber for whatever edge/side/smidgeon of the bed that I've decided not to utilize.

Not that he's a peach. He regularly likes to flip ends in the middle of the night so that I wake up next to his feet.

God save us if we ever try to live with anyone else.

[nonpolar]

I'm sure no one does what I do after pissing. :o
I take toilet paper and wipe my penis.I just can't stand this feeling of wettnes in my underwear.

[Shrinking Violet]

I have several pets, and whenever I talk to them (and only them) I feel compelled to say everything twice. No idea why. :confused:

[Rhiannon8404]

I love the smell of horse breath.

I say noon-thirty for half-past noon.

I make my eights by making and "E" and a "3" (starting at the top of the E and ending with the top of the three connected to the top of the E.)

[Sundog]

I'm sure no one does what I do after pissing. :o
I take toilet paper and wipe my penis.I just can't stand this feeling of wettnes in my underwear.

Haha! I thought I was the only one. I don't like the randomness of the splatter when you shake.

I rotate when I sleep, too so half the time, i wake up with my head where my feet started out the night before. I don't seem to do this too often when I'm in bed with someone so some part of me must be aware when I do this at night.

Something that I find myself doing is I like to tap out rhythms on my head when I'm listening to music when I'm alone.

[Elysian]

I have calluses on my hands from driving. I've taken an informal survery, and yup, I'm the only one.

Even though I sleep alone in queen-sized bed, I sleep on "my" side, on the very edge.

Every time someone asks me if I'm comfortable, I say "I make a living" and laugh hysterically. I'll never tire of that joke.

I have calluses on my hands from driving. They used to be a lot bigger. I guess I grip the steering wheel very hard.

I also sleep on "my" side. I can pile books on the other side of the bed and they will never get disturbed while I sleep.

I don't do the last thing. You're a big goofball.

[calm kiwi]

I only eat one food at a time. For example, if presented a dinner of chicken, green beans, and potatoes, I will not eat a bite of each. I'll eat all the green beans, then eat each food going clockwise around the plate. If anything is served in a separate dish, it's eaten first.

My brother, the freak, does the same thing but counterclockwise.

I have to start with the thing I like least and work my way round to the thing I like best.

The very last mouthfull has to be the best mouthfull. I have been know to leave one mouthfull of something I expected to be third best and turns out to be the best.

[Annie-Xmas]

I have to start with the thing I like least and work my way round to the thing I like best.

The very last mouthfull has to be the best mouthfull. I have been know to leave one mouthfull of something I expected to be third best and turns out to be the best.

I eat the exact same way--one at a time, worst to best.

I sleep on a floor mat and don't even own a bed.

I put salt on my watermelon.

[Ludovic]

...I can tell if a song I am familiar with is playing the slightest bit too slow or too fast.I can do that too, for instance, they always play Afternoon Delight about 1/20th too slow.....wait, that's the real recording :)

seriously, it'd sound better sped up

[FilmGeek]

I eat the exact same way--one at a time, worst to best.

I sleep on a floor mat and don't even own a bed.

I put salt on my watermelon.


You should put salt on watermelon. Tastes better that way.

(overheard at the grocery store)
girl: I told my mom that you put sugar on watermelon.
guy: It's GOOD that way.
girl: She said you were crazy. End of discussion.

[PussyCow]

I make music with the air and fluid in my mouth mostly against my cheeks.
I suppose most people would not call it music, but that is what I am intending to do.

Is that gross?
Please, does anyone out there do this, too?

I don't want to be alone.

[Happy Lendervedder]

I know I'm the only freak to do this:

I tack on the word "once" to imperative sentences, mostly when I'm requesting something.

For instance, "Come here, once." Or "Put it on CNN once." Or "Go over there, once."


I never noticed I did it, until at my last job, about 3 years ago, someone pointed it out. Now at my present job, it's been pointed out again.





Happy

[fusoya]

I'll start the ball rolling-

Shaving my arms.


One of my ex's did that, along with all other hair below her neck

[Dante]

I'm not going to go through all mine, but I'll just say:

For routine things such as opening and closing files and applications, copying and pasting, etc, I find it much faster to use the keyboard for these things.
I very rarely use my mouse.
In a hurry brushing my teeth, I sometimes pull the toothbrush out too far and end up smacking the front of my mouth.
Yep. Got a big chancre on my bottom gums right now from doing this.
I dip my french fries into my chocolate shake.
Haven't for years, but used to as a kid all the time.
I take toilet paper and wipe my penis.
Always.
I say noon-thirty for half-past noon.
Same. I say midnight-thirty, too.
I tack on the word "once" to imperative sentences, mostly when I'm requesting something.
You're right, you are a freak. But, I have a client who does the same thing, except he says "right there".

[Yumblie]

I make music with the air and fluid in my mouth mostly against my cheeks.
I suppose most people would not call it music, but that is what I am intending to do.

Is that gross?
Please, does anyone out there do this, too?

I don't want to be alone.

Not only do I use air and spit, but I use my tongue and teeth for percussion. Sometimes humming just takes too much effort.

[Kid_A]

I love putting cucumbers on my hamburger. It's best when it's fresh out of the garden.

This has to be more common than I think, right?

[Duke]

I tack on the word "once" to imperative sentences, mostly when I'm requesting something.

For instance, "Come here, once." Or "Put it on CNN once." Or "Go over there, once."My late grandfather did that, although he also pronounced "once" as "one-st."

I've gotta be the only guy who grew up in rural Pennsylvania who plays and follows cricket.

[Nutty Bunny]

I'm sure no one does what I do after pissing. :o
I take toilet paper and wipe my penis.I just can't stand this feeling of wettnes in my underwear.

My husband does this. Thank god he doesn't read this message board!

As for me, when I'm eating mashed potatoes (butter, no gravy) and corn, I have to mix the them together. I get strange looks when I do that. :o

[bouv]

Let's see...I also write out small numbers instead of using the numerical symbol, technically, the rule is that if it is one hundred or less, you write it out. I learned this in 3rd grade, but apparantly no one else has. :confused:

I say noon-thirty and midinght-thirty all the time. It doesn't even half to be thirty, if it's 12:whatever, I say noon-whatever or midnight-whatever. I get strange looks when I do it.

I grind my teeth...to a beat. I have all sorts of different types of grinds, such as slightly clicking my canines (left or right), clamping the whole jaw, just doing right or left molars, etc...I never really noticed it as odd until a girlfriend pointed it out one night while sleeping. My head was close to hers, ans she could actually feel the grinding.

I have HUGE calluses on my big toes. I mean BIG. They are on the entire side facing outward, and the usually get to 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch thick. So, every now and then, I cut them off with my pocket knife. It's kinda cool that I can cut off a large part of my body and not feel a thing, what with it being just a crapload of dead skin cells and all.

[Miller]

Things that don't belong in this thread because I do them, too:
Walking instead of driving: I waited until I was 28 to get my driver's liscence.
Taking too much time on the porcelain throne: That's my reading time, dude.
Sleeping on one only of a queen sized bed: Although I've been trying to train myself to sleep diagonally. Always wake up back on "my" side, though.
Writing out numbers: Anything that's less than three digits gets written out long hand.
Keyboard shortcuts: I thought everybody used these.
Staring at my hands: Why do they call them fingers when they don't fing?
Dipping fries into a milkshake: At least, I used to back when I could digest dairy.
Making random non-vocal "tunes" with my mouth: Although I usually cluck my tongue and click my teeth, rather than swish my saliva.

Stuff that I think might be unique about me, or at least unique-ish:
I will repeatedly punch my self in the side of the head when I need to get motivated to do something.
I'm nearsighted, and when I read, I take my glasses off and stick my nose so close to the text that I'm often cross-eyed for about an hour after I'm done.
I habitually check to see if numbers are divisible by three.
I refer to all non-canine house pets by species, and not name.
I hate sports, but I love movies about sports.
Similarly, I hate coffee, but I loved coffee-flavored foodstuffs.
I am a firmly convicted skeptic and atheist who wears a "magical" amulet at all times. Just in case I'm wrong.
I save all my ticket stubs from going to movie theaters, unless the stub doesn't say what the movie was.

[AwSnappity]

I reminded myself of another quirk at dinner tonight: I dip my french fries into strawberry jelly. This is preferable IMO to milk shakes.

[masonite]

I can't stand the tiny strings left on bananas after you peel them. So I remove them, too. I'm the only person I know who peels bananas twice.

(I have many weird food issues, but this is the only one that people usually comment on.)

[Nightwatch Trailer]

Stuff that I think might be unique about me, or at least unique-ish:
Similarly, I hate coffee, but I loved coffee-flavored foodstuffs.
I save all my ticket stubs from going to movie theaters, unless the stub doesn't say what the movie was.
I don't think I've ever had an entire cup of coffee because I can't take the taste, yet I like coffee-flavored ice cream, candy, and coffee-flavored drinks other than coffee.

Until recently I saved all my movie ticket stubs. I think I still have them in an envelope in my desk. Actually, I still haven't recovered from that entirely - I have a two-week old Fahrenheit 9/11 stub in my wallet right now.

I'm also a member of the group that eats the worst food in a meal first, and the best last.

I really dislike talking over the phone. I'd much rather communicate face-to-face or in writing.

I've developed a severe aversion to swimming in even moderately cold water. Everyone I know can take cold pool or ocean water, but it takes me an insanely long time to coax myself in (if I get in at all). Brr.

[Abbie Carmichael]

The thing *I* do that nobody else does is I put honey on my pizza. In the 6 years I've lived here nobody has even *heard* of doing such a thing.

Hey, don't knock it. It's yummy.



I'm sure no one does what I do after pissing. :o
I take toilet paper and wipe my penis.I just can't stand this feeling of wettnes in my underwear.

My husband was reading this over my shoulder. He wants to know how the hell you manage to get it wet to begin with. Given that I am sans penis, I don't know who to believe: my husband, who claims it doesn't get wet when you pee, or you, who claim it does.

FWIW, if I were a guy, I'd wipe too, wet or not. Gotta keep things tidy down there. It's just the nice thing to do.

[Shrinking Violet]

I can't stand the tiny strings left on bananas after you peel them. So I remove them, too. I'm the only person I know who peels bananas twice.

(I have many weird food issues, but this is the only one that people usually comment on.)

Nope - you're not alone there. :)

[iwakura43]

My husband was reading this over my shoulder. He wants to know how the hell you manage to get it wet to begin with. Given that I am sans penis, I don't know who to believe: my husband, who claims it doesn't get wet when you pee, or you, who claim it does.

Sometimes a drop remains, uh, inside, because of surface tension. Without a shake or wipe, an unpleasant bit of wetness can result in one's boxers (or briefs, whatever).

[ivylass]

Keyboard shortcuts? Where can one find a list? (I'm serious, I use my mouse for a lot of stuff.)

When I go to work, I have to open the various softwares I will be using in a certain order. First is e-mail (I get tons each day, so keeping it open helps me stay on top of urgent issues) then our traffic software. I have several modules in our traffic software that have to be opened in a certain order. If for some reason, the computer wigs out and something shuts down, I have been known to close everything down and reopen them in the proper order.

I absolutely cannot leave the garbage can at the side of the road after the trash has been picked up. What bugs me is when I come home from work and I see the empty trash can still lying on its side at the end of the driveway, when I know my children walked right by it on their way home from school. Sometimes I swear my children are stone-blind.

[Dante]

Sometimes a drop remains, uh, inside, because of surface tension. Without a shake or wipe, an unpleasant bit of wetness can result in one's boxers (or briefs, whatever).
A piss meniscus, if you will.

[Omega Glory]

I also remove the stringy pieces of bananas, and save movie ticket stubs too.

I always break my banana before I get to the bottom tip, then I throw the the peel, along with the tip, away.

I never stir my fruit on the bottom yogurt before eating it.

Instead of listening to a variety of songs , I'll listen to one or two songs repeatedly for a couple of weeks until I get sick of it/them, then move on to a new song.

I make nicks in the hard outer layer of my fingernails then peel it off, leaving the softer, weaker section behind. For some reason, my sister's nails natually have small nicks, so sometimes (during moments of intense boredom I peel off the hard part of her nails too (she's still a child, so she doesn't mind).

[nonpolar]

Wet Penis thing.You know I'm not circumsized(I liked that way) and when I'm finished with peeing loose skin at the end can trap urine .
PS.I drink a LOT of water and coffe/tea daily ,so I visit washroom often.

[toadspittle]

Every time I pour a drink from a 2-liter bottle of soda, I crush the center of the bottle so that I have some sort of handle with which to hold the giant, unwieldy thing. (How the heck are you supposed to pour them, anyway? Usually too hard to just grab with one hand--esp. when I was younger; too unbalanced if you grab by the neck = spills; and if you hold with two hands and don't hold the cup on the countertop in place, the force of the flow can knock over the cup =spills)

Anyway, I often left the big dent in the middle of the bottle when I closed the cap and put it away. My friends called them "[my name]-handles".



I also spend inordinate amounts of time thinking about how, if I were to find myself transported back in time, I would explain modern scientific understandings and technology to people in the past.

[norinew]

A lot of things here I recognize in myself, including the one food at a time thing; even in salads, which hubby says is very weird of me. So what?

So, here's my list:
I tap out rhythms to (nursery rhymes, radio jingles, whatever) on my teeth like this: three beats on right molars, three closing my teeth completely, three on my left molar. Then I see how many times I have to go through it before I end up exactly back where I started again (IOW, end up on three beats on my right molar, instead of somewhere else along the progression).

I don't do it anymore, but I went through a period of time where I would take off my watch, while I slept, and put it under my pillow. I've no idea why.

I use the word "well" as a declarative sentence. For instance, hubby will say something like "I have to be in Baltimore pretty early Monday morning, so I think I'll just go down Sunday night" and I'll say "well." Just that. Nothing else. Obviously, I mean "well, if that's what you think is best, it's okay with me", but I just say "well".

I make "lists" of one thing. I'll be talking about a subject and say "well, one thing is. . ." or "in the first place. . ." when there's no "two thing" or "in the second place". See, I don't even get to the second thing in the list, so I cannot use "Hi, Opal" as my third thing.

[lightingtool]

I found this to be very funny:Let's see...I also write out small numbers instead of using the numerical symbol, technically, the rule is that if it is one hundred or less, you write it out. I learned this in 3rd grade, but apparantly no one else has.
Underline added by me

I doubt I'm the only one who does this, but I keep my wallet in the right "cargo" pocket on my shorts or pants, instead of in a back pocket. If I'm wearing pants without extra pockets, I'll leave my wallet at home, and just bring along id, one credit card, and cash.

[Astacey]

When I make cheese burgers at home, the cheese can only touch the bread and the burger. All of the lettuce, mustard, ketchup, onions, or whatever have to be on the opposite side. This is also the rule for other cheeseburgers that are cooked by me and/ or eaten in my home. "House Rules"

They think its crazy but usually go along with it. If I happen to get a cheese burger 'out' well, then it doesn't matter at all.

[Miller]

I also spend inordinate amounts of time thinking about how, if I were to find myself transported back in time, I would explain modern scientific understandings and technology to people in the past.

I do that, too. Except that it's almost exclusively Elizabethan England.

[iwakura43]

I doubt I'm the only one who does this, but I keep my wallet in the right "cargo" pocket on my shorts or pants, instead of in a back pocket. If I'm wearing pants without extra pockets, I'll leave my wallet at home, and just bring along id, one credit card, and cash.

I don't understand how people can stand to sit on their wallets, deforming the wallet as well as the buttocks. I keep mine (my wallet) stashed in my left pocket--right pocket is reserved for car keys--after all, the ignition's on the right! To this end, I bought a 'front pocket wallet' (small wallet with a money clip) recently, which I've found to be very comfortable--much less bulky than my old one.

[CanvasShoes]

Okay, I know I'm probably the only woman on the planet who does this, and I know that it's really weird, and I don't know why I feel this way but..............

I am always a bit weirded out by men who are seriously into cooking. I KNOW, I KNOW.

I can guess as to why, part of it may be that of the men I've dated, the ones who are into cooking seem so AR and perfectionist about it. But why that bugs me, I don't know.

Now, there are probably a ton of doper guys out there who are good cooks and enjoy it and don't at all match what my experiences have been, but I still can't stop the red flag from flying when I hear a guy start off "I love to cook, I've got the complete set of Habitat cookware and I make this awesome lamb with chiffon, you have to use chickadee spice in JUST the right amount.........."

I hear stuff like that, and my inner girl says "RUUUUUNNN". So far, I haven't been off the mark, but I'm not sure why I get the "strange" cooks :D

[CanvasShoes]

I only eat one food at a time. For example, if presented a dinner of chicken, green beans, and potatoes, I will not eat a bite of each. I'll eat all the green beans, then eat each food going clockwise around the plate. If anything is served in a separate dish, it's eaten first.

My brother, the freak, does the same thing but counterclockwise.You're one of my kids aren't you? :D

I have a daughter who is 24, and a son who is just about 14, and they both did this the whole time they were growing up. None of the rest of the family did, so we couldn't figure it out.

[Sundog]

I also spend inordinate amounts of time thinking about how, if I were to find myself transported back in time, I would explain modern scientific understandings and technology to people in the past.

Ah, I do that, too! Also, whenever I watch a movie set in the past, I end up thinking stuff like "Well, if Spartacus had an M60, this wouldn't be a problem." This ends up leading to me spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about how if I went back into the past, exactly how I'd go about carving out a kingdom for myself with a boomstick and a few loyal henchman.

[Little Bird]

I have to start with the thing I like least and work my way round to the thing I like best.

The very last mouthfull has to be the best mouthfull. I have been know to leave one mouthfull of something I expected to be third best and turns out to be the best.
I do this as well, but I do it with the individual food, too. If that little piece of maccaroni and cheese is all crusty and toasty and ready to go, it's gonna be the last piece of maccaroni and cheese I eat. Except, of course, with steak. I don't eat much since I am so wee, so with steak I just cut off the nasty brown outside and enjoy the lovely red inside. Kinda like a Reese's Cup.
When I go to work, I have to open the various softwares I will be using in a certain order. First is e-mail (I get tons each day, so keeping it open helps me stay on top of urgent issues) then our traffic software. I have several modules in our traffic software that have to be opened in a certain order. If for some reason, the computer wigs out and something shuts down, I have been known to close everything down and reopen them in the proper order...
Ditto. Otherwise how do you know where everything you need is when you look at the toolbar?

Also, both my boyfriend and I eat the same number of stuff on the same side. One bite on the left, chew, chew, chew, one bite on the right, chew, chew, chew. I had a lot of other "must be equal on both sides" things, but the Paxil cleared that up after a while.

[Ludovic]

When I make cheese burgers at home, the cheese can only touch the bread and the burger. All of the lettuce, mustard, ketchup, onions, or whatever have to be on the opposite side. This is also the rule for other cheeseburgers that are cooked by me and/ or eaten in my home. "House Rules"

They think its crazy but usually go along with it. If I happen to get a cheese burger 'out' well, then it doesn't matter at all.I do a limited version of that. Well, I don't make burgers myself but whenever I am preparing them myself, once in awhile I put ketchup on it. Now, I am not always in the mood for ketchup, but to see ketchup in contact with the cheese slice just makes me feel all slimy on the top of my mouth. Ketchup on other side of cheese.

[clairobscur]

There are some things that I only do because they are things where it seems like I am the only one who is capable of doing it. For example, whenever I hear a tone, such as car horn, I can identify its pitch and name the note, .


Just to mention that though it's a rare gift, you aren't the only one. I don't know the english name for this, but in french it's called the "perfect ear".


Unfortunately, I'm in the reverse situation. I generally can't tell apart two notes, except if the pitch is really different. And if they are played on different instruments, all bet are off!!! As a result, I can't play an instrument nor sing in tune. It has a name too.

Of course when I say I can't sing in tune, nobody believes me and everybody insist on not being shy and sing anyway... :rolleyes: ...until they actually hear me, at least...

[nevermore]

play hentai games (not the only person, but seemingly the only decent-looking educated 20something white girl)
sing along to EVERY song I know, including rap
consistently lose my shoes, even at other people's houses, 'cause I take them off without realizing it
go to Hooters for the wings (as opposed to the breasts...)
run my tongue back & forth along my bottom front teeth, over my lip, when playing a racing or fighting video game
and separate all my food as if it were on one of those compartmentalized plates (I cannot STAND my food touching.)

I can tell if a song I am familiar with is playing the slightest bit too slow or too fast. Nobody else I know can do this, so I have no way to convince or prove to anyone that I have this ability.
*waves arms wildly* I can I can!!!! I always notice when DJs in clubs/bars slow down a fast song so they can mix it in. it especially bugs me with Hey Ya. *shudder*

I tow my dog around the neighborhood in an all terrain Radio Flyer wagon.
you're kidding me. have you heard anyone laughing hysterically as you passed by within the last month or so? 'cause that was me. :D

I waste a lot of my time doodling... which I understand everybody else does, but I never keep my work ... Does anyone else share in this clearly nihilistic behaviour?
*raises hand*
I never show 'em to anybody either.
if it's not perfect (and it never is), it's junk.
the result of this is my having exactly one of the hundreds of drawings I've done over the last 10 years, and it's somehow got ink all over it. #_#

FWIW, if I were a guy, I'd wipe too, wet or not. Gotta keep things tidy down there. It's just the nice thing to do.
I'll second that... or I sure as hell wouldn't expect anyone to put it in their mouth if I didn't. maybe it's just me with a weird thing about that, but if a guy has to run to the bathroom right before sex, I'll either avoid doing it or find some way to discreetly wipe it myself (with something other than my tongue). and maybe your husband's thinking the dick itself gets wet... I'd guess guys who wipe are doing so just to soak up that last little drop that would otherwise just chill in the hole... 'cause I, with my weird-thing-having-ness, can definitely attest to the truth that "no matter how you shake and dance, the last few drops fall in your pants."

in french it's called the "perfect ear".
here I believe it's called "perfect pitch." I've got a limited version, as I can't read or play music so I could never name the note... but if I hear a song, I can either sing the notes back immaculately or find them on a piano and reproduce the basic tune.

[Eliphalet]

I'm sure no one does what I do after pissing. :o
I take toilet paper and wipe my penis.I just can't stand this feeling of wettnes in my underwear.

Glad you didn't make a bet on this one.

You'd lose. ;)

I have different books stashed in different places to read. Right now, I've got a novel by the "reading chair', a history book by the bed, a children's novel on the couch, and a computer manual on the table. And I'm reading them all, and can tell you what page I'm on in each.

[norinew]

Originally posted by Eliphalet
I have different books stashed in different places to read.
Oh, I do this, too. Right now, I have an Uncle John's Bathroom Reader in the downstairs bathroom, a Stephen King novel and a Dilbert book in the upstairs bathroom, and a book of short horror stories from the '80s by my bed; oh, and tonight, hubby's bringing me a new Greg Iles book (well, not new, but one I haven't read yet) and that'll go by my bed, too. Can't tell you what pages I'm on, though, because I have no memory for numbers!

My 13-year-old daughter reads several books at a time, too; also, my hubby. Now, if we could just get the 17-year-old to read something!

[Knowed Out]

There are some things that I only do because they are things where it seems like I am the only one who is capable of doing it. For example, whenever I hear a tone, such as car horn, I can identify its pitch and name the note, and I can tell if a song I am familiar with is playing the slightest bit too slow or too fast. Nobody else I know can do this, so I have no way to convince or prove to anyone that I have this ability.


/Raises Hand

It's Perfect Pitch. Both a blessing and a curse. It's the reason I can't stand it when somebody sings or whistles along with a song on the radio. I can hear the discrepancies in pitch, and it annoys me.

Hey, that car horn's a G natural. I just tinged the Pepsi can, and it's a B.

[Dante]

run my tongue back & forth along my bottom front teeth, over my lip, when playing a racing or fighting video game
Yep, I do that all the time. I don't notice it until my lower lip starts to hurt, and then I realize what I've been doing.

[Eliphalet]

Other goofy things I do...

I've developed over the past 2 years an almost obsessive need for the kitchen and bathroom counters to be spotless. No decorations, all of the washcloths/razors/toys/whatever put away. I don't mind (as much) the rest of the house being cluttered, but the counters MUST be cleared.

And my obsession is getting worse. It's starting to move to the mantelpiece over the fireplace, and the interior of my car.


Count me in with the "eat one thing at a time" group. My family does this, except for the wackos who married into the family. I was so proud of my 4 year old nephew for picking up this habit.


My wife has to be able to hear and understand the words of a song. ENYA is banned in the house because my wife cannot follow the changes from English to French to Gaelic within her songs.

[Sister Vigilante]

Well, no one has mentioned this yet.

I peel the skin from the pads of my thumbs and index fingers (where the fingerprint is). Like you did as a kid, putting Elmer's glue on your hands and then peeling it off after it's dry, only without the glue. The skin on those fingers is thicker now, and I can peel the skin from the palm-side of my thumb from just under the nail all the way down to where it joins my hand, and just past the first knuckle of my index fingers. I also pick and peel at the writing callous on my middle finger.

I can safely say that fingerprints go very deep, and that you can peel along the lines and sworls, it's the best way to get a good size peel, though it can sometimes get a little too deep and bleed.

When I have my nails professionally done, with acrylic, I don't do it at all or even think about it.

[Nutty Bunny]

I also spend inordinate amounts of time thinking about how, if I were to find myself transported back in time, I would explain modern scientific understandings and technology to people in the past.

Wow! I do something similar. I sometimes imagine having to show someone from the past all of the new developments since their time (TV, music, sliced bread, indoor plumbing, etc.).

Anyone else? No? Okay, then. :o

[Misnomer]

For example, whenever I hear a tone, such as car horn, I can identify its pitch and name the note, and I can tell if a song I am familiar with is playing the slightest bit too slow or too fast.
I don't have perfect pitch (which kills me, because I'm a musician), but I'm with ya (and the others) on the too slow/too fast part. I can also tell immediately when a band starts a song in the 'wrong' key, and I recognize different versions of songs faster than any of my friends or family (even covers that are in the same key as, and sound very similar to, the original). I can always tell when a singer is off-key. I'm really quite good with pitches: I think I'm close to having perfect pitch, but this is an area where close doesn't count. :)

I also recognize voices much easier than anyone else I know: if an actor/actress I'm familiar with shows up unexpectedly somewhere, 99% of the time I recognize their voice before their face. There have been times when the person I'm watching TV or a movie with will think they recognize someone on the screen, and they'll say, "Hey, isn't that so-and-so?" but I know it isn't because the voice is wrong. I recognize celebrity voice-overs, I can tell impersonations from the 'real' person, I recognize new songs by vocalists I'm familiar with, etc. I would have made a killing on Name That Tune. ;)

Things I do that others have mentioned include:

re-naming my digital pictures (and often re-sizing them for e-mail)
dipping my fries in chocolate shakes (except for me it only works with Frosties from Wendy's)
using keyboard shortcuts
having certain computer applications open in a certain order (for example, e-mail always has to be the first item on my toolbar)
eating my food in groups (though in no particular order)
saving my movie ticket stubs (but I also save any kind of stub -- sports event, stage play, concert, etc. -- and I keep them all in a photo album)

My mother swears that I'm the only person she knows who puts mayo -- and just mayo -- on bologna sandwiches, but I'm pretty sure I got it from my father. She says no, though. I'll have to ask him about it some day.

At the moment, I can only think of one thing I do that probably no one else does: I collect hotel 'do not disturb' signs. Only from hotels that I've stayed in, and only if the sign has the hotel's name or logo on it. I keep them in a photo album, too, but not the same one that has the ticket stubs in it. {grin}

[Spectre of Pithecanthropus]

I found this to be very funny:
Underline added by me

I doubt I'm the only one who does this, but I keep my wallet in the right "cargo" pocket on my shorts or pants, instead of in a back pocket. If I'm wearing pants without extra pockets, I'll leave my wallet at home, and just bring along id, one credit card, and cash.

When wearing other pants than jeans, I never put my wallet in my back pocket. Sure, it's not that comfortable having the wallet bounce around on my hip, but I had too many pairs of pants ruined by the little hole that develops at the edge of the back pocket when it is used. There's a real sharp look, guys.

When watching a movie, esp. a period movie, I like to furnish the characters without all sorts of unnamed experiences that might have some bearing on what I'm seeing. For instance, The Shootist (http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll) takes place in 1901, in small-town Nevada; Ron Howard's character wears a very urban checkered cloth cap instead of the usual big Western hat that everybody seems to wear in those movies. I guess you could call it a Gatsby type cap. So I figure, he must have recently gone back to visit friends or relatives in NYC, and got the hat as a souvenir, and now here he is back in Carson City with his New York hat.

[Dr. Love]

When wearing other pants than jeans, I never put my wallet in my back pocket. Sure, it's not that comfortable having the wallet bounce around on my hip, but I had too many pairs of pants ruined by the little hole that develops at the edge of the back pocket when it is used. There's a real sharp look, guys.
I don't think I've ever put my wallet in my back pocket. I justify this by saying that it's protection from pick-pocketers.

My keychain consists of 41 rings, and I carry a pencil, pen, and eraser with me wherever I go.

[Captain Carrot]

I memorize pi to hundreds of places. For fun. Heck, I memorize stuff in general for fun. I automatically determine the origin of words that people say, and it's hard not to announce that the word 'announce' comes from the Latin word for messenger.

I play music on my throat. No, not singing, although I do that too. I close the back of my mouth and flick the front of my neck, shaping my mouth and lips to produce the desired tone.

I only put my wallet in my back pocket when it doesn't have much change in it, which is pretty often.

I harmonize to church music. All the time.

I tap out songs like norinew, except different places and different patterns (which I'm sure she does as well).

I crack my neck violently. In fact, I crack practically every joint in my body.

I translate random stuff in books and speech into Latin, to see if I can/because I can. (See my sig?)

[norinew]

Originally posted by dwalin
I tap out songs like norinew, except different places and different patterns (which I'm sure she does as well).
It's true.

I automatically determine the origin of words that people say, and it's hard not to announce that the word 'announce' comes from the Latin word for messenger.
I, too, am entranced by word origins, and love to show it off. It's one of the neat things about home schooling (and about just being a parent, in general). It gives me the right to hold forth on all manner of topics that I'm sure very few people care about. :D

[Mangetout]

I walk on the ball of my foot - seems to run in my family, since my kids do it too and so do my nieces. I try to walk as quietly as possible at all times - if I have to run up stairs, I'm very careful to make sure that I do so lightly.