# List Your Quirks Here **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572 "2018-07-25T18:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/41 "2018-07-26T22:39:12Z")
I’m a dude, but I usually pee sitting down. If I’m in a public restroom with a urinal, I’ll use it. If I only have a toilet, I’ll sit down. No matter how good my aim is, there’s always that time when things just don’t go according to plan. I’d rather just sit down than clean piss off the toilet. Also, I eat cupcakes with a fork. I hate getting icing in my facial hair. And I always eat all the ice out of the cup/glass when I’ve finished a drink. My crunching the ice cubes used to drive my dad crazy. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/42 "2018-07-26T23:16:33Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I don’t like lights left on in an empty room and am constantly turning them off after my wife. LOL, that’s not a quirk for me, that’s the constant memory of my Dad walking around saying, "Oh, come on, turn the lights off when you leave the room - you’re not pay for the electricity, I am!!! We had three boys, I’d come come from work and exclaim, “GEEZ, THIS PLACE IS LITE UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE”, suddenly stop and think, “Dad…is that you?” ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/43 "2018-07-26T23:42:04Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > If you have a stainless steel sink, there may be a point to it after all. At least a couple of times, I’ve triggered a loud bang from rapid expansion of the metal sink when pouring hot pasta water into it. Seems like there could be enough of a shift to potentially result in a leak at the drain. > > Maybe not high potential, I’ll grant you, but I run cold water like some other posters, as a precaution. I do the opposite, pour it down the sink right away on the theory that the boiling water kills germs and loosens grease deposits. never occurred to me that it might harm something. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/44 "2018-07-27T00:17:50Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > When I drain pasta in the sink, I always run cold water next to the colander to protect the pipes from boiling water. It probably makes little difference, but my wife thinks this is stupid. > [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > Hey! I do that too. And every time I do it, I think, “This is pointless. Why am I doing it?” > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > If you have a stainless steel sink, there may be a point to it after all. At least a couple of times, I’ve triggered a loud bang from rapid expansion of the metal sink when pouring hot pasta water into it. Seems like there could be enough of a shift to potentially result in a leak at the drain. Whenever _ **I** _ drain pasta, I make sure I have _hot_ water running, so the sink is heated up already. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I take walks. Just leave the house and walk around, no destination in mind, don’t go into any buildings, and walk home when I feel like it. I sometimes get off the bus three or four stops away and walk or walk back. I’m the only person I know who takes walks. I do that. Especially after I moved, just to get to know the nearby streets. I call the cat “dude” and “cat-bro”. I have a whole cow hide draped over my couch. I use different voices to talk to different pets. Individual pets, that is, not a “cat voice” vs a “dog voice”. I’m an atheist but I wish gods could be real. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/45 "2018-07-27T00:27:43Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > Also, all watches must be in sync > > . My grandfather always said, “a man with one watch always knows what time it is, a man with two is never sure.” ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/46 "2018-07-27T02:06:59Z")
If I am not socially at ease with a person, I will not eat with the person. I won’t be in the same room if that person is eating. I once had a job in which my boss was constantly talking about what everyone brought for lunch and wanting to see my food and so forth. She would buy food and expect me to eat it. I had repeated conversations with her about the issue. Then with HR. Then I just quit, because it was easier. At my current job, literally nobody cares what - or if - I eat. I am not expected to eat with anyone else. I am not expected to attend meetings wherein other people eat. Weeks, sometimes months now pass without my even being aware of my mental disorder. I am not antisocial. I just hate people. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/47 "2018-07-27T03:33:32Z")
I don’t like open cabinet or closet doors. I have finally gotten used to the laundry room door being open. My cats call it their room cause they like laying on the dryer top. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/48 "2018-07-27T03:57:18Z")
I can quote stuff that would win jeopardy but remember anything important like my phone number or address ? not a chance ……… oh and I can read up to 2800 words a minute with an 80- 93 percent comprehension (school teachers hated this ….) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/49 "2018-07-27T09:44:17Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > …I can read up to 2800 words a minute with an 80- 93 percent comprehension (school teachers hated this ….) For real? That means you can read the following in about one second: > [@](#): > > Ride the Lightning is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on July 27, 1984, by the independent record label Megaforce Records. The album was recorded in three weeks with producer Flemming Rasmussen at the Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. …and it takes you about half a second to read this: > [@](#): > > Over a pulsing crescendo of acoustic guitars, piano and strings, Bon Jovi delivers his most soulful vocal in years as he offers '80s-soaked lines". Impressive. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/50 "2018-07-27T13:12:24Z")
I love bread heels and especially vanilla frosting. Whenever we have heroes at work, I eat the heels. And I will eat leftover vanilla frosting from other people’s plates with a spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/51 "2018-07-27T13:47:30Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > I talk to myself sometimes. Talk? I have conversations with myself. I’m preparing for when I have to talk to . . . something? I’m weird now though; I don’t currently know everything about myself. I guess that’s a good quirk! ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/52 "2018-07-27T13:55:43Z")
I never take any of the free samples at places like Costco. ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/53 "2018-07-27T14:14:46Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I always make sure the AC is turned off before I start my car. My thinking is that it’s easier on the alternator since the car is drawing less current. > > No idea if that’s true or not. I always shut the AC off before I turn off the engine. I don’t know if it makes any kind of difference either. It seems like letting the compressor disengage and wind down before shutting the engine off would be a good thing in terms of minimizing wear and tear. I really just don’t want to be blasted with hot air right when I turn the car on. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/54 "2018-07-27T14:55:29Z")
Thought of another one… When I fry an egg, I HAVE to remove that yucky, springy, white thing from the yolk. I call it the umbilical cord. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/55 "2018-07-27T18:49:33Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I say a little Buddhist prayer whenever I hear the Medivac helicopter, which is pretty often. Same for sirens. Ambulances, fire trucks, cops. > > I figure _someone’s_ having a really bad day. I was camping out in the country for a month whilst I worked on a dig. One night I heard sirens. it made me nostalgic for home in the city and I realised I found it a reassuring sound. Someone was in trouble but they were getting _help_. In fact this whole system exists to help people 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/56 "2018-07-27T18:52:45Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Whenever _ **I** _ drain pasta, I make sure I have _hot_ water running, so the sink is heated up already. > I do that. Especially after I moved, just to get to know the nearby streets. > > I call the cat “dude” and “cat-bro”. > > I have a whole cow hide draped over my couch. > > I use different voices to talk to different pets. Individual pets, that is, not a “cat voice” vs a “dog voice”. > > I’m an atheist but I wish gods could be real. When my cats are ignoring me I find I can get their attention by speaking in a Scottish accent (very emphatic sounding) or in French. One of them would never come when called but if I said “Wheers ma Alex?” he’d appear. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/57 "2018-07-27T19:23:29Z")
I have not missed a day of _The Phantom_ comic strip since I was 20. I have an innate ability to totally fall in love with movies that flop tremendously, shows that last five episodes or less, and comics that get cancelled before even the first storyline is completed. I will eat anything…if you make it look like lasagna. I wanted to be Alfred Pennysworth when I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/58 "2018-07-28T14:03:57Z")
I’ve written in a journal every day since my eighth birthday. Every day I also think of at least three good things that happened. Not three jumping-up-and-down Happy Dance things, but anything that made me feel a little better about the day. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/59 "2018-07-28T20:21:54Z")
A couple restaurant ones: 1. When I go to a restaurant to eat dinner, I usually order a beer. But I hate waiting for it, so I now find myself going to the bar and ordering one instead of having the server get it. 2. I hate a cluttered table when eating. Because when the food comes, there’s no place to put it; the table is full of condiments, unused plates, unused glasses, etc. So when we’re waiting for the food, I will make an effort to get most of that crap off the table. I have even gone as far as pulling up an unused chair and setting all that stuff on the chair. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572/60 "2018-07-28T22:34:15Z")
I don’t like the first ice that comes out of the dispenser, maybe it’s contaminated. I also note I have several posts in this thread, I have a quirk where I like to talk about my weirdness, just noticed it. Go figure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-quirks-here/818572.md?page=4)