# More Personal Peculiarities **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534 "2014-08-14T18:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/1 "2014-08-14T18:23:52Z")
Not necessarily “more personal” as in “TMI”, although that’'s OK too, but “more” in the sense that I’m sure this has been done before. I eat lunch at a local sandwich shop frequently, and I always get potato chips with my sandwich (BBQ Baked Lays, for the enquiring minds). So far, not so peculiar. Once I open the chips and dump them next to the sandwich, the peculiarity starts. I will sort the chips before eating them - one pile for whole chips, another for broken chips and crumbs. I eat the broken pile first, saving the whole chips for last. I don’t know why. If I at chips directly from the bag there is no size sorting, if I dump the chips out first the urge to sort kicks in. I once knew a programmer who always wore a shirt with a pocket. When he bought his daily pack of M&M’s from the snack machine he would open it and put one in his shirt pocket. When asked, he said it was so he wouldn’t get so involved with his work that he ate the last one without knowing it. Whhat are your pecadillos? ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/2 "2014-08-14T18:42:02Z")
Every time I leave the house I say to my pets “I’ll be home later, I love all of you”. Been doing it ever since my first apartment when I was 20. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/3 "2014-08-14T18:47:41Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Every time I leave the house I say to my pets “I’ll be home later, I love all of you”. Been doing it ever since my first apartment when I was 20. I tell mine, “You’re in charge. If the phone rings, take a message.” ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/4 "2014-08-14T18:55:59Z")
My food oddity is that I tend to take sandwiches apart. Like a burger, I’ll take off the top bun and eat that with most of the veggies and whatever condiment, then I’ll eat the bottom half. Pizza I often pick off the toppings and cheese, then sprinkle parm over the crust and eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/5 "2014-08-14T20:05:13Z")
I tell my rabbits, “be good!” when I leave the house, and “Bunnies! The humans are/human is home!” upon returning. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/6 "2014-08-14T20:46:27Z")
I can not drink liquid to the end of the cup. It must be refilled half way or left half way if I am no longer thirsty. My mother does this too. I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/7 "2014-08-14T21:48:28Z")
I eat all of one thing on my plate before moving on to the next thing. So, for example at Thanksgiving I will eat all my stuffing before eating all my green beans before all my turkey, etc. Some have misinterpreted this as me not wanting my food to touch, but that’s not it. My food can touch, it’s just that if I’m eating carrots, I want to\* fully be\* in the carrot experience, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/8 "2014-08-14T22:09:36Z")
If I’m eating a sandwich in a restaurant, I tend to leave a bite or two uneaten. It’s like my appetite runs out right before I finish or something. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/9 "2014-08-14T22:15:27Z")
I have to eat my yogurt in a round, wide-mouth container. I’ve saved some, and when I buy yogurt that comes in a squarish container with a narrower mouth, I transfer it into one of the old containers before eating it. I save and reuse straws. I generally use a straw 20-30 times before I toss it. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/10 "2014-08-15T00:54:45Z")
I always say “Honey, I’m home!” when I come home from work. I live alone. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/11 "2014-08-15T01:28:59Z")
I’ve never really noticed it about myself, but according to my husband, I will always make him eat the last bite of anything we are sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/12 "2014-08-15T01:34:14Z")
I always sleep naked except for socks. I only buy canned goods in twos. After almost 17 years together, my wife and I maintain very separate bathroom lives, except for showers. I am a narcoleptic in a moving vehicle if I am not driving. ---
**Author:** ![Timetrvlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Timetrvlr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timetrvlr)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/13 "2014-08-15T01:43:26Z")
I recognize some of the behavior as OCD (obsessive/compulsive disorder). I know because I am subject to a bit of OCD myself. So far, it’s relatively harmless.😛 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/14 "2014-08-15T02:06:54Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > If I’m eating a sandwich in a restaurant, I tend to leave a bite or two uneaten. It’s like my appetite runs out right before I finish or something. I almost always leave a bite or two of food on my plate, at home or in a restaurant. However, I think maybe it’s because as a small child we were very poor and occasionally I didn’t get enough to eat, so now I leave a little to “prove” that I have plenty. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/15 "2014-08-15T02:29:33Z")
I live alone with my 7-yr old Maltese/Yorkie mix breed dog named Bailey. Every single night, as I’m getting ready for bed and just after I’ve finished brushing my teeth (it’s _always_ immediately after brushing), in a big, loud falsetto I yell/sing out “It’s bedtime Bailey!!”. We’ve been doing this routine for so long now that as soon as he hears me brushing my teeth, he goes and sits right around the corner of the bathroom door. That way, when I yell out for him, he comes casually slinking in like he was on his way in anyway. It’s awfully fucking cute. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/16 "2014-08-15T16:40:11Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Every time I leave the house I say to my pets “I’ll be home later, I love all of you”. Been doing it ever since my first apartment when I was 20. > [@cochrane](#): > > I tell mine, “You’re in charge. If the phone rings, take a message.” > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I tell my rabbits, “be good!” when I leave the house, and “Bunnies! The humans are/human is home!” upon returning. I sometimes tell the cat\* “Hide from Burglars!” as I leave. - Been doing it my entire adult life, so multiple cats over time. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/17 "2014-08-15T16:54:50Z")
I have “home” clothes and “Not home” clothes. I have specific shorts and t-shirts that I wear at home and shorts and t-shirts that I wear not at home. A common scenario is I’ll get up on a weekend and change from my pajamas into “home” shorts and t-shirt and then about 10 AM I’ll change into “not home” shorts and t-shirt and then go to the store and then when I get back home I change back into “home” shorts and t-shirt. “Home” clothes just make me feel more homey and comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/18 "2014-08-15T17:27:56Z")
> [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](#): > > I eat all of one thing on my plate before moving on to the next thing. So, for example at Thanksgiving I will eat all my stuffing before eating all my green beans before all my turkey, etc. > > Some have misinterpreted this as me not wanting my food to touch, but that’s not it. My food can touch, it’s just that if I’m eating carrots, I want to\* fully be\* in the carrot experience, ya know? I am exactly the opposite. There has to be a little of each item on the plate within each mouthful (though I will make an exception for very similar items such as peas and beans, or light and dark turkey meat). I want maximum gustatory variety within each mouthful. ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/19 "2014-08-15T18:22:33Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I almost always leave a bite or two of food on my plate, at home or in a restaurant. However, I think maybe it’s because as a small child we were very poor and occasionally I didn’t get enough to eat, so now I leave a little to “prove” that I have plenty. Or something. My husband is the precise opposite. He grew up with significant financial problems in the household, and as he tells it, there often was not enough for him to eat. He literally cannot bear for anyone in the family to leave food on their plate and will eat the leftovers of each person at the table until every plate is clean. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/20 "2014-08-15T18:27:45Z")
> [@Inna\_Minnit](#): > > I always say “Honey, I’m home!” when I come home from work. I live alone. Do you ever fear that one night, a voice will call out from the darkness in response? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534.md?page=2)