# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/41 "2014-08-17T18:19:20Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Whenever I trigger an automatic door, I do a little semicircular wave with my hand and pretend I’m opening it with the Force. Me too…some with motion controlled lights…“magic” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/42 "2014-08-17T19:29:19Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Whenever I trigger an automatic door, I do a little semicircular wave with my hand and pretend I’m opening it with the Force. I always say “thank you, door!” in my best Rod & Todd voice. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/43 "2014-08-17T19:44:43Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I always say “thank you, door!” in my best Rod & Todd voice. I’ll tell it ‘as you were’ or ‘at ease’. The dogs are requested to ‘hold the fort’ ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/44 "2014-08-17T20:19:06Z")
I tell my dog “you’re the man of the house now, Captain!” when I leave in the morning. No idea how my husband feels about that. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/45 "2014-08-17T20:23:45Z")
My non-dress shoes have been the same style made by the same company for at least the last ten years. As long as they make them, they are what I will keep buying. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/46 "2014-08-17T22:08:52Z")
With a fortune cookie, I first break it in two and eat the half that does not hold the fortune, holding the fortune half in my hand. Only after completely eating the first half will I pull the fortune out of the other half. I fully read it and the numbers on the back and reflect for a moment. Then I eat the other half of the cookie. I think it’s a learned behavior, but I’m not sure since I’ve been doing it as long as I can remember. I always think that if I don’t do it that way, the fortune will be lost. Any type of white savory food, like cottage cheese or mashed potatoes, I have to sprinkle black pepper on before I can eat. It’s weird because I’m not the type to otherwise salt or pepper something before tasting it first. It has to do with the beauty of the contrast of the black specks on a white base. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/47 "2014-08-17T22:13:45Z")
> [@simple\_homer](#): > > I always eat what I like least on the plate first, and save my favorite for last. This is reasonable behavior – I do it too. When I was a kid eating with my Grandad, he would always gobble up his vegetables first. Grandma said it was because he didn’t like them so he wanted to get them out of the quickly. I decided that I was anti-vegetable too and did the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![la\_fille\_intellectuelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@la\_fille\_intellectuelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/la_fille_intellectuelle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/48 "2014-08-17T22:24:16Z")
People on the street just can’t help coming up to me & asking “can I talk to you”?Mind you there are plenty of other people (i.e women) around they could get their answer from. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/49 "2014-08-17T22:33:13Z")
> [@simple\_homer](#): > > I always eat what I like least on the plate first, and save my favorite for last. I’m the opposite. I always eat my favorite thing first (and, like an earlier poster, I finish one thing entirely before I move to the next). This behavior was justified when I met my husband, who repeated his grandfather’s wisdom: “If you eat the best first, then you’re always eating the best thing there is.” ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/50 "2014-08-18T16:55:57Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > 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. We are kindred spirits you and I. I do the exact same thing, even down to the same brand of chips. Aside from that, when I empty the dishwasher, I put the clean plates and glasses at the bottom or back of their cabinet spaces so all my dishes and glasses get used through rotation. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/51 "2014-08-18T16:59:23Z")
I always save the best for last. If I’m eating a sandwich, I eat around the edge first, then the middle. If I’m eating a slice of pizza, I eat the edge first. Don’t ask how I eat cake. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/52 "2014-08-18T17:06:17Z")
This one is probably common enough that its not even peculiar, but when eating M&Ms, I eat all of one color before proceeding to the next. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/53 "2014-08-18T17:09:47Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > If I’m eating a slice of pizza, I eat the edge first. By edge you mean the outer ring of crust, right? I remember that “how do you eat pizza?” was the subject of a commercial campaign way back when. Doesn’t the piece get really floppy after you’ve eaten the handle 😕 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/54 "2014-08-18T17:16:42Z")
> [@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? According to one of the Star Trek books, this can only mean that you are a Romulan. > [@Alessan](#): > > Whenever I trigger an automatic door, I do a little semicircular wave with my hand and pretend I’m opening it with the Force. Me, too. ---
**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 18, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/55 "2014-08-18T17:43:44Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > We are kindred spirits you and I. I do the exact same thing, even down to the same brand of chips. Always glad to hear from you, my brother/sister/other-please-list. > [@panache45](#): > > Don’t ask how I eat cake. I won’t ask, I’ll tell. Cake must be eaten inside out and from the bottom up, saving a small sliver of cake and all of the icing for last. 'Tis the only way. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/56 "2014-08-18T17:46:06Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Always glad to hear from you, my brother/sister/other-please-list. > > I won’t ask, I’ll tell. Cake must be eaten inside out and from the bottom up, saving a small sliver of cake and all of the icing for last. 'Tis the only way. That’s so you can toss out the frosting, right? ---
**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 19, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/57 "2014-08-19T13:09:11Z")
If by “toss out” you mean “savor every sweet bite with just enough cake that it doesn’t appear that you are eating straight frosting”, then yes. ---
**Author:** ![Clarisse\_McClellan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Clarisse\_McClellan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarisse_McClellan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/58 "2014-08-19T18:16:21Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I eat the broken pile first, saving the whole chips for last. I don’t know why. I do this with peanuts. I sort the halves and pieces and eat them first and save the whole peanuts for last. I also eat the burnt/browned chips out of the bag first, save the old maid popcorn kernals for last because they are the best, and eat the chocolate off my reese’s cups first and eat the peanut butter separately. When I’m driving and I see a turtle crossing the road, I yell ‘run, turtle, run!’. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/59 "2014-08-19T18:52:09Z")
Once a dirty dish goes in the sink, it is “dirty” and I will not use it again. Dirty dishes left on the countertop next to the sink are fair game for reuse, but I will not reuse a dish after it has been in the sink. ---
**Author:** ![Tremblay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Tremblay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremblay)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-personal-peculiarities/695534/60 "2014-08-19T19:01:09Z")
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