# My Hobby **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998 "2012-10-17T13:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/1 "2012-10-17T13:10:28Z")
_Clicking the “X” next to “like Mitt Romney” suggestions on Facebook and clicking “misleading” when it asks me why._ Your turn! It’s a riff on [this line of xkcd comics](http://xkcd.com/174/), in case anyone is wondering. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/2 "2012-10-17T13:59:24Z")
When approached by a stranger who thinks we’ve met (happens way too often) I always do the same thing. I give them a dead eye stare, and ask, “You ever done time?” Some people get _really_ freaked out. Some people go on to become friends of mine. ETA: Let the record show, I’ve never done time, unless you count my first (and last) marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/3 "2012-10-17T22:56:00Z")
After someone I’m talking to gets a phone call, and stops to talk for a few minutes, I ask them if it was a wrong number. \*and I think about “my hobby” comments alot. I wish XKCD did them more often. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/4 "2012-10-17T23:22:12Z")
When I’m in a public place, if somebody walks in, looks around, and starts waving at somebody behind me, I smile and wave back. They usually get a nicely confused look on their faces. If they don’t, I stand up and start to walk over to them, at which point they usually panic. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/5 "2012-10-17T23:40:04Z")
I go into Games Workshops stores and ask them if they have the new MageKnight expansion. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/6 "2012-10-17T23:54:59Z")
When driving with my sister, or sometimes others, I like to wave and smile freakishly at random pedestrians who have made eye-contact with me, as if I know them and haven’t seen them in a long time. A vast majority smile and wave back. It brings me a bit of happiness. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/7 "2012-10-18T01:59:24Z")
I still enjoy muttering to myself in a crowded elevator and thumping my head moaning “Stop It! Get Out Of My Head!” Really clears the elevator out quite nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/8 "2012-10-18T02:18:18Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > After someone I’m talking to gets a phone call, and stops to talk for a few minutes, I ask > them if it was a wrong number. I’m stealing this one. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/9 "2012-10-18T05:02:29Z")
While someone is observing me, I sometimes pause in what I’m doing, look thoughtful for a moment, then let a slow smile cross my face. If they ask me about it, I tell them, “Oh, nothing” or “Never mind” in the most faux-innocent tone I can muster. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/10 "2012-10-18T05:08:51Z")
I get a dog leash & collar and walk down the street with it dragging behind me. If someone asks where the dog is I get sad and tell them he had to go live on a farm. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hobby/637998/11 "2012-10-18T13:52:36Z")
I make the jedi door-opening hand gesture in front of automatic doors. It always works, too – the Force is strong with this one!