# My quirk is quirkier than your quirk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239 "2008-08-16T18:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/81 "2008-08-19T15:43:35Z")
I count the letters that repeat on written words, usually billboards. For example, if I see the word “sweeps” I’l think “two Ss, two Es”, I even think I get a high score or something when I see words like “Mississippi”. It drives me nuts when I catch myself doing it. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/82 "2008-08-19T15:46:51Z")
Mine involves cucumbers - I don’t like cucumbers if they are either cubed/matchsticked/sliced thick. The only way I like cucumbers is sliced very thin, even if they’re stacked a few high on a sandwich, or as part of a cucumber salad or something. Thin, instead of _very_ thin will suffice if served in a vinegary dressing. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/83 "2008-08-19T16:02:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Sleeps with Butterflies** > > Even though I have a house and never plan to live in an apartment again, I will sometimes pick up those apartment guides at the front of the grocery store. Part of it is because I’m such a geek for floorplans, but I look at all of them regardless of having floorplans listed or not. > > Whenever possible, I try to wear matching bras and panties. I don’t always buy sets, so in that case I try to match up colors. If I’m wearing something that doesn’t allow for a bra (give me a break I’m only a 32B), I’ll match my panties to my top the best I can. Weirdo! That’s not weird! I don’t do that, but I will only wear bras that are half-cups or plunge cut or something like that. I have had too many experiences with a low cut shirt or dress that exposes my bra to the world so I now have bras that, short of ripping my top off, you aren’t going to see it no matter how low cut my shirt. (That and plunge cut bras do amazing things for my cleavage. Men will actually stop walking, turn around and come back for a second look if I am wearing a plunge cut bra. I highly recommend them!) ---
**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:** [August 19, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/84 "2008-08-19T16:16:36Z")
[QUOTE=Sleeps With Butterflies] Whenever possible, I try to wear matching bras and panties. I don’t always buy sets, so in that case I try to match up colors. If I’m wearing something that doesn’t allow for a bra (give me a break I’m only a 32B), I’ll match my panties to my top the best I can. Weirdo! [/QUOTE] A (girl) friend of mine once said she only did that when she expected someone would be seeing her underwear that night (or day, I suppose). Am I the only one who shoots toe lasers? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/85 "2008-08-19T16:58:23Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] I highly recommend them!) [/QUOTE] I am adding that to my shopping list! 🙂 [QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] A (girl) friend of mine once said she only did that when she expected someone would be seeing her underwear that night (or day, I suppose). Am I the only one who shoots toe lasers? ☹ [/QUOTE] Sadly, I do it even if no one will be seeing them that day. OCD! I don’t do toe lasers, but I admit I thought it was cute. ---
**Author:** ![frog\_princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6bbea6/32.png) [@frog\_princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frog_princess)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/86 "2008-08-19T17:19:05Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Am I the only one who shoots toe lasers? ☹ [/QUOTE] I don’t shoot toe lasers, but I do “conduct” with my toes. And I just realized I must do this all day, because even sitting at my desk at work, my toes move to the music playing on the radio. (They do it to the music in my head if there is no radio or tv on.) ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/87 "2008-08-19T17:57:46Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] When I shower I wash my hair and then put in the conditioner. I leave it in my hair while I wash the rest of my body (from the top down), then I rinse the conditioner out of my hair, then I wash my face. Then, when necessary, I shave my legs. If I don’t shower in this order I can’t remember what I’ve done or not done and then I end up washing everything 3 or 4 times. [/QUOTE] This isn’t weird! How else could anyone do it? Although I do remember if I haven’t shaved my legs, because they’re fuzzy. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/88 "2008-08-19T18:48:02Z")
When I pee in a toilet, I direct the stream at the “waterline” and go around. I can usually do three circumnavigations but my record is nine. Only complete circumnavigations count. Partials don’t count. If you go in the water or too high up on the porcelain the whole evacuation is negated. In my mind it’s called “peeing for points.” ---
**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:** [August 19, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/89 "2008-08-19T18:51:17Z")
I also match up my panties, bra & tshirt. Today they are a nice neutral beige. And I always wear something with purple in it. And I only eat one food at a time. Lunch was a McD’s fruit salad, then the french fries, then the apple pie. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/90 "2008-08-19T19:40:04Z")
Another stair-counter. If I already know how many stair there are I get profoundly uncomfortable if I mess up the count or if I don’t start counting until after a few steps, then I have to guess which number I should be on and might have to take an extra step to get it to come out right. And I won’t step on cracks or lines, if it’s possible to avoid them. I’m sure I have many others but to me they don’t seem that weird. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/91 "2008-08-20T13:44:16Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Am I the only one who shoots toe lasers? ☹ [/QUOTE] I didn’t, but having read your post I am now … ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/92 "2008-08-20T14:00:55Z")
I walk across my tile kitchen floor in the pattern of a chess knight. This only happens when I’m waiting for something, like “stirring occasionally” or waiting for the sink water to fill up. I just walk around and around in a knight L shape until whatever I’m waiting for is ready. ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/93 "2008-08-20T14:30:35Z")
I keep a huge pot of homemade soup in the fridge for when I’m too tired to cook. I throw all leftovers in it, and every couple of weeks when it gets low I’ll bring it back to a full pot with broth, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, whatever, because **the soup must not run out**. That would mess up my record: this batch started as turkey soup from Thanksgiving nearly two years ago. I’m trying to break my soup record of 27 months-- that soup got killed by the 3 week power outage from Hurricane Ivan. Only 6 months to go! ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/94 "2008-08-20T14:35:52Z")
[QUOTE=Sleeps With Butterflies] I am adding that to my shopping list! 🙂 Sadly, I do it even if no one will be seeing them that day. OCD! I don’t do toe lasers, but I admit I thought it was cute. [/QUOTE] I really don’t think this is weird at all. I’ve always matched bra to panties because even if no one else knows, _I know._ ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/95 "2008-08-20T16:13:33Z")
I do the matching panties and bra thing. And the opening programs on my computer in a certain order so they line up on the task bar. (Outlook then Firefox for personal email and the Dope then the two programs I use most frequently at work) And I always wash in a particular order in the shower so as not to forget anything. I wash my hair last though because I have some sort of sense that if it stays wet too long after being washed, it’ll get oily faster. No idea why I think that. I’ve never outgrown the “step on a crack, you’ll break your mother’s back” thing. I don’t believe it, but it’s just such an ingrained habit now that I’ll shorten or lengthen steps to avoid cracks in the sidewalk. It was just recently pointed out to me that I do it and that it’s kind of weird for an adult to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/96 "2008-08-20T16:41:49Z")
[QUOTE=tbdi] For me the Outlook icon must be the leftmost one on the taskbar; that’s the only one that’s consistently there all day so it’s the only one that matters but if it isn’t there I’ll close and restart apps to move it over. [/QUOTE] I was just about to reply to that post and say exactly that. If I close out of something accidentally, I have to close all apps and go back in. 1. Outlook 2. Internet 3. Quickbooks 4. Excel…after that, order no longer matters. Oh, and I do the Skittles thing, too. My 2 year old has a quirk already. If she sees a piece of lint or anything else on the floor that doesn’t belong, she’ll pick it uo and give it to me. We were playing outside recently and she saw a piece of grass on her sock and had to stop what she was doing to pick it off. Another one of hers is that she has multiple “Little People” sets and the people have to go with the correct item it came with. The people that came with the plane go with the plane, the barn people have to be played only with the barn. There was one day that she wanted the girl that went with the bike and I had to dig through the toy chest to find it for her because she couldn’t play with the bike with any other “person”. As I was bitching about it, I saw a wry smile form on my husband’s lips and I said, “That’s YOU, isn’t it??!?” It’s amazing the quirks your kids pick up. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/97 "2008-08-20T16:43:02Z")
Okay, bra and panty matchers- does that mean you only buy matched sets, or just that you make sure they’re the same color? \*Not being a regular purchaser of such items, I’m not very hip to the laws and customs of female intimate wear. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/98 "2008-08-20T17:01:16Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Okay, bra and panty matchers- does that mean you only buy matched sets, or just that you make sure they’re the same color? \*Not being a regular purchaser of such items, I’m not very hip to the laws and customs of female intimate wear. [/QUOTE] I will occasionally buy matching sets, but for the most part I just go with the same color. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/99 "2008-08-20T21:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] Certain dishes and kitchen gadgets are meant for certain tasks and to use them otherwise is an affront to the gods. For example, remember those plastic Ziploc plates and bowls that came with lids? My husband used a lid as a plate one day. He used a _lid_ as a _plate_. I was horrified. And sometimes he uses a spoon to spread peanut butter, or a plastic storage container as a cereal bowl - he’s trying to drive me slowly insane, I know it. [/QUOTE] Whoa, Adrian Monk belongs to the SDMB! Major cool! 😃 PS – I don’t even admit all my quirks to myself, so it would be kinda tough to explain them here, but believe me, I’m pretty sure they exist ;x ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239/100 "2008-08-20T22:06:55Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] “Quirks”? Y’all are a collection of Adrian Monks. [/QUOTE] Ack, I swear, I didn’t see this when I posted earlier. But yeah, you’re right 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-quirk-is-quirkier-than-your-quirk/460239.md?page=6)