# Odd but inconsequential things about yourself **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609 "2006-11-16T00:55:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/21 "2006-11-16T07:51:51Z")
I have a bad knee that doesn’t like climbing stairs, especially in damp weather. Once or twice, it’s crapped out on me, and I’ve gone tumbling down the stairs, along with whatever I’m carrying. I don’t like falling down the stairs any more that you like me falling on you on the stairs. But I don’t seem to have a choice at times. Leave me alone when I’m going upstairs. Let me use the handrail. If I stop halfway up; well, I stop because I cannot go any further at this point in time. Go around me. I’ll be along in a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/22 "2006-11-16T09:05:32Z")
I have voluntary control over the muscles that open my eustachian tubes to equalise the pressure in my middle ear. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/23 "2006-11-16T09:32:02Z")
My eccentric method of tying shoelaces has attracted global scientific interest. Despite spending years in a laboratory being watched by men in white coats, none of them can figure out how the laces stay fastened after I have tied them. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/24 "2006-11-16T09:50:33Z")
There’s nothing to tell. I’m absolutely average. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/25 "2006-11-16T12:07:09Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I have voluntary control over the muscles that open my eustachian tubes to equalise the pressure in my middle ear. [/QUOTE] This is uncommon? I’ve always been able to do that – it’s like beginning a yawn, except you don’t open your mouth. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/26 "2006-11-16T13:11:24Z")
My quack doesn’t echo, _and I’m not a duck!!_ Seriously? I type _really_ fast with two fingers (the index finger and middle finger of my right hand). Sometimes it freaks people out. I’ve _always_ written like this, and I’m probably too old to learn how to type properly now. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/27 "2006-11-16T13:51:16Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] I have an extra cervical vertebra, but my neck doesn’t appear exceptionally long. [/QUOTE] I have an extra lumbar vertebrae - I don’t think it has anything to do with my height tho’ I like Brussels Sprouts ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/28 "2006-11-16T13:58:54Z")
My origins are truly intercontinental. Paternal and Maternal grandparents born in Europe, Maternal grandfather born in Africa, Maternal grandmother born in South America. All with origins in Asia (Middle East, to be precise). ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/29 "2006-11-16T14:04:30Z")
Whenever I see a sign, I like to read it backwards. Just to hear what it sounds like. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/30 "2006-11-16T14:14:49Z")
I can’t whistle. At all. I \*can \* move my eyes independently of each other, and cross them so spectacularly that it appears they’re about to pass each other. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/31 "2006-11-16T14:30:59Z")
I have a diagonal hair part. At my hairline, my natural part is on the right side of my head, and at the crown it’s on the left. So it makes for a bad hair day every single day. However, it wasn’t always like this; it changed in my early 30’s. I used to fart quite a lot and could summon them at will, but couldn’t burp. I don’t think I burped until, again, my 30’s. Now I can’t fart but burp frequently, and yes, can do it at will. As soon as I lay down to go to sleep, my sinuses shut completely, so I breathe through my mouth all night. But I don’t snore. In the morning I get out of bed, and I can once again breathe through my nose. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/32 "2006-11-16T14:32:54Z")
Oh- and I love soft pretzels with ketchup, and have since I was a kid. Everyone always turns their nose up at it, but I’ve never understood why. You put mustard on a hotdog, you put ketchup on a hotdog. You put mustard on a pretzel, why can’t you put ketchup on a pretzel? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/33 "2006-11-16T14:35:00Z")
My right ear is higher than my left. My glasses are always slightly crooked. ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/34 "2006-11-16T14:40:25Z")
No matter how many times I’ve tried, no matter how many ways I’ve tried it, I absolutely cannot do a cartwheel. And count me in as another narcoleptic. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/35 "2006-11-16T15:03:19Z")
[QUOTE=McNew] You put mustard on a hotdog, [/quote] Yes! > [@McNew](#): > > you put ketchup on a hotdog. **NO!** Sacrilege! The wiener is not to be profaned with ketchup! But don’t just take my word for it, [The Master has spoken](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_095.html) of this. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/36 "2006-11-16T15:04:20Z")
I can wiggle my ears. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/37 "2006-11-16T15:13:23Z")
I can only snap the fingers on my left hand. I’m right-handed. ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/38 "2006-11-16T15:17:56Z")
I learned how to snap my fingers, feebly, about 3 weeks ago. My daughter taught me. I’m 40. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/39 "2006-11-16T15:35:27Z")
One of my legs is longer than the other. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609/40 "2006-11-16T15:38:10Z")
[QUOTE=Martha] My origins are truly intercontinental. Paternal and Maternal grandparents born in Europe, Maternal grandfather born in Africa, Maternal grandmother born in South America. All with origins in Asia (Middle East, to be precise). [/QUOTE] Although all my direct blood relatives have European roots, I have relatives in my extended family from all continents except South America and Africa (and Antarctica 😉 ) – My mom’s parents sponsored a student from India and ever since their family has been an extended part of ours - we call them aunt and uncle and invite them to all family functions. – My (other) uncle’s family has adopted three children from Korea. – My mom’s second husband was part Cherokee, so my half-sister is part Cherokee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-but-inconsequential-things-about-yourself/380609.md?page=3)