Reasons why people think you're crazy

[Fretful_Porpentine]

– I have no TV. For ages, I merely had no TV that worked, but I wasn’t crazy enough to take a non-working TV when I moved from North Carolina to Illinois, so now I have nothing. Sometimes I play DVDs on my laptop, but mostly I just don’t watch stuff.

– I prefer going to movies and plays alone, as well as traveling alone for weeks on end.

– Most of my social life takes place online. (This probably doesn’t sound very crazy to people here, but it does in the wider world.)

– I have crushes on at least five Shakespeare characters, including three villains.

[twickster]

@Flutterby

Might be a little tough, they seem to be glued on quite well (and I’m not going to pull too hard on mine) but not impossible.

Bummer.

[pinkfreud]

I have (at last count) fourteen indoor cats. Some folks seem to think that’s the definition of crazy.

[gigi]

@Asimovian

Well, you have to understand that unlike armpit hair, the cilia on amoebas doesn’t just sit there looking pretty – it’s a propulsion system! No offense, but you’re going to have a hard time competing with that.

You clearly haven’t seen **Ellen Cherry ** in a swimming pool. She goes even faster if she braids the pit hair first.

[Pandora]

@twickster

.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flutterby
Might be a little tough, they seem to be glued on quite well (and I’m not going to pull too hard on mine) but not impossible.
Bummer.

Hey Twickster… I noticed from Flutterby’s link that the hats are sort of semi-custom ordered, perhaps if you e-mailed the lady she’d sell you one without eyes

[twickster]

@Pandora

Hey Twickster… I noticed from Flutterby’s link that the hats are sort of semi-custom ordered, perhaps if you e-mailed the lady she’d sell you one without eyes

[ot]Hey, stranger! I see they’re rebuilding the Broad Axe Tavern! [/ot]

Yeah, actually I was just looking at her website – I might do that. 'Cause I’m a professional type lady and wouldn’t want anything like a silly hat with eyes – just a plain old silly hat for me!

[Asimovian]

@gigi

You clearly haven’t seen Ellen Cherry in a swimming pool. She goes even faster if she braids the pit hair first.

Cite?

[Dunawake]

@Ro Carter

I get embarrassed for fictional people on TV or in movies, and have to cover my eyes or leave the room when they do something that would embarrass me. This makes watching some types of comedies difficult, and usually results in a family member yelling at me to get back in the room and sit down.

I’ve heard this referred to as “contact embarrassment,” and it makes watching The Office for me a combination of seriously funny and physically painful.

[stretch]

@vivalostwages

I wouldn’t go to Disneyland or any other theme park even if the tickets were free.

Me, too. Thankfully my dad and step-mom took my daughters when they were young and mr.stretch and his kid went before we got married, so I never, ever have to go to Disneyland or anyplace remotely like it. Score!

Most of my social life in online, as well, Fretful Porpentine. It’s easier to disengage when someone pisses you off online, plus y’all never see me screaming at the stupidity of some remarks I read, nor can you see my eyes roll.

I have 3 Golden Retrievers and a mutt, which most people think is 2 dogs too many.

I talk to myself and inanimate objects all they time…and answer back.

[Ellen_Cherry]

@Asimovian

Cite?

A lady never reveals everything.

Don’t make me pit you!

[Belrix]

@NailBunny

Yesterday I abruptly forgot how to count to three. In front of my program manager, no less. Most embarrassing.

One! Two! Five!

Three, Sir!

[Asimovian]

@Ellen Cherry

A lady never reveals everything.

Don’t make me pit you!

Left or right pit? I’ll try anything once!

[twickster]

Get a room, you two!

[Shirley_Ujest]

I know how to defend myself if I am ever attacked by a banana.

[Cazzle]

I laugh randomly. People always want to know what I’m laughing about. You need a reason to laugh? Sometimes happiness just wells up inside me and erupts as laughter, and I feel sorry for people who never experience that.

[fessie]

I sing and dance at the grocery store (in a quiet way) (I think).

I reveal things that others work hard to conceal.

Embarrassing moments usually amuse me.

[MadTheSwine]

I have a very,very,very strong devotion to the NFL’s St.Louis Rams.

Family and friends are concerned about it.

[beanpod]

Silver Tyger Girl, I too shout at the TV and go outside barefoot. I didn’t realize this was crazy behavior, but I’ll have to add it to my list. (In my family, these are normal.)

I make bizarre connections between subjects that other people have trouble following, and I neglect to fill them in. I’ll also have a thought and forget to mention all the important details. I think sometimes I just forget the people I’m talking to don’t know what’s going on in my mind, too.

I refuse to live with a wrinkle in my sock. I have to stop and fix it. This results in lots of sighs and foot tapping from friends and family. Well, I don’t ask them to stop! They just notice they’ve left me behind and sigh. I’ve been this way since birth. I actually threw fits about sock wrinkles as a toddler. The perfect way to torture me would be to strap me to a surface and put wrinkly socks and tight shoes on my feet. shudder

I talk to my gerbils in a funny high pitched voice.

[the_Lady]

I talk to myself. Constantly.
I’m nearly always singing, usually show tunes.

[Roadfood]

People think I’m crazy because I really don’t like drinking anything warm or hot. Hot coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate, room-temperature water; I hate them all. I only enjoy drinking something that’s ice-cold, even when the ambient temperature is freezing. When I come in out of the cold, I want an iced-tea.