# Things you do backwards. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872 "2018-07-14T00:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/21 "2018-07-14T05:42:37Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Mrs. and I tend to eat our salads after our entrees, when dining at home. That way, if the entree is really good, we can gorge on it and skip the salad. I do that most of the time except when actually having the salad WITH the meal, which happens a lot, with the salad standing in for veggies which we’re not big fans of. What is the point of having a salad _before_ the meal? Is it an appetizer? No, it is not. It’s saying, "here, fill up on this rabbit food now, because you sure as hell won’t want it after tasting _real_ food! But that’s never been my attitude. I like nice tasty pungent salads, made with things like Caesar dressing with garlic and anchovies, and it works after dinner in the same way as pungent cheeses. I understand this to be called the “European style”. I have no idea if there’s any typically European behavior in this regard, but it’s my behavior. Also, I read most threads backwards. There’s probably some brilliantly insightful stuff at the beginning of this thread that I haven’t seen yet! 😃 ---
**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:** [July 14, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/22 "2018-07-14T07:57:31Z")
I eat pizza, starting with the crust. Pie too. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/23 "2018-07-14T08:43:11Z")
When I was a kid, I used to shower by working my way up, ending by shampooing my hair. I’m not sure why, but that just seemed the way to do it. Then I realized that when I was rinsing the shampoo out of my hair, the shampoo, and whatever dirt it had accumulated, was running down over my nice, clean body. Since then, I start at the top and work downward; each lather and rinse draining down over parts yet to be washed. I don’t know which of those is backwards, but one of them must be. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/24 "2018-07-14T08:58:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > …The usual line is that people like their meat more well done the older they get. Is it? I’m not so sure. To me, it seems like an older generation vs younger generation thing, that 100 years or 50 years ago the general preference was for steak to be more “done” than it is now. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/25 "2018-07-14T08:59:30Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > When I was a kid, I used to shower by working my way up, ending by shampooing my hair. I’m not sure why, but that just seemed the way to do it. Then I realized that when I was rinsing the shampoo out of my hair, the shampoo, and whatever dirt it had accumulated, was running down over my nice, clean body. Since then, I start at the top and work downward; each lather and rinse draining down over parts yet to be washed. > > I don’t know which of those is backwards, but one of them must be. I use the same logic you now use. We’re right. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/26 "2018-07-14T12:32:31Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > > [@Asympotically\_fat](#): > > > > When I write the number ‘6’ I write it anticlockwise by starting it at the end of the curl. > > Isn’t anti clockwise the usual way? Around here, anyway, counterclockwise would be the usual way. Anticlockwise sounds like you have something against clocks or something. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/27 "2018-07-14T12:40:33Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Isn’t anti clockwise the usual way? It is. I think they have their terms mixed up. If they’re starting at the small curl, I can’t see any way of completing a six without drawing the curl clockwise. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/28 "2018-07-14T15:33:17Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I eat pizza, starting with the crust. Pie too. So do I! Saving the best for last!!! ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/29 "2018-07-14T16:59:41Z")
Hmmm…not at all what I expected from the subject line. My immediate answer was, of course, crew (rowing). In an eight-man shell, all eight oarsmen face backwards for the entire race. Only the cox faces forward. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/30 "2018-07-14T17:01:20Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > When I peel vegetables, I do it with the knife or peeler pointing towards me. It used to drive my mom insane, she was convinced I was going to lose a finger. I’ve always do it that way, I’ve never cut myself and it’s awkward for me to do it the opposite way. I wonder if it’s a left handed thing? Do you mean drawing the peeler towards you, as opposed to away from you? Most people I know do it the same way. It’s much easier to handle the vegetable or fruit. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/31 "2018-07-14T17:20:08Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I eat pizza, starting with the crust. Pie too. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > So do I! Saving the best for last!!! _sob_ In 21 years of marriage, I’ve never had a pizza or pie point–my wife scarfs them first. Good thing I really lust for crust! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/32 "2018-07-14T18:51:57Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I browse through magazines backwards. Even when I’m reading a magazine, I usually start at the end. I have no idea why I do this. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/33 "2018-07-14T19:03:35Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I eat pizza, starting with the crust. Pie too. I do that very often, too. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/34 "2018-07-14T19:05:54Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > Do you mean drawing the peeler towards you, as opposed to away from you? Most people I know do it the same way. It’s much easier to handle the vegetable or fruit. Yes, and often I use a paring knife and do it the same way, my mom always peeled away from her, I do it towards myself. Peelers may be designed that way, but as I said, the knife made my mom crazy to see me do it. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/35 "2018-07-14T19:47:56Z")
when taking pills I get a mouthful of water and then put the pills in. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/36 "2018-07-14T22:16:12Z")
> [@rsat3acr](#): > > when taking pills I get a mouthful of water and then put the pills in. This! And when I do this method in front of people, I get funny looks. I started to do it, when I found out how bad medicine tastes. I took some bayer aspirin, and then clumsily spilled my water before I could swallow the tablets. I can still taste the dissolving aspirin on my tongue. Yeeccccch. ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/37 "2018-07-15T00:02:50Z")
A pastor I knew recommended “blessing” (“offering thanks”) over a meal after it has been consumed. I think it makes perfect sense. This opinion is not common in my part of the country. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/38 "2018-07-15T00:28:57Z")
Pie, yes. Also sandwiches on sliced bread - I tend to bite off about 75% of the edges before starting on the softer interior. Newspapers I usually read back to front by section( not by page ). Entertainment first, front page section last. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/39 "2018-07-15T00:35:56Z")
I always see myself in the mirror backwards.😉 ETA. Wait. nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872/40 "2018-07-15T17:06:04Z")
I peel bananas from the bottom, not the handle. I read online that it is easier that way and sure enough it was true. FWIW I would disagree with the OP about steaks, The conventional wisdom I have always heard (and observed in my life) is kids and young people often prefer steaks well done and rarer as they get older so you are very normal 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-backwards/817872.md?page=3)