# Weird habits of the SDMB dopers... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-habits-of-the-sdmb-dopers/191355 "2003-07-28T02:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-habits-of-the-sdmb-dopers/191355/41 "2003-07-30T05:47:09Z")
This one hasn’t been mentioned: I chew on my fingertips. Not fingernails (although I do that too), but the patches of skin on either side of the nail. The weird thing is I’m supersanitary, but I stick the most germ-infested part of my anatomy in my mouth on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFunkySpaceCowboy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-habits-of-the-sdmb-dopers/191355/42 "2003-07-30T13:15:31Z")
Oh there’s another one I forgot to mention that I didn’t think about till I got to work a few minute ago. I can’t stand to sit with my back either facing a door or a crowd. It really bugs me to have people milling about behind me. Sitting in classrooms was the worst if I got stuck in the front row for some reason, whenever someone behind me would answer a question or start talking to the teacher it drove me crazy not being able to see them (so I spent a lot of time twisting in my seat and craning my neck) In college I always sat as far back as possible, preferrably with my back to the wall, which surprised a few professors since I actually participated in class discussions a great deal, which I guess is unusual for the typical back-row dweller. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-habits-of-the-sdmb-dopers/191355.md?page=2)