# What do you do funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 29, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577 "2017-09-29T05:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/21 "2017-09-29T16:24:27Z")
I learned to type on a manual machine in high school. I kept getting my right pinky finger stuck in the gap between the shift and 'L" keys, so I quickly learned to shift exclusively with my left hand. To this day I cock my left arm oddly the reach the caps for the first 2 letters on each row on the he left of the keyboard. It doesn’t affect my typing speed at all. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/22 "2017-09-29T16:37:43Z")
I knit funny. Apparently it’s some kind of hybrid of the European and American styles. I have taught people to knit in the past, but they sometimes can’t understand what I’m doing, and end up going with either the standard American or standard European method. In any case, the finished products all end up looking the same. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/23 "2017-09-29T16:40:39Z")
I don’t put my pants on one leg at a time. I put my socks on while standing up. I only season one side of my steaks. Don’t know if any of those things are funny. What’s _funny_ is ripping a huge smelly fart in an empty WalMart section, then getting the hell out of there, leaving a pungent air mine for the next unsuspecting shopper. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/24 "2017-09-29T17:22:21Z")
I had trouble saying “S” as a kid (“sit” came out as “shit”). It was mostly fixed with short-term speech therapy, but I still have a very slight remnant - I’ve been told a few times that it’s kind of sexy (which is def. not my opinion!). ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/25 "2017-09-29T17:24:17Z")
It seems that I tie my laces funny. Actually, I learnt really late, age 12 or 13, and what I learnt was a poor imitation of the proper way. Several people have since showed me how to do it correctly. I do exactly as they do. They just sigh, shrug and walk away. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/26 "2017-09-29T17:28:58Z")
I like plain, un-iced cake just fine, and I like iced cakes as well. When having a slice of iced cake, however, I will trim most of the cake away from the icing. I eat the cake part first, then the icing part. It ramps up the ratio of icing-to-cake to acceptable levels. > [@kunilou](#): > > Depends on what you find “funny.” When I try to use chopsticks, it makes some people laugh, others weep. That’s not crying. The watering is a natural reaction to your chopstick poking them in the eye! ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/27 "2017-09-29T17:29:16Z")
I had trouble saying “S” as a kid (“sit” came out as “shit”). It was mostly fixed with short-term speech therapy, but I still have a very slight remnant - I’ve been told a few times that it’s kind of sexy (which is def. not my opinion!). ---
**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:** [September 29, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/28 "2017-09-29T17:31:26Z")
I push open doors with my left elbow. I started doing this when my left arm was in a cast, my left hand was incapacitated, and I was holding a cup of coffee in my right hand. ---
**Author:** ![sjankis630](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sjankis630](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjankis630)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/29 "2017-09-29T17:34:42Z")
I put on my t-shirts funny. Most people scrunch them down over their arms and then put their head through. I flick the shirt up over my head (holding the back of the shirt) and let it fall over my head. I usually see the neck billowing over me as it falls. Once my head is through I put my arms in the sleeves sometimes resulting in my deodorant getting on the sides of my shirt. (basically how you might put on a rain poncho with no arms. Until I was about 30 I used to get out of bed by sliding down to the foot of the bed and then getting out. (entered the bed the normal way though) ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/30 "2017-09-29T17:39:46Z")
I had trouble saying “S” as a kid (“sit” came out as “shit”). It was mostly fixed with short-term speech therapy, but I still have a very slight remnant - I’ve been told a few times that it’s kind of sexy (which is def. not my opinion!). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/31 "2017-09-29T18:01:39Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I had trouble saying “S” as a kid (“sit” came out as “shit”). It was mostly fixed with short-term speech therapy, but I still have a very slight remnant - I’ve been told a few times that it’s kind of sexy (which is def. not my opinion!). > [@Jennshark](#): > > I had trouble saying “S” as a kid (“sit” came out as “shit”). It was mostly fixed with short-term speech therapy, but I still have a very slight remnant - I’ve been told a few times that it’s kind of sexy (which is def. not my opinion!). > [@Jennshark](#): > > I had trouble saying “S” as a kid (“sit” came out as “shit”). It was mostly fixed with short-term speech therapy, but I still have a very slight remnant - I’ve been told a few times that it’s kind of sexy (which is def. not my opinion!). Hmmm… you might also have a problem with repeating yourself. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/32 "2017-09-29T18:59:17Z")
> [@Haunted\_Pasta](#): > > …The end result is the same- that standard shoelace knot with two big loops, whatever it’s called… I don’t know if there’s a name for it, but it’s just a square knot, with both ends slippery. A “double-slip square knot”? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/33 "2017-09-29T19:09:24Z")
I don’t know if they’re “funny,” but my mother has harped on me for years about two things I do: I iron with the square end of the ironing board to my left (I’m right-handed). This is apparently very wrong and I’m an idiot for doing it. I didn’t realize there was a rule about this. I wear my long-sleeved dress shirts with the cuffs turned inwards. Yes, I don’t roll them up…I just turn them underneath. Much more practical. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/34 "2017-09-29T19:31:08Z")
Move/turn. For some reason I’ve always been one to keep “nose over toes” moving my entire body more than twisting at the waist. People claim it gives my movements a cartoonish quality. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/35 "2017-09-29T19:46:18Z")
Funny that being practical is funny. For years, I wore my wristwatch on the _outside_ of my sleeve. So I could actually see it easily, doncha know? Apparently people found that just ROTFLMAO hilarious! Eventually the battery died. When I discovered that the only way to replace the battery was to send it back to the factory for them to do it, I said fuck it and I’ve never owned, let alone worn, a wristwatch in the 15-some years since. As for Casio changing their design so I can’t DIY change the battery any more, well, there’s a potential Pit thread in that. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/36 "2017-09-29T20:01:06Z")
My wife thinks I take off my pants funny. I let them drop to the floor, step out with my left leg, then whip my right leg up so I catch the left trowser leg with my hand and pull them off my right leg. It saves me having to bend over to pick them up off the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/37 "2017-09-29T20:01:30Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I’ve been told that I smell funny. Do you tip your head back or just use one nostril? I also tie my shoes funny…if by “funny” we mean “distinctively.” Instead of crossing the laces once, I cross twice to improve tension. Then I hold the first loop with the tips of my forefinger and thumb, wrap the opposite lace around the loop twice (not once), and lastly push that lace between my wrapped forefinger and thumb to create the second loop. This results in a tight slipknot that will not come undone on its own under any circumstances. I’ve taught this technique many times to the delight of my customers. Like [this](https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/betterbowknot.htm), only with a [double starting knot](https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/doublestartknot.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/38 "2017-09-29T20:06:02Z")
Apparently I crochet funny. I have been told that I hold my crochet hook like a knitting needles and my movements are much more like knitting. I also knit and I don’t see it, but many people have told me that. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/39 "2017-09-30T03:33:22Z")
OK, I wasn’t going to admit it but I shoot long-guns funny. I grew up before youth models were common in my neck of the mountains so as a result all the .22s and stuff were too long for me. I developed this funky way of putting my right arm/elbow at 90 degrees and resting the stock under my armpit. As my arms got longer I started actually using the shoulder like I should but I still stick that right out like some sort of wing. I know its wrong by modern standards and practices and I know I should stop doing it but since I can hit anything I need to out to the max range of the firearm, why bother? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577/40 "2017-09-30T13:33:48Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > I like plain, un-iced cake just fine, and I like iced cakes as well. When having a slice of iced cake, however, I will trim most of the cake away from the icing. I eat the cake part first, then the icing part. It ramps up the ratio of icing-to-cake to acceptable levels. I always “save the best for last”, especially while eating. With layer cake, I always eat the cake first, then the icing (regardless of the number of layers). With pizza, I eat all the crust first, then the rest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-funny/797577.md?page=3)