We’re normally “front side” tp rollers, but our toddler son discovered the pleasure or unfurling it, so we switched to “back side” rollers. Our son proceeded to gleefully unfurl it that way, as well.:rolleyes:
I do that, too. I have two split rings that are hooked together; one with my car key and my husband’s car key. You can’t have car keys and house keys on the same ring. It’s just wrong.
The other split ring has house keys and work keys; all facing the same direction, of course (is there any other way?), and arranged by use rather than size (because they’re all about the same size). House keys (2), garage key, work keys (2), my mom’s house key, then my in-law’s house key.
I do that, too. I have two split rings that are hooked together; one with my car key and my husband’s car key. You can’t have car keys and house keys on the same ring. It’s just wrong.
The other split ring has house keys and work keys; all facing the same direction, of course (is there any other way?), and arranged by use rather than size (because they’re all about the same size). House keys (2), garage key, work keys (2), my mom’s house key, then my in-law’s house key.
I eat my Smarties (when I can get them) in a way remarkably similar to CF. There is an extra element involved in that only the orange ones have a flavour, so the technique is not exactly the same.
Re. geeky conversations, mrsIteki joined me in planning in detail what we would do if we were one of the few survivors of a “The Stand”-like occurance. Very satisfying to know we are both on the same page.
Sweet Tarts candies are sorted by color into piles. The smalles pile is eaten first. I have been known to open several tiny rolls at one time so my piles will be more even.
And Keys? All cards etc on one ring, attached to the car ring, attached to the house etc ring. Like grouped with like.
Once you’ve sorted your Smarties, Skittles, M&Ms, Reese’s Pieces, or other small candies, there’s only one true way to eat them.
Chopsticks. 
No No No. Skittles must be smashed with steady even preasure between the thumb and index finger. The goal is so that the shell cracks in pieces of absolute radial symetry. Preferably five pie shaped pieces pointing at the center. The outer pieces can be any shap so long as they stay within the outlines created by the pie peices and are are identical for each fifth.
Remember Phil Hartman as the Anal Retentive Chef?
Good morning, and welcome to the Anal Retentive Chef. We will be cooking Cajun recipes today, and I have my garlic, peppers, onions and tomahtoes. Actually I should switch the onions and peppers so that everything will be in alphabetical order. But wait, that takes away the balance of both round things being at the end, so I’ll switch them back.
wolfman, far be it from me to be technical, but, my dear fellow, that is how you eat Good -N- Plenty, not Skittles. As Good -N- Plenty, is cylindrical, the object is not to create pie pieces, the object is to see the dark licorice goodness that is within the candy coating.
DeVena Sweet Tarts should be eaten in order of their yumminess. Blue and Purple ones go in the garbage can, Green is Next, then Orange, then Yellow, saving the Red ones for last, because the Red ones are best.
Don’t EVEN get me started on the way to eat Jolly Ranchers…
Wow, it’s nice to know I’m not alone in my borderline OCD.
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Skittles/M&Ms etc.: Must be eaten sorted into groups (laid out in matching pairs) according to color, then starting with the smallest group first, eating one to even them out if there’s an odd number, and when there’s two identically-sized piles eating the lighter/brighter color first. They are then eaten in pairs, one on each side of the mouth at the same time. (Except when eating the singles to even things out, which are carefully broken in half so one half can be placed in each side of the mouth.) Under no circumstances can colors be mixed, as this might bring an end to life as we know it.
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Keys: I currently only have 2, house key and car key, and car key is double-sided, so it’s not an issue. But when I have more, they’re placed in order, jiggy sides matching, of course, smallest to largest outside to inside.
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Sonic onion rings/french fries: Must be eaten fattest/largest first, to save the smaller, thinner, crunchier ones for last because they’re the BEST.
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Walking: Care must be taken at ALL times to make sure that one steps evenly on different types of floor/ground surfaces. Careful placement of feet on cracks must be observed in order to make sure that one foot doesn’t get to step on more cracks than the other foot. Same with designs in floor tiles or carpeting: Steps must be carefully planned in order to make sure that one steps equally on different sections/colors. If this requires occasional oddly spaced little steps, so be it. What’s more important, that people think I’m weird or that my feet be incorrectly placed on the ground? While textures in floors do help in evening out the steps, nontextured floors are just as important because stepping incorrectly causes the sole of one’s foot to FEEL wrong. You know? (I’m almost scared how many of you WILL know!)
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Shoelaces: Must be tied just right. What whiterabbit said. Bows must be tied so that the ends are even in length with the ends of the laces, and fall the same way on the foot.
All this being said, my house is a howling mess. But at least I know where I’m placing my feet!!
Nope. It still converges–everyone runs out of money eventually if they buy booze for their friends. Of course, most of my friends drink like fish, so…
On keys:
My keys are arranged so that each commonly used key is juxtaposed with two large, readily identifiable keys. That way, I can just pinch between those keys and pull out precisely the key I need. My truck key, apartment key, and mailbox key get this treatment. Keys to such places as a repair shop in another state, my brother’s house (in another state), and storage facilities that I visit no more than once a month are used as markers.
Key terminology: The blade of the typical pin tumbler key has two types of milling on it, ward cuts and bitting. The ward cuts are the long channels along the flat of the blade, which allow the key to pass the wards (the squiggly part) of the lock’s keyway. The bitting is the jiggy part, and is used to free the lock’s tumblers; some locksmiths use this term only to refer to old-fashioned warded tumbler keys. I don’t know what those smiths call it on pin tumbler keys. Bonus info–the part of the key you grip is the “bow”, and the flanges that stop the key when you put it in the keyway are “shoulders”.
On Skittles:
I don’t eat Skittles. I do, however, eat M&Ms. Specifically, I eat them in a color sequence from least aesthetic (IMHO) to most. By saving the pretty colors for last, I maximize both the gustatory and visual pleasure of the M&M experience. The sequence is orange, yellow, brown, red, green, blue. I’m not sure about the new purple color; it will probably fall just before red, but I might find myself compelled to swap green and blue so that I can put purple directly between red and blue. I can be like that sometimes.
How much do you do that requires keys? I am currently in the process of revamping my keyrings. Right now I have a main D-ring that holds all the individual key rings. The purpose of having multiple keyrings is for conceptually independent rings.
For instance, I need to get into my car, so I need a keyring that does that: it has my car door key and my ignition key. Simple, no? But sometimes, like in the winter, I like to warm the car up while I’m inside, so I need a house key(s) that are seperate from the ignition key. Add a keyring, put house keys on it and duplicate the car door key: voila! There’s two key rings. But say I have a guest over who will be in and out of the place while I’m at work. The house keys go on one key ring now, and we have a third keyring that deals with the keys I need for work. Since I’ll never need to lend anyone work keys, I can shift the extra car door key to my work keys and retain access to my car with it locked and running while still being able to maneuver through the various other keyed locales in my life.
You may end up with one or two duplicates, but you can dissociate your keys all the time and retain maximum functionality.
Oooo, multiple Keyrings.
I have one that separates in the middle, so I have a keyring attached to the ring on each end of the separator. One end holds my housekeys, one end my car keys. But of course I have two cars, so the keys for each car get their own ring. Plus I have some extra keys for church and for work, and THEY all get THEIR own ring.
And I have some keyring decoration doohickeys, and those all get their own ring. And everything is attached to the separator in the middle.
Oh, plus my little flashlight, which is of course attached to the car-key side so it can flex and shine on the house when I need housekeys, and I also have a little level on a keyring which is also attached.
Man. Other than that, I’m not feeling very geeky. Oh, except for the three-hour intense conversation DogDad and I had right after watching X-Men (the first movie). We kept trying to figure out what Magneto’s power would have to really be in order to affect non-ferrous metals like copper and adamantium. We had it all worked out at the time. Really.
Can’t remember any of it now, though. :smack:
errr…who said anything about borderline?
Easy… selective telekinesis. Instead of being a full telekinetic like Jean Grey, he can only affect metal. </geek>
Your kids will quickly outgrow their first chemistry set and move on to constructing 1920s style death rays.
As I sit here next to Drachillix on our two networked computers, he playing Mec Commander as I read him the SDMB, I can’t help but comment to him that I’m glad my tubes are tied.
“So we don’t have any geek children?” he asks, peering at me through his gold wire-rimmed glasses.
“Must think of the children.” I reply, pushing my gold-wire rimmed glasses up onto my nose.
As I sit here in the room opposite Dread Pirate Jimbo on our networked computers, occasionally directing each other to particularly tasty threads, we discuss our costumes for halloween - I have to make myself a Jedi tunic, and we’re planning to tune up the Jedi tunic I made for Jim last year.
(ps - We’re also planning a tubal or vasectomy. What is it with geeks not reproducing?)
I plan on having two or three Trekkies myself. Gotta propagate the species!
Ah, but we’d only be diagnosed as having OCD if enough of the symptoms fit the list AND – the deal maker or breaker – they bothered us. You can be as obsessive and compulsive as you want, and if it does not bother you, by definition you do NOT have OCD.
About the only time this bothers me is when I can’t get my shoes to feel right and spend ten minutes fiddling until they do. Otherwise, no problem.