# Your weird habits that have good reasons behind them. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983 "2004-12-09T19:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/21 "2004-12-12T08:12:31Z")
> [@Caiata](#): > > Whenever eating fries/chips (take your pick), I never apply the salt to the fries themselves. Instead, I salt the ketchup, and stir the salt through with the fries before eating. So long as you’re not one of those people who hold the shacker in one hand while eating, and salt each fry (sometimes each bite) right before eating it. Too much work if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/22 "2004-12-12T15:01:25Z")
> [@Caiata](#): > > Because, you see, salt crystals are cubic. And fries are rectangular cuboids. And the salt just bounces off of the fries unless there’s oil attached. And fries are rarely regularly oiled when I get them. So I would end up with unevenly salted fries. Eh. Too much ketchup to salt ratio. The proper answer is to just salt the bejeezus of of the fries and leave a little pile of salt at the bottom of the fries to smoosh them around in. Then you can dip the tip of the fry in the ketchup for proper ketchup portion control. ---
**Author:** ![Aagramn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Aagramn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aagramn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/23 "2004-12-12T17:05:55Z")
I never drink the last inch of coffee in a cup, in case it has tea leaves in it. Yes, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/24 "2004-12-12T19:01:34Z")
I bang my shoes against something before putting them on. That greasy 3/4 inch palmetto roach tickled my feet, and when I panicked and kicked the shoe off, it ran up my leg, and I had to SMASH it between my pant leg and my thigh. This in 3rd grade. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/25 "2004-12-12T19:38:13Z")
> [@BoringDad](#): > > Eh. Too much ketchup to salt ratio. The proper answer is to just salt the bejeezus of of the fries and leave a little pile of salt at the bottom of the fries to smoosh them around in. Then you can dip the tip of the fry in the ketchup for proper ketchup portion control. Heart attack much? ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/26 "2004-12-12T20:17:41Z")
I don’t salt my fries. I warm my car up in the winter - not because it’s good for the car. Because it melts the ice and snow. I hate the sound of ice and snow so I’d rather not scrape it. ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/27 "2004-12-12T21:04:23Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Heart attack much? Heck no! Salt is only bad if you have high blood pressure and are succeptible to salt induced high blood pressure. The hearts in my family are stong as mountains. But our pancreases tend to grow large lumpy cancers. May as well eat the salt while I can. ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/28 "2004-12-12T21:16:20Z")
Oh, I also don’t open the pop-tops on soda cans all the way. I originally started doing this because I think it keep the soad freash longer and it prevents spills. Everyone thought I was crazy but then I was on a picnic with my brother when a bee flew into his pop can and he didn’t notice. He took a drink and it bit his lip. Ever since then, all my siblings do as I do. ---
**Author:** ![Spongemom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Spongemom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spongemom)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/29 "2004-12-12T21:22:44Z")
> [@ava](#): > > He took a drink and it bit his lip. Bees don’t bite, they sting. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983/30 "2004-12-13T03:11:20Z")
> [@Flipshod](#): > > I bang my shoes against something before putting them on. > > That greasy 3/4 inch palmetto roach tickled my feet, and when I panicked and kicked the shoe off, it ran up my leg, and I had to SMASH it between my pant leg and my thigh. This in 3rd grade. Jeebus!!! I think I’d just go barefoot after that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-habits-that-have-good-reasons-behind-them/278983.md?page=1)