[b]Stupid / pointless things you still do out of habit[/b]
I occasionally look at the [b]"EU Referendum - are you in or out?"[/b] thread to see whether the sneering has abated.
Laces in shoes and boots have to overlap correctly.
Left - left over right
Right - right over left.
Of course that does mean that only one of them is knotted correctly of course... 🙂
My habit is tapping the top of a can before opening it. I know it's pointless but can't stop myself.
We should meet up, it'd be a right laugh!
😆
Let's at least make it somewhere with a good view.
Log into a mountain forum occasionally even though I haven't ridden my mountain bike in aaaaaages.
Check everything twice, and then again to make sure (obvs)
Lay our clothes on bed that I'm going to wear, including bra and pants, just in case...
Check that my passport is still definitely in the bag and I hadn't imagined it being there a few minutes earlier.
I'd not only check it was where it always lived but I'd get the driver to watch me check it when they picked me up on the way to the airport.
Don't walk under road signs
Don't walk over 3 manholes in a row
johnners - MemberStupid / pointless things you still do out of habit
I occasionally look at the "EU Referendum - are you in or out?" thread to see whether the sneering has abated.
*s****s*
I always look both ways when crossing a one way street, having been run over once by a car coming the wrong way. Always amuses people i am with but i have to recount the story.
When picking up a newspaper (i.e. The Guardian) off of the pile in the shop I [i]always[/i] choose the second one down, because once - about twenty years ago - the top one was damaged.
[b]federalski[/b] - Member
volume on TV, radio etc must be a even number.
What if it's just a knob with no scale?
open up STW and go to the chat forum.
Of course that does mean that only one of them is knotted correctly of course...
Quite right. I have tried changing the "over and under" for the knotting on one shoe but I've never got my head (and fingers) around it.
gonefishin - Member
Always fill a glass of water three times. Fill, pour out, repeat and drink the third one. Completely wasteful and I have no clue as to why I do it.
In times gone by when water pipes were made of lead, that wouldn't actually be the worst thing in the world to do.
We moved into our current house 2 years ago and it had lead pipes from the water main to the house, and this was the advice from the council. We used a Britta instead, although I suspect it didn't help hugely.
At the supermarket, when picking out milk/ yoghurt/ whatever, I never take the one at the front. I rationalise by convincing myself that the front one is probably warmer than the ones behind it.
Sit in the same seat in the helicopter every time, not even the one closest to the emergency exit so makes no sense......
Sit in the same seat in the helicopter every time, not even the one closest to the emergency exit so makes no sense......
....Unless you're the pilot.
Not a bad idea if you're not intending to eat immediately as newer products should always be put at the back to allow for stock rotation.At the supermarket, when picking out milk/ yoghurt/ whatever, I never take the one at the front. I rationalise by convincing myself that the front one is probably warmer than the ones behind it.
I always do this with any magazines, or come to think of it any paper based products. I think its a habit formed in art school, but that's too far back to remember.When picking up a newspaper (i.e. The Guardian) off of the pile in the shop I always choose the second one down, because once - about twenty years ago - the top one was damaged.
in order to protect the woman from the road
I believe the idea was so that a woman would not get covered in 'window shit' when the chamberpot got emptied in days of yore
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Coffee enemas
I also do that leaning forward when overtaking thing in my van.
Its even worse in the 7 1/2 ton lorry.
Overtaking is so painful when you're only going 2mph faster than the lorry you're overtaking. I find myself getting really tense mid overtake.
I thought it was just the people in cars behind the creeping overtake that got tense 😉
I wash my hands before going for a pee.
Several years of organic chemistry trains that into you.
Turn the bog roll so the sheet is on the outside.
Sometimes in friends houses too.
Don't know why,not even sure when it started
Live in hope.
Turn the bog roll so the sheet is on the outside.
That's not pointless, it's the One True Way and the cause of holy wars.
Turn the bog roll so the sheet is on the outside.
Sometimes in friends houses too.
Missed opportunity! When in friends house replace bog roll with "non tear" bog roll from the joke shop. Remember to hide the real stuff before you leave.
PS, I don't have many mates 😆
The first house i rented had a fridge door that didn't shut properly at the bottom so i'd always give it a gentle kick in the outer corner to make it seal shut. Still do it to this day, over 20 years later 😳
Every Wednesday at 1pm I hoof myself in the slats for no reason.
I've just done it now and it smarts a bit
Say 'hoof in the slats' for cheap laughs on forums.
Pull up on the car steering wheel to manual speed bumps and push down on the backside.
Accelerate hard if I see a pothole last minute to make the front end of my 1.5 tonne front wheel drive car go light and decrease the risk of going OTB (over the bonnet???).
Become annoyed at Mrs North for making us late.
Even though she's never changed her time keeping in the 21 years we've spent together....
Its just occurred to me that one of the most pointless things I still do is try to communicate through any agency through the 'contact us' form on their website. Whether its enquiring about buying copious amounts of their goods or service or making perfectly simple customer service enquiries, typing into a web form seems to be as much use shouting it into a paper bag then posting it.
Count stairs in my head as I'm ascending, not descending though
Sit down on the loo for a wee.........I'm male btw! But that's not pointless/stupid, its so much more relaxing.
Even though I always pay for fuel with a card and it makes no difference I have to round the amount off in the same way I did when you were counting the half pennies
Smoking
Subconsciously preparing for the car to try to turn around and run away when a bus or tractor approaches - despite that fact that 1. I am perfectly able to tell the difference between a car and my horse, and 2. said horse is not even alive anymore
Being mildly surprised that a stationary bike does not remain upright of its own accord - and that you will fall off if you don't put a foot down.
