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I stim. If I'm sitting in a squeaky chair, it's a bit annoying.
I remembered another one...
when I'm getting ready for work, I'm inevitably late so in order to speed things up I segment the routine into 10 second time trials e.g. 10 seconds to put my shirt on, 10 seconds to button it up, 10 seconds to put my trousers on, 10 seconds to put my belt on, etc. obviously some things take longer than 10 seconds, some things less so you are allowed rollovers and rollunders (?), there are things that you can do to make up time.
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getting dressed is dull
You know those signs that appear in some places, "Say No to Pylons"?
I now cannot see a pylon without saying "No" to it.
buzz-lightyear had to look up what stim meant.i do it too (no i don't mean that 😉
I'm in the speak to animals camp. Distressingly I will get distressed at a lone horse stood 'staring' into the distance. I might even call it 'horsey'. And there was a pig I used to talk to as I passed by it...
I also have a compunction if I have to cross a road to cross to the other side as soon as practically possible. I just have to.
I am also distressed when someone doesn't neatly cut the butter off from one end (definitely not scraped from the side like a PSYCHO) and then (even worse) not properly fold up the wrapping as it was neatly.
And I also bit off (or cut off) my fingernails and chew them. For days... Whats all that about then, eh?
I improvise songs and sing them to the dog. I can think of nothing more relaxing.
When I'm out cycling I try to impersonate farm animals when they bleet, moo, oink or whatever to see what they do.
I spin things in my hands, like a very average cocktail barman. After too many years of doing this I don't drop many thing, but I do drop some.
I am often told by my GF I am a "spinny freak".
I also chew paper, another habit I've had since I was a kid (although I was worse in my teens, actually used to swallow, would get through entire sheets of A4 in a day). I tend to idly rip little bits out of notebooks, and chomp away.
Yep, another paper-eater over here. I particularly like the corners of pages in old paperbacks that have 'crisped up' a bit.
I also like closing my eyes when on my bike and trying to imagine I'm travelling backwards.
Try and stop people getting the 100th post.
I sing stupid songs to my dog too. Usually to really naff songs. Favourites at the moments seem to be to the theme tune to Rupert the Bear, she'll be coming round the mountain and the theme to Scooby Doo.
When I leave the house I have to kiss each animal goodbye with 3 sets of 9 kisses with one for luck. I find that quite weird. 😯
Cutlery has to face all the same way in it's drawer. Really bugs me if it doesn't, and I have a constant battle with Mrs MM about which way up the mugs have to be in the cupboard. I'm always rim up and she's rim down.
I also have conversations with myself. It's worse if someone annoys me when I'm out as I then have an imaginary argument with them. I always win though. 😀
So not just me with the car radio in multiples of 5 then. See Redwoods, I'm not mad!
When a lift says "Please mind the doors", I always reply "I don't mind them at all".
Or when I see a sign that says "These doors are alarmed", I always shout "Boo...they are now"
Or, when I saw a sign at a tip that said "skip here". I stopped the van, got out and started prancing around in that space. The wife thought I was barking.
I use my knife & fork in the wrong hands for a right handed person, this has baffled and still amuses my mother-in-law from the very day i first ate a meal at their hose, saying that they keep an animal indoors and treat it like a child. How bloody weird is that!
Another apparently weird eating thing is that I eat the food on my plate in an certain order, it's not always the same but I'll never mix meat & veg in one forkful.
Yep, another paper-eater over here. I particularly like the corners of pages in old paperbacks that have 'crisped up' a bit.
*High Five*
I tend to prefer note paper and the like. I had to buy a new notebook because I'd nommed my way through August to December in my work 2011 diary. 😐
Another apparently weird eating thing is that I eat the food on my plate in an certain order, it's not always the same but I'll never mix meat & veg in one forkful.
Same here, it's normally meat, then veg, then potatoes. Also applies to packed lunches - sandwiches first, then crisps, then any sweet stuff. That can be blamed on the dinner ladies at my primary school though, you had to eat lunch in that order or fear their wrath!
I have to line-up the H & C on taps.
Broken a few doing it too such is my obsession.
Also I avoid driving on cats eyes when changing lanes on dual carriageways. Its got to the point now where its getting dangerous, Particularly at junctions as they are closely spaced around those.
I also count steps while walking, cant stop it. Often loose count which really upsets me.
weirdos
Also applies to packed lunches - sandwiches first, then crisps, then any sweet stuff
Is this concidered wierd? I thought this was normal!
I like to use my arse sweat to crisp up the corners of pages in old paperbacks...
😯
[i]I like to use my arse sweat to crisp up the corners of pages in old paperbacks... [/i]
yet another reason why I tend not to borrow library books.
That and the fact that the person before me always seems to have used a rasher of bacon as a bookmark judging by the fat stains.
That isn't fat.
That and the fact that the person before me always seems to have used a rasher of bacon as a bookmark judging by the fat stains.
It's not a fat stain..
both of you?
Together?
I like to use my arse sweat to crisp up the corners of pages in old paperbacks...
Doesn't everyone?
When drinking coffee (or another hot beverage) from one of those paper cups (think Starbucks, etc), the hole in the plastic lid must be exactly opposite the seam of the cup
+1.....and I didn't even think this was weird!!
Is eating one thing at a time on your plate weird? I've always done that. Never thought to mention it.
When cleaning a bike with a ht2 bottom bracket I have to spray the hose through the open end of the axle.
Note to self
Take library books back tomorrow
When I was at secondary school in the 80s, me and a mate learned to sing Adam and the Ant's Stand and Deliver backwards. As in "dnats dna reviled..." etc. Every so often I have a quick go. Still got it after 30 years!
Still got it after 30 years!
I think you can get treatment for it nowadays, Starbelly. At least an emollient ointment. 😐
I respond to computers, 'phones and devices that beep or make odd little noises. 'Bli-blong!' 'Pilup'! 'Ee-hoo!''. Stuff like that. 😳
I swear at sheep when on really long bike trips. Proper swearing. I normally really quite like sheep in a non sexual way.
another thing i always have to have some sort of background noise on when i am at home (either music or the tv) i just get uncomfortable if there is silence.
I just remembered some more. When I have a cup of tea I always save the last inch or so because I just don't want it to end but then I forget about it and it goes cold every time. When I eat a meal I always make it so there's a little bit of everything left for the last mouth full.
Starbelly... LOL 🙂 Go on derek, change your user name to that puleeeeeze 🙂
I sometimes visit the Bike Forum.
When I eat fish & chips I always eat the chips first, then the batter, then the fish.
I always ALWAYS have to eat the "square side" of a slice of bread first. I have to get those nasty right angle corners out of the way before I can truly enjoy my sandwich/toast....
But surely everybody does this?
Very amusing thread.
Maybe I'm not so weird as I thought..
I also talk to animals when riding(hello mr horsey etc)
and myself all the time !
I'm a squatter - enough of the toilet talk. 😕
I improvise songs too - particularly when riding(solo,obviously).
And I also line my valves up with my tyre logos 🙂 - crackers.