So what weird things........

Porgy

LazyBoycp wrote:

lastant wrote:

If I accidentally drag a foot or tap it somewhere I do the other one to 'even it up'.

+1 Also, if I step on a join between paving slabs then I have to do the same with the other foot (and with the same place on my foot, e.g. if it's with the heel of the first foot, it has to be the heel of the other).
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I've got this one as well - it's a real pain and can make you look very silly at times. :oops:

benno68

I always start going up the stairs with my left foot first

On the bike I always unclip my right foot when stopping, I've tried the other way and had no end of problems trying to clip my left foot in on the move. Everyone has their favourate foot for unclipping surely.

I have to eat all the food on my plate, drink my last drop of beer and finish the tub of Ben & Jerry's, that's why I'm a fat git!

garrynolan

Clockwise maybe - but what if you're in Australia? ps. Don't know how to show the reference from above or how to put in smily faces.[/quote]

NGale

I have to sleep with Jake on my left hand side, if he's on the other side of the bed I can't get to sleep.

I do judge a book by it's cover, if I like the cover I'll read the book. As a result I have some excellent books I may not have read before.

My shirts have to have creases down the sleeves.

My CDs and my Itunes downloads have to be in alphabetical and genre order

lost_in_thought

Apart from the loo roll thing... ok... I'll play...

I also stack coins in order of size, and anything else that's stackable.
If I'm waiting in line at a shop I get the urge (which I usually suppress) to tidy up their chewing gum/chocolate bar displays.
I like things to be symmetrical. It pleases me.
All the bottles/cans in my drinks fridge have to have the labels facing forwards.
The ornaments on my coffee table have to be in *just* the right place.
I can't let fabric touch my teeth, nor cotton wool, nor sponges. Sometimes the same applies for my fingernails, but I try to ignore that.
I have mild trichotillomania - eyelashes only.

But I'm getting better! I don't tap out syllables while people talk any more. OK, very occasionally...

:oops:

fletch8928

your all strange. I have to find a picture that isnt hung level to my eye.

gert_lush

lost_in_thought wrote:

But I'm getting better! I don't tap out syllables while people talk any more. OK, very occasionally...

:oops:

:shock: never heard of that one before, that's funny

jonginge

lost_in_thought wrote:

Apart from the loo roll thing... ok... I'll play...

I also stack coins in order of size, and anything else that's stackable.
If I'm waiting in line at a shop I get the urge (which I usually suppress) to tidy up their chewing gum/chocolate bar displays.
I like things to be symmetrical. It pleases me.
All the bottles/cans in my drinks fridge have to have the labels facing forwards.
The ornaments on my coffee table have to be in *just* the right place.
I can't let fabric touch my teeth, nor cotton wool, nor sponges. Sometimes the same applies for my fingernails, but I try to ignore that.

Hey, someone's kidnapped Livs and replaced her with Monica Geller

lost_in_thought wrote:

I have mild trichotillomania - eyelashes only.

Ah, yes, me too: eyebrows and jawline stubble.

lost_in_thought wrote:

But I'm getting better! I don't tap out syllables while people talk any more. OK, very occasionally...

Never noticed

jonginge

Ok, I have two very conflicting traits: I am an olympic-level procrastinator; I have a work-related hero complex. The two do not sit happily together...


Edit: would have posted this last night but was watching a film I'd seen at least 10 times before...

_Brun_

lost_in_thought wrote:

I also stack coins in order of size, and anything else that's stackable.

I'm pretty certain that's just common sense. I don't think the Egyptians were being 'weird' when they decided to put the biggest bit of the pyramids at the bottom.

oscarbudgie

This thread needs a trick cyclist

grahamg123

biondino wrote:

shouldbeinbed wrote:

symo wrote:

hisoka wrote:

I'm quite OCD about people putting apostrophe's in plural's.

+1 - actually, I think mine extends to bad grammar in general *sets oneself up for making grammatical errors in this post and prepares for ensuing ridicule*
I get the thing with the toilet roll but i hang it down the wall side - i think this is because of the small loo we had growing up so it used to be hung away from the knees.
I can relate to the "certain side of body first" thing too but i don't take it as far as starting over or consciously checking that I was left side first. However, if i do things with one side of my body, i make sure i do it the same number of times to the other side of the body - it's all about balance Actually, symmetry in general gets me. Even when i was little my Lego had to be symmetrical in colour, shape and even type of block used. Some other traits are:
- the volume of any device has to be multiples of 5 or on the number 7 or 13;
- the toilet seat should be put down when the toilet isn't in use;
- brush my teeth after every snack or meal;

Variations on all these themes seem to be the normal, so i'm taking solace in the fact i'm quite normal (using this forum as a poll of the general populous)

attica

grahamg123 wrote:

the volume of any device has to be multiples of 5 or on the number 7 or 13;

no nonoooooooooooooooanything but the number 13 - or twelvty as I call it

MonkeyMonster

Blimey charlie you bunch of nutters...

Loo roll looks more right (to me) away from the wall but I never change it if it isn't.

I unclip on the left more but that's due to right hip being a bit fecked and I'm now totally used to doing it that way.

Not sure I want to meet you lot again

il_principe

biondino wrote:

I have to be on the left when walking in a pair with someone else. I mean, I don't go spazzy if I'm not, but do feel uneasy!

F@cking liberals!

_Brun_

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Blimey charlie you bunch of nutters...

Loo roll looks more right (to me) away from the wall but I never change it if it isn't.

I unclip on the left more but that's due to right hip being a bit fecked and I'm now totally used to doing it that way.

Not sure I want to meet you lot again

You ride a weird deviant bike.

jonginge

Il Principe wrote:

biondino wrote:

I have to be on the left when walking in a pair with someone else. I mean, I don't go spazzy if I'm not, but do feel uneasy!

F@cking liberals!

MonkeyMonster

_Brun_ wrote:

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Blimey charlie you bunch of nutters...

Loo roll looks more right (to me) away from the wall but I never change it if it isn't.

I unclip on the left more but that's due to right hip being a bit fecked and I'm now totally used to doing it that way.

Not sure I want to meet you lot again

You ride a weird deviant bike.

to be fair, you and itb were the ones i'd still be willing to drink with... 8)

linsen

Oh I have just remembered that I tap my toes alternately with the gaps in the lines in a road, or cat eyes, if I am a passenger.

And Liv - your list was strangely familiar, but I don't think any of that is odd.

commuterconvert

JonGinge wrote:

Ok, I have two very conflicting traits: I am an olympic-level procrastinator; I have a work-related hero complex. The two do not sit happily together...

+5 brilliant, that's me exactly

gert_lush

linsen wrote:

You are all nutters

The only one I can think of is that I can't settle to sleep with cupboards or drawers not shut properly. I am quite sure that is entirely normal.

Oh and I usually shut the front door when I leave the house

I am the same with that, although that stems to childhood when I though the witches and ghosts would get me if they were open! I dont mind so much these days, I keep a photon pack by my bed to get those pesky wardrobe ghosts!

biondino

gert_lush wrote:

I keep a photon pack by my bed

Is that another word for a "lamp"?

gert_lush

photon / proton whatever it worked for Egon :roll:

Sewinman

lost_in_thought wrote:

I can't let fabric touch my teeth, nor cotton wool, nor sponges. Sometimes the same applies for my fingernails, but I try to ignore that.


:oops:

I have that, gives me the shivers. When i very occasionally go to McD's I can not take the tissues out of the holder because I do not like the feeling on my nails.

I can not stand having any nasal hair either.

il_principe

linsen wrote:

Oh I have just remembered that I tap my toes alternately with the gaps in the lines in a road, or cat eyes, if I am a passenger.

What, even on long journeys? You are a nutter.

Porgy

lost_in_thought wrote:

I can't let fabric touch my teeth, nor cotton wool, nor sponges. Sometimes the same applies for my fingernails, but I try to ignore that.


:oops:

Me too and it's getting worse with age - it never bothered me until i reached my 30s. Now I can barely stand to clean my teeth and can only use an electric toothbrush. Certainly can't have any sort of material touching my teeth or even in my mouth.

There was someone on "come dine with me" at the weekend who sucked some soup of soemone else's tie. I shrivelled inside. :?

MonkeyMonster

Porgy wrote:

There was someone on "come dine with me" at the weekend who sucked some soup of soemone else's tie. I shrivelled inside. :?

That is entirely your fault for watching such drivel

Porgy

MonkeyMonster wrote:

Porgy wrote:

There was someone on "come dine with me" at the weekend who sucked some soup of soemone else's tie. I shrivelled inside. :?

That is entirely your fault for watching such drivel

some people watch x factor - i watch come dine with me.

I think it's absolutely hilarious - i love it. :oops:

lost_in_thought

Porgy wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

I can't let fabric touch my teeth, nor cotton wool, nor sponges. Sometimes the same applies for my fingernails, but I try to ignore that.


:oops:

Me too and it's getting worse with age - it never bothered me until i reached my 30s. Now I can barely stand to clean my teeth and can only use an electric toothbrush. Certainly can't have any sort of material touching my teeth or even in my mouth.

There was someone on "come dine with me" at the weekend who sucked some soup of soemone else's tie. I shrivelled inside. :?

See, that's what I was worried I'd be like in a few years. I give myself a good talking to every so often about it which seems to help, it is after all purely a trick of the mind.

grahamg123

this has opened a can of worms...just had a few more "helpfully" pointed out to me...

...cutlery all has to be from the same set, i always crack a hole in the bottom of the egg shell when i've finished eating a boiled egg and i'm also guilty of ordering my monetary notes in value order in my wallet while making sure they're all facing the same way. oh, and the obvious one of alphabetical ordering of my music and film collection. the last one worries me because of the sense of panic and anger i get when mine, or anyone elses, "isn't right".

...i'm off to book an appointment with my therapist...