Archive through October 25, 2002
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Archive through October 25, 2002
Rissa | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:21 pm     Whoami, Thanks for the visual!!!!! LOL Well, my quirk seems quite inane is comparision to some of you But, this has been driving my hubby nuts for years.... I butt my cookies after every bite the same way you would butt a cigarette. I think it's quite logical... I don't want to raise a cookie to my mouth and have crumbs drop onto my clothing. But apparently it looks quite silly. LOL |
Grooch | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:29 pm     Rissa, just don't butt them on a restaurant table. OK?  |
Fanny | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:37 pm     Grooch, as god is my witness I will NEVER use salt at a restaurant again. (And if Rissa first dunked her cookie THEN butted it.......we'd have cookie butt juice) <wonders if having an obsession about any kind of butt juice qualifies as a quirk> |
Whoami | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:40 pm     Expanding on the 15 second rule... Is it a quirk that, when you drop one piece of food, and one of the dogs snatches it up, you then have to "drop" another piece of food, so the other dog gets a piece too? |
Zachsmom | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:48 pm     no it's not Whoami..it's a sign of being a good parent.. |
Suitsmefine | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:50 pm     Ok, I was just lurking around , minding my own business, and what do I find???? BUTTJUICE!!!!!! I have laughed sooooo hard that I think I may be suffering from the buttjuice syndrome!!!!! Thanks Fanny, you made my day!!!! |
Kstme | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:54 pm     Whoami...I thought that was LAW! Ollie has to have what Maggie has and vice versa! Not a quirk! Gosh, after all this restaurant stuff, I'm almost terrified to confirm our evening to Outback was a success! The waiter stood to take our order and didn't squat nor did he sit in our booth. We gave him big thumbs up! We also decided to ask him about this odd procedure. His take on it, he feels it's intrusive! GOOD GUY ALL THE WAY! Of course, as he's telling us this, a table a few feet away has a waiter plopping his lazy *ss down next to some customers. |
Zachsmom | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:56 pm     But Kstme..did you ingest Butt Juice? |
Whoami | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 02:07 pm     Awwww, thanks for calling me a good parent Zach! Kstme, it sure is a law! How can you resist those accusing glares? You sure don't want to be accused of favoritism. We've even gone so far as, if the piece we drop is the last piece on our plate, we get up and go get another piece from the kitchen for the slower dog! And, let's not even get into the quirks that have us making sure each dog treat is the exact same size for each dog! You know, that could be a great "sub-thread." Quirky habits/traditions you do with your pets. Like, thier feeding rituals, games you play, etc... |
Kstme | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 04:02 pm     Zachsmom...eeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Whoami...LOL Can you imagine? I KNOW my puppies some really odd quirks! Ollie has to be lifted on the bed in the morning to play with Maggie while I'm drying my hair. The only time! Otherwise, he uses the steps at the end of the bed! LOL This could be fun! |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 04:10 pm     Oh dear! I do hope Fanny is not British! |
Draheid | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 04:11 pm     For that matter, we could start an entire section of the board for quirks:
- Personal Quirks
- Pet Quirks
- Restaurant Quirks
- Shopping Quirks
- Driving Quirks
- Intimate Quirks
- Childhood Quirks
- Parenting Quirks
- Etc.
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Rissa | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 04:23 pm     RFLMAO! I was going to stay FAR away from discussing buttjuice, had no idea what it was.. but was fairly sure I wanted no part of it. But since Fanny brought it up in relation to my cookie-butting, I felt I should read back and find out what it is. I think I can promise fairly sincerely that usage of the phrase 'butt-juice' will never catch on with me, but I do agree whole-heartily with the sentiment Fanny. I want a clean tablecloth with disposable paper placemats and my cutlery NEVER touches the table. And, let me assure you that I always aim for a plate or ashtray with my cookie-butting For some reason butt-juice reminded me of a pet peeve I have.... grocers who put meat in with other groceries!! This is the most disgusting, unhealthy way to pack food and completely turns my stomach. The last time it happened, I made the guy go get me all new groceries (the ones that were in that one bag) and repack it. Didn't make any friends that day LOL but it IS common-sense. There was no point to me paying for groceries that I would have tossed in the garbage as soon as I got home. |
Alegria | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 04:24 pm     Fanny makes perfect sense to me. When I open public washroom doors (after washing my hands) I want to dry my hands on towels NOT the hot air and I use my coat/shirt/skirt to provide a barrier between my clean hand and the door handle so I don't pick up germs from the people who didn't wash their hands. oh, if there are no towels then I shake my hands dry and am especially careful about using the barrier method when opening the door (sort of like a surgeon after they have washed their hands after prepping)  |
Whit4you | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 04:43 pm     LOL this thread is awesome - something to look forward to when I get home from wo*k. Guess I should fess up to a few of my own quirks... Along the lines of my toeless socks (although I can NOT bear to wear socks with toes or even have my toes touch ANYTHING.....) Also and I have NO idea really why or even when I started doing this, but I don't wear shoelaces, EVER. (reminding myself of that "NO MORE WIRE HANGERS EVER" lady at the moment lol) But I don't ever wear laces - um at least since jr high the minute I buy a pair of shoes the laces are out of them. For many, many years I wore the laces as hair ties... and there for most of my 20's it ws part of my decision in buying a pair of shoes, how the shoe laces would look in my hair. I don't wear the shoelaces in my hair anymore - no particular reason why not just don't 'go out' much so don't wear hair ties much anymore. Another really strange quirk for me - is that I am 'incapable' of buying a lightbulb, I kid you not. I have NEVER been able to buy lightbulbs. After I got divorced is when it started to be an issue... when I was down to like 2 lights in my entire house... because I could never buy lightbulbs. I'd write a note on my HAND even.. I'd write a note and attach it to my cash... I tried alot of things over the years but I just couldn't buy lightbulbs. Luckily before I ever got to a point where I had NO LIGHTS in my house at all - I either moved or someone moved in with me and put in lights. A few times over the years though I've been down to two lights in my house. No idea what will happen if someday I am not moving and nobody is moving in with me... I'll probably end up with nothing but the TV for light. I"m serious about this though - I don't 'do this' on purpose.. just some really strange quirk. Well I have alot of other quirks but that's enough for *today* LOL |
Urgrace | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:01 pm     Grooch your frog was probably in the drain eating the cockroaches - you should have kept him! About the change issue - why do the cashiers always hand you the paper money first and then put the change on top of it where it slides around and ends up falling out of your hand. It makes me crazy that none of the mostly younger (than I am) people can even count change and that's why they hand you the bills first.(gripe) I want my change first then paper money (quirk) My utensils never touch the table either! Buttjuice is an excellent term. My mom built our first three-holer butt-hutt with baby bear, mommy bear and papa bear size seats. I don't know what some of you would do if you were a few years older and had to use them. LOL When we go on a trip I carry my own tp and paper towels with me in case there are none in the facility. They claim that hot air blowers are more sanitary then you end up having to open the darn door so what good are they?(gripe) Not even a paper towel to grip the door handle with!(quirk) |
Car54 | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:15 pm     Hey Whit, I am just the opposite. I HAVE to have extra lightbulbs at all times. When I see them on sale, I stock up... I keep some upstairs and some in the basement...just in case. Last year I replaced most of my bulbs with those new fancy curly ones that last forever...now I have lifetime supply of lightbulbs. When you run out, let me know...I will mail you some. |
Whit4you | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:22 pm     Urgrace not "always' lol, I always hand them the change FIRST and then COUNT BACK their change ... Your total is 2.38 - you hand me a 20.00 I say .. your change is 17.62 - hand you the 62 and say "3" and then say.. 4 ... 5... and $5 is 10 and $10 is twenty. You see every bill I'm going to hand you - so you know your getting the correct change. If a drive thru person hands me a wad of bills I will sit there and count them - period. I am not going to trust that they grabbed the right amount of change nor should anyone. It's a simple trick to know how much change to give out... and I've tought it to alot of people. Most managers these days don't seem to know how to do this! Trust me - just say to the drivethru person as she's getting ready to hand you the bills first... Please hand me the change first! Managers don't teach them this these days so ya'all are going to have to. LOL. This is totally off topic I know but I'm gonna say this just in case anyone is curious. How to figure out how much change is do you (or a customer) here's how it's done. Say the total is 2.48 you hand them a $10 What you want to do is make the # before and AFTER the . (decimal) = 9 and the final # = 10. so 2 + ? = 9 so 4 + ? = 9 so 8 + ? = 10? See how that works? 2 + 7 = 9 4 + 5 = 9 8 + 2 = 10 so it.s 7.52 This really isn't tough honestly. What I do is figure out the .XX side then add in the $$ side like this. 2.48 (I think to myself 5 .....2... (.52) then I think... 7..... 7.52 SO your change is 7.52 lets try it again with another example... 4.21 4 + ? = 9 2 + ? = 9 1 + ? = 10? So your change is gonna be .... 5.79 -------- try these (on a 10 dollar pay...) 3.47 6.24 7.83 ------ see it's really easy isn't it? Why don't managers teach this? Honestly it's cause I don't think THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS lol. Now to hand BACK the change - this is more visual so hard to explain I think but how it's done is .. the CHANGE = the next # of their total.... like this... your total is say 2.56 the CHANGE = 3 (you say 3....) your total is 5.67 the CHANGE you hand the person is the next # you say (6....) See what I mean? it's the next $ amount over whatever their total was... and then you start with the smallest bill and count it back. total is say 2.68 (change is going to be what? quick!... 7.32 You hand them the CHANGE saying "3....." (the next $ over their total...) and then ... 4...5... (with the $1 bills...and $5 makes 10 as you hand them the 5. I do the counting of the bills in MY hand - because if you try to hand it to THEM as they have their palm out to recieve them the wind is going to take away those pretty bills. LOL Well now another one of my quirks is to be too helpful. So now that you know all you ever wanted to know about counting change... |
Fanny | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:30 pm     Oh I just thought of another quirk...thanks, Urgrace and Car for reminding me. I have to have lots of toilet paper. When I get stressed about money (which is most of the time!) I just go buy a boatload of toilet paper and it makes me feel rich. Go figure (just a figure of speech, Whit) |
Bob2112 | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:34 pm     Whitney, may I borrow a quarter now? |
Whit4you | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:37 pm     So the total on $100.00 on Bob21.12 would be what? Quick folks.... $78.88!! Bob - here's your quarter... I'll keep your &78.88 in change lol. |
Lumbele | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:37 pm     (posted this in the wrong thread) Momma Grooch, was it him?  |
Fanny | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:37 pm     <hopes somebody gives Bob his darned quarter so he'll quit having quirks about it> |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:50 pm     Agreed, Fanny, nothing worse than a continually quacking quirky Sponge.
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Moondance | Friday, October 25, 2002 - 07:55 pm     Fanny shouldn't that be a BUTTload of TP? |
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