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Azriel

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 09:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
~snickering~ I know that some people have already headed to their bathroom and are turning the paper both ways to see if it stops rolling faster when it's out.

Wargod

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 09:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL....I was wondering if I should go check that out. Think I'll just believe you on that one. And you're so right.....it totally blows my mind that someone as intelligent as my husband can't get it through his head to hang the tissue!!!! Ok, yes, I'm a little obssesive about that, LOL.

Merlin

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 09:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ummm, some of us are more gentle with our toilet paper apparently. I never give mine a hard snatch.

Azriel

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 09:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
~giggle~ well little kids give it a hard snatch all the time, Merlin. I guess you can't remember back that far ~ducks and runs for cover~

Carolinakisses

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 10:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Toilet paper must hang to the outside, towels must all be folded the same way, money sorted in wallet, clothes on hangers must all hang the same way, hate gowns and P.J's even in the winter time. grocery store - stay out of my personal space and I must be able to see the price when it rings up. If cashier rushes and wants to zip thru the scanning process, I will tell he/she I'm not in a hurry so they do not have to go fast. I don't care if you read my magazines, but if it's one that I save then don't bend the pages. LOL and the list goes on…

Whowhere

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 11:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, you can call me strange for this but........

I don't kill spiders. Nor do I have someone kill them for me. I capture them, name them, and set them free. Spiders kill other annoying critters that I can't stand (roaches and flies) and it does bother me when others try to kill them. Of course, I'm not referring to black widows or any other harmful type of spider that I do know how to identify. Just the innocent ones.

I'm pretty much that way with any kind of critter. If I can set it free without harm, that's what I do.

Oh, and I can't stand anything on my feet either. I've been known to push-mow the lawn bare-footed before. I could walk on fire and barely feel it. My husband, on the other hand, NEVER goes anywhere without socks AND shoes on and his feet are extremely sensitive because of it.

Juju2bigdog

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 12:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Merlin, me either.

Djgirl5235

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 01:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the laugh you guys!!! I needed it this afternoon - not for any particular reason, just having a "blah" day...

Now, my "quirks"... I know that I have a TONNE of them, though I will only admit to a couple!

1) Close talkers and space invaders deserve to be shot! If I can't spread my arm out straight, YOU'RE TOO DARN CLOSE!!!! I was reading the posts above, and just the thought of having someone so close has the hair on the back of my neck raised and a shiver running up & down my back - I have a HUGE problem with personal space!

2) Toilet paper - definitely on the outside, but the funnies thing, is that my DH has the quirk of requiring it to be on the inside, and we have toilet paper wars daily switching it back to the way "WE" like it! I shouldn't complain because he always remembers to change it!

3) Talking to myself......okay, now this is a bad one... I'm constantly muttering to myself, at home, at work, in the car... it's really bad. I picked up this trait as a child and it's become something that I don't even notice I'm doing until someone else catches me doing it... it's REALLY BAD!

4) I too have the ..... syndrome, and I can't help it. It's almost a "hmmm" for the computer.

5) I can only have 2 ice cubes in my glass, any more than that and it really waters down my drink. I've been known to remove the ice from my glass if there's too much - UNLESS it's the bagged ice that comes in the really small cubes, then you can have four, but no more than that!!!!

Okay, I'm getting out of here before I let anymore secrets slip!!!!

Kstme

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 01:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This is going to sound horrible, but I am very upfront about it when it matters. I don't like "small" children. I like kids as they get older and you can "somewhat" reason with them. I go absolutely ballistic over ill-mannered children, although, I do blame lack of parental control for their behavior.

Curiouscat

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 03:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
When I take the bus in the morning I have my favourite place to sit. It really throws my "daydream" mode out of wack if I have to sit on the other side of the bus or too close to the front of the bus. I simply hate when I have to sit on the seats that face sideways instead of forward because there's usually someone straight across from me. I don't like loud talkers on the bus either - I can't hear myself think. I won't even get into people who bathe in perfume or don't bathe period.

Oh, one other quirk that drives my boyfriend crazy - where I sit in a restaurant. If I have a choice, I want booth seating, not table and chairs. I want seating against the wall, not in the middle of the room. I don't like sitting near the entrance, kitchen, bathroom or wherever else is high traffic. Seat me away from people if possible, especially children. If I'm not comfortable where I'm sitting, I won't be able to enjoy my meal, and I've left a restaurant (before ordering) because of it.

Twiggyish

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Curious, we choose booths, too. I hate sitting in the middle and, we do have a child.
I'll ask to be moved, if they sit us near a kitchen or out in the middle.

Ketchuplover

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 03:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sometimes I honk @ people who "forget" what a STOP sign means. I park right by the rear exit of the theatre. I eat ketchup :) Sometimes I just type for the hell of it. That was a sample LOL :)

Ketchuplover

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not sure if this qualifies,but it bugs me when people interchange your & you're :)

Webkitty

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, I love this thread! Now I don't feel so "quirky"

I have the personal space quirk too. All of the above and when I am in a public place, if someone sneezes, I walk away as quickly as I can ~germs~
If I am in the supermarket and HAVE to touch the grocery cart, I have to rub that anti-bacterial stuff on my hands before I touch my steering wheel.
And I can't stand the checkout thing, when people just p-u-s-h. And the booth thing, me too. I know I'm in a public restaurant, but I want privacy and comfort, so no tables in the middle of the restaurant for me either.

I don't like to wear shoes and go barefoot as much as possible, but I have to have my feet covered when I am in bed....what else....

Oh, the icecube thing! I can't have anymore than two also! (I thought I was the only one!)

I can sleep with lights on but it has to be quite, no noise.

Back to the restaurant. I have to have the wait person bring me extra paper napkins, even if its the kind of restaurant that used linen ones.

I can't leave the house or go to bed until all the locks have been checked at least twice.....

I don't care about the TP, but I have to brush my tongue with baking soda AFTER I've brushed my teeth with toothpaste, THEN use a special mouthwash, then floss, then use the mouthwash again. Its a ritual, and I don't feel proper in the morning until its done. But I can't stand to brush my teeth at night......just floss... what else....

ok, posting here. It takes me FOREVER to compose a post, even the smallest one. I have to read it over and over and re-do it again and again. (I drive myself nuts with this quirk)

That's enough for now..........I've revealed too much already!! Pressing the "post" button now.......

Ketchuplover

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You're breath smells great webkitty :)

Zachsmom

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a "quirk" about the supermarket thing too..But what I have learned to do is turn and ask the person..somewhat loudly.."Is the reason why you are standing so close and in my space because YOU are paying for my grocery items today?"

Now my son knows not to stand to close to the person ahead of us..and says quiet loudly.."You don't cross this line when someone is giving their nickels do you Mommy? It's not nice!"

Rig

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Work quirks:

1)The papers I have tacked up on my cubicle walls must hang straight. If one is crooked, it bugs me until I fix it.

2)Eating crunchy foods (apple, chips) bugs me in the cubicles, but other sounds (telephone talking, music playing)does not.

Webkitty

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Ketchup

Car54

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This whole thread is making me paranoid about grocery shopping. Gosh...so many rules...who knew?

Hillbilly

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay...here is my number one quirk.

My books. I refuse to loan them to anyone anymore. I don't know why but people seem to keep books and never return them.

I will loan just about anything else...but don't touch any of my books...and don't even think about asking to borrow them.

Babyruth

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 04:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was going to ask my friends and family what my quirks are, because none of the ones listed so far in this thread are ones I share...that is, until, Rig posted. :)

I can't stand to see a hung picture hanging at a tilt, no matter how minor the tilt. I will go up to pictures in other people's homes, in businesses, everywhere I see them (ok, except museums) and gently adjust them if they are not level.

Webkitty

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 05:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, now you've gone and done it Babyruth....

<webkitty rushes around her house looking for tilted pictures>

Curiouscat

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 05:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Hillbilly! I work at a library and that's one thing we all agree on is do not lend out our own books. I broke that rule by mistake with a family member once - I told her when I see her next time in a couple weeks I'd take back the book and do NOT lend it out to anybody else. Of course when I saw her she didn't have it because, you guessed it, she lent it to a friend. When I finally did get it back the spine was broken and a couple pages completely unglued and falling out. That'll teach me.

Muttley

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 08:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, I have had a great time reading these! Thank you to all of you lovely, quirky posters
Here goes:

--I have bubble issues, too. So does my daughter (age 18), and we're both very vocal about it if it's breached. This seems to be very common here.

--I have the towel thing mentioned above, too. They have to be folded in thirds and then thirds again-- and then stacked nice and tight with the rounded part facing out. I will empty the linen closet if they're wrong.

--The baby's bottles must match. If the cap doesn't match the ring holding the nipple-- or of neither color match the art on the bottle it makes me nuts.

--Also, the baby's toys as well as my son's must be put away in full. I am the one who does the anal-retentive arranging, and it's very specific. If the baby has nesting toys, they must nest in order. My sons crayons must go in their box in rainbow order. That sort of thing. I don't even think the kids notice-- but *I* do.

Wait-- there's more. LOL

--You know when there are light switches and more than one switch on a plate? I must have all of the switches facing the same way. For example, if the hall light upstairs is turned off at the bottom of the stairs, I have to go down the stairs in the dark to re-do it.

--I am opposite of a few here, in that I must have my drinks jam-packed with ice. I ask for extra ice at bars and restaurants everywhere, and practically camp in from of my ice maker at home.

-- I have to have my money neatly in descending order in my wallet. I must spend change-- I hate accumulating change, and my husband's change piles make me crazy.

-- Sets must be washed together-- even of not worn together. For example, if my son wears sweat pants without the top that goes with it, I still wash the clean top with the bottoms.

-- I am not even going to get into my checkbook or budget book quirks. Not enough time to list it all. LOL

My God, what's the matter with me?

Goddessatlaw

Monday, October 21, 2002 - 08:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sh*t, Muttley, how do you find enough time in the day for that (LOL)?

My number one quirk is people showing up at my house unannounced. Do not expect a polite reception.

Number two: do not call me before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. Hello - rude?

I guess my quirks can be summed up as: don't bother me unless I give you permission to bother me. If you're paying me to be bothered, that's one thing - but the above rules still apply. If you're not, seriously - don't even think about it.