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Whoami

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, I know this will probably be a silly or short/lived thread....but....what the heck.

Have you ever tried doing something different than what the "standard" or conventional way to do it is?

For instance....I was making toast the other day. I have probably always put the bread in the toaster with the flat edge down. For some reason, instead of flipping the bread around in my hand, I put the rounded edge down instead.

It made me feel....wierd...unconventional...and maybe even a bit rebellious. Have you ever seen a commercial or whatever on TV that involved toast, where the bread was inserted "upside down?"

Can you think of something else that is "always done a certain way?" If so, let's start thinking of them. Just for fun, let's do it the unconventional way, and share our experiences!

Does this thread indicate that I'm a bit bored? Maybe.
Does this thread indicate that I'm a bit wierd? Do you really need to ask?

Emeraldfire

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 05:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami,

I browse magazines and newspapers from the back to the front. Can't explain why. I guess weird runs in the family!

Also, I have a friend who eats her dessert before she eats her dinner.

Wcv63

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 05:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I probably do a lot of things unconventionally because I taught myself how to do a lot of stuff. This means that I found a method that worked for me (well worked enough that whatever I was doing turned out reasonably satisfactory) and stuck with it.

My mother still insists that I don't "stir things right" and "do something weird with my wrist" while stirring. Hmmmm...I figure if the stuff gets stirred I'm doing it right.

My husband claims that I "use a broom funny." Okay.

I have my very own brand of filing that works wonderfully and causes other folks to shake their heads in dismay.

Wargod

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I always read the last page of a book first,then start at the begining. I can't start it til I know how it ends....even if it makes no sense at the time.

Hmmm....that may explain my constant need for show spoilers, LOL.

Riviere

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 05:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I guess I do everything against the mainstream.. To me, it's not being rebellious or deliberate acts to set myself apart, it just happens! In bowling, such a mundane sport, I tend to hook my ball past the 1-3 pocket and it hits the 1-2 pin pocket they call a 'Brooklyn' strike.. Well, if it works why change it to look prettier? In my years of genealogy study, I've taken some lines and traced oldest to newest, unheard of.. One line I got X family from 2003 to 1819, met with a brick wall. I turned it around and traced X from 1600 to 1819, and guess what? Solid match! The year in question was a marriage that had left 7 orphans and you'd have to be seeking them to see where one trail fizzled and the other began once again, same family.. Unconventional methods meeting conventional needs is always nice! :)

Hippyt

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 06:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
When I eat mashed potatoes and gravy,I make a little gravy 'lake',then I end up stirring it all together anyway. I never thought much about it,one day my husband was watching me and he called me a freak.
I also put my makeup on half face at a time,never thought about it,until a friend saw me do it,she called me a freak.

Whoami

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 06:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL! Maybe I'm not so wierd after all!

I also hold my pen/pencil "wrong." People are always commenting about it when they see me write something down. I can even remember my mom coming home from a parent/teacher conference once, and trying to make me practice holding it the right way....my teacher had actually brought it up in the conference, and suggested I be instructed on how to hold my pencil correctly!

I dare you all to make your next set of toast by toasting the bread "upside down."

Egbok

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 06:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I usually don't step out of my box but when it comes to ice-cream, I have to stir it until it has a smooth, milk-shake consistency...then I eat it!

Abby7

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 06:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
((Hippyt)) How mean for them to call you a freak! (umm...the makeup thing, weird, yes...but not freaky, lol).

I'm right-handed in everything I do. However, I have to use my left hand to cut all my food when eating, yet still use the right hand to pick up the food with the fork.

Emeraldfire

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 06:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hippyt, I do the same thing with my mashed potatoes and gravy! That's not weird (I hope).

And Abby7, I do the exact same thing when I cut my food!

Okay, either these things aren't weird or I'm in big trouble!

Hippyt

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 06:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
awww,it's okay Abby,they mean it in a loving way!!!lol

Abby7

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 06:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ohhh, that's good Hippyt (made me laugh though)

Oh good, Emeraldfire, I really didn't think it was weird either.

I guess I'm normal (hmmm? wonder why I always get weird looks?) lol

Northstar

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 07:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It's not strange until someone points it out, right? I blink with each stroke of the mascara wand. I've always applied it like this, and not until my sister and friend commented on my "technique" did I realize it was different. I think I do this because my lashes are long, and if I do it like they do, it smears on my upper lid. Whatever.

Twinkie

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 07:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Egbok, I do the same thing with ice cream!

Tess

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 07:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Eggie, I always do that with my ice cream. My Uncle Jack taught me to do it when I was little and it annoyed the heck out of my mom. We weren't allowed to stir our ice cream at home. It's the only way to have ice cream, though.

<heads off to the kitchen>

Llkoolaid

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 07:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wargod, I also read the ending of a book first or I won't enjoy it. I need to know how it ends. Before I watch a movie I need to know the ending, not the in between but I need to know if someone is killed or not.I won't watch it if there is going to be any big shockers.

Resortgirl

Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 04:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
War and Llkool, I always read the last page first TOO! I've never shared my freakiness on that with anyone until now. I guess the only other thing that's ever been pointed out to me as weird is the fact that I pack for vacations approximitely 6 weeks in advance... my poor hubby has to look for socks and undies in the suitcase...

Ginger1218

Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, this is neurotic, my toilet paper must roll from the top, cannot come from the bottom. (psst. Wargod,I read the last page too)

Ginger1218

Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 08:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, and I don't eat much ice cream, but I put it in the microwave oven for a few seconds to make it soft and then stir it. LOL

Egbok

Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 09:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Twinkie, great minds think alike!!

Tess, we'll be having a dish of ice-cream in SB and see who's the best stirrer! LOL

Jed245

Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 10:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok I think I have something that belongs in this thread. :o) I never noticed it myself and I'm not exactly sure that I can explain it well enough, but, while making out the assignment list for what everyone was gonna have to do that night. A few people pointed out to me that I write backwards. :o)

I don't mean backwards as in gnitirw sdrowkcab :o) I mean that I as I make each letter of a word they say that I make the letter(s) different then everyone else. Like I said not sure that I could explain it well, but, there it is.


I also dot wrong. Like if you were named james Smith. Instead of James S. I always put James. S. dot after and before the initial. :o)

Jed.

Lyn

Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 10:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I cut pizza with scissors (can't stand using a knife or pizza cutter)

Ginger, my toilet paper has to roll from the top too or I freak :)

Sisalou

Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 01:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I never use a teaspoon to stir my coffee or tea, I have to use a fork. I think we should have "teaforks" instead.

I have to eat the whites around my eggs before I eat the yolk.

Twiggyish

Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 01:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I put mayonnaise on my hotdogs. I love the combination of ketchup and mayo on a hotdog.

Llkoolaid

Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 02:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did you ever hear the saying" one crow sorrow, two crows joy". If I see one crow I can't think about or do anything else until I see another one.