Does Any-One Have A strange Working Like This ?

Bongalongherb · 13-12-2014 11:18pm #1

For as long as I can remember, (I'm a smoker by the way) I always have to put the lighter at an angle that is safe... well away from a close contact to a wooden or paper surface. When I am going to sleep no matter how whacked I am, I always move the front of the lighter in to the ether well away from anything and I will not go to sleep until I know the front of the lighter is pointing out away from things.

Just pondering on it now, I seem to feel that maybe the lighter if it went off from some sort of ignition by itself that I would burn the house down.

I'm just wondering... do any of you folk have any strange fixations like this one, I'm just curious. Or am I just insane ?

bodice ripper · 13-12-2014 11:20pm

STOP SMOKING SO MUCH DOPE.

Bongalongherb · 13-12-2014 11:22pm

bodice ripper wrote: »

STOP SMOKING SO MUCH DOPE.

It's not the weed dude. I'm serious about this.

Tail Docker · 13-12-2014 11:23pm

I always make sure the pin is firmly in my hand grenade. I'm funny like that too.

catallus · 13-12-2014 11:25pm

Bongalongherb wrote: »

'....the lighter if it went off from some sort of ignition by itself that I would burn the house down.

I'm pretty sure this has never happened in the history of the universe.

How could it possibly self-ignite!?

Tail Docker · 13-12-2014 11:27pm

catallus wrote: »

I'm pretty sure this has never happened in the history of the universe.

How could it possibly self-ignite!?

Black-Swan event?

Bongalongherb · 13-12-2014 11:28pm

catallus wrote: »

I'm pretty sure this has never happened in the history of the universe.

How could it possibly self-ignite!?

A badly produced lighter can do weird things dude.

I'm more interested in things like...'some folk have this fixation of turning on and off the light switch constantly', and will not leave it alone till they are happy with their feeling of turning it on and off maybe after 20 times or so.

What other fixations do you have ?.

catallus · 13-12-2014 11:32pm

Bongalongherb wrote: »

A badly produced lighter can do weird things dude.

:pac:

I'm sorry, but spontaneous combustion is not a possibility, even for a dodgy lighter. Even a cursory knowledge of lighter-construction would tell one this.

kneemos · 13-12-2014 11:34pm

A phone I used to have turned itself on and somehow found a wrestling site and signed me up for a monthly subscription,when in my pocket.
Turn your back they'll get ya.

Bongalongherb · 13-12-2014 11:36pm

catallus wrote: »

:pac:

I'm sorry, but spontaneous combustion is not a possibility, even for a dodgy lighter. Even a cursory knowledge of lighter-construction would tell one this.

Are you sure about that dude ?...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGVHQyIONdM

Filmer Paradise · 13-12-2014 11:39pm

catallus wrote: »

I'm pretty sure this has never happened in the history of the universe.

How could it possibly self-ignite!?

Yes it does.

Many years ago, I was on a 'lads' holiday in the Canaries.

Anyway, when we were on the beach, we noticed that our lighters exploded in the heat of the sun.

Mind you these were the El-Cheepo type lighters though.

Thinking about this, I'm remembering working as a welder years ago.

Sometimes, if you kept your cheap lighter in your top pocket, the sparks could cause 'ignition'.........

I'd better say no more lest I cause the OP more anxiety on this issue.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 13-12-2014 11:39pm

Bongalongherb wrote: »

I always move the front of the lighter in to the ether well

Whats an ether well?

catallus · 13-12-2014 11:40pm

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Are you sure about that dude ?...

That's about a person.

People are not inanimate objects with flint and gas in them!

Your lighter, sitting unmolested on a table in your room in Ireland in December, is not going to blow up!

Bongalongherb · 13-12-2014 11:44pm

catallus wrote: »

That's about a person.

People are not inanimate objects with flint and gas in them!

The chemical make-up of the human body can cause odd things to happen.

I was just wondering why I have this strong fixation with making sure the lighter is pointing away from me and away from anything that is flammable. Maybe I'm just thinking too much on the effects that can happen if I'm not careful, maybe I'm just over-careful.

Whats an ether well?

Typo there :eek:

Tail Docker · 13-12-2014 11:46pm

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Yes it does.

Many years ago, I was on a 'lads' holiday in the Canaries.

Anyway, when we were on the beach, we noticed that our lighters exploded in the heat of the sun.

Mind you these were the El-Cheepo type lighters though.

Thinking about this, I'm remembering working as a welder years ago.

Sometimes, if you kept your cheap lighter in your top pocket, the sparks could cause 'ignition'.........

I'd better say no more lest I cause the OP more anxiety on this issue.

Cobblers. Both as a welder and as a "Myth Busters" watcher.

PizzamanIRL · 13-12-2014 11:53pm

Bongalongherb wrote: »

For as long as I can remember, (I'm a smoker by the way) I always have to put the lighter at an angle that is safe... well away from a close contact to a wooden or paper surface. When I am going to sleep no matter how whacked I am, I always move the front of the lighter in to the ether well away from anything and I will not go to sleep until I know the front of the lighter is pointing out away from things.

Just pondering on it now, I seem to feel that maybe the lighter if it went off from some sort of ignition by itself that I would burn the house down.

I'm just wondering... do any of you folk have any strange fixations like this one, I'm just curious. Or am I just insane ?

Don't want to alarm you but...
Spontaneously Combusting Lighter

Filmer Paradise · 13-12-2014 11:55pm

Tail Docker wrote: »

Cobblers. Both as a welder and as a "Myth Busters" watcher.

Personally, I never saw it happen, but I was told never to keep a lighter in my top pocket when I started the job.

It seemed like a common sense advice at the time though.

fineso.mom · 13-12-2014 11:55pm

Just use matches instead. Of course you will have to keep the matches separate to the scratchy bit of the box in case they light themselves during the night,but at least you won't have the worry of the lighter self combusting.

Bongalongherb · 13-12-2014 11:59pm

The fire was pretty small so I just snuffed it out with a sock, but still, I'm fuk!n confused and a little shaken up. If I didn't go back to my room, it might have caused a serious fire.

A sock ? WTF...

Umm... interesting.

Well I'm not insane so, so I will continue to keep the lighter facing away from any matter/substance for piece of mind. I still wonder why I do this in the first place as I never had a problem with fire in my abode. Ah sure, who knows...

Tail Docker · 14-12-2014 12:04am

Bongalongherb wrote: »

A sock ? WTF...

Umm... interesting.

The sock was "moist"......:o

Filmer Paradise · 14-12-2014 12:06am

OP, maybe you should just give up smoking. I quit 2 years ago. But then again, I'm a great lad & couldn't hope that anybody else could be as great as me.

Alternatively, you could treat yourself to a nice Zippo lighter.

No probs with self ignition there. No way Jose.

On topic, I can't think of any issues I'm 'strange' about, but as I explained above ,I'm an all 'round great lad & a genius to boot, so there!:cool:

14-12-2014 12:10am

I check under the bed every night. Some might call that irrational, but I bet if I ever let a night go by without checking under the bed before I sleep, that will be the night the bogeyman gets me. I'm unwilling to take that risk.

Candie 1 - 0 Bogeyman

14-12-2014 12:17am

I too, have strange working ( De fuq? )

my strange working is that I cant get into a bath unless I swish the figure 8, eight times.
I read somewhere year ago, that it energised the bathwater, or some such shyte, you must do this and to this day, I swish the bath water 8 times, in a figure of 8

yes, I am a gobshyte:rolleyes:

Bongalongherb · 14-12-2014 12:19am

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

OP, maybe you should just give up smoking. I quit 2 years ago. But then again, I'm a great lad & couldn't hope that anybody else could be as great as me.

Alternatively, you could treat yourself to a nice Zippo lighter.

No probs with self ignition there. No way Jose.

On topic, I can't think of any issues I'm 'strange' about, but as I explained above ,I'm an all 'round great lad & a genius to boot, so there!:cool:

I'll have to contact the administrator of boards.ie to implement a special thread just for you. Amazing self ingratiating experience you have for yourself dude, I must try it sometime.

Tail Docker · 14-12-2014 12:20am

Jake1 wrote: »

I too, have strange working ( De fuq? )

my strange working is that I cant get into a bath unless I swish the figure 8, eight times.
I read somewhere year ago, that it energised the bathwater, or some such shyte, you must do this and to this day, I swish the bath water 8 times, in a figure of 8

yes, I am a gobshyte:rolleyes:

It's 3 times. You're overdoing it.

Menas · 14-12-2014 12:20am

My 'strange working' is that the wardrobes must be closed.
What most people dont know is that the wardrobe monster is much worse than the bogey man.

14-12-2014 12:23am

The wardrobe monster creeps out at night and blows into your mouth when you're asleep, but he's under the command of the monster under the bed so if you keep that guy in check you're safe from the wardrobe threat. It's a strict hierarchy.

Also, I have a tassle thing on one of the wardrobe doorknobs and I twist it around both knobs at night, making it inescapable.

I'm no amateur at this stuff.

Filmer Paradise · 14-12-2014 12:23am

Candie wrote: »

I check under the bed every night. Some might call that irrational, but I bet if I ever let a night go by without checking under the bed before I sleep, that will be the night the bogeyman gets me. I'm unwilling to take that risk.

Candie 1 - 0 Bogeyman

Yer dead right too.

Back in the '80s there was a mini-series called Salem's Lot on the telly.

Scary stuff about Vampires & all that.

Myself & the little bro used to watch it. I was about 15 at the time & he was around 12.

Anyway one time when he was really freaked out about it I hatched a cunning plan...........

I hid under his bed & when he went into his room to get ready for sleep. He sat on his bed, took off his shoes & BAM. I grabbed his ankle hard.

Well, the screams!

I still laugh thinking about it.

ardle1 · 14-12-2014 12:23am

It's only OCD, You'll be grand.

honey79 · 14-12-2014 12:24am

I have to know what time even if lying in bed for a long time just before I nod off I have to check the time which usually wakes me up again but I do it all the time I have done this for years I always know the exact time I go to sleep at

(I Knew it was weird but writing it down confirms it for me haha)

donegaLroad · 14-12-2014 12:26am

I have several of these fixations, the one that springs to mind first is the gas canisters.. Calor, Ergas etc.

Whenever I pick up a new one at the shop and put it in the boot of the car, Im meticulous about positioning it so that it wont roll about on the way home. I have an inane fear of it exploding.

Im also very thorough when I put the connector head on it, and I check it 2 or 3 times to make sure that it has clicked on properly and there is no gas leaking out. I remember calling into a neighbours house one day and all I could smell was gas. I checked the gas heater, and sure enough the connector hadn't clicked fully down when she was attaching it to the canister. She had arthritis in her hands so she didn't have the strength.. some of those gas thingys are tough to put on.

14-12-2014 12:30am

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Yer dead right too.

Back in the '80s there was a mini-series called Salem's Lot on the telly.

Scary stuff about Vampires & all that.

Myself & the little bro used to watch it. I was about 15 at the time & he was around 12.

Anyway one time when he was really freaked out about it I hatched a cunning plan...........

I hid under his bed & when he went into his room to get ready for sleep. He sat on his bed, took off his shoes & BAM. I grabbed his ankle hard.

Well, the screams!

I still laugh thinking about it.

You scarred him psychologically for life! I still bear the trauma of something similar.

When I was about ten, my two older brothers were supposed to be babysitting me but allowed me to watch 'Interview With The Vampire'. It scared me witless. One of my brothers hid in the wardrobe and the other under the bed. They waited until I turned off the light and one shook the bed while the other burst out of the wardrobe hissing. I will never forget the terror.

Took days to dry the mattress, I can tell you. Bastards.

Filmer Paradise · 14-12-2014 12:38am

Candie wrote: »

You scarred him psychologically for life! I still bear the trauma of something similar.

When I was about ten, my two older brothers were supposed to be babysitting me but allowed me to watch 'Interview With The Vampire'. It scared me witless. One of my brothers hid in the wardrobe and the other under the bed. They waited until I turned off the light and one shook the bed while the other burst out of the wardrobe hissing. I will never forget the terror.

Took days to dry the mattress, I can tell you. Bastards.

Yeah, Fun times. Your household sounds like ours back in the day.

Myself & younger bro had a younger sister too.

Imagine the hardship she got!:eek:

Menas · 14-12-2014 12:42am

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Yeah, Fun times. Your household sounds like ours back in the day.

Myself & younger bro had a younger sister too.

Imagine the hardship she got!:eek:

Worst I had was once we had a problem with stray cats around our streets. My elder sisters had me all paranoid about the cats.
Evil cats.
Dirty cats.
Cats that can kill you.

As I got in to bed one night my feet felt fur. I feckin jumped out of bed, ran for my life screaming and screaming.
The bitches had put mums fur coat in the bottom of the bed.

Bongalongherb · 14-12-2014 12:43am

honey79 wrote: »

I have to know what time even if lying in bed for a long time just before I nod off I have to check the time which usually wakes me up again but I do it all the time I have done this for years I always know the exact time I go to sleep at

(I Knew it was weird but writing it down confirms it for me haha)

The way it happens with me is when I'm just going to sleep and I set the alarm for 6:59am and when that's done I always wake up 10 minutes before the fecking alarm goes off, always. We have an in-built alarm in our heads, we just have to imprint it naturally and then we will no longer need alarm clocks or alarm devices.

Lisha · 14-12-2014 12:44am

I check all taps before I leave the house in case any are dripping.

I check back seat of car for bogeymen. If I forget and remember when driving I'm too scared to look back and check.

I hate wardrobes doors being left open.

Filmer Paradise · 14-12-2014 12:47am

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Worst I had was once we had a problem with stray cats around our streets. My elder sisters had me all paranoid about the cats.
Evil cats.
Dirty cats.
Cats that can kill you.

As I got in to bed one night my feet felt fur. I feckin jumped out of bed, ran for my life screaming and screaming.
The bitches had put mums fur coat in the bottom of the bed.

I like their work.:cool:

14-12-2014 12:54am

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Yeah, Fun times. Your household sounds like ours back in the day.

Myself & younger bro had a younger sister too.

Imagine the hardship she got!:eek:

I lived it!

I genuinely believed that there were flies whose only reason for living was to fly up your backside if you broke wind without your underwear on. It made bathtime an nightmare.

And if you catch a black cats eye and they hold your gaze, it's because they're transferring a demon into your very soul.

And I hero-worshipped them and believed every single word! How I don't spend all day on the psychiatrists couch is a mystery.

Filmer Paradise · 14-12-2014 12:58am

Candie wrote: »

I lived it!

I genuinely believed that there were flies whose only reason for living was to fly up your backside if you broke wind without your underwear on. It made bathtime an nightmare.

And if you catch a black cats eye and they hold your gaze, it's because they're transferring a demon into your very soul.

And I hero-worshipped them and believed every single word! How I don't spend all day on the psychiatrists couch is a mystery.

Christ!

I wish I was that inventive.

Still, it gives me ideas on how to scare my own young kids.

Hee Hee...

Pwindedd · 14-12-2014 12:59am

I have multicoloured pegs and when I'm hanging out the washing each item must have a pair of matching colour pegs, and the order of colours on the line must be repeated from one end to the other.

SMJSF · 14-12-2014 1:00am

Bongalongherb wrote: »

I seem to feel that maybe the lighter if it went off from some sort of ignition by itself that I would burn the house down.

strangely enough - when I lived with a "non biological" family, the "mother" thought the same thing would happen!!
I started smoking at 14, and she would make me keep my cigarettes and lighters outside - (yes, outside!!) in a box in the garden!!
I think she thought the cigarettes were just going to move over and light itself off the lighter at any time!!!

:eek:

But for myself - I have to have socks on in bed - and have to tuck my pyjama bottoms into my socks before I lie down! I've been doing it every night for over 10 years!

& when I was younger (about 13) I started having these weird dreams/nightmares - and thought I had a "portal doorway" through my wardrobe and thought demons were haunting me, because they happened when I left my wardrobe doors open, so every night I would have to close them, and I would wake up in a sweat scared that they weren't closed..... it turned out to be Sleep Paralyse!

Smidge · 14-12-2014 1:05am

Candie wrote: »

I check under the bed every night. Some might call that irrational, but I bet if I ever let a night go by without checking under the bed before I sleep, that will be the night the bogeyman gets me. I'm unwilling to take that risk.

Candie 1 - 0 Bogeyman

Nah, no need to worry about anything like that. Could never happen :P

Bongalongherb · 14-12-2014 1:06am

SMJSF wrote: »

strangely enough - when I lived with a "non biological" family, the "mother" thought the same thing would happen!!
I started smoking at 14, and she would make me keep my cigarettes and lighters outside - (yes, outside!!) in a box in the garden!!
I think she thought the cigarettes were just going to move over and light itself off the lighter at any time!!! :eek:

But for myself - I have to have socks on in bed - and have to tuck my pyjama bottoms into my socks before I lie down! I've been doing it every night for over 10 years!

& when I was younger (about 13) I started having these weird dreams/nightmares - and thought I had a "portal doorway" through my wardrobe and thought demons were haunting me, because they happened when I left my wardrobe doors open, so every night I would have to close them, and I would wake up in a sweat scared that they weren't closed..... it turned out to be Sleep Paralyse!

Oh don't go there regarding sleep paralysis, I had some strange ones indeed, seriously frightening for sure.

Lisha · 14-12-2014 1:21am

Clothes hanging in wardrobe all have to face the same way, front to the left and back on the rhs. Also hangars must be placed on rail with the closed bit of hangar facing out. If anyone does not obey this I have to correct it.

pharmaton · 14-12-2014 1:41am

jezis i hate stoners

Tail Docker · 14-12-2014 1:55am

Pwindedd wrote: »

I have multicoloured pegs and when I'm hanging out the washing each item must have a pair of matching colour pegs, and the order of colours on the line must be repeated from one end to the other.

Me too.

not.

Bongalongherb · 14-12-2014 2:06am

pharmaton wrote: »

jezis i hate stoners

You are only human as well... What is your fixation ?

pharmaton · 14-12-2014 2:42am

Bongalongherb wrote: »

You are only human as well... What is your fixation ?

its my strange working

Bongalongherb · 14-12-2014 3:02am

pharmaton wrote: »

its my strange working

The working of your physical body or other ? Maybe it's time to take a 2 week holiday dude. Why not, sure feck it, you only live once...well again... unless you believe in reincarnation

PS: What is your strange working ?

pharmaton · 14-12-2014 3:06am

stoners

Bongalongherb · 14-12-2014 3:08am

pharmaton wrote: »

stoners

Alcoholics >

Share with me your philosophy on this post ?.

Does Any-One Have A strange Working Like This ?

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