Things You Do Backwards That Everyone Else Does Forwards....And Vice Versa

The Backwards Man

When I get up in the morning (it's not morning yet so I am going to bed) I always have my breakfast before I brush my teeth. Everyone I have asked (three people, one of whom has false teeth) say they brush their teeth first thing, then have their breakfast. Who's wrong here I wonder?

What do you do backwards to what everyone else does?

greedygoblin

I do the same actually. I don't like me cornflakes tasting like aquafresh...

Tilly

Drive.

RidleyRider

What mad bastard brushes before breakfast?!

Ihatecuddles

I put the water in and then add the dilute/squash.

Frosty McSnowballs

Wipe

The Backwards Man

greedygoblin wrote: »

I do the same actually. I don't like me cornflakes tasting like aquafresh...

I'm a Colgate man myself, aquafresh always reminds me of a Dutch willy.

The Backwards Man

Tilly wrote: »

Drive.

You shift the wheel and steer with the knob?

deco nate

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm a Colgate man myself, aquafresh always reminds me of a Dutch willy.

How do you know what it tastes like?
Oh wait, I don't wanna know the answer

Tilly

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You shift the wheel and steer with the knob?

Yes, I love steering knobs

gg2

I always eat first then brush too, unless my mouth feels grotty (usually after a night out or if I happen to have been to the cinema or had rich food like a Chinese).

I've started to condition my hair before shampooing as I've heard it can be good for the gruaige... The jury is still out.

I also skip straight to the desert menu in a restaurant just for a nosey

sometimes I have my wages spent well before pay day, damn credit card!!!

gg2

mauzo! wrote: »

I put the water in and then add the dilute/squash.

Me too - I thought this was the proper way!!!!:p

Sir Arthur Daley

In the morning I butters the bread before i toast it and put the milk and coffee in before the boiling water.

Ihatecuddles

Getting married before we move in together. The looks we get when we tell people

gg2 wrote: »

Me too - I thought this was the proper way!!!!:p

It is. 90% of people are doing it wrong.

Ihatecuddles

WikiHow wrote: »

put the milk and coffee in before the boiling water.

That's definitely the correct way!

O.A.P

Read the news paper, I start at the back page (the sport) and read through.
Unless some major event has just happened.

Senna

I turn the alarm clock off, then wake about an hour later.

Truley

Most people shower in the morning before going out, I always shower at the end of the day, before going to bed.

Vito Corleone

I poop upside down.

ectoraige

Do people actually brush their teeth *before* eating breakfast? Really?

I mean, Really-Really???

It was always puzzling to me in school during Irish or French classes when we had to write a paragraph detailing the morning routine. We always had to say we brushed our teeth before going downstairs. I assumed this was a simplification to avoid having to learn how to say "go back upstairs to brush my teeth, then come back down again".

I didn't think anybody actually did it in real life.

Ihatecuddles

I do it, I hate brushing directly after eating.

SpaceTime

WikiHow wrote: »

In the morning I butters the bread before i toast it and put the milk and coffee in before the boiling water.

That was actually an old victorian thing because people had cheap, imitation China that couldn't handle the heat like real fine bone China.

So, if you'd the cheap cups, you had to put the milk in first to avoid cracking them.

Modern cheap cups don't have that problem, but basically it just means you were brought up with shoddy tableware.

The Backwards Man

Truley wrote: »

Most people shower in the morning before going out, I always shower at the end of the day, before going to bed.

I shower in the evening. I do most of my manly work in the daytime, then my 'people' work at night. To me, it would be weird smelling of roses whilst servicing an engine and then stinking of brake fluid in the service of a lady.

Mr Pseudonym

.unusual that's anything do I think don't I

The Backwards Man

ectoraige wrote: »

Do people actually brush their teeth *before* eating breakfast? Really?

I mean, Really-Really???

It was always puzzling to me in school during Irish or French classes when we had to write a paragraph detailing the morning routine. We always had to say we brushed our teeth before going downstairs. I assumed this was a simplification to avoid having to learn how to say "go back upstairs to brush my teeth, then come back down again".

I didn't think anybody actually did it in real life.

Seems so, people think I'm weird for doing otherwise. Come to think of it, maybe it's something that should be taught in schools?

greedygoblin

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Seems so, people think I'm weird for doing otherwise. Come to think of it, maybe it's something that should be taught in schools?

No I blame school for this as well. I used to brush before breakfast as a kid. I used to fcukin hate cornflakes because of it too

pablo128

Ticks. As in, to tick something. It's cos I is left handed.

czechlin

I prefer to shower in the evening, slap on the lotion and going to bed all nice and clean feeling pampered.

I don't like my breakfast tasting like a toothpaste either but it depends how the mouth feels in the morning. Sometimes I end up brushing before and after.

I tend to read the magazines back to front.

greedygoblin

pablo128 wrote: »

Ticks. As in, to tick something. It's cos I is left handed.

I initially read this as meaning you are left handed because you have a tic. Then I thought some more. Now I understand (I think)...

The Backwards Man

czechlin wrote: »

I prefer to shower in the evening, slap on the lotion and going to bed all nice and clean feeling pampered.

I don't like my breakfast tasting like a toothpaste either but it depends how the mouth feels in the morning. Sometimes I end up brushing before and after.

I tend to read the magazines back to front.

:eek:?tnorf ot kcab daer ot eganam uoy od woH

Ciderswigger

I do the magazine/paper thing too - start at the back and make my way to the front page.

pablo128

greedygoblin wrote: »

I initially read this as meaning you are left handed because you have a tic. Then I thought some more. Now I understand (I think)...

Just to clarify, my ticks are backwards. They slope upwards from right to left. My Manager in work shakes his head every time he looks at my paperwork!:D

czechlin

The Backwards Man wrote: »

:eek:?tnorf ot kcab daer ot eganam uoy od woH

!ytluciffid taerg a htiW

Mr Pseudonym

czechlin wrote: »

!ytluciffid taerg a htiW

!daetsni rorrim a yrt dluohs uoY

Super-Rush

When I'm getting dressed I put my shoes and trousers on first, then socks and underwear.

The Backwards Man

Mr Pseudonym wrote: »

!daetsni rorrim a yrt dluohs uoY

I looked in a mirror once after a 36 hour shift. I thought I was tired, but it was shattered.

The Backwards Man

Super-Rush wrote: »

When I'm getting dressed I put my shoes and trousers on first, then socks and underwear.

You're from Carlow though, that's normal around those parts.

AskMyChocolate

"D'ith me mo bricfeasta. D'eirigh me go luath...."

czechlin

Mr Pseudonym wrote: »

!daetsni rorrim a yrt dluohs uoY

!seissup rof era srorrim wehP

Super-Rush

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You're from Carlow though, that's normal around those parts.

At least we have clothes.

I've been where you're from.

Lots of potatoes sacks on show.

greedygoblin

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I looked in a mirror once after a 36 hour shift. I thought I was tired, but it was shattered.

It must have been a bit of a pane...

czechlin

Super-Rush wrote: »

When I'm getting dressed I put my shoes and trousers on first, then socks and underwear.

Superman? :eek:

The Backwards Man

Super-Rush wrote: »

At least we have clothes.

I've been where you're from.

Lots of potatoes sacks on show.

We pronounce sacks as 'sex'.

We have loads of sex up here.:P

Agricola

Brushing before breakfast is like wiping your arse before having a shít. Crazy.

Sir Arthur Daley

My neighbour cuts his lawn backwards, its really starting to annoy me, he does it in an anti clockwise direction and after doing the perimeter he goes right to left which is backwards. :mad:

Mr Pseudonym

czechlin wrote: »

!seissup rof era srorrim wehP

As far as I'm concerned, that is backwards thinking.

czechlin

Mr Pseudonym wrote: »

As far as I'm concerned, that is backwards thinking.

Ha! Tipping my imaginary hat sir, well spotted. Although that wasn't my intention at all

The Backwards Man

Mr Pseudonym wrote: »

As far as I'm concerned, that is backwards thinking.

I don't even think most of the time.

Ken.

I'm left handed so pretty much everything I do is "backwards" to the norm.

Dublinpato

.tnemom eht ta fo kniht nac i gnihtoN

Sir Arthur Daley

.stsop sdrawkcab eseht lla morf dnilb gniog ma I