Normal things that seem strange to you

The Peanut · 03-03-2015 8:23pm

Obsession with fashion and celebrity culture. It's everywhere but leaves me cold.

homemadecider · 03-03-2015 8:26pm

High heeled shoes.

Wearing make-up everyday.

I find both of these things bizarre. Yes, I am a woman.

AnonoBoy · 03-03-2015 9:20pm

Ruu wrote: »

Clocks, what are they all about?

F*ckin' Magnets, how do they work?

galah · 03-03-2015 9:45pm

Separate hot and cold taps and windows that open outwards. I mean, why? Neither make much sense :mad:

Conor Bourke · 03-03-2015 9:46pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Working 9 to 5.

I've just gotten the closest thing I've ever had to a 9-5 job and I can't get used to it at all. 15 years of shift work has destroyed me.

The Peanut · 03-03-2015 9:50pm

Alaskimo-cake wrote: »

I've just gotten the closest thing I've ever had to a 9-5 job and I can't get used to it at all. 15 years of shift work has destroyed me.

I did shift work for 10 years and I swear it took me the main part of 6mths to get used to doing 9-5 again after it. I hate routine anyway but I missed the time I had to myself and I hated the normality of the whole 9-5 thing. There's something very liberating about being awake in the middle of the night working whenever most people are sleeping.

kneemos · 03-03-2015 9:51pm

galah wrote: »

Separate hot and cold taps and windows that open outwards. I mean, why? Neither make much sense :mad:

Inward opening windows definitely don't make sense.

c_man · 03-03-2015 9:52pm

nc19 wrote: »

watching sport

never understood it. If you like it so much go and do it yourself

Hmm, would you say the same about action movies? Are you specifically telling me to go out and sort out the criminals and the scum of our streets? Cos I'll do it man, I'll do it.

Conor Bourke · 03-03-2015 9:53pm

The Peanut wrote: »

I did shift work for 10 years and I swear it took me the main part of 6mths to get used to it. I hate routine anyway but I missed the time I had to myself and I hated the normality of the whole 9-5 thing. There's something very liberating about being awake in the middle of the night working whenever most people are sleeping.

I know!

Coming home from night duty on a dirty rotten rainy day and climbing into bed while everyone else is heading to work, or even just the anticipation of doing a few night shifts to escape the relentless chaos and demands of working during the day.

Karl Stein · 03-03-2015 9:53pm

Small children marching to school in the morning.

03-03-2015 9:56pm

People who converse with total strangers on the internet.

Mister Vain · 03-03-2015 9:56pm

The Peanut wrote: »

There's something very liberating about being awake in the middle of the night working whenever most people are sleeping.

I used to see some really odd things coming home at night when I was doing shift work. Snowmen in the middle of the road, armed guards, green lights in the sky. It's quite possible I was hallucinating from lack of sleep.

Fr_Dougal · 03-03-2015 9:57pm

Mister Vain wrote: »

I used to see some really odd things coming home at night when I was doing shift work. Snowmen in the middle of the road, armed guards, green lights in the sky. It's quite possible I was hallucinating from lack of sleep.

Might just be a Kildare thing tbh.

Mister Vain · 03-03-2015 9:59pm

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Might just be a Kildare thing tbh.

It's a good job I'm not on Craggy Island. I'd be seeing creatures with four arses.

Rothko · 03-03-2015 10:05pm

People being obsessed with cars. Don't get it at all.

galah · 03-03-2015 10:09pm

kneemos wrote: »

Inward opening windows definitely don't make sense.

They do, easier to clean and you can fit flyscreens to them. Ever tried that with an outward opening window? Also less risk of window getting damaged when windy.

Also less risk of someone falling out of the window when opening it.

So there

Hans Bricks · 03-03-2015 10:09pm

Reaching under your crotch with bog roll to wipe your hole while remaining seated during poo poo time.

Am I the only one who stands up to wipe and checks to make sure theres no brown left ?

Carlos Orange · 03-03-2015 10:11pm

Shaving - I did it for a couple of years but it seemed like a lot of effort to look like a prepubescent boy so I stopped.

tomwaterford · 03-03-2015 10:13pm

Hans Bricks wrote: »

Reaching under your crotch with bog roll to wipe your hole while remaining seated during poo poo time.

Am I the only one who stands up to wipe and checks to make sure theres no brown left ?

What do you check with when standing up????

Hans Bricks · 03-03-2015 10:15pm

tomwaterford wrote: »

What do you check with when standing up????

My eyes

Ole Rodrigo · 03-03-2015 10:16pm

Using the word ' this ' to refer to a post you agree with.

Using the words ' happy out ' to indicate being generally pleased about something.

No matter how long I look at them, they refuse to make any sense to me.

FalconGirl · 03-03-2015 10:16pm

Football and the hysteria and hype that surrounds it. 22 men getting paid millions to kick a piece of air around a field.

PizzamanIRL · 03-03-2015 10:18pm

Ole Rodrigo wrote: »

Using the word ' this ' to refer to a post you agree with.

Using the words ' happy out ' to indicate being generally pleased about something.

No matter how long I look at them, they refuse to make any sense to me.

Th... Nevermind, someone else will do it.

tomwaterford · 03-03-2015 10:21pm

FalconGirl wrote: »

Football and the hysteria and hype that surrounds it. 22 men getting paid millions to kick a piece of air around a field.

I like s good game of soccer as much as the next...but the pire bull that goes on in Ireland about English Premiership matches is unreal childish (look at soccer forum mod inputs/warnings) ...these are not like usual boards where things can be exaggerated....I've seen same crap going on in the real world....would put me off saying I follow soccer at times

kneemos · 03-03-2015 10:27pm

tomwaterford wrote: »

I like s good game of soccer as much as the next...but the pire bull that goes on in Ireland about English Premiership matches is unreal childish (look at soccer forum mod inputs/warnings) ...these are not like usual boards where things can be exaggerated....I've seen same crap going on in the real world....would put me off saying I follow soccer at times

Used to have half an interest but it's just a pantomime these days.

Pumpkinseeds · 04-03-2015 5:38pm

Electric Picnic and some people's obsession with it. It just looks like a lot of middle-aged middle-class twats in a field trying to relive their teens. I have friends such as these and I find it all a bit pathetic tbh.