One person's norm is another person's weird

This Fat Girl Runs

I don't have (or want) a television or a microwave which seems to shock most people when they hear it; they think it's weird.

What's your norm that people find weird?

fryup

**** in public

MarkAnthony

Midget Porn

Kovu

I put sugar on pan boxty. Never had a family holiday, not even for a weekend away in Ireland.

It's quite normal to have cows shíte on me.

Fr_Dougal

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

I don't have (or want) a television or a microwave which seems to shock most people when they hear it; they think it's weird.

What's your norm that people find weird?

Lots of people don't have microwaves, it's common enough.

Lots of people don't have TVs too, they watch TV/movies/TV series etc on monitors/laptops and tablets.

Do you watch any movie or TV shows?

johndaman66

Not wanting to follow the masses and drive a 1.3 diesel lifeless econo box for the sake of saving a few quid on juice and motor tax and to be a number plate snob, ignoring the fact it'll cost a small fortune to right when it goes wrong...

hairyprincess

I don't drink tea

KatW4

My friend finds it weird that I don't change into my pyjamas as soon as I get home.

AndyBoBandy

hairyprincess wrote: »

I don't drink tea

My mother, my sister & my best friend don't drink any hot drinks (tea, coffee, or anything hot)

Hercule Poirot

Pickled eggs - I've often made them as part of a salad as well

dr.fuzzenstein

Kovu wrote: »

I put sugar on pan boxty. Never had a family holiday, not even for a weekend away in Ireland.

It's quite normal to have cows shíte on me.

It very much depends if you're a farmer.

Im almost boringly normal.

WoollyRedHat

Rummaging out of the neighbours bird boxes and when I get nervous clucking like a chicken. They always said I was away with the birds.

WoollyRedHat

hairyprincess wrote: »

I don't drink tea

Ah go on.

Sam Kade

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

I don't have (or want) a television or a microwave which seems to shock most people when they hear it; they think it's weird.

What's your norm that people find weird?

So you go around telling people you have no television or microwave I find that even more weird.

KatW4

PrettyBoy wrote:

I'd imagine that your friends aren't opposed to wearing them in public sometimes either.

She wouldn't be caught dead in public without her makeup done immaculately and dressed beautifully actually.

eviltwin

I drink black tea. People don't get it even though it's perfectly normal to drink black coffee.

Truckermal

People think I'm weird because I like to head into a pub on my own where they would only go with a crowd to a packed pub..

melissak

eviltwin wrote: »

I drink black tea. People don't get it even though it's perfectly normal to drink black coffee.

Madness. Sheer madness..

Skill Magill

Is black tea, tea?

eviltwin

Skill Magill wrote: »

Is black tea, tea?

Yeah regular tea without milk. Tastes much nicer without it imho.

This Fat Girl Runs

Sam Kade wrote:

So you go around telling people you have no television or microwave I find that even more weird.

Not randomly no, but people talk about what's on tv a lot so when they ask 'Did you see that advert/show/episode?'' I can't say I did. Seeing as how I don't have a tv. You know.

Samaris

KatW4 wrote: »

She wouldn't be caught dead in public without her makeup done immaculately and dressed beautifully actually.

It's always rather amusing to see snobbish comments squashed in here.

rubadub

I eat animals other than pigs before 11am, many think this is weird, some seem to have personal timetables in their heads. I picture them there hungry as hell looking in the fridge, "damn, only chicken, will have to go hungry until lunch".

Many seem hung up about foods early in the day too, even foods which are very similar to traditional "breakfast foods", e.g. they would be shocked at the thought of eating pizza for breakfast, but would see nothing wrong with toast, tomato, cheese, sausage, essentially the same foods & makeup.

superfurry1

rubadub wrote: »

I eat animals other than pigs before 11am, many think this is weird, some seem to have personal timetables in their heads. I picture them there hungry as hell looking in the fridge, "damn, only chicken, will have to go hungry until lunch".

Many seem hung up about foods early in the day too, even foods which are very similar to traditional "breakfast foods", e.g. they would be shocked at the thought of eating pizza for breakfast, but would see nothing wrong with toast, tomato, cheese, sausage, essentially the same foods & makeup.

Cool Chocolate icecream for breakfast 2moro morning it is then, if anyone is asking I'm doing the haagen daz challenge

Fr_Dougal

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

Not randomly no, but people talk about what's on tv a lot so when they ask 'Did you see that advert/show/episode?'' I can't say I did. Seeing as how I don't have a tv. You know.

You don't need a TV to watch TV shows.

Example:

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

Not my first time watching the Toy Show but first time watching it as a boardsie. Looking forward to watching this thread!

This Fat Girl Runs

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

You don't need a TV to watch TV shows.

Example:

Got a lot of time there on your hands, I see.

Robsweezie

Showering in the dark.

suicide_circus

Robsweezie wrote: »

Showering in the dark.

I think that's more of a health and safety issue.

One eyed Jack

Do we have all day? :pac:

Hell I can't think of anything off the top of my head now, but quite a few people seem to find quite a few things I do weird, but it only occurs to me afterwards why they might think it's weird. My young lad thinks it's weird for example that I like nothing better to unwind of an evening than to take out my knitting and sewing set and knock off a few lines of a cardigan sleeve (my jumpers are quite popular with my friends, I don't wear them myself), or stitch a few trousers and shirts that have ehh, had an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction

I also tend to ramble when I get going, but nobody thinks that's weird, it's just annoying

darkpagandeath

Its a tough one, Weird would be more down to social grouping or customs also society and alike. That's why I guess there is so much difference within groups of what is Weird.

Schwiiing

As an enlightened member of the human race I keep my jam in the fridge. Anyone who does otherwise is a heathen savage.

When I open a new jar of mayonnaise, I often eat a spoonful. My wife thinks it's weird. But...it's Hellman's...it's just so damn good.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

- Don't drink tea
-If I'm ordering at a deli it'll always be a white roll, with all the dough scooped out, and just mushrooms on it.
-I mush my dinner together so it's puréed. If I absolutely have to, (when I'm eating in public or at someone else's house) I won't do it but I don't enjoy it.
It will be completely smoothed over, with proper lines made with the fork going down and across and I'll eat it with a teaspoon.
- I only leave my toast in the toaster for 23 seconds. It should be still white, but not soft and fluffy. Butter it when it's cold.
- I only eat fruit when I'm hungover. It's literally the only time of the week I eat healthy.
- sometimes I feel like I can predict awful things that happen to me. I can't obviously, but I def think I've the ability to jinx myself. I remember once when I was driving, was speeding along a quiet road thinking to myself, wouldn't it suck now if I met the guards. About 5 mins later, in my rear view mirror, there's a guard behind me on a motorbike.
It's happened so many times that now when I think something bad it makes me panic because I feel like if I think about it too much I'll make it happen.
I know it sounds ridiculous but, I'm a paranoid foo'

maudgonner

I'm a night owl and I think my body clock runs on a 25-26 hour cycle rather than 24.

If I'm not working and don't have a fixed schedule to stick to I'll gradually go to bed later and later until eventually I'll just end up skipping a night's sleep altogether.

maudgonner

maudgonner wrote: »

I'm a night owl and I think my body clock runs on a 25-26 hour cycle rather than 24.

If I'm not working and don't have a fixed schedule to stick to I'll gradually go to bed later and later until eventually I'll just end up skipping a night's sleep altogether.

I'll try the sleepless night if you eat a spoon of mayonnaise? By the way, that's a table spoon.

We'll then compare what it was like to walk in the others shoes!

maudgonner

Deleted User wrote: »

I'll try the sleepless night if you eat a spoon of mayonnaise? By the way, that's a table spoon.

We'll then compare what it was like to walk in the others shoes!

Done deal!

I use the squeezy bottles though, so I'll have to estimate a tablespoon-sized squeeze :pac:

enzo roco

Deleted User wrote: »

When I open a new jar of mayonnaise, I often eat a spoonful. My wife thinks it's weird. But...it's Hellman's...it's just so damn good.

I got sick reading that. Awful

SATSUMA

If I don't set my alarm on a Saturday morning I could easily sleep until 5pm even though I went to bed at 10pm Friday night!!!!

Juan8

I don't eat butter,

lc180

I enjoy living in Dublin.

Trying to explain to people back home in Donegal that I actually like living in Dublin gets me a few strange looks. You'd think I was living in Syria or something.

AnonoBoy

I don't want no scrubs.

enzo roco

enzo roco wrote: »

I got sick reading that. Awful

I've won money on it. Pub talk, "I'd suck down those sachets of mayonnaise/Bet you wouldn't" variety. Have never collected, it'd be like taking candy from a baby taking money for something I like...

AnonoBoy

Deleted User wrote: »

I've won money on it. Pub talk, "I'd suck down those sachets of mayonnaise/Bet you wouldn't" variety. Have never collected, it'd be like taking candy from a baby taking money for something I like...

What sort of wimps wouldn't eat mayonnaise to win money?

Your friends need to up their game Conor74!

q2ice

A sausage roll toast sandwich.
A sausage roll inside two slices of buttered white toast.

Sam Kade

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

Not randomly no, but people talk about what's on tv a lot so when they ask 'Did you see that advert/show/episode?'' I can't say I did. Seeing as how I don't have a tv. You know.

So what's the story about the microwave?

AnonoBoy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

What sort of wimps wouldn't eat mayonnaise to win money?

Your friends need to up their game Conor74!

It's too easy to collect. I can't say it happened often, we usually have better conversations...but when there's a lull...mayonnaise looks tempting...

Waitsian

This Fat Girl Runs wrote:

I don't have (or want) a television or a microwave which seems to shock most people when they hear it; they think it's weird.

I don't have either myself. I do watch things on my pc though which would otherwise be on tv eg sport or episodic dramas. I don't have anything against microwaved food per se, just never owned one.

KatW4

KatW4 wrote: »

My friend finds it weird that I don't change into my pyjamas as soon as I get home.

Ohh I do that

eviltwin wrote: »

I drink black tea. People don't get it even though it's perfectly normal to drink black coffee.

and that

KatW4

I don't have milk in my cereal, can't stand it.

AMKC

I love eating lemon slices. Just yum

Capt'n Midnight

maudgonner wrote: »

I'm a night owl and I think my body clock runs on a 25-26 hour cycle rather than 24.

28 hour day https://xkcd.com/320/ good if you like your weekends and don't mind going stark raving mad