"Unusual" habits you, or people you know, have?

storker · 06-05-2018 09:13AM

joeguevara wrote: »

I eat my food in sections. Never mix it.

Likewise. I think it's because I don't wan't the bits I like best diluted/contaminated by other stuff. If eating a roast beef dinner, for example, as much as I love the beef, roast potato and Yorkshire pudding, I'll never mix them on the fork.

Eat all potatoes first. Then vegetables separately. Finally meat.

A complete reversal of the order in which I do it!

If I get a Chinese I will eat the rice first. Then sauce. Finally meat.

Similar, but back-to-front again...I'll eat the meat first, then the mushrooms, then the veg, then the rice, after it's had a good soaking in the sauce.

When I drive to Tescos at home, I will always park in the same spot which is at the top left hand corner. Nowhere near the entrance.

I try to do this too, but it's not a problem if I can't. It's more that I have a section of the car park that I prefer.

When I make a sandwich, I have to cover every square millimetre of the bread with the filling, especially if it's cheese...which it usually is.

I hate eating with non-matching cutlery.

When I play chess, it annoys me when opponents don't properly centre their pieces on their squares.

I hate dish-cloths.

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Agent_47 · 06-05-2018 09:19AM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I have to tell people I have OCD three times.

You mean that you have Orange Choclate Drizzle

RhubarbCrumble · 06-05-2018 09:20AM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

I'm the same with this, tv has to be on an even number too!

That's me. Downstairs TV has to be on 40, 45 or 50 and upstairs one on 15 or 20.

Ted_YNWA · 06-05-2018 09:31AM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I have to tell people I have OCD three times.

Never have I wanted a mod to delete a post so much.

I always have to have phone/wallet/keys in the same combination of pockets for whatever I am wearing.

Beanntraigheach · 06-05-2018 10:08AM

I always put my underpants on first, then my trousers.

I know, mad!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 06-05-2018 10:09AM

I worked almost exclusively with morse code for a number of years, now I can't see a poster (for example) or text printed somewhere without tapping it out on my fingers.

When I'm up in the mountains driving, riding my bike or hill walking I'm always thinking tactically. Looking at ridge & tree lines etc, 'Dash, Down, Crawl, Observe [sights] Fire.. I'm a soldier.

From Judo competitions I also mentally judge peoples weight and height (for center of balance), no matter where I am I'm judging people. Its a nuisance because I always feel there's a delayed reaction when I meet someone (because I'm planning on throwing them to the floor and breaking their elbows or choking them out ~ kidding of course, might not be kidding)

MadDog76 · 06-05-2018 10:17AM

Eduardo Brave Wife wrote: »

I worked almost exclusively with morse code for a number of years, now I can't see a poster (for example) or text printed somewhere without tapping it out on my fingers.

When I'm up in the mountains driving, riding my bike or hill walking I'm always thinking tactically. Looking at ridge & tree lines etc, 'Dash, Down, Crawl, Observe [sights] Fire.. I'm a soldier.

From Judo competitions I also mentally judge peoples weight and height (for center of balance), no matter where I am I'm judging people. Its a nuisance because I always feel there's a delayed reaction when I meet someone (because I'm planning on throwing them to the floor and breaking their elbows or choking them out ~ kidding of course, might not be kidding)

You're so tough and scary! :rolleyes:

arybvtcw0eolkf · 06-05-2018 10:26AM

MadDog76 wrote: »

You're so tough and scary! :rolleyes:

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See, can't help it

kylith · 06-05-2018 11:12AM

Bloke I know takes a photo of his front door every day so he can be sure he locked it. There’s an album on his phone with just pictures of his front door.

06-05-2018 11:14AM

Eduardo Brave Wife wrote: »

I worked almost exclusively with morse code for a number of years, now I can't see a poster (for example) or text printed somewhere without tapping it out on my fingers.

When I'm up in the mountains driving, riding my bike or hill walking I'm always thinking tactically. Looking at ridge & tree lines etc, 'Dash, Down, Crawl, Observe [sights] Fire.. I'm a soldier.

From Judo competitions I also mentally judge peoples weight and height (for center of balance), no matter where I am I'm judging people. Its a nuisance because I always feel there's a delayed reaction when I meet someone (because I'm planning on throwing them to the floor and breaking their elbows or choking them out ~ kidding of course, might not be kidding)

I'm not fast or brave or observant or even particularly clever, so I would very much like you to be my friend when the zombies rise. I reckon you'd survive the apocalypse without missing a beat.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 06-05-2018 11:16AM

Candie wrote: »

I'm not fast or brave or observant or even particularly clever, so I would very much like you to be my friend when the zombies rise. I reckon you'd survive the apocalypse without missing a beat.

Hey I also jog 5km every day for a reason :P

Capt'n Midnight · 06-05-2018 11:19AM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I like to do things in even number when possible!

*Awaits even numbered post*

06-05-2018 11:19AM

Eduardo Brave Wife wrote: »

Hey I also jog 5km every day for a reason :P

I think you'd be the last man standing Mk.

Sam Quentin · 06-05-2018 11:35AM

Ohhhh you all think your deadly with your mild borderline ocd hmmmmm
I have the opposite like I'm not unorganised or uncaring as such but I just don't think ahead!?
Eg:- guaranteed that if I'm carrying a cradle arm full of shopping to my car, that when I get there the car keys will be in my jeans pocket directly below my arm full of shopping, I look like a fumbling clown or nervous wreck as I look around to see who's looking at me leaning and seeking support against my car window determined not to drop anything in my key search... I'll be caught on dash-cam someday and paraded all over youtube.

EPAndlee · 06-05-2018 12:19PM

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

I always put my underpants on first, then my trousers.

I know, mad!

Always socks before jocks

Ozymandius2011 · 06-05-2018 01:31PM

I have a habit of losing my glasses. Sometimes they fall down a crack in the setee, or in a chest of drawers buried under sundries like documents or batteries etc. Other times they might have fallen on the ground and ended up under a coffee table.

Stonedpilot · 06-05-2018 01:56PM

Have to walk backwards into a room twirling around with my hands in the air screaming We all slowly dying whilst dressed in a hi viz vest and g string with a cowboy hat.

Its a pain sometimes.

Pherekydes · 06-05-2018 02:11PM

Eduardo Brave Wife wrote: »

Looking at ridge & tree lines etc, 'Dash, Down, Crawl, Observe [sights] Fire.. I'm a soldier.

You forgot 'cover'!

I empty the dishwasher in the same order every morning. I used to have the TV/radio volume on a prime number. :rolleyes:

I have the same mini routine when I get up: loo, scales, curse loudly. Make lunch, empty the dishwasher while my porridge is cooking. I have my (nested) pill routine while making the lunch.

I could make this post as long as a 3000 word essay. :eek:

Gwynplaine · 06-05-2018 03:23PM

A friend of my wife, a teacher, in her 30's, won't put a teabag in the bin after making tea. She's afraid the hot teabag will set the bin on fire. She knows it makes no sense. She also has to take a photo of the unplugged GHD before she goes out, and checks the photo several times when she's out.

mosstin · 06-05-2018 04:35PM

I count in 14s in my head. Regularly.

06-05-2018 04:50PM

May the gods have mercy on anyone who improperly loads my dishwasher, or simply loads my dishwasher, or empties my dishwasher, or touches my dishwasher, or looks at my dishwasher. Or thinks about my dishwasher.

Filmer Paradise · 06-05-2018 05:34PM

Know a fella at work. At breaktimes he eats his cake/biscuits or whatever before he eats his sandwiches.

Very odd.

PlaneSpeeking · 06-05-2018 05:41PM

When i walk I count my steps trying to guess how many it wili take.

_Kaiser_ · 06-05-2018 06:09PM

Can't sleep in a room where there's a fly buzzing around.. it has to be "erased" first.

Tend to talk to myself a bit.

Wearing a hole in the carpet when on the phone .. particularly if it's arguing with customer service types.

Unload the trolley onto the conveyor belt when shopping in a particular order, then pack it all way into the bags in another particular order.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 06-05-2018 06:20PM

Candie wrote: »

May the gods have mercy on anyone who improperly loads my dishwasher, or simply loads my dishwasher, or empties my dishwasher, or touches my dishwasher, or looks at my dishwasher. Or thinks about my dishwasher.

I fooking detest dish washers.

I love washing by hand (clothes included).

I put my phone onto the window ledge, put on (usually) Joe Rogan and get stuck into the dishes.. Usually followed by giving the floors a good sweep, then bleach & detol to wash everything (floors, banisters etc).

But my worse habit (I drive my two kids, they're adults now, wild with this) is I open my recycle bin and cut everything into tiny pieces because I think its saving space

Ozymandius2011 · 06-05-2018 06:26PM

I keep checking my coat pockets in case of pick pockets.

PlaneSpeeking · 06-05-2018 06:26PM

Oh and I apologise to things when i bump jnto them - tables, telegraph poles etc.

endacl · 06-05-2018 08:22PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I have to tell people I have OCD three times.

I have to tell people I have OCD three times.
I have to tell people I have OCD three times.

Better.

Rubberlegs · 06-05-2018 09:30PM

I have a habit of reading things backwards eg when the name of a tv show comes up at the beginning/end of it or if I am in a waiting room it will be the posters on the walls. I like it as it sounds like a weird foreign language. A lot of the time I do it out loud without realising.
When I am out out walking if I am approaching someone I immediately push my glasses up on my nose, no idea why.
Before I go out my front door I peer out though the glass and won't go out if any of the neighbours are out there unless I absolutely have to.

PlaneSpeeking · 06-05-2018 09:35PM

I remembered another one - when anyone asks about how long something is going on - like how many days you are going on holiday for- I look at my watch!

"Unusual" habits you, or people you know, have?

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