What is your idiosyncrasy? [Archive]

cybrhick

08-12-2009, 12:07 AM

XRiderChuck

08-12-2009, 12:21 AM

similar to yours... I like havin at least a sheet over me, but always stick my feet out... its more an overheat/heat control thing with me though... idiosyncratly... hummm.... I guess one is, I always check my email(hotmail) first thing when I get on a PC... even if I was just online 4 minutes ago, its gotta be hotmail first thing...:dontknow:

bmac2323

08-12-2009, 12:48 AM

Mine is really wierd and odd. I chew tobacco every day. Well I started when I was 12!! I know I know.. my older bro was a bad influence. But anyway. The way I would hide it from my mom was I would put a dip in when I went #2 and when I took a shower. It was private and I could get away w/ chewing in the house. Well now I cant take a dump or shower w/ out haveing a dip in. If I do, it just feels totally unnatural and wierd.

Yoidaho

08-12-2009, 12:54 AM

I take my blankie with me everywhere. :thumbup:

I talk to & with myself all day and we do make sense to ourself. ~M

OvErKiLL{N99}

08-12-2009, 01:03 AM

My son was telling me tonight that he can't sleep without a cover over him. Doesn't matter how cold or hot it is, he's gotta have a blanket. I told him I'm the same way, and it's probably a subconscious security type thing. But when I got to thinking about it, there is one little addition to my situation. I always have to kick one leg out from under the cover and rest it on top of the blanket. Doesn't matter which leg. It just has to be done. I've ALWAYS done this. And I can't for the life of me figure out why. It's just my little idiosyncrasy.

I figure most folks have some little odd idiosyncrasy or ritual that makes no sense, but they just always do. What's yours?

similar to yours... I like havin at least a sheet over me, but always stick my feet out... its more an overheat/heat control thing with me though... idiosyncratly... hummm.... I guess one is, I always check my email(hotmail) first thing when I get on a PC... even if I was just online 4 minutes ago, its gotta be hotmail first thing...:dontknow:

while your's are like the same but different -:mrgreen:
mine is oppositely similiar to those.
i have to have only a foot in under the covers. :dontknow:

KenzX

08-12-2009, 01:26 AM

To the greatest extent possible, I like to have things "even"...I don't mean just squared away, "if it's not a right angle it's a wrong angle" kind of thing...which is a basic and fundamental approach to life, of course...but there's more to it. For example, on our TVs the volume is indicated numerically. I like to have it on 40 or 42 or 52 or whatever...my wife will turn the TV volume up or down and leave it on like 51, for example, and I have to change it to 50 or 52. We have two sets of light switches in some of our rooms that operate the same lights...and one set has to be all up and the other set all down, or I have to change them until they are that way.

It is no coincidence that "neat" has an even number of letters, and ""messy" has an odd number of letters.

JMC1800S

08-12-2009, 01:45 AM

Just when I thought I was the only OCD about the even numbers. I have to have every thing on even #'s. lol

KeyWasted

08-12-2009, 01:56 AM

You all are nuts! nojoke:D

Voimakas

08-12-2009, 03:03 AM

I always have to clear time remaining on the microwave. If someone pops the microwave open before the time is up, I hit clear or reset so the time is shown.

don 1300c

08-12-2009, 04:28 AM

ScottCWhite

08-12-2009, 04:47 AM

I can't look at hot women without thinking of sex

Smoke

08-12-2009, 08:49 AM

I have to set my alarm clock at 00,15,30,45, I can't ever have it set 8:01 instead of 8:00, if that happens I go all the way around again and stop it at 8:00, drives the wife nuts, so I guess it's worth it.

I'm completely the opposite. The alarm clock can NEVER be set at the quarter, half, or top of the hour. It must be 8:01, 8:16, 8:36, 8:46, etc. I have no idea why this is. (It also can't be 8:02, nor can it be 7:59, or I have to run it back around again...)

However, just before I turned 50, I found out that my brother, who is 5 years younger, does exactly the same thing and always has. :yikes:

W9VD

08-12-2009, 08:54 AM

I have so many I do not know where to start. Cupboard doors and drawers need to be completely closed. Microwave has to show the clock. Alarm clock is always set to quarter hours. When I travel alone I have to put a pillow along side of me to trick myself into thinking the wife was along.

One of the things my co-workers think a little strange is that I back into my parking space every morning. :dontknow:

I could go on and on...

mojoguy

08-12-2009, 10:10 AM

I have so many I do not know where to start. Cupboard doors and drawers need to be completely closed.

:agree:Nothing ticks me off more :yikes: Why do they leave them open a inch or so ? My wife is terrible about this. I walk around the house and office constantly on patrol. Also people not bringing there trash cans in after trash pick up.

Biodude

08-12-2009, 10:20 AM

I say I dont have any,

ask my wife, she, however will spend about an hour telling you whats wrong with me.

srkr

08-12-2009, 10:37 AM

I say I dont have any,

ask my wife, she, however will spend about an hour telling you whats wrong with me.

Now thats funny.:bowdown:

SHane
:joke:

srkr

08-12-2009, 10:40 AM

I've got one,....When I board a plane I have to touch the outside right before I walk in. I mean I have to.nojoke

Been lucky so far....:thumbup:

Shane
:joke:

TennX

08-12-2009, 10:47 AM

I have many but the 2 that come to mind are as mentioned I have to have things plumb/even and I have the room AC cranked but I have to have them covers.:dontknow: God bless us all.:mrgreen:

viper4097

08-12-2009, 10:52 AM

Why turn on the bathroom light then go back into the bedroom and then kitchen. I get up and turn it off and what do I hear " I was going in there in a few min. If it's 115 outside why turn the A/C to 76? It's going to come on even if you set to 90. Those are the top two at home, don't even want to start at work.:mrgreen:

BadMoon

08-12-2009, 12:04 PM

Mine is,
I have to park 6 inches from the edge of the driveway and about 4 feet from the street. I fuss way too much to the wife. I think that she does it just to tweak my buds. Anyway it has to be just right. I have a spot in my garage for the bike that is the same way.

I do not require any meds at this time but am being threatened.

Moon

mojoguy

08-12-2009, 12:59 PM

People that dont push their chairs in :mad:

g1nomad

08-12-2009, 02:00 PM

Well now I cant take a dump or shower w/ out haveing a dip in. If I do, it just feels totally unnatural and wierd.
It is the nicotine. Many years ago, when I quit smoking inside, it was hard to sit on the throne without a smoke. It took some time, but your body & mind will adjust eventually.

DrRadar

08-12-2009, 02:04 PM

All of my shoes must be laced with the left lace over the right, all the way up.
Just the opposite of the way you lace your boots in the Marines?

Mine have to be right over left.
It was ingrained in the membrane. Semper Fidelis.

RAH16

08-12-2009, 02:13 PM

Every morning when I get to work start up the computer I have to open up several programs up in a certain order.
On the task bar first e-mail program, then Excel and finally this site. After that doesn't matter so much....
@ home the clock on the microwave is a big one, the wife and daughter always stop it early but never cancel out the time left :twisted:. Also closet doors have to be closed, not just swung snug they have to be completely closed. The dishwasher, all glasses and small bowl go on the top tray, all others go on the bottom in a nice organized fashion to the point where I now do the dishes after dinner as the wife's sick of my nagging....

KenzX

08-12-2009, 02:23 PM

The dishwasher, all glasses and small bowel go on the top tray

I've heard of colon cleansing, but that's taking it to extremes don't you think? :lol: :lol:

Duug

08-12-2009, 02:27 PM

When visiting here, I log on right away so the ignore feature will function. ;)

RAH16

08-12-2009, 02:30 PM

I've heard of colon cleansing, but that's taking it to extremes don't you think? :lol: :lol:
:yikes: note to self ALWAYS check spell checker :thumbup:

KenzX

08-12-2009, 02:34 PM

:yikes: note to self ALWAYS check spell checker :thumbup:

Well, I'm glad to know that it was a typo...I had a mental image of you standing at the dishwasher, reading the paper, wondering when the cycle would end so you could retrieve your innards... :lol: :lol:

race66

08-12-2009, 04:05 PM

My son was telling me tonight that he can't sleep without a cover over him. Doesn't matter how cold or hot it is, he's gotta have a blanket. I told him I'm the same way, and it's probably a subconscious security type thing. But when I got to thinking about it, there is one little addition to my situation. I always have to kick one leg out from under the cover and rest it on top of the blanket. Doesn't matter which leg. It just has to be done. I've ALWAYS done this. And I can't for the life of me figure out why. It's just my little idiosyncrasy.

I figure most folks have some little odd idiosyncrasy or ritual that makes no sense, but they just always do. What's yours?

can't stand it if the sheet is tucked in at the foot of the bed.

Dunno why. :dontknow:

so when I stay at a motel, the first thing I do is UNTUCK the frikkin sheet.

then it's ok.

RoadDawg

08-12-2009, 04:13 PM

can't stand it if the sheet is tucked in at the foot of the bed.

Dunno why. :dontknow:

so when I stay at a motel, the first thing I do is UNTUCK the frikkin sheet.

then it's ok.

DITTO... At 6'3" and big feet... I absolutely HATE crawling into a bed with the bottom of the sheet tucked in under the mattress. Also, If I am the last out of the room... You will find the light turned off when you return to that room:dontknow:

8)

Chakfor

08-12-2009, 04:56 PM

I like to have it on 40 or 42 or 52 or whatever...my wife will turn the TV volume up or down and leave it on like 51, for example, and I have to change it to 50 or 52. We have two sets of light switches in some of our rooms that operate the same lights...and one set has to be all up and the other set all down, or I have to change them until they are that way.

I do something similar but I go with multiples of 5 instead of just even numbers. 5/10/15/20/25 and so on. I've always been like that.

Every morning when I get to work start up the computer I have to open up several programs up in a certain order.
On the task bar first e-mail program, then Excel and finally this site. After that doesn't matter so much....

Ditto...First GTA gets started up, then outlook, then exactly two IE windows. Then I'm ready to start working. If they get out of order for any reason I have to start over from scratch.

big hanno

08-12-2009, 05:00 PM

:agree:Nothing ticks me off more :yikes: Why do they leave them open a inch or so ? My wife is terrible about this. I walk around the house and office constantly on patrol. Also people not bringing there trash cans in after trash pick up.

I'm with ya there.......I listen out for the truck and bring em in. Some people leave them out for days........where are they placing their garbage in the mean time????

JP Huss

08-12-2009, 05:04 PM

This is funny... I dont think I have any, but the little woman does. She has to have all the cabinet doors closed in the kitchen. So when I spend the night there, and we may have had an arguement, I get up for work at 2 am, and I will sometimes leave a cabinet door open so she has a restless night sleep, and dont know why!
Terrible, I know

grundle

08-12-2009, 05:14 PM

I only poop at work... Just can't poop unless I'm getting paid.

Grundle "Did not poop for a month when I was laid off"

KenzX

08-12-2009, 05:43 PM

I only poop at work... Just can't poop unless I'm getting paid.

Grundle "Did not poop for a month when I was laid off"

You must have a crappy job, or else you work for the government.

HondaPartsGuy

08-12-2009, 06:57 PM

When fueling the truck or the RV I always top off to either the next even dollar or 50/75 cent total. Even though its almost always a credit card transaction I always pay in those increments. That way when I get my statement I know it was me.

srkr

08-12-2009, 07:06 PM

Gotta have the sheet tucked in.....

:mrgreen:

Drives me nuts when it's not.

Thats 2 for tucked!!

1 untucked.

Shane
:joke:

HondaPartsGuy

08-12-2009, 07:08 PM

I only poop at work... Just can't poop unless I'm getting paid.

Grundle "Did not poop for a month when I was laid off"

Just the opposite here. Work restrooms :yikes:

mojoguy

08-12-2009, 07:11 PM

Just the opposite here. Work restrooms :yikes:

:lol::lol::lol: Line the seat with half a roll and pad the water with the other half :lol::lol::lol:

DrRadar

08-13-2009, 08:56 AM

No, that is exactly how they had to be in the Marine Corps, Left over Right.
I've done it that way every since.
I get it, It's perspective. (Kinda like the OTE/Hotbox)
Right over left when inspecting and lacing.
Left over right when looking down as you are wearing them.

Mine (and my kids) are laced the military way too.
(The strings have to be even too!)(And not twisted).

I'm with Hick on the sheets.
Can't stand an open cabinet.(My wife and MIL leave the top ones open all the time, right at eye level above the sink)
The same with microwave, dishwasher or oven.

Car/Truck/Trailer tires always are replaced as sets.

Silverware has to be placed properly on the table and ALWAYS on a placemat or napkin, Never directly on the table.

Wash hands before using the restroom(I know where the pecker has been and what it has touched) and then again afterwards.

My wife could come up with a few more.

VTLKMONSTER

08-13-2009, 09:54 AM

Two things that really mess me up bad.....

I can not, CAN NOT stand to hear someone just running water, not sure why it bugs the chit out of me but I will walk up to the sink and shut if off, especially at my in-laws...

the second thing, seems like I can hear it from a mile away is some cutting their nails. I can't use clippers I cut my nails with little scissors because the noise bothers me so much.

OH, and my wife says I am a freak because I can't stand to hang pics or put decals on the least little fraction crooked... :dontknow:

buttnekkid

08-13-2009, 01:02 PM

My son was telling me tonight that he can't sleep without a cover over him. Doesn't matter how cold or hot it is, he's gotta have a blanket. I told him I'm the same way, and it's probably a subconscious security type thing. But when I got to thinking about it, there is one little addition to my situation. I always have to kick one leg out from under the cover and rest it on top of the blanket. Doesn't matter which leg. It just has to be done. I've ALWAYS done this. And I can't for the life of me figure out why. It's just my little idiosyncrasy.

I figure most folks have some little odd idiosyncrasy or ritual that makes no sense, but they just always do. What's yours?

I do a combo of those two, (I'm really thinkin we are related somehow) I have to have everythin covered with a blanket, no matter the temp. It has to be a blanket too a sheet doesn't provide the weight necessary. But one leg (doesn't matter wich one) must be exposed from the knee down to my ankle. Makes for some weird sleeping positions. If I am camping etc, sleeping in clothes than one pants leg must be pulled up.:dontknow:

Wolfen

08-13-2009, 01:05 PM

My son was telling me tonight that he can't sleep without a cover over him. Doesn't matter how cold or hot it is, he's gotta have a blanket. I told him I'm the same way, and it's probably a subconscious security type thing. But when I got to thinking about it, there is one little addition to my situation. I always have to kick one leg out from under the cover and rest it on top of the blanket. Doesn't matter which leg. It just has to be done. I've ALWAYS done this. And I can't for the life of me figure out why. It's just my little idiosyncrasy.

I figure most folks have some little odd idiosyncrasy or ritual that makes no sense, but they just always do. What's yours?

I do the same thing... and realized after many many moons it was to keep my legs from sweating if they are touching. .. I think they are allergic to each other:dontknow:

roughrider

08-13-2009, 01:56 PM

I have tis irestable urge to mess with anal poeple, I miss splle words, don't mow the yard when my neighbor is a lawn fanatic. We have a married couple friends who are both anal and I misalign the pictures and leave my shoes in the middle of the floor park crooked in the drive way so I can laugh when they start adjusting things. I have a real blast when my mother-in-law comes over, leave my underwear on the floor etc. (not often now that we are 4200 miles away)
The daughter gets even with me, I like to have my tools clean and put away in their proper place and she leaves them where ever she is finished with them. I usually find some when the snow melts where she was working on a snowmachine.:-? sb

RoadDawg

08-13-2009, 05:36 PM

Gotta have the sheet tucked in.....

:mrgreen:

Drives me nuts when it's not.

Thats 2 for tucked!!

1 untucked.

Shane
:joke:You better go back and read it again there Shane That was 2 for UNtucked...:roll:
1=Race66
2=Me

I stopped letting the sheet stay tucked in when I gave up the footed PJs at about 3 years olnojoked

XRiderChuck

08-13-2009, 06:02 PM

You better go back and read it again there Shane That was 2 for UNtucked...:roll:
1=Race66
2=Me

I stopped letting the sheet stay tucked in when I gave up the footed PJs at about 3 years olnojoked

make that 3 untucked.... me dogs gotta stick out...lol

Ghost-Flame

08-13-2009, 07:18 PM

I usually buy things in twos, even if I really don't need them.

2 shirts, 2 pants, 2 pair eye glasses.

Today I had to buy toner for my fax machine at home. I am going to replace this old machine in about a week with a newer model. one cartridge lasts about 3 months.

Even though I am ditching it in a week. you guessed it ...I had to buy 2:oops::oops::oops:... I'll return the second one the next time I am at office Max. don't ask me why???:roll:

My first name is Thomas and it means twin my mother says that is why i always get 2.

W9VD

08-13-2009, 09:36 PM

cybrhick

08-13-2009, 10:02 PM

Now that is just quirky!

Thank you Hick for pointing out that we are all a bunch of nuts!:mrgreen:

It definitely has been interseting so far. And although I felt a bit weird noticing my odd habit, I feel better knowing that:

1. Someone else besides me does the same thing.
2. I don't dip on the John or in the shower.

Shiloh

08-13-2009, 10:09 PM

I have to say I'm one of those guys where everything has to be square and plumb.

Before moving in to our last two houses, the first thing I did was go around and turn all the screw heads on the ALL the wall plates so that they were perpendicular to the floor. :a13:

smokey2255

08-14-2009, 05:42 AM

Awww hell here we go

Crooked pics on the wall, was at papa johns in town and while family in line I was in the lobby with the whole place watching me straighten out their plaques and pics.

Filling any vehicle have to hit auto shutoff 3 times,

Sheets untucked, cant stand to be imprisoned that way.

At least one foot out from under the blanket.

Have to have at least a sheet to cover my butt, napping on the couch a throw pillow will substitute.

Cabinets and closet doors shut.

Multi alarms on the alarm clock all set 11 minutes apart.

Truck clock has to be set 7 minutes fast. Wrist watch dead on time.

The list goes on and on but these are the quick and easy ones. I truly get depressed when my OCD needs get whacked. Working with the doc to get a grip on some of this stuff. If they would legalize or at least not test for the natural green cure I would be much betternojoke. As it is I have to depend on modern medicine and chemistry to ease the f&ckupedness I go through dealing with my "issues"

See you out there
Smokey

smokey2255

08-14-2009, 05:47 AM

Oh wow, glad you brought up the buying 2 thing. I cant go to the store to buy my stuff. Always has to be 2 or more. Deodorant, toothpaste powder.

I can grocery shop just fine cause all those are always multiples anyway.

So what ya think am I FUBAR?

See you out there
Smokey

W9VD

08-18-2009, 06:31 PM

All of the bills in my wallet and money clip have to be oriented correctly from front to back and top to bottom. I am still trying to get my "change" in order... ;)

VACMAN

08-18-2009, 06:56 PM

Never eat the last bite of any sandwich or hardly finish any food, always leave last swallow in my beer, and I'm still 172 lbs too:mrgreen:

pirate X

08-18-2009, 07:50 PM

I can't stand to touch any food that is even slightly messy. Burgers, sandwiches, tacos, stuff like that is I'm fine with. Glazed donuts, ribs, bbq chicken, can't even brign myself to touch 'em, corn on the cob HAS to have the little holders and I even need a fork to eat pizza.

I don't mind getting dirty or messy while I work but never ever while I eat.

I'm not a real big fan of different foods touching each other on a plate either.

Don't even get me started on babys or toddlers feeding themselves YUCK!

GreenVTX

08-18-2009, 08:41 PM

Cannot drive or ride as a passenger without the car window open at least enough to feel the breeze on my face.

The point of the ironing board must face to the left of me. (yes I do my own ironing as the wife doesn't do mine just the way I like it).

Can't eat my food with the bigger size spoon or the smaller tined forks in silverware sets.

Supertoft

08-22-2009, 02:10 AM

I can't go to sleep if there are any open windows in the house. If it has already gotten dark outside and they are open, I can't make myself go to the window and and close it, it's too scary, my husband has to do it. :yikes: And I have to have some kind of covers on. And I have trouble sitting still and not being uptight when I am a passenger in a vehicle, it's ok if I'm driving, but if I'm a passenger...not pretty. I think that is why I ride my own bike versus riding as a passenger. I think it is called OCD. Most of us have a little bit of it, some have a lot.

Supertoft

08-22-2009, 02:20 AM

Gotta have the sheet tucked in.....

:mrgreen:

Drives me nuts when it's not.

Thats 2 for tucked!!

1 untucked.

Shane
:joke:

Me three on the sheets, I like them tucked in real good and tight, my husband kicks the hell out of his side of the bed. I tuck them in again when I make the bed in the morning.

My husband gets up at 4:00 in the morning (he's retired, I work), so I can make the bed before I go to work. He would take a beatin before he'll make a bed, he'd rather get up at 4 in the morning than sleep in and make the bed.

When my husband grocery shops by himself, he wheels the cart all around the store happy as can be, but when he's with me, he refuses to push the cart. And he refuses to hold or look in my handbag. What can I say, he's a Goldwinger...

TheEmerald Eyes

08-22-2009, 08:23 AM

I think what I do is called being an idiosincropath meaning that I pick up on other people's subconsciously and do the same thing. May be the wrong word...

David

Smoke

08-22-2009, 08:47 AM

Me three on the sheets, I like them tucked in real good and tight, my husband kicks the hell out of his side of the bed. I tuck them in again when I make the bed in the morning.

My husband gets up at 4:00 in the morning (he's retired, I work), so I can make the bed before I go to work. He would take a beatin before he'll make a bed, he'd rather get up at 4 in the morning than sleep in and make the bed.

When my husband grocery shops by himself, he wheels the cart all around the store happy as can be, but when he's with me, he refuses to push the cart. And he refuses to hold or look in my handbag. What can I say, he's a Goldwinger...

Got a laugh out of that one. Funny stuff. The best way for my wife to completely ruin my day is to climb out of bed before me, leaving the bed making chore to me...I get up at 5a.m. every morning, just to ensure I don't get caught with my sheets down..;)

I absolutely hate making the bed.

Smoke

08-22-2009, 08:48 AM

Hmmmm. I wonder how many of us at first listed only one idiosyncracy, then after reading everybody's posts, realized we actually have quite a few more than we first thought...

:!:

cybrhick

08-22-2009, 09:14 AM

I think what I do is called being an idiosincropath meaning that I pick up on other people's subconsciously and do the same thing. May be the wrong word...

David

So...you're not dipping in the shower now are you?

TheEmerald Eyes

08-22-2009, 10:06 AM

I had a few month period where I was hanging out with the redneck kids and they got me dipping and I put one in before I got in the shower everytime. That was in 7th or 8th grade. nojoke

GregsBlurpleX

08-22-2009, 01:23 PM

At 6'5 beds don't fit me very well so the sheets have to be untucked so my feet can hang over the end of the bed. I also CAN'T sleep unless there is a fan running. I think it goes back to my dad always having one, drove my mom and drives the wife crazy but oh well I gotta sleep. I also can't stand being touched while I am trying to go to sleep, it feels like my body temp goes way up when even being touched by a finger.

buttnekkid

08-23-2009, 10:49 PM

Hmmmm. I wonder how many of us at first listed only one idiosyncracy, then after reading everybody's posts, realized we actually have quite a few more than we first thought...

:!:
:thumbup::agree:

GhostRider18

08-23-2009, 11:14 PM

Here's a few for ya,

When pouring a drink I count the seconds its poured to calculate how many swallows I'll have

Type words by tapping my fingers while resting my hands on my wifes shoulder or side, it drives her crazy and I dont realize I'm doing it

Count the steps it takes to go to certain areas of my house or short distances

On the outside I swear I am normal!! I think:dontknow:

BYBS

08-23-2009, 11:23 PM

:thumbup:
I talk to & with myself all day and we do make sense to our self. ~M

I do that too......sometimes it's the only intelligent conversation I can get:mrgreen:

smokey2255

08-23-2009, 11:39 PM

Part deaux

I count everything. When I am sitting still my jaws start working from one molar to the other it is a counting technique I have no idea where it came from. It has gotten to the point that the wife and kids start throwing numbers out at me just to screw me up. I dont bother to tell em that the number or total does not matter at all as it is all about the count. I always dump the final number anyway. No point remembering it as I will recount it all anyway. When carrying on a conversation the OP words go through my head like a marquee so I can count letters or sometimes syllables. The wife says I do the counting thing in my sleep too.

I also have a certain fork and one type of plate I eat off of at home. I will wash em if they are dirty o use them.

All labled items that are left out must be turned lable in. I refuse to advertise for anyone.
If it is an item in a cupboard they must be turned out and grouped together neatly.

I do have a few

See you out there
Smokey

Yoidaho

08-23-2009, 11:51 PM

Hmmmm. I wonder how many of us at first listed only one idiosyncracy, then after reading everybody's posts, realized we actually have quite a few more than we first thought...

:!:

I knew a bunch in the beginning but left them off.

One thing that drives me nuts is what people refer to as "white NOise"
I don't like the sound of appliances, fans, furnaces...
I hear way too many things going on around me and little buzzing things grind on me.
Loud TV's are right up there too. ~M

cybrhick

08-24-2009, 12:06 AM

This has officially become one of my favorite threads. Hearing all of your little quips is facinating.. And I have realised how each of us has just a touch of OCD. I have many of the idiosyncasies as some of you, either to a greater or lesser degree.

powertrip240

08-24-2009, 03:05 AM

WOW!! What an effed up group of individuals!! :joke:

Not me, I'm perfect in every way!! And no wife to tell me different!!

:joke:

kg4ghn

08-24-2009, 06:34 PM

1. Sheet has to be untucked.
2. I can't stand to ride with a bad(or even semi-bad driver). When we go on family vacations I drive 90% of the time. I'm not even scared or feel unsafe, it just annoys the crap out of me.
3. I can't wear just socks. It has to be barefoot or socks and shoes.
4. I can't sit on the inside of a booth at a restaurant.
5. I can't stand to hear "white noise" either. Something has to be on. It's usually the fans on my computer at home.
6. I absolutely cannot watch a movie with the blinds open and glare on the tv, and I can't watch a video on the computer if the mouse pointer is over it, has to be off to the side.

Probably more than that, that's all I can think of at the moment.

Also growing up my mom was way OCD about cabinet doors being shut. I always opened ALL of them right before I left to go anywhere. :lol:

MA-X Rider

08-24-2009, 06:50 PM

I can't have the sheets tucked-in at the bottom - I pull them loose before I get in bed (drives my wife crazy!)
I can't sleep if it's too quiet, I like the tv, radio, or at least a fan on.
I usually eat all of one item on my plate, and then move to the next thing, - finish the steak, then the vegetable, then potato, ect. - no casseroles for me!!

wingsfan

08-24-2009, 10:32 PM

I can't set the alarm at an even time, I get up at 5:03 am. not 5 or 5:15.

VTXCRZR

08-25-2009, 03:44 PM

:yikes: note to self ALWAYS check spell checker :thumbup:

Spell checker would not have helped here, you actually have to know the definitions of the words being used. 8)

dan3

08-25-2009, 04:58 PM

LOL.

1) White noise. Gotta have it whether it's a fan or an air purifier. I have a little sound machine I take with me when going to a motel.

2) TV has to be on when I go to sleep. Will wake up at 2 or 3 A.M. and turn it off.

3) Even numbers me too. If I touch something I have to touch it twice. Or four times. Sometimes have to even it up by using the other hand for the second touch. Have to close doors twice alot.

4) Peanut butter on the right piece of bread, jelly on the left one. If only one item, always on the right one. Cheese always has to be the top item no matter what.

5) Can't even count the number of night lights in my house. They are light sensitive to go on and off by themselves and I check every one of 'em daily to make sure none are burned out. If one is out replacing it is job one. Always have two or three 4-packs of new bulbs just in case.

6) Oh yeah, both feet have to be under the blanket. Legs can be out, but not the feet.

PColaIrish

08-25-2009, 06:22 PM

I always have to step off with the left foot when walking. I think that one's marching band and drum corps.
If I am thinking really hard, I tap out a rhythm on my thumb with my other fingers. Always the same rhythm, has been for years. The harder I'm thinking, the faster my fingers move.
Toilet paper and paper towels have to go over the top, not under.
I cannot...CANNOT... close a car door with my hand. Has to be my elbow.
Always put right sock or shoe on first.

Not too bad, huh?

GregsBlurpleX

08-26-2009, 12:55 AM

Toilet paper and paper towels have to go over the top, not under.

My wife is the same way so if she pisses me off I will go around the house and switch em....annoys the hell out of her but cracks me up. :mrgreen:

Yoidaho

08-26-2009, 01:29 AM

Plus one on the TP & paper towel rolling over the top.

I don't use my clean hands to turn water off in public wash rooms, nor open the door,
I flush with my foot or a piece of tissue.
Yew germs...since I was just knee high, I've over thought about germs.
I wash my hands a lot when in the kitchen,
also before and after I work on someone.
I do like to get in the dirt and work with my hands, clean dirt is therapy.~M

Dan are you scared of the dark or bumping into something? :dontknow:

cybrhick

08-26-2009, 01:40 AM

OK, the mass of input to this thread now has me analysing my every movement. (neurotic in itself) I just realised another one tonight. When I am done getting bread from the loaf, I never put the twist tie back on. Instead, the bag must be folded to the bottom of the loaf (yes, I subconciously check to find the bottom of the loaf) and the loaf must be placed back down on the bottom.

GregsBlurpleX

08-26-2009, 03:03 AM

YellowFx4

08-26-2009, 07:13 AM

DITTO... At 6'3" and big feet... I absolutely HATE crawling into a bed with the bottom of the sheet tucked in under the mattress. Also, If I am the last out of the room... You will find the light turned off when you return to that room:dontknow:

8)

We used to "short sheet" people in college. It drove ém nuts!

dan3

08-26-2009, 01:11 PM

Dan are you scared of the dark or bumping into something? :dontknow:

Not really scared. Just don't want to step on a bug and like a little light to see my way. 8)

buttnekkid

08-28-2009, 01:19 AM