Name Something Unusual About Yourself.....

[Wetzelbill]

Ok, this is kind of weird. I am obsessive compulsive. So some things I just don't like, for example, I can't stand the sight of mustard or ketchup. I also do the standard stuff of washing my hands all the time and tapping things, or I have to do everything in even numbers, except for the number one which is the only odd number I can stand.

But here is the really weird one:

I can't stand monkeys! Every time those creepy little fuckers show up on a tv screen I have to turn away. I can't even look at one. I couldn't so much as take a drink of water if a monkey was on the tv screen. I'm not scared of them, nothing like that. They just weird me out. I'm getting the willies just typing this.

But that is the unusual thing about me.

(coincidentally Bush - another monkey as well- gives me almost the same reaction)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Unusual

hmmm....I can pick up any instrument, and if I can get music out of it, can play a tune. Did this one time when I tried a dulcimer for the first time. I was sitting on the sidewalk, trying it out, and people stopped to give me money! But don't ask me to read music-it is a long a painful process by comparison.

[bicentennial_baby]

2. I was supposed to be a twin

but the fetus didn't develop properly...i assume i didn't kill it like a baby shark, but who knows, i can be rather competitive. :P

Also, i have a long lost brother that i both do not know, and am not supposed to know about. freaky! c'est la vie!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. I coulda been a contender.....

but here I am on DU.... ditto on the brother thingy. Ciao!!

[Wetzelbill]

5. jeez, remind me not to run into you in a dark alley

:)

[bicentennial_baby]

6. oh, i'm ever so sweet :)

i won't bite, i promise... ;)

[Wetzelbill]

7. Said the spider to the fly

:)

[bicentennial_baby]

8. bingo

:evilgrin:

[Wetzelbill]

11. I only seem like a fool

But I'm rather adept at survival. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

12. Apparently

Well played indeed ;)

[Skittles]

4. OMG MY TOMBO IS MONKEY-PHOBIC TOO

He particularly hates in when they are dressed in clothes and "talking".........when he sees a monkey on TV he claims it is EVIL.....:o

[I Have A Dream]

65. I'm not sure how old you are, but there used to be a Saturday...

TV show on one of the network stations (back in the 70s) where chimpanzees were dressed up and talked. I think that it was called "Lancelot Link".

If you were an "evil" or vindictive person, if he ever got you really mad, one of these DVDs would make a great gift:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001EKJQ0/ref=pd_sxp_f/103-0797432-4190244?v=glance&s=video

:evilgrin:

[Skittles]

78. I'm old enough but I grew up mostly in England

fear not though, a coworker sent me Lancelot links and yes I have tormented Tombo with them when I've been peeved. :D

[Tallison]

89. Lancelot Link!

Holy shit, haven't thought of them in 25 years probably!

[Zhade]

82. Can I just ask, what's a "tombo"?

NT!

[hickman1937]

9. I'm claustrophobic about anything underground

or underwater. I can't go in caves, or ship holds, basements without windows, etc. I can swim underwater, I'd love to scuba sometime, but would never get in a submarine conscious. I can't stand to watch archeologists go into caves or pyramids on tv, especially caves.

[bicentennial_baby]

10. can you watch The Poseidon Adventure?

:P

[hickman1937]

15. I did a long time ago. I tried a few years ago, and nope.

It was triggered when I was about 25, and went into the cargo hold of a ship docked in Sault Ste. Marie. It was hugh, but below the waterline. I quietly panicked, and climbed out.

[Democracy White]

16. I'm claustrophobic, very, I can't stand to be in elevators n/t

[hickman1937]

24. I can take elevators because there are 2 doors. Front and ceiling.

Unless they go to basements with no other exits.

[Democracy White]

26. Nah not me...

I'm terrified of elevators, I'll start hyperventilating when I get on one. I keep thinking that I am going to get stuck (not good when you have an overactive bladder) or the elevators going to break and fall to the bottom.

Dee

[SmokingJacket]

27. I'm the same way.

The most horrifying thing I ever saw on television was some miners lying down on a flat cart to go down into a mine that was only a few feet high. AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!

:scared:

Maybe I died in a mine collapse in a past life.

[driver8]

55. I can't stand to watch people on tv go into those underwater caves.

That would drive me absolutely freakin' crazy! I always have this image that I get stuck between some rocks and my air supply runs out.

Also, the thought of being stuck in a chimney or another tight space gives me the chills.

I also have a phobia about being in the middle of the ocean by myself and not knowing what is beneath me.

[RPM]

13. my vestigial third nipple

;)

[Zhade]

83. I have something vestigial...

...but trust me, you DON'T want to know!

[jmm]

14. I think I'm starting to develop a pigeon phobia.

I use to never have a problem with them until this past winter. It's a long story but it involves me, a busted pipe, a few feet of snow on the ground, and some flying rats coming at me like something out of Birds. I wouldn't say I'm afraid of them but I know I act weird when they are around.

[Rising Phoenix]

63. don't blame you

they are friggin creepy and they fly right by your head, rats with wings they are, yuck

[Democracy White]

17. I have a very unusual phobia of hooks

those kinds that you see on the ceilings at home are the ones that freak me out the most. I can't even stand to look at one, especially at night. I have one in the kitchen and I don't like it. I have nightmares of them as well. I just hate hooks

I also hate balloons, can't be in a room with them or have a little kid play with them. And I don't like parasitic worms or worms in general.

Dee

[Dastard Stepchild]

18. I'm a hypochondriac.

Really. It's a real hassle.

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Me too!

It's not very unusual at all! Except, I prefer to call it Health Anxiety. If you haven't, get a copy of 'Phantom Illness'. It's an incredible book that helped me a lot. The woman who wrote it is a recovered sufferer, and it's worth gettting.

[Dastard Stepchild]

21. Thanks for the tip...

I'll have to check that out. I think more people than not have ot to some degree, and so I don't feel totally alone in this area. It's mostly something I can laugh off, but I do have my moments.
:)

[alarcojon]

84. Hey, Thanks for the tip!

I have this problem also - it is slowly improving. But a well-thought-out book on the subject would be nice!

[stpalm]

20. I am a very picky eater

In a weird way. I don't like my milk if there are lots of bubbles at the top. I don't like to eat ice cream with a big spoon. I like small spoons only. That's about it. I like ska, too. Nobody likes ska.

[Tallison]

90. Funny, I only like big tablespoons

for eating. Figure that if there's any residual muck, dirt, germs on it that they'll be more visible on the bigger spoon. :D

[MiniMandaRuth]

22. I have a group of birthmarks on my arms and legs in the shape of a

triangle. Weird

[DuckFan4ever]

23. Hahaha.

Well at least it's a good conversation starter. I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

[CBHagman]

25. I'm a worrier, just like my father.

Example: I have a dear friend with whom I keep up a conversation by e-mail. Well, once I didn't hear for a quite a few days from her, and it wasn't her usual style. I knew she was going on a trip to a lake with her mother, and I wound up searching two different online newspapers for reports of boating accidents. I even checked the obituaries in her hometown newspaper. Yes, I have a truly dark imagination.

Oh, and my friend? She's fine. She and her mother had a great time. :blush:

[SmokingJacket]

28. When I was a teenager I taught myself a foreign language...

I bought books with my babysitting money, then some linguaphone tapes. I got really good at this language, even though I'd never met anyone else who spoke it. In college I translated poetry and plays from this language. Then, after college, I finally went to the country where this language is spoken.

I didn't like it all that much, actually. People weren't all that friendly.

After I came home, I never looked at my language books or tapes again. I totally forgot this language. Today, I can maybe say hello in it, but that's it.

[UrbScotty]

110. Do you know what language it was? (nt)

[mitchum]

29. I am the son of god

[Bossy Monkey]

35. Who didn't know that? nt

[Wetzelbill]

37. Welcome to DU Mr. DeLay

:)

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. I have to check the alarm clock in 3 sets of 3 and then once for

good measure or I swear it won't go off in the morning. It drives MrG nuts.

...and, I kill threads. ;)

[Butterflies]

31. I can't use pay phones

and I clean my phone at work every morning even though I'm the only one who uses it (just in case a cleaning person chose MY phone to use instead of the other 30 or 40 phones in my department - unlikely.)

I have to clean my home phone too if anyone else has used it. I'm definitely not a clean-freak either . . . it's just with phones.

[Tallison]

91. Ever sniffed a phone receiver?

YUUUUKKKKK! :9

[Lydia Leftcoast]

32. I don't want anyone else laying their head on my pillow,

and I don't like to look into mirrors in a dark room.

[newsguyatl]

33. when i was a kid

i used to eat saltine crackers by first chewing them, then taking them out of my mouth and making them into little squares, and then re-eating them.

not sure why, just always tasted better that way.

:D

[Zhade]

85. You could sell those as delicacies these days.

"Pre-moistened saltines".

[no name no slogan]

34. I HAVE A REALLY REALLY BIG DIC

tionary on my bookshelf. It matches my huge vocabulary.

[Wetzelbill]

38. Sounds punctilious

I have no idea what I just said.

[UrbScotty]

111. You son of a

Bush!

:evilgrin:

[Bossy Monkey]

36. Can put my entire fist in my mouth (or I could when I was thinner)

Haven't tried it lately.

Yeah, nobody cared the last time I mentioned it on one of these threads either.:D

[Wetzelbill]

39. well, I care...

And, I'd like to see if you can do it again. :)

[Bossy Monkey]

43. I never thought anything of it either until I saw an old Ripley's Believe

It or Not cartoon (in a compilation book) showing somebody who could do it as some kind of really unusual freak. I thought everybody could.

Check back; I'll actually try it again before the editing hour expires on this post. I have to wash my hand with soap beforehand and am not terribly anxious to get that soap taste in my mouth immediately.

Edit: I can still do it, but it's really uncomfortable. That may have something to do with the cucumber melon body wash, though. I could never get it in all the way to the wrist; I suspect that's what got the guy into Ripley's.

[Wetzelbill]

44. holy shit, you did it

That's hilarious, way to go.

[driver8]

57. I saw a guy stuff a whole Big Mac into his mouth, chew it and swallow

it. One of the funniest things I have ever seen.

[greblc]

40. Marine Corps Veteran and a Liberal.

[Wetzelbill]

58. you are a rare breed

Didn't drink the Kool-aid, huh?

:patriot:

[greblc]

79. I drank it....it wore off.

That and lots of partying with liberal college students.

I think the turning point was a debate I had with a Canadian on why it was ok to burn the American Flag in Protest.

[TroubleMan]

103. no it's not.....most of the guys (enlisted) I knew were Dems

Some of them were very liberal.

I am, of course, another former Marine and liberal.

[TroubleMan]

104. not that unusual....one of the great Marines of all time was liberal

Smedley Butler.

Also, most of the enlisted guys I knew were liberal (about 55%). However a huge majority of the officers were repugs.

[KLF44]

41. I can touch the tip of my nose

with my tongue.

[New Earth]

42. i can write and read backwards

and i have many forms of ESP :o

[nytemare]

45. I don't like stuff on my hands

I can deal with gloves, but anything else drives me batty. Dirt, sweat, lotion, soap, whatever. I hate when it is hot and my hands sweat. I hate putting on lotion because of how it feels on my hands. Ick!

[Wetzelbill]

48. yeah me too

[nytemare]

51. At least I am not the only one!

:)

[BlueIris]

62. I hate that too. I'm not obsessive about hand-washing, but I do it

several times a day. Not ten or twenty, just several. Just to keep the dirt and other things off the hands. Things are much better that way.

[nytemare]

76. I use the instant hand sanitizer some

I hate the soap and lotion as well, but dirt more. So I wash my hands and quickly get the soap off...LOL!

[I Have A Dream]

66. I can't stand the feel of dry sand on my feet. n/t

[Tallison]

46. Clowns freak me out.

Always have. They terrify me.

[assclown_bush]

74. How about ASSCLOWNS???

ASSCLOWNBUSH

[Tallison]

88. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...

...it does. Thanks.x(

[tibbir]

47. Medication I take for a chronic illness

makes my legs bounce up and down to the consternation of others.

[Blue_In_AK]

49. I CAN'T STAND open closet doors...

...especially in the bedroom.

[Rising Phoenix]

64. OMG me either

Sniffa thinks I'm nuts, but I have to keep them shut

[liberaltrucker]

50. Hmmmm

I fantasize about women not my wife....oh, crap, that's not so unusual, sorry:silly:

[WCGreen]

52. The playboy for married men....

Has the same centerfold every month

[Wetzelbill]

59. you are brilliant, you should have a book of one liners

:spray:

[freethought]

53. I like to eat tripe once in a while

When I do, it absolutely repels my two sisters. A good, crusty Italian bread, real parmesan cheese (not the 'Kraft" junk). Cooked well it is quite enjoyable. An aquired taste. Does that count?

[I Have A Dream]

67. Oh, yeah --- THAT counts! n/t

[enigmatic]

54. Bridges and Clowns

Have a phobia about both...

[Tallison]

92. Yep, clowns.

Called Coulrophobia. They're included in this pop-up book of phobias I have. Sinister bastards.

[Floogeldy]

56. Okay. I'm gonna name it . . . Gertrude!

:)

[I Have A Dream]

60. I made up my own last name using a combination of my...

birth name and my first husband's last name.

I love getting those E-mails telling my that they can give me information about my ancestry! I'd love to hear what they have to say!

[BlueIris]

61. I have eidetic memory. Not photographic memory,

eidetic. Two different things.

[LynzM]

70. What's the difference?

The links I found through google seem to define 'eidetic memory' as 'photographic memory' :shrug:

Cool, though. How 'well' does yours work? I mean, there are degrees of it, right?

[BlueIris]

71. Aughr. A lot of links I went to defined them the same way. Grrrr.

I wish I hadn't just encountered a lot of reputable databases with inaccurate information about this. People with photographic memory can retain, depending on how well-defined this trait is, sometimes near-perfect recollection of people, places, objects and information for lengthy periods of time (allegedly, years--I've never met anyone who considered him or herself to have photographic memory so I've never seen it demonstrated). Eidetic memory is sort of like the short-term version of photographic memory. Sort of. I can retain a decent to large amount of information about people, places, things, etc. for short periods of time after encountering them in extremely precise detail. Like, I can look at a fifteen-ingredient recipe for a minute or two and remember the ingredients and most of the instructions for a few hours. If it's something I've had a chance to look at or read and absorb for awhile, I can remember more of it for much longer periods of time. Sometimes I think of it as having a photographic memory with a "fuzzy lense." I will find myself able to remember many details about complex areas, ideas, people (I am one of those folks who never forgets a face) for months and sometimes years with a lot of precision. It's nothing like what I've heard those with true photographic memory can do, but it's definitely useful. The only thing it never helped me very much with was my math. I'm not very good at math.

[DanCa]

68. Here's a few

I have been to every one of Barry Mannilow concerts in chicago for the past ten years. I liked cop rock. When I took a horticulture class in college I killed off all the point settas because I misread the formula and inverted the chemical and water ratio. Oh yeah I obsess on dnd and super hero minis and I cant eat a sandwhich if a potato chip touches it.

[Tallison]

93. What's wrong w/potato chips?

I prefer mine ON the sandwich. I'd understand if a pickle touched it making it soggy, but potato chips?!?

[Rising Phoenix]

69. I eat in my sleep

[Wetzelbill]

94. How the heck do you do that?

[Rising Phoenix]

99. Kinda like cookie monster

I get food everywhere...

[Left_Winger]

72. I have an irrational fear of elevators

[u4ic]

73. I like crocodiles

:bounce:

[skygazer]

75. Irving

I have named something unusual about myself "Irving".

Thanks for the good idea. :silly:

[Finder]

77. Snakes and Thunderstorms turn me on.

I know, irrational.

[TOhioLiberal]

80. I am slightly dyslexic

the only time it bothers me is when I see this sign:


My brain insists upon reading that as 'WALES':shrug: I have no idea why...

[Zhade]

81. I'd have to say my immense intelligence.

Oh, and my dashing features.

Did I mention my humility and modesty?

[alarcojon]

86. I can pat my head and rub my stomach at the same time

and even reverse the order.

Oh, and I'm even more intelligent, dashing, and modest than Zhade.

Hi, Wetzelbill.

[Wetzelbill]

95. hey! how's it going?

still hanging in FF?

[alarcojon]

101. As long as I can get something out of it and not get

toooootally hated on! Thanks for asking!

[Wetzelbill]

102. good luck with that

I'm sure you won't encounter any trouble. :sarcasm: :)

[AlienGirl]

87. I have three...

...of something almost everyone has two of!

Tucker

[Wetzelbill]

96. !!!!!!

I won't even ask. :)

[Spider Jerusalem]

97. Have you thought about having the third pierced?

THat'd be a fairly distinctive body modification.

[Ladyhawk]

115. Does that include three cockatoos? :) n/t

[Saphire]

98. I have a split uvula.

[Orsino]

108. Locking n/t

[El Fuego]

100. I collect comic strips

If I like a comic strip, I can't bear to throw it away. I cut them out and put them in my special comic strip box.

[Mojambo]

105. The sound of Pauly Shore's voice makes me wet my pants. n/t

[RetroLounge]

106. I once freebased coke with a cute punk rock waitress

I picked up in a club and who wore a leather g-string and a Rebel Army cap, kepts snakes and lizards in terrariums full of mannequin body parts and slept on an ambulance gurney in case she OD'd during the night.

Does that count?

RL

[fortyfeetunder]

107. I post on DU!

being part of an underground is kind of racy....

[NNadir]

109. I can name all of the elements in the periodic table up to Fermium.

I admit though I sometimes screw up on the lanthanides after Gadolinium.

[UrbScotty]

113. I know the Periodic Table up to Helium!

I know almost 2% of the Table!

[ghostsofgiants]

112. I love nightmares

I think it stems from my love of horror films and surrealism.

[ofrfxsk]

114. I can spout the states and their capitals in alphabetical order from

A-Z and Z-A even after 5 beers.

I can also count down from any given number at random. I have always had an obsession about studying maps so I know where everything is. I was fun for trivial pursuit parties and bar bets because of this. I've never met anyone else who could do it. They used to call me some type of geographical savant. LOL
I haven't thought about it in years because I just don't go out anymore.

That is one aspect of my weirdness.

[musical_soul]

116. My weirdness.

I often like to do things in threes. If I get to number six on something, I want to go to number seven. I'm just plain silly.

[catzies]

117. I hate it when big planes fly over my house. Freaks me out.

Not jetliner-big, just corporate jet-big. A local non-commercial airport is near my house, and it seems the traffic has increased, although they've promised to stay non-commercial I can't help but wonder. Maybe there are just more plane owners.

But anyway I have a terrible fear that one of them's going to fall right out of the sky on my house one day.