List at least one of your idiosyncrasies.

[The Night Owl]

I'll start...

I hate rounded patch pockets.

Edit:

Another idiosyncracy...

I like to make changes to my posts after I make them.

[tk2kewl]

1. my brain to mouth hookup often confuses the words

marshmallow and mushroom

[LynneSin]

2. I always need to be on the right

Whether walking or sitting in a theater - my seat is always the one to the far right. If I'm stuck on the left I get really uncomfortable

[skygazer]

3. I count steps

Most often when walking up or down stairs but sometimes just when I'm walking. If I'm on a long walk, it gets quite annoying. :eyes:

[idgiehkt]

4. I don't know if this is an idiosyncrasy or not

but I always, always confuse words when I am typing.

I'm starting to get on my own nerves with it.

there, their
no, know
week, weak
to, two, too
sense, since
when, win

It drives me nuts but I can't control it, spellchecks won't catch it, and I never see it when I re-read.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. i dont like male singers (aside from elvis)

there are no male singers on my ipod

[taterguy]

6. I smoke like a fiend but do long distance bike rides

At least I do until the smoking catches up with me

[The Night Owl]

8. You sound like my girlfriend...

My girlfriend is a smoker and yet is always pushing healthy eating. Go figure.

[bicentennial_baby]

7. i smell everything before i eat or drink it

i won't eat a square burger either

:D

[The Night Owl]

9. No square burgers? LOL!

Why does the shape of a burger matter?

[bicentennial_baby]

16. Bad Fast Food Feng Shui

:P

[Shell Beau]

11. I had a friend who refused to eat at Wendy's for that very reason!

Now she's not alone!!

[bicentennial_baby]

15. Sniffa always makes fun of me for it!

:rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

26. You made Dave Thomas cry.

:cry:

[bicentennial_baby]

29. Silly, he's dead!

Corpses can't cry... :eyes:

Actually, I always liked him and his story...Seemed like a really nice person. :)

Hi Aquafresh!! :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

32. Making corpses cry is even worse!

:P :hi:

[crim son]

10. It's almost impossible for me to stay still.

Even if I'm riding in a bus, in theory immobilized, I will move my feet, or play an invisible piano, or tense various muscles in a repeated sequence (calf, calf, buttock, buttock, forearm, forearm). You wouldn't notice this unless you spent a lot of time with me, because I'm discreet.

[Esra Star]

37. The people on the bus just think your ipod is well concealed.

:headbang:

[crim son]

44. That's what I'm hoping.

:hi:

[LynzM]

63. I'm the same way....

Moving/tapping/tensing something, often in patterns, or I'm asleep, LOL. :hi:

[u4ic]

12. I get very unnerved in places with no windows

this includes some office buildings, basements, factories, warehouses, etc. It has nothing to do with a space/claustrophobia issue - I still feel that way in a huge warehouse where I can see 200 ft away.

I feel like I'm in a dungeon or bunker. :scared:


In the same vein, if I'm travelling I always need to have a window seat.


I always rinse meat from the bathtub faucet, never in the kitchen sink.

[MichiganVote]

18. That's exactly what I was going to post. I don't like rooms w/o windows either

[ohiosmith]

13. I never mix torsos with appendages.

Silly, I know.

[The Night Owl]

19. Um... what?

Torsos and appendages of what?

[ohiosmith]

21. My friends of course.

[LuckyTheDog]

14. My cereal bowl thing is one

I have this favorite cereal bowl. When it is dirty, I use my second favorite. When neither is clean, I either wash one of them or I don’t eat cereal. We have many other bowls. But there are only two that I use for cereal. When I have to use bowl #2, I don’t enjoy my cereal quite as much. And, oh, by the way, both bowls are identical except for the color.

[YankeyMCC]

35. Whew...

glad I'm not alone with my bowl favoritism quirk. ;)

[GenDem]

38. I have a favorite coffee mug

.... and I will do the same thing that you do with your cereal bowl. If I've left my favorite mug in the car, even if it's 20 below, I will go out and get it before I'll pour coffee into one of the many unused mugs that sit in the cupboard.

[sakabatou]

17. I can't write with a pencil

[The Night Owl]

20. Are you saying you refuse to write with a pencil or simply don't like to?

[sakabatou]

22. It's the scritch-scratch noise that I hate

[The Night Owl]

25. I can see that...

I hate it when a pencil gets down to the wood and the wood starts scraping the paper as I write. Worse than fingernails on a chalkboard.

[Pacifist Patriot]

59. I can't write with anything but a pencil.

I wonder if that says something about my ability to commit?

[Random_Australian]

23. I takes me about ten seconds of staring to learn someones face.

So I usually just don't learn faces and that is a severe crimp on my social life. (No learn faces no learn names)

There are bits of my brain randomly elevated and randomly not there. It makes for interesting living.:)

[mentalsolstice]

24. I won't ride escalators

Something about getting sucked up in the collapsing stairs?

[1gobluedem]

27. I print everything except my signature

Because I can't make my script uniform enough to satisfy me. I have many handwriting issues and I loathe doodling to the extent that I laminate all common documents at my workplace.

[Shine]

28. I like to make lists.

sometimes I'll even write something down on the list THAT I'VE ALREADY DONE, just so I can have the pleasure of crossing it off the list. :eyes:


:D

[bicentennial_baby]

31. Same here!!!

:bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. I do that too, my dear Shine!

And to write those lists.....

I have special little pads made up just for that purpose!

:crazy:

[stuntcat]

48. EVERYTHING can go on a list

Crossing stuff out rocks too!

[Kali]

55. ...

:spray: :yourock:

[ganeshji]

30. I don't eat food unless it is room temperature.

It makes my stomach hurt. I also have to sleep with some sort of cloth on my head. I can't sleep without it.

[Chan790]

40. Me too...Blanket on face,

Others:

*I cannot cope when I'm mad at someone and they agree with me.
*I consistently misspell my first name in the exact same way when I'm writing too fast.
*I cannot drink tea in the same cup it was brewed in.
*I sometimes repeat myself uncontrollably.

[steelemagnolia]

33. Fan must be on when sleeping

...even if it's 10 degrees outside.

[Breeze54]

34. I look up the definitions

of words that I already know the meanings! ;) Can't be to careful! lol

I twirl my hair when I'm stressed and I won't eat green, squishy, food like avacado dip. :puke:

[The Night Owl]

46. M-W fans unite!

I am sometimes amazed at how my understanding of a word is sometimes either incomplete, partially wrong, or dead wrong.

[ikojo]

36. When I go to the movies

I always require an aisle seat.

When eating out with friends I don't like to have people on BOTH sides of me.

[cobalt1999]

41. My car windows & mirrors must be spotless.

I must have absolutely clear views. I have a bottle of Windex in the car at all times. Driving in Florida during lovebug season is a little hard on me. :)

[Redstone]

42. I only own long-sleeved shirts, but I always roll the sleeves up.

Unless I'm wearing a suit jacket, of course.

Redstone

[SPKrazy]

43. When I Sit, My Leg Will Jiggle Up and Down

infuriating some who are bothered by such things...

It is consciously controllable, but it's like I can't just stop doing it either easily,

:shrug:

[AlCzervik]

45. i do that as well, all the time and when i was a kid it drove my mother nuts.

i'm kind of hyper around the house and i drink a lot of coffee.

[SPKrazy]

47. I drove my mother nuts

I drove my wife nuts

I drive people I work with nuts

I'm sure it's just my leg jiggling that drives them nuts.... :evilgrin:

[MsKandice01]

52. I do that too...drives my husband batty...

When we're sitting down next to each other watching TV, he's constantly reaching over to put his hand on my leg firmly to stop it from moving. I last about 5 minutes after he removes his hand before I start shaking it again.

[SPKrazy]

53. I Understand...

can't sit still to save my life

:rofl:

[Pacifist Patriot]

57. Well shoot, that's not normal?

[BlueIris]

49. I have to wear matching underwear whenever possible.

I have no other significant OCD tendencies.

[LeftyMom]

50. Socks.

[LostInAnomie]

51. I can't stand my socks to have any slack in them when I am wearing them.

At least over the part covering my feet. They have to be pulled tight or I go INSANE!

I can't stand female rappers.

I often unconsciously let cuss words (Yes, the big ones) slip into normal conversations when it is in no way appropriate.

[MsKandice01]

54. I add up license plates...

I add up the numbers, then add the letters to that (using their corresponding number in the alphabet...A=1, B=2 and so on), then divide the total by the number of characters on the license plate. It makes me very happy when it divides evenly with no remainder.

Yeah, I'm a HUGE math geek.

[snailly]

56. NERD!

Just kidding! lol

[Pacifist Patriot]

58. This is the first time I've ever heard of that habit!

[Kali]

60. I'm kind of a picky eater (I have rules) but I am fat.

Certain foods shouldn't touch, others shouldn't be mixed, don't like soggy bread etc. When I get nervous I can't eat at all - I actually tend to LOSE weight around the holidays.

I'm controlling and neurotic about the dashboard in a vehicle. My radio station, air set the way I need it, vents pointing all the right ways. Doesn't matter what seat I'm in.

The kitchen counters must be clean before food prep can begin. I can be a real pain when helping friends at their houses...why do they allow so much clutter? How can they work with all that crap in the way? All I have out on my counters are a knife block, cutting boards (standing on edge near the sink) salt and pepper and one container of larger stove type utensils/wooden spoons.

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

61. I like spanking SPK upside the head!!! n/t

[dropkickpa]

62. Left foot always gets the sock and shoe put on first

left leg always gets the pants/undewear first, left arm gets put in the sleeve/bra strap first.

I do not write in cursive (if you saw my hand writing, you'd understand).

I can deal with any and all smells associated with animals (including poo, puke, blood, abscesses, etc), but the smell/sight of human vomit (including baby spit-up) makes me hurl, just ask poor Dropkid.

I always have to eat the upper crease part of the sandwich last or I feel weird.