OCD Me!

[veritableqndry]

Time to 'fess up...

We all have strange habits/superstitions/compulsions. Give it up--let's hear yours.

Here are a couple of mine. I have a strange distaste for odd numbers. If I can control something and I have a choice between even or odd--for example, my home theater receiver volume displays in digits--I will always choose an even number.

I also "write" phrases with my finger on any surface (the arm of my chair, the car door, my thigh) that I hear on the television, radio, etc. I alternate between cursive and print, and sometimes I try to keep up with whomever I'm copying. For example, if the news is on and the anchor says "a shocking double murder in the District this evening," I will be scribbling this phrase on the couch cushion to my right.

I've also practiced wiping my butt with my left hand in case my right hand gets cut off or mangled in some horrible accident.

Your turn.

[zachjowi]

Time to 'fess up...

I've also practiced wiping my butt with my left hand in case my right hand gets cut off or mangled in some horrible accident.

Your turn.
that is very interesting:lol:

[serra]

I've also practiced wiping my butt with my left hand in case my right hand gets cut off or mangled in some horrible accident.



:crylol:

[wildtama]

i can't share my real OCD here
:(
unless someone else does too adn I don't feel like such a quirky girl

[Landers]

Ummm.. I bless myself everytime i get on the ice when i play hockey. Oh, I absolutely HAVE to be eating sunflower seeds when I play golf. I have been 15 mintues late for a tee time cuz i got to the course with out seeds. I do not play golf without sunflower seeds.

i can't share my real OCD here
:(
unless someone else does too adn I don't feel like such a quirky girl
What is it dear? No one will flame you for it, i promise. If they do, I will beat them up.

[serra]

nevermind

[tripp]

i broke my right wrist and honestly, wiping my bunghole with the left was extremely hard...

I felt like a poo flinging monkey...

[caligrl]

I cant sleep with my closet door open and when I have blood drawn I always have to thank the nurse for not hurting me. I'm afraid if I dont thank them, then the next time it'll hurt.

[Landers]

I cant sleep with my closet door open and when I have blood drawn I always have to thank the nurse for not hurting me. I'm afraid if I dont thank them, then the next time it'll hurt.
Both make sense. :nod:

[veritableqndry]

:crylol:

Laugh all you want, I got a dollar says you'll think about it next time you're on the throne.

[serra]

Laugh all you want, I got a dollar says you'll think about it next time you're on the throne.

:lmao: :lmao: you win :lmao: :lmao:

[caligrl]

Oh...I wont pick up coins on the ground that are face down.

[SuperNinja]

I try to work as little as possible.

[Landers]

Oh...I wont pick up coins on the ground that are face down.
i never understood this one.

I try to work as little as possible.
:iagree:

[caligrl]

i never understood this one.

I'm just weird :)

[veritableqndry]

Oh...I wont pick up coins on the ground that are face down.

I check the date on all my coins and save the ones that were minted in my birth year. I have 3 "piggy" banks for them--the pennies go in the frog, the nickels and dimes go in the giraffe, and the quarters go in the monkey.

i never understood this one.

Face-down coins are bad luck.

[BlooQKazoo]

I check the date on all my coins and save the ones that were minted in my birth year. I have 3 "piggy" banks for them--the pennies go in the frog, the nickels and dimes go in the giraffe, and the quarters go in the monkey.

temporary storage huh?

[serra]

I check the date on all my coins and save the ones that were minted in my birth year. I have 3 "piggy" banks for them--the pennies go in the frog, the nickels and dimes go in the giraffe, and the quarters go in the monkey.


do they have their own names??

[veritableqndry]

do they have their own names??

As a matter of fact, they do. The frog is called "Fred," the giraffe goes by "Gregory," and the monkey's name is "Marvin."

[wildtama]

ok, i am feeling open enough to share
:heart:
I love picking!
And no, not boogers!
Like it totally bugs me when people have dried up shampoo or soap in their ears and it's sorta peeking out.

Or if someone gets a sunburn, I can't WAIT for their skin to start peeling. I love me some peelies :)

When my cat or DH yawns, I have to really hold back on trying to stick my finger in their mouth in it's fullest yawn position.

:(
Dork I am.

[veritableqndry]

When my cat or DH yawns, I have to really hold back on trying to stick my finger in their mouth in it's fullest yawn position.

When I can tell wifey is going to sneeze (she gets that funky look on her face and looks up at the light on the ceiling) I smack her lightly on the back of her head. This usually makes a person's sneeze go away. It's hil-farking-larious.

[tripp]

ok, i am feeling open enough to share
:heart:
I love picking!
And no, not boogers!
Like it totally bugs me when people have dried up shampoo or soap in their ears and it's sorta peeking out.

Or if someone gets a sunburn, I can't WAIT for their skin to start peeling. I love me some peelies :)

When my cat or DH yawns, I have to really hold back on trying to stick my finger in their mouth in it's fullest yawn position.

:(
Dork I am.
:vomit:

[serra]

When I can tell wifey is going to sneeze (she gets that funky look on her face and looks up at the light on the ceiling) I smack her lightly on the back of her head. This usually makes a person's sneeze go away. It's hil-farking-larious.

you two remind me of Bert & Ernie :lol:

[tripp]

When I can tell wifey is going to sneeze (she gets that funky look on her face and looks up at the light on the ceiling) I smack her lightly on the back of her head. This usually makes a person's sneeze go away. It's hil-farking-larious.
sounds like a modified donkey punch

[kumpooterjooser]

well VQ already mentioned about the even digits, mostly for volume on music
players etc.

On sidewalks I always try not to step on the dividing lines.

I remember this from a closed/deleted thread. OP had ocd about
cheerios not sinking into the milk. VBS knows all too well.

[ahnil8er]

the only thing i can think of off the top of my head is that whenever I am bored in class, I always doodle the letter "f" in cursive. just over and over and over. Just that letter, no other letter. I hate writing in cursive, except for the letter "f". its so pretty...

and then sometimes when im really bored in class, ill write all the websites I go to in cursive.... so, slickdeals.net, cfbnews.com, email.usc.edu, espn.com, yahoomail, etc etc etc

:idontknow thats all i can think of...

[sassysour]

Well crud, after reading these, even my OCD's sound boring! :mad:

I usually check and double check if the door is locked. Drives my husband mad when I whisper to him after we are in bed already "did you check the door??"

His are worse though. If he is pumping gas it has to end on a round number, preferably the change ending in .00 or .50 ~no extra pennies floating around there.

He also checks his alarm over and over at night, making sure its good to go.

[veritableqndry]

Well crud, after reading these, even my OCD's sound boring! :mad:

I usually check and double check if the door is locked. Drives my husband mad when I whisper to him after we are in bed already "did you check the door??"

His are worse though. If he is pumping gas it has to end on a round number, preferably the change ending in .00 or .50 ~no extra pennies floating around there.

He also checks his alarm over and over at night, making sure its good to go.

Oh hell, I do the gas thing too! Wifey keeps telling me "it doesn't matter when you put it on the credit card" but I NEED the pump to show .00! If I'm really off my game it can go to .25 or .50 or .75 but if that happens I'll be sad for the rest of the day.

I also check my alarm several times. My bedside clock is 34 minutes fast, btw. The clock in my truck is 12 minutes fast and all of my wristwatches are at least 6 minutes fast. I guess that's another one.

I have issues.

[tripp]

everyone does that gas thing...

its from when we actually could pay before we pumped

[serra]

my only compulsive behavior is getting anywhere I need to be at least 1/2 hour early. I mean most everywhere! I'm anal about getting somewhere and finding the best parking space which will explain why I need to be at places way early.

The only exception is if it's at a place where it's first come first served on seating then I'll be there an hour early to get good seats.

[maxxdragon]

I pick up pennies whenever I see them (heads up or down) but if I drop one I leave if for someone else to pick and have the good luck. I’m use to sleeping on the left side of the bed, even if I’m on a business trip and don’t have to share the bed I still sleep on the left side. Oh and socks, I like my socks clean, once I put them on, even if it’s only for a little bit and then take them off I can’t put them back on, I have to get a new ‘clean’ pair.

[veritableqndry]

my only compulsive behavior is getting anywhere I need to be at least 1/2 hour early. I mean most everywhere! I'm anal about getting somewhere and finding the best parking space which will explain why I need to be at places way early.

The only exception is if it's at a place where it's first come first served on seating then I'll be there an hour early to get good seats.

:iagree: why do you think my alarm clock is 34 minutes fast and the clock in my truck is 12 minutes fast? I HATE being late; if you gave me a choice between being late for something and having my nosehairs pulled out slowly I'd let you yank out the nasal foilage. True story.

[Autumn]

Oh Lord...where do I begin.


First...I do share a few things with VQ :vomit:


I don't like odd numbers.


Any coins dated 1977 I save. (My birth year)


I also count everytime I swallow (my drinks)
For instance...each drink I take I take approximately 10 swallows..but if it's milk..I'll go to twelve. I'll skip 13 and go to 14 if I have to.


I don't like it when people touch my bellybutton.


I'll only wash my face with seabreeze...and only the green kind (which they don't make anymore..akk...so now I'll go with the yellow one)


When I'm taking a bath I like to get my ears in the water so I can hear myself breathing.


I have to shave my legs and take a bath everyday. If I feel any stubble at all on my legs I hate it and have to shave it off.

I'll wait to turn on the dishwasher until right before my husband gets home because that way he'll know I did them, lol.


I won't eat ketchup on anything except for occasionally I'll put 3 dots in the shape of a triangle on my hamburger.

When I pay a bill...I always round the tip up so it ends in .00

When I see something I want to remember or feel something I want to remember...I'll always touch my heart like it's saving it there. I don't know why or when I started that...it really doesn't make much sense I guess, lol

[tripp]

:omg2: - you guys are wierd

[maxxdragon]

:iagree: why do you think my alarm clock is 34 minutes fast and the clock in my truck is 12 minutes fast? I HATE being late; if you gave me a choice between being late for something and having my nosehairs pulled out slowly I'd let you yank out the nasal foilage. True story.

My wife sets the clock fast but knows it and so we leave based on ‘real’ time not what the clock says anyway. One thing I hate is she’ll say we are leaving in say 20 minutes then in about 15 she asks me if I’m ready?? WTF I still have 5 minutes.

[MoreToys]

I pick up pennies whenever I see them (heads up or down) but if I drop one I leave if for someone else to pick and have the good luck. I’m use to sleeping on the left side of the bed, even if I’m on a business trip and don’t have to share the bed I still sleep on the left side. Oh and socks, I like my socks clean, once I put them on, even if it’s only for a little bit and then take them off I can’t put them back on, I have to get a new ‘clean’ pair.
I am infamous for dropping change and leaving it as a calling card where ever I may sleep. But if I see coins on the ground I feel obligate to pick them up. I feel that if lady luck or the grand master has put them in my path, and I am being arrogant and snooty by not taking them.

[wildtama]

Oh Lord...where do I begin.


When I see something I want to remember or feel something I want to remember...I'll always touch my heart like it's saving it there. I don't know why or when I started that...it really doesn't make much sense I guess, lol

That is so sweet!
Do you think it helps you preserve the memory by doing that vs. what you normally recall?
I may try this. :)

[ElectroWolf]

I guess it's just the psychological part of me coming out, but I always think that the human race is such an amazing thing. I am always so interested in human relations and the human thought process, and it's so interesting for me to hear all this stuff.

Keep talking!

[tripp]

My wife sets the clock fast but knows it and so we leave based on ‘real’ time not what the clock says anyway. One thing I hate is she’ll say we are leaving in say 20 minutes then in about 15 she asks me if I’m ready?? WTF I still have 5 minutes.
:muahaha: i hate that shart too

[tripp]

i think the only thing that really bugs me is my computer files...

All docs have to be named properly, all my mp3's have to have the same naming format and ID3 tags have to be correct...

I hate a disorganized computer...like my bosses which the desktop is so cluttered there is not one space for another icon...

Mine, on the other hand, has like 5 icons on it

[trancepire]

I'm always straightening things (rugs, items in stores, etc).

The salt and pepper shakers have to be in a specific order (salt on left, pepper on right).

I, too, love to peel skin, pick scabs, etc.

There used to be so many more but I broke myself of them. I used to repeatedly say the name of the person(s) I'm speaking with in my head, directly followed by a one-word description of how I felt about them. That was annoying, I broke the habit. When talking among 5 or more people it was hard to follow the conversation while constantly narrating in my head.

Also, if I touched anything with my right hand I'd have to touch it with my left (and vice versa). I'm glad I ditched that one, made for some odd looks and awkward experiences. ;)

[Autumn]

That is so sweet!
Do you think it helps you preserve the memory by doing that vs. what you normally recall?
I may try this. :)

Thanks :) I really have no idea why I do this. I think, somehow in my mind..I'm preserving whatever good memory or feeling in some secret treasure trove in my heart..if that makes sense. (And go ahead guys..laugh at me :P ) but I've done that for just as long as I can remember. And when I'm feeling sad..sometimes I can feel like those memories or feelings are still with me somehow.

[ashley032]

I cant sleep with my closet door open and when I have blood drawn I always have to thank the nurse for not hurting me. I'm afraid if I dont thank them, then the next time it'll hurt.

I cant sleep with the closet open either. If the cat opens it in the middle of the night I will get up to close it back. I wont sleep with my hands of feet hanging off the bed either. When tv commercials come on & im bored I will count the buttons on the remote in 8's. I dont know why 8's. If i'm waiting in an office I will do the same with tile lines on the floor or ceiling, also in 8's.

[MoreToys]

i think the only thing that really bugs me is my computer files...

All docs have to be named properly, all my mp3's have to have the same naming format and ID3 tags have to be correct...

I hate a disorganized computer...like my bosses which the desktop is so cluttered there is not one space for another icon...

Mine, on the other hand, has like 5 icons on it
I envy you, could you help me???:nod:

[veritableqndry]

Oh Lord...where do I begin.

I also count everytime I swallow (my drinks)
For instance...each drink I take I take approximately 10 swallows..but if it's milk..I'll go to twelve. I'll skip 13 and go to 14 if I have to.

I do that too! And it needs to be an even number. I'll even pour my tea (unsweetened decaffienated) to just the right level so that I can drink it in an even number of swallows.

[kumpooterjooser]

Good thread VQ. Share more poop-fling ocd's :vomit:

[veritableqndry]

On the very rare occasions that I go to McDonald's, Wendy's, or Burger King, I always eat all of my fries before I start on my burger.

[maxxdragon]

I am infamous for dropping change and leaving it as a calling card where ever I may sleep. But if I see coins on the ground I feel obligate to pick them up. I feel that if lady luck or the grand master has put them in my path, and I am being arrogant and snooty by not taking them.

Yes exactly! Who am I temp fate??

[ashley032]

I Have to get the mail too. Hubby wont even think about it cause I get crazy about it. Not sure why but I absolutely have to get the mail.

[Autumn]

I do that too! And it needs to be an even number. I'll even pour my tea (unsweetened decaffienated) to just the right level so that I can drink it in an even number of swallows.

:rofl2: I do that too! Or if something has an extra swallow in it but it would take me to 9..I won't do it.

[catluver]

I try to work as little as possible.

Yep... my mantra... lol

[ahnil8er]

u guys are effin crazy

weirdos on the internet!!!

[Autumn]

Ohh...I know another one...I can't stand being in a dark room with the door closed and the light shining through the other side. It seems too spooky for me.

I also can't sleep without a blanket. Even if I'm hot I still have to have a sheet over me. I don't know why.

[veritableqndry]

:rofl2: I do that too! Or if something has an extra swallow in it but it would take me to 9..I won't do it.

I get mad when the waiter/waitress brings me another glass before I've finished the one I'm working on... farks up my whole counting system :lol: But, I also get mad if s/he doesn't bring another beverage... I'm conflicted :lol:

[catluver]

Ohh...I know another one...I can't stand being in a dark room with the door closed and the light shining through the other side. It seems too spooky for me.

I also can't sleep without a blanket. Even if I'm hot I still have to have a sheet over me. I don't know why.

Cuz the monsters will getcha!

[Autumn]

I get mad when the waiter/waitress brings me another glass before I've finished the one I'm working on... farks up my whole counting system :lol: But, I also get mad if s/he doesn't bring another beverage... I'm conflicted :lol:

I know! I want to say..."When you see me get down to the last 10 sips...bring me another drink"..but then she'd look at me like I was nuts, lol.

[tripp]

I envy you, could you help me???:nod:

np - remote desktop?

hehe

[catluver]

I know! I want to say..."When you see me get down to the last 10 sips...bring me another drink"..but then she'd look at me like I was nuts, lol.

You are so right.

[Autumn]

Oh...and also I usually eat my food one by one. Like if we went and got chicken fingers and french fries...I wouldn't eat them together..I'd have to eat one first..and then the other.

Also...I like to chew ice. I have it down to a science...who has the best ice to chew, etc (Sonic, btw..in case anyone is wondering)

Cuz the monsters will getcha!

Damn skippy!

[trancepire]

:rofl2: I do that too! Or if something has an extra swallow in it but it would take me to 9..I won't do it.
Hehe. Your (and VQ) OCD would line up well with one of mine then, no matter how little is left at the bottom of the cup I always finish it with two quick sips.

[veritableqndry]

I always close the door when I pee--even if I'm the only one in the house. ONCE in a GREAT while I will pee with the door open, and then I feel like I'm breaking the law.

[sassysour]

The sheet thing I can relate to~ I have to have a sheet on, and no arms or legs dangling over the side of the bed.

Actually, I like my own space in the bed. I can put my leg on hubby, but I don't like his leg on me. I can warm my feet on him, but he can't warm his on me.

[Autumn]

I always close the door when I pee--even if I'm the only one in the house. ONCE in a GREAT while I will pee with the door open, and then I feel like I'm breaking the law.

Oh Lord VQ...we are too much alike. I do the same thing...our bathroom has two doors...one to the bedroom and one to the kitchen..and I have to close them both even when I'm by myself. My husband and I have never seen each other go to the bathroom and I doubt we ever will, lol.

[ashley032]

Oh...and also I usually eat my food one by one. Like if we went and got chicken fingers and french fries...I wouldn't eat them together..I'd have to eat one first..and then the other.

Also...I like to chew ice. I have it down to a science...who has the best ice to chew, etc (Sonic, btw..in case anyone is wondering)



Damn skippy!

I Love Sonic Ice ! We have a chicken place here that has that kind too.

[trancepire]

I always close the door when I pee--even if I'm the only one in the house. ONCE in a GREAT while I will pee with the door open, and then I feel like I'm breaking the law.
I have to pee before eating; I feel that I'll concentrate on having to pee all through the meal and not enjoy it as much.



Same goes for sex.

[Autumn]

The sheet thing I can relate to~ I have to have a sheet on, and no arms or legs dangling over the side of the bed.

Actually, I like my own space in the bed. I can put my leg on hubby, but I don't like his leg on me. I can warm my feet on him, but he can't warm his on me.

:lol: Very true...all limbs must remain on the bed. And I agree...like I can lay on his chest but if he tried to do that to me I'd be like "Wait..I want to turn over on my right side..and now my left..." lol..

Oh...and I always start off sleeping on my left side and then right before I fall asleep I always turn to sleep on my right side.

I Love Sonic Ice ! We have a chicken place here that has that kind too.

Ohh! THen you know what I mean then! I love how it's these crunchy little balls of ice.

[trancepire]

I have to check the Lounge, the front page, and the Podium for interesting things before shutting off the monitor and going to bed. That is why it is 2:15 now, but I started going to bed before 1:00. I'll probably be up another 15 minutes before I break the cycle.

[veritableqndry]

I sing "Happy Birthday To Me" twice (in my head) whenever I wash my hands. Mom taught me to do that, as it's 20 seconds if you sing it twice, and that's how long it takes to destroy all the nasty toilet germs.

[sassysour]

I can't stand to touch the bathroom door handle with my hand.

[catluver]

Oh Lord VQ...we are too much alike. I do the same thing...our bathroom has two doors...one to the bedroom and one to the kitchen..and I have to close them both even when I'm by myself. My husband and I have never seen each other go to the bathroom and I doubt we ever will, lol.

None of my husbands have ever seen me pee, but I've seen them... :rolleyes:

[DNC]

I also can't sleep without a blanket. Even if I'm hot I still have to have a sheet over me. I don't know why.I always used to have something covering me while sleeping. Even if I had to set the thermostat to a lower temp so I wouldn't be sweating.

[trancepire]

I can't stand to touch the bathroom door handle with my hand.
:iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree:

My public bathroom routine:

Entrance
If push style - use foot
If pull style - use little finger, sleeve, or something else to open door

Urinal
- Stand far enough away to avoid splash damage but close enough to avoid peeking by other pee-pot patrons
- Flush with foot or pinky

Toilet
- Create a nest of toilet paper all around seat
- If doing #2 also put a parachute of TP in the bottom of toilet to avoid splash damage
- Flush with foot or pinky

Sink
- Turn on with paper towel or pinky
- Dispense soap in method that involves least contact with dispenser
- Wash hands thoroughly (especially that sullied pinky)

Drying
- If hand dryer - turn on with elbow
- If paper towels - distribute towels in way that doesn't involve touching dispenser (even if it means pulling lever, etc with TP covering hand)

Exit
- If push style - push open with foot
- If pull style- use paper towel to open door, hold door open with foot, and toss paper towel into nearest trash. If no trash exists near door, carry it to the closest trash.

[Schooby]

For starters I have to check the lounge before going to work and before going to bed.



I'll be rushing to work now so I'll add more later :lol:

[Parafly9]

I have a tendancy to repeat what I just said, by just mouthing it. So I will finish a sentance then repeat the last word <last word>

Not always, but my fiance catche me sometimes. I think its because I talk so fast that I need to catch up in my head hehe.

None of my husbands have ever seen me pee, but I've seen them... :rolleyes:

How many do you have?

[~Kimber~]

I count stairs on the way up, never on the way down.

I never brush my teeth with the lights on. (I hate looking at myself in the mirror while I'm brushing my teeth.)

My bathroom time is private time, no matter what I"m doing. My hubby was in the navy for 10 years and just barges in no matter what. Makes me crazy.

I never turn all the lights out at night. I always need one light on somewhere in the house, preferably the one on the way to the bathroom. :lmao:

There's more, I'm sure.

[Harleygurl]

Wow, you guys have issues!! j/k
The only thing that I can relate to is the neat computer and having at least a sheet over me in bed at night!
I guess I am more normal than I thought! :heart:

Interesting thread!!!!!

[Kris2131]

When I eat my frosted mini wheats, I always have to eat two at a time.
When I eat m&ms I only eat two at a time and they can't be the same color.

[Kris2131]

my only compulsive behavior is getting anywhere I need to be at least 1/2 hour early. I mean most everywhere! I'm anal about getting somewhere and finding the best parking space which will explain why I need to be at places way early.


I'm the same way. I hate being late, so I always leave extra early so I can show up to where I am going before I'm supposed to be there. Maybe it's from my college days when I had to get there an hour before class started so I didn't have to go on a hunt for a good parking spot.

[Harleygurl]

OK, I lied. I just realized that I do have a small issue. When someone uses the phone in my office, before I use it, I will wipe off the mouthpiece. I guess that is a bit weird, huh?

[~Kimber~]

OK, I lied. I just realized that I do have a small issue. When someone uses the phone in my office, before I use it, I will wipe off the mouthpiece. I guess that is a bit weird, huh?

Actually, I think that's pretty smart. You probably get sick alot less than other people in your office.

[Kris2131]

Oh...and also I usually eat my food one by one. Like if we went and got chicken fingers and french fries...I wouldn't eat them together..I'd have to eat one first..and then the other.


:iagree: I'm the same way. If I get a sandwich and fries at Wendy's or something, I eat the sandwich first, when I'm done, I crunch up the wrapper and put it to the side and then start on my fries.

I can't believe how weird we all are! :lol:

[Kris2131]

I have another one. I absolutely hate it whenever someone touches my head. And it's just the top of my head. If someone touches the top of my head I get cranky and yell at them.

[Pig]

umm.....

[maxxdragon]

For those who don’t like to sleep with the closet open have you ever read the Boogeyman by Stephen King? Not many of his books/stories actually scared me but that one did. The part at the end where he comes back out of the closet and says, did you really think you could ever get away from me? Ugg still gives me chills.

[burninator]

Here are a couple of mine. I have a strange distaste for odd numbers. If I can control something and I have a choice between even or odd--for example, my home theater receiver volume displays in digits--I will always choose an even number.
I'm glad to know there's at least one other human being on the planet who does this. It applies to wierd things like how many steps I take on one surface before moving to another.

I also hate talking on the phone. It makes me nervous for some reason. I pace, and I start to fidget if I'm on for more than a few minutes. If I'm on the phone for 5 minutes, the last 4.5 of those are spent thinking how I wish I could just hang up and throw away my phone.

[veritableqndry]

I hate to be barefoot, but I also hate socks. At home I have a pair of "house sandals" that I wear all the time. If I go to someone's house and they want me to take off my shoes, I'm automatically irritable.

[mattrawding]

ok, i am feeling open enough to share
When my cat or DH yawns, I have to really hold back on trying to stick my finger in their mouth in it's fullest yawn position.


I do this to my dog all the time. I put my finger in his mouth when he's yawning so he can't feel it, then when he closes his mouth he closes it on my finger, gets very confused, and tries to spit it out.

[cynical2]

Time to 'fess up...

We all have strange habits/superstitions/compulsions. Give it up--let's hear yours.

Here are a couple of mine. I have a strange distaste for odd numbers. If I can control something and I have a choice between even or odd--for example, my home theater receiver volume displays in digits--I will always choose an even number.

I also "write" phrases with my finger on any surface (the arm of my chair, the car door, my thigh) that I hear on the television, radio, etc. I alternate between cursive and print, and sometimes I try to keep up with whomever I'm copying. For example, if the news is on and the anchor says "a shocking double murder in the District this evening," I will be scribbling this phrase on the couch cushion to my right.

I've also practiced wiping my butt with my left hand in case my right hand gets cut off or mangled in some horrible accident.

Your turn.

you need to seek professional help (well, except for the left handed butt wipeing...i do that one too, so it's normal)

:lmao:

For those who don’t like to sleep with the closet open have you ever read the Boogeyman by Stephen King? Not many of his books/stories actually scared me but that one did. The part at the end where he comes back out of the closet and says, did you really think you could ever get away from me? Ugg still gives me chills. thanks for giving away the ending :ranting:

[tripp]

I do this to my dog all the time. I put my finger in his mouth when he's yawning so he can't feel it, then when he closes his mouth he closes it on my finger, gets very confused, and tries to spit it out.

:omg2:

Seek :stretcher

you are :crazy:

:D

[sparxe]

I hate to be barefoot, but I also hate socks. At home I have a pair of "house sandals" that I wear all the time. If I go to someone's house and they want me to take off my shoes, I'm automatically irritable.
I would make you irritable!

[Autumn]

I never read a magazine from front to back..ever.

[veritableqndry]

I never read a magazine from front to back..ever.

Oooh, me too! My grandma was Japanese and she always read magazines back to front. Somehow I picked this up and I do it now, too. I also read long threads here in the Lounge back-to-front (last post first).

[Autumn]

Oooh, me too! My grandma was Japanese and she always read magazines back to front. Somehow I picked this up and I do it now, too. I also read long threads here in the Lounge back-to-front (last post first).

hahaha...I do that too. That way I know if it was interesting or not..or maybe I'm just weird, lol

[Harleygurl]

Oooh, me too! My grandma was Japanese and she always read magazines back to front. Somehow I picked this up and I do it now, too. I also read long threads here in the Lounge back-to-front (last post first).
That is weird! I do that too! BF wonders if I understand what I am reading cuz it is backwards! j/k I do the same with newspapers.

[Kris2131]

Whenever I get on the phone at work, I always pick up the pen sitting next to me even if I wasn't holding it before.

[MSUSteve280]

I will always bet on 7 & 3. (Birthday is the third day of the seventh month). Mostly for roulette, but also in poker, I'll keep the cards as a kicker (I don't know if I've ever played a 7, 3 unsuited.)

When bored, I write in reverse cursive (so that you could read it in a mirror,) but I never write in cursive otherwise. Normally, I do my signiture, but I also will write small sentences. When writing normally, I vary between all caps and normal capitalization rules.

I also play all sorts of geometry games, making patterns with overlapping circles, squares, etc. I usually try to achieve some sort of prime number in the games. I like primes.

[arjunsr]

i'm pretty weird... but i don't really notice many of them.

things i do that have been mentioned so far..

don't like talking on the phone at all
don't step on cracks in the side walk
i only eat one thing at a time. buger, then fries, then drink. i can't drink and eat at the same time

[Autumn]

I won't step on the vents/drains/whatever on the public sidewalks.

[kumpooterjooser]

Oooh, me too! My grandma was Japanese and she always read magazines back to front. Somehow I picked this up and I do it now, too. I also read long threads here in the Lounge back-to-front (last post first).
Glad I'm not the only one here.
Is this an asian thingie, coz I'm Indian.

[veritableqndry]

Glad I'm not the only one here.
Is this an asian thingie, coz I'm Indian.

Not sure, but Grandma did it b/c Japanese is written right-to-left in columns... so Japanese magazines are bound on the right and made to be read "backwards" from a Western POV.

[SlickChik]

slickdeals is acting screwy. :(

[kumpooterjooser]

delete
:lmao:
You have issues, you posted it twice.

[SlickChik]

:lmao:
You have issues, you posted it twice.


I posted something....and on my screen it posted like 5 times in a row!

It was really weird. :hide:

[caligrl]

I won't step on the vents/drains/whatever on the public sidewalks.
Me either!!!

[veritableqndry]

You know how you can unfocus your eyes and make yourself see double? I'll do that with a rain spot on the car window when I'm riding with someone, and then pretend like it's crosshairs and I'm shooting/burning down things. Also years ago I read "Cobra" by Timothy Zahn and in that book, the soldiers had a laser in their pinkie fingers that they activated by pressing their thumb onto their ring fingernail. So, when I get irritated with people, I'll press my thumb down on my ring fingernail and surreptitiously point my pinkie at them.

[MSUSteve280]

You know how you can unfocus your eyes and make yourself see double? I'll do that with a rain spot on the car window when I'm riding with someone, and then pretend like it's crosshairs and I'm shooting/burning down things. Also years ago I read "Cobra" by Timothy Zahn and in that book, the soldiers had a laser in their pinkie fingers that they activated by pressing their thumb onto their ring fingernail. So, when I get irritated with people, I'll press my thumb down on my ring fingernail and surreptitiously point my pinkie at them.

Good word!

[dinsomnia]

Among others already mentioned, I think my worst habit is my keyless lock for my car. I always lock it as soon as I step out of it, but then I'll get *just* out of radio reach and wonder if I remembered to lock it this time....so I end up walking halfway back to my car almost everytime I get out of it to lock it (again).

[kumpooterjooser]

Among others already mentioned, I think my worst habit is my keyless lock for my car. I always lock it as soon as I step out of it, but then I'll get *just* out of radio reach and wonder if I remembered to lock it this time....so I end up walking halfway back to my car almost everytime I get out of it to lock it (again).
aaarrrghgghgh
Now I'm wondering if I locked my car.

[rybal]

I do the lock thing with my car.
I check my zipper multiple times before leaving the bathroom - must've had a barn door experience when I was younger or something.
I follow the guy's rules of bathroom etiquette to a T.

Some of the aforementioned quirks I'll do occasionally, but not often enough to call them OCDish.

[wood]

Oxy Contin Dependency

[Schly]

When my cat or DH yawns, I have to really hold back on trying to stick my finger in their mouth in it's fullest yawn position.




I do that to my dog, but not to my wife... she bites.

[Schooby]

I do that to my dog, but not to my wife... she bites.
Because it's not really your finger :evillaf:




OK, I also need at least a sheet over me when I sleep, I like to be early to where ever I go, I wash my hands a lot, I used to do the "checking to see if I set my alarm clocked 3 times" but am over that one, I like my closet doors shut all the time, (having a dog walk in and shred an article of clothing helped enforce that one), I have to turn down the radio in the car or bus if I'm concentrating on finding an address, I don't like people to stop by unexpectedly, I have to have my house clean before anyone comes over, I always way over cook and over estimate how much food I need to prepare for company, I always need to have more than 20 dollars in my wallet ( usually closer to $100), My CD's and DVD's are alphabetised and in order in their stands. I'll think of more later I'm sure.

[BikerEric]

Hey schooby Missed you today!!

[kumpooterjooser]

Yayy for the Monica Gellars and Melvin Udalls :clap:

[Eman3gt]

I used to have a lot of them when I was around age 8-10ish. Weird crap I used to do like touching every wall I walked past.

One of my housemates back in college was ridiculous. After locking car doors, he'd always have to walk around the car and check the handle of all 4 doors to ensure they were all locked.
We'd leave our house, close the door and he'd suddenly say, "Oh wait, did we make sure all the ovens and stoves are off?!". Meanwhile, we haven't even used the damn oven or stove yet that day. He'd have to unlock the door, go back inside, do whatever to satisfy his brain, then come back out. :shake:

[Kris2131]

My CD's and DVD's are alphabetised and in order in their stands. I'll think of more later I'm sure.

You do that too?? I thought I was the only one! :hug:

[pbdyhcky189]

I cannot sleep with the TV off.

All of my songs in itunes have to be capitalized correctly.

I used to wipe down my PSP and ipod multiple times a day to make sure they had not one smudge or finger print on them.

[veritableqndry]

This thread is really bringing out the lurkers... keep posting people! Who knows wot strangeness you might share with another Lounger.

[caveat depascor]

You people have PROBLEMS!
:lol:

[Schooby]

You people have PROBLEMS!
:lol:
:lmao: I saw your name on the thread and figured I'd open to see page after page after page of idiosyncrasies. :hug:

[caveat depascor]

:lmao: I saw your name on the thread and figured I'd open to see page after page after page of idiosyncrasies. :hug:
I have too many to list. Although I have sound reasons for each of my idiosyncrasies.

[Schooby]

I have too many to list. Although I have sound reasons for each of my idiosyncrasies.
We all do babe, we all do :rolleyes:


:evillaf:

And I love each and every one of yours :kiss:

[veritableqndry]

I have too many to list. Although I have sound reasons for each of my idiosyncrasies.

Give us a few, please? I've shared lots of mine. I could share more... c'mon, you know you want to tell us...

[caveat depascor]

Give us a few, please? I've shared lots of mine. I could share more... c'mon, you know you want to tell us...
For you VQ,

-Doors and drawers MUST be closed if not in use
-My shirts are arranged in the closet by type and then by color: Polo shirts are together, solid colors-white to the right working darker to the left, Then stripes or patterns again dark to light. Same with dress shirts. Then the formal shirts are all together.
-My shoes are arranged similarly by color and how dressy they are. My dress shoes have to be on cedar shoe trees.
-I only write with certain types of pens.
-Toothbrush, toothpaste, and floss have to be on the shelf in that order.
-Towels are sorted by color, folded in quarters, and stacked with the folded edge facing the front of the shelf.
-Sock drawer sorted by color. White socks arranged by cut.

All of this increases my efficiency. ( :lol: ) Do you really need more?

[Schooby]

For you VQ,

-Doors and drawers MUST be closed if not in use
-My shirts are arranged in the closet by type and then by color: Polo shirts are together, solid colors-white to the right working darker to the left, Then stripes or patterns again dark to light. Same with dress shirts. Then the formal shirts are all together.
-My shoes are arranged similarly by color and how dressy they are. My dress shoes have to be on cedar shoe trees.
-I only write with certain types of pens.
-Toothbrush, toothpaste, and floss have to be on the shelf in that order.
-Towels are sorted by color, folded in quarters, and stacked with the folded edge facing the front of the shelf.
-Sock drawer sorted by color. White socks arranged by cut.

All of this increases my efficiency. ( :lol: ) Do you really need more?
:rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2: That's my baby :lmao: :hug: :hug:

[veritableqndry]

For you VQ,

-Doors and drawers MUST be closed if not in use
-My shirts are arranged in the closet by type and then by color: Polo shirts are together, solid colors-white to the right working darker to the left, Then stripes or patterns again dark to light. Same with dress shirts. Then the formal shirts are all together.
-My shoes are arranged similarly by color and how dressy they are. My dress shoes have to be on cedar shoe trees.
-I only write with certain types of pens.
-Toothbrush, toothpaste, and floss have to be on the shelf in that order.
-Towels are sorted by color, folded in quarters, and stacked with the folded edge facing the front of the shelf.
-Sock drawer sorted by color. White socks arranged by cut.

All of this increases my efficiency. ( :lol: ) Do you really need more?

Yes I need more. All of those things seem perfectly normal to me. My shirts are in order in my closet but from left to right by use (casual, work, dress). I am VERY particular about my pens and have a very hard time signing credit card receipts at restaurants when the watiress gives me her random smelly dirty clicky pen. So: how about you tell us about your REALLY wierd habits.

[caveat depascor]

Yes I need more. All of those things seem perfectly normal to me. My shirts are in order in my closet but from left to right by use (casual, work, dress). I am VERY particular about my pens and have a very hard time signing credit card receipts at restaurants when the watiress gives me her random smelly dirty clicky pen. So: how about you tell us about your REALLY wierd habits.
I rub my feet together an equal amount of times, right over left, left over right, before I can fall asleep. I couldn't sleep for months when I broke my leg.

[veritableqndry]

I can't stand it if my hands are sticky or greasy. I will eat an entire slice of pizza with knife and fork before I will pick it up and dirty my fingers. I love oranges but I won't eat them very often b/c I know the stickiness from the juice will drive me nuts. I like the taste of corn but won't eat corn on the cob b/c the bits of corn get stuck in between my teeth and I can't stand to have something caught between my teeth for more than 2 minutes. I don't eat fresh green beans b/c they squeak on my teeth, which to me is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard (oddly enough, fingernails on a chalkboard don't really bother me).

[Schooby]

Geeez this place is full of weirdos :lol:

[caveat depascor]

Geeez this place is full of weirdos :lol:
When I seem sane, yep!

[pookierm]

I rub my feet together an equal amount of times, right over left, left over right, before I can fall asleep. I couldn't sleep for months when I broke my leg.


Hmm... I thought my husband was the only odd person who did that.

I refuse to leave the house with out peeing first & it’s has to be the last thing I do before I leave. If I go & then I’m delayed leaving the house even if only three mins, I have to go again before I can leave the house. I have a phobia about using public restrooms. This drives my husband nuts.

[Schooby]

Hmm... I thought my husband was the only odd person who did that.

I refuse to leave the house with out peeing first & it’s has to be the last thing I do before I leave. If I go & then I’m delayed leaving the house even if only three mins, I have to go again before I can leave the house. I have a phobia about using public restrooms. This drives my husband nuts.
I do this too, I thought it was just a common, female thing.

[Kris2131]

I can't stand it if my hands are sticky or greasy.

I'm the same way. I hate it when my hands or fingers are all sticky or dirty. If I'm eating something messy, the second something gets on my hands, I have to put the food down and use a napkin. Gutting a pumpkin? No thanks! My mom has told me I was the same way when I was little, I would not play with dirt or mud, I would always go for something that was not messy.

[Schooby]

I can't stand it if my hands are sticky or greasy. I will eat an entire slice of pizza with knife and fork before I will pick it up and dirty my fingers. I love oranges but I won't eat them very often b/c I know the stickiness from the juice will drive me nuts. I like the taste of corn but won't eat corn on the cob b/c the bits of corn get stuck in between my teeth and I can't stand to have something caught between my teeth for more than 2 minutes. I don't eat fresh green beans b/c they squeak on my teeth, which to me is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard (oddly enough, fingernails on a chalkboard don't really bother me).
Kinda hard to fling poo then isn't it?

[Rebate Addict]

Wow -- what an interesting thread! As someone about to get her degree in psychology, it surprises me to learn that seemingly so many people have some "casual" OCD traits. I really had no idea.

Some things that others have mentioned that I can relate to:
~I'm not comfortable sleeping unless my bedroom door is closed and locked.
~I usually am not comfortable sleeping without a sheet or blanket covering me. (Security issues, anyone? ;) ) Usually I prefer the feeling of being under my down comforter, even in the summer.
~I prefer the number 7 and avoid the number 6. For example, when setting my alarm, I'll set it "on the sevens" -- 7:07, 7:17, 7:27, etc. I wouldn't flip out if I couldn't do it, but it's definitely a habit.

This is more superstition, but I guess it's also OCD since I feel complelled to do it every time: Anytime I verbally note something that has gone well for me, I knock on wood lest I "jinx" my good luck.

These things seem rather tame compared to what others have posted. And everyone knows that psychologists go into the field to solve their own issues, so yeah, if my issues are among the least extreme. . . .

But even if y'all are nuts, you are the nicest group of nuts I've ever encountered. ;) :hug:

[Alan.]

I hate to look at the clock when it is :13 past.

[veritableqndry]

I hate to look at the clock when it is :13 past.

If I happen to look at a digital clock at 11:11 I will make a wish. I also wish on the first star I see each evening, but not if I accidentally see other stars.

[Kris2131]

After washing my hands when in a public bathroom, I dry my hands and then I dry every finger individually.

If I happen to look at a digital clock at 11:11 I will make a wish. I also wish on the first star I see each evening, but not if I accidentally see other stars.

My family does that too. If it's 1:23 they say "123, make a wish"

[Autumn]

If I happen to look at a digital clock at 11:11 I will make a wish. I also wish on the first star I see each evening, but not if I accidentally see other stars.

Geeze VQ...you and I are too much alike. This is not cool, lol. :P Also...when I make a wish on a star I can't look at that star again that night or the wish won't come true (not that they usually come true anyway, lol)

[veritableqndry]

Whenever I drive through a yellow light I'll save a kiss (kiss my fingers and slap the roof of my truck). I honestly don't know where I picked that up but I do it every single time.

[caligrl]

Whenever I drive through a yellow light I'll save a kiss (kiss my fingers and slap the roof of my truck). I honestly don't know where I picked that up but I do it every single time.:lol: I do that too!

[maxxdragon]

Whenever I drive through a yellow light I'll save a kiss (kiss my fingers and slap the roof of my truck). I honestly don't know where I picked that up but I do it every single time.

In HS we would say Pididdle or Pidaddle and hit the roof if we saw a car with a taillight or headlight out (respectively). Then the other person would owe you a beer.

[Karena]

If I happen to look at a digital clock at 11:11 I will make a wish. I also wish on the first star I see each evening, but not if I accidentally see other stars.


I do the 11:11 thing too!

[veritableqndry]

I need my books to be new. And I read a lot, so I spend a ton of money (probably 25% of my disposable income) on paperbacks. The thought of someone else reading the book I have in my hands makes me a little crazy. The only exception is if my dad gives me a book--because I know he purchased it new and has been the only one to read that particular copy.

I also prefer to browse the bookstore alone--if my wife comes to the store with me she knows that she is to wander away on her own and leave me by myself until I am done looking around and find her. If there is someone else in the aisle I will generally move over one row and wait for them to go away.

[veritableqndry]

I don't like massages. I don't like anyone but my wife to touch me at all. I hate shaking hands with people. And I honestly want to headslap anyone who sneezes within 5 feet of me.

[Kris2131]

Whenever I go to B&N or any place that has items out on tables, I find myself straightening out the items that are out of place or crooked in the piles.

[sassysour]

I Love B&N! When I go there with hubby we concider it a date, although we always split up and browse. I don't like browsing with someone on my aisle either. I feel rushed, or blocked, so I usually find a new aisle.

When I go to the movie theater I use the restroom, wash my hands, and from then on I can't stand to touch any doors; because I know I am eating popcorn. I have to use the corner or sleeve of my shirt to open the door.

[Schooby]

I hate when pictures are crooked on the wall. My doctor (the ENT one) has all of the diplomas framed and almost everyone is crooked. I hate sitting in there. I want to go straighten them out but I can see that 2 of them are tilted due to his binders being pushed up against the wall... I am sooooooooo tempted to move his stuff to fix the problem.

[SuperNinja]

I have to use the corner or sleeve of my shirt to open the door.
You do realise you got someones poop on your sleeve, right? :nod:

[sassysour]

You do realise you got someones poop on your sleeve, right? :nod:

better than my fingers, you naughty boy, in case I lick them while eating popcorn.

[cynical2]

I will always bet on 7 & 3. (Birthday is the third day of the seventh month). Mostly for roulette, but also in poker, I'll keep the cards as a kicker (I don't know if I've ever played a 7, 3 unsuited.)

When bored, I write in reverse cursive (so that you could read it in a mirror,) but I never write in cursive otherwise. Normally, I do my signiture, but I also will write small sentences. When writing normally, I vary between all caps and normal capitalization rules.

I also play all sorts of geometry games, making patterns with overlapping circles, squares, etc. I usually try to achieve some sort of prime number in the games. I like primes.
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!!

:happybday:

[AggieMom]

Ok... I'll play!

I count the stairs going up and going down. Every time. (except when I was on Zoloft after childbirth both times. Go figure!)

I don't like my food to touch. I prefer to eat all of one item and then move on to the next.

I prefer even numbers, too.

When purchasing something other than groceries I will often pull a product from behind the first one on the shelf. I figure everyone's been messing with the front one and I want the unblemished item behind it.

I can't sleep without white noise going. Years of having a window unit A/C in college did that to me. I bought an air purifier for the noise factor. :)

[veritableqndry]

Just realized this was a duplicate and had to change it :lol:

[obekaho]

i cant sleep with the closet or bathroom door open and i always go in the same door that i came out of... if i go out the kitchen door then i will not go back in the house through the basement door or back door!!! wierd?

[SlicKitty]

When I can tell wifey is going to sneeze (she gets that funky look on her face and looks up at the light on the ceiling) I smack her lightly on the back of her head. This usually makes a person's sneeze go away. It's hil-farking-larious.


I always yell, "DON'T YOU DARE SNEEZE!"
No one can sneeze when you do that.

[obekaho]

I always yell, "DON'T YOU DARE SNEEZE!"
No one can sneeze when you do that.


lol i'm gonna try this!!!!!!:lmao:

[pagingaurelia]

i have to eat snack foods in groups of two. like two m&m's at a time, or two nuts, popcorn, etc.
if there ends up being only one piece left in the bottom of the container then i break it in half and then eat it so there's two pieces.

[Schooby]

I have to have spare pairs of sunglasses in both my car and my bus..and I keep a pair of reading glasses in my purse, by my desktop computer, in my living room for my laptop computer and on my headboard of my bed for reading books or using the lappy.

[veritableqndry]

I have to have spare pairs of sunglasses in both my car and my bus..and I keep a pair of reading glasses in my purse, by my desktop computer, in my living room for my laptop computer and on my headboard of my bed for reading books or using the lappy.

That's half a dozen pairs already. Are we counting the ones on top of your head?

[Schooby]

That's half a dozen pairs already. Are we counting the ones on top of your head?
I usually keep 3 pair of sunglasses in my car and 3 in my bus :P

I have an expensive pair of reading glasses in my purse, the others are cheepies that you get at the drug store.
What I really need are a pair of progressive/transition glasses that I can wear all the time

[caveat depascor]

I thought you were going to send me a picture of yourself wearing glasses.

[Schooby]

I thought you were going to send me a picture of yourself wearing glasses.
*sigh* I did say that didn't I?


crap

Didn't I send you one with my sunglasses on?!?!?! Doesn't that count?

[caveat depascor]

*sigh* I did say that didn't I?


crap

Didn't I send you one with my sunglasses on?!?!?! Doesn't that count?
No, that does not count.

[Pig]

wot do you do with her pics? :scratch:

[Schooby]

wot do you do with her pics? :scratch:
:eek: :eek: :eek:


he probably uses them to lose weight :vomit: :lol:

[caveat depascor]

wot do you do with her pics? :scratch:
Wot do you do with her pics?

[rayzac]

wot do you do with her pics? :scratch:
Hi Pig!!!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/rayzac99/stewiepig8gn.gif

[Schooby]

Hi Pig!!!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/rayzac99/stewiepig8gn.gif
:eek: what are you doing to the pig?!?!? :lmao:

[serra]

:eek: whoa, what the heck did i walk into??? :eek:

[Schooby]

:eek: whoa, what the heck did i walk into??? :eek:
scary huh? :covereye:

[serra]

scary huh? :covereye:

:ok: yup. very.

[rayzac]

I would comfort Ricky but I am not sure if :hug: would be skiff worthy or not.

[Pig]

Hi Pig!!!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/rayzac99/stewiepig8gn.gif
:woot2::woot2::woot2:

[KTMay]

Hi Pig!!!

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Who said the lounge is going downhill???? :lol:

[Schooby]

Who said the lounge is going downhill???? :lol:
Oh looky!! Scribble Cybil is back! :lol: Where's burninator when ya need him?

[Pig]

Who said the lounge is going downhill???? :lol:
yeah...that was all over the top :woot2::woot2::woot2:

[KTMay]

Anyway....I cant eat off of paper plates. Cant lick paper or wood...like popsicle sticks....EW...just thinking about it...ew.

[rayzac]

That is not a naughty avatar. Stewie is dancing with his piggy!!!

[KTMay]

Oh looky!! Scribble Cybil is back! :lol: Where's burninator when ya need him?

When I return, I plan to honor all of my friends here...with Cybil's help, of course.

[Hitokiri]

rubbber pigggy i lovedededded youuuuuu!

[brisar]

a Tablecloth has to be centered perfectly or else it bothers me.

Can't stand sticky hands

that's all i can think of

[veritableqndry]

You know those curly cords that run from the handset to the telephone base?

First of all why do they have to be spiralled up?

Second, you know how they get all wound up and tangled? I really really REALLY hate that. It bugs the living bejesus out of me. I am constantly detaching the cord from the handset to let it unwind, and if I go to somebody's office and their cord is all wound up I gnash my teeth wanting to fix their cord, too.

Does this bug anybody else, or am I developing some serious OCD here?

[burninator]

I have to untwist the cord if it's twisted. I'll spend an hour working it down to the end of the cord. Of course knowing I do the same thing may not be all that encouraging.

[Count_Chocula]

It's 2006, who uses cords? Is it a rotary dial too?

[andmysoulsmiled]

NO that bugs the crap out of me too. I really can't stand using corded phones. Ugh!

[emelvee]

You know those curly cords that run from the handset to the telephone base?

First of all why do they have to be spiralled up?

Second, you know how they get all wound up and tangled? I really really REALLY hate that. It bugs the living bejesus out of me. I am constantly detaching the cord from the handset to let it unwind, and if I go to somebody's office and their cord is all wound up I gnash my teeth wanting to fix their cord, too.

Does this bug anybody else, or am I developing some serious OCD here?
Both.

I've seen something that is supposed to prevent this. You put the cord into the plug thingee (that's the technical name), then insert the plug into the phone.

[veritableqndry]

I have to untwist the cord if it's twisted. I'll spend an hour working it down to the end of the cord. Of course knowing I do the same thing may not be all that encouraging.
Maybe this should've been posted in the OCD thread?

[emelvee]

Maybe this should've been posted in the OCD thread?
Are you being overly concerned that anything that belongs there be posted in that thread?

[*Chrissy*]

I havent had a phone in the house with cords in a long time

[veritableqndry]

Are you being overly concerned that anything that belongs there be posted in that thread?
:ranting: YES!

[Drio]

:ranting: YES!
Better now?:lol:

Psssst... hey VQqqqqq....

[burninator]

Mergy goodness! :woot:

[veritableqndry]

Better now?:lol:
Everybody just looked at me 'cos I barked out a big old laugh.

I do feel better now.

[caveat depascor]

I squared up everything on my desk before opening this thread.

[kidshark]

I am so bad about my OCD that I am on Zoloft. I have so many quirks it is not even funny! My house has to be tidy...very little furniture since I am such a horrible driver of my wheelchair according to my wife LOL Have to have my coffee when I get to work. Oh, I read my daily bible verses before my co-worker comes in. I guess I am just a clean freak...I like things in place and clean.

Kid

[Count_Chocula]

I am so bad about my OCD that I am on Zoloft. I have so many quirks it is not even funny! My house has to be tidy...very little furniture since I am such a horrible driver of my wheelchair according to my wife LOL Have to have my coffee when I get to work. Oh, I read my daily bible verses before my co-worker comes in. I guess I am just a clean freak...I like things in place and clean.

Kid
Be sure to include that on your resume.

[Drio]

Everybody just looked at me 'cos I barked out a big old laugh.

I do feel better now.
Ok good. Now go back to sharpening all your pencils and putting them in a row. :lol:

[veritableqndry]

I just re-read this whole thread even though I already knew wot it said.

I don't like to end sentences with "it" because that makes me cranky.

[Drio]

I just re-read this whole thread even though I already knew wot it said.

I don't like to end sentences with "it" because that makes me cranky.
Fine... we won't do it.

Apparently my OCD... is messing with people inflicted with OCD. :lol:

[veritableqndry]

Fine... we won't do it.
It's fine if you (uneducated) people do it, but you won't catch me doing it (OMG now I'm saying "it!") if I can help it (fark!).

edit: I stickied this thread :lol:

edit #2: I need to note that I edited a post by typing "edit:"

[Drio]

It's fine if you (uneducated) people do it, but you won't catch me doing it (OMG now I'm saying "it!") if I can help it (fark!).

edit: I stickied this thread :lol:

edit #2: I need to note that I edited a post by typing "edit:"

Reminds me of...

OTHER KNIGHTS

They're all saying the word ...

TALL KNIGHT

Stop saying it. AAAArghh! ... I've said it ...

OTHER KNIGHTS

You've said it! Aaaaarghhh! ... We've said it ... We're all saying it.
:lmao:

[veritableqndry]

Reminds me of...


:lmao:
:secret: I saw that movie too, 56 times so far :secret: Bring me... A SHRUBBERY!

[120 Minute Man]

I have a modified version of your guys' volumn thingy. I can have it end in a 5, like 25, but that's the only odd number I can do. I could never use an amp that goes to 11.

[XXnarg]

...I've also practiced wiping my butt with my left hand...Hey, that's a slickdeal, that would save on the cost of TP!

:D sorry VQ, couldn't resist.

[caveat depascor]

Hey, that's a slickdeal, that would save on the cost of TP!


:lmao:

[veritableqndry]

Hey, that's a slickdeal, that would save on the cost of TP!

:D sorry VQ, couldn't resist.
I'm just honored that you replied.

Xnarg is my personal hero. I take most of wot he says as gospel. Then again, I rarely visit the Podium.

(I usually capitalize "Lounge," "Podium," "Hot Deals," etc.)

[Count_Chocula]

Don't use either hand, rub your butt on the hall rug like the dogs do.

[veritableqndry]

People with long fingernails really bug me too. My nails can't get much longer than the actual flesh of my finger before I get antcy and need to cut them. I have no idea how girls can let their nails get so long. Men with long nails are suspect.

[amythyst]

I'm a little late on this one, but let's see...
I like to have all my documents/files on my computer organized and named correctly (capitalization, punctuation, keep them short yet descriptive). I also need to have something over me when I sleep even if its just a sheet, usually more cause I'm always cold. I have a thing for numbers divisble by 3... 3. 6. 9. 18. 21. 24. 27... so on and so forth. I don't care for even numbers so much.
If I'm up before 10, I have to have breakfast. Otherwise I'm cranky and I get nauseated. I also have to have lunch and have to have dinner--I guess I'm afraid if I don't eat now, what will happen if I'm not able to eat later?
I absolutely will not take baths! Its like bathing in your own dirtiness. :vomit: I hate nasty bathrooms but I don't mind public bathrooms but its got to atleast look clean.
When I was younger if I touched one of my hands one way, then I would have to touch the other in the same way. This would lead to a slew of symmetrical touchings on each hand like tracing the lines, creases or lengths of my fingers or scratching my nails a certain way... I used to have a big thing for symmetry.
Otherwise I'm not usually so anal about things. I don't care if my food touches other food and I can't eat just one thing and then go to the other... I have to savor all the flavors together. My closet is a mess and the doors stay open mainly because my shoes spill out .. hehe. I try to organize but it doesn't stay that way--I just dont have the time for it. (oops ended with "it"!) Basically I'm a mess, but I clean up well! :lol:

[120 Minute Man]

I was out watching a game on saturday, and the bartender had to pick up any trash on the bar as soon as he saw it. He said it was OCD.

Funny thing is, I tend to tear at my napkins while watching close games, so he probably picked up a piece of one napkin like 20 times in the course of 30 minutes. I didn't realize how funny it was till now... too bad, I could have gone for 100 times!

[veritableqndry]

I will crank the top down on a screw-top bottle so hard that you almost need pliers to open the thing. Not sure why I do this, but it drives my wife crazy when I pour her a glass of soda from a two-liter bottle and she goes to refill it on her own.

[120 Minute Man]

I will crank the top down on a screw-top bottle so hard that you almost need pliers to open the thing. Not sure why I do this, but it drives my wife crazy when I pour her a glass of soda from a two-liter bottle and she goes to refill it on her own.

One of my biggest pet peaves is people who do the opposite of you. I can't stand it when a 2-liter isn't closed tightly.

[veritableqndry]

I keep a $20 folded up in behind my credit cards in my wallet in case of emergencies.

[veritableqndry]

Chapstick bugs the hell out of me. I can't stand to have anything on my lips, it makes me craz(ier) than normal.

I really like parenthesis.

[emelvee]

Chapstick bugs the hell out of me. I can't stand to have anything on my lips, it makes me craz(ier) than normal.

I really like parenthesis.
I overuse parenthesis (or at least I think I do).

[veritableqndry]

I overuse parenthesis (or at least I think I do).
(Me too)

[Count_Chocula]

I keep a $20 folded up in behind my credit cards in my wallet in case of emergencies.
My wife does that too. Call's it her emergency 20.

[veritableqndry]

My wife does that too. Call's it her emergency 20.
That's wot I call it too! Let's have a taco.

[Count_Chocula]

That's wot I call it too! Let's have a taco.
It's never there anyway.

[vec]

I am CDO.

It is the same as OCD except it is in alphabetical order.

[wellebh]

I'm captivated by the volume thing too. Mine is usually at either 5's or 0's all the time.

But another thing that totally owns me is pairs of shoes. I need for them to be placed together correctly and neatly, side-by-side. The whole room could be a complete trainwreck, but I'll put somebody's shoes together.

[KTMay]

I cant drink soda/pop if there are more than two ice cubes in the glass :dontknow:

[burninator]

I have this thing where I absolutely die if I don't exhale the same number of times I inhale. Does that make me crazy?

[James Bond 007]

I cant drink soda/pop if there are more than two ice cubes in the glass :dontknow:

I thought we were done pwing for the morning?

[Drio]

I thought we were done pwing for the morning?
Obviously.... she's got OCD for PWing... or compulsive lying... you choose.

[KTMay]

I thought we were done pwing for the morning?I have to check in hourly for the countdown!!!

Obviously.... she's got OCD for PWing... or compulsive lying... you choose.:slap: Long time no see!!! :hug:

[Dizzy Devil]

I count steps when I go up or down stairs...my hubby thinks I'm a freak!

But when he eats potato chips, he has to open the bag up all the way, then seperates the chips into 3 piles: whole chips, partial chips (broken), and crumbs...now who's the freak?

[James Bond 007]

I count steps when I go up or down stairs...my hubby thinks I'm a freak!

But when he eats potato chips, he has to open the bag up all the way, then seperates the chips into 3 piles: whole chips, partial chips (broken), and crumbs...now who's the freak?

That would be your husband....although I do seperate skittles by color.

[Drio]

I count steps when I go up or down stairs...my hubby thinks I'm a freak!

But when he eats potato chips, he has to open the bag up all the way, then seperates the chips into 3 piles: whole chips, partial chips (broken), and crumbs...now who's the freak?
Whoa... we got a winner here. That's funny.:lol:

[veritableqndry]

I am CDO.

It is the same as OCD except it is in alphabetical order.
I just woke my dog up laughing out loud at that.

I have this thing where I absolutely die if I don't exhale the same number of times I inhale. Does that make me crazy?
Yes..

[veritableqndry]

I had my first non-zero-point warning today, and the extra line above my Reputation level is honestly bothering me more than a little bit.

[veritableqndry]

It's not gonna happen.

I'll have to find a way to be okay with that.

[veritableqndry]

I only write with certain pens. Not for hygienic reasons, just because I really only like my own pens. I carry pens around so I don't have to sign restaurant checks or anything else with your pen.

[afusinatto]

I only write with certain pens. Not for hygienic reasons, just because I really only like my own pens. I carry pens around so I don't have to sign restaurant checks or anything else with your pen.
What kind of pen is it?

I have 'my pen' too.

[theyoungtuckers]

Time to 'fess up...

We all have strange habits/superstitions/compulsions. Give it up--let's hear yours.

Here are a couple of mine. I have a strange distaste for odd numbers. If I can control something and I have a choice between even or odd--for example, my home theater receiver volume displays in digits--I will always choose an even number.

I also "write" phrases with my finger on any surface (the arm of my chair, the car door, my thigh) that I hear on the television, radio, etc. I alternate between cursive and print, and sometimes I try to keep up with whomever I'm copying. For example, if the news is on and the anchor says "a shocking double murder in the District this evening," I will be scribbling this phrase on the couch cushion to my right.

I've also practiced wiping my butt with my left hand in case my right hand gets cut off or mangled in some horrible accident.

Your turn.
OH MY GOSH!! I do the "writing thing" too!! Drives my husband nuts especially at the movies!! If I hear a phrase I like, I write it and if we are holding hands, I still do it!! CRAZY!! Cool to know that I have someone that does it too!!

[veritableqndry]

What kind of pen is it?

I have 'my pen' too.
They don't make them anymore, and I'm very nearly out of refills. It's some kind of Sensa pen with the gel grip and a twisty top to extend the ballpoint. Since I knew I'd have to find a replacement I started auditioning other pens. I can accept fine point Zebras. Anything else makes me grind my teeth for as long as I'm writing... although, medium point cheapass Bics don't bother me quite as much as other pens.

[Autumn]

I can't go to bed until I'm almost too tired to move. If I go to bed while I'm still a little awake I'll lie there forEver.

[afusinatto]

They don't make them anymore, and I'm very nearly out of refills. It's some kind of Sensa pen with the gel grip and a twisty top to extend the ballpoint. Since I knew I'd have to find a replacement I started auditioning other pens. I can accept fine point Zebras. Anything else makes me grind my teeth for as long as I'm writing... although, medium point cheapass Bics don't bother me quite as much as other pens.
Ohhhh Zebras :heart:

This is MY pen:
http://www.zebrapen.com/images/ball-f301.jpg

I prefer black, but blue isn't that bad!

[Rebate Addict]

OH MY GOSH!! I do the "writing thing" too!! Drives my husband nuts especially at the movies!! If I hear a phrase I like, I write it and if we are holding hands, I still do it!! CRAZY!! Cool to know that I have someone that does it too!!


Wow, that's a new one to me. And for two people on the board to do it -- it must be common.

Well, actually, I know of hypergraphia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergraphia), but that's a little different and is related to epilepsy and mania. But it makes me wonder about a relation between the two, if any.

[Jex]

Lol you want my list. Just take most of yours at then that is me.

[mattman688]

i have to be 15 minutes early to everything...
I can't go to sleep if my cellphone isn't plugged into the charger...
When i am waiting for people(friends, or my woman) to try on clothes at a dept. store, I have to sit down...
i won't go through a drive through, i will always walk in and take it to go...
thats just a few...

[veritableqndry]

i have to be 15 minutes early to everything...
I can't go to sleep if my cellphone isn't plugged into the charger...
When i am waiting for people(friends, or my woman) to try on clothes at a dept. store, I have to sit down...
i won't go through a drive through, i will always walk in and take it to go...
thats just a few...
List 'em all!

Ohhhh Zebras :heart:

This is MY pen:
http://www.zebrapen.com/images/ball-f301.jpg

I prefer black, but blue isn't that bad!
I used to prefer black, but for some reason with the Zebras I like blue now.

That's one sexy pen btw. Me likey!

Lol you want my list. Just take most of yours at then that is me.
You know you want to tell us.

Geeze, I keep telling you guys more of mine every few weeks...

[justa56]

You wierdo's make for some interesting reading :lmao:

NOTHING can touch on a plate, if I want ketchup on my fries it's on the side and if it runs into a fry I won't eat it. If something is runny, like gravy on mashed taters that has to go into a seperate bowl.

Plain white bread sandwiches have to be totally smooshed down till you can't smoosh it down anymore, then you have to take all the crust off and eat the crust first.

Counting stairs, both up and down...but I think that comes from going up and down them in the dark, don't want to miss that last stair!

Closet doors ALWAYS closed at night.

Lock car doors, then unlock them and then relock them just to make sure. Same goes for house doors.

[veritableqndry]

I will edit a farking post just to insert a farking comma because I think it makes the sentence "sound" better.

Fark.

[Jex]

List 'em all!


I used to prefer black, but for some reason with the Zebras I like blue now.

That's one sexy pen btw. Me likey!


You know you want to tell us.

Geeze, I keep telling you guys more of mine every few weeks...

Ok I have way to many to list im sure.

[pelotudo]

I count every stair I go up and down.
I never get out of my car with it in gear.
TP HAS to be facing outward, I don't like reaching under it to find a piece.
Consistency is KEY in everything.
I am consistently late.
I don't lay or sleep on my stomach, ever.
Volume is always either 5 or 0.

[Rebate Addict]

Okay, here's one specific to SD:

When I rep someone, I always refresh the page to watch their rep count go up. I wonder how common this is?

[James Bond 007]

Okay, here's one specific to SD:

When I rep someone, I always refresh the page to watch their rep count go up. I wonder how common this is?

:dontknow: but I do it.

[Drio]

I count every stair I go up and down.
I never get out of my car with it in gear.
TP HAS to be facing outward, I don't like reaching under it to find a piece.
Consistency is KEY in everything.
I am consistently late.
I don't lay or sleep on my stomach, ever.
Volume is always either 5 or 0.
:crylol:

[.DC.]

Okay, here's one specific to SD:

When I rep someone, I always refresh the page to watch their rep count go up. I wonder how common this is?
Yup. Just checking to make sure it worked...and also to see how many it did go up.