what are your crazy little quirks

I cant cook or go to sleep if there are dirty dishes in my sink!

1. I won't start cooking any meal or go to bed if there are dishes in the sink.
2. I cannot sleep with any body part hanging of the side of the bed and vulnerable to monster attacks.
3. If I have 100 pages or less left in a book, I don't do anything else until I've finished it.

Oh, I thought of another one! I am so paranoid about my alarm not going off or being set for the wrong time.

My alarm clock has a light and I literally turn it on and off at least 5 times to make sure it's set properly and I didn't accidentally turn it off.

I have always smelled my cups before using them. If it smells like it's been in the cabinet for awhile I wash it out before using it. I guess when I take a drink I inhale at the same time so I can't stand if the glass has an odor to it.

I do this too!!

If I have to touch cardboard, I have to either have gloves on or be able to put the cardboard down and wash my hands every 5 minutes because I can't stand the feel of it.

There must be an equal number of ice cubes in my glass, and at restaurants I will ask for the ice on the side and add it myself to my drink to make sure its an even number.

With some words, I like to say them backwards, to see what they sound like.

I sniff everything.

I mean everything...clothing, dishes, things I buy, plants, foods, my pets... ...the most recent thing I sniffed was my car's steering wheel this morning...my fiance thinks I'm nuts.

I eat strangely.

Sandwiches go crust first, pizza too, ice cream bars- I eat all the chocolate off of the outside, then eat the ice cream. It drives me nuts if someone takes a bite out of a chocolate bar that is clearly meant to be broken into pieces .

If you don't think I'm a weirdo, feel free to add me

1 - I know where EVERYTHING in the house is at every minuet, unless the hubby touches something - which he always leaves out & i put the &(%#$% away. To say I'm a neat freak is an understatement - I have to have things clean, organized, labeled and put in their place ALL THE TIME.
2 - I have to wash all the soap from my hands, which I didn't know I freaked about until I watched others NOT doing it & drying their hands w/ soap still on them.
3 - I can not leave closet doors open or mirrors uncovered if I'm in the same room or will pass by them in the dark. Even in the bathroom, I look at the floor until I turn on the light - there is only 2 mirrors in the whole house because of this.

Quirks... I have a few.
1: whenever I enter a room, I instantly know where every exit is and I make a plan to get to them if needed.
2: I am overly organised. At any given moment, I can tell you exactly where everything I own is. Obviously this does not take into account my wifes obsession of rearranging the house every three months.
3: My same obsession also has me creating spreadsheets and databases to track foor, weight, and menus.
I cannot wear headphones that covers my right ear. If I have headphones, I put the right earpeice above or behind my ear.
if I am talking on the phone, it is on my left side.

Thats all for now.

I thought I was the only crazy person who created spreadsheets for everything. I organize for fun. I just had a project at work to re-organize an accounts payable report with several thousand accounts. They were already organized alphabetically, but my job was to make it easier to see who owed what at a glance, so I organized the accounts from highest amount to lowest amount owed and then alphabetically. I had so much fun with it.

I sniff everything.

I mean everything...clothing, dishes, things I buy, plants, foods, my pets... ...the most recent thing I sniffed was my car's steering wheel this morning...my fiance thinks I'm nuts.

I eat strangely.

Sandwiches go crust first, pizza too, ice cream bars- I eat all the chocolate off of the outside, then eat the ice cream. It drives me nuts if someone takes a bite out of a chocolate bar that is clearly meant to be broken into pieces .

If you don't think I'm a weirdo, feel free to add me

I too eat the crust first. My co-workers will sit there and watch me slowly eat around the outside of my sandwich. I eat the pizza crust first unless it is stuffed crust, then I save it for last. It means I had something with more flavor than the crust in my mouth when I'm done.

This topic is fascinating. I'm trying to think of some of mine, but they have become so automatic its hard to recall them.

I'm very much the opposite on so many of these, I don't care how the toothpaste is, my books and spices and groceries are every which way, I worry very little about germs, put the tp on any which way, etc. I'd probably drive a lot of people crazy with the chaos.

I can think of a few things though. Some quirks, some I'm not so sure.

--I love mechanical pencils, specifically .7 and .9 leads, I'd rather write with them than anything else, and I've even specifically sought out other lead hardnesses (they come in 2b and 4b) for drawing etc. I've bought all different brands and styles to see which is best.

--I can't stand rough paper. I'll use it if I have to, but its irritating. If I need a spiral notepad or journal I will feel them all up first and buy the one with the smoothest paper. I will go out of my way to buy the brands I know have smooth paper. I do a bit of drawing and painting and for some kinds, rough paper is better, but it still makes me a bit twitchy if its rough on rough like charcoal. I've tried pastels, and really want to get some velour paper, because the scratchy noise bugs me.

--As i said in another post I like to have my back to the door.

--I like to have a glass of water by the bed, even though I rarely actually drink it. If I'm settled in bed and it's not there, I feel twitchy till I go get one.

--If I go anywhere on a trip, it feels just *wrong* not to have a book or 3 with me, even if I know I won't get time to read. It's like..my security book. Having kindle on my phone has helped that.

--oh, foam..I hate drinking out of foam glasses some restaurants have. I'll do it, but I will usually buy a bottle of something or just not get a drink if the only cups are foam. Pop tastes funny.

I always walk round a ladder

When I sit down at a restaurant, I never put my back to the door.

JM

My honey is the same way. He spent too much time looking over his shoulder for mistakes in his past, and how it's a habit he can't seem to break. He always sits facing the door, and he always wants a booth.

- Whenever I go into the bathroom, I sometimes check behind the shower curtain for axe murderers.

- Whenever I go to my car at night, I always check underneath it and the backseat for axe murderers.

- If I'm brushing my teeth or washing my face at the sink, I sometimes expect to look up and find an axe murderer behind me.

- Whenever my husband goes out to the field and I go walking outside, I leave a post-it note on the fridge of when, where, and how long I expect to be out; you know, just in case I get picked up by an axe murderer.

- When I used to order pizza for myself when the husband was out in the field, I'd leave a post-it note of when and where I ordered the pizza in case the delivery guy turns out to be an axe murderer.

Yes, these are all true. NO I'm not paranoid. I swear! :blushing:

When i wake up in the morning I touch the wall above my headboard before I get up. Long story.