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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: SalParadise on September 28, 2007, 10:59:00 am
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typically when i order a combo meal from a fast food burger spot, i eat all the fries first, then the burger.. all without having taken one sip from the drink. when i'm done w/ the food, then i down the soda.
playing pickup basketball games in my younger days, whenever i got fouled (and when we were still actually taking free throws for fouls)... i would bounce the ball 2 times before my first free throw, 3 times before my second one. this was done to channel michael jordan (#23) of course.
this last one is on some rain man shit.. (i don't do this anymore)... i've always had a large cup somewhere around the "throw your keys/wallet/cell phone here" desk/table where i would also put any spare change i came home with in my pocket. then let it build up and coinstar it at the supermarket.... but i hated pennies. so before heading out for the day, i would put 4 pennies in my pocket, so if say i bought a snapple for 99 cents.. i'd give the clerk $1.04 to get the nickel back (and get rid of my pennies at the same time).
get your freak on (c) missy
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i don't bitch about ticket prices and service charges. weird, huh?
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i think i'm the only one that understands your posts.
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
typically when i order a combo meal from a fast food burger spot, i eat all the fries first, then the burger.. all without having taken one sip from the drink. when i'm done w/ the food, then i down the soda.
Side, main course, then drink. I think it stems from when I was just a young grasshopper & my mama wouldn't let have my drink of choice (Kool-Aid, soda, juice/punch) unless I finished all my food. Still do it all the time . . .
If I'm feeling a particular song at the moment, it's nothing for me repeat it for a good hour or two in a row.
Sometimes during sexy time with a nice young lady, if a mirror is nearby I pose in it a la American Psycho. That shit's just funny to me. I don't know why . . .
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last weekend at a club I was in the restroom washing my hands as these other two ladies walked in, I missed the convo but the one was telling the other how she always uses the first restroom stall because it's statistically used less, and therefore cleaner.
I felt a weight lifted from my shoulders. For the longest time I've been anal (har, no pun intended) about using the first stall for the same reason and thought there was something wrong with me for being OCD about something so ridiculous. I'm so relieved I'm not the only one, and I told her so. There was a moment of bonding before she took a wee.
Except I don't like to tell people that story, or about my strange habit, in case the use of the first stall becomes more widespread and thus makes that stall the dirtiest, instead.
So please keep this to yourselves. Thank you.
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Originally posted by TheDirector217:
[QUOTE If I'm feeling a particular song at the moment, it's nothing for me repeat it for a good hour or two in a row.
i once listened to bob dylan's "boots of spanish leather" on repeat for 2 hours straight. it was one of the darker times in salparadise's life.
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I have also heard that about bathroom stalls and always go to the first one.
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
[QUOTE If I'm feeling a particular song at the moment, it's nothing for me repeat it for a good hour or two in a row.
i once listened to bob dylan's "boots of spanish leather" on repeat for 2 hours straight. it was one of the darker times in salparadise's life. [/b]
I feel you, fam. I had an emotional marathon repeat session many moons ago with "Rocket Man" & "Holding Back The Years" once. True story.
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Originally posted by TheDirector217:
I feel you, fam. I had an emotional marathon repeat session many moons ago with "Rocket Man" & "Holding Back The Years" once. True story.
Jeebus, were you curled up in a ball?
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
I feel you, fam. I had an emotional marathon repeat session many moons ago with "Rocket Man" & "Holding Back The Years" once. True story.
Jeebus, were you curled up in a ball? [/b]
It was a rough period, homey.
The Director is more than just eye candy & vast musical knowledge. The Director has feelings. Sometimes. ;)
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
[QUOTE If I'm feeling a particular song at the moment, it's nothing for me repeat it for a good hour or two in a row.
i once listened to bob dylan's "boots of spanish leather" on repeat for 2 hours straight. it was one of the darker times in salparadise's life. [/b]
Oh, every guy does that. But it's usually "Idiot Wind" for two WEEKS after a particularly bitter break-up with a female.
Brian
P.S. I hope Dylan does "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" tonight.
P.P.S. And while I'm hoping for things that will never happen I hope Costello does...."Party Party."
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i think it's funny to see how paranoid people get about bathrooms. you are much more likely to pick something up from a public phone or a computer keyboard... yet people have no qualms about touching those, or putting them up to your mouth. the likelihood of getting anything from a public restroom is very small (except maybe an arrest, if in an airport ;) [/b][/quote]that "sometimes" being defined by the absence of alcohol and other anasthetics :p
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Originally posted by Samantha:
last weekend at a club I was in the restroom washing my hands as these other two ladies walked in, I missed the convo but the one was telling the other how she always uses the first restroom stall because it's statistically used less, and therefore cleaner.
Sorry ladies but the first stall in a club is the worst. When you're drunk it is the most convenient one to stumble in to and it's very hard to hover while the room is spinning.
My list:
-I flip off my computer when certain coworkers email me.
-I will eat/use certain things like salad dressing after the expiration date.
-I wash my dishes again before I use them because I don't trust that my roommates know how to wash them.
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tough crowd
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i turn on the faucet while i brush my teeth and keep it running. seems like i subconsciously enjoy the sound of the running water. i snap out of it and turn off the faucet.
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
[QB] i think it's funny to see how paranoid people get about bathrooms. you are much more likely to pick something up from a public phone or a computer keyboard... yet people have no qualms about touching those, or putting them up to your mouth. the likelihood of getting anything from a public restroom is very small (except maybe an arrest, if in an airport :p )
the only thing that will get a boadee talking more than someone dissing their favorite band: the opportunity to talk about himself/herself.
I am not usually weird about germs n stuff, just in that one case I am weird about it. I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW WHY. That particular thing got stuck in my head.
and please people don't tell me if you have this same weird thing that I do because now I am feeling claustrophobic. OMG NOW WHICH STALL AM I GOING TO CHOOSE??? I am about to have a breakdown.
I don't usually like talking about myself so much, but I don't know anything about music so I'm sort of out of place here. video games, anyone?
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Originally posted by walkonby:
i don't bitch about ticket prices and service charges. weird, huh?
Ooops, actually I do this too!
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I don't bitch about prices & charges, I bitch about not being able to afford them.
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Sometimes when i'm eating a girl i like to also lick her arsehole..
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I wash my hands BEFORE taking a piss, not after (assuming I don't touch the urinal after).
My wife could come up with a long list of things that I do "that normal people don't." (her definition of normal) Though I'm willing to bet many actually do.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I wash my hands BEFORE taking a piss, not after (assuming I don't touch the urinal after).
Considering all the middle-aged mischief you get into, your penis probably doesn't know where your hands have been.
Brian
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I find it's usually best for body parts to be out of communication with each other. especially when it comes to getting hurt. say, if I stub my toe, my finger gets jealous and has to hurt itself somehow. it's just out of control.
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at dinner- i eat entree first, then sides, making sure as much as possible that the entree is not touching the other food. . .for fast food, hamburger first, then fries, then coke; i like wine with food for pairings, so i've relaxed that routine when wine is present
money- i take all my bills and order them so they are facing the same way, then organize by denomination; within each denomination, i organize by federal reserve bank (each bank has a different number- boston is 1 and san francisco is 12, for example), then by serial number.
i hate the feel of cotton balls
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
money- i take all my bills and order them so they are facing the same way, then organize by denomination; within each denomination, i organize by federal reserve bank (each bank has a different number- boston is 1 and san francisco is 12, for example), then by serial number.
haha! i'm with you up to organizing by federal reserve bank, etc (that's plain crazy ;) ). instead, i order mine by condition, i.e. ratty bills up front to get rid of them first, crisp in the back.
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If I pick up a food item that I touch with my hands (which is rare, because I don't like to touch my food) I won't put it down. I will eat it all before I move on to my next item. Like a wrap or a hamburger, anything that has a "cover" to it, I will touch and will eat the whole thing without putting it down or moving on to something else. I eat my pizza with a fork and knife because of this.
I put my keys, cell phone, wallet and cash down in the same place every day (same hook for the keys even). If they are moved or I was drunk and placed them somewhere else, I will undoubtedly leave the house without them the next day.
I brush my teeth in the shower in the mornings.
During baseball playoff time, after a win, I will wear the same clothes, right down to the underwear while my team is playing until they are eliminated.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
money- i take all my bills and order them so they are facing the same way, then organize by denomination; within each denomination, i organize by federal reserve bank (each bank has a different number- boston is 1 and san francisco is 12, for example), then by serial number.
If you've ever been out with venerable and the bartender leaves a bunch of ones as change, this will easily be the most annoying thing in the world when you're trying to move on to the next bar. You've been warned.
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Kicking ice cubes dropped on the floor under the fridge, until i saw it mentioned in some comic strip.
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I'm not kidding. Most of you have SERIOUS OCD issues.
Brian
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
money- i take all my bills and order them so they are facing the same way, then organize by denomination; within each denomination, i organize by federal reserve bank (each bank has a different number- boston is 1 and san francisco is 12, for example), then by serial number.
that's fascinating.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
I'm not kidding. Most of you have SERIOUS OCD issues.
"Gotta get my boxer shorts at K-Mart"
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Most of you have SERIOUS OCD issues.
We all have a little OCD - and that's sort of the point of this thread. It very easily could have been called "What is your OCD?"
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i wash my hands with lava soap until they bleed ... it adds a few hours to my day, but it's worth it to get that really fresh feeling
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
[QUOTE If I'm feeling a particular song at the moment, it's nothing for me repeat it for a good hour or two in a row.
i once listened to bob dylan's "boots of spanish leather" on repeat for 2 hours straight. it was one of the darker times in salparadise's life. [/b]
Once on acid a friend and I listened to "Here Comes Your Man" by the Pixies and just marvled at it's perfection. We concluded that it was the greatest pop song ever written.
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if i'm eating animal crackers... i'll subject the animal to a slow death.
like first i'll eat a leg off... and then an arm.. when i'm done w/ the limbs i'll bite the head off.
then i pop the torso in.
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This is my peeing in a public bathroom routine -
Pee - flush with foot - pull down paper towel ready to dry hands with - turn on water - wash hands - dry hands - with towel turn off water - with towel open bathroom door - toss paper towel into bin - push bathroom door open with foot to get out.
At home I pee - wash my hands and go back to the telly....can I have an ocd about public bathrooms alone?
Here's another one - everytime I walk past my bike, which is at least twice a day, I pat the saddle as if I was patting my pet dog. What's up with that?
If I hear a song that I absolutely love I get goosebumps, if I hear a song that's being played on the radio instead of my cd, it sounds even better. :eek:
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While we're on the subject of public restrooms...
I work in an office where there are about 15 men and 10 women. We have our own office restrooms separate from others in our building.
I can always tell when the boss comes into the bathroom. He grabs the door by the handle and slams it down, then slams the door open. If you're anywhere near the door (for example in front of the full length mirror that's adjacent to the door), you're going to get the door slammed right into you. He's that quick about it.
Lately, he's added a feature that he sort of drop kicks the door open after slamming the handle down, presumably so he can crush you with the door even faster and harder.
Other than that, he's a real likeable and seemingly boringly normal guy.
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My only public restroom OCD is that I have a really wide stance and like to tap my foot to the beat of the last song I heard.
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Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
This is my peeing in a public bathroom routine -
Pee - flush with foot - pull down paper towel ready to dry hands with - turn on water - wash hands - dry hands - with towel turn off water - with towel open bathroom door - toss paper towel into bin - push bathroom door open with foot to get out.
at which point do put your junk back in? or is that not included anywhere within that same time period?
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Originally posted by vansmack:
My only public restroom OCD is that I have a really wide stance and like to tap my foot to the beat of the last song I heard.
I was waiting for that.
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Originally posted by Samantha:
last weekend at a club I was in the restroom washing my hands as these other two ladies walked in, I missed the convo but the one was telling the other how she always uses the first restroom stall because it's statistically used less, and therefore cleaner.
I felt a weight lifted from my shoulders. For the longest time I've been anal (har, no pun intended) about using the first stall for the same reason and thought there was something wrong with me for being OCD about something so ridiculous. I'm so relieved I'm not the only one, and I told her so. There was a moment of bonding before she took a wee.
Except I don't like to tell people that story, or about my strange habit, in case the use of the first stall becomes more widespread and thus makes that stall the dirtiest, instead.
So please keep this to yourselves. Thank you.
I DO THAT TOO!
I also have these weird things...when I get really cold, I have like...shiver spasms. It's like one giant shiver. People always think it's weird, but I just found out a friend of mine gets them too...anyone else? What the hell is this?
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Originally posted by Samantha:
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
This is my peeing in a public bathroom routine -
Pee - flush with foot - pull down paper towel ready to dry hands with - turn on water - wash hands - dry hands - with towel turn off water - with towel open bathroom door - toss paper towel into bin - push bathroom door open with foot to get out.
at which point do put your junk back in? or is that not included anywhere within that same time period? [/b]
My apologies, that part comes after 'pee' and before 'flush with foot'
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Originally posted by you be betty:
I DO THAT TOO!
argh I said DON'T TELL ME!!! Now I will never be able to use a public restroom for fear of stall-choosing.
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Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
My apologies, that part comes after 'pee' and before 'flush with foot'
thx 4 clarifying
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i never ever grab any item in the front...whether it be the pop in the cooler, the can, the shirt, whatever... and if there is only one thing left on the shelf, aisle, rack, etc... i will often have a mini panic attack in my head and then walk away emptyhanded.
also, i don't let my foods touch on a plate - as a result, i often use multiple plates. the only exceptions is mexican food. potatoes and corn are also allowed to cohabitate.
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When I was a meat-eater, I used to eat my Big Mac one layer at a time - top bun, patty, middle bun, patty, bottom bun. I use the same theory when eating pizza, but usually reserve the cheese for last.
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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
i never ever grab any item in the front...whether it be the pop in the cooler, the can, the shirt, whatever... and if there is only one thing left on the shelf, aisle, rack, etc... i will often have a mini panic attack in my head and then walk away emptyhanded.
I do this as well, but I still buy things if I really like them and they are the only thing left. But I know other people do this. My best girlfriend, for instance. I am unashamed.
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My TV, car stereo, and home stereo receiver all have volume controls that show numbers from 0-100. During use, the volume for any of these devices must be set at a number that ends in either 0 or 5.
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Originally posted by eros:
My TV, car stereo, and home stereo receiver all have volume controls that show numbers from 0-100. During use, the volume for any of these devices must be set at a number that ends in either 0 or 5.
this reminds me of another one - i refuse to set any alarm for a 'normal' 0 or 5 ending time.
for instance, i wake up at 6:37 a.m.
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Originally posted by 6949:
I flip off my computer when certain coworkers email me.
I flip everything off. My computer, iPod, the television, my reflection in the mirror, most other cars on the road, and anything even remotely connected to right-wing positions (the NRA building, Heritage Foundation, Coors trucks, Hummers, Roadway trucks, cars with their right-hand turn signals on, etc). My son basically spent the first 18 months of his life being flipped off, and my cat has spent, collectively, probably 5-6 years of being flipped the bird. Plus, as a bike commuter, I probably give the finger to a half dozen drivers per day.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
at dinner- i eat entree first, then sides, making sure as much as possible that the entree is not touching the other food. . .for fast food, hamburger first, then fries, then coke; i like wine with food for pairings, so i've relaxed that routine when wine is present
my friends give me the hardest time for doing the same thing with food. at chinese food restaurants its the worst, because i cant have other foods touching each other. i will keep every thing on a plate till i have eaten the first thing and then so on. the number of questions i get about this is ridiculous.
the exception might have been on friday night sal - i cant remember if i ate all the french fries first (or most of them) and then the omelet. i was a bit out of it - so thats probably not normal behavior on my part.
i also have my credit cards in a certain order and always keep them in the same place same order.
i still take off my shoes before walking into most peoples houses (i think this stems from the fact that one of my exes was japanese and his mom had a rule for no shoes in the house EVER). and i never wear shoes in my own place. they are all stacked in a ridiculous order by the door. and the shoes all have a certain/spot order for them. converse in one section, then slip ons, then boots, heels, etc. my clothing used to be arranged in colors but my closets are too small.
i dont think most of this is that strange, but its prob not that normal either.
and i once played 'stuck in a moment you cant get out of' at a job repeatedly for 2 hours. and the worst was i had no clue, and my co-workers wondered what the hell was wrong with me. they wanted to see how long i could listen to the song without ever consciously noticing. after 2 hours they all flipped out. i think i actually do that kind of stuff a lot - just tune out things completely.
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that food issue is fucked up, really fucked up....but we all take our shoes off at the door in our family too so I can't slag you off too much. (No Japanese influence either)
Here's one to ask the boys and girls.
If you're home alone and go to the loo, do you still close the bathroom door?
Most men I know leave the door open, and all women close the door.
Here's something goofy my wife does - If she's eating something for the first time, like a nice gourmet cake or something. When she takes a bite to see if she likes it she'll also put the food up to her ear as if she's listening to it??? :eek:
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Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
Here's one to ask the boys and girls.
If you're home alone and go to the loo, do you still close the bathroom door?
Most men I know leave the door open, and all women close the door.
I do not close the door.
I also did not ever close the door when I lived with my best friend and she was home or when I lived in the sorority house.
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Originally posted by eros:
My TV, car stereo, and home stereo receiver all have volume controls that show numbers from 0-100. During use, the volume for any of these devices must be set at a number that ends in either 0 or 5.
I do something similar. Like my tv goes from 0 to 63 so I set the volume at numbers that can be reduced as fractions. Like 21/63 can be reduced to 1/3, or 28/63 can be reduced to 4/9th.
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Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
If you're home alone and go to the loo, do you still close the bathroom door?
Most men I know leave the door open, and all women close the door.
Open. And if it's just me and the Mrs at home with no guests, I usually leave the door open then too. And if it's just me and the fella's, I leave the door open when going #1, but not #2.
But Smackette is known to leave the door open when it's just the two of us too.
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Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
that food issue is fucked up, really fucked up....but we all take our shoes off at the door in our family too so I can't slag you off too much. (No Japanese influence either)
Here's one to ask the boys and girls.
If you're home alone and go to the loo, do you still close the bathroom door?
Most men I know leave the door open, and all women close the door.
Here's something goofy my wife does - If she's eating something for the first time, like a nice gourmet cake or something. When she takes a bite to see if she likes it she'll also put the food up to her ear as if she's listening to it??? ;)
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Seriously, you ALL are a bunch of weirdoes. Food not touching? The volume being fractions of prime numbers? Bathroom rituals? Taking shoes off before you go into a house?
I'm astounded. I thought some of you may be weird. But you're ALL weird. And it's not a good, creative weird but an F'ed up, "I need therapy" kind of weird. Maybe you're all socially inept or daddy didn't buy any of you a pony when you grew up. I don't know. But all of you are adults. If you guys are being serious and not fooling around, I really think you should reread some of the stuff you've written. I'd be ashamed if I did any of these things. You all seem proud.
I thought the weirdest thing I did was like My Chemical Romance but I had no idea how OCD some of you were.
Brian
P.S. I'm most disappointed in you, Roadbike Mankie. I thought you were 'ard.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Maybe daddy didn't buy any of you a pony when you grew up.
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Seinfeld_ep202.jpg" alt=" - " />
I hate anyone who ever had a pony when they were growing up!
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Seriously, you ALL are a bunch of weirdoes.
This from the man who is going dressed as a daddy/daughter combo with his soon-to-be-wife for Halloween.
Now THAT'S wierd.
edit: My apologizes, I confused the B names. Carry on...
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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
This from the man who is going dressed as a daddy/daughter combo with his soon-to-be-wife for Halloween.
Now THAT'S wierd.
No, I think that's Alex and Christie.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Seriously, you ALL are a bunch of weirdoes.
Honestly, the weirdest thing on this entire board is someone who signs every one of his posts, despite his name being emblazoned in clear view about half an inch away. It's so weird, it's kind of awesome. But unfortunately, awesome sucks now.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
But you're ALL weird.
I'd be ashamed if I did any of these things.
At some point, you'll realize that when it's EVERYBODY ELSE that's weird, and not you, well, then you're likley the weird one.
It's like when every kids mom would tell them not to sit next to the one crazy kid on the school bus - "there's always one and you'll know who it is" she would say. Well, I'm just guessing that you ended up sitting by yourself on the school bus, and only now realize why.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Seriously, you ALL are a bunch of weirdoes.
Credible assessment coming from a man who just figured out how to spell his own name roughly a month and change ago.
True story.
The Dihrectour
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i buy fruit in counts of three (three apples, three pears, etc). which isn't so much weird as i just wonder how i subconciously landed on that number.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Brian
P.S. I'm most disappointed in you, Roadbike Mankie. I thought you were 'ard.
..not that I take in pride in being 'ard, but what's soft about my stuff?
We started taking our shoes off back in Ireland were we lived out in the country and didn't want cow shit dragged into the house, and it's just become the norm now...as for my toilet routine, that's just being hygenic. The irony in that though, is my hands are spotless when I come out of the bathroom, then I go to the bar, order a drink and take out the money, which has probably got more disease and fecal matter on it than a Djibouti drinking fountain.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
I'm disappointed in you, Roadbike Mankie. I thought you were 'ard.
Mankie's wife says the same thing every night.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Seriously, you ALL are a bunch of weirdoes. Food not touching? The volume being fractions of prime numbers? Bathroom rituals? Taking shoes off before you go into a house?
I'm astounded. I thought some of you may be weird. But you're ALL weird. And it's not a good, creative weird but an F'ed up, "I need therapy" kind of weird. Maybe you're all socially inept or daddy didn't buy any of you a pony when you grew up. I don't know. But all of you are adults. If you guys are being serious and not fooling around, I really think you should reread some of the stuff you've written. I'd be ashamed if I did any of these things. You all seem proud.
I'd be really offended if you weren't so completely ridiculous.
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ok, here's something else-
all of my cds are organized alphabetically by artist. no problem you say. if i have more than 1 cd by an artist, they are then organized by full length cd (including official live albums), singles, others (which includes bootlegs). . .within each grouping, they are organized by year released. so, if you were looking at REM, you'd see all the full length albums together, organized by year they were released, then singles (again organized by year released), then other stuff in some order that i determine.
my books are not so organized, unfortunately, mainly because books come in different sizes, and i probably couldn't stand seeing all that randomness in book size, even if i did organize them alphabetically. instead, i've had to organize by subject, then, if need be, by sub-topic, then by book size- i know, it makes no sense.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
all of my cds are organized alphabetically by artist. no problem you say. if i have more than 1 cd by an artist, they are then organized by full length cd (including official live albums), singles, others (which includes bootlegs). . .within each grouping, they are organized by year released. so, if you were looking at REM, you'd see all the full length albums together, organized by year they were released, then singles (again organized by year released), then other stuff in some order that i determine.
I do chronologicaly order within the band subset as well, but I don't disseminate between full lengths and singles.
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Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:
I don't disseminate between full lengths and singles.
That's great, but do you discriminate between full lengths and singles?
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
ok, here's something else-
all of my cds are organized alphabetically by artist. no problem you say. if i have more than 1 cd by an artist, they are then organized by full length cd (including official live albums), singles, others (which includes bootlegs). . .within each grouping, they are organized by year released. so, if you were looking at REM, you'd see all the full length albums together, organized by year they were released, then singles (again organized by year released), then other stuff in some order that i determine.
my books are not so organized, unfortunately, mainly because books come in different sizes, and i probably couldn't stand seeing all that randomness in book size, even if i did organize them alphabetically. instead, i've had to organize by subject, then, if need be, by sub-topic, then by book size- i know, it makes no sense.
i used to do that with my cds but found it impossible to keep up with when i was buying so many new cds. just curious - how often are you reorganizing it all, or are you just d/l everything now? :) i find it way too time consuming.
my books are in that order, and i kind of like the randomness in sizes. its a bit sloppy now tho, as my book shelf ran out of space, so the 1st - 3rd shelf are organized and the top one (which is the hardest to reach for me) is all randomness. (ie newly bought things)
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
That's great, but do you discriminate between full lengths and singles?
No, GGdub, discrimination is wrong in all its forms.
Chocolate raaaaaaaaaaain...
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
i used to do that with my cds but found it impossible to keep up with when i was buying so many new cds. just curious - how often are you reorganizing it all, or are you just d/l everything now? :) i find it way too time consuming.
my books are in that order, and i kind of like the randomness in sizes. its a bit sloppy now tho, as my book shelf ran out of space, so the 1st - 3rd shelf are organized and the top one (which is the hardest to reach for me) is all randomness. (ie newly bought things)
for cds, i have a stack of new purchases, and i'll integrate them every couple of months. i download and buy. . .obviously, for organization purposes, downloading is easier, but i still like having the product in my hand.
i have 4 bookcases, each with 5 or 6 shelves, full. . .i may be forced to box some of them up soon. at some point i'll realize that i'll never be able to read everything.
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In bathroom terms, I do the first stall thing--although I wonder how useful it is if so many people are aware of the statistic now; I guess they're the hygiene conscious ones, at least--and foot flush, as well. I don't think those are particularly strange.
I don't do it anymore, but I used to spell out words and sentences in my head constantly. For sentences, I'd spell things out and group letters into units of 3, adding spacing and/or punctuation in an attempt to make clean multiples of 3. For words, I'd spell them out in multiple possible patterns; e.g. for a word with 7 letters, I'd do 2+3+2, 2+2+3, 3+2+2+, 3+1+3, 1+3+3, 3+3+3, skipping larger numbers like 4 and 5 which could easily be broken into smaller, more equally weighted units. I'd have to go through the patterns 7 times before I could stop thinking about it. Maybe this crosses the line from "weird shit" to "obsessive compulsive shit," but at least I was able to quit.
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Why keep books (novels) after you've read them?
And I can't understand why people buy movies....how many times can you watch the same movie? I can't sit through the same movie twice, no matter how good it was the first time.
Oooooh, I just thought of another that I probably do need help with actually. When I served in the Royal Navy I was a radio operator, and to this day I'm 'constantly' tapping out morse code, wether it be on the steering wheel of my car, with my pen on my desk, at the table with my spoon or on the back of the couch watching telly. I don't even realize I'm doing most of the time. I'll be driving along the highway and it will be a case of .. -.- . .- (IKEA) or -.. . ... -
-.. ..- -.-- (BEST BUY) etc. It used to drive my wife up the wall, but she just got used to it I suppose.
I'm surprised someone hasn't admitted to a compulsion with their teeth, because this is a nation obsessed with teeth.
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well, I for one am obsessive about my books. If I love them I need them close to me. I like to touch them and kiss them and daydream we are two deer making love.
HAHA just kidding but no seriously I have to have my favourite books. I feel like if they are not there I will have a sudden compulsion to reread them. I rarely reread books, but it has happened. And I reread graphic novels all the time. Books are my one true loves. I'm lonely without them.
also, I once killed a person because I liked their teeth so much.
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I'm with you guys on the ordering bills (though not to the extent that Bede does it) and the refusing to take the first item (like miss p said).
I also have a weird ordering compulsion. Aside from just alphabetical and numerical ordering, I have to have things lined up on my desk or table. For example, at dinner, I'll make sure my knives and forks are lined up with the plate or placemat, and also that the cup is centered or lined up with any patterns on the table cloth, etc.
And at stores, while taking the item not immediately on the front of the shelves, I will pull the remaining items behind it forward. Must be my Target team member training.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
And at stores, while taking the item not immediately on the front of the shelves, I will pull the remaining items behind it forward. Must be my Target team member training.
omg. did you work at target?
that was my first job :D
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
at some point i'll realize that i'll never be able to read everything.
Yes, you CAN! That's LOSER TALK!
Brian
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Totally. I worked there for 3 years in college. Hell, I even moved up to a level 2 team member, in charge of some of the HBA section. That's right...even got my gold Target pin.
Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Originally posted by nkotb:
And at stores, while taking the item not immediately on the front of the shelves, I will pull the remaining items behind it forward. Must be my Target team member training.
omg. did you work at target?
that was my first job :D [/b]
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Wow. I basically went through the same process. Except I eventually became the clerical level II. Now this is eerie.
Originally posted by nkotb:
Totally. I worked there for 3 years in college. Hell, I even moved up to a level 2 team member, in charge of some of the HBA section. That's right...even got my gold Target pin.
Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Originally posted by nkotb:
And at stores, while taking the item not immediately on the front of the shelves, I will pull the remaining items behind it forward. Must be my Target team member training.
omg. did you work at target?
that was my first job :D [/b]
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My wife was a KMart girl. I don't think they had Target on Chicago's South Side back in the late 80's.
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I worked at Bradlee's for a little over a year in the early 80s. REM did an in-store at the nearby Penguin Feather in August '83. I was still wearing my brown vest and name badge with some sorta red "B" pin award. Michael Stipe grabbed my badge and asked if the store was owned by Ben Bradlee of the Post (didn't know; all I knew was that the chain was based in Braintree, MA).
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We could've been Target BFF's. Even though I hated our clerical people (lousy Nick with his stupid hippie-fro and never-ending ramblings about live Phish tapes), I would've still sat with you in the breakroom during our 15's.
Another odd thing I do is to make sure I eat the crust of a sandwich before I take the last bite. That way, you end on a good note: none of that missing all of the good condiments, meat and veggies because it was the last remaining edge.
Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Wow. I basically went through the same process. Except I eventually became the clerical level II. Now this is eerie.
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maybe i should start a 'first job' thread?
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i alphabetize the used CD's (and records) at stores when they're out of order. i think this is directly related to my first job too (staying with the target thing for youall)
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Originally posted by tigers scare me:
i alphabetize the used CD's (and records) at stores when they're out of order. i think this is directly related to my first job too (staying with the target thing for youall)
I don't think that's weird. That's just being respectful and organized. I organize the magazines at Border's whenever they are in the wrong place. But that's not weird. That's just trying to slow down the decline of Western civilization.
Brian
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Brian Walalce shops at Border's, the rest of us shop at Borders.
Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Originally posted by tigers scare me:
i alphabetize the used CD's (and records) at stores when they're out of order. i think this is directly related to my first job too (staying with the target thing for youall)
I don't think that's weird. That's just being respectful and organized. I organize the magazines at Border's whenever they are in the wrong place. But that's not weird. That's just trying to slow down the decline of Western civilization.
Brian [/b]
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If I'm at a used cd store and find a copy of a great cd that I already have, I'll move it to the front of the display case, hoping somebody sees it and gives it a good home.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
If I'm at a used cd store and find a copy of a great cd that I already have, I'll move it to the front of the display case, hoping somebody sees it and gives it a good home.
until tigers scare me comes in and moves it back into its alphabetical place.
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I like to order last at a restaurant because I hate ordering what someone at my table has ordered as well. Ordering last allows me to check things off the list. I have even changed my order if someone orders the same thing as me at the table.
I guess it all comes from my family and I group ordering so we could try many different things on the menu so no one ordered the same thing.
I get lots of comments from friends on this and often have friends sneakily change their order behind my back to what I got to spite me. They're nice people...
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Odd...I spent my entire life doing this and getting mocked by friends for it, and in the past week I find I have a kindered spirit in P Harmony and my new boss. VINDICATION!!!!
Originally posted by P Harmony:
I like to order last at a restaurant because I hate ordering what someone at my table has ordered as well.
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If I'm at a used cd store and find a copy of a great cd that I already have, I'll move it to the front of the display case, hoping somebody sees it and gives it a good home.
bombaychutney! I'm on to you....
also, as for brian wallace, i am neither respectful nor organized.
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Originally posted by P Harmony:
I get lots of comments from friends on this and often have friends sneakily change their order behind my back to what I got to spite me. They're nice people...
I would absolutely change my mind just to see what effect it has on you.
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Originally posted by P Harmony:
I like to order last at a restaurant because I hate ordering what someone at my table has ordered as well. Ordering last allows me to check things off the list. I have even changed my order if someone orders the same thing as me at the table.
I guess it all comes from my family and I group ordering so we could try many different things on the menu so no one ordered the same thing.
I get lots of comments from friends on this and often have friends sneakily change their order behind my back to what I got to spite me. They're nice people...
sal - this made me think of you. esp when we changed our orders after you ordered to the same thing. it was late - so we had good reason - it could be cooked quickest. but i dont know if this is a pet peeve of yours.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
I also have a weird ordering compulsion. Aside from just alphabetical and numerical ordering, I have to have things lined up on my desk or table. For example, at dinner, I'll make sure my knives and forks are lined up with the plate or placemat, and also that the cup is centered or lined up with any patterns on the table cloth, etc.
And at stores, while taking the item not immediately on the front of the shelves, I will pull the remaining items behind it forward. Must be my Target team member training.
I'm with you on the first part. Do you also insist on things on desks, etc. being arranged parallel to the edge?
And the Target part made me laugh, as well; I occasionally get the urge to finger-space my closet.
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
Originally posted by P Harmony:
I like to order last at a restaurant because I hate ordering what someone at my table has ordered as well. Ordering last allows me to check things off the list. I have even changed my order if someone orders the same thing as me at the table.
I guess it all comes from my family and I group ordering so we could try many different things on the menu so no one ordered the same thing.
I get lots of comments from friends on this and often have friends sneakily change their order behind my back to what I got to spite me. They're nice people...
sal - this made me think of you. esp when we changed our orders after you ordered to the same thing. it was late - so we had good reason - it could be cooked quickest. but i dont know if this is a pet peeve of yours. [/b]
not at all. i've actually never heard of that?
here's another good one of mine: i buy the monthly unlimited metrocard (good for 30 days). but i have to buy it on the 1st of the month. so i carry around an extra metrocard with maybe $10 for months with 31 days. i use that one on the 31st's.. then rebuy the unlimited on the 1st. i go into convulsions in late february.
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More or less, but my new desk is an odd shape, so it's driving me a bit made. I'm just doing my best to center things on the curves rather than to the edges.
Finger-spacing? Shoot, I was hardlines, kid. We didn't venture into that softlines shit.
A male co-worker of mine worked in softlines, which of course opened the door for much ribbing. One day, as he walked into the breakroom, we mocked the purse he was carrying, saying that softlines had turned him into a dandy. Turns out it was his insulin carrying case. Oops.
Originally posted by kmb187:
I'm with you on the first part. Do you also insist on things on desks, etc. being arranged parallel to the edge?
And the Target part made me laugh, as well; I occasionally get the urge to finger-space my closet.
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I have a question for you food freaks who don't let it touch the other food.
HOW IN GOD'S NAME DO YOU EAT PIZZA, CHILI, SANDWICHES, SOUP, STEW, SALAD, CHINESE FOOD, INDIAN FOOD, THAI FOOD, ITALIAN FOOD ETC.
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Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
I have a question for you food freaks who don't let it touch the other food.
HOW IN GOD'S NAME DO YOU EAT PIZZA, CHILI, SANDWICHES, SOUP, STEW, SALAD, CHINESE FOOD, INDIAN FOOD, THAI FOOD, ITALIAN FOOD ETC.
please tell me where the side dish shows up. . .i don't deconstruct my food, i just don't like my entree touching the rest of the food on the plate.
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I think the whole thing with touching foods is: "Some tastes belong together, some do not."
perhaps they just don't like the taste combination that certain things make together. this is not weird, they just have different taste buds.
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You're hardly going to get taste transfer if your peas brush your pork chop, so I'm not buying that one.
Last night I did some tuna steak topped it with grated ginger on the grill. We also had mashed potatoes, grilled tomatoes and baked beans. I got a little bit of tuna, put some mash, a bit of tomatoe and scooped up some beans on my fork.
mmmmmmmmm, mmmmmmmm, good eat'n!!!
Would that have grossed you lot out?
BTW, I'm not taking the piss, just intrigued by this, 'issue'.
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well that part is just being over zealous.
I always eat corn & mashed potatoes together, all mixed up. I can't eat one without the other.
so I don't have that problem, I'm just sayin...
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i wouldn't have grossed me out. . .for me it's not about taste, it's about order (although i do prefer letting food stand on their own- which is why i tend to avoid sauces and dressings, but i will marinate or add rubs, because i want the thing to be flavored, not have something put on top to add to the flavor). i eat the entree first; when i'm done with the entree, i move on to one of the sides, when i'm done with that one, i move to the next side dish and so forth. i know having the food touch each other won't influence the taste (depending on the food), but it's just messy and not in order. i know, it's weird. when i make dinners for friends, i do all this great looking plating and presentation for everyone, and when i sit down to eat what i plated, i tend to take it apart and eat it one at a time. i'm well aware that it makes no sense, but i do it anyway.
believe me, i have my own internal inconsistencies about food. i just sent out an email about a study being done by a professor at duke is looking into how our expectations of what we think something will taste like over-influences what something will actually taste like. when at the same time, i have my own food dislikes and wonder if i'm guilty of doing the same thing, when i am critical of people for avoiding food because of what they think something will taste like.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Finger-spacing? Shoot, I was hardlines, kid. We didn't venture into that softlines shit.
A male co-worker of mine worked in softlines, which of course opened the door for much ribbing. One day, as he walked into the breakroom, we mocked the purse he was carrying, saying that softlines had turned him into a dandy. Turns out it was his insulin carrying case. Oops.
I was technically a cashier, but had to work floor on occasion. I don't think there was this whole hardlines superiority at my store, though. Or maybe I was just oblivious; the most memorable thing about Target was honestly that horribly long fish market training video. That's how much I enjoyed working there.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
believe me, i have my own internal inconsistencies about food. i just sent out an email about a study being done by a professor at duke is looking into how our expectations of what we think something will taste like over-influences what something will actually taste like. when at the same time, i have my own food dislikes and wonder if i'm guilty of doing the same thing, when i am critical of people for avoiding food because of what they think something will taste like.
My wife is guilty of this too - she alleges she doesn't like tuna but loves swordfish! They're so similar I found it hard to believe you can have such differing opinions of two things that really are quite alike. After a little deeper probing it turns out she doesn't like tuna because of the way it looks before you cook it, (red) it has nothing to do with the taste.
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Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
My wife is guilty of this too - she alleges she doesn't like tuna but loves swordfish! They're so similar I found it hard to believe you can have such differing opinions of two things that really are quite alike. After a little deeper probing it turns out she doesn't like tuna because of the way it looks before you cook it, (red) it has nothing to do with the taste.
I've never liked canned tuna so I've never tried tuna steaks when other fish was available. And yes, I love swordfish. Of all the fish I've tried, tuna is the only one I don't like.
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
My wife is guilty of this too - she alleges she doesn't like tuna but loves swordfish! They're so similar I found it hard to believe you can have such differing opinions of two things that really are quite alike. After a little deeper probing it turns out she doesn't like tuna because of the way it looks before you cook it, (red) it has nothing to do with the taste.
I've never liked canned tuna so I've never tried tuna steaks when other fish was available. And yes, I love swordfish. Of all the fish I've tried, tuna is the only one I don't like. [/b]
You should try a tuna steak sometime, it's nothing like the canned stuff.
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
I've never liked canned tuna so I've never tried tuna steaks when other fish was available. And yes, I love swordfish. Of all the fish I've tried, tuna is the only one I don't like.
that was probably dolphin. the tuna that goes into the cans is a diffent variety of tuna than the tuna you find in the fish section of a grocery store.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
I've never liked canned tuna so I've never tried tuna steaks when other fish was available. And yes, I love swordfish. Of all the fish I've tried, tuna is the only one I don't like.
that was probably dolphin. the tuna that goes into the cans is a diffent variety of tuna than the tuna you find in the fish section of a grocery store. [/b]
Ah. But then it's been at least 25 years since I've eaten any "tuna." Was it Flipper way back then, too?
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<img src="http://www.swordfishingcentral.com/albums/dolphin/Panama_2005_088.jpg" alt=" - " />
This is the dolphin you eat, also called mahi mahi....not the flipper variety.
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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
i never ever grab any item in the front...
I do this - but at the grocery store. I like my food items to be non-fondled by the general public. I'm a little like the people checking out eggs and milk in "Clerks". (I do the same with clothing...)
I'm a lot like George from "Seinfeld" when choosing my bathroom stalls. ;) (I like my space!)
When using public stalls, if my sunglasses are hung on my shirt, so they don't fall off, I put them back on when I wee. I feel really vulnerable telling you guys that one...but really, the pocket doesn't work either and nobody wants a stye! (I also move my office badge) :eek:
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Originally posted by kmb187:
I don't do it anymore, but I used to spell out words and sentences in my head constantly. For sentences, I'd spell things out and group letters into units of 3, adding spacing and/or punctuation in an attempt to make clean multiples of 3. For words, I'd spell them out in multiple possible patterns; e.g. for a word with 7 letters, I'd do 2+3+2, 2+2+3, 3+2+2+, 3+1+3, 1+3+3, 3+3+3, skipping larger numbers like 4 and 5 which could easily be broken into smaller, more equally weighted units. I'd have to go through the patterns 7 times before I could stop thinking about it. Maybe this crosses the line from "weird shit" to "obsessive compulsive shit," but at least I was able to quit.
I don't think you're weird, I think you are really smart! Not sure how similar this is but I do prefer even numbers vs. odd in most circumstances.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Another odd thing I do is to make sure I eat the crust of a sandwich before I take the last bite.
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Oh, yes, now that's just being respectful. ;) As a kid I did this with various foods - leave a good bite to finish off with - pastries/pop tarts, cake, cereal.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I wash my hands BEFORE taking a piss, not after (assuming I don't touch the urinal after).
My wife could come up with a long list of things that I do "that normal people don't." (her definition of normal) Though I'm willing to bet many actually do.
Me too. 100%. I figure it this way: I know what my wang's been touching while it's been in my pants all day, but I'm not real sure what my hands have been all over in the course of a day-especially if I've been handling any money.
My wife actually sort of accidentally gave me the idea to do this, when she mentioned that a friend of her's wondered out loud what kinds of germs they put in their mouths when the give oral-based on the fact that men wash aftere (if at all).
So, gentlemen, do your lover a favor and wash before you pee.
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I'll buy into washing your hands before, but you do also wash after?
I remember many, many years ago (1982) in Baltimore Harbour in Phillips Crab house. I was in the Navy and the ship was moored right in the inner harbour so the bar was full of Brit Navy boys, much to the enjoyment of the local women and chagrin of the local men. I went for a pee and while in there one of the lads off the ship took a leak then just started chatting. This dufus doodles made the comment, "In America boys are taught to wash their hands after going to the bathroom", I chipped in, "In England boys are taught not to piss on their hands" It just wasn't his night. Happy times, happy, happy times!
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Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
This dufus doodles made the comment, "In America boys are taught to wash their hands after going to the bathroom", I chipped in, "In England boys are taught not to piss on their hands" It just wasn't his night. Happy times, happy, happy times!
[insert long lost "ancient" animated gif here]
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Originally posted by monkey:
So, gentlemen, do your lover a favor and wash before you pee.
i have no comment about handwashing, but now that i know you are reading this:
the first thing i thought of when the thread was started was your weird mcnugget cooling system. you should share that one with the class.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by P Harmony:
I get lots of comments from friends on this and often have friends sneakily change their order behind my back to what I got to spite me. They're nice people...
I would absolutely change my mind just to see what effect it has on you. [/b]
Ahh, see! There is always someone in the group who has to test me at the table.
Smackie, you are totally that person.
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Originally posted by monkey:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I wash my hands BEFORE taking a piss, not after (assuming I don't touch the urinal after).
My wife could come up with a long list of things that I do "that normal people don't." (her definition of normal) Though I'm willing to bet many actually do.
Me too. 100%. I figure it this way: I know what my wang's been touching while it's been in my pants all day, but I'm not real sure what my hands have been all over in the course of a day-especially if I've been handling any money.
My wife actually sort of accidentally gave me the idea to do this, when she mentioned that a friend of her's wondered out loud what kinds of germs they put in their mouths when the give oral-based on the fact that men wash aftere (if at all).
So, gentlemen, do your lover a favor and wash before you pee. [/b]
Doesn't everyone carry a wet wipe with them in case of impromptu bj's???
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Originally posted by P Harmony:
Ahh, see! There is always someone in the group who has to test me at the table.
Smackie, you are totally that person.
I wish I were more mature, but I'm just not.
We have a friend who is lactose intolerant, and everytime we're out with her, in order to get over my frustrations of her 30 minute ordering process, I order extra cheese on everything I ordered and always get a milkshake.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by P Harmony:
Ahh, see! There is always someone in the group who has to test me at the table.
Smackie, you are totally that person.
I wish I were more mature, but I'm just not.
We have a friend who is lactose intolerant, and everytime we're out with her, in order to get over my frustrations of her 30 minute ordering process, I order extra cheese on everything I ordered and always get a milkshake. [/b]
I just wouldn't go out for a meal with anyone who took that long to order, friend or no friend.
It's like people who order something from the menu then completely change it. Changing one thing is fine, but........ "I'll have the schnergleberger salad, but no olives, and I'll have plum tomatoes instead of cherry, oh, and no blue cheese, but goats cheese instead" just pisses me off, pick something you actually like from the menu that the restaurant has spent hours compiling, or find a restaurant that has food on the menu that you like........Or morons who go into McDonalds then custom order a burger. "Give me a big Mac but no pickle" HEY TWAT!!! DON'T WANT THE PICKLE??? THEN TAKE THE FUCKER OFF!!!!
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Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
I just wouldn't go out for a meal with anyone who took that long to order, friend or no friend.
It's like people who order something from the menu then completely change it. Changing one thing is fine, but........ "I'll have the schnergleberger salad, but no olives, and I'll have plum tomatoes instead of cherry, oh, and no blue cheese, but goats cheese instead" just pisses me off, pick something you actually like from the menu that the restaurant has spent hours compiling, or find a restaurant that has food on the menu that you like........Or morons who go into McDonalds then custom order a burger. "Give me a big Mac but no pickle" HEY TWAT!!! DON'T WANT THE PICKLE??? THEN TAKE THE FUCKER OFF!!!!
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I can't fathom how anyone could ever call you "a miserable old git."
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How about idiots who wait in-line at Starbucks then when they get up to the counter spend 10 minutes deciding what they want....couldn't they have figured that out while they were waiting in line?
I'm not a miserable old git, I just have a low tolerance for stupidity and ignorance.