Why do you do that? or The Strange Behavioral Quirks or Unusual Habits Thread

[Schlosser85]

I put ice in my milk. My roommate thinks this is weird.

I eat cereal dry, without milk.

I shave my chest, stomach, and back. I hate body hair. I hate how hairy my arms and legs are.

I have to have names of things facing my way.

I obsessive-compulsively check things--my work schedule, dates marked on the calendar, my alarm clock--over and over again.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

I started doing that with public toilets to avoid germs , but now it's a force of habit no matter which toilet I use.



Sometimes while eating I get a strange tick and shake my head. I started making a daffy duck sound with it to be funny and that stuck. So I'll do that every so often and people will laugh at me.

Someday I'll have a heated toilet seat.

 

[bullets]

Someday I'll have a heated toilet seat.

I'd never get up

 

[Fading]

I check that stove/oven is off every night even if we haven't used it in weeks.

Even though I watch the garage door shut, I have to take a peak when I get towards the end of the block.

I blow my nose in the shower.

My veggies have to be in a separate bowl.

I like it absolutely freezing when I sleep. I open the window even in the dead of the winter.

I'm sure I can think of more.

(Some of mine are OCD related)

I can't really stand the heat either. I didn't like it before, but after I had heat stroke awhile back I really disliked it. If work cheaps out and keeps things mid 80's I won't complain, but when I get home the air conditioner, and a few fans go on.

Hmmm...I'm sure I have a few quirks that I'll think of later. Right now all I can add is the way I talk to my dog when no one else is around. Singing songs, and replacing key words with "puppy". More recently when he messes something up I've been saying, "Hong Kong Phooey....number 1 super guy", in place of just saying phooey (not that I ever say phooey). Robot Chicken got that stuck in my head. Seems to keep him entertained, but I've almost said those things when others are over by accident.

Edit, thought of a few.

- I always sleep with a sheet because I can't stand the feeling of cover fibers grating over my toenails.
- Speaking of sleep, I usually have to dream until I fall asleep. I don't have ADD or anything, but in my teens one night I realized I couldn't just switch my mind from conscience to sub/un-conscience. So I forced myself to dream in a way I controlled to distract myself while I drifted off, and I've done that since.

 

[Maximus One]

If I'm eating and have a song stuck in my head I start chewing to the rhythm of the song. Just can't help it, done it since I was a kid

 

[Lantern Venom]

Sometimes if I'm struggling through a heavy set of some exercise at the gym, I recite the Green Lantern Oath. It gives a little psychological boost and usually draws some stares.

 

[knowsbleed]

When I go for a run, I breathe like Bill Cosby breathes when he's instructing his pregnant wife in labor how to breathe in his stand up show Himself.

He starts the breathing bit at 04:40

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

Sometimes if I'm stuggling through a heavy set of some exercise at the gym, I recite the Green Lantern Oath. It gives a little psychological boost and usually draws some stares.

haha thats awesome dude, after the release of TDKR (i have all of Bane's memorable lines in my head) i usually use them as a motivational tool as well.

 

[EnigmaChameleon]

-I have to have everything hanging on a wall within eyesight level, even at restaurants.
-I refuse to buy a laptop that doesn't have the touchpad perfectly centered on the case
-I eat mayonnaise and strawberry jam on toast
-If I replay a video game, I can taste the flavour of whatever snack I was eating the first time
-I have to have some music or movie playing before I can fall asleep, which drives my fiancee nuts because he has to have absolute silence
-When I am stressed out I watch Disney Cartoons to relax

 

[Lord Valumart]

I have a thing where I randomly freeze for like a milliseocnd then crack my head to the side and shiver. I have no idea what it is but I went to the Doctors and they don't know either but said it was fine. Been doing it since 2004.

The worst thing ever is I need to be facing forward on a train. I cannot handle facing backwards. I have no idea why but I really properly freak out if I'm on my own going backwards. It's not so bad if there's someone there to talk to to distract me, but if I'm alone, going backwards I will get really tense and uncomfortable. I tend to start cracking my knuckles and doing stretches to try to crack other joints. It's the worst.

 

[ComicChick]

i crack my neck a lot
i bite my nails
i have to sleep somewhere that is as quiet as possible
my computer files are super super super organized whereas my life, not so much
i memorize numbers a lot, mostly unintentionally
must sleep with socks on

i'm sure i have more to add later

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Sometimes if I'm struggling through a heavy set of some exercise at the gym, I recite the Green Lantern Oath. It gives a little psychological boost and usually draws some stares.

That's beautiful!

 

[Ant-LOX]

I take photos of all the newspaper articles I want to read, then read them on screen, instead of, reading them on newspaper. I like the look and feel of a newspaper, but it gets annoying, plus, I have a digital version of the articles I want, and I can throw the paper into the recycling bin.

 

[CJ]

i crack my neck a lot

my computer files are super super super organized whereas my life, not so much

I do that too!

I used to crack my neck a lot, now I don't do it because I'm afraid I'll break my neck or something.

I can't really think of any other strange habits I have.

Sometimes if I'm struggling through a heavy set of some exercise at the gym, I recite the Green Lantern Oath. It gives a little psychological boost and usually draws some stares.

Ha! I do something similar. Whenever I have to carry something heavy, and I think I can't do it, in my head, I say to myself: "HULK SMAAAAAAAASH!!" and try as hard as I can to carry it.

 

[Erzengel]

must sleep with socks on

You're a monster.

I hate socks and shoes. I only wear socks because I have to, the house has to be freezing for me to put socks on.

In the summer I drive barefoot.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I sleep on stairs, sometimes

I get some games I can't bring myself to finish

Always drink milk flavored, favorably

 

[CJ]

I get some games I can't bring myself to finish

Again, same here. I loved Wind Waker, but once that Triforce hunting came up, it killed the game for me. I've tried using several FAQs to help, but still haven't been able to find the darn things. It has been sitting on my DVD shelf collecting dust for months.

Also, I've run out of Ink Ribbons in the Resident Evil remake for GameCube and just don't have the patience to start a new game.

 

[Kable24]

I can't take a dump in public restrooms no matter how bad I have to go. Even at work. There have been a few times where I left work, drove home, took a dump and drove back to work and no one noticed.

I flip through magazines in reverse before reading them the proper way.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

I always have to sing in my car, even if its without music in the background.

 

[Doctor Evo]

I can't take a dump in public restrooms no matter how bad I have to go. Even at work. There have been a few times where I left work, drove home, took a dump and drove back to work and no one noticed.

I flip through magazines in reverse before reading them the proper way.

Are you left-handed, by any chance?

 

[Kable24]

Are you left-handed, by any chance?

I'm right handed. Why is there some correlation between the magazine thing and being left handed?

 

[Steyin]

i crack my neck a lot
i bite my nails
i have to sleep somewhere that is as quiet as possible
my computer files are super super super organized whereas my life, not so much
i memorize numbers a lot, mostly unintentionally
must sleep with socks on

i'm sure i have more to add later

Chick where is your avatar from? It's driving me crazy...in a good way.

 

[Doctor Evo]

I'm right handed. Why is there some correlation between the magazine thing and being left handed?

No, not really. I'm left-handed and find that flipping through a magazine in reverse feels more natural for some reason.

 

[ComicChick]

You're a monster.

I hate socks and shoes. I only wear socks because I have to, the house has to be freezing for me to put socks on.

In the summer I drive barefoot.

hadn't seen this prior, but last night i actually slept without socks :legasp:

and i slept terribly

 

[ComicChick]

Chick where is your avatar from? It's driving me crazy...in a good way.

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