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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:35 PM
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What are your quirks?
I have a prejudice against rounded numbers - anything divisible by 2 or 5.

I only set my alarm clock (when I set one, I don't usually need one, I don't like being surprised in the morning, I usually anticipate it anyway) at numbers ending in 1, 3, 7 or 9.

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I don't like being 'accused' of sleeping. I'm just resting my eyes, really.
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:36 PM
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1. i like buble baths
CB
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:36 PM
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2. All the bills on my wallet have to be facing the same way
in order.
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Tom_Foolery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:46 PM
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6. I do that, too...
I hate a messy wallet.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:50 PM
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12. I do that too
also the "new" twenties have to go together.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:03 PM
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28. I do that too - is it a quirk?
Are we all OCD?
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:36 PM
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3. I count stairs.
And steps if I'm walking to a particular destination by myself.
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:51 PM
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14. Wow, I do that too.
I never thought of myself as quirky until now. Just wierd.
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:42 PM
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4. I favor my right side
So if I'm climbing/descending stairs, I like to end on my right foot. I also like to put on my right sock or right shoe last. My Middle School was a four story building, and I knew for each staircase which foot I needed to lead with - going up or down - so that I would end on my right foot on the floor I was heading to. That's carried over to living in the dorms when I was in college to the building I'm working in now.

I also like taking stairs two at a time when climbing.

TlalocW
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Tom_Foolery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:47 PM
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7. I love looking for palindromes. n/t
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:47 PM
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8. where to start?
- toiLet paper must go 'over' and not under
- i do things in 3's (not as much anymore)
- i bounce my foot/Leg constantLy (it's seLf comforting)
- i hate sitting on the train
- i hate crowded areas (hate touching strangers)
- i'm a shy peer
- muLtipLe sexuaL quirks
- i aLmost never answer the phone
- i don't eat any kind of sea food (except tuna in a can)
- mushrooms make me gag
- cup of coffee befor bed
- i bLush very easiLy
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:54 PM
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18. multiple dittos
except I'll eat anything that isn't moving too much and I'm not shy

I ignore the phone out of existence, but expect people I call to answer immediately before the first ring stops.

toilet paper - right there with you

mostly likka makes me blush if I've had too much, but not much else these days.

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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:48 PM
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9. My quirk is that I really don't like your threads
Go figure.

:shrug:

:)
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:51 PM
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13. No one is forcing you to read them or post in them
:shrug:
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:52 PM
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15. Actually, *I* forced jp to post here.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:53 PM
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17. Well, stop that
He should 'find his bliss' in threads of his own choosing.

:-)
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:54 PM
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20. Sorry. It's a quirk of mine.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:55 PM
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22. Well, I am your sockpuppet after all (nt)
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:48 PM
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10. I always pick up pennies off the ground.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:06 PM
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30. I only pick them up if they are heads up.
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:56 PM
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36. I used to be particular about that too!
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:48 PM
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11. I must have 90 degree angles
if it's supposed to be wildly askew doesn't bother me but if it's off by a planck length of a degree I can see it AND AM HELPLESS AND MUST CORRECT IT.

Yes, my superhero powers are as naught in the face of a wonky angle.
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:52 PM
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16. I hate air
It's so passay
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:54 PM
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19. i HATE being startled, i don't like people reading the newspaper
over my shoulder (it infuriates me), and i am claustrophobic. oh yeah, i hate all people too :evilgrin:
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:56 PM
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23. BOO
I couldn't resist. :evilgrin:
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:58 PM
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24. i once turned around and punched one of my roomates in the face in college
for doing that exact thing, and i didn't even think about doing it :evilgrin: it's weird, it's something i just can't help. i wouldn't punch you tho :P
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:02 PM
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26. I'm glad to hear that. It's because your roommate tried to scare you
and I said it in a sexy, whispery voice, isn't it?
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:05 PM
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29. I don't like people reading the computer over my shoulder.
It irritates the heck out of me if someone is standing behind me while I'm reading or writing a post on a bulletin board.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:12 PM
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33. i have this one REALLY annoying female coworker who does that all
the time :grr: and the thing is, she knows she's being annoying, but she won't go away until you turn around and talk to her :grr:
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:54 PM
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21. when i buy gas, i always round to the nearest quarter
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:03 PM
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27. I go for the even dollar amount myself.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:15 PM
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34. you are one strange chick!!!
:hug:
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:58 PM
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25. i always blip the accelerator of my vehicle before i shut it off..
I was taught that when you shut your car off, that if you rev the car beforehand you would fill the float bowl of the carb with gas, making it easier to start the next time around. Of course, both of my vehicles are fuel injected, but I can't break myself of the habit.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:09 PM
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32. That reminds me of when I bought my first brand new car.
I'd been driving a big old 1975 Buick Century, and I had to pump the accelerator hard to get it to start. When I bought my first new car, it was fuel injected, and I had to start it up with my feet outside the car to stop the temptation to pump the accelerator.
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pdx_prog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:09 PM
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31. All the bills in my wallet have to face the same way...
I count stairs too....

I never open a bathroom door without a paper towel wrapped around the handle...

I don't eat food at pot lucks...

I check silverware thouroughly before I use them...

I won't drink from glasses in restaurants (ever seen anyone drink wine from a straw?)
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:18 PM
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35. I obsessively post thinly-veiled sex threads.
I have a lovely cottage.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 09:38 PM
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37. I love listening to buttons
being pressed, from cash register ones, to computer keyboard ones...just listening to the different tones.

And, I still can't wrap my head around the fact that people seen in colour 100 years ago. Something left over from my childhood...I thought that because pics were in black and white, that people only saw in black and white. I have to remind myself about these things. :silly:
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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 09:40 PM
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38. You know how Superman had blue hair? >
I got that somehow. Only with a Big Boy flip.
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cruadin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 09:48 PM
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39. If there's a choice of several different brands in a store..
(doesn't matter what I'm buying...macaroni, windshield washer fluid, charcoal, deodorant)
I'll pick the one that is packaged in a blue container, because ...well, because it's in a blue container.
If two of my possible choices are in blue containers, I pick the one with the most blue (price is usually only a secondary consideration).
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cags Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 09:50 PM
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40. I bite the inside of my cheeks, whats wierd about it is
so does my mother, 3 of my sisters that I know of, and both of my daughters.

Very wierd
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:21 PM
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41. I change the radio station in the car all the time.
Most people get incredibly irritated by it. Oh well. :shrug:
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 10:26 PM
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42. I can't go to sleep until everyone in the house is sleeping
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