Idiosyncrasies, foibles and aversions.

Sethisis

I cannot stand tiles with more than one colour. Like the black / white ones. If I step on a black tile with my left foot, then my next step has to place my right foot on a black tile to balance it out. Then I get concerned that during the journey across the floor I trod on more of one colour than the other and my feet feel weird.

Also, I love the taste of new sponges. Not eating them :rotfl: but I did like to nibble on them as a child, the urge to do so is barely suppressed now I'm an adult.

GobbledyGook

paulineb wrote: »

My home is lived in, tidy enough, but certainly not showhome looking. This living on my own means I can do what I like and I do:rotfl:

It's hard to explain what I mean. It's not that my house is a guddle, but I need there to be a few things not in place. Like you know that children live in my house in most rooms because there is a toy on a shelf or something. As I say it's hard to explain. My parents house was often dirty, but everything was in place (if that makes sense).

paulineb_2

Im also really bad for trying to sneak a look at the end of a book before I read it.

Oh, if I read a newspaper, I read it from the last page first, probably because Id always read the football pages first and work back the way

(unless my team got beat on the saturday and I dont read the back pages at all).

marisco_2

ellay864 wrote: »

Loo roll that doesn't tear properly along the perforations...if I pull some and it leaves a partial bit I have to level it up, tear the end off, tear another sheet...anything to avoid having anything other than a straight edge left.

I've been in places with no toilet paper so I don’t get worried about how it tears, I’m just very grateful to not be in a place without it.

My desk has to be immaculate every evening when I leave work, as if I am going on holiday or better yet leaving for good!

When I read a book I have to stop at the end of a chapter. The thought of stopping mid-chapter annoys me. I also have to use a bookmark instead of turning the corner of a page over.

I have a thing about numbers. The volume levels on my car radio, TV etc have to be set to an even number. Don't ask me why as I could not give you a rational answer, I just feel all jittery if I don't do this.

I am terrible at remembering names and consistently forget the main thing I was seeking at the supermarket.

If I do not get my eight hours of sleep, the world will know about it. I only need to be woken if the house is on fire or the world is ending!

Deanied

I hate a messy, congealed sauce bottle. After I use ketchup or any sauce at home I wash the lid. In restaurants I wipe the lid with a napkin before letting anyone put the lid on.

Is that super weird?

Sethisis

paulineb wrote: »

Im also really bad for trying to sneak a look at the end of a book before I read it.

:eek: Noo, why would you do that?? You'll spend the whole book knowing that none of the tension matters because it all works out (or not) in the end.

paulineb_2

Sethisis wrote: »

:eek: Noo, why would you do that?? You'll spend the whole book knowing that none of the tension matters because it all works out (or not) in the end.

No idea. But it doesnt stop me reading the book. Sometimes 5 times over.

Georgiegirl256

I have a fear of the Opticians.

I have to have all the mugs facing the same way on the mug tree, be it my own or if I notice it on someone else's!

I have a thing about numbers. I like things in odd numbers. For example if I'm having some pickles on my plate, or tomatoes or whatever, I'll have either 3, 5 or 7, I don't like having even numbers.

I like chicken and I like chips, but I don't like chicken and chips together.

I don't like hot and cold food on the same plate.

Being fairly OCD, I like things to be lined up and facing the same way. I notice my Dad doing it too, for example in a restaurant, he'll line all the condiments up and straighten everything up to his liking, then I'll move them to mine! :rotfl: I wonder if it's habits I've picked up, or genetics? Or a combination of the two?

I don't like soggy food, yet I like soaking my bread in tinned tomatoes. I realise that is a total contradiction, I think it stems for childhood when my grandparents did it, and so does my Mam.

Perhaps the most anal of is that I rearranged my CD collection into alphabetical order.

My poor husband, I really can be quite neurotic....I think he's used to it now though!

victory

Once I have finished my drink / food or anyone else has, the cups / plates have to go in the kitchen straight away, I can't just sit and take them later, it unsettles me.

I have my 3 remotes lined up in order of length and they have to be put back the same each time.

I cannot go to bed unless the living room is cleared up.

I can relate to the ketchup:D

paulineb_2

Tuna (when I used to eat tuna), ok. Sweetcorn ok. Tuna and sweetcorn on a sandwich together, awful, its the texture, I couldnt eat a tuna and sweetcorn sandwich, just as well I dont eat fish.