RE: QOTD #45

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Do you have any quirks?

Oh heaven's, I'm full of them....

Toilet paper has to go over the top, I never mix food together, eat it a section at a time, umm.. gosh, I can't think right now, but Paige always makes fun of me, as do other friends, because of how quirky I am!

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I hate calling people on the phone. Got this when my mother was doing Market Research and she had to do call backs on the phone. Sometimes I had to do them and it was just as bad as telemarketing, people are not wanting to take the time to talk with you are not interested in finishing the research process and they let you "have it." I procastinate so much now on calling people that I wait until the last minute to do it. BarbieHamilton & Feeser wrote:

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The toilet paper thing is weird but my roommate has the same food quirk as you. We always make fun of him. We usually mix his food up and give it to him and he gets mad and then we take it and give him a real plate! OH THAT NEVER GETS OLD! LOL!GEORGE

-----Original Message-----From: texassillygal@... Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 2:05 PMTo: TexasTOPS Subject: Re: QOTD #45Do you have any quirks?

Oh heaven's, I'm full of them.... Toilet paper has to go over the top, I never mix food together, eat it a section at a time, umm.. gosh, I can't think right now, but Paige always makes fun of me, as do other friends, because of how quirky I am!

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Do you have any quirks?

Yup, sure do but I'm just gonna tell you of the ones that crack my family up.

I have this thing about my sandwiches... they have to be symetrical and the spreads and fillings have to go all the way to the edges. If I go out to eat and order a burger or a sandwich, I have to take it apart and re-align it before I can eat it. I HAVE to have it straight and symetrical or I simply can't eat it! I also "eat like a typewriter" eating all the way across and then returning to the starting point and eating across again, until I'm finished. I do this mostly with sandwiches and corn on the cob but it applies to nearly everything.

If I'm eating salad, I have to have shredded lettuce and all the other ingrediants have to be finely diced - when I go to DQ for a salad (my 3rd son works there) they call me "the salad nazi" and tell Nate to make my salad for me.

At home, I'm the ice nazi and I get very peevish if I get a drink with either too much or too little ice, or the wrong kind of ice altogether (I HATE those HUGE chunks of ice - the smaller it is, the better it distributes to chill ALL of my drink.

I'll bet you're sorry you asked this now, aren't you? Oh well, gotta love me ~

Hugs

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming-- WOW--What a Ride!"

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Do you have any quirks? [quirk: A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy]

Of course not!! I'm absolutely perfect in every way. LOL Probably my strongest quirk is my passion (or obsession??) for cats. My entire home is decorated with cats, even the bathrooms. I have several pieces of clothing with cats. Even my car contains stuffed cats.

Hugs,

Deanna

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Do you have any quirks? [quirk: A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy]

Oh goodness, where to start?? Its sometimes hard to discern between my quirks and OCDs (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

*clothes must be on plastic hangers... NO WIRE HANGERS!! I change coat hangers when I bring clothes home from the dry cleaners.

*everything must hang in closets- even t-shirts and jeans, [with the exception of undergarments and shorts]. Some of my clothes is hung inside out to prevent those little puckers on the shoulder area of sweaters and tops.

*everything hanging in closets must face to the left. If my family hangs something wrong in their closet I will re-hang it the correct way. I'm not 'Joan Crawford' about it... I don't make them do it, I just quietly put everything how I like it.

*underwear in drawers must be tri-folded and arranged in rows.

*I only buy white bath towels and wash cloths because they must be soaked in bleach and rinsed through twice...same with socks and white underwear

*towels and washcloths must also be tri-folded

*Can't sleep in disheveled bed

*Can't share a sheet [king-sized bed, but we use two twin sheets]

*Can't fall asleep unless I read, no matter how tired I am

*Must have 3 pillows...one under my head, one behind my back, and one long body pillow to hug

*Everyone in family has their own toothpaste and deodorant... those shouldn't be shared

*glasses and cups in cupboards must be in perfect rows and evenly spaced, which is why I'm the only one who unloads the dishwasher

*dishwasher has to be loaded "MY WAY". When hubby loads the dishwasher, I quietly rearrange them---you'd think I'd just be grateful that he even does dishes!

*In a restaurant, I can't have my back to the door. [took my daughter's friend to dinner one night and when she started to sit in the only seat facing the door, my baby nicely told her that "my momma has to sit there".

*Can't drink diet coke out of a can or bottle... not ever! Must be over ice, preferably crushed ice, and with a straw.

*Can't buy first magazine on a rack- lest somebody else has already flipped through it! Have to chose one from back behind the stack.

*handwashing....obsessive to the point of neurotic- enough said.

*obsessive compulsion about brushing my teeth as well. Went to the dentist last year for the first time since 1992... had next to no plaque, but my gums are seriously receding due to overbrushing. Dentist told me that I need to back off to just 3 times a day. I'm working on it... I'm down to only about 7 or 8 times a day now.

*hair must be tucked behind my ears or I'll go nuts!

*When I'm driving down the road, I push my tongue up behind my front teeth in between shadows on the road, mile marker signs, and fence posts and telephone poles along side of the road. Its a subconscious thing that I catch myself doing ALL the time. I've done this since I was little, but only recently told my family about it. It started when I was very young and living over in Germany. My dad was, and still is, a terribly aggressive driver who has to pass every car on the road. I can remember from a very young age being absolutely terrified when we'd be on a two lane road and my dad would be passing cars at a very high rate of speed, with on-coming traffic. I can still remember the terror of thinking that we were going to get in a head on collision. There was a particularly bad stretch of 2-lane road that went on forever. We used to have to drive it pretty often. I can remember trying to distract myself from thinking about the head on traffic by praying and pushing my tongue behind my upper front teeth between every fence post. Okay, I guess this quirk is probably an OCD.

Let me stop now, lest you all think I'm a nut-case! My family thinks I'm loony enough.

Hugs,

Janet <><

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Well one that I ahve is my house looks like a museum or flea market. I ahve

tons of items. Pigs, frogs, angels, ctas, dogs, and anyhting else you can

think of.

I also get laughed at when a server ask what we want to drink and I tell

them that it will depend on what I eat as to what I am going to drink. I

drink certain beverages with certain foods. If it is like Mexican or junk

food I want a soda, if it is country cooking I want tea, if it is a club

sandwhich I want milk. Soup and sandwhich requires milk also.

Is being superstitous a quirk? if so I do not have enough time to tell you

all them!! LOL Love pepper

>

>Reply-To: TexasTOPS

>To: TexasTOPS

>Subject: Re: QOTD #45

>Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 15:18:50 -0700 (PDT)

>

>Do you have any quirks?

>

>Yup, sure do but I'm just gonna tell you of the ones that crack my family

>up.

>

>I have this thing about my sandwiches... they have to be symetrical and the

>spreads and fillings have to go all the way to the edges. If I go out to

>eat and order a burger or a sandwich, I have to take it apart and re-align

>it before I can eat it. I HAVE to have it straight and symetrical or I

>simply can't eat it! I also " eat like a typewriter " eating all the way

>across and then returning to the starting point and eating across again,

>until I'm finished. I do this mostly with sandwiches and corn on the cob

>but it applies to nearly everything.

>

>If I'm eating salad, I have to have shredded lettuce and all the other

>ingrediants have to be finely diced - when I go to DQ for a salad (my 3rd

>son works there) they call me " the salad nazi " and tell Nate to make my

>salad for me.

>

>At home, I'm the ice nazi and I get very peevish if I get a drink with

>either too much or too little ice, or the wrong kind of ice altogether (I

>HATE those HUGE chunks of ice - the smaller it is, the better it

>distributes to chill ALL of my drink.

>

>I'll bet you're sorry you asked this now, aren't you? Oh well, gotta love

>me ~

>

>Hugs

>

>

>

>

> " Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely

>in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,

>thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming-- WOW--What a

>Ride! "

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I guess my biggest quirks would probably be the toilet paper thing, putting wet spoons in the sugar and having to ALWAYS fix the bed before getting in - just can't STAND messed up wrinkled sheets!! 26 years of marriage and I still can't train my husband how to get out of bed without messing up the sheets! argh!

Melody Moris, LeaderTOPS #TX 1454, Pleasantonhttp://www.texastops.org

QOTD #45

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They only one I can think of right now is that I have to put my right sock and shoe on first or it doesn't feel right to me. I also put my slacks on the same way. If I don't I feel weird most of the morning.

Levona

QOTD #45

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One of my quirks is that I sing to myself a lot, now I can't even carry a tune, and don't even realise I am doing it half the time. The other day at work one of the ladies told me she knew it was me behind her because she could hear me singing.

I am also a over the top TP person, but I don't mind my food touching, in fact I very often just mush it all together. A habit leftover from when I was forced to eat some veggies when I was a kid, I would just mash them in with the taters and gravy to disguise the taste. Now I like most veggies, apart from cooked spinach, gross, even mushing them wouldn't work.

Some I am not sure whether you would call the pet peeves or quirks, I hate the feel of sugar,

I yell the TV when President Bush(and others) says nuc-u-lar instead of nuc-lee-er. Also at folks on TV holding signs the say "your" when they mean "you're." Call out the answers on jeopardy and call the contestants rude names on Wheel of fortune when they ask for odd letters that even if they don't know what the phrase is there would be no way that say a j would fit into the word. I talk to the radio in my car too, gosh I really am a weirdo aren't I.LOL

TOPS Hugs, Gloria Robbins (ukmumintexas@....)TOPS#TX1686,Bastrop.

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GEEZ JANET! I'm glad I don't live with you! LOL! LOL! I have a bit of OCD too. I hate clutter and open cabinents and all of my clothes have to be hung too but I don't brush that much or wash my hands that much but I do clean a lot and I love it. Sometimes I think I should be a personal organizer because I would be really, really good at that. I don't think I haev quirks other than things that bother me like FEET. YUCK! I don't like them and I don't want to touch them or look at them. NO WAY JOSE! I have to have my desk at work in perfect order when I leave and I keep everything organized and clean at work. No too good about that at home but everyone looks at my desk at work like....WOW..DO YOU EVER WORK? It's hard for me to concentrate on anything at home or at work if there is a mess nearby. I usually don't clean it up (too lazy) but it still bothers me. I hate to waste anything. I use EVERY drop of toothpaste (and then cut the end off) and detergent (I add water one time and use it!) I also hate to waste food. That's a problem for me for sure. I never have leftovers and I always hate when stuff goes bad because I feel as though it's such a waste since I bought it. That surely doesn't help when I have a weight problem.

I guess these aren't bad things but they do get annoying to me and my friends. I live with too of the laziest biggest pigs ever so that make's it even more hard. T muns 2 months and 22 days until I move out! I CAN'T WAIT!

Have a great weekend! GEORGE

-----Original Message-----From: Hamilton & Feeser Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:28 PMTo: TexasTOPS Subject: Re: QOTD #45

Do you have any quirks? [quirk: A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy]

Oh goodness, where to start?? Its sometimes hard to discern between my quirks and OCDs (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

*clothes must be on plastic hangers... NO WIRE HANGERS!! I change coat hangers when I bring clothes home from the dry cleaners.

*everything must hang in closets- even t-shirts and jeans, [with the exception of undergarments and shorts]. Some of my clothes is hung inside out to prevent those little puckers on the shoulder area of sweaters and tops.

*everything hanging in closets must face to the left. If my family hangs something wrong in their closet I will re-hang it the correct way. I'm not 'Joan Crawford' about it... I don't make them do it, I just quietly put everything how I like it.

*underwear in drawers must be tri-folded and arranged in rows.

*I only buy white bath towels and wash cloths because they must be soaked in bleach and rinsed through twice...same with socks and white underwear

*towels and washcloths must also be tri-folded

*Can't sleep in disheveled bed

*Can't share a sheet [king-sized bed, but we use two twin sheets]

*Can't fall asleep unless I read, no matter how tired I am

*Must have 3 pillows...one under my head, one behind my back, and one long body pillow to hug

*Everyone in family has their own toothpaste and deodorant... those shouldn't be shared

*glasses and cups in cupboards must be in perfect rows and evenly spaced, which is why I'm the only one who unloads the dishwasher

*dishwasher has to be loaded "MY WAY". When hubby loads the dishwasher, I quietly rearrange them---you'd think I'd just be grateful that he even does dishes!

*In a restaurant, I can't have my back to the door. [took my daughter's friend to dinner one night and when she started to sit in the only seat facing the door, my baby nicely told her that "my momma has to sit there".

*Can't drink diet coke out of a can or bottle... not ever! Must be over ice, preferably crushed ice, and with a straw.

*Can't buy first magazine on a rack- lest somebody else has already flipped through it! Have to chose one from back behind the stack.

*handwashing....obsessive to the point of neurotic- enough said.

*obsessive compulsion about brushing my teeth as well. Went to the dentist last year for the first time since 1992... had next to no plaque, but my gums are seriously receding due to overbrushing. Dentist told me that I need to back off to just 3 times a day. I'm working on it... I'm down to only about 7 or 8 times a day now.

*hair must be tucked behind my ears or I'll go nuts!

*When I'm driving down the road, I push my tongue up behind my front teeth in between shadows on the road, mile marker signs, and fence posts and telephone poles along side of the road. Its a subconscious thing that I catch myself doing ALL the time. I've done this since I was little, but only recently told my family about it. It started when I was very young and living over in Germany. My dad was, and still is, a terribly aggressive driver who has to pass every car on the road. I can remember from a very young age being absolutely terrified when we'd be on a two lane road and my dad would be passing cars at a very high rate of speed, with on-coming traffic. I can still remember the terror of thinking that we were going to get in a head on collision. There was a particularly bad stretch of 2-lane road that went on forever. We used to have to drive it pretty often. I can remember trying to distract myself from thinking about the head on traffic by praying and pushing my tongue behind my upper front teeth between every fence post. Okay, I guess this quirk is probably an OCD.

Let me stop now, lest you all think I'm a nut-case! My family thinks I'm loony enough.

Hugs,

Janet <><

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