Quirky things you do...

[mKoz26]

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Funny you mention this actually, I don't necessarily count steps but if I'm climbing or going down stairs I will engrave in my head (if I used them a lot) whether the number of steps is even- or odd-numbered. So if I'm skipping every other step on a staircase (which I do commonly) and there is an odd number of steps, I will start on the first step instead of skipping it so I can end up skipping the last step.

I do this too.

lol

Thought I was weird as hell for that.

[BurghFan]

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I also often count steps when going up or down stairs. Sometimes when walking somewhere I'll even randomly start counting to myself how many steps I take then I'll catch myself and ask myself why I am counting my steps.

[Dog]

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Sometimes when walking somewhere I'll even randomly start counting to myself how many steps I take then I'll catch myself and ask myself why I am counting my steps.

I did that today

[sharks]

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Whenever there is text on the TV (like on commercials) I count how many letters there are. Or when I see a sign on the road I count how many letters are on it.

All dollar bills must be facing the same way and in order starting with $1 bills.

Everything on a table, especially square things, must be straight.

I wash dishes right before I use them even though they have already been washed.

All volumes and alarms must be on a number that ends in 5.

I guess Monk was my favorite show for a reason!

[Hova57]

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i eat my icecream in a circular motion starting from the edges and down .

I am completely obsessed with cooking dinner to a specific minute or hour.

I iron my clothes every morning whether they need it or not. I even iron jeans .

i set up my mp3 to play a good song at the beginning. if a song bout to go off and I'm bout to get out my car i rewind it and turn it off immediately at 0:00

[Vikes1]

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I also have a strange habit of adding numbers I see for no apparent reason. If I look at the clock and it says 10:23, I'll often look at it and think: 10 + 23 = 33, 1 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 6 etc... Or while driving down the road and I see a sequence of numbers, I'll add them together (ie: 65 mph speed limit sign near a 45 miles to Pittsburgh sign and I'll think 110). Or if someone is talking to me and says is today the 26th or 27th? I'll think 53 in my head as I tell them what day it is. I don't do this all the time though...more frequently than one might think. Very strange...I know.

I'm glad to see I'm not alone.

Yeah, I do the same thing at times. If I'm not focused on anything in particular, like you Mjb, I'll see numbers on signs or whatever, and I start adding/subtracting.

[Segagendude]

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If I get a song in my head, I don't tap my feet or whatever to the beat...

I click my teeth side to side instead. Been doing this for so long, my teeth are slightly crooked now. Matter of fact, my dentist asked me if I grind my teeth.....lol. I just told him "Yeah, possibly".

It's an embarrassing habit...

[Dog]

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I sometimes do math for NO apparent reason. I'll take, say, the amount of days I work, and find out what % of my week I am at work, things like that

[Blzer]

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I sometimes do math for NO apparent reason. I'll take, say, the amount of days I work, and find out what % of my week I am at work, things like that

Whenever I'm driving long distances I like to do calculations with how far I've gone, how far I need to go, and what kind of pace I'm on in accordance with what my ETA should be. So if I'm 380 miles from San Francisco and driving 75 MPH and then I see a sign twenty minutes later that says I'm 354 miles away and now driving 80 MPH, I'll consider whether I'm making good time under some intense in-my-head math (which kills a considerable amount of time lol).

[BunnyHardaway]

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When I'm eating a lebanon bologna sandwich (and only that kind), I do the following:

-get 3 slices of bread
-get 3 slices of lebanon bologna, cut one in half
-put 1.5 slices of lebanon bologna on two of the pieces of bread, top off with third
-press the sandwich with my hands so it's flat as possible
-eat the crust first
-eat the rest of the sandwich

Also, when eating ice cream, I HAVE to "stir" it until it melts a little bit and is more like a milk shake than ice cream before I eat it.

[bgeno]

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All my books in my classroom have to be all facing the same direction. Also my classroom has to be organized. When I go back to work after a sub has been there. I get like Rain Man. Very frustrating, I have some of Monk's quirks I guess.

Reminds me of a teacher I had in high school. He would erase his board in strait lines parallel to the chalk tray at the bottom. He said he did it in part because of OCD and in part because the chalk dust left behind made strait lines for him to write on.

-Can't sleep with Socks on.

I usually can't sleep with ANY clothes on (except underwear). Unless I'm exhausted (or wasted) and pass out, I can't stand the feeling of having clothes on while I sleep.

- When I'm alone and I'm playing a sports game I do my own commentary.

lol... me too. Sometimes I do it when people are around, and I don't even realize it.

When I'm eating a lebanon bologna sandwich (and only that kind), I do the following:

Mmmm... I miss Lebanon Bologna. I ate it all summer when I lived in Harrisburg a few summers ago, but it's tougher to find around here.


-At work we have those cash registers that automatically dispense the coin change into a little bucket. When I work the register, I always lightly pound the bucket after grabbing the change. It started because sometimes the change gets stuck, but now I do it every time.

-I think everyone has a routine in the shower, so this isn't too weird, but I always shampoo my hair, wash everything from top to bottom except my face, arm pits and balls, then wash my armpits, then my balls, then rinse my hair, then use my facewash on my face.

-I have to sleep with a TV show on. I used to always turn my TV on with a sleep timer and go to sleep. If the TV shut off, I got up and turned it back on and set a new timer. Now, I use my computer and watch Netflix (usually Arrested Development). If an episode ends, I have to start a new one, even if I was half asleep.

[Hova57]

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Whenever I'm driving long distances I like to do calculations with how far I've gone, how far I need to go, and what kind of pace I'm on in accordance with what my ETA should be. So if I'm 380 miles from San Francisco and driving 75 MPH and then I see a sign twenty minutes later that says I'm 354 miles away and now driving 80 MPH, I'll consider whether I'm making good time under some intense in-my-head math (which kills a considerable amount of time lol).

Thats nuts I thought i was goofy to do that. I only do it for long trips , but yea I do the same.

Also I have issues with my birthday. I love love love my birthday I call it the "Greatest Day Ever" make sure anyone around me knows this. I'm alittle out of control ,but its my birthday I'll be 34 in a day plus that whole day I was born was cool. I was born 5-7-1977 @7:27pm in room 227. Plus I was the first born when my mom was told all her life she couldn't have kids, plus I was born the day before Mother's Day.

[canes21]

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I try to relate everything to math. I am constantly counting everything, trying to find out ratios, etc. I also make up random math problems in my head that sometimes take me a few days to solve because I make them ridiculous.

Everything I have control of needs to be an even number or a multiple of 5.

I do the commentary for my sports games, and in Choops 2k8 I actually talk to my players in Career Legacy.

At stores I always act as the stock boy and put everything back on their correct shelves. And I arrange everything in the house until it is lined up perfectly. I constantly clean my room and remake my bed until the covers are perfect. A little OCD I guess.

[Watson]

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my friends pointed something out to me that they think is weird.

At night, I sleep with my phone on my bed, even though there is AMPLE room on my nightstand. Even If i'm not texting myself to sleep. That way if I do get a text/notification, I can hear it vibrate (I like firm beds).

anybody else do this?

[Gibbz]

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When I finish studying for something I dunk my hand in really cold ice water. It's something my mama told me to do when I was young and I still do it to this day. It's probably just coincidental, but whenever I don't dunk my hand I make a worse grade on whatever I'm studying for.

Go figure...

I set my alarm to an "off-number" something that doesn't end in 5 or 0... I'll wake up at 5:42 or something lol

This too. Depending on what day it is, I either have to wake up at 7:13, 8:31 or 9:13. Has to end in 3 or 1.



I do a ton of quirky stuff, to be honest.

- When I'm alone and I'm playing a sports game I do my own commentary.

I used to make fun of my brother for doing that.