Obsessions.

[Dee Woffaz]

I cant touch sticky or greasy food with my fingers & the thought of any food touching my palms makes me shudder. Cooking is a nightmare i have to have a tap running & have a roll of kitchen towel at the ready. As a baby apparently i wouldnt eat anything with my hands. I lived in the middle east for a number of years, this did cause some problems at meal times.

[KidKruger]

For years as a kid any route I took when out and about with my chums had to be 're-traced' when I was on my way home, to kind of 'undo' the pattern I'd created. This meant I often returned home extremely late, and extremely tired, especially if we'd cycled say through the woods, onto the next town etc. My mates got used to me insisting on going home 'the way we came' and often some of them came along to see if I really did cover the entire route back, and I'm talking going the 'correct' way back around a lamp post, through the same park gate, even between the same trees in the woods which meant I ended up with extreme observational skills.

Glad I shook that one off.

[Huguenot]

Making me laugh :))

[El Pibe]

For a while as a youngster if i banged my left shin or caught my right thumb in the door, I'd have to cause pain to its opposite appendage, just in the interests of fairness like.

[shell_8]

When I eat a fry up I have to create a sausage barrier down the middle of my plate so that my baked beans don't touch my eggs...

[Otta]

Washing up. The wife just chucks stuff in the sink, and I have to take it all out, and put it back in order so that my special system works.

[El Pibe]

I'm the same, though I don't think that's especially OCD. Wine really doesn't taste as nice from chicken grease streaked glasses.

[Salsaboy]

I have to put my right sock on first. Always.

[Moos]

Salsaboy, do you have particular socks for left foot and right foot? I know someone who has left and right socks, like shoes. I don't know how she knows.

However, since it's not fair to mention that without sharing my own weirdness, I will add that I cannot bear liquid spills on tables. You'll see me surreptitiously wiping up other people's splashes on pub tables and trying to put beer mats under everyone's glasses.

[Cedges]

Toilet roll must be put on the holder with the 'free' end facing front. Why you'd put it to the back confuses and upsets me :-S

[Salsaboy]

Moos - no, any sock will do but it must be the right one first.

What Cedges said about the toilet roll. I even turn it round if I'm in someone else's loo.

[Huguenot]

Ha ha! We're all freaks!

That bog roll thing is spot on - I've walked downstairs in my boxers before asking 'why the f*** would you do this?'.

I didn't think it was weird, but clearly in the bright sunshine of hindsight I understand why people's jaws dropped...

[maxxi]

Otta Wrote:

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> Washing up. The wife just chucks stuff in the

> sink, and I have to take it all out, and put it

> back in order so that my special system works.

The special system where you have to take all the spoons out so it doesn't splash back when you're taking a leak?

[Thomas Micklewright]

Ha agree with washing system, plates, then bowls, then cups and cutlery in the cup, to create a washing fountain.

Other one is before I use a spoon I rub the back on my right trouser leg. Not sure why?

[Annette Curtain]

I have special colour socks which I wear to meetings.

I was in court the other day, all very serious ( and pale blue calmness on my feet )

Once sorted I had my "I'm outta here" red socks ready in my brief case

( I had surreptitiously stroked these as a good omen when presenting my final documents to m'lud )

It was a good day indeed.

Oh and on occasions I wear them Port-n-Starboard ( red-left/green-right )

NETTE(tu)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Oh, Thomas! You would never have been awarded your Hostess Badge in the Girl Guides.

It's glassware first, followed by cutlery, then cups/plates and finally the saucepans.

[Annette Curtain]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Otta Wrote:

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> > Washing up. The wife just chucks stuff in the

> > sink, and I have to take it all out, and put it

> > back in order so that my special system works.

>

>

> The special system where you have to take all the

> spoons out so it doesn't splash back when you're

> taking a leak?

Dirty Boy

In the sink ?

Only after a big night, no.

*ahem*

NETTE:-S

[katie1997]

Ceges that's such a good one about the toilet roll facing the wrong way.

Notice that those ... freaks...who put it like that have yet to confess THEIR weirdness on here...tsk, almost makes me wonder if they know not what they do.

[katie1997]

Does anyone ever look at their fellow passengers in the lift and idly wonder which one would be most useful in the event of a lift-related emergency situation?

[Annette Curtain]

Peanut butter.

Butter on bread. NO

Butter on toast. YES

NETTE

[TheArtfulDogger]

katie1997 Wrote:

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> Does anyone ever look at their fellow passengers

> in the lift and idly wonder which one would be

> most useful in the event of a lift-related

> emergency situation?

NO, but I often think of the

[Thomas Micklewright]

Do sometimes think when boarding a plane, if this plane crashes these are the people im going to die with.

[Annette Curtain]

Thomas Micklewright Wrote:

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> Do sometimes think when boarding a plane, if this

> plane crashes these are the people im going to die

> with.

No

But I do think "Who will I eat" if we crash deep in the Andes.

What a dilemma eh Thomas.

NETTE

[El Pibe]

I once flew from Mendoza in Argentina to Santiago in Chile.

Imagine my chagrin when it turned out the Chilean U21 rugby team were on board fresh from the U21 World Cup in Argentina.

La Piba had to practically restrain me to keep me on board!!!

Easily the most anxious 20 minutes of my entire life (its a very short flight)!