Your Strange Quarks

[Pam]

My clothes all have to hang in the same direction in my closet, with the open (buttoned) side on the right. There is no reason for this that makes sense, but it just makes me happy. I also can't use wire hangers, only plastic ones. My niece color codes her clothes with her plastic hangers. I don't go that far!

I also wait for my morning cereal to get soggy before I eat it. I use to work with a girl who said that she had to eat her cereal very quickly before it got soggy because once it "sogged up" she couldn't stand it. Different strokes for different folks!

[G.P.girl]

Originally posted by Tonya

My alarm clock . I guess I kind of have OCD about that. I check it several times before bed. I often wake up in the middle of the night and I can't relax without checking it again to make sure it's set properly. [/B]

hey me too! lol. my family is always telling me i need to get halp and i'm going to end up like jack nicholson (sp?? in as good as it gets' lol

[G.P.girl]

Originally posted by Pam
My niece color codes her clothes with her plastic hangers. I don't go that far!

lol i do! and i always have to have the hangers hanging the same way. and i don't really care if the shirts aren't facing the same why but i usually put them in like that.

[carole]

I Can't bear anything that is crooked, I Just have to straighten it.

I like my towels folded a certain way, (mind you the cupboard is small , so they kinda have to be folded that way).

I always sleep with two pillows and a neck pillow as well.

If I am going somewhere I like to take the same route most of the time ( I know how boring).

I like the feel of cold crisp sheets.,even on a cold night, then like to warm up.(wierd!!)

[rg_girlca]

Carole, nothing is better than clean, cold, crisp sheets.

A few quirks of mine are:

Can't stand cupboard doors or drawers left opened, even a little bit.

When I wash my cutlery, they have to go in order in the compartment on the drainboard: knives, forks, then spoons.
My sons like to mix them up to drive me nuts.

Toilet paper roll has to be facing outward.

The dog and cats toy have to be put away back in their baskets before I go to bed.

This one really gets me today when I think about it.
When the kids were younger and they would come in dirty from playing outside, I'd wash them up, put clean clothes on them and then send them back outside to play. Go figure. I just didn't like a dirty kid. Quirky or what!!!!

[catnapper]

Fun thread!

I'm a bit nutty, so here goes:

*I cannot have anyone touch my computer screen.. NO FINGERPRINTS! Same goes for my car's windshield.

*I always put my left sock on first. Never ever the right. Never.

*If I'm going to bed, I must pee right before... as in its the last thing I do. If I have to get up, even just a second to grab an extra blanket or something, I find myself in the bathroom again. If I don't, I'll lie in bed for a while thinking about that missed opportunity to pee.

*I MUST give and get a kiss from my husband every night. Even if we have to do it over the phone when one of us is out of town. I cannot go to sleep woithout it. (I know, disgusting, isn't it? )

*Scissors are for paper and fabric. Not carboard or twist ties, etc. That annoys me to no end... thats what wire cutters, razors, and a host of other tools are for. Scissors need to be sharp and clean. I HATE when everyone uses them to cut everything under the sun. I must have twenty pairs of scissors throughout the house and I toss them out once I find they've been used for a wrong purpose.

[Moose]

Originally posted by catnapper
*If I'm going to bed, I must pee right before... as in its the last thing I do. If I have to get up, even just a second to grab an extra blanket or something, I find myself in the bathroom again. If I don't, I'll lie in bed for a while thinking about that missed opportunity to pee.

haha I do the EXACT same thing. Poor Josh thinks I have a bladder control issue...

[trayi52]

*I cannot have anyone touch my computer screen.. NO FINGERPRINTS! Same goes for my car's windshield.

Catnapper, I am the same way about my computer, I hate it if somebody puts a fingerprint on my screen. Everybody know not to touch my computer screen.

I hate for anybody to sit down at my desk, with something to drink, I just know that they will spill it on my keyboard.

I am the same way about going to the bathroom before I go to bed, and if I have to get up for anything, I always visit the beloved bathroom too.

Carole, I feel the same way, I hate for anything to be crooked, it drives me nuts. Even at the doctors office, I sit and stare at a crooked picture. I have been known to get up and straighten the picture.

Oh well,

Willie

[Miss Meow]

Originally posted by trayi52
...
Carole, I feel the same way, I hate for anything to be crooked, it drives me nuts. Even at the doctors office, I sit and stare at a crooked picture. I have been known to get up and straighten the picture.

Oh well,

Willie

That reminds me. I can't touch anything at the doctor's office. I imagine all the magazines teeming with germs and other gross greeblies left by all the sick people. I usually take my own book to read while waiting.

[wolf_Q]

I also do the candy thing.......I normally eat the ones I like the least first. These would be the yellow and green. Orange is the in between one. Red, purple, and blue are always the "good" ones.

When I eat anything round (like a Reese's PB cup, hamburger, etc.) I always eat around the edges and leave a circle in the middle to eat last.

I probably check the doors and plug-ins before I leave to go anywhere at least 3 times.

I can't think of anything else but there's definitely more....

[Kfamr]

- I have to check and make sure all of the doors are locked before going to bed.

- I HAVE to put my camera batteries in the battery charger before bed. If I forget about it, i'll remember while lying in bed. No matter how comfortable I am, I have to get up and put them in. You never know what you may need the camera for the next day.

- I have to drink atleast one cup, if not 2 or 3 cups of water before bed. Just plain water from the osmosis thing.. no ice.
I also have to drink a glass before school.

- I hate open closets. I can't sleep if mine is opened.

- My feet/legs can't touch eachother while I sleep. I have to have a blanket or pillow in between them. I also cannot sleep without my arm being directly under my face. I don't like my face to touch the pillow.

-My hair has to be up when I go to sleep.

- I HAVE to have my fan on, no matter the weather. It could be 30 out -- my cieling fan still has to be on. I'm so used to the noise of it, it feels weird with complete silence.

-Most of the time, unless it's really cold out, I can't sleep if my feet are covered. I cannot sleep with socks on, although I have fell asleep MANY times after school with my shoes on.

-No matter how hot, I normally do not like going out without a long sleeved shirt or sweater on. I feel so naked without.

-I also set my alarm more than once before bed time. I can't set it for an odd number. The only time I do is if the number ends in 5.
(does anyone else notice that these are mostly about sleep.... guess it's time. )

-I can't stand having single programs or saved pictures on the desktop. I always delete/move everything into a file before I get off the computer. I also have to make a completely new folder when loading pictures, even if it's 3-4 pictures... although it's very rare that i'm loading that few pictures.



Okay.. i'll stop for now.

[carole]

I am a bit of an insomniac, I Too have to have a fan going all night, otherwise I just cannot sleep, I have accustomed myself to the noise, but the good thing it drowns out all other noises, and that is why I get some sleep.

[bluekat]

I CANNOT go to sleep with my feet out from the blanket I always have to have something covering them, even if its boiling hot. I don't know why, its like I'm afraid something will grab my foot or something while I'm asleep

[trayi52]

I have to have my feet uncovered, I love the feeling of a nice cool sheet under my feet. I would not be able to sleep, if my feet were covered.

My husband is the one that goes around and checks to make sure the stove is turned off, and unplugs everything. He uplugs my coffeemaker, even when I would have it set to make coffe the next morning. I ended up, when that coffeemaker tore up, I just went out and bought me a regular coffeemaker, without the clock on it.

I cannot stand to drink coffee, that has set on the heating element for more than 30 minutes, I always pour it into a coffee thermous, so it will keep its fresh brewed taste. I am very picky about my coffee.

Willie

[popcornbird]

I cannot go to sleep until I have checked to make sure the stove burners are all off, the kitchen appliances are all plugged out, the windows downstairs all shut, and the doors all locked. Even if someone else checks downstairs for the night, I still have to go and do it myself. I can't go to sleep not knowing everything downstairs is locked/off/unplugged/etc.

I can't go to sleep without having the covers over me. If its hot, I just turn the air conditioning on to make it cool inside. I just can't sleep if I'm not fully covered.........feet and all.

I don't like seeing the toilet paper facing backwards.......it HAS to face forward.

I can't stand people wearing shoes in the house. They have to be off. Shoes belong outdoors. Maybe I'm like that because our house in almost fully carpetted. I wouldn't mind shoes in a house with floors, but with carpets, I just don't like it. Makes the carpet dirty.

No fingerprints on my moniter either. Everyone knows not to touch my moniter screen.