Your unintentional quirks

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:41 pm

Hello.

I lose only my right glove.
I have two hands, but have about two dozen left hand gloves in the garage & closet. I tend to pull off my right glove to use finesse while working, and somehow continue on with just the left & never notice later(?!) that I've just one-on.

Do you have a "blind spot"?!

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:45 pm

I always get a hole in the left knee of my jeans.

If I am walking around without my glasses, I am fine, until I realize I don't know where my glasses are, and then am immediately blind as a bat.

It feels like the longer something is lost, the further it is getting away from me.

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:37 pm

Falling in love is like falling in a mud puddle.
You didn't see it coming,
You feel really stupid standing there, covered in it.
(sometimes you need help climbing out)
And you never quite get all the stains out.

"Some enchanted evening you're going to meet your soulmate, the perfect person who will meet all your needs and fulfill all your dreams. Right? WRONG! This fantasy that songwriters and poets are so fond of perpetuating has its roots in memories of the womb, where we were so secure and 'at one' with our mothers; it's no wonder we have hankered to return to that place all our lives. but, to put it quite brutally, it is a childish dream. And it's amazing we hang on to it so stubbornly in the face of reality. Nobody, whether it's your current mate or some dreamed of partner in the future, has any obligation to delver your happiness on a platter -- nor could they even if they wanted to. Real love comes not from trying to solve our neediness by depending on another, but by developing our own inner richness and maturity. Then we have so much love to give that we naturally draw lovers towards us."

So that's my quirk. Still working on it.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:25 am

always seem to include a ballpoint pen in the wash and end up wrecking a good item of clothing

Kristy Kreme · Post by **Kristy Kreme** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:09 am

I find unused condoms in about every 3 loads of laundry. I have a habbit of stuffing them in every pocket of jeans I wear and forget to get them all out before I throw them in the washer.

Job hazard I guess.

Kisses, Kristy Kreme

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:21 am

This is too weird, geekster.

I was going to write also in the above that I always wear out the RIGHT knee of my jeans, in addition to the glove lament.

Darwinists might say natural selection, I belive only that I have a twin also for my gloves and we may ALL FOUR meet like the pOWEr freaking angels

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:45 am

Rangels!

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:47 am

Gers. Rangers. PoWer Rangers. The on ein the yellow, especially. Yummy stuff.

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:08 am

i spill food on myself...

every single polo shirt i have... has a stain or has been stained by my inability to every morsel of food and/or drop of a drink into my mouth.

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 7:05 am

I abhor sitting near dirty dishes after a meal. If we eat dinner downstairs, I have to jump up when we're done and carry the dishes up to the kitchen. They may only make it to the counter, but I cannot have them sitting near me on the table while I socialize or watch tv. I may be freakish about plates and bowls, yet I can leave a pan in the sink for a week.

I am now in love with my very first, very own dishwasher.

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:38 am

I've lived in the South most of my life, but don't really have much of a "southern accent." However, when speaking to someone who does have a noticeable southern accent, either in person or on the phone, I automatically change accents and start sounding like some kind of backwoods redneck hick.

It's a totally subconcious switch; I'm not even aware that I'm doing it. It wasn't until several people said stuff to me like: "Did you know you sound like a hick when you talk to your parents on the phone?", "Were you just making fun of that redneck guy? When you two were talking, I thought maybe you were mocking him with your affected southern accent because he had such a thick accent."

I guess I'm just a chameleon-like "automatic redneck." Oh well...

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 12:41 pm

I never spill my coffee until I am wearing a white shirt, and then I spill it down the front within 45 seconds of picking it up.

I can't introduce myself without sounding like a complete schmuck. Once I am introduced by someone else, I'm comfortable and converstation flows easily.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:59 pm

When I drink, I begin to speak in French.

(I only know about 3 phrases in French)

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:17 pm

Being blunt and straight to the point.

I forget it pisses people off. People love to be/stay in denial.

They dont like to hear/deal with the truth.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:10 pm

Your problem, DVD is that you are in denial.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:14 pm

geekster wrote:Your problem, DVD is that you are in denial.

Yeah I was gonna say that but I really didn't belive it.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:48 pm

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:10 pm

My quirk is that I'm often mistaken for being shy and quiet, and then I'll blurt out something violent, sexual or bizarre. The people that do know me will just snicker, but those that don't, back away slowly.

"It's not that people don't like you, Robbi, it's that they don't understand you."

Gee, thanks. That makes me feel sooo much better.

calsur · Post by **calsur** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:38 am

I can loss a tool while working sitting down. I will be working on say a brake job sitting in the garage floor and that 10 mm wrench I just put down grows legs and walks to a new location. This has to be it because it can not be me!

I also start speaking non English when drinking but German and Spanish. And this is surprising as I took the DLAB (Defense Language Aptitude Battery) when I joined the Army and I remember what First Sergeant Stone said to me on seeing my score, He said “Son, you are lucky you can speak English”. Direct quote.

So I learned to shut up and just wave my glass in the air for refills at bars.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:31 am

nipples wrote:Rangels!

Where they at? the Heavenl-Eplaya?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:32 am

All I know is that my intentional quirks are called "Pretentions."

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:16 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:All I know is that my intentional quirks are called "Pretentions."

I also like to call them "Affectations"

Merriam-Webster
Main Entry: af·fec·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "a-"fek-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : the act of taking on or displaying an attitude or mode of behavior not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt b : speech or conduct not natural to oneself : ARTIFICIALITY
synonym: see POSE

Main Entry: po·seur
Pronunciation: pO-'z&r
Function: noun
Etymology: French, literally, poser, from poser
: a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person

So, by extrapolation, Cryptofishie, does that mean that you're an affected, pretentious poseur?

Heh heh heh...yep, that's just what I thought.

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:25 pm

robbidobbs wrote: "It's not that people don't like you, Robbi, it's that they don't understand you."

fuck them if they don't get it.

stuart · Post by **stuart** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:35 pm

I automatically change accents

I do this with everyone, regardless of accent. It's strange and unconscious behavior. Worst thing is, I play soccer every sunday morning with all these brits and the accent sticks for a bit afterwards. Then my friends haze me mercilessly for the affectation.

blyslv · Post by **blyslv** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:36 pm

I believe that I am beyond reproach.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:13 pm

RingO'Fire wrote: So, by extrapolation, Cryptofishie, does that mean that you're an affected, pretentious poseur?

Let's just say that I've swum far enough down that road to realize it's a dead end.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:15 am

I correct people. Compulsively. Grammar, spelling, pronunciation, syntax, or even less-preferred usages (sentences ending in prepositions, split infinitives, et cetera), it doesn't matter. It pisses people off for a while, then they either get used to it or they change their speech patterns in order to avoid it. Either way, I'm happy.

I also tend to take a patronizing tone with people when I'm right and I know they're wrong (this happens often); even with people I respect (or fear, like my wife).

Also, I wash my hands 175 times a day because they smell like my mother.

skagg · Post by **skagg** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:26 pm

My reticence is mistaken for coldness. I am capable of deep compassion. After viewing the remains of the collapsed Cypress structure after the Loma Prieta earthquake I was unable to finish a second triple cheeseburger.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:28 pm

I sometimes think that I really am a priest.

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