Ask Me Help Desk - Are you weird?

Are you weird?

Hello:

I'm weird.

Want to know just how weird I am?? 50 years ago, at 15, I got my first job. I was a helper at Piasons Pizzeria in Denver. The best damn pizza I've ever had, by the way.. But, I digress...

We had a dishwasher by the name of Tio. He probably was an illegal and didn't speak English.. But, he was one of those guys who you immediately liked even if you couldn't exactly talk with him... His personality was infectious.

Anyway, when a hot pan came into Tio's territory, he'd IMMEDIATELY wash it. Even if was still steaming from cooking, he'd start washing it... Now, in MY house, we always ate BEFORE we washed anything, so Tio got my attention...

Ok, here's the weird part... Today, lo these many years later, when a pan comes off my stove, I wash it, and say out loud, "this is for you, Tio"..

Now, that's weird. You don't get any weirder than that, do you?

You do?? Ok, tell me about it.

excon

I do the same thing with a hot pan. It is much easier to clean.

But that isn't the weird thing I do. Say I am looking for my phone and I think it is in the living room I go in there and I don't see it. I turn around because I think it is in the bedroom, then I think no it is is in the kitchen so I turn around again then I think no it is the office I turn around again before you know it I am literally running around in a circle.

My wife gets a kick out of it. She said I look like a dog chasing my own tail.

Hello spit:

That's funny. I'd like to see that.

Washing the pan isn't what I think is weird. It's paying tribute to the long dead Tio, whom I knew nothing about beyond his dishwashing prowess.

What's even weirder is that I remember his name. I can't remember the peoples names I met yesterday.

excon

I've got plenty so I'm sure I will be contributing to this thread a LOT...

Here's one... I refuse to sit down to any meal without my glass being full. So if I sip a little on the way to the table, I have to top it off. I must start the meal with a full beverage.

Trust me, more will come. I'm pretty kooky.

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello spit:

That's funny. I'd like to see that.

Washing the pan isn't what I think is weird. It's paying tribute to the long dead Tio, whom I knew nothing about beyond his dishwashing prowess.

What's even weirder is that I remember his name. I can't remember the peoples names I met yesterday.

excon

Yeah you are right that is a weird.

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Originally Posted by nikosmom

Here's one... I refuse to sit down to any meal without my glass being full. So if I sip a little on the way to the table, I have to top it off. I must start the meal with a full beverage.

Hello mom:

You're right. THAT is weird.

excon

Yep, any pan or pot, I wash them as soon as we finish with them,

You do have to watch the cheap ones, I did this to one of them and it "warped"

I make my bed every night before I get into it. Never in the morning, so I can have a made bed all day, just at night because I can't get into a messy bed to sleep.

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Originally Posted by Justwantfair

I make my bed every night before I get into it.

Hello Just:

That is pretty weird, all right.

excon

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Originally Posted by Justwantfair

I make my bed every night before I get into it. Never in the morning, so I can have a made bed all day, just at night because I can't get into a messy bed to sleep.

HAHAHAA I do the same thing!! I hate to make my bed in the morning but I won't get in at night until it is made. WEIRD!!

I do many strange things also Nikosmom... most are superstitious in nature I suppose...

A long time ago I got a phone call that brought a lot of pain and suffering... I was heating some coffee in the microwave at the time and when the call was over the microwave was beeping...

Funny, because now I stop the microwave a couple seconds before it finishes... every time I use it... strange, I know.

Hi String:

Yup, that's weird.

excon

Aw dude,that's not weird.That's just something that stuck in your head. I can bet you when I wash a hot pan now it will be stuck in mine as well.
I spell words in my head backwards just as a weird habit.Like when I am typing and I spell out words,I spell them backward and forwards.Its a neat parlor trick but it makes writing quite a chore.

Hello artsy:

Yup. That TOO is weird.

excon

Another thing that I 'have to do' is make sure that everything on my desk is in their proper position... always. If someone moves something, it immediately gets moved back to the exact position where it belongs... this happens to a point of distraction.

I know Ex... I'm working on it... really.

Also... there's more... but let's hear from others some more so that I don't feel to physco...

Hello string:

You and Monk (guy on TV).

When I shower, I have to wash myself in a particular order or I forget where I am.

Therefore, the older I get, the cleaner some parts become. I don't want to think about the one's I'm missing.

No, I don't know which parts they are. Hopefully, I'll catch 'em in the next shower.

excon

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello string:

You and Monk (guy on TV).

When I shower, I have to wash myself in a particular order or I forget where I am.

Therefore, the older I get, the cleaner some parts become. I don't wanna think about the one's I'm missing.

No, I don't know which parts they are. Hopefully, I'll catch 'em in the next shower.

excon

ROTFLOL...

Don't cha think that the water running will 'hit' most of those parts... funny...

I guess you can tell when people start backing away from you... making a grab for a handkerchief... and not for sneezing either. :eek:

Ex,

Your weird thing is funny. I like funny weird people. Lol

Stringer,

Awww yours made me sad.. I wouldn't let the microwave beep either. Course the "proper position" on your desk thingy... well, perhaps therapy would help. ;)

I don't know what ONE thing I can tell you. I am one weird chick! Hmmmm? Ok here is one... when I am cooking or baking and I go to get the butter I say out loud "get the butter Mr. Kotter".. only I say it in vinnie bobberino's voice from Welcome Back Kotter. I have obviously been doing it since the 70's.

I also go nowhereSSSS withOUT my lipstick. I mean... I'd rather be buck naked than to leave without the STICK! I'm kind of NUTS... aren't I?

Hello Tess:

Yup, you're weird too. So, I guess there ain't no regular people, huh?

excon

PS> Buck naked did you say?? Quick, somebody hide her lipstick.

Tell Spitvenom, the phone will be in the last place he looked.

A previous boss was weird:

When traveling he tries to prime factor license plate numbers as he sees them.

Rubick's cube was cake for him.

When he was in college, he used to play chess with his roomates while washing dishes without seeing the board.

Now me:

I just don't think like everyone else. I'm relational. An object represents a thought or something to do. Hide the object and it won't get done. e.g. an empty bottle on the counter means make iced tea. An empty oil container means get oil. I look at too many conseqences. Now, sometimes this is a good thing.

OK. I have to add. I have sooo many weirdism's... but here is one it shows my OCD totally. When I am going to bed at night and setting all my many alarms to go off in the morning... when I get to the old fashion alarm clock with the side button that you move from Auto.start.off... I must switch it back and forth for at least ten times before I am sure that it is set. CRAZY... even when I ask my son to set it for me... he'll say "how many times do I switch it...ten?"
Coo-Koo

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Originally Posted by KeepItSimpleStupid

Tell Spitvenom, the phone wil be in the last place he looked.

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It always is :)

To me, you all are pretty normal.
Here is what I do that is so weird...

1.) I am 21 years old and still say good night to my teddy bear (I've had him since I was a toddler)

2.) I like the feeling of warm fingers/hands on my cold ears.

I can't believe I told everyone this. Good thing you don't know who I really am :)

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Originally Posted by spitvenom

It always is :)

That's a funny statement and maybe it's just a wording deal... but of course it is going to be in the last place you look... why would you keep looking? Is it meant that it is in the last available place to look? I have always thought to be weird when people say it. "it was in the last box I looked it"... DUH why would you keep looking...

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Originally Posted by Justwantfair

I make my bed every night before I get into it. Never in the morning, so I can have a made bed all day, just at night because I can't get into a messy bed to sleep.

I do that too! There are plenty of other reasons that I'm weird, my husband tells me I'm weird all the time but I can't think of any reasons off the top of my head.

Oh, I generally don't get in bed from the side, I climb on at the bottom. I didn't realize it until someone said something to me.

It's funny that you guys are talking about how things are always in the last place you look. I told a guy that at work the other day and that was the first time he had ever heard it. It took him a minute and then he started cracking up. He came up to me yesterday and told me that he found what he was looking for the night before but since I told him things are in the last place you look that he kept looking. I truly think that he did too. Lol

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Originally Posted by excon

When I shower, I have to wash myself in a particular order or I forget where I am.

Therefore, the older I get, the cleaner some parts become. I don't wanna think about the one's I'm missing.

No, I don't know which parts they are. Hopefully, I'll catch 'em in the next shower.

excon

Ok Excon:
Get this- I'm the same way! I wash in the same order. That way I don't miss anything!

nikosmom

I have another one: I'm right-handed but I only drive with my left hand. I have NO control with the righty! I know, I know - we're supposed to drive with both hands - rubbish! If my right hand is on the wheel, I might end up in a ditch! Actually there are lots of things I can ONLY do with my left hand.
(Get your mind out of the gutter, Ex ;))

I just use whatever hand is more convenient.

I can write script left-handed, right-handed, left-handed mirror image and right-handed mirror image.

The right hand penmanship is the norm.

I could probably use chopsticks in my left hand. Just haven't tried it.

I am ambidextrous I can write, throw, catch, Golf, Bat, shoot a basketball and pretty much anything else with both hands.

Weird? I can read something upside down quicker than I can read right side up and catch the typos in what I typed. I used to do this for years when I put something down in front of my boss for his signature. Right side up I couldn't catch the typo.

Another weird one:

I must have at least 50 clocks in my home. Only one is electric and that's my alarm clock. All the other clocks are battery driven. Come daylight savings time I start either advancing or setting back the clocks at least one week before time change. No, not because I have too many clocks to set, it's just because I hate setting them back or forward as I don't like the time change thing and have a hard time getting used to it. Yes, I have at least 7 clocks in my bathroom alone.

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Originally Posted by twinkiedooter

I must have at least 50 clocks in my home.

Hello twink:

Somehow, this doesn't surprise me.

excon

Oh, but I also have a thermometer collection as well. Inside, outside temps in just about every room. And some clocks have tempies in as well. Hey, I have to know the time and temperature. Date? Who cares? I'm happy if I know what month it is! LOL

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello twink:

Somehow, this doesn't surprise me.

excon

Would it surprise you if I told you that I also have a swell beer mirror collection and don't drink beer? Just like the mirrors. I specialize in no longer produced beer like Andeker.

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Originally Posted by spitvenom

I am ambidextrous i can write, throw, catch, Golf, Bat, shoot a basketball and pretty much anything else with both hands.

Please define "pretty much anything else." :)

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Originally Posted by classyT

I also go nowhereSSSS withOUT my lipstick. I mean ....i'd rather be buck naked than to leave without the STICK! I'm kinda NUTS...aren't I?

(1) I talk to my dogs all the time - discuss what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Also ask their opinion - "Should I wear this or should I wear that?" (So far they've never had an opinion.)

(2) With me it's not lipstick, it's eyeliner. I ALWAYS wear eyeliner. I might look like something the cat dragged in but my eyes are neatly lined. In my dating/drinking days I found the more I dated/drank the more eyeliner I put on. By the end of the evening I looked like Raccoon Judy.

(3) I work under my previous name but everything I own, all other contacts, are in my married name. Picked up my car from the dealer yesterday and gave them my previous name. They ran around looking for the car and insisted they didn't have it. I was VERY unhappy and positive it had been stolen. At any rate the salesman wandered by and said hi to me and asked what the problem was. He then talked to the service people and realized I had given the wrong name. Duhh. They took my charge card but I think they thought I'm not really me.

Yes, it's strange when you talk to dogs, wear eyeliner at ALL times (including buck naked, as has been said) and can't remember your name.

Hello Judy:

Well, I always KNEW you were weird.

excon

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello Judy:

Well, I always KNEW you were weird.

excon

And I take this as an EXTREME compliment from one who knows weirdness when he sees it!

(I could be worse. I could collect clocks. Running from Twinkie as I type this.)

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Originally Posted by JudyKayTee

And I take this as an EXTREME compliment from one who knows weirdness when he sees it!

(I could be worse. I could collect clocks. Running from Twinkie as I type this.)

But at least I know what time it is(?) Odd, but the clock diode in my Jeep got fried a few years ago and I don't know what time it is in my car. Now that's really weird not knowing what time it is in my Jeep and I don't wear a watch either. It just sits on my computer desk with the time set to EST and not daylight savings time.

And you better go easy on the eyeliner Raccoon Judy or Big Daddy Raccoon just might come over to your house with Little Runty Raccoon (his travel companion) for some Judy porch buffet.

Note to Twinkie - I didn't post ANYTHING about your clock collection. That was my evil twin using my computer and user name.

(Point well taken about the raccoons, though. Very well taken. I COULD fit in with them, though, eye liner and all.)