Saying sorry
for things other people do wrong to me.

Like, someone bumping into me in the street because they werent looking where they were going... Ill apologise for this...WHY?!?! i did nothing wrong!

Im such a divy
(Dan dan dan is just on the right side of good, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 13:42, Reply)

I find this QOTW is a bit of a revelation
There are a lot of common ones that I always assumed were just me - counting things, number plates, etc.

Just goes to show, these are not wierd little fetishes, as so many of us do them, they're something our brains are designed to do.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 13:24, Reply)

The power of 3
Being of an ever so slightly superstitious nature (i.e. I get panicky when I see only one magpie – will turn round three times and say “Hello Mr Magpie”; don’t like crossing on the stairs and so forth) I also have a bit of a random obsession with the number three.

So when it comes to exams and so on I need to have any writing equipment in multiples of three. In case one runs out you see, and then a spare for the spare. Well, with finals being one of the more important sets of exams I decided I needed (for ultimate luck of course) not only three pens, but 3 x 3 pens. No matter that I’m sure pens could have been provided, I had to have nine pens. And I got really crabby if someone asked if they could borrow one. (It would have destroyed the multiple of three, unless they actually took 3 pens.) It got to the stage where I even contemplated taking 27 pens, but thought that would be going a little far.

I think I was known as the crazy pen lady for the duration.
(Picotee, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 13:22, Reply)

Mr Quar and I constantly 'taser' each other with phones and TV remotes.
If there's no 'taser' handy, say when we're out, it's acceptable to improvise by making a taser sound instead. Tasering has to be done discreetly in company as the tasee loses if they laugh.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 13:05, 2 replies)

I can't stop myself
checking this QOTW to see if it's finished.

check, check, check again.

Should I check in multiples of 3? 5? 237?

I know, I'll face all the message's subject lines forwards, Nnngggnnn.....
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 13:00, Reply)

Buuuurp
I've gotten into the habit now that when I burp I follow it up by actually saying "burp".

Also, when I find myself sighing about something I follow it up by saying "heavy sigh", got this from an episode of Mork & Mindy.
(ParaSitius is an Optimistic Pessimist, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 12:02, 3 replies)

If Im sitting down
and have my legs crossed, I play a game where I try and balance/hang my shoe on my big toe. Its a bit like the game cup with ball on a string.

Usually only works with slippers or Flip-flops.

If the shoe falls on the floor - its game over. I inherited this off my Dad, and only noticed I did it - when my brother pointed out he did the same thing. I do it watching TV all the time.
(Dan dan dan is just on the right side of good, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 11:24, 1 reply)

QOTW Stories
I occasionally repeat QOTW stories to real life friends with the prefix "I know someone who..."

*for shame*

But you do it too.

edit - not exactly a bizarre habit I suppose, but it is a habit.
(yokelrobin THE NERD WHOSE HAIR DEFIES GRAVITY/FASHION, Thu 8 Jul 2010, 10:53, 4 replies)

I've learned to control myself a little
But it still happens when I'm nervous. Everytime I'm thinking hard, like when I was doing a exam or a difficult calculation at work, without realizing, I stroke and squeeze my breasts. It's so much easier to concentrate like that.

Everybody else disagrees, though. They say that me stroking my breasts puts them off working. What do they know, eh?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 8 Jul 2010, 10:18, 10 replies)