As apparently my last effort is the sound of the sea farting
I suppose it is worth bringing up something domestic that I find profoundly unusual.

Mrs Hatred is an indentical twin. Said twin also lives locally and we see her and her fella on a regular basis. Now much is written about empathy between twins, some of it fairly scientifically heavy duty in nature. After eight years together I can assure you that it is for the most part true.

This doesn't mean that they dress like extras from "The Shining" or converse in their own language. They simply and nigh on constantly are aware of the other's state of mind. Many a weekend slouched in front of the telly has been interupted by Mrs Hatred sitting up and going "I'll call *** as she's a bit down." No reason given for knowing how (Mrs Hatred's phone lives almost perpetually down the side of the sofa- if it is used as a communications device, it will be me that finds it and does so) but she is always right. This works in the other direction as well. After a tough day at work, I was about to whisk Mrs Hatred off for a curry when her twin shows up essentially getting ready to do the same thing. Two years ago, Mrs Hatred spent a morning unusually agitated before discovering that her sister has been in a car accident (thankfully without injury). To cap this, neither of them consider this unusual and have in the past expressed some surprise that I cannot perform this neat little trick with my brother.

Further areas of weirdness include when they (seperately) went to buy cars one weekend and both returned with Skoda Fabias and when they bought each other the same "mystery" gift for one another a few birthdays ago.

I used to find it unsettling, now I'm just grumpy that there is always someone more attuned to my Mrs state of mind than I'll ever be.
(Leonard Hatred briefly did some work on, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 11:00, 1 reply)

twins
yeah i know that one. my mum and uncle are non identical twins and yet they've got a frightening empathic link. my uncle had labour pains when she had me and my brother, and she went woozy and could feel the sensation of pain in her arms when he was having bypass surgery. They buy the same gifts and cards for people, (Last xmas I got exactly the same card design from them, only difference being one said daughter and the other said niece)

I'm convinced its the leftovers of some kind of pack mentality... but then again i've had three hours sleep and no coffee today.
(ameythyst_rune, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 14:13, closed)