» Picky Eaters

Arranging food
Actually, I do have one 'picky' habit. I tend to separate out all the different types of food on my plate, so for example, the peas are all in one area of the plate, with the carrots in another area, and the meat in another, so that none of them are touching the other group.

I suspect that this is a sign of some form of OCD that will come back to haunt me in later life...
(Sun 4th Mar 2007, 1:34, More)

» Picky Eaters

My sister...
The only thing I won't eat is tomatoes. If it's sliced or whole (for example in a sandwich or salad) I can't touch it, but I'm fine with them if they're part of a sauce, a soup, whatever. I did try one last year to see if it was just a childhood thing, but I was almost sick, so I guess not...

My sister, on the other hand, has a mile-long list of foods she won't touch, including bananas, pineapples, sweetcorn, fish (of any sort), prawns, brocolli, cauliflower, and about a million and one other foods which I like. This would cause many problems when I was still living at home, as we wouldn't be able to have anything nice, as 'your sister won't eat that' So?? If she doesn't want it, she doesn't have to eat it! I have found that when people are hungry enough, they'll eat anything! She would have eaten it eventually!

To this day, I'm still not entirely sure what she will actually eat, as the list also changes from year to year:

ME: "Do you want an apple?"
SIS: "No! I hate apples!
ME: "But... you liked them last year?"
SIS: "No, I've always hated them!"
ME: "They used to be your favorite fruit!"
SIS: "... well.... um... not any more!"

Strangely, one of the few things she will eat is tomatoes...
(Sun 4th Mar 2007, 1:28, More)

» Useless advice

Directions
I get mistaken for a policeman quite a lot, as I do a bit of work with St John Ambulance, and our hi-vis jackets look fairly similar (In case you need to know, blue stripes = police, green stripes = most medical services)

This year when I was at London Marathon, the only thing I did was give directions to Tower Hill tube station. Continuously. I would be telling one bewildered group how to get there, when another group would come along, wait for me to finish with the first group, and then ask exactly the same question. This was despite me standing right next to a big road sign saying 'Tower Hill Tube Station - This way' and a big arrow pointing left. Muppets.

One of my colleagues just says 'Down there, third on the left' to anyone who asks him directions to anywhere. He then moves to a different position, and waits for his next victim...
(Thu 19th Oct 2006, 22:11, More)

» Missing body parts

In America...
It's very expensive having operations in America, especially amputations.

They cost an arm and a leg.
(Tue 6th Jun 2006, 12:54, More)