Quirky Habits?

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I have this terrible habit which I can't quit. It's terrible but yet I waste time on it. I split my split ends. Help!!! What are your bad and yet so entertaining habits?

I compulsively smell printed things like new books and glossy brochures. I think this may have roots in the smell of the wet, purplish ink of a fresh "mimeograph" page from grade school days. If you contributed to the "you know you're old school when. . ." thread you know exactly what I'm talking about. ;)

Mimeograph sheets!!! I haven't thought about them for a long time. They did have a distinctive smell...and they were COLD when they came out of the machine! Why was that?

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

imagine felix unger married to oscar madison.:uhoh3:

that's us! "how do you do." (extends my hand) "i'm felix. nice to meet you."

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

"i'd like you all to meet my husband oscar."

it's worked wonderfully for almost 30 years -- married almost 25. my wonderful funny

husband has ocd, adhd, and add, which also extends to the oscar madison end of things.

he hoards bits of string, scraps of paper or whatever the heck else he has written something

he needs (????) down on, the last cracker in the box, paperclips, the dirty rubber bands that

come wrapped around the morning paper, newspaper bags to use as pooper scooper bags, (some, yes,

but a couple hundred?:eek:)

i try to contain his crap in baskets and that helps...some.

we:redbeathe adore each other:redbeathe and, so, we put up with each other's quirks and foibles -- usually.:p

but sometimes? aarrruuugggggghhhhh!

kathy:paw::paw:

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Dear Husband with assorted variables as DS, DD, etc. Or even DS1, etc to refer to family members in an anonymous fashion.

OK, everybody, a new twist, who doesn't hunt back through retail shelves to avoid picking the very front bottle, magazine, package, etc.?

Back product hunter here too! :rolleyes:

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Specializes in CVSICU, Cardiac Cath Lab.

I can only eat one food at a time. Once it's done, I can then move on to the next item on my plate. Drives my husband NUTS...he's trying to teach our daughter to mix up her bites, but she's a smart girl. Must take after her mom :)

Oh, and I suck my thumb. :o

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I have to, have to, have a drink of water before bed every night. Doesn't matter if I just drank a gallon. Oh, and it has to be after I brush my teeth. It also has to feel like an "adequate" drink, but I try not to make it so much that I have to get up to go potty. Last night I laid in bed 1/2 hour then went and got another drink b/c apparently the first one wasn't enough.

I pick my toenails, particularly the little toes. Any hint of a jagged edge or cuticle has to be picked, sometimes to the point of pulling too much toenail off and bleeding. :chair:

My alarm clock obsession is that I have to flip the switch back and forth umpteen times to make sure it really is set to "am" and that it's on alarm and not music. Then when I'm sure, I check one more time.

If I do not have my chapstick in my pocket, the earth goes off its rotation. Although some days I may not even use it.

I check my wedding band with my thumb constantly to make sure it's there. The only time I notice that I do it is when it's not there, like if I just put lotion on or something. I accidentally threw it away once in a paper towel and I think that's when I started being OCD about it.

I too am obsessed with doors/drawers being closed, nothing sticking out, etc. My 2 year old son is the same way. :)

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Okay my bad habit.....I will read or do anything, ANYTHING else but the homework I should be doing. Example: If I have a paper due in a week, instead of starting the paper I will do...housework, wash the kitchen walls, suddenly decide I need to walk 10 miles to get bananas

Haha... I have the same problem! This is one of the reasons why I think I have ADD! :p I am constantly fighting myself against what I'm supposed to be doing. Then I end up doing what I'm supposed to be doing the last minute! I know I suck :eek:

I should be the poster child for "Distractions R Us" --- >> I'd probably end up a billionaire like Trump for doing just that!

Other things:

I drink water before bed, I think I need it before I go to sleep.

I can't sleep without pillows. Also, I like the 'cold part' of pillows.

I don't care how hot it is, I have to have a blanket on me or at least a

blanket touching a part of me.

I eat ice cream in cold winter weather, this gives me 'chicken skin' but I don't care.

I've had queen sized beds since I was a teen, so I'm used to taking up space (yes, I'm a little greedy).

I check at least twice on anything I do. I secretly wish I had super powers, so that I can be "playfully evil" on days when I have PMS.

I'd like to call myself "eccentric" but I'm not rich. So, I guess I'm just a little "odd?"

I'd like to think of myself as NOT crazy.... just "funny weird" ---> Please note: I am not crazy, in fact... I stay away from nutjobs!

:p:clown::jester:

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Specializes in Critical Care, Clinical Documentation Specialist.

I'm a picker too! I thought it was just me, so glad it's not. My hubby indulges me by letting me take a needle to any ingrown hairs he has.

I recently stopped biting my nails (yay!!)... I constantly put on polish so I could pick that instead.

I turn every achievement (or thing that involves ranking) into a competition, if others don't know I am doing this, that is. If a teacher doesn't let us know our class rank, or even the average, it drives me NUTS. You should see me on FB games, I usually play them until I beat all my friends and then delete it. But, playing Monopoly or something like that doesn't do that to me at all... go figure. Oh, I never tell anyone I'm doing this, until now. :lol2:

When I have things set up how I like, don't mess with them. In my kitchen I won't let anyone else put away groceries because everything will be in the wrong spot. I can tell if someone has touched my desk and do not, upon pain of death, touch my computer. I have everything set up how I like from icons to files.

I have 'visual memory' and remember things by where I 'see' them in my mind. If someone asks me where something is, I can tell them what shelf, what it's next to or even what pile it is under.

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Specializes in Emergency, Nursing Management, Auditing.

I pick at my scalp... weird I know! If my SO is laying with his head in my lap I will also pick at his... it's more like scratching and then seeing if there is any loose skin or anything after scratching it. I think I get a weird satisfaction out of scratching something off! I don't pick at other things, like zits or bug bites or my nails. JUST heads! LOL

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Mimeograph sheets!!! I haven't thought about them for a long time. They did have a distinctive smell...and they were COLD when they came out of the machine! Why was that?

The only reason I can think of would be that often it seemed our teachers cranked out the mimeos on our recess or lunch time, and they were still damp. As a child I had no idea how they produced the "mimeo"--- it was just one more mystery of the adult world. :)

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Specializes in LTC, Hospice.

Ok. Here goes....

1. I too am picker. Pimple, nails, cuticles. It dosen't mattter i dont discriminate. I also have little tools that i use. So i guess i am a professional now.

2. I also have MY specific stuff. Pillow, chair, spot on the couch etc.

3. I cannot buy the first thing in any row on the shelf. i have to to go back to at least the third or fourth item back.

4. If I try something on and i like it then i take it back to the rack and get another one in the exact same size because the one i tried on has now been worn and i cant buy it.

5. I check, double check and triple check the locks.

6, Oh and I like to rip off pieces of tape and tear them into little strips.

AHHHH. Feels good to know its not just me,:lol2:

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
it means dearhusband, darlinghusband, or once in awhile, d**nedhusband.

kathy:paw::paw:

and all this time, i thought it meant dick head!

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and all this time, i thought it meant dick head!

:lol2: :D

i needed the laugh this morning.

thanks :smokin:

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