Post something wierd/embarassing/unique about yourself....

[Heyo]

Even something insignificant.

Doesn't have to be something too embarassing. Something about you that nobody (or very few people) know about.

I'll start...

I cannot take a dump with my shoes on. I just can't do it. Ever since I was a little kid.. never could do it.. something about it.. I dunno, it just doesn't feel right. I mean, I am physically able to, if forced to by circumstance, but I avoid it at all costs.

:dunce:

Heyo

[hippiepunk]

1. If i'm in the car,

I can only blink when the car is under a shadow.

[fleabert]

5. That is fantastic.

very creative and weird, awesome man.

[hippiepunk]

Well, I try

;-)

[Heyo]

12. Hmm..

.. do you carry around eyedrops for when you're in a wide open space with no bridges, buildings or large trees?

Just wondering.. :-)

Heyo

[hippiepunk]

27. No, I stick my head under the dashboard and then blink.

[Heyo]

29. Yikes!

I hope you wear your seat belt.. :-)

:hurts:

Heyo

[tavalon]

35. While you're drinving!?

Yikes!

[hippiepunk]

109. Nah, I can't drive.

I'm too young.

[Maddy McCall]

2. That's fucking wierd.

[rug]

3. I'm a spoonee.

[fleabert]

6. ?

what's that? like you have to be spooned to sleep at night, or something more sinister or kinky?

edit: got it, saw the poll. I have a dirty mind. (I am quite trashy you know.)

[Heyo]

7. Spooning rocks!

So comfy cozy...

:-)

Heyo

[fleabert]

4. I can't eat candy like a normal person.

each candy has it's own way it must be eaten, or I feel weird.

ex: Reese's peanut butter cups, I must eat off the little top ridge of ripples that sits above the cup, then I nibble the sides off without eating any peanut butter, then the top piece of chocolate, then eat the peanut butter with chocolate on the bottom in two bites.

I'm a freak.

but so are you...no shoes huh? FREAK! ;-)

[Heyo]

10. Hehehe..

... that's cool. I don't bite M&M's either. I suck all the coating off first and then just let it disolve. Breaking the M&M candy coating with my teeth.. it's just not something I do.

:dunce:

Heyo

[fleabert]

16. I heat them up a bit in the microwave so I can

break them in half and suck out the melted chocolate, then chomp on the the shells. If I don't have access to the microwave, I put a few in my hand and close my fingers up and blow into my hand to melt them. You know they are ready when you hear a little :crack: from the shell splitting.

Peanut ones are different, I bite those in half widthwise, eat the peanut alone, then eat the other two pieces one at a time.

I am telling you, I don't eat candy often because it takes me all day to do it! I have no earthly idea where this shit came from. I just noticed that i did it a few years ago.

[BlackVelvet04]

124. How funny.

I warm my M&M's up in my hand until they split as well. I didn't know anyone else did that.

[fleabert]

157. this is the best thing I have ever found on DU.

I honestly thought I was the ONLY person who did this on a regular basis.

WE ARE NOT ALONE!

[Shell Beau]

82. That is the only way to eat them.

They taste so much better that way!

[fleabert]

91. you mean I'm not the only one? !!!!!! Yea !!!!!!!

I am convinced this one came from being a latchkey kid and an only child, I had way too much time on my hands after school to dream up things to do with the microwave.

[ironflange]

8. What a coincidence! I can't dump with your shoes on either!

:evilgrin:

Sorry, telling you my best quirk would probably get this thread locked.

[jobycom]

9. I write really long, meaningless posts, and I walk really funny

I've had friends recognize me in silhouette ten years after high school because of my walk.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

31. Does this happen to be you?

[jobycom]

68. OMFG!! That has been brought up before in relation to me! ROFL!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

57. Hi jobycom! I can't testify as to how weird your walk is, as I

haven't seen it, but your posts: They are wonderful, and just the right length, and not meaningless at all! I really enjoy reading them, too...I loved hearing about your four cats the other day!

:pals:

[jobycom]

70. Oh yeah, one more odd trait of mine

My memory is so bad I can't remember posting about my four cats! :-) But thanks for the encouragement!

[LynzM]

11. I can't sleep with socks on

Even if I manage to fall asleep with them on, which is rare, I'll wake up in the morning and they'll be balled up under the covers or on the floor next to the bed...

[graywarrior]

13. I can't sleep without socks on

[LynzM]

14. weird

:P

[graywarrior]

15. and they have to be white cotton

no colors

[eleny]

114. well - they get tighter and tighter through the night!

[xmas74]

24. Neither can I.

I'll find them on top of the covers the next morning. I think that I wake up long enough to take them off and fall back to sleep. When morning comes I don't ever remember taking them off.

[Blue_Roses]

38. oh god,

me either! I feel like I'm suffocating if I sleep with socks on.

[GirlinContempt]

49. Same here!

[Zuni]

17. I hate the feel of cotton balls

the feel of cotton balls is like the touch equivalent of a nail on a chalkboard

[Briarius]

18. YES!!

just thinking about touching them gives me the chills!

[Zuni]

23. that is exactly what I meant

ack

[eleny]

i just got a chill!!!

[BeTheChange]

168. My nails on a chalkboard..

are wet things rubbed against plastic or rubber. I hate the dentist, not because of the pain, but the rubber gloves on my teeth. Or cleaning tupperware, when my wet fingers rub against it.. Or like, eating a pickle when the skin rubs against your teeth for a second before they break the skin.

Thinking about it gives me the chills

[Vektor]

19. I have hyperextension of the elbow joints.

IE, they bend several degrees the "wrong way".

[sweetladybug]

25. I have to have 1 foot out from under the blankets while I'm sleeping

And I've been married to the same man for 35 yrs and I can't sleep without clothes on (I have to at least have underclothes on) Now my husband has no problems sleeping in his birthday suit

[fleabert]

28. I have to have both feet out, no socks.

but I have a hard time sleeping in more than undies.

[Blue_Roses]

42. No socks for me either

but I have to have my feet tucked in the covers. Something about the "booger-bears" when I was a kid.

[fleabert]

50. ah, they don't want your feet, only your hands!

this is why I cannot hang my arms off the bed...

oh, childhood...it really warps us for life, huh?

[Blue_Roses]

51. LOL! those are

tucked under my pillows ...see post #46:D

[Heyo]

110. my gf is the same way...

.... she can only sleep in "feet out" configuration.

Actually when I make the bed, I fold over the bottom corner on her side so that triangle of the bed is open for her feet.

She feels like she is being smothered if her feet are under the covers.

That's m'girl. :-)

:hurts:

Heyo

[fleabert]

156. omg. you are good boyfriend.

tell her I said to keep you. I hate going to hotels, the first thing I do is rip up the bottom of the bed. it sucks getting in and it's all tight and shit on the feet, and you can't kick it open it's made so tightly.

when I have stayed long term, I asked housekeeping to just leave the bottom open, I got so sick of undoing it. (less work for them!)

[Nothing Without Hope]

72. Me too. I've always had it, inherited it from my dad.

My thumbs are somewhat lower down and more flexible (bendng toward wrist) than most people's - I can really spread my hands very wide, so a large span of fingers and thumb.

Very easy to do lotus position, even full lotus, though I am not generally flexible all over. It's like there's a selection of hyperflexible joints and the others are normal.

[Vektor]

119. Me too, also inherited.

Mom and Grandma have the same thing!

[Nothing Without Hope]

148. Now that's really interesting. I've never met anyone else with this

except for my dad. I've wondered whether it's some form of altered connective tissue, so that there's less binding in the ligaments. Do you also have the super-flexible thumbs? (extending sideways - in the plane of the hand - towards the wrist?) and the ease of going into the half- or even full lotus? I've wondered whether that all went together. My knees and ankles seem normal.

Thanks for replying! :hi:

[Vektor]

151. My thumbs are also pretty flexible

maybe not to the extent yours are, but definitely more so than the norm. My elbows are definitely the most bizarre, though. I can also do the lotus, half and full, with the greatest of ease. :-)

[Nothing Without Hope]

152. That is just fascinating! I wonder what is different about us? At times

I have worried about it, wondering if connective tissue in blood vessels might also be affected. There is Marfan Syndrome (or Marfan's Disease), a congenital disease that sometimes kills athletes - there was a young woman basketball player who died from it some time back. There is speculation that Abraham Lincoln had it. (http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/marfansyndrome/a/092402.htm) People with it tend to be taller than average - my arms and legs are unusually long - and have other connective tissue abnormalities. The danger is that they can have a rupture of a blood vessel because the walls are weak.

I've never been tested, neither I nor my father have all the characteristics, but I still wonder sometimes. There is definitely something different about my connective tissue. I used to gross school classmates out with my backbending arm trick. And though I can't touch my toes in yoga classes - those very long legs make it hard - damn if I can't be smug about the full lotus.

[Vektor]

153. I'm pretty sure mine is just good ol' bendy joints.

You may just have some hyper-flexible joints and be totally ok. Chances are, it isn't a disease, but do have your doctor evaluate you if you are really worried. The fact that it runs in your family, yet no one has died of a connective tissue disease is good news. I am actually tiny - 5'2" and about 95 pounds, long limbed for my wee size, but small nonetheless. My grandma was about 4'11" and 90 pounds. She had the same thing, just small and limber.

[Nothing Without Hope]

154. No blood vessel ruptures in my family, so I never bothered to test.

I think you've put your finger - or your flexible thumb - on it - it's just good ol' bendy joints! And it is a hoot in yoga class, when there are so many things I CAN'T do there, I am a star in the full lotus!

I've enjoyed this exchange with you - and now it's time to say GOOD NIGHT!
:hi: :boring:

[Vektor]

155. Goodnight!

:hi:

[Melynn]

79. I have hyperextension of the ankles

I can bend my feet several degrees in the "wrong way".

[Vektor]

120. Ooohhh...

That IS cool.

[Redstone]

20. Well, jeez, thanks for sharing your

bowel-related secrets with us.

We're certainly better off for knowing that about you.

Redstone

[Liberalynn]

21. I still

get crushes on some handsome male celebrities just like I did as a teen even though I am in my 40's. Not a stalker type thing or anything really weird, I just like to admire them from afar like surf the internet for pictures, and chat with people on message boards about them, that sort of thing.

[xmas74]

22. I can't wear watches.

I run the batteries down on them really fast. I don't know why. I always have. I zap the charge right out of a battery just a couple of days after I put the new one in.
So you will never see me w/ a watch on.

[fleabert]

54. I have heard of that before, you aren't alone in the world.

you're electromagnetism is stronger than most people i bet.

you should get a watch like mine. I got it at a garage sale for a dollar, it's an old mens Timex that you have to wind every day or it stops. I love it.

here's some links for you:

http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/jinx.html
http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=55978

one of the most simple solutions I read was to put a round band-aid on the back of the watch to eliminate skin contact, and see if that works.

[xmas74]

83. I've done that w/ the band-aid.

When I get the watch on I sweat so much that I rub the bandaid off. I've also tried to coat the back w/ clear nail polish. Still doesn't work that well (but delays it a little bit).
I know that they call it SLI and they call people like that SLIders (not kidding). I didn't know that there was a phrase for it until about 6 months ago when an old friend forwarded an article about it and said that it sounded like me.
The worst part is that I break out in a big rash when I wear a watch. I hate that part. And nowadays w/ cellphones having clocks on them I really never need to wear a watch again. I also have a stopwatch in my purse in case I need to time something. That's how I've gotten around wearing them.

[leftofthedial]

69. me too

no electronic watch

[xmas74]

84. Kinda stinks, doesn't it?

I love jewerly and I have always loved watches. My first piece of jewerly was a Holly Hobby watch. It had a small battery in it. I remember crying all the time about that stupid watch because it would lose time and I was accused of getting it wet. I learned later on that was not the case.
I really wish I could wear them. Some of them are really cute and I could think of exactly what outfit would look good w/ each watch that I want to buy. I've given up on ever owning a watch. We don't need them now since we have clocks on cell phones.

[leftofthedial]

87. I haven't worn a watch since the early 70's.

I carried a mechanical pocketwatch for awhile, but it was stolen in 1984.

Oh well. I don't really miss it.

[xmas74]

90. I just use my cellphone.

If I need to time by the second then I keep a stopwatch in my purse.

[Heyo]

112. That's another thing about me too..

.. I do not like to eat with a watch on, rings .. anything around my hands.

That's why I rarely wear my watch anymore and don't wear rings, because I am afraid I will lose them in some resteraunt when I take them off to eat.

I think it might be related to my original post, in terms of a general feeling of being restricted in some sense...

:hurts:

Heyo

[Lars39]

118. My brother does that.

:)

[Ladyhawk]

26. Until I was 25 years old, I couldn't sleep with my feet uncovered.

The reason was stupid--my brother told me that if you slept with your feet uncovered, vampire bats would fly through the window and suck blood out of your toes. This bit of "wisdom" from my brother set up a nearly lifelong ritual.

Then one night, when I was about 25, I sat up to cover my feet with my comforter and suddenly burst out laughing. The subconscious became conscious. I finally identified a thought that had hidden below the surface for most of my life. Once I examined it consciously, I realized how completely silly my ritual was. First of all, there are no vampire bats in California. Secondly, they weren't going to fly through the window and suck blood from my toes. :eyes:

From that night on, I've been able to sleep with my feet uncovered. :D

[Blue_Roses]

44. I haven't reached that

point yet. :scared: but here's hoping:toast:

[RandomKoolzip]

30. I have oversized testicles.

Not kidding.


And no, there are no pics extant.

[wallwriter]

104. All 3?

[GirlinContempt]

32. I balance my

eggs in the carton once I've taken some out. So that the weight is distributed evenly.

I also stack my toast in order of buttering... Last to get buttered gets eaten last.

[Heyo]

113. Sweet!

That rocks!!!!

:toast:

Heyo

[swag]

33. I've got a hole in my butt.

[GirlinContempt]

36. I'll

hole your butt in a minute.


Wait...

...

Nevermind.

[swag]

41. Oh, you've got those fancy knives.

[GirlinContempt]

47. You *know* it

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. You'd better have one, baby!

Or else you're in trouble, big trouble!

[tavalon]

34. Very few people here know this about me

(everyone in my RL world does though).

I'm polyamorous. If you don't know what that is, do a web search, it'll be fun.

[Debbi801]

93. Cool!

I'm not, but know others who are and as someone in a different type of alternative lifestyle, it is always nice to "meet" someone else who is different.

:hi:

Debbi

[wallwriter]

106. I'm not polyamorous. But all my girlfiends are...

[ChoralScholar]

37. I can't sleep with a shirt on

it gets all stretched to one side or the other, and irritates the hell out of me.

[TheProphetess]

39. I talk in my sleep when I'm stressed

But the weird thing is that I sound like I am wide awake. I have fooled my fiance several times into thinking that I was having a real conversation with him while I was totally asleep. He now asks me a set of questions designed to confirm my consciousness before he will continue a conversation I try to start during the night. Or else he just shakes me. :)

[GirlinContempt]

40. I have a weird sleep one

too, but its inappropriate for DU :P

Ever say anything really good? Good could mean bizarre or funny ;)

[TheProphetess]

45. Well there was this one time

that I was sleeping and I kept telling the Prophet that I had something to tell him but that I couldn't really put it into words. I just kept going on and on about how I couldn't think of the way to say it and how I couldn't find the right words - I think I kept him hanging, waiting for me to just say what I had to say, for a full 10 minutes before I woke up and realized what was happening.

At that point, I got out of bed, walked into the bathroom and burst out laughing at how annoying the whole situation must have been for him. He really didn't believe me when I came back to bed and told him that I had been asleep - this was the first "sleep talking" experience he had with me. It really freaked him out for awhile.

He's gotten used to it now (pretty much). I apologize to him a lot, though, when I know I've kept him up during the night. :)

[GirlinContempt]

48. *laugh* Poor guy

At least he knows now. That'd throw me way off too.

[cestpaspossible]

43. I'm cold-blooded. Literally, my normal body temp is 97.

When I hit 98.6, I'm running a fever.

[fleabert]

56. same here. I also have very low blood pressure

like an infants.

[cestpaspossible]

76. Oh thatst the other thing, my heartbeats really slow

like 50 something beats a second

[fleabert]

88. Mine is usually around 70-80, pretty normal, I have read that

people with low blood pressure and slower average heartrates tend to live longer. Woo-hoo! and I get to eat pretty much all the salt I want!

[Schema Thing]

146. mmmmm, salt

*homer simpson style*

[fleabert]

159. dude. I have seriously considered putting a salt lick in my living room.

i *heart* salt.

[Liberalynn]

89. Hot and Cold

I have hot and cold flashes and it is not menopause, peri-menopause, or my thyroid. Those have all been tested. It started about two years ago.

They think it might be due to my blood pressure meds or my andtidepressant.

Who knows. It is annoying though especially because I am usually sweating my behind off when others in the house are cold and freezing when others are hot.

[tammywammy]

140. Me too

My normal blood temp is 96.8

[Blue_Roses]

46. I'm a pillow freak

I have to have at least 3 pillows around me when I go to bed and they have to be the ones that I'm used to. My husband gets so mad if he goes to sleep on my pillow and I wake him up asking for my pillow back.

I know, it's weird. But I'm a pillow freak.

[trackfan]

108. Me too - I actually need 4 pillows

and only have 3 now, so I have to keep moving one around all night.

[alittlelark]

52. I can touch my index finger to my wrist... try it.

I've met one other person that can.

[thecai]

53. You'll Have To Wait For The Book...

...there isn't enough room here. ;-)
BTW, Heyo, that's funny! I know a couple kids that have to take all their clothes off to go... I wondered if they sweat or something.

[Heyo]

111. Yeah..

.. I actually prefer that way, though it is not always possible.

Something about it just feels.... I dunno.. ICK!.. (but it doesn't have anything to do with sweat, in my case)

Like when I am at home.. everything must go... I even take off my small gold chain that I wear... my watch.. everything..

Definitely no shoes... but also, cannot have bare feet on the cold tile... will always have feet on carpet or I will throw a towel down.

Jeez. I am a complete nut I just realized.

:hurts:

Heyo

[bridgit]

55. my job requires me to wear many hats...

[leftofthedial]

59. I have a hereditary bump in one of the folds of my ear

that is known in my family as the "McCulloch Tit."

Sometimes the shame eats at me.

[GirlinContempt]

60. "Sometimes the shame eats at me"

:rofl:

[leftofthedial]

61. see what I mean?

[GirlinContempt]

62. I'd be

sorry if I could stop laughing ;)

[leftofthedial]

63. welcome to my nightmare

[GirlinContempt]

64. ...

:hug:





:rofl:

[leftofthedial]

66. thanks for the hug

:hug:

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

65. OK, something unique to me...

I have a birthmark on the inner aspect of my left arm. It is about 4 and one half inches long, and very slightly raised from the surrounding skin. It looks like a cocker spaniel in outline. It changes color as I am warm or cool. When I'm warm, it's pink; when I'm cool or cold, it's a darker sort of purple...I think it's called a port-wine stain. It is congenital...

[FizzFuzz]

135. its a MOOD birthmark!

Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk

[yvr girl]

67. I'm full of quirks

I don't like rounded numbers. I only set my alarm at numbers ending in 1 - 3 - 7 - 9.

I always check for snakes under the lampshade before I turn off a lamp, but I don't check before I turn them on.

I eat clockwise around my plate and I HATE mixing my food.

[skypilot]

97. Numbers.

Thanks for reminding me. I was sitting here trying to think of something weird or quirky about myself and then I saw your post. I am afraid of the number 9. I will NOT live in a house or apartment building where the building numbers adds up to 9:

45 Main St., 63 Main St., 135 Main St., etc.

When planning on flying I avoid flights with flight numbers that add up to nine. It's the one thing I'm superstitious about.

[dorktv]

71. I used to eat sulfur off of matchsticks when I was a kid.

[AlienGirl]

73. I have three of something most women have two of!

[nuxvomica]

81. I knew that

Every time I see your name I think of that. Sorry, but it just stuck with me. I also think what a cool person you are and how you used to post more in the old days. :hi:

[wallwriter]

105. Earrings?

[NMMNG]

74. I have an unusual fetish

but I'm not going to tell anyone what it is....

[BlueIris]

75. I used to have a lingual frenulum.

I had it removed in college. I recommend against that, actually, for all those who are born with this "defect" and live with it until adulthood. Just keep your "weird" little tongues as they are, especially if it's not hurting anyone or impairing your speech. Even if your signifcant other complains about your kissing or oral sex skills, it's not worth it. The surgery and ensuing complications I suffered with represent the only time I've ever wanted to sue a surgeon or other medical provider.

[SarahB]

77. Two of my children had it.

My oldest (she's 13) still does and it wasn't so bad except when she was a baby, she didn't enjoy breastfeeding much. It was just tough for her to do it. Hopefully, it'll just get left alone now. As you say, it's far more complex as a person gets older.

With my youngest, he had it so bad that he literally could not eat- breast, bottle, nothing. He got his snipped at 5 days of age without any problem. I found out later how complex it is to deal with when someone is older, but as young infants, it's a very thin membrane with few blood vessels. He had it done in the ENT's office with literally one drop of blood (and he could nurse again when he got home).

Sorry you had such a rough time. :hug:

[BlueIris]

80. Good for you for caring about your son's health.

Good parent! My mother "couldn't stand" the idea of someone cutting her new baby--even though her physicians mentioned that letting me grow up with it could cause serious issues. Thanks, Mom. No, leaving it for me to sort out, painfully and WAY too expensively as an adult was NOT the "fair" or wise thing to do in my case. I meant what I posted above--that if it isn't impairing anything (like in your daughter's situation) and somehow you've lived okay with it throughout your childhood, teenage and adult years, it's fine to just leave it and people shouldn't be made to feel guilty for choosing to do that, but--if someone had removed it when I was but a wee baby I would have been much better off, I think.

[tammywammy]

143. I'm tongue tied too, and so is my nephew

My mom said the pedatrician didn't recommend snipping it. I didn't have too much trouble eating as a baby. And he said if I was having speech problems, then to consider it.

The only time I noticed it really was when I had my first boyfriend. After a heavy session of kisisng, the next day my tongue was sore (well that still happens the sore tongue the next day, but not as bad).

I didn't even know I had this "defect" until after my nephew was born and my SIL was telling my mom he was tongue tied, and she said "Tammy is too." Oh well, so since I was 22 when I found out, it not a big deal for me. :shrug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

78. I wear a new pair of socks everyday.

I haven't used the same pair twice since I was Fifteen. And yes, I do wash them and give them to Goodwill.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

85. i cant wear synthetic underwear for more than an hour

[expatriot]

107. I can just imagine peoples' faces on the elevator when THAT happened!

[youthere]

86. I cannot stand touching raw chicken

it makes me gag. No other raw meat bothers me, just chicken for some reason.

When I eat M&M's I have to empty the package, group them according to color. Then I line them up and eat all the "extras" so that each color has an equal number-then I eat them alphabetically by color.

I cannot mix the food on my plate. I eat all of one item, rotate my plate, eat all of the next item, rotate my plate etc.

I take the batteries out of the remote every night. Don't know why, I just do. I can't sleep if the batteries haven't been removed.

[Heyo]

115. That's funny...

I cannot mix the food on my plate. I eat all of one item, rotate my plate, eat all of the next item, rotate my plate etc.

That's funny, I am the opposite. I try to eat everything evenly so that no part of my dinner gets too far ahead of any other part.

I try to make sure that I get down to the last bite of everything all at the same time, because I worry about all of one part of my dinner being gone while other parts remain. If I do get down to one bite. I will push it to the side and save it until I catch up on everything else.

:hurts:

Heyo

[fleabert]

160. another M&M person. that's awsome.

what about skittles? I color organize those.

[youthere]

162. Yes,

I color organize skittles, but rather than alphabetically I eat them begining with the color that has the least.

[fleabert]

163. really weird.

we are awesome.

[youthere]

164. Yes..we rock.

:toast:

[Strawman]

92. Alright, ok, you guys wanna hear a little something about me?

Fine, I'll play, I'll go first. Let's see, alright well here's something. Something I'm not very proud of. It took me ten years, before I was able to shower in the nude. Because, I was sure that, (begins to cry) you know that thing where the water comes out of? That there was an eye in there watching me. Sorry...(blows his nose) Oh boy, I feel so much better to get that out. Ok, alright, who has the guts to go next?

http://www.nyx.net/~dnadams/gal/gal-script9

[redqueen]

94. I hardly ever drink anything while I'm eating.

I usually have to finish my meal first, then I'll drink something.

...no idea why...

[keithjx]

95. Actually, that's supposed to be healthier

My fiancee tells me that you're not supposed to drink while eating because it washes the nutrients from the food away faster. I think it's crap, but she still does it anyway.
KJ

[redqueen]

96. Really?

Cool! I have an excuse, now. :)

[Nikia]

122. I don't know if that is true but there is a health reason

You are more likely to have digestion problems when consuming large amounts of liquids during meals than if you eat meals dry.
I am always thirsty though and get really thirsty if I try to eat dry.

[cestpaspossible]

137. Drinking large amounts of water with meals dilutes the digestive fluids

obviously, most drinks have a high water content.

[whodiedandmadeUSgod]

98. I have long toes and fingers even though I'm a petite person so

I can open an envelope, remove the letter and hold it up to my face to read using only my toes. Freaks out my family when I do that.

[LSK]

99. i dont use direct deposit or use a cash station

I still go to the bank once a week and use that ancient deposit slip.

Does that count?

[bertha katzenengel]

100. I am a slovenly horrible slob who does housework only at bayonet-point.

:blush:

[BlueIris]

121. My space at work? Obsessively clean.

My own living space at home? Looks like a bomb went off in it. I'll keep the clutter down--to a point--but that's about it. I try to keep things from getting "dirty" on top of the clutter, but...I like my clutter. I'm not giving it up anytime soon.

[alarimer]

125. me too

Actually only when I start feeling guilty (like when I was playing with my new camera and saw how horribly messy my place is) or if someone is coming over.

[enigmatic]

101. I'm a beyond-fanatical Cleveland Sprts Fan..

It's been a sad, sad life..

[Mrs_Beastman]

127. That's terrible

well, what doesn't kill you.....:shrug:

[bertha katzenengel]

102. Ooh! Ooh! I thought of a better one!

I can move my head side to side while holding it completely level . . . like an Egyptian statue dancer . . . oh, hell, i don't know how to describe it . . . sheeit.

never mind.

[expatriot]

103. I have this god-messiah complex I'm trying to get over.

It's not that I think I'm God, or a messiah of divine birth, it's just that somehow while growing up I became convinced that I was destined for greatness beyond greatness, that some day I would be revered as a saving grace of humanity and human achievement. It was not that I was conceited, I actually had low self-esteem but I was a legend in my own mind. So naturally, such great expectations lead to great conflict when 'boy meets world.' I am 28 and finally, after years of struggle, of long spells of self-loathing broken up by relapses of grandiosity, coming to peace with my mediocrity and my mortality.

[Heyo]

116. Interesting...

... Special K used to do that to me. (Ketamine)

Back in my younger days. I was quite a party animal back then and did a TON of the stuff.

I wouldn't normally bring that up, except you so perfectly describe a certain feeling that I used to get while on it, that it could've been me writing that. Delusions of granduer, and that I was personally destined for something HUGE and universe-shattering and it was about to break at any moment. (despite that I really didn't have all-that-great self esteem overall)

It was a very powerful feeling.

Very interesting.

:hurts:

Heyo

[Nikia]

117. My ear lobes are not the same

One is attatched and the other is unattached. My grandmother is like that too. My grandfather said that before he climbed into bed at night, he always made sure to feel her ear lobes to make sure she wasn't an imposter.

[u4ic]

123. I have vitiligo on my eyelids

so it looks like I'm wearing white eyeshadow all the time.

[Mrs_Beastman]

130. I decide what color to wear based on my mood in the morning

tommorow is black, I want the friday work day to be over and for people to leave me alone. Today I wore red to have more energy.

[alarimer]

126. I won't use a public restroom if someone else is in it

Also I HATE it when people talk in the bathroom while they're doing their business. I can't or won't answer even if someone asks me something. It creeps me out for some reason.

[Dastard Stepchild]

128. I have Laura Bush finger...

Oh dear... that sentence could read horribly dirty. I assure you, it is not. What I mean is that I cannot point my pointer finger straight, quite like Pickles.

Look at her pinky finger. That is what my pointer finger is like:

[IChing]

129. I learned how to make small clouds disappear

from American Indians.....

[Nothing Without Hope]

150. Now THAT'S an intriguing starting sentence! n/t

[MidwestMomma]

131. I never put toilet paper on the roller

Unless company is coming over. Just seems a waste of time. The roll is always sitting on the vanity by the toilet.

What's wrong with me?

[cestpaspossible]

138. I don't even have a roller in my house.

So company just has to deal with it.

[elshiva]

132. I am a woman and I have facial hair. I am growing a beard.

[Withywindle]

133. This one's bad, I'm told...

I never learned to ride a bicycle.

[bixente]

134. I've barely been outside our house for years.

At one stage in my education, I had a hard time with other students, and like a coward, I left. So next, was home-schooling. I got used to staying at home, until it got to the stage where I never went out. I'm now seeking help, seeing a doctor, so I do go out occasionally. In fact, I have to go out twice next week, which is monumental for me. I have also recently been walking around the block sometimes, but only when there are few people around, I feel uncomfortable around others. That is a problem I hope to solve in the future.

Our cat, Patrick is probably my biggest pal, that is weird!!

[Name removed]

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[fleabert]

158. good for you to get help, it's a huge thing to just do that, not to

mention getting out now. Congrats! Train patrick on a leash, and he can go with you!

[cestpaspossible]

136. I can't snap my fingers

believe me I've tried... but the 'snap' is missing...

[Neoma]

139. Okay if you must know...

Thats my tongue^
Neat trick eh?

[ofrfxsk]

142. I'm severely terrified of tornadoes

If there is a chance that a storm could turn tornadic, I put my pets in the basement and unplug everything. This tornado has never happened but I'm still freaked out every time. Those damn sirens.

[tammywammy]

147. I'm scared of tornadoes

But even more so, hail. I freak out. If I'm at work, I can't do anything. Ahh, the joy of living in Texas in May/June thunderstorm season.

[Nothing Without Hope]

149. Me too - I grew up in Texas and those storms were SCARY.

Tornadoes have starred in one of my two big natural-disaster recurrent dreams over the years. The other recurrent dream star, over decades, has been tidal waves.

When I have tornado dreams, there's never just one, they come from different directions unpredictably, so there's no safe place to run to. And for the tidal wave, there is also no escape because, though I try to warn people when I see the water recede from shore, the wave is too huge and too fast to escape and we all get caught in it.

Those make me wake up sweating and gasping. Awful!

[ofrfxsk]

166. I dream about them too

all the time. It's the same, several spiraling down and no matter where I run - there the f'ers are again. I think it's from when I was 4 and lived through a devastating tornado. If the sirens go off I get panicky even on test days.

I also have flood dreams where everyone is drowned except me and I'm trying to find the surface.

Maybe I should get out of the Midwest.

[Nothing Without Hope]

167. Nah, I got out of the Midwest and I still have those dreams sometimes.

These are classic dreams of anxiety at an over-stressful ongoing situation or of dreading something that is coming. I've had them with both kinds of situations. The tidal wave ones were mostly for major oncoming events that I feared - very apt, I have to congratulate my subconcious (though I wish it would give it a REST).

Hurricanes and blizzards - both of which happen around here - don't scare me like tornadoes do - and I've never seen one of those. I imagine that if I lived in Florida I would be more afraid of hurricanes, but then they have tornadoes too.

I hope that what is causing these dreams for you is resolved and you have peace.

Speaking of which -
Good night and sweet - or at least interesting dreams!
O8) :boring: :evilgrin:

[Schema Thing]

144. I was raised in/stayed in a cult until I was 37

[Schema Thing]

145. Not me, but really weird...

... I knew a woman who had to have a hair dryer going beside her to get to sleep at night. If she traveled, and forgot to bring it, she would try to find and buy the same brand/type hair dryer she was used to at home.

She was a model/beauty queen type, so I can only imagine the mommy (dearest?) situation that might have set up that particular psychosis.

[fleabert]

161. that is very interesting.

If you care to share, was it a good or bad experience for you?

[Shadowen]

165. I was into elf women...

...before Liv Tyler and Cate Blanchett put on the elf-ears.