Your foibles, curious habits and general strange things you do...

[Lionel Ritchie]

I never, ever buy milk in see-through plastic cartons and won't use milk from one.

I'm sure I've loads more as I'm sure we all do but it's sunday morning and my brain is fried.

[Anto McC]

I hate sitting with my back to a door, it freaks me out no end. Sometimes it's unavoidable and i spend the duration looking behind me.

[superfrank]

I'm constantly checking the time. I can't sleep if the curtains are closed. I wash my hands after I brush my teeth.

All I can think of for now.

[LeixlipRed]

Yeh I hate milk in plastic cartons too. Tastes horrible. Refuse to buy it which causes arguments on holidays with mates who want to get a huge cheap carton of the stuff. I also cant eat bisuits, cakes or chocolate without milk to dip them in. I'm addicted to milk is the key :D

[Lionel Ritchie]

Yeh I hate milk in plastic cartons too. Tastes horrible. Refuse to buy it which causes arguments on holidays with mates who want to get a huge cheap carton of the stuff. I also cant eat bisuits, cakes or chocolate without milk to dip them in. I'm addicted to milk is the key :D


It's caused by Vitamin D. If the milk is exposed to daylight -which it is on any shelf in a supermarket or shop it starts to turn. Refrigeration is pointless if it's not kept in the dark.

I also check milk cartons for suspicious "plumpness". If they're too firm then the chemical reactions have started.

[LeixlipRed]

Ah it all makes sense now. I always thought it the plastic that made it taste different. So that's probably why coke from a bottle and a can tastes different. Damn, I hate when I miss obvious stuff like that. Makes me feel stoopid

[strangeirish]

I won't drink Guinness from a plastic cup. Also, I hate being late.(And no,I'm not female!);)

[Lionel Ritchie]

Ah it all makes sense now. I always thought it the plastic that made it taste different. So that's probably why coke from a bottle and a can tastes different. Damn, I hate when I miss obvious stuff like that. Makes me feel stoopid

It's also a reason why many drinks are sold in green or otherwise tinted bottles.

Plastic containers shouldn't affect taste but metal ones most definitely do with some drinks.

I'd notice no difference in taste whatsoever in some lagers whether they came from a bottle or tin ...Budweiser, Miller, Heineken.

But with ales ...particularly Newcastle Brown but also Bass, Smithwicks, McArdles etc... there is simply no comparison between the two with the bottled being vastly superior to the tinned.

[half_full]

having curtains open at night with lights on inside(the way people from the outside can see in but you cant see them:o:D)

sitting near/beside an open door aswell

[Neish]

Yeh I hate milk in plastic cartons too. Tastes horrible. Refuse to buy it which causes arguments on holidays with mates who want to get a huge cheap carton of the stuff. I also cant eat bisuits, cakes or chocolate without milk to dip them in. I'm addicted to milk is the key :D

Yeah agree about the plastic milk cartons, hate lateness too, I'm always on time when meeting mates in the pub etc. although this usually means I sit waiting on my own on the hu*es for ages.

[GavinZac]

sitting at a messy table/desk.

i simply have to tidy it up, be it monday morning in work or saturday night in a indian fast food place.

i think it might be OCD or something.

also, despite being a preacher of reason and logic, and generally despising superstitions, i cant help but blame particular scarves for poor runs of form.

[Mr A]

I hear than GavinZac, I pour scorn on superstition and religion, yet can't help feeling ****ed off when seeing a single magpie on the way to a match, and sometimes find myself choosing what gear to wear based on the results the last time they got an outing. It annoys me that I do this- yet I continue.

[sligoman]

I can't help but check that doors are locked. When heading out, even though I know I locked the back door, I still have to go back and check it again:o. Same with doors of my car.

[osarusan]

sitting at a messy table/desk.

i simply have to tidy it up, be it monday morning in work or saturday night in a indian fast food place.

i think it might be OCD or something.


I can't help but check that doors are locked. When heading out, even though I know I locked the back door, I still have to go back and check it again:o. Same with doors of my car.

Ever seen "As Good As It Gets"?

[sligoman]

Ever seen "As Good As It Gets"?Nope. Summarize it for me?

[osarusan]

A guy from Sligo* has OCD and has to check the locks repeatedly,
among other things. He also sleeps with Helen Hunt.

*Might be wrong about that bit.

[sligoman]

A guy from Sligo* has OCD and has to check the locks repeatedly,
among other things. He also sleeps with Helen Hunt.

*Might be wrong about that bit.I'm willing to accept OCD for that perk:D

[biscuit]

i have to do evrything in threes...when i play footie (in goals) i do knees up three times, sise to side 3 times, hit each post and the crossbar 3 times...if i dont il hav a bad game!freaks me out!

[MojoPin]

im a bartender by profession at the moment anyway but ive noticed that nearly everybody who walks into a bar sits at the dirtyest table or place in the place.. np matter if the bar is completly empty and there is one seat where a guy was sitting but he had already left the new customer will makea bee line for dirty seat.......


why is this?

[gustavo]

collecing stuff like ive got every Q magazine since 1998 , old train tickets , old cinema tickets , concert tickets stuff like that i keep .

[holidaysong]

I have a fear of mayonnaise. I hate the stuff and dread being around it. :o

[pineapple stu]

I go to UCD games.

[Paddyfield]

collecing stuff like ive got every Q magazine since 1998


I used to read every issue until about 2003 when it turned crap.



I am also very punctual; I always arrive at Terryland at least 90 minutes before kick off.

Recently, I felt the urge to leave 90 minutes before the end. :mad:

[sligoman]

Used to be very early for work, usually 25/30mins before hand. But never on time to meet up with friends etc. It's a tradition. Think they'll cop onto that soon:D.

[SligoBrewer]

i annoy people

[Neish]

i annoy people

So I've noticed;)

[Anto McC]

I go to UCD games.

I have to admit thats quality PS :D

Another of mine is my hatred of cereal and i cannot sit with or near someone eating cereal, if i do i either dry heave or get sick.

[Lim till i die]

I always turn the thirteenth fag in my box upside down and wont smoke it for awhile

I read magazines and newspapers from back to front

Always have to check the backdoor three times at night before I go to bed

Will always bless myself twice going past churches, graveyards etc despite not being religious

Always wave to a single magpie if I see it

Loads more but that's about all I can think of for now

[Anto McC]

I read magazines and newspapers from back to front

I know loads of people who do that and it bothers the hell out of me.

[osarusan]

I read magazines and newspapers from back to front


Sport section first.........is there any other way?

[Bluebeard]

Sport section first.........is there any other way?

There's something else in the newspapers?

[Pauro 76]

everytime i play 5-a-side, i have to use the same locker. 76. Unbeaten record using it!

[TonyD]

There's something else in the newspapers?


Not worth reading there isn't (well tabloids anyway)

[Magicme]

I like things in 2's. If was eating peanuts I have to have them 2 at a time. Think I may have been Noah in a past life.

Have told ya all this b4 but have a thing about light switches and sockets switches. If there is a two way light switch they all have to be the same way when lights are off. Also if there is no plug in the socket it bugs me if the switch is down.

I hate wobbly teeth yet my 9 yr old loves to torment me every time he has a loose tooth.

I have my "lucky" Ernie from Seasme Street socks which if I dont wear to a game we lose (we lose sometimes when I wear them too but not if they are teamed with my pink runners, pink flowery top & a particular pair of jeans) .

I am always early for everything & freak out if am late. (yes for those reasons too strangeone!)

I will only eat with matching cutlery. If it doesnt match I wont use the knife.

I hate milk.

[Pauro 76]

Im always early for everything too.

Im half deaf in one ear so whenever in social situations i have people talking to the right of me. I always sit to the right of people on buses because of it too.

[SligoBrewer]

i cut cheese on its side..
i read the papers and stuff back to front as well..
stopped getting my hair cut..
never on time for work either! :D

[Magicme]

I hate someone grating cheese & putting the block back in the pack with grated lumps on the side. I always cut the amount of cheese I need off the block, grate and put the rest of block back in fridge.

[ollie]

Well i read the paper back to front(or i just dive into the sports section near the back if its a broadsheet) as well but i wouldn't call it a curious habit because its usually the for the sport that i am buying the thing.

I don't think i have any strange habit. Definitely not a fella that arrives early for things anyway:cool:

[SligoBrewer]

i support burton albion as my second club,, conference football :cool:

[DmanDmythDledge]

I keep ticketstubs from every match I go to, don't really know why...

[Wolfie]

I always turn the thirteenth fag in my box upside down and wont smoke it for awhile

I read magazines and newspapers from back to front

Always have to check the backdoor three times at night before I go to bed

Will always bless myself twice going past churches, graveyards etc despite not being religious

Always wave to a single magpie if I see it

Loads more but that's about all I can think of for now


Could be undiagnosed OCD.

I don't suffer from such nonsense.

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[Magicme]

If I lived in Limerick I would check my backdoor 3 times, make sure the bullet proof shutters were down, pull up the drawbridge & fill the moat with sharks. Still wouldnt be able to sleep tho!

As it is am lucky if I remember to lock my front door never mind the back one!

[Wolfie]

I had a "Lucky Headband" for attending the Ireland games between 1987 and the early 90's :o - which coincided with a major unbeaten home run. I wouldn't let me Mam wash the head band as I thought it could wash away the lucky vibes it had obviously absorbed.

She said "Get a job, you're 26!!" :D - (I was only a kid, honest!!)

The "lucky headband" did more for that team than Maurice Setters ever did.

[Monkfish]

If I lived in Limerick I would check my backdoor 3 times, make sure the bullet proof shutters were down, pull up the drawbridge & fill the moat with sharks. Still wouldnt be able to sleep tho!

As it is am lucky if I remember to lock my front door never mind the back one!

You should add reading the Sunday world to the strange things you do!:p

[Magicme]

Only if you add living in a bubble to yours!

[Monkfish]

Only if you add living in a bubble to yours!

That bubble was burst a long time ago:(

[Magicme]

Awww poor wee monkeyboy!

[Dodge]

I'm definitely a collector/hoarder of crap...

Also have to have DVDs/CDs in the correct way in the box. Definite case of OCD.

Tend to use elipses a lot too...

[Macy]

Always have to re-check the locks before going out, and at night.

Do the ticket stub collecting as well, but then I don't collect programmes so it's my record of going to games.

I'm always late for eL games. It's bad luck to see kick off imo, but whether that's really superstition or alcoholism I'm not really sure :D

I won't throw out CD's or Books, even if they're rubbish and I won't listen/read them again. They have to stay in "the collection".

[Cymro]

If I'm not present at a match involving a team I support, I won't make any effort to find out through media, etc. 'til the next day. In fact, I'll actively attempt to avoid finding out.

Don't ask me why. It's like I'm afraid if I check the latest score or tune into the final score it'll be a bad one.

Although, I did break this superstition the other day (on accident, by seeing the FT score unintentionally on the BBC sport website) with the rugby international against England. We lost 62-5...........:eek: