Quirks

[Nova.]

i dont care which way toilet paper faces, as long as its good enough to wipe my arse its good enough for me

[Big Dave]

Maha's new nickname?

'Spock'.

He's close to Captain Quirk.

[Road kill]

Always reload one or two rounds before I run out,,,if in doubt just reload anyway.

Always carry 3 knives even though two should be plenty.

Always take the old dog for a walk first.

Never leave home in any vehicle without enough tools to do a minor rebuild on the road side.

All vehicles must have their own first aid kit and fire exstinguisher and both must be reachable if your trapped by your feet/legs an can't get out.

Always bail out before the horse runs into what ever the fucking thing is going to run into,,,this guaranties it will stop to watch you bouncing along the ground and thus avoid large vets bills and or repairs to what ever it was going to run into,,,,,,the reason for having that first aid kit in the truck will now become obvious.

Before leaving on a cross/down country trip on an older British bike make sure you have Brittish spares and a few other usefull bike shops phone numbers on your own phone.

Always put your pants on left leg first,tie your left boot laces first an always get on horses motorcycles and kayaks from the left side.

[cs363]

unfortunately I have rubbed off on the kids I look after

Fairly certain that's illegal rather than a quirk.
Mind you it's at least twice as bad if you do it inside a Mr Whippy truck....

[FJRider]

Bwahhahahaha He hangs his T shirts up Mine hang on the top of the dresser and when they have a birthday they may just make it into a drawer!!

Why put them on a dresser... ??? When there's a perfectly good floor. If I decide they MUST be put away ... they will be rolled up in one of the six drawers I leave available for their storage.

I do the toilet roll thing tho.....

me too ...

[FJRider]

Always reload one or two rounds before I run out,,,if in doubt just reload anyway.

Magazines taped end to end reduces this urge ...

Always carry 3 knives even though two should be plenty.

I just carry one SHARP one ...

Always take the old dog for a walk first.

At my age ... he's younger than me, (even in dog years) so he still gets home first ...

Never leave home in any vehicle without enough tools to do a minor rebuild on the road side.

A full magazine and a match ... (quick fix)

All vehicles must have their own first aid kit and fire exstinguisher and both must be reachable if your trapped by your feet/legs an can't get out.

The time to think ... is when the missus re-mounts it/both behind the drivers seat ...

Always bail out before the horse runs into what ever the fucking thing is going to run into,,,this guaranties it will stop to watch you bouncing along the ground and thus avoid large vets bills and or repairs to what ever it was going to run into,,,,,,the reason for having that first aid kit in the truck will now become obvious.

I avoid horses ... saves lots of $$$$$$ on vet bills ...

Before leaving on a cross/down country trip on an older British bike make sure you have Brittish spares and a few other usefull bike shops phone numbers on your own phone.

I avoid British bikes too, saves heaps of $$$ too ...

Always put your pants on left leg first,tie your left boot laces first an always get on horses motorcycles and kayaks from the left side.

There's another way ... ?????

[bosslady]

I refuse to have the last 50ish mls of cans of coke or 100mls of a bottle of coke, flatty has to finish it off for me. I have a certain way that I like the towels to be folded and I get upset with the flatty cause he won't/can't do it my way. Have to fold it in half, then half, slap it against my legs to straighten it out then fold one end to the middle then fold the other end in, lol.

[FJRider]

I have a certain way that I like the towels to be folded and I get upset with the flatty cause he won't/can't do it my way. Have to fold it in half, then half, slap it against my legs to straighten it out then fold one end to the middle then fold the other end in, lol.

Well it is womans work .. no wonder you're so good.

[bosslady]

Well it is womans work .. no wonder you're so good.

Yea, yea whatevs Trevs

Just thought of another one. I don't think it's abnormal but the flatmate thinks I brush my teeth too often. During the working week it's morning, when I get back from work and before bed. If I eat or drink something after that last brush I'll brush them again. It's worse in the weekend it's morning when I wake, after I eat most meals, definitely after a real sugary drink or food cause my mouth feels yucky. Then bed etc again.

[Gremlin]

Heh, fun thread (and worth the dredge)

Most of my quirks get pointed out to me at some point, so I'm not sure how many I have... but I know I'm pedantic.

Toilet roll out, yep.
Hangers hook in (would be difficult otherwise)

Something I haven't seen mentioned, I have to shower in the same order, otherwise I get confused and have to start again. It's bloody difficult if you've got some injury that stops the normal process.

Almost everything has a place and provided it's not moved I know where almost anything is... my boss drives me nuts as things in the office keep getting moved.

I guess it's a quirk. I know my drivers licence number, bank account number, IRD number, my bank account number from 7 odd years ago (don't ask why, I don't have a clue). I even knew my old credit card number, but the new one is taking a little time to get used to, even after a year or two... or maybe it's not used as much. I know every bike licence plate I've had since starting to ride in 2005, and two bikes had 2 licence plates. I even know the last licence plates of vehicles my parents had in South Africa end of 1996. I know a few of the ones they've had here.

In company networks we look after I can remember a lot of addresses for random machines, (even my boss gets amused), lots of passwords for users, phone numbers and alarm codes... for some reason I have an affinity for numbers, but could never understand calculus or physics etc. Oh, a volume licence install we had a few years ago for Windows XP, I knew the CD key off by heart... a 25 character sequence of letters and numbers, I can still remember most of it.

I should probably stop...

[Mom]

I should probably stop...

Dont ever stop being your quirky self.

[bosslady]

My flatty has a thing about how the toilet paper has to sit as well, same way as everybody else here. I always make an effort to do it the way that he likes, but sometimes I do it the "wrong" way, just cause it's funny and to see if he'll change it, he does. He reads this forum so now I guess I'm caught out

[swtfa]

+1

It's the 'correct' way.

It has to roll off the 'top' ie clockwise if looking at it from the left.

Otherwise its going to be rubbing and resting on the wall...

+2

and forever checking the handbrake when driving the car

[Banditbandit]

I'm sure I have OCD, I have to fold all my sheets, towels, T Shirts, undies, bras etc the way i like to fold them, same with washing hanging. Toilet roll must roll from the front, all coat hangers facing inwards, sheets must be tucked in properly, pillow cases around some certain way, tidy cupboards etc etc (ask my hubby, it's truely sad!) It's anal i know, but i can't help it, unfortunately I have rubbed off on the kids I look after and the youngest is anal about how she folds her towel to go on the towel rail and how she makes her bed too!

Sheesh .. I'd get help if I was you ...

1+

I also can not have one cup of water it has to be 2 or more

Don't drink the water - fish fuck in it ...

[Banditbandit]

It had never in my life, until now, occured to me that they were reversible. Who would even notice, let alone care (except you of course)

Yes - exactly ... I only care that paper is there or not ... there's more important things to fill your mind with than the direction of a toilet roll.

But apart from the obssessive-complusive bunch here ... there is a school of thought that says if the toilet roll unrolls anti-clockwise (the down part is against the wall) then less toilet paper is used because if doesn't roll so easily and therefore money is saved .... if the toilet roll unrolls clockwise (down part away from the wall) then it spin freely, using more paper and wasting money ..

I can't believe how this is important for so many people ...

What do you do if you are in a toilet with a box wall holder of individual sheets? Shit bricks?