Quirky, Yet Boring
Sandier Pastures tagged me ages ago for this meme. I’m supposed to link back to her (done!), list six things about me that are quirky yet boring, and tag six other bloggers.
Photo credit: betsyjean79. If this doll isn’t quirky, I don’t know what is.
So… I have said here before that, being the seasoned blogger that I am (ha!), I’ve become a little rebellious when it comes to memes. I do play, because memes are fun, but I don’t exactly follow the rules.
For this meme, I am going to share ONE thing that is quirky yet boring about me, refrain from tagging anyone, and ask you, dear readers, to share in the comments something about yourself that is… you guessed: quirky yet boring.
On to my confession:
I’m afraid of the dark. I imagine things. I hear noises. I feel VERY uncomfortable being alone in the dark. Sometimes Ido goes on an overnight business trip and I’m home alone with the kids. After I tuck them in at night and the house becomes very quiet, I turn the lights off, quickly jump under the covers and cover myself up to my ears, for some HIGHLY EFFECTIVE protection.
At the age of 37, I act just the way I acted when I was 10 years old.
Your turn.
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J.D. Meier responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 1:23 am →
In my day dreams, I see myself day dreaming.
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Avital responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 2:24 am →
The easy (yet completely sincere) way of commenting would be to admit I have exactly, but exactly the same fear and the same method of protecting myself from it. However, I’ll try to do better than that.
My other quirk is that I *must* (obsessively, compulsively) wash my hands after touching a sponge, a mop, the garbage lid (it gets worse, doesn’t it) and any other cleaning related thing (which is why I am unable to dispose the garbage on my way out - or at least this is what I tell Nadav, so he’ll do that).
Shamelle - TheEnhanceLife responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 3:32 am →
Very noble of you to mention the confession
It reveals your personality. That was a compliment he he!
suburbancorrespondent responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 4:14 am →
In that same situation, I don’t turn out the lights. I leave everything on all night. Thank goodness for Thomas Edison.
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Mike Goad responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 4:54 am →
American Civil War - That’s my quirk, but I’m not a regular civil war buff. I’ve do quite a bit of reading in civil war era periodicals and diaries. I don’t read nearly as much stuff written after the war.
It must be really boring because when I start talking about it, eyes glaze over really fast!
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Writer Dad responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 5:37 am →
I can’t stand the sound of pencil, but I love writing with pen. I used to get in trouble all the time as a kid, for refusing to use it. Cheap markers also give me the chills. The worst is when my daughter (who is like an artist tornado) is making some masterpiece next to me. I just sit there in silent misery, because I don’t want her to know about my quirk and then adopt it as her own.
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Dot responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 6:30 am →
I have the same fear now that my dogs are gone. Like suburbancorrespondent, I like to leave the lights on.
My quirk is that when I’m reading, I “have to” correct the grammar, spelling and punctuation before I can fully understand what I’m reading. Sometimes I actually copy emails into an editor and fix them so the text will flow normally and not be interrupted by distracting errors. Too many years as a legal secretary, I guess.
Scott McIntyre responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 6:46 am →
Quirky, yet boring… Let’s see:
I totally love wine gums.
The only thing remotely colorful about this fact is the multicolored sweets themselves
Urban Panther responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 7:05 am →
I see dead people. Oh! Maybe that’s not boring, but it’s the first quirky thing that popped into my head.
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Joel Falconer responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 7:09 am →
Hehe, that’s too funny. Not to make fun of your fear, of course, since mine is worse ;).
I had trouble coming up with something for this. There’s a lot of boring stuff and probably a fair bit of quirky too. Boring and quirky? Dunno how to tell whether something fits in both categories, since they seem pretty mutually exclusive to me (even though there is evidence on this page that they’re not)!
I’ll just leave you with this factoid: I am scared crapless by chickens. Heck, I’m scared more by chickens than I am by cassowaries.
Stacey / CreateaBalance responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 7:09 am →
I can’t be in the same room with anyone who is brushing their teeth or flossing. Yuck!
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zoe responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 7:46 am →
Whenever I have to write, you know like with pecil and paper, I print very small in all capital letters. I always use a pecil because I am a horrible speller and I can’t stand to see words crossed out on a page.
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Juggling Frogs responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 8:03 am →
There’s little about me that isn’t quirky and boring.
I share your view of memes. It’s a love/hate relationship. I like to read others’ answers and personal revelations, but doubt my own answers make for useful or interesting blog topics. My blog is more tip/tutorial/recipe/observation based, than personality-driven.
Sometimes, I write the entire meme post, and then leave it as an unpublished draft indefinitely, after imagining dozens of readers shaking their heads, and muttering, “You’re sharing this with me because….?” while clicking on “unsubscribe”
Here’s another: I over-think memes to the point of paralysis. I’m overdue for a bunch of them, because the idea of singling out others to tag causes me physical pain. I imagine those I tag will feel burdened, and those I don’t will feel insulted and overlooked. As though they’d care or notice.
Wendi Kelly-Life's Little Inspirations responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 8:05 am →
Hi, I have been reading here for awhile, seems like a good time to jump in with a comment. My quirk is that I can never sit with my legs hanging politely down. Not even in good/ nice resteraunts. It’s too uncomfortable. I always have at least one tucked under me and usually two.
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Evelyn Lim responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 8:08 am →
I just can’t help by laugh when I read your description. I also share the same fear about the dark. But mine is not so bad. There have been times when I woke up in the middle of the night and needed to go to the bathroom. I’d debate for a long time on whether I should get up to go or not. And if I decided to, I’d make a dash for it. My fears have dropped significantly since I started addressing them through self help techniques.
I’m also glad to make it to being the #13th person to comment today….!!!
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Marelisa responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 8:15 am →
When I was a teenager I had about a million boring quirks. I had to touch the refrigerator three times before the door of the kitchen closed, there were certain words that I had to say three times in my head if certain things happened, I had to look to the left to the right and then to the left if someone spoke of a scary movie, the list goes on and on. I know it sounds obsessive compulsive, but I outgrew these quirks. I also used to be petrified of the dark, but I outgrew that one too (ha, ha , ha).
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Jamie | WiredParentPad responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 8:31 am →
Along the same lines as WriterDad, I cannot stand the sound of someone other than me chewing ice or hard candy. The crunching sound signals something in my brain that instantly gives me an irritated feeling - I can go from being perfectly happy and content with life to instantly annoyed from this sound. Urgh! Makes me cringe just thinking about it.
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Suzie responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 8:43 am →
Im scared of statues dont ask me why I just am have always been
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Ellen Wilson responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 8:57 am →
Vered,
I think I got over my fear of the dark like three years ago. Ha!
I am a little OCD (obsessive compulsive disordered) and I have to check the doors at least TWICE to make sure they’re locked at night.
Last night I woke up and heard the floor creak and I sat up in bed. My husband went downstairs, and then came back up to bed. I said, what were you doing? And he said, “Making sure the doors are locked.”
That kind of freaked me out, but I was proud of myself that I didn’t go down and check after he said they were locked.
I like these weird little things about ourselves, I don’t think they’re boring.
I like this little doll picture. I want a doll like that. I’d put it on my dresser.
Oh, another one - I do have a little clay doll I made myself on my dresser. She’s clutching a little clay rose. Maybe I’ll put her on my blog sometime.
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Avani-Mehta responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 8:59 am →
While sleeping alone in house, I have to keep all lights on. Ghosts from horror movies decide to pay me a visit on that one particular night!
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RC responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 9:02 am →
Same quirk as so many others - I have to wash my hands, a lot. Slightly OCD on that one… Touch the garbage can, wash my hands. Touch a door knob, wash my hands. Oh, and the last thing I do before getting into bed, use the bathroom one last time, wash my hands and slather them with lotion.
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zoe responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 9:29 am →
I meant pencil. See, I can’t spell. I guess that’s more of an editing error.
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Linda Abbit responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 9:43 am →
I’m not afraid of the dark, but I am very afraid of scary/gory/monster movies and won’t watch one.
As a child I watched The Birds and Psycho unknowingly, and that did me in for life! I can watch a mystery/thriller, but nothing in the horror genre at all, ever, no way, no how! And I do love watching movies!
Becky responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 10:12 am →
Thankfully, I can repeat myself here since we don’t have the same readers. I’ve done this meme no less than 10 times AND have my 100 things about me page. Guess I’m a boring yet quirky person.
Here we go:
I cannot believe that too many good things can happen to me without some sort of bad thing happening. Like they have to balance out the scales or something.
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MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 10:18 am →
@ J.D.: That IS quirky.
@ Avital: “which is why I am unable to dispose the garbage on my way out - or at least this is what I tell Nadav, so he’ll do that” – how convenient.
@ Shamelle: Thank you for the compliment.
@ suburbancorrespondent: Nah, I can’t sleep with the lights on. But now I’m thinking… a night-light! That might help.
@ Mike: “It must be really boring because when I start talking about it, eyes glaze over really fast!” Yeah, I suspect I would have the same reaction.
@ Writer Dad: That’s funny! “I don’t want her to know about my quirk and then adopt it as her own.” – I can totally relate. I really don’t want my kids to inherit my weirdnesses (yes, there’s more than one).
@ Dot: “Too many years as a legal secretary, I guess.” Probably.
@ Scott: OK, I had to look it up. “Wine gums are chewy, firm sweets similar to gumdrops, except they are not sugar-coated. They are manufactured from animal gelatin, mixed with sweeteners, flavorings and colorings. They are extremely popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom”.
@ Urban Panther: Loved your response.
@ Joel: OK, you and Scott are making me work hard. Had to look that one up too. “Cassowaries are very large flightless birds native to the tropical forests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.”
I think we can probably make fun of each other’s quirks. They’re both pretty funny.
@ Stacey: I can relate! We have a double sink in our master bathroom – before we moved in, I thought it was romantic. IT IS SO NOT ROMANTIC.
@ zoe: Yup, you pretty much proved that you can’t spell.
I have a friend who writes like you do – well she uses pens, but she too prints very small in all capital letters. It’s nearly impossible to read her handwriting.
@ Juggling Frogs: You are so funny! The main reason I stopped tagging others is exactly what you said – I know that many blogs are not personal and a blog post based on a meme just won’t do for these bloggers. I don’t want to put anyone in a situation where they have to either post something they don’t want to post, or feel uncomfortable because they ignore me.
@ Wendi: Hi! VERY nice to meet you. I’m glad you decided to leave a comment. I don’t know how old you are now, but I can imagine your parents giving you a very hard time about this over the years (unless they are blissfully laid back). I am on my way to check out your blog!
@ Evelyn: Yay, you managed to comment early today!
Yeah, going to the bathroom… that’s a tough one. I usually stay in bed.
@ Marelisa: I envy you! There are still have lots of things that I need to outgrow.
@ Jamie: That IS quirky. I LOVE it.
@ Suzie: This is a great one. Quirkier than mine, for sure.
@ Ellen: “I like this little doll picture. I want a doll like that. I’d put it on my dresser.” I’m sure you would. You are quirky in the most endearing way!
@ Avani-Mehta: I can relate. I don’t watch scary movies anymore.
@ RC: The washing hands thing does seem to be pretty common. “Touch a door knob, wash my hands” – that’s a lot of washings!
@ Linda: TOTALLY understand. I watched A nightmare on Elm street years ago (my brother made me) and I still have an occasional nightmare related to that movie.
@ Becky: This is an interesting one! I think I have it too, to some extent – like if there’s a really good period in my life, I expect some kind of PUNISHMENT.
Lance responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 11:23 am →
Quirky and boring - I have this fear of losing my keys. So I am constantly checking my pocket to make sure they are there. They always are…
Lance’s last blog post..Lost In This Great Big World
Raag responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 11:34 am →
I am so quirky that everytime anything remotely right or nice happens to me I have to thank God thinking that I must have done something good. This gets boring to others.
Now wait for the real quirky. In my head I have to add small sentenced words to the number 9. e.g If I say or hear ‘what a good day’ : I will quickly mentally add the letters. If they are 11 or 12, i will shorten them SOMEHOW to 9. The funny part is: I feel happy after having done so. Now don’t laugh…..you asked to write about quirky. :-). Beat me at it.
Mark Salinas responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 11:41 am →
Afraid of the dark? Not so bad… thanks for sharing!
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Tim Brownson responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 12:00 pm →
I even take self-development books on vacation with me and actually read them for pleasure.
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Chris responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 12:08 pm →
I can’t stand whiners but I love listening to peoples problems…Is that quirky enough?
Christina responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 12:20 pm →
I dip french fries in my milkshakes. YUMMY GOODNESS.
MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm →
@ Lance: “They always are”. Of course they are.
@ Raag: “Beat me at it.”
Well, I have to admit: you won! I don’t think it’s possible to beat THAT.
@ Mark: Oh trust me it’s pretty bad.
@ Tim: It’s part of loving what you do I guess. You’re a lucky guy.
@ Chris: Yes, I think it qualifies.
@ Christina: That’s so gross!
Kelly@SHE-POWER responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 2:16 pm →
Hmm, I am quirky but I hate to think that I’m boring. I fight against being boring. I’d rather be obnoxious, a bitch, anything but boring!
I struggle against the tide of opinion and often like to play devils advocate and consider both sides of an issue, even if one side does resonate more. Part of it is I’m always striving for new ways to grow and consider where people come from. What makes them the way they are.
Or it could just be that I’m a rebel at heart and don’t want to be like anyone else. But then at the aame time I do want people to approve of my choices. So I’m a people pleasing rebel. I guess that’s quirky but boring.
Kelly
NaTuRaL responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 2:42 pm →
i used to think i saw people in the dark. i would say to my mom: do you see that man in the hallway. she would say valerie go to sleep there is no man out there. i described his pj’s and everything. she didn’t want to hear it.
my quirky and boring thing? i’m quirky and boring, i thought this post was about me when i saw the title. okay let me see, hmmm.
i guess the most boring thing about me is I LOVE the bookstore. that’s like the club to me. it’s my hangout spot. sometimes i try to get my friends to meet me there or take a trip to the city to stay at the book store all day. boring, but i love it.
MizFit responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 3:55 pm →
I LOVE OTK socks.
Over The Knee.
as in I walk around town wearing OTK tubesocks and look SUCH the geek people have asked me if I just finished playing soccer.
yet my love goes on. boringly.
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Cath Lawson responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 4:01 pm →
I blow in cups before I use them. I don’t know why - it’s not as if they sit there long enough to gather dust. I try not to blow in other people’s anymore. My family got kind of annoyed about it if I was making the coffee.
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Vintage Mommy responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 7:20 pm →
Hi Vered:
I thought I had posted a comment, but i don’t see it.
So . . . I like my hot drinks and food HOT and my cold drinks and food COLD.
And I feel the same way as you do when my husband is away!
MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 9:36 pm →
@ Kelly: “So I’m a people pleasing rebel. I guess that’s quirky but boring.” Loved it. I think I am too.
Also LOVED today’s post on She-Power. Very powerful!
@ NaTuRal: Maybe you saw them. Maybe children can see things that grownups can’t see. Spooooky.
Valerie, you are so funny. I adore you.
@ MizFit: Yup, that would be a classic case of quirky yet boring.
@ Cath: That’s quirky indeed! Glad you stopped doing it in other people’s cups.
@ Vintage Mommy: I have to agree that the right temperature is very importamt for maximum food enjoyment.
Bamboo Forest responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 10:48 pm →
haha… Nice.
Quirky yet boring… I sometimes check to see if the door is locked multiple times. For crying out loud, can’t I remember if I locked it or not… A really annoying neurosis.
I’m working on it though, and doing better.
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Sara at On Simplicity responds:
Posted: September 4th, 2008 at 11:22 pm →
I’m kind of freaked out by lint. It’s just creepy.
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Barbara Swafford responds:
Posted: September 5th, 2008 at 12:37 am →
Hi Vered,
This is a cute idea.
Some days when I’m driving, I don’t want to have to stop so I watch the lights and traffic in front of me and if it looks like the light is going to change to red, I will take a side street so I can keep moving. This seems to happen on days when I’m feeling impatient.
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General Hysteria responds:
Posted: September 5th, 2008 at 9:35 am →
Okay, here goes my first comment (I’ve been reading your blog for a little while) and my quirky, boring factoid:
After shutting off basement lights and climbing the stairs up, I can not get over the feeling that I have to sprint as fast as I can to the top for fear that someone/thing is going to reach out of the basement darkness after me; as if to pull me down into the abiss below. The funny thing is it’s only basement stairs, only if it’s dark below me. I’ve been like that for as long as I can remember. The only difference between my reaction as an adult and as a child is that I try as hard as I can not to run now (like I’m on Fear Factor) and I look back to reassure myself that I’m just an idiot!
Friar responds:
Posted: September 5th, 2008 at 9:54 am →
Vered
Oboy I bet you must have LOVED that scene in “Poltergeist”, where the kids are trying to sleep in their spookey dark room.
When the tree crashes through the window and tries to eat the kid.
Or the evil clown doll drags him under the bad and tries to strangle him?
(Ewww…it still creep me out, even 25 years later!)
Friar’s last blog post..Forbidden Laughter: Times I’ve Laughed when I Shouldn’t Have.
Andy Bailey responds:
Posted: September 5th, 2008 at 10:48 am →
my friend tells me that he’s not scared of the dark, he just gets nervous when the lights are off 8-/
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MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 5th, 2008 at 2:02 pm →
@ Bamboo Forest: “A really annoying neurosis” – it does sound annoying, but mine’s more annoying. I win
@ Sara: Lint? It’s harmless fuzzy fluff! I love this. Truly quirky. Maybe even as quirky as mine.
@ Barbara: This is interesting. It actually makes sense to do that when you’re feeling impatient. Even if it ends up taking you the same amount of time, it still feels better to keep moving.
@ General Hysteria: Thank you for making a comment! It is VERY nice to meet you.
Basements are scary and so are attics, aren’t they? OK, I’m off to check out your blog.
@ Friar: I haven’t seen Poltergeist! Somehow I skipped it and only saw Nightmare On Elm Street. That was enough to turn me off horror movies for good. Those scenes sound nasty. Glad I never watched it.
@ Andy: Yeah, I guess I just get nervous too.
Re the plugin, I will email you.
Joel Falconer responds:
Posted: September 5th, 2008 at 3:21 pm →
Don’t forget the part where cassowaries are the most dangerous birds in the world and can kill an adult human pretty easily ;).
Kim Woodbridge responds:
Posted: September 5th, 2008 at 5:25 pm →
I have to eat an apple in a particular pattern. I won’t let my daughter take a bite from it unless she agrees to stick to the pattern. I think that’s quirky and certainly boring.
Oh and there are two sounds which drive me nuts - whistling and the tune that plays from the ice cream truck.
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Rita responds:
Posted: September 5th, 2008 at 8:55 pm →
Vered,
Women who wear their thongs sideways make me (OH WAIT, SORRY WRONG POST)
I am terrified of masks. (Not the cutesy little Halloween ones) When I see somebody in a mask, it makes me freaky. And if I’m watching a movie, for example, and the person goes to take their mask OFF, I need to cover my eyes.
So, I guess the total answer would be masks and unmaskings!
Rita
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MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 5th, 2008 at 9:20 pm →
@ Joel: In that case, it really is quirky that you’re scared more of chickens!
@ Kim: “I think that’s quirky and certainly boring.” Delightfully so.
@ Rita: “So, I guess the total answer would be masks and unmaskings!”. That’s a very good quirk though not necessarily boring.
Shilpan | successsoul.com responds:
Posted: September 6th, 2008 at 6:33 am →
I’m scared when I’m near water — I love ocean in pictures but I can hardly handle being at the shoreline. Part of it is because I have lost a brother at a young age and since then water has ALWAYS scared me a bit.
Al at 7P responds:
Posted: September 6th, 2008 at 7:37 am →
I’m a fan of samurai movies. People are surprised at how many samurai movies I own!
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MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 6th, 2008 at 11:25 am →
@ Shilpan: I am so sorry about your brother. I’m sure it has a lot to do with your fear of water.
@ Al: samurai movies, wow. That IS quirky.
Rita responds:
Posted: September 6th, 2008 at 12:24 pm →
Vered,
Sorry. I let you down by not being boring enough.
Let’s try this one:
I didn’t leave it because somebody else already did (I guess one of my boring quirks must be re-stating somebody else’s comment), but at least I READ the comments. So here goes:
I, too, am afraid that if things are going well, that something awful is bound to happen. I almost DID NOT post my last post for that reason. I am now TERRIFIED that something, somewhere in my life, is going to go wrong since I wrote it!
If not, here’s another “kinda” repeat. If I am making up a number, the digits MUST add up to 9. (But I think I got that from my dad, who was a CPA and taught me that if you add two columns of the same numbers, and get a different sum, you take the smaller number, subtract it from the larger number, and if the DIGITS add to 9, it means that you transposed a number in one of the columns.)
Is THAT boring and quirky enough for you? We’re talking accounting tricks! Does it get more boring? Please? I’m trying so hard to sufficiently bore you!
Rita
Rita responds:
Posted: September 6th, 2008 at 1:31 pm →
Vered,
My FINAL try: similar to Al, I am a fan of martial arts movies (as is my husband). We own more than we can count.
AND: My all-time favorite sport to watch is boxing. I find it elegant when watching great boxers fight. Though I am NOT a fan of the blood, I would rather watch a great, well - matched boxing bout than a ballet.
I GIVE UP IF I HAVE NOT YET PROVEN MYSELF QUIRKY AND BORING! I will read all of the comments that follow, but I can NOT come up with anything else! I am baring my soul to try to be both quirky AND boring!
Rita
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Natural responds:
Posted: September 6th, 2008 at 3:57 pm →
Vered, I know I saw that man in the hallway. He had on red and white stripped PJ’s, the kind with the feet and the butt flap. I guess I got over it and I’m so glad that I don’t see people in the dark now that I’m on my own, but I make sure my bed post stays slightly unscrewed just in case I need to hit somebody with a piece of wood.
i still do think about seeing people in the dark, but I haven’t, not like when I was a child. It’s always in the back of my mind.
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MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 6th, 2008 at 5:24 pm →
@ Rita: OK. I hereby declare you quirky AND boring! What did the trick? BOXING.
@ Natural: I totally believe that you saw him. I’m glad you don’t see people in the dark anymore. This is scary stuff. I wish everything could be explained by science and facts.
Rita responds:
Posted: September 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pm →
Vered,
Not the accounting trick? Boxing? Well, I will take my successes at being boring wherever I can find them. THANK YOU! Quirky and Boring - A One-Two Punch!
Rita
Robin responds:
Posted: September 6th, 2008 at 10:29 pm →
Hi Vered
I had to wait till I got home so I could ask Frank what he thought - and he said that when I’m talking I often get my words mixed up so they don’t make much sense (we both do it and we understand each other). I’d also have to say that I burp a little too often - I DO have some decorum, though, and the other night I burped when someone was sitting quite close, and I kept my mouth shut and it wasn’t that bad, but he carried on about it. Huh! (well he IS an Austrian bass player)
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hyrcan responds:
Posted: September 7th, 2008 at 2:24 am →
I spell in French.
I don’t know French, I can’t speak it, or write in it. But I’m a right good speller…in French. Ask me to spell a French word and I’ll nail it, sometimes even with the accents in the right place.
Of course, ask me how to spell a word in english and behold depths of misspelling few have only dreamed.
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MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 7th, 2008 at 7:34 pm →
@ Rita: You’re very welcome.
@ Robin: That burping story is funny.
@ hyrcan: That’s a amazing! It makes me think you should learn French. I think you must have a talent for foreign languages.
Sandier Pastures responds:
Posted: September 10th, 2008 at 5:03 am →
I’m the complete opposite. I can’t sleep with any lights on, no matter how small the bulb or the light emitting thing is. I love pitch black darkness at night when I sleep. Thanks for playing!
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MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 11th, 2008 at 8:45 am →
@ Sandier Pastures: You’re welcome.
Kmommy @ the Poopie Patrol responds:
Posted: September 11th, 2008 at 7:55 pm →
HaHa!! That is so totally me too!! I used to sleep with the lights on until I got married… Now, when my husband is gone (which luckily very rarely happens) I leave the lights on when I go to bed!
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MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pm →
@ Kmommy: Glad you understand.
dishthehappyfish responds:
Posted: September 27th, 2008 at 5:26 am →
I used to never eat inside buildings in public. Outside is ok. I had all sorts of ways of avoiding eating in restaurants and at parties. If I found it unavoidable, I would just move my food around on the plate and share with others. Now I am better, but I make sure I only have one food on my plate at a time, by either cancelling the side dishes, or asking for extra plates.
My underwear always coordinates with my clothes, just in case, but I don’t know in case of what.
I almost always have on something that is grey (now that is boring). I can go without, but it is uncomfrotable.
So today, even though I appear to be in all blue, my panties are grey and blue.
PS…I love the dark. I like to close my eyes and try to get around without seeing, just like when you are a little kid. My dog gets stepped on a lot at night.
MomGrind responds:
Posted: September 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pm →
@ dishthehappyfish: Those are some fascinating quirks!
Jennifer responds:
Posted: October 21st, 2008 at 1:09 pm →
I have to clean up after people! I do this unconsciously. Be it a party, in the kitchen, at work, I just do it. I think I have a little OCD thing going on.
I do understand your fear of the dark and all of it’s noises, it can be scary, especially after watching some scary movies.