Your own personal eccentricities.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-06-11 09:07pm

Whenever I order soft drinks at restaurants I always insist that they be served without ice in them, although I suppose that's just excessive cheapness on my part.

Bug-Eyed Earl · Post by **Bug-Eyed Earl** » 2003-06-11 09:09pm

I want to start collecting bottles of hot sauce to put on display. I haven't yet; I just want to.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-06-11 09:40pm

I once collected the Sunday comics everyweek. I did this for about maybe four to five years. After a while the pile got too big to manage so I had to get rid of it. I did however save a few special issues, like the Sundays that featured the last Calvin and Hobbs and the last Peanuts.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-06-11 09:42pm

Andrew J. wrote:Whenever I order soft drinks at restaurants I always insist that they be served without ice in them, although I suppose that's just excessive cheapness on my part.

I like ice in my soda, more than the average person I would say. I also, really like a lot of carbonation.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-11 10:00pm

I collect sci-fi related toys i find in one dollar stores and Kinder toys.

Saurencaerthai · Post by **Saurencaerthai** » 2003-06-11 10:08pm

It's quite simple: Because I am a drummer, everthing, therefore, is a drum. I have annoyed half a room by tapping rudiments out on the floor with my feet in the middle of class.

Kitsune · Post by **Kitsune** » 2003-06-11 11:32pm

I collect foxes plushies....how can you guess

I currectly have 23 of them

J · Post by J » 2003-06-11 11:39pm

I collect candies and mints from restaurants. I have stuff from everywhere I've been, which is basically every continent except antarctica. I have a whole drawer filled with the things, grouped by date & location and sealed in ziplock bags.

Drewcifer · Post by **Drewcifer** » 2003-06-11 11:58pm

If I eat fast food, I rinse out the cup before filling it.

I save grocery store bags because "I might need them". I force myself to recycle or throw them out every so often. Same with shoe and shirt boxes.

I don't like loose change in my pocket. I empty my pockets every night into sorting cups. It's fun though, seems like free money when I take it to the bank.

I do the wallet-in-front-left-pocket thing too, but that's more a security thing than being weird, imo.

Ice · Post by **Ice** » 2003-06-12 12:48am

Saurencaerthai wrote:It's quite simple: Because I am a drummer, everthing, therefore, is a drum. I have annoyed half a room by tapping rudiments out on the floor with my feet in the middle of class.

Damn you to the deepest, darkest pits of Eternal Hell! I had some people like that in my classes.

As for me...I've been told I am something of a strict asshole when I'm in uniform or "on duty" or similar situations. And, um, I'm irrationally afraid of calling this one girl's house. Just one. Anybody else it's like going to the store. But not with her. THough I'm sure everyone's had something like that.

I also am unreasonably afraid of thunder. Not so much anymore, but I used to be. And I collected virtually every Tampa Trib from about September 2001 to about December 2002.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-12 12:51am

aerius wrote:
neoolong wrote:One of my Uni buildings have them. Where can you find them to buy?
Klein bottles? You can buy them from http://www.kleinbottle.com/.

Hmmm. Kind of expensive though.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-06-12 03:05am

I collect glass bottles.

~ver

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-06-12 03:33am

Zaia wrote:Oh, my dad seems to find it odd that I will burst into song (either pre-existing songs or songs I make up on the spot) at any time, at any place, for just about any reason. I once wrote a lovely little tune about broccoli... I don't find this odd in the least, but he does.

I also sing and dance while I clean. Dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing the bathrooms, washing the windows--all done by the walking caberet that is Zaia.

That isn't too odd. I know quite a few girls who've always seem to have a song on their lips and dance about.

Damaramu · Post by **Damaramu** » 2003-06-12 03:37am

I save my old movie stubs. I've got a little tub of them. My oldest one is from Batman Returns.

When I sleep, instead of having my feet hang off the edge of the bed, I always lift my feet a bit tuck the sheets and blanket under my feet.

In addition, I cannot sleep in absolute silence. When I sleep, I have an hour long MP3 of a tropical beach that loops all night. If for any reason it stops, I wake up.

I'm addicted to SMINT mints and I crunch on them all the time. I go through 1 box every 2 days or so.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-06-12 03:43am

Some of my personal eccentricities... huh.

Well, I tend to doodle on any available sheet of paper that's nearby if I have a pencil or pen. I'll be watching TV or at a resturant and I'll be drawing on placemats or something, without paying much attention to it.

Also, I debate in versus debates as a hobby. Yes, that's eccentric thing, guys.

I also possess a sheer amount of trivia in my brain, and usually know something about anything, but on the whole not know all that much about it as an expert would. Also, much of it is selectively retentive. For instance, I can tell you off the top of my head the cast of "I Dream of Jeannie", but I couldn't tell you what I had for lunch yesterday.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-06-12 04:31am

I periodically shift accents for some silly reason.

I somehow am a repository for bad trivia, I know the most inane silly things.

That's basically it.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2003-06-12 05:05am

Accent shifting
Trivia repository

Jawawithagun · Post by **Jawawithagun** » 2003-06-12 05:37am

never store my change in a wallet,
shouting at objects ... books, computer, walls...

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-06-12 08:50am

Practically any portfolio I've ever owned the last 2-3 years is over-adorned with strange-looking, nonsenical symbols I draw with a pencil.

Also - I reference obscure pop culture almost by instinct, even though I'm aware that nobody have an idea what I'm referring to. There's also the fact that no matter how I comb my hair, it always looks exactly the same way.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-06-12 09:09am

Well most people have a bunch, I'll try to remember a few:

I eat raw (dried) pasta all the time. So while the stuff is boiling I'm usually always munching down a piece of dried spaghetti. Evidently its really annoying.

When I'm in a restaurant I go for the weirdest-sounding items (well some times). So for example, I'm in California on business with some of my co-workers and we go to this trendy restaurant. While everyone else is looking for regular food, I have my order done in 5 seconds: alligator and raw tuna steak. Or, if I'm at a Chinese restaurant with a friend and he says "try the chicken feet, my parents eat this stuff all the time", I say bring it on!

Whenever my car hits a big bump I say "ouch!" (ie I am feeling the pain of my car).

Out of my friends, I have the biggest liquor collection, but drink the least.

I have 4 pairs of oakleys, and I match the lens color to my shirt color. People think thats wierd.

Setzer · Post by **Setzer** » 2003-06-12 10:25am

I write T/O&Es for fun. Well, it's not so much for fun as that I have a subconscious NEED to write them.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-06-12 11:14am

At the most inappropiate times I also say "Yog-Sothoth!"

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-06-12 11:35am

Gil Hamilton wrote:
Zaia wrote:Oh, my dad seems to find it odd that I will burst into song (either pre-existing songs or songs I make up on the spot) at any time, at any place, for just about any reason. I once wrote a lovely little tune about broccoli... I don't find this odd in the least, but he does.

I also sing and dance while I clean. Dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing the bathrooms, washing the windows--all done by the walking caberet that is Zaia.
That isn't too odd. I know quite a few girls who've always seem to have a song on their lips and dance about.

Really? Yay! I'm not weird!!

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2003-06-12 12:33pm

When I get tired, I twitch. Sometimes if I'm writing, I'll just toss the pencil involuntarily.

I've also had hiccups for almost five years, but that's not really an eccentricity.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-06-12 12:41pm

Zaia wrote:Oh, my dad seems to find it odd that I will burst into song (either pre-existing songs or songs I make up on the spot) at any time, at any place, for just about any reason.

I used to up make up songs for my dog. The dog seemed to enjoy them