The weird things I do…confession time😉.

Blondiescot

Oh, I do that too, Greyduster. My husband runs his own cleaning company and toilet rolls always had to be hung with the end hanging down the front. Even now, if I see one hung the 'wrong' way, I have to change it.

Oh yes, there is only one way!

Oh dear, you Can't Stand Crooked Picture people would die in my house. Not every pic is crooked. There is one wall in particular where they go crooked and stay crooked but won't stay straight. It doesn't bother me so I leave them to do their thing.

I count the stairs when I come down them in the morning unless I'm distracted by something. I stand on one leg when waiting for the kettle to boil but usually only first thing in the morning and each leg has to do at least thirty seconds.

I talk to spiders and bees and wasps and flies in the house while I'm trying to catch them to put them outside. And I talk to plants and fungi in the garden.

My two older children would go straight to the bathroom when we came home from a few days away at the grandparents or whatever. It was to see if the bath had got bigger.

It always had apparently. They both felt this.

A lot of our examples seem to be washing line related. While on the subject can I ask a question please? When hanging washing on the line eg trousers/leggings do you hang them by the waistband or the ankles? I follow my Mum’s instructions from 60 years ago and hang by the waist to let the breeze blow through the legs. I can’t help noticing my neighbour does the opposite. I wonder if she looks at my washing line and thinks I’ve got it wrong 🤔

Grannynannywanny

When I hang the washing on the line it’s not enough for all the socks to be hanging in a row. Each one is hung beside its partner .

I do this!
Actually I do many of the things posted on here….I guess there’s little hope then?
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By the ankles GrannyNW so that the weight pulls out the creases so less ironing!

By the ankles GrannyNW so that the weight pulls out the creases so less ironing!

Now you’ve got me wondering RosesandLilac 🤣

By the bottom of trousers and inside out. My theory being that the waistband is the thickest part and should be allowed to flap in the breeze, and the pockets take ages to dry if they are not turned outwards.

Lexisgranny

By the bottom of trousers and inside out. My theory being that the waistband is the thickest part and should be allowed to flap in the breeze, and the pockets take ages to dry if they are not turned outwards.

Lexisgranny- that makes perfect sense. I think I have been hanging trousers the wrong way for ever! Must try it your way next time, but I'll probably forget!

Although I hang mine by the waist I do turn them inside out so the pockets blow in the breeze. I think I’ll have to experiment and hang 2 pairs on the line , one by the waist and the other by the ankles, to see which dries the quickest. I’ll come back and report my findings 🤣

When it comes to hanging out the washing - tops by the bottom, bottoms by the top!

That’s how I hang washing blondiescot.

Toilet rolls definitely need to hang with the end at the front. Laundry has to be hung with the smallest things in the centre of the whirligig line, pairs of socks together with matching pegs. Eyes closed when brushing teeth, horrific faces pulled while putting on mascara. Spoons and forks have to be on their sides in the cutlery drawer. If anyone else puts away cutlery I sneak behind them and re-arrange. Surely standing on one leg while teeth cleaning or kettle watching is good for balance and not odd at all? I feel perfectly normal now. .

Why oh why do people want to label themselves as weird and stress about it if it feel right for you go for it. What other people think is their problem so don’t think about it
My Nana had a saying “the whole world is weird except thee and me and even thee is a little weird”

Gwyllt

Why oh why do people want to label themselves as weird and stress about it if it feel right for you go for it. What other people think is their problem so don’t think about it
My Nana had a saying “the whole world is weird except thee and me and even thee is a little weird”

Relax it’s a bit of fun😉

Blossoming

I have to colour match the clothes pegs when hanging washing out.

Blossoming thank goodness, so do I. Not only that but I colour coordinate the pegs to the clothes! When I first told someone this they looked at me as if I was mad.

I hang t shirts and tops folded over the line with the pegs under the arms so that there are no peg marks showing later. My MIL used to hang them by the bottom and they ended up with a hem that dipped down at each side.

I hang trousers by the waistband so no peg marks at the bottom of the legs.

I have different coloured pegs and each item has to have the same two coloured pegs. They don't have to coordinate with the item though.

I am very annoyed by pegs being left on the line. If my DH brings in the washing, he always leaves the pegs on the line. It drives me mad.

The tins in my kitchen cupboard always have the labels facing outwards - why wouldn't you do this. A friend though it was weird

I have quite a lot of books and I always have them aligned to the front edge of the bookshelf rather than shoved to the back of the shelf. Looks much neater. Plus the books are in size order and not iggledy piggledy.

Cannot put tv on during the day, it depresses me and if I’m staying with people and the tv is on then, I hate it. It’s a nighttime thing to me unless a royal wedding etc.
My MIL used to drape washing around hedges and trees in the back garden when staying with me to my neighbours’ amusement.
When I make a sandwich for myself, it has to be two rounds of bread cut into four pieces. Couldn’t eat it otherwise and hate bought sandwiches.
Am currently sleeping with “spacebuns”, having longish hair, I twist into a bun at each side of my head, pin and it’s wavy in the morning.

I don't tell people unless they are artistic /musical , but I have synaethesia .

This affects how I see the world and on a practical level how I arrange things .

I didn't realise ( even after doing an art degree ) for years until an art graduate pointed it out to me saying, "oh a fellow synesthete. "

Wikipedia explains it clearly .
I am reassured that I'm not insane nor autistic !

Yes, Gwyllt my grandma used to say that, although in her day the word queer was used rather than weird!

I talk to plants in the house or garden to tell how well they are doing etc. I tell spiders they are lucky they are in my house as I don’t kill insects. I trap flies or wasps to put them outside rather than kill them everything has its purpose.

I live alone so talk to a variety of things, also say a lot of one line prayers if doing a difficult task, can’t drink out of tap I have to stand a big jug in the fridge overnight,

Gwyllt

Why oh why do people want to label themselves as weird and stress about it if it feel right for you go for it. What other people think is their problem so don’t think about it
My Nana had a saying “the whole world is weird except thee and me and even thee is a little weird”

Nobody is stressing at all Gwyllt, our weirdnesses are what make us who we are, another old saying sums it up -There’s nowt as queer as folk.

I honestly can't think of anything I do that's weird although my sister would probably not agree. I sometimes see her give me funny looks.

We had a thread recently about which way up to put cups and glasses in a cupboard. I always stand them on their bottoms but here in Germany everyone puts them with the rim on the shelf which I think is weird and unhygienic, so they probably think that my way is weird.

My kids can't understand the logic behind the way I sort things into my kitchen drawers.

When I'm visiting someone and stand up after a long sit I apologise out loud to my cushion for making it look squashed and wrinkly. I then batter it back to full plumpness to show what a considerate guest I am. In fact I give that treatment to all cushions that need reviving wherever I come across them.

The volume on my T.V.s must be increased or decreased by increments of 5. Oddly, this doesn't apply to home or car stereo.