The weird things I do…confession time😉.

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 🤣

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!

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.

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

Now you’ve got me wondering RosesandLilac 🤣

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

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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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 🤔

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.

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.

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!

Blondiescot

Blossoming

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

I was just about to post the very same thing! Glad it's not just me!

I have small clothes pegs and larger, sturdier clothes pegs. I cannot use a large clothes peg when pegging out socks, hankies etc.

I can’t bear crooked pictures. I have to sit on my hands when visiting
I thought that was normal GrandMattie!

I talk to bees, especially when I save them and put them outside. I say "Off you go and don't come indoors again".

I even had a chat with a spider last night, he/she lives under the cupboard in the downstairs loo and he/she pops out to see me last thing at night and has grown considerably.

Eccentric? Me? Probably.

I recite poetry out loud in the shower. (I don’t like having showers and it keeps my mind off it.)

If I swat a wasp, I apologise to it. I say “Sorry, wasp”.

Actually, I think both those things are perfectly normal.

If buying books or withdrawing them from the library, I would have to have an even number. When I hang out washing all have to be grouped in their respective families eg all shirts together. I can’t go to bed unless cushions have been plumped up, everything made tidy in the sitting room,

My current cause for anxiety is spice/herb jars. Having had a cupboard rearrangement I have just realised that if the labels face to the front, the name or letter on the lid does not face the same way when screwed on properly, they range from the most well known probably, to supermarket own brands ……..it’s driving me mad, which option should I take?

I don't know how peculiar mine are, they're certainly peculiar to me. Strange face when applying mascara, although I don't wear it so much these days, I'm more of an eyebrow freak now. I often go back and check the handbrake is up when I've parked even though I'm invariably on a level and it always is. Have to check the front door is closed by leaning on it, went out and left it open once, that's where that phobia derives from! I don't like being around people eating eggs particularly when the yolks are runny, a fried egg sandwich makes me feel nauseous. When taking off in a plane I start saying "Hail Marys" when an old school friend and I went to Italy quite a bit in our younger days, she'd say whilst I was hanging on to her and muttering my prayers "that won't help, if your number's up that's it!" the voice of logicI still do it though!

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.

I can’t bear to see a toilet roll with the end hanging down the back rather than the front. I simply have to change it round. I did it when we were having dinner in the home of a work colleague of DHs who I didn’t know very well. It was rather a complicated housing and the whole thing ended up on the floor in bits! They were very good about it but never invited us again! “He’s alright but she’s weird!!” I’m fiddly about the way cutlery is laid too. All handle ends have to be lined up!

Casdon I do that too with housework! I take it a stage further and only do a task for the length of an advert break. I hate adverts so it serves two purposes.

LilyoftheValley

Standing on one leg or doing leg exercises are recommended for health reasons I think. I sing to my Goldfish when changing their water in order to keep them calm. I eat the chocolate off a Crunchie Bar before devouring the centre.

Surely there is no other way to eat a crunchy bar?

Re closing eyes whilst doing teeth - me too, but I think there is a good reason. With eyes closed I can focus/concentrate on exactly where the brush goes. Makes me more methodical.

shysal cutting into 9 squares was what TV detective Poirot always did. then he would put a dot of jam on each.

As for weird habits one of the pleasures of living alone is that there is no one to point any out. Ex used the word, "weird" a lot. Mind you, he........
Bliss when washing up occurs very irregularly.

I time the housework. I hate doing it, and I use the Pomodoro method to motivate myself, 15 minutes loud music and a timer. However many cycles of this I need, I award myself a reward of some kind (chapter of my book, 10 minutes on Gransnet, coffee, or whatever at the end of every 15 minutes. I can’t bring myself to do it otherwise.
I also count the weeds I pull when I’m gardening. I spend hours outside, but I can’t go back in the house unless I’ve pulled 100 weeds every time.
I’ve never admitted these weirdnesses before.

Washing to be hung out in order and size. E.g. all towels together , large to small. Only one pattern, and that small on my clothing at a time. No spots. Also all colours of clothing coordinated. ….I could go on but……you would probably get bored

Very interesting thread!
In common with old wives' tales, it seems to me there may be a “grain of truth” in some of these habits.

An osteopath told me a few years ago to stand on one leg when the opportunity arose, for example when cleaning teeth, waiting for the kettle to boil, because the exercise helped improve/maintain neural connections.

Back in the day, wasn't there only one tap in a house (usually the kitchen) that provided potable water? Water in the upstairs bathroom would’ve come from a tank and would possibly not have been safe to drink.

Can't think of a reason for making sure washing is hung out with correct coloured pegs - I do it too, because it looks neater

Blossoming

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

I was just about to post the very same thing! Glad it's not just me!

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 .

My saucepans must be in the correct order in the cupboard. Washing cannot be left out overnight even if it’s still wet. I’d better stop…..

I say ‘thank you’ to the hole-in- the-wall on the rare occasion I take out cash.