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I hate the sound of metal on metal - like the sound of a saw cutting metal, or a knife sharpener. I cringe when people have a bunch of utensils in their sink and they drop them in there. My mom would tell me this was a sign of mental illness...thanks mom!
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@chopsuey119: Unrelated but they always called the special needs kids at my school, clusters. Ya... way to label them!
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Hmm what to share...
1. I hate wearing shoes, but I love buying them. I have been known to show up to work without shoes on lol, it really doesn't work since I work at a hospital. -
I have a photographic memory for useless stuff...license plates of my neighbors from decades ago, I can name almost every player on the 1993 Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, things people tell me in passing...their sil's names, etc....just useless crap!
Small pets like hamsters, bunnies, guinea pigs freak me out!!
I had thyroid issues when I was younger and never thought I could have kids.
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@mrbee: unicorns are creepy, fictional animals that I felt pressured to like as a girl. I felt like no one would expect a boy to love such a ridiculous creature, but because I am a girl I'm supposed to be so stupid & gullible that'd I'd believe in them. And they're always in weird trippie fantasy books, I'm not into those either. When I was younger & I moved with my parents, I refused to sleep until the unicorn wallpaper was removed from my bedroom. Such a brat!!
@anonysquire: Me too!! Shoes are so confining! I tell DH I have clostrophobia of the feet:P he doesn't understand though because he ALWAYS has something on his feet! He has a fear of his feet being naked. once I was at a cookout at my parents without shoes and his family started yelling at me about not having shoes on, but I didn't have any with me that went with my outfit, so DH took his shoes & socks off & came & stood with me. It was the ultimate moment of solidarity between us, I knew he must have been freaking out to be barefoot, but he knew I was so upset that they were being cruel about me not wearing shoes. It was the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me!
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@mrs. bird: Aww that is adorable! I live right behind my parents and every time I come over and am barefoot I get the same lecture from my dad lol. He says I track stuff in. But usually I wear shoes there and take them off when I get there and hang out in the backyard and then he gives me grief about coming back inside. But surprisingly my feet are never dirty! And I have the smoothest feet ever. So I will continue my barefoot ways!
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1) I can't whistle
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@Mrs. Cowgirl: hehe i always sneeze in threes too!
I'm double jointed, so I can do this weird locked thing with both of my hands, and when I'm leaning on an arm, they twist out naturally (DH hates it) and I don't even notice how bendable I look LOL
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@mrsjyw: ewwww! It freaks me out when ppl do crazy double jointed stuff! Does it feel good though? Is it like a good stretch?
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@mrs. bird: the hand thing actually isn't all that great, so i don't ever do it.... the arm thing is second nature; when i'm leaning on my arm it automatically bends to that position and locks there~~~
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Dinosaurs terrify me. I even have nightmares about them sometimes. No idea why.
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@MrsBrewer: I'm allergic to sulfa also, but I do drink wine occasionally. I'll have to pay more attention to it when I do drink it! Who knew!!!
@Mrs. Cowgirl: I also can't sneeze just once. 3 minimum.
1) I'm DEATHLY afraid of snakes fictional or real. Doesn't matter if it's a stuffed animal that resembles nothing like a snake (but I know it's supposed to be one) or if it's a cartoon on TV or in a children's book. Can't do it. I'll have a mental breakdown.
2) I have a preference on which half of the sandwich I get. It needs to be the right half.
3) I only eat Heinz ketchup. No Hunt's for me.
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@Alivoo01: Yea I had no idea either! I ended up finding out I was allergic from a medication. but then my doctor told me to watch out for some other stuff that would have preservatives in it (bagged lettuce, pre sliced fruits and veggies, wine!)
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I'm weirdly obsessed with various apocalyptic scenarios, particularly meteors and asteroids.
On a semi-related note, in any situation, I always plan my exit strategy in detail (at the office, at a concert, in a restaurant, in a movie theater, etc.). Airplanes in particular. I know which seats I need to climb over and how many rows I need to travel from my seat to the exit, and make detailed note of which people would need my assistance or be in my way...
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@oliviaoblivia: I have never gotten one either! Weird!
I am absolutely deathly terrified of moths and butterflies. Like, if one landed on me I would probably poop my pants.
I am really good at geography. At one point in junior high or high school, if you handed me a blank globe I could probably fill in every single country.
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@MrsJYW @MrsBird: I am also double jointed in my wrists and elbows. Expecially on my right side, it feels really good to place my hands palms-down on a flat surface and then twist my arms out so that the inside (thumb side) of my arm is almost in line with the ring finger of the same hand . . .it is sort of like cracking your knuckle, only I am popping my elbow.
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@MrsBrewer: I found out I was allergic to sulfa via medication also! I was taking a sulf medicine for something when I was younger and couldn't figure out why I was breaking out in pussy blisters around my lips and jaw line so I kept taking it. One day, when I took the medicine, I finally made the connection and sure enough! It's in bagged lettuce and pre-sliced fruits too?! Oh man...
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I have 'cold chills' completely involuntary that make me kind of twitch sometimes...I've even involuntarily clapped after one...DH finds this hysterical lol
I have a terrible phobia of bugs that's recently hit a head....ants, ear wigs, spiders and thing creepy crawly....imagine how my life has been the past week with my oldest having lice....vomit -
@Alivoo01: I found out a couple years ago, I had a bladder infection and I was taking these meds with sulfa in it. I just wasn't getting better. I didn't get blisters or hives or anything thank goodness, but I had a terrible migrane, really dizzy, sick to my stomach. My SIL is a nurse so DH called her, and she said to stop taking the meds! I did and within like 8-10 hours I was perfect! (Granted I still had the bladder infection, but I waas able to get other meds)
But yea becareful with the packaged produce! I personally haven't had a problem with it, but I rarely buy the bagged salads and stuff I normally just buy a head of iceberg lettuce! But as a fair warning, just so you know that it probably has sulfa in it!
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@Smurfette: I can't whistle! Mr. makes fun of me all the time when I try.
My random facts:
I am absolutely, insanely phobic of lizards...but only when they are inside a building. I mean, I wouldn't touch one if I saw it outside, but I am okay. If it's inside though, I cannot sleep in the house until it is found and removed. Even ceramic lizards inside give menthe heebies.My nostrils are shaped differently, but you can't tell unless you're literally looking up my nose.
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@MrsBrewer: Me too!! (the fainting from needles, not the wine allergy). I have to warn all my doctors so they let me lie down first. I thought it was only from drawing blood, but then I got a flu shot and a T-DAP shot at the same time and I passed out and hit my head on the Dr's office floor! So embarrassing.
My other weird quirk is that I'm terrified of getting sucked into an escalator. I have to wait to step on it until the next step comes out, and no one can be within one step of me. My family/friends will try to creep onto my step and I seriously freak out!
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@Rachel: I'm so happy I'm not the only one!!
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Oh I thought of another one! I have Brachydactyly type D (clubbed thumbs). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubbed_thumb
Megan Fox does too, LOL
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Ohh I'll play!
1. As a kid, I HATED the Oscar Meyer Weiner song...I mean I would scream, cry and throw a fit until someone would turn it off. NO idea why
2. My sister and I have a phobia of red-heads. They mostly just freak me out a little but my sister is SERIOUSLY scared. Like she'll cross the street if one is walking towards her. I think that popped up around the time we watched 'Children of the Corn' at too-early of an age lol. I'm talking pale skin, freckles, carrot orange hair. Ugggggh
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@Mrs. Blue: I totally just tilted my head while reading about your nostrils as if you were standing in front of me and I was trying to examine your nostrils. LOL!! Oh goodness.
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Not double jointed in my arms, but I can turn both of my feet around completely backwards (one at a time, but I can do both at the same time to about 270 degrees). I can walk and go up/down stairs like that, too! My knees turn out when I do it. It doesn't hurt, but it requires some concentration. When I was younger, I had orthopedic shoes and got made fun of for my "duck feet". Docs said that they could break my kneecaps and realign my legs, but since it doesn't bother me or prevent me from walking, we opted out of the summer in a wheelchair.
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This thread is fun! I have so many...
1. As a child, I had a reoccurring dream every night. I would be sitting on the toilet in my grandparent's house, chatting with a large, pale green dinosaur with lavender dots. Every. Single. Night.
2. Anytime my brain isn't extremely focused on something (basically if I'm not reading, on the computer, or watching something fascinating) I multi-task to keep myself from getting bored by drawing leaves and vines mentally, on everything around me. I have a very specific method for drawing them too, the mental brushstrokes must all be identical every time.
3. I'm afraid of geese. Like, jump up on a picnic table and scream for my husband afraid. I have a good reason though - when I was a toddler, one bit me in the face while I was strapped into my stroller and couldn't get away. It scarred me.
4. Like Highwire, I ALWAYS plan an exit strategy. I won't use a restroom if the stall goes all the way from the floor to the ceiling, because I'm afraid the door will jam. If I'm in a plane, theater, room, car, anything, I plan out how I would escape in various situations.
5. I am DEEPLY afraid of lizards. The weird part is, I wasn't always. As a child I had a pet iguana. But then, as an adult overseas, I was cleaning some screens at my parents house, and three, HUGE, heavy, FAT lizards fell out and onto my head, in my hair. I screamed and shook and it took forever to get them out, and then I threw up. It was awful. Now, if I see one, I get sick to my stomach and start to shake. It's pathetic. For this reason, I won't drink SoBe drinks. They have a lizard on them. It freaks me out.
6. I can't whistle. At all.
7. I frequently meet famous people, and always say something stupid because I don't know what to say. I met the guy from Mythbuster's when he came into the Taco Bell I was working at, and I was like "Oh. You like burritos?" and he said "Umm. Yeah." It was embarrassing. Then I met the techy guy from Leverage in an airport in Austria in the security line, and I was like "Toothpaste, right? They won't let you bring the normal sized ones." and he goes "I guess.". *sigh*
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1. I’m a closet pessimist! I always assume that the worst is going to happen but I act really perky. Last week we took personality tests at work to measure whether we were optimists or pessimists and I scored strongly pessimist. Everyone was shocked.
2. I HATE writing in blue ink. With a passion.
3. Whenever I look in the mirror (or even when I’m checking my makeup/hair in a car window) I tilt my head to the side. DH makes fun of me for this all the time. -
Also, when I was little my sister and I shared a room. I always made her sleep in the bed closest to the door so if someone came in in the middle of the night to kill us she’d scream and give me a chance to escape. I slept flat on my stomach with covers over my head and just a little opening for air until I was a teenager. I thought a burglar wouldn’t see me.
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I am absolutely terrified of bugs. And snakes. And of eating sausage.
I can't stand anything being tight around my neck, or necklaces that are too tight. Just the idea of something touching my neck makes me want to gag!
I'm also kind of a weird eater and am get nervous eating with a large group of people. So much crazy going on here!
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I have an overwhelming mental "flight" response. No matter where I am I always plan the best escape route. Right now if someone busted into my office with a gun i've got to hop over one desk, make a quick left, and use the left door (right one stays locked) and i'm free. I sleep on the side closest to the door at night, no matter where we are. If I walk into a store I find myself looking for a way or two out other than the way I came in. Fires, gunmen, bombs, rapists, they're out there haha.
Oh god I feel so weird now that Ijust wrote that out.
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@Arden: I had a reoccurring dream as a child too. I was actually horrified of it and I can remember the exact night I had the dream the first time. It involved a maze & every member of the oldschool McDonalds crew- the hamburglar, Ronald, everyone.
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I have finger toes and can use my toes to grab things on the floor or out of reach (my blackberry was on the coffee table and I was nursing LO, grabbed it with my foot! Boom!)
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As a favor to my sister, I tried out for an NFL cheerleading squad with her and I got into the second round and she didn't
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I'm always looking for the perfect place to sleep in the streets, in case I'm homeless one day. Like I'll be in the car driving and I'll see the perfect patch of grass under a tree by the water fountain at a park and think "Oh, I would sleep there, and then use the water fountain to brush my teeth, then I would hide my valuables under that rock over there." I also look to see where other homeless people are sleeping and try to figure out their strategy as to why they chose that spot.
Also, I'm constantly invisibly typing with my fingers. Like I'll be thinking of sandwiches and I'll type s-a-n-d-w-i-c-h-e-s with my fingers on my lap. I think this quirk made me become a really fast typer!
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I won't drink anything with pulp in it. *shudder* I am so paranoid about it that I even strain pulp-free juices prior to drinking them.
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@banana: I do the typing thing too! And I also type very fast
The homeless thing is hilarious!
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@prettylizy: I do this too! Instead of bending down to grab something, I just pick it up with my feet then transfer it to my hand. If it's trash and the trash can is near, I toss it into the trashcan with my feet too. My hubby calls me monkey feet.
@MsLipGloss: Ditto on no pulp!
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1. I HIGHLY dislike feet. & canNOT watch scary movies, even erie music will freak me out & scary movie previews will impede my sleep.
2. Like prettylizy I have monkey feet. DH always makes fun of me
3. I also have a knack for random facts: I know all 50 states in alpha order & know the alphabet backwards (I just tried saying it one day & did)
4. Ever since I was little if I watch a movie with large lizards or dinosaurs I dream about dinosaurs, but am never scared bc even in my dream I know if they eat me I'll just wake up. Lol
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@Running Elley: LOL! The typing thing drives my husbands nuts cause we'll be holding hands and I'll be typing with that hand. He hates it! haha
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