Weird Habits

Riannan tagged me to blog about weird habits. 

Weird habit #1:  I am committed to the misspelling of weird.  Damn, but that i wants to come before the e. 

Weird habit #2:  Picking my nose.  NOT!  Like I'd 'fess up to it if I did.  I do play with my ears in an unconscious manner. 

Weird habit #3:  When I concentrate on doing something, my tongue peaks out at what I'm doing.  My late cat, Beauregard, used to do the same sort of thing.  I either picked it up from him or vice versa.

Weird habit #4:  (This one is in remission.  Thank god, therapy works.)  Desperately trying to answer the phone before the third ring.  It's like I'm still in a race with my adolescent siblings to be the one to answer the phone.  Ten years ago, I bet I could wake up from a deep, deep sleep, and answer the phone in another part of the house before the third ring, and with the advent of cordless phones, sometimes I had to find it.  I'm getting much better about ignoring it now.  Probably all of the unsolicited phone calls from politicians and policemen's benevolent societies helped me to get over this awful habit.

Weird habit #5:  This one was suggested by my friend Joseph when I insisted I couldn't think of any weird habits.  He says I pick my teeth.  Excuse me?  Dental hygiene is important to me, and besides, I cannot stand to have food particles stuck in my teeth.  Apparently, neither can a lot of other people because almost every restaurant in the world has toothpicks available.  I carry my own floss because you never know where those toothpicks have been, if you catch my drift.  Joseph says I don't care if there's toothpicks or floss available.  He says I use my fingers, matchbook covers, matches, and whatever else looks handy and I think will work.  I'm sure he's exaggerating, but even so, I think picking your teeth is far more desirable a habit than sucking them.  What do you think?

That's five.  Anyone else want to talk about weird habits?  Sign up so the rest of us can go read about them and feel smugly superior.  If we really want to have fun, let's drop the word "habit" and talk about five idiosyncrasies that others would consider weird if they knew about them.  That's a scary thought.

Comments

[riannan]

Thanks for playing the game, man. Have fun at the concert. (He IS a hunk. I'd embarrass myself too...)

[Dennis]

I ♥ you.

[Ivy]

Many many people pick their teeth. Go sit in a restraunt and watch. They will use a pen cap, their receipt, doesnt matter.. They do it with out realizing they are doing it.. :)

[Houston]

Okay, busted on that one. I bet I never do it again -- at least not when I think anyone is watching.

[Wenchy]

So we have nose and teeth picking? LOL

I think you are fab whatever you do!

[oldwhitelady]

Those are weird habits? I can't think of even one weird habit I have. I am totally line steppingly normal! :)

[Viking Zen]

Loved it and did it. Had to laugh at the phone answering- glad you are getting over it, though... ;-)