This is supposed to be a semi-lighthearted topic, and mostly everybody has their quirks and compulsions about things that others may not understand, but it affects you in a certain way. Kind of like main character from the show "Monk."

I am adamant about expiration dates. If it says something is going to expire by a certain date, I usually become suspicious of it's freshness after that date, especially if it's milk, Parmesian cheese, anything of the like. Plus I don't like food sitting out too long especially if it was cooked the same day. Fear of food spoiling. I'm not a fond of spiders. I know I am bigger than them, but it takes me a few minutes of sweating and coaxing before I can dispose of them.

So what are yours?

People scare me.

I hate fucking spiders too!

Yuck!

funkyslsistah said:

I'll go with that one about expiration dates if I pick up a soft drink, even, that's nearly expired or about to expire I won't touch it

My family find it quite strange that I'm so into music...I've never been one to buy many clothes or anything like that but I'll pay hundreds for concert tickets etc and think nothing of it, and they find it strange that at 28 I can still be THAT interested in music to the extent I am...to that tho I just say it's all good - we all have our passions in life, right?

the stranger things i am afraid of include
spiders
clowns
balloons


i don't know why but each of these make me break out in a sweat and paralyze me with fear.

I'm not gonna say

I don't want to be sectioned


i'm not ready for my padded room and straight jacket yet

Obsessed with Prince.
Some people find my artwork, my paintings & drawings weird (naked man with head in the ground like an austrich, naked man lying down with an infestation of ants, mushrooms growing out of a man's head, alien cats, etc...) I don't know, I guess all in all I'm not that wack!

I have really intense claustrophobia issues, but I don't have any problems in caves or tunnels or tight spaces like that - I have really REALLY big issues when I'm in the middle of a big throng of people, or if I'm in a small space with a bunch of people. It's a big reason I tend to work night shifts - I don't have to deal with being in a packed subway car every day. When I'm in a big group of people I automatically assume they're going to crowd and trample me and I freak out.

And strangely, for some reason this doesn't apply so much at clubs or concerts.

Spiders
Heights
High ceilings

MrJoker said:

spiders freak me out too. hate em. little demon robot death monsters.

Anxiety said:

Quirks? This is my specialty.
I'm obsessed with high heeled shoes and lip gloss. I love natural disaster. I can pick out every little annoying thing people do, so most people and their mannerisms annoy/anger/and disgust me. I repeat entire conversations in my head right after I have them and point out to myself everything I should or shouldn't have said. I have a paralyzing fear of flying, and anything with more than four legs. Country life makes me sick. I'm afraid of geese.
And here is the strangest one. I listen to music with a corresponding storyline to the music in my head. Sometimes it's just a song, or an entire album. I'll never stop listening in the middle of a song. If I start it and get interrupted, I'll start the music and thought sequence over again from the very beginning.
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Pretty much any creepy crawly getz da best of me!!

I hate it when people use da same serving spoonz for two totally different dishes

I once found myself having to wien myself of washin my handz after touching anything i considered overtly germ-infested!! Over and over again washin my handz..drove me bonkerz

I'm very particular about da way my belonginz and stuff sit in my room...i have a certain way i to my bed..if me madre comez to do it..i'd get a lil annoyed n start fixin it up and sayin 'why did u put it da wrong way ya shoulda just let me do it!!' n stuff

I think dat'z it. I was realy bad when i was kid!! I had so many phobias it as crazy!!

bridges and heights, and i always need to make sure the door is locked

MrJoker said:

Lemme see...

* I'm not truly arachnophobic, but I darned sho don't like spiders!
* I'm afraid of heights. I painted my in-laws' house last summer -- well, the bottom half, anyway. I needed my friend's help to do everything above the first floor.
* I find gastric sounds and the "juicy" sounds people make when they are eating profoundly revolting. If I am dining with someone, there must be constant conversation or some background noise, otherwise the moment I notice the chomping, saliva swishing and swallowing sounds coming from a person, I must leave the room. My friends and family think I'm a total snob in this regard, but I genuinely can't help this.

1) If I buy something say like a book, a CD, a DVD, a magazine, etc., I make sure that it is pristine. That there are no scrathes or marks or cracks or bents or indentations. I make sure that it looks brand new and never been used. Same goes with like clothes and other knick knacks.

2) If I see an electrical outlet on a wall across from where I sit I will make a circle around it with my fingers. Although I'm far away to touch it my eyes makes it look like I'm close. This happens a lot in the bathroom too.

3) I have a good memory, I remember too much sometimes.

bridges, heights **but i love to fly odd ** i don't like eggs...it pisses me off when ppl leave doors open anywhere in the house....cabinet doors especially....i don't like things out of order....i don't like men with more hair on their back than they have on their heads....and mustaches....they scare me

I think the only things that cause aa reation of fear out of me are wasp and centipedes.

funkyslsistah said:

I have that too...

Whenever I put a CD back, it has to be right side up where everything's level-it's that way on all my CDs, DVDs too.

I also have my DVDs alphabetized. I have over 600 CDs, so if I become trapped inside, I might do that.

There's an obsession-I'm a CD and DVD addict.

I think most other things people on here find odd about me.



ps-I have a penguin fetish.

hehe strange that things i thought no one else did....i see all over this thread lovin yall more and more

my obsessions...hmm lipgloss n candles hehe
not scared of a whole lot...but spiders freak me out

lol Im 'different' so im told by a fellow orger hehe.....I never use the bathroom without looking in the shower, I check every door in my house (twice) before i can go to bed, I have been known to turn back around and go home to be sure I unplugged the curling iron, I cant stand for my food to touch and if it does I dont eat that part lol, I dont chew gum that doesnt match what I am wearing lol...thats enough for now...people gonna think im wierd lol

BabyGirl said:

u are randi... u areeeee

ok here's mine

Heights
Clowns
Heights
Midgets with sharp objects
young white kids in long black trench coats
did i mention heights?

Spiders make me scream if they walk on me

Clowns

There was quite an anti clown thread going a while back. Dunno why, they just make me feel unesey.

i have a bit of a problem with pre-packed salad.

Twice (admittedly the occurence is negligible given the amounts of times i've bought it, but hey) i've bought bagged salad and then subsequently found a creepy crawlie on it later on.

the first time i only saw it on my plate after i'd demolished 90% of the salad, so fuck knows what i'd eaten by that point.

TheFrog said:

Wait a minute...a frog that doesn't like bugs?

I have a thing for cute guys' big feet..i dont know why.. i just



Im scared of some1 laying on top of me on my stomach..i dont know why, every time my partner does that I start freaking out horridly.


Oh and i dont eat Wendy's hamburgers anymore...EVERYTIME i ask 4 a HAMburger they ALWAYS give me cheese in it....bitches.

MrJoker said:

yeah, that's why i'm ostracised from the frog community.