i clean constantly.

even when i go to a resteraunt, i am constantly picking the crumbs up off the table

cborgman said:

yep, i'm an organizer too.

I'll arrange everything on a table in a restaurant, multiple times.

It totally sucks.

jerseykrs said:

i do that too.

i also turn all the cans and boxes so the labels all face one way in the cupboards

cborgman said:

HAHAHAH, yep, I arrange them in size order too, my fridge looks fucking insane.

jerseykrs said:

so do i

I love driving OCD people nuts. I don't know if it means I'm OCD about OCD people, or if it's just entertainment, but it's fun to do. If I spot someone doing the same thing over and over each day, I'll mess with them just to see them get all panic-y about it LOL

Tom said:

that wouldn't be good.

Tom said:

:sadocdeyes: :whimper:

Tom said:

I tend to do the same

Mach said:

I love it too!

AnckSuNamun said:

What's the collection?! I'd love to order some of those.

jerseykrs said:

applekisses said:

you rock andrea, it's by mcfarlane toys,

http://www.toyglobe.com/M...sters3.php

cborgman said:

You fucking assclown!

jerseykrs said:

I should've known...he does such awesome work! Did you know he's originally from Detroit?

applekisses said:

and he's a baseball honk too!

jerseykrs said:

My fridge looks like someone took it and shook it up violently, then set it back down on the ground.

My house is always clean, but stuff like organizing the fridge and the pantry? Forget it. It happens once in a while, but goes back to its natural state soon enough. I have an OCDish friend and she can't open my closet doors or she'll faint.

jerseykrs said:

He was at the all-star game when we had it here.

WOW...those figures are amazing...I want to get Elizabeth, Vlad and Rasputin and Dorothy from Wiz of Oz and Gretel from the fairy tales

cborgman said:

How nice..some people put out courtesy supplies, like toothbrushes, floss, sanitary napkins...jersey takes care of his guests. It looks dusty though

when i throw something in my walk-in closet, even if the light isn't on, i have to turn it on so i can turn it off. i don't do this anywhere else.

Anx said:

Pssst..you left the light on this morning. it's still on

applekisses said:

I think my brother has all of those too....he has so many that I lost count. I think it was the Monster Series or Faces of Madness.

purplerein said:

goodie! i can spend the rest of my day looking forward to turning it off, then back on, then off again!

cborgman said:

....I take showers....lots n lots of showers....b-4 I go to the gym...play football....wash the car....

....I too organize and wipe my table at restaurants...

....I wring my hands when I wake up in the morning a la....



...and I used to be UBER-obsessive about my uniform before we got our new wash n wear one....starched and pressed to the point of rigor mortis....and I would take up to 3 hours A DAY to spit shine my boots...as my wife is fond of pointing out they could be almost transparent they were so shiny and I would keep at it....


...other than that....whats OCD??

FunkMistress said:

just reading that is freaking me out.

jerseykrs said:

wait'll she invites you to dinner

jerseykrs said:

It's funny, because I'm crazy about mess that you can see. I can't stand unmade beds, dirty floors, clothes flung around, dishes in the sink, etc. You won't see that in my house. But yeah, anything you can close a door on, I'm pretty about.

I'm also psycho in restaurants. I never leave a table with a mess for the waiter/waitress to clean. Everyone who knows me either laughs at me or rolls their eyes because I'm always stacking plates and silverware, throwing away trash, wiping down the table, etc. I just think it's disgusting to just walk away leaving a big mess for someone else to clean up.

I don't suffer from OCD - well, we all have little habits but I wouldn't go that far - but one of my mates is beyond.

You get out of a chair to go to the bathroom/kitchen, your cushion is straightened before your foot hits the floor.

Ask her what she's doing at that time, on that day, in 6 months' time - the likelihood is that she'll be able to tell you. (Okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration but she is super SUPER organised to the point of madness). She runs her life like clockwork.

She has this book that she fills in every time she buys something in a shop (How much, where, when, etc - one reason why she'll always have far more money than I will )

The one that makes me laugh is that she cannot tolerate any 'unnecessary clutter' anywhere. By this, I mean the lead on her kettle or the lead on her microwave. (God forbid you put a cup on the floor ). How do you make a cup of coffee? Go to the kitchen, turn kettle on, put coffee in cup, pour water, drink. Not my mate. She:

~ goes into the kitchen (probably plumping up the cushions as she gets off the seat)

~ opens drawer (scanning for dust as she goes)

~ gets out lead

~ attaches to kettle

~ turns on

~ puts coffee in cup

~ pours water into cup

~ puts lead back into drawer

~ drinks coffee

Just the thought of that lead being out on the kitchen worktop drives her crazy! She has to get it out every time she boils the kettle. She can't just leave it plugged into the back of the kettle like most people do. And the microwave lead is carefully positioned so only the tiniest part sticks out - and that's the part she can't hide.


And she also has this thing with her shower curtains. It has to be left out a certain way after you've used it. This one time, I was staying at her house and after I'd showered - just for a laugh - I deliberately left it how it shouldn't be. Ten minutes' later, I went back into the bathroom and it had been arranged just so. So I put it back how I'd left it and didn't say anything. I then went back in and she's re-arranged it. Again, I put it back as I'd left it and - when I checked later on - she'd put it back to how she likes it. All of this without saying a word! There was no-one else there so it was obvious I'd done it. But we just had this little silent game of 'Adjust The Shower Curtain'. I'm surprised she didn't tell me off.



There are so many things, I wouldn't know where to start, but the main thing is that she does laugh at herself and she knows anything we say is just teasing. But I do feel sorry for people who suffer from this - it must be awful.

FunkMistress said:

I do that at resturants too....even though technically it's their job and they're being paid for it. btw, silverware at restaurants freak me out. I'm like Inspector Gadget whenever I get my silverware, and I always request for straws instead of drinking out of the glasses.