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Things that you used to do as a child repetitively and now think "WTF?!"

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ConfusedPixie · 18/09/2013 20:40

The hot chocolate thread got me thinking about this. For some reason, I used to tip a full glass of water onto the carpet, the same patch of carpet, every single day. No clue why. I was asked to stop, but I just did it anyway Confused

I ate chalk too, like the chalk kids draw with. Both of these things happened until high school age?!

Anything utterly random and repetitive you may have done?

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ConfusedPixie · 18/09/2013 21:02

what is a candlewick bedspread? I've looked it up and it just looks terry clothish in texture (which would be a nice and soft bedspread by the looks of things!)

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KneesoftheBee · 18/09/2013 21:01

Shatners I used to love doing that with the bedspread Grin

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ConfusedPixie · 18/09/2013 21:00

The carpet was in my bedroom I should add, so it took a long while for my Mum to clock on to what I was doing and it not being accideental like I made it out to be!

" They don't any more though, ive tried it recently." Grin

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SelectAUserName · 18/09/2013 20:59

LeavetheBastid I used to do that too!

My parents had wallpaper in the loo that was a load of small pale vaguely geometric shapes on a pale blue background (it was the 70s). One of the shapes looked a bit like the Playschool house and every time I went to the loo I had to trace my finger round and round it until I'd, ahem, 'finished'.

ShatnersBassoon · 18/09/2013 20:59

Picking all of the fluffy bits out of the candlewick bed spread. I knew it was wrong, I knew I'd get bollocked, but the temptation was too great and I picked that bugger bald.

JRmumma · 18/09/2013 20:55

I used to lick photographs. They used to taste funny. They don't any more though, ive tried it recently.

Was looking through some childhood photos last weekend and still felt the need to lick one!

CuttedUpPear · 18/09/2013 20:52

Sat behind the sofa when I was about four or five making little harumph noises like I was very slightly clearing my throat. Couldn't stop, it always felt like I needed to do another thousand before I could stop.
I remember my mum telling me to stop it.

LeaveTheBastid · 18/09/2013 20:50

Suck on a damp flannel each and every time I went to the bathroom. Tasted amazing. Still get the urge whenever I see one.