Odd quirks that only your family does

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Mine sit on the kitchen worktops, when waiting for the kettle to boil or just to have a chat. never thought anyone else did this! Anyone else got any?

Tops are for glasses not for arses

love that saying. Will mention it to them!

I had some friends with weird families growing up and I was reminded of one in particular this afternoon when we had fruit crumble. At my friends house, the crumble always had stones in - cherry, plum, damson - whatever. Now I realise it was sheer laziness on the part of whoever cut the fruit up, but we were told it was a competition and whoever found the most fruit stones in their portion of crumble would get a prize

Sending birthday cards from the dog ...not just us, surely?

Bonus points awarded for cards with the appropriate breed of dog on them. Complete with dog 'handwriting' which matches their personality (e.g. clumsy, flighty, diligent) a bit like the voices you imagine they have.

Too many to list but the most irritating is my father pretending to speak on behalf of the family pets. They are all at Mensa level according to him and he doesn't pick up on the fact every one he tells gives him very odd looks! It's not cute or funny. It's not dementia as it's gone on for years.

I created a thread like this a while ago with loads on it, if you search "familyisms" it should come up

My kids - and dh- have this game where they try and spot yellow cars first before everyone else if we go anywhere. They’re not toddlers either - one dc is 15! They see one and shout “yellow car! No returns!” If they see it at the same time as everyone else everyone shouts. Sometimes people turn around in the street when they do it

We have the 'love chip'. DS saves the biggest chip on his plate till the end then we all finish it off with a bite each. Me first, then DH, then DS.

(See also: affection fry, pal potato, chummy chunk) 😄

Yellow cars are 'cheese on wheels', and accompanied by a dead arm thump to the person sitting next to you.
And all our dogs speak in their own special voices via us. Surely that is completely normal?

Cheese on wheels!

We all shout, “Monkey Puzzle Tree!” whenever we see a Monkey Puzzle Tree.

I have no idea when, or why it started though. Oaks, sycamores and beeches don’t get more than a sideways glance.

DH and I play the Monkey Puzzle game!
If you ever go to North Wales you are in for a treat as there are loads

I used to get a birthday card “to the GBF” (Good Biscuit Fairy, I gave them biscuits when I came home from boarding school) from the dogs.

Tarquin-I know!

We play mini punch which has progressed to all sorts of added rules which can create quite painful car journeys. When my girls were little they were told they could have 'something else' or 'a little something' they all say it now instead of pudding or sweets etc, it's always finish tea...can I have something else. The eldest is nearly
17!

@shockers in our family it’s ‘CONKER TREE’ at the top of your voice. Started when DD was about two and just learning trees. Nanny taught her and I almost crashed the car when she shouted it from the back seat.

We all speak like the munchkins from the Wizard of Oz. My mom started it and we all still do it 

Although we had a perfectly good sitting room/lounge we often used to sit on the stairs around the landing, chatting and drinking mugs of tea.

My mum and I call each other b1 and b2 after the (Australian?) kids tv show Bananas in Pyjamas...

We have the "nice cupboard". Well, we did when dd2 was little. After tea she'd ask for something from the nice cupboard i.e. some sort of sweet or biscuit. We've moved twice since and no longer have a cupboard for the nice stuff, but they both (almost 9 and almost 12) still ask for something from the nice cupboard, if they fancy it, after tea :)

We call chewing gum 'chingla'. No idea why.

We also say ‘love tuck’ instead of tough luck. If someone says something like, ‘Ooh, I really fancy rice pudding tonight.’, the others will sing, ‘Love tuck!’

The longest chip competition. I’m pretty sure DSiS and I would still do it if eating chips together now, and we’re late 30s

@yousimplyhavetobethesedays - it’s ‘something else’ in this house too ... ‘I don’t want anymore insert delightful meal cooked by me, can I still have something else?’