Ridiculous things that you do for actually no reason

[KenAdams]

Whenever I pick up a parcel from the reception desk at work or from a neighbour I have to tell them what's in it. I have no idea why, they obviously don't care but I do it EVERY TIME.

Please tell me I'm not uniquely weird?!

@Minai I do the thing with not taking the first thing on a shelf, on a rail, etc. For me it's because the first one is always the one that other people have picked up and looked at, touched, felt, just eerrggh. So I have to have the next one, or the 4th or 5th one!! In the supermarket it's always the ones behind that have longer dates so I just carry on there too

I also have to say "bye bye won't be long" whenever I leave the house, presumably in case they decide to move out while I'm gone, thinking I've abandoned them... Sleeping on the beds or wherever they are.

Dove of piss I always tell my dear doggie where I'm going and how long I'll be.
"I won't be long now, I'm only going to pick ds up, I'll be back in 5 Minutes, kiss kiss"

I LOVE this thread! So reassuring that we're not all as unhinged as we think

Here's one I don't think has come up yet (although I might have missed it as I've read a lot of this thread with tears of laughter in my eyes)

I play along to songs by clenching and unclenching my butt cheeks...

Low notes are a left cheek squeeze, high notes a right cheek squeeze, mid-range I squeeze both. I also do a bit of a Mexican wave to follow the warbly bits if it's something like Mariah Carey...

This thread is brilliant.

And has reminded me that I always sing in my head when I open the wardrobe door to get dressed ‘Who are you going to be today, Huxley Pig?’

What makes this even more barking is that I’ve never even watched Huxley Pig. It was something sung once by a friend over 25 years ago. Just stuck in my bloody head.

Stupid mascara face when applying mascara. What even is that?!

I count the letters in words and then see what I can divide them by

YES to the dresses with pockets! I always point them out to everyone I see.

I've always had a thing about having to eat evenly... So I have to chew on my right side then my left side (and then repeat forever). When I have toothache and I have to eat all on one side I feel so wonky!

When using scissors, my DH sticks the tip of his tongue out, and 'chews' in time with the blades.

I talk to myself a lot, At home at work, out shopping, then I catch myself talking to myself in the street and say “ anna you’re talking to yourself” ...which is always when someone is looking directly at me so they also know that I’m talking to myself! Arrrghhh 😂
All my cd’s dvds and game discs have to be in alphabetical order, books in size order. Magnets on fridge in straight lines. Drives me nuts

I also have an annoying habit of whenever someone says anything that I’ve heard in song lyrics I say (without fail) I know a song about that! And then sing it! I get some very strange looks but can’t help myself
And I shout COWS or SHEEPS whenever I’m in a car and I see them in the fields. I saw 6 deer today so they had to be shouted too 😂

When I wee I always sing the theme to the A team. 'Pee pee peeeeee, pe pe peee'. God I love us mad people!

@OddshoesOddsocks 'Also, when I’m a passenger I imagine a little man either running along hedges or swinging from lamp posts or jumping from tree to tree keeping up with the car.'

Ooh, I used to do exactly the same! In fact, I probably still from time to time.

I have full blown two-way conversations with my cats. They have Cockney accents (I'm Northern).

I wipe the side down in the kitchen even when it's clean.

When I arrive home after a time away I have to clean the floor, the sides, the sink and the cooker top before I am comfortable.

I think it's some sort of primitve territorial thing. It certainly isn't about cleaning surfaces which I know are already clean.

Lily feel free to come round to mine and clean as much as you like!

Awww this is lovely 🙂❤️

I count the syllables in my sentences. I need to make them fill one or two hands, adding or subtracting a word if necessary. Drives me potty.