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?!

frankie001 dresses (and pyjamas) with pockets are the best ever!!
I always put my right foot down when getting out of bed, always put right foot first when going through a doorway (no idea why and no idea what should happen if I didn’t).
Always, always say to my dog ‘Bye Branster’sDogName, be good’ when I leave home even if he’s asleep or in a different room and can’t hear me. More important to me than remembering to lock the door behind me.
Total nutcase, no hope here...

I stretch my mouth out. Feels really good.

I then have to touch each corner of my lips with my tongue.

When I tidy up my kids teddies I have to arrange them so they all look comfortable. It's quite mad I know but I can't bear to see a teddy face down or in some awkward position.

Countrylife I do something similar but my take on it is to look at the last 3 letters to see which of them make an acronym. When I am driving somewhere, I even set myself a goal - say 10 acronyms on a half hour journey, 20 on a longer one and if the letters stand for a foreign word, I give myself extra points.

Mad or what?

@damnilovejam I have to have odd numbers! But not 13, which makes it tricky - 11 can be too quiet but 15 a bit too loud.

If anyone compliments something I'm wearing I ALWAYS have to tell them where it's from and what it cost. I don't mean in a gloaty "oh this old thing, £200 from YSL" kinda way. More a "a fiver from primark!!"

God knows why I feel the need!

Ah just seen lots of others do this too.

I feel slightly less weird now!

I rehearse my humble-brag Oscars acceptance speech in the shower. Or my Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (tends to be less humble-brag, more sanctimonious). Sometimes I use accents.

It’s actually pretty funny

I also count my teeth with my tongue. All the bloody time.

I look far too closely at vehicle number plates and try to make words out of the letter combinations and/or guess the names when they are obviously personalised number plates.

I also try to see the girls' names on each Eddie Stobart lorry I come across but invariably I am unsuccessful as I'm never quite near enough to view the bottom of the driver's door where they are displayed.

@WonkyDonk87 I do the same! Also If I squeeze one of my fingertips I have to then do the same to the other nine or it doesn't feel right. Same if I squint at a bright light, I have to turn my head and do it the other side too.

I also have fantasy conversations of things I wish I had said

If I’m walking anywhere, I imagine that I’m riding a horse and ‘jump’ over the cracks in the pavement

In bed I have to make sure I can touch the footboard with my toes and then I read laying on my left side but won't sleep unless on my right side.

@BlackboardMonitorVimes Oh yes! I do the fingertip thing constantly too. It gets quicker and quicker if I'm stressed or anxious.

I always respond to compliments with a negative. If someone tells me my hair looks nice I’ll make the comment along the lines of “it was decent outfit or hair today and clearly hair won, ha ha”. I agree it comes from modesty being drilled into me as a child.

I talk to myself silently, a bit weird I know .
Occasionally I speak out loud and my dd will hear and say who you talking to mum and I say just myself .
I'm cringing now

I trace words on my thigh when watching tv.
Fancy words mainly.

I love a word I can flourish....

Flourish!

I'm tracing it on my leg right now....

@whereareallmyhairbands

I cant say Sean Bean's name out loud, I have to whisper it!! Me and my brother started doing it when we were kids like 25 years ago (dont even know why) and to this day we both still whisper his name even though the rest of the sentence or conversation is said normally! 🤷‍♀️

I do the car number plate thing too! My DS thinks I'm mad as I'm always pointing out good ones to him!

@mumwon I wonder that too, opening your mouth when feeding a baby. I guess it's for them to mirror you.

And a PP said this too, I'll often mentally compose a whole MN conversation that I'd never post.

I accompany lots of words with a song. For example if someone says '3' I'd follow it with 'its the magic number' I've never been cool!

Before I throw anything at all, I count to 3-I really don't why but I do it every single time.