Things you would never admit to IRL because they'd think you were weird!

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This is a topic that's been going round in my head lately as a thought popped into my mind a few weeks back and is becoming the itch that can't be scratched!

As I was driving home one day, I saw a random lorry with a place name on the side that I didn't recognise, and I thought "I wonder where I'd end up if I just followed that lorry?"

This has now become a regular topic of thought, wondering how long I'd drive for before I gave up following someone and just went home. Or wondering if they might see me driving behind them and realise I'm following them (that would be an awkward convo with the police - "why are you following that vehicle", "Well, officer, I was a bit bored and just wondered where they were going and thought I'd tag along"!)

In my head I've even gone so far as to thinking that if I were single it could be a nice day out! Pack an overnight bag, hop on the motorway and choose a vehicle to follow to see where I end up. Eventually give up and find a hotel for the night (or give myself enough time to drive home again if I couldn't find anything).

So... I realise I am weird for thinking this, but MN is a "safe space" where we can all admit our oddities without being outed, so what are yours?!

Also I wonder about if anyone has ever said a particular sentence before. One that’s just got common words in. Like ‘Cats like to eat a Sunday dinner with cake and pineapples’. Has anyone ever uttered those words before? The number of possible combinations is just mind blowing.

@Mistralli i actually still do this. There's a whole storyline i dip into if my brain isn't busy, some real life famous people appear as outlying characters and i get confused if i see them in real life without the imaginary person. I change the story every few years. I find it weird that some people go around without this whole fantasy world 🤣

When I fill up my car I always wonder how far I could get on that many miles...

I sleep with my childhood bear...

I reckon the zebras most likely to have tasted mayonnaise would be in a zoo and have sampled a keepers lunchtime sandwich... Sneaky style like out of their back pocket....

@TheThingIsYeah - yes i've seen him. Funny guy. There's an American bloke who camps out behind bill boards on busy roads. Always seems to risk everything by 'going for a quick walk' !
There's one with a little black pug dog who's good too. One of his turned really spooky in the woods!! Something snuffling and snarling round the tent but nothing there when he came out to look 😩

Sometimes I get a sort of image in my head of a person or place that feels very real and detailed even though I'm sure it's imaginary. I sometimes follow along what's happening eg see who the person speaks to, or move around the landscape, and I like to imagine I actually have some kind of psychic ability to start witnessing random other people. Some of the settings I return to. I'd never mention this though as it sounds like I take myself very seriously when really I'm just imagining things.

I also have regular intrusive thoughts that feel awful. My response is to immediately move on and try and give it absolutely no weight lest I get stuck on it.

That sounds like a fab idea

Really hope you never hear me gleefully declare "skittles!!" when encountering pedestrians in the road, while driving...

Completely with you on this one trevthecat. I absolutely thrive on planning for worst case scenarios, it also makes me really good at health and safety at work, although apparently death is not the correct response on all risk assessments 😂

😂 controversially me and DH have a points system for pedestrians (and especially cyclists). More points for more difficult to hit!

@HamBagelNoCheese I expect astronauts and people on nuclear subs drink the same water molecules more than twice. I wonder whether I'm drinking the same water molecules that a dinosaur drank.

Amazing idea OP, that's going to stay with me

I’d get all geared up to follow a lorry and it’d turn off at the next services and the driver would climb in the back for a kip. 😀
I am an Olympian in my fantasy life. In real life I’m utterly useless at any kind of sport.

I can taste certain words, very distinct, strong flavours.

I sometimes pretend I'm on a cooking show, making the most amazing food. I'm known as the singing chef, as I sing as I cook.

When we visit places I wish I had a time machine so I could see what it was like hundreds of years ago. I also think too much about going back in time to e.g. warn Boudicca about the Romans' pincer maneuvere or warn King Harold about William's strategy
I'm weird😅

I’ve had similar thoughts. Like what would be the last bit of CCTV to pick me up before I disappeared? I think that started after the murder of Joanna Yates, where the last CCTV was just her in Tesco buying a pizza. This developed further when there was a woman with similar hair, build and winter coat to mine - as well as the exact same bag - that would walk part of the same 15 minutes to the station, get the same train, then walk another 5 mins in the same direction as me. My thoughts suddenly changed to what if I got abducted but the police officer watching the CCTV mistakenly tracked the wrong person and so the last sighting of me was completely wrong! I went as far as alerting my boyfriend to this just in case. As predicted, he told me I was overthinking this waaaaay too much.

I often wonder how the Ddog would sound if she talked!
My late DH was convinced she’d speak German (she’s a German Shepherd) in a gruff voice, but I reckon she’d speak English in the daft baby voice I use to talk to her!
Totally pointless discussion but it cropped up fairly often. People thought we were barmy🤣

I sometimes ponder how long I could stay where I happen to be at the time, e.g sat on my sofa, or in bed, or at a bus stop say, before people were alerted and physically moved me, for example I would think it could be over 12/24 hours at a bus stop before I was investigated?Days in my own home?

I'd never last more than an hour before needing a wee.

Ooh, another one..

I often wonder that if I murdered someone, could I hide the body in the area I grew up in (semi rural) and would the police think of looking in my childhood area, even though I live 100+ miles away and have done for many years. Am I that smart?🤔 Or would they work it out? I spend ages in my head, thinking of different places to hide the body!

I often think about decisions I made and the subsequent paths they led me down snd what would “other decision” me be doing right now?

I sometimes carry it back further and wonder…. If my dad decided not to have a drink after work that day and therefore never net my mum would they marry i others? Would they still have kids? move abroad etc etc.

Another one I like to think about is what would happen if trees suddenly became mobile and turned hostile. How many people would they take out before they were eventually overcome? Imagine a whole forest of trees marching on London.

Well yes, I'd probably have to have a bucket or something, another thing to ponder. A bit like 'The woman who went to bed for a year'

I do as OP and PP do about following cars to see where they are going and especially on motorway whether we're all going to the exact same location.

I also love reading the number plates and figure names of the people or birthdays.

I'm absolutely convinced I could get away with murder on bonfire night.
The loud bangers sound like gunshots so everyone would be totally unaware.
Dh knows and thinks I'm mad

@PrincessHoneysuckle Agatha Christie based a plot on that!