To ask what things you do, that you think are completely normal, that have caused others to be shocked/disgusted?

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Sat in the staff room tucking into a kiwi, like you do, or rather like I do...chomping it like an apple. Everyone was horrified! Apparently you eat it with a spoon like a boiled egg... I can see why, the skin is minging but I alwa?s thought it was worth it for the delicious flesh. My family all eat it that way, never occurred to me there was anything odd about, I thought it was just the way it had to be done.

I'm really paranoid now there are other things I'm doing that are weird and disgusting. Please post your own experiences so I can tick them off the list.

When I'm at home and feeling down, I skip.

It's impossible to not smile or even giggle when you're giving it your all and skipping from room to room like a slightly chubby 34 year old baby elephant gazelle.

Go on, give it a try right now and tell me you didn't at least smile!

I just had to go and eat s stock cube for the first time as a result of this thread. Peppery, salty beefy deliciousness! I shall definitely be doing that again!

I am gross - I only shower every other day and usually at night before bed...but I do have a 'proper' wash every day ...
I got into that habit because our boiler is so dodgy I say a silent prayer before that it just keeps going...
And sometimes even less - if I know I'm going to be doing something 'mucky' the next day - like heavy duty gardening or DIY I'll skip it and have one the next night (when I'll really need it...)
Probably the worst thing I do - never rarely wash my coffee cup ...I always have a cup on the go -drink it when it is cold etc - and then will make another cup without even rinsing ...eventually I'll notice it is really gross (possibly after longer than a day ...) and give it wash ...occasionally for a treat in goes in the dishwasher overnight but then I spend the next morning hunting for it...wondering where I left it...

If I'm having pie and custard I have them in seperate bowls so that I can specify the amounts of each for each mouthful.

A friend of mine reads in the loo ... she once kindly said oh let me know if you want any of my old paperbacks! I get books from the library but at lease I don't know if they have been in the loo! Guess that is weird in itself hmmm

Had an embarrasing situation when I stayed with a friend in a shared all girl house. i wrapped a pad up really well in tissue and put it in the bin. Not the done thing at all it turns out!

I eat my dinner is sections and never mix them so with a roast dinner I would eat all my chicken, then my veg followed by potatoes. This means I have issues according to DH!!

I used to work opposite M&S and every morning, breakfast would be fizzy fish dunked into very cherry yoghurt. Bliss. This disgusted my colleagues. I don't think you can get ff any more :-( It does remind me of episode of Men Behaving Badly where Martin Clunes' character has fizzy fish in his brief case..
My pet lizard sheds his skin and bits get stuck... i find it very therapeutic to help 'peel' him... people do find this gross.. why?! i also kiss him..why is that more weird than kissing a cat or dog? he's cleaner than fur!

(i may have once saved bits of skin in a clear bag to give to a friend.. the lizard's that is, not mine) and pinned extra long bits ie his tail bit, to the kitchen notice board..

oh i also do reading ahead (only sometimes and usually if the book is a bit crap), licking stock cubes wrappers, hardly ever wash the floors but hoover every day, hanky up sleeve - less now though, as a child liked sniffing ash trays, also quite like the smell of that stuff you paint fences wit. oh and , pick, lick, roll and flick (only joking on that one - i never lick ;) )

I'm happy to drink my tea/coffee once it's gone cold, which is just as well as I seem to leave them all round the house. If I end up in the kitchen with them I'll reheat them, but tea goes funny if reheated more than once. MrNC thinks reheating tea or coffee is gross.

I know someone who shaves their kiwis (the fruits!) before eating them including the skin. Which makes sense as it gets rid of the bristles but I couldn't be bothered. I do eat apple cores if there's no bin or plate handy, because we were made to at primary school.

I like chips with mayonaise.
and I squeeze my tea bags.

Had an embarrasing situation when I stayed with a friend in a shared all girl house. i wrapped a pad up really well in tissue and put it in the bin. Not the done thing at all it turns out!

Where would you dispose of sanpro if not wrapped and in the bathroom bin?!

Or do you mean you put it in the kitchen bin? I think that would make me feel a bit uncomfortable but no idea why. A bin is a bin.

You shouldn't eat apple pips!

I eat kiwi like that! Difference is that I think the skin is the best tasting bit... Err, I dip sandwhiches in soup and my favourite is tuna mayo on brown bread dipped in tomato soup. I always get funny looks for that but I assumed that's why soup is sold with sandwhiches.

Chips with mayonnaise are divine!

Sharing toast with dog is grim IMO. But I kiss the top of my cats' heads and let them eat off my plate (after I've finished and prior to it going in the dishwasher) so what do I know?

The idea of changing sheets once a month is horrible to me. Once a week in my house.

apparently they all flushed tampons down the loo - i know blocked toilet more gross, but that job was for the landlord! The friend of the rriend i was stayion with rushed out bought scented nappy sacks and emptied the bin there and then!

'I love sticking my nose in the dog's ears and having a good sniff '

Oh and it was a bathroom bin, thing is how did she know what it was all wrapped up in tissue ...?

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I also kiss him and my cats all over. Well, not ALL over but most areas!

I eat my dinner is sections and never mix them so with a roast dinner I would eat all my chicken, then my veg followed by potatoes. This means I have issues according to DH!!

My DH does this, except he eats the veg first then potatoes them meat. He is weird.

I eat the skin of kiwifruit and sometimes tangerines.

I can't be bothered shooing the cats off the table.

I once retrieved a half frozen pheasant which one of the cats had pinched from the kitchen island when it was defrosting and cooked it. We all survived.

Use by dates can be ignored.

Well obvs. you should not flush tampons anyway, though I know a lot of women do, but what about pads? Surely they didn't expect you to flush those?!

I love eating raw ground minced beef and have been known to eat raw sausages too. Oh, and I also eat my bogies.

Blinkybix Apple pips are poisonous, but only if you chew a lot of them. If you just swallow them it's not an issue - they evolved to be spread about that way!

Oh and it was a bathroom bin, thing is how did she know what it was all wrapped up in tissue ...?

Perhaps she unwrapped it? Ha ha ha ha!