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.

Wilberforce2 I do the exact opposite of you. I have to have a little bit of each food in each mouthful when I am eating dinner. My DH thinks I am odd too, and it takes me ages to finish a meal!

ladylashes Aw it's nice you love them so much! Actually I do kiss my cats too. But sometimes when I see where they stick their noses I wish I hadn't. I draw the line at ear investigations though

Oh ok then. I'll change my statement:

You shouldn't chew then swallow a lot of apple pips!!!!

I eat kiwifruit like an apple, skin and all.
I sometimes skim read the next chapter then go back and read it properly.
I love raw cake mixture.
I love bovril on toast.
I can eat chocolate at any time of day.

I LOVE chips with cheese melted over the top then slathered in thick gravy.

I have also been known to drink homemade gravy like it's soup. My mum used to have to make four times as much at Christmas cause I'd sit and drink it.

I change the sheets when I remember to.... or if I think they are starting to smell

I shower in the evening and sleep with my hair wet in plaits so it doesn't frizz

If DFiancé and I are sharing a box of chocs and there's only one that we both want, I put one end in my mouth and he bites the other end off. It normally means we have a cheeky kiss... unfortunately, the chocolate gets slobbery but hey ;).

If he couldn't have a drink cause he was on shift within a number of hours and wanted a drink of Baileys, I used to have a swig round my mouth then kiss him..

OK, I'm disgusting

But then an apple tree might grow inside you!

Oh no, I flush tampons! Now I'm imagining them continuing to expand down the u-bend and blocking it.

banana good to know I'm not alone! My gross-out limit is very high with the animals now ever since the fateful day when the dog managed to sneeze in my mouth and then fart on my lap

hellon we so need a green gonna be sick smiley face! So relieved i am not a total freak on that one!

I honestly have never put any kind of sano product in a friends bin since and ask permission now for nappies to go in bins - any kind of vibe I take them with me... which is also kind of gross but no different to if it was a washable I guess..

I love to eat chocolate for breakfast, which people find weird for some reason. I also need to leave the spoon in my cuppa.
I love eating hot chocolate powder, rather than making a drink. If i have it - i will often wake up during the night in need of several spoonfuls.

I find the bra stories quite amusing

I must have crisp packets opened the right way up, otherwise i struggle to eat them.
I cant pick food up that has fallen onto the floor with my hands. So it looks a bit odd when im going round the floor with a fork or spoon trying to scoop food up. Noodles and my 3yo are a nightmare!

I really am an oddbod

I am odd but it's about something I find disgusting that I know lots of people don't: licking fingers before turning pages of a book / magazine / newspaper etc. How do they expect the next person to be able or willing to read something that's covered in their saliva? It makes me shudder...

I never thought to try eating kiwis like you OP - I'm going to try it now! Saves the faff of cutting the top off and making a mess trying to eat it like a boiled egg :)

Many of my friends think it's disgusting that I don't rinse the bubbles off when I'm washing up. I see their point, kind of, but a) it's a waste of water and b) my parents always did this and DH and I always have, and we haven't died yet

Chocolate for breakfast is quite normal isn't it??

I think it is notaddictedtosugar.

I also dont rinse bubbles off

I love kiwis and have never thought to eat the skins. Definitely going to try it now.
I also love Marmite and horseradish sauce sandwiches...must be thick white bread though.
Kippers with a can of sweetcorn is another weird meal I love having it for lunch today!!

I always leave one bite of food. Including cake. I don't know why. It even drives me nuts. I dip raw rhubard in sugar and eat. I open a bag of crisps, crush then eat.
Sucking teabags? No. My dad used to put them on a saucer and use three times. No more, no less.

I have to have vinegar on cabbage.
I eat raw potatoes. So does my dh.
Peanut butter and apricot jam sandwiches are the best!
My ds has frankfurter and ketchup sandwiches for his packed lunch.
I love eggnog ;)

Ewww I feel sick reading these while I'm having my lunch.

Please, to those who let their small children share food with animals bear in mind there are some serious diseases spread by animals that can be very serious for children such as toxoplasmosis or e-coli, which can (rarely - but it's a risk) cause a child to lose their sight or even be fatal.

There are reasons most people baulk at these things you know

Anybody skipped yet?

I can't drink a hot drink from a cup/mug if it doesn't have a white interior.

I let one of my little dogs lick my ears, it's a bit wet and noisy but he absolutely loves doing it and sometimes I just can't say no. DH and DC think I'm disgusting.

I like eating cold, set gravy with bread, but only proper gravy not that instant stuff.

Most shocking of all....prepare yourself.....I don't like wine! I've tried to be grown up about it and acquire the taste but just find it rancid. There I've said it, I'm out and proud!

Ralph I'm with you on the white cup thing - tea and coffee look weird and hideous in coloured china, especially dark colour!

I eat the cores of apples. I don't wash fruit.

I don't own jeans or trousers or trainers.

Many years ago, my sisters cat dragged an uncooked joint of beef into her kitchen. No idea where it came from, but we were skint students at the time... Tried sending cat out for red wine to go with it, but no luck.
Oh and yorkshire pud with butter and sugar.
As a kid i would eat stale bread that my mum had thrown out for the birds, and raw sausage.
I am now vegetarian

Gnu - I don't skip much, but love the idea of galloping like Miranda...

eww - I wash fruit since I saw a documentary about the unsanitary pickers.... hacking up spit, peeing on cucumbers in the greenhouses etc etc..