Do you have strange habits?

[Rtaxron]

Do you have a habit that annoys your family or friends?

I will never leave dirty plates, cups etc in the sink, I have to wash/clean them before I leave the house or go to bed. I don't have a dishwasher.

I also cant stand pictures/ photos on the wall that are not level, my kids think I am crazy because I keep straightening them.

Is it me, or do others have peculiar habits?

[snow.maiden]

Lol!!! I'm exactly the same witrh leaving dirty plates etc., in a sink. No matter how tired I am, they have to be dried and put away - but i don't think that's an annoying habit - just sensible!

[ELVIS68]

Yes, I`m with you on the dirty plates and cups

I always put the cutlery away in the drawer from left to right..knives, forks spoons

Always hang the toilet roll with the sheets hanging from the back

And always have the volume on the radio or tv on an even number

There`s probably more but they are the main ones

[pastafreak]

I am ashamed to say that I do leave dishes in the sink.....but my kitchen at work is spotless!

[Rtaxron]

ELVIS68,

Why do you hang the toilet roll with the sheets hanging from the back, I always hanging it from the front for easy access? lol

[snow.maiden]

never a spot of trouble with you, is there?!!

[ELVIS68]

Dunno, I guess it`s a kinda feng-shui thing

[snow.maiden]

No - hanging from the front's for tightwads! It breaks off before you've pulled enough off, so people hang it that way to stop folk from using so much!!!

[pastafreak]

I always hang it from the back......so I must be a generous soul!!

[snow.maiden]

Of course you are!!!!! x

[Psychick]

When doing th washing up, theres two compartments on my drainer for cutlery, I always put the knives and forks in one and all spoons in the other. I hate it when my boyfriend mixes them up!

I also have to have the toilet roll hanging with it at the front.

[snow.maiden]

Ooops!!!! turn it the other way, quickly!!

[Rtaxron]

No, no, no snow,

If you hang it from the back, visitors cant find it and use the bottom of their shirt .

[China Doll]

If I'm bored and I find a split end in my hair I'll split it and then start searching with others. Drives my sister mental.

[China Doll]

For others not with others

[Psychick]

CD my mum was forever telling me off that! That or I used to sit there running my nails over my scalp (dont know why! lol ) She used to say it looked like I was nit picking lol

[Buenchico]

I've been known to leave washing up in the sink for over a year before doing anything about it! I've sometimes finally got round to washing it but I usually simply throw the lot into a bin ;-)

However, I can't stand pictures that aren't 'absolutely straight'. It doesn't matter whether it's in my own home, in a friend's home or somewhere I'm visiting as a stranger; I've just got to straighten it up.

Elvis: Please don't start the toilet roll arguments again! They've been aired before on AB and people have nearly come to blows over it :-) Anyway, any sensible person knows that it should be 'under' not 'over' ;-)

I don't think that I've got many habits that annoy my family and friends, simply because I've cut myself off from my (boring) family and I choose my friends very carefully. However, although I tell myself (and others) that I'm not superstitious, I always remember to greet a single magpie with the words "Hello Mr Magpie,how's your wife?", in order to undo the bad luck that a single magpie brings about. This tends to confuse hitch-hikers, and others, in my car when I pass single magpies every few yards along the road ;-)

Chris

[Rtaxron]

I have 2 blinds in the kitchen, 1 for the door and the other the window which are next to each other. I always have to have them at the same height/level when I raise them up in the morning.

I know, I am fussy. : - )

[China Doll]

I do that as well actually Buenchico. Or indeed make my sister look at it because that apparently cancels out the bad luck too.

[Rtaxron]

Chris,

How could you possibly leave washing up in the sink for a year, didn't you ever run out of plates, cups, bowls etc?