What daft things do you do?

[hopalong]

This is what I do Before I put things in the recycle bin.
After I open tin food I wash the tin open both ends and peel the lable of and crush the can, I wash out sauce and wasing up liquid bottles

Is this being stupid?

[crisgal]

i touch wood and metal, because i used to live in italy and there they say "touch metal", and i worry that they may have it right, but then i worry that we had it right all along, so now i always do both.

the pegs on my washing line HAVE to match each other AND the garment they're holding.

I wish you could buy black pegs!

[dmsjps]

Oh I forgot about the pegs crisgal! I didn't even notice I did it until my husband and kids took the mickey so many times that I started watching myself and trying to make myself pick up odd coloured ones. I hate it when you hang things up with odd coloured pegs, the job just doesn't feel as though you've finished it properly, does it?

[blueeyedlass]

i also have to say bread and butter when i hear a siren and the person im with has to say butter and bread.

[blueeyedlass]

and if i happen to be on my own i just whisper the reverse back to myself.

[hellywellywo]

I have to clean my teeth at least 4 times a day.

When I lock the back and front door I have to check them 3 times before going to bed and I will get out of bed at least 3times to check before being able to sleep.

I can't sleep if the duvet is not flat on the bed and i have to have a certain amount of duvet hanging over my side of the bed.  I also prefer odd numbers.

[hopalong]

2shortplanks:  I don't often read but like you i read the back page first

[druiaghtagh]

I hate anything to do with the number 3, no reason .

[Beth1989]

I cant have the volume on 23, 24 for example. 5, 10, 15, 20 25 etc have to be done! I clench my jaw when we drive past lamp-posts, driveways, benches, roads anything that makes an opening.

[Steve F]

I can't sleep in a bed where I cannot see the door. This isn't usually a problem in a typical house bedroom but can be a real pain when in a hotel. I end up having to move the bed so I can see the door which must be a real pain for the hotel staff. I guess they think strange fun and games have been going on.

Daft or what

[lonzuk]

I do the numbers thing as well.  Everything has to be a nice round 10!  I don;t like odd numbers but I can cope with 5's.

I wonder why so many people share the same traits.  I wonder where we pick it up from?

[BigDogsWang]

I was always told that if you bang your elbow, it means you are in for a disappointment. My mum said that to cancel it out, you have to bang the other one, so that's exactly what I do.

I hate disappointments. I also hate having sore elbows.

[estie]

Just out of curiosity - how many of you have been diagnosed with OCD??

[queen bee]

When I hang out the washing I have to make sure that the pegs are matching colours, I also iron tea towels.

[flipflop104]

You lot are all bonkers :o)...but it makes me feel like I'm normaland I'll be pointing this thread out to my gf so she doesn't think I'm acontrol freak anymore lol

[happy_face]

Ha ha ha... this thread is so funny and interesdting. I must say that the only thing I have is that if I watch telly in a dark room then I need the volume up louder. I feel like the noises are muffled and I can't hear properly if the lights aren't on.

[Firiffic]

I remembered two more things I do.  I have to devide a book into four equal parts and fold the bottom corners over.  If it's a really big book I will also devide it into 5 too.  When I have eggs on toast I have to cut the corner triangles off so that there is not crust left and the is a square then I have to cut the square into four squares and eat them one at a time.  Oh yeah and I have to eat the crust from sandwiches and toast first.  I'm NUTS!!!!!

[jayhawk2000]

With most people you would think they would prefer to sleep on the same side of the bed, no matter what bed. Especially for a couple, you'd think you'd always sleep on 'your' side. But me, I was switching sides on holidays, after moving house, when visting friends, etc and never wondered why.

I now realise I have to sleep on the side furthest away from the door!

And on the topic of numbers...when drinking water from a glass I often try to take 7 sips. This dates back when I was a kid and had to do 7 of everything. This was after my parents divorced and I notice my nephew adopting similar obessive/compulsive tics after his parents divorced, so it's obviously stress related.

[rachel82]

hi, this has had me in stitches!

I always have to wear nail polish on my toenails, even when taking it off I do one at a time so I

[rachel82]

oops , so I always have polish on at least one foot, if I don't something bad will happen. My boyfriend has to put his left glove on first before getting on his motorbike or he will die! wer'e a couple o freaks!