How crazy are you?

Question

Tell me one thing about yourself that you would consider abnormal.

I have to unplug everything in the morning in case it catches the house of fire. Flat iron, blow dryer, elec toothbrush, etc. I know it's crazy, but I can't help it. :)

Answer 1

Oh my goodness nite angel! I am the same way with fire! I was once halfway to school (back in college) and swore that I left the stove on even though I had not used it that morning. I got off the bus and went back home missing all my morning classes. Try explaining that one to your professor without looking like a total kook! "I'm sorry Dr. So and so but I thought I had left my stove on and I had visions of my cat melting to it..."

Answer 2

Actually that is not crazy at all. I read where they are inexpensive appliances and therefore the circuit/button to start the appliances costs pennies and should therefore not be considered reliable. The instructional manuals for these appliances always tell you to unplug them when not in use.

Now I am, on the other hand, crazy. One thing (wow, there are so many) is I have what I consider to be a mild to moderate OCD. If you've ever watched Monk on tv, I am about half as bad as he is. I do the "touching" when I walk down the street or a long corridor. I've always done this as far back as I can remember and I do it discreetly, but am not sure why. Somehow I think it's easier on everyone if you know you're crazy, accept it and readily admit it to others. Also, it helps to have a sense of humor about it.

Answer 3

I'm super-efficiency man...
When I go to the store...before I even walk out the door, I have the route I will drive, walk through the store mapped out in my head in advance...milk, grab some cheese on the way to the beer, on the way to the ice-cream, grab some paper towels, go to the U-scan it, and always fit everything in one big paper bag, packed heavy.
On to blockbuster, then fast food, pick up mail, take out garbage, take out trash, call girlfriend (plan already worked out in advance if she's home or not home, pop in video, turn on computer, etc, etc, etc...
While I'm showering, I would have worked out all of the above as a visual map in my head of my precise plan for the day...and I almost never deviate from that plan, and it irritates me if someone throws a monkey wrench into the wheels of my super-efficiency plan...I even know the quickest way to anywhere I drive during certain times of the day, I know where all the pot-holes and speed bumps are, which intersections to avoid, have my gate card in my hand before I pull up to the electronic gate opener, I know what fast food I'm gonna order long before I get to the speaker in the fast food lane...
In other words...every thing I do is designed in my head to save time, money, and be hassle-free...(even seemingly spontaneous things I might do are planned in advance in my head...rock club, what to drink, how many, which people I'll talk to...
I take it for granted, but other people have noticed that I'm almost anally quick and efficient about everything...(I think and plan ahead all the time and everytime, and then I carry out the plan precisely the way I envisioned it)
Pretty crazy, huh?!?

Answer 4

I have a LOT of quirky things....here are just a few:
I talk to myself - constantly - and usually out loud.
At the fruit and vegetable market, I never purchase the first three or four pieces of produce. I spend at least one minute at each vegetable or fruit...I have to inspect, squeeze, thump and smell it. Then I put it back and do it a few more times to other selections before deciding.
I don't allow people to touch my ears. EVER. I hate it when my beaus try to kiss them or feel them. I also don't like people whispering in my ear. That drives me mad.

Answer 5

I have the tendency to talk to my four cats and you know what I am very sure that they do understand me? I have also tried to potty trained my cat on the toilet but now lately, the first thing in the mornings she goes to the wash basin in the bathroom and do a number one there and wait for me to turn the water on so that it can flash away. I also make funny noises when I hurt myself, like burn my finger or bump my leg. I am not your average person, and you know what, I can deal with that, who wants to be normal anyway, how boring.
Take Care
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Answer 6

I have to go to the bathroom 10 times before bed and cannot sleep in bed without a drink of some sort and a fan or air-conditioning on. Is that weird.? Probably.

Answer 7

I wash my hands about 100 times a day and will not eat or drink out of or with anything plastic. If somebody has forks with plastic handles and gives me a drink in a plastic cup..I wont use it. I also wont let anyone touch my face, it drives me crazy because I figure everyone has dirty hands. It's horrible sometimes but that's just me and my OCD.

Answer 8

I am pretty dam crazy! My whole life I have heard people refer to me as crazy I think excentric is more like it.

I rarely pass a homeless person without giving them money. The best thing is giving them enough money so they call it a day.

Answer 9

i obsess about not vomiting....if i eat for example fish or some type of meat (or sometimes anything take away) ill stay up all night worrying that any second ill get food poisoning and puke-i never do and never have...and you get the picture:P
my mother used to do what you did! (not quite as bad though:P)

Answer 10

I bite my toe nails, wear sunglasses at night, slam revolving doors and howl at the sun, but you my dear might have OCD, but that's ok because I need to make sure that all the latches in my house are facing right and latches next to each other are in opposite directions before I sleep, and I have no idea why!