I was just thinking of something along these lines earlier today. My Mother also had good slippers. When they got worn, they become her everyday "easy shoes" (what DH calls slippers). When they got really ratty, the became shoes to wear out in the yard!

I learned "bo-bo" from a friend of mine who was an RN & taught nursing students. She could say all the various parts of the human form except "buttocks" (or something equally medical for that area). So she said "bo-bo"! To her students! In anatomy class! Too funny! So we still say "bo-bo". Hey, that's a thread I should start... weird stuff we say or call things.

And their name is a quilting item (OK, spelled with 2 t's, but still...)...

Oh yes! The closet has to be closed tight as a drum! But I have to have a small light on (who knows? A bat might come in!). And 3 (big) pillows!

You were being too still! He was just checking, to make sure you were okay! :D

Wow! Bats ARE helpful then... not only do they eat skeeters but they are minders... LOL!

He may have been saving you, from a gigantic mosquito. It could happen. :)

I have to pluck my eyebrows (and let's face it, chin whiskers) every day. I'm compulsive about it.
I have to listen to West Wing episodes on my iPod to go to sleep.
I don't count things, but sometimes I will spell things in my head endlessly. Different words, not the same word over and over again. This actually gets annoying, I get to the point where I force myself to stop.
When we visit my MIL, I tip all the pictures on her walls just a teeny bit, so they're not square. I also rearrange the eggs in the fridge so there's gaps in between. Both of these drive her nuts. We LOVE to harass each other, lol!

My mom cannot eat cold cereal with milk, she has to use juice. YUK.
When my brother was a small child, he had a bizarre bedtime ritual - he would get on all fours in the bed and rock back and forth, banging his head on the wall. He did this every night for years.
Years ago I had a boyfriend who was anal about his laundry; he had to fold all of his pants so the seams were aligned and there was a crease down the front, then he would put them in the washer and start it. When the washer was done, he'd take the pants out and fold them AGAIN, put them in the dryer and start it.
When my DH gets out of the shower, he takes the mask section off his CPAP machine and uses the hose to blow his nether regions dry. I find this highly entertaining.

Peckish, your spelling thing reminds me of my "typing". Way too often, when I think something, I type it. I actually think of my fingers on a keyboard typing out my thoughts letter by letter. I have done this since typing classes in high school. Ooh, just realized I sometimes do this with what I am reading too. He dries himself with his cpap? hahahahaha! I have heard of head bangers. A friend while growing up did that too.

He uses the towel to dry off, but has to finish "Big Jim and the Twins" with the blower from the CPAP. I cannot figure it out. It's nothing sexual or titillating, he claims he just doesn't feel dry unless he's blown dry. I've offered powder, but he refuses - too feminine, I guess. Sure is funny to watch, though!

My dog had some bizarre habits and rituals. He absolutely had to be wearing his leash any time he went out into our backyard, which was fenced. So I'd put it on him, then take it off once he got out, so he wouldn't drag it into his messes. When he decided it was time to come back in, he'd stand at the wide-open door and bark at me. I'd put his leash back on him and he'd walk right in.

OK, I'm a tweezer addict also. As for your DH & his "blowing", mine does the same thing but he just uses the hair dryer. I'd never thought of it as a "quirk" but now that you mention it, it is... different... LOL!

I had a friend whose brother would eat with his knife pointing straight up in the air... like he was ready to stab anyone who got near his plate. Huh?

Y'know... you might have a point there. Y'know how mosquitoes buzz around & annoy you? Well, maybe... just maybe... I'm like that... LOL!

"Big Jim & the Twins" -- cracks me UP! "Mr. Johnson" gets the blow dryer treatment around these parts! Tho my DH goes hog wild with the powder. Our bathroom looks like one of those dust storms in Arizona!

My dog's only quirks are that he takes about 5 minutes "arranging" the blankets before he can lay down. He uses all 4 of his legs & his mouth to achieve this & he WON'T lay down until the bed is just like he wants it. Our dog before, Yankee, would get mad & would stomp (yes, actually stomp) down the hall... LOL!

I have fibromyalgia and only use one smaaaall pillow. I sleep on my stomach and anything regular sized hurts my neck and shoulders.
I toss and turn...if I had to keep up with five pillows???
I'm guessing you haven't gone menopausal yet. The night sweats would cause severe chucking of pillows, gown, sheets across the room :eek:

I think many of the "quirks" just mentioned make a lot of sense; they help make your life easier and more organized. And I am all for anything that makes my life easier.

My quirk, although it's more of a pet peeve than a quirk, is putting a plastic bag in the trash container without opening it up. Only a couple of items can be put into the container and then they start bouncing out. When he was in the hospital, my dad used a lot of tissues and just dropped them in the trash can. The bags had not been opened up and the snotty tissues ended up on the floor. Eeww :( positively gross to have to pick them up. Since then I always open the bag up, put in the container and then push the bag down into the corners of the can. That way, air isn't trapped between the bag and container preventing the bag from being fully open.

I know this is anal, but it drives me absolutely nuts when the bag isn't fully opened before putting in the trash can. :D

but I thought fully opening the bag was the whole point.
That just seems normal to me.
I don't worry about other ppl's business, but can't stand ppl to get in mine and "interpret" it! :thumbdown:
I think I am obsessively anal about that and yes I am aware that was redundant,...my bad :p

I work at a gas station/convenience store. I have lots of co-workers and many of them do not open the bags. Only one 12 pack cardboard container makes the bag appear full. Stuff thrown on top of it starts the can overflowing, so it appears the bag needs to be changed.

ohhh, I see what you mean...how could anyone throw away a
12 pack cardboard container...LOL! :shock: :D

On the topic of trash bags, I hate it when "someone" throws away something, which makes the side of the bag go into the can (like something sticky, which grabs the bag). Then he . . . I mean "someone" just leaves it like that, for me to have to pull out of the can . . . which I usually refuse to do, unless I was the cause of it. :mad:

this posted twice...keep reading, or don't, but contents may save your life!
(or just give you closure, lol :D)

ditto...don't leave it...it won't be for me :hunf:
I will not blink! :p so don't leave it to stink! :eek:

how many have to finish what they say?
can you just leave a thought hanging?
what happens to hanging thoughts? are they there for (gulp) ever? :shock:
If a thought is finished in the forest to a man, is it heard?

I tend to finish what I'm saying . . . especially if I'm interrupted! Dagummit! I WILL be heard! :D

Hanging thoughts sometimes build strength, if left hanging for too long. Then when you least expect it . . . POW!!! They smack you, upside the head! :shock:

I seriously doubt it . . . but that's just my opinion, formed as a result of my experience. :)

I hate it when somebody puts the bag in but doesn't make sure it's hooked over the top rim good & when you put things in it, the bag collapses. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I always have to finish what I say... & I'll be happy to finish what somebody else is saying, too!!! LOL! Just ask my long-suffering DH!!!

I thought of another quirk of mine & even I think this is downright weird. When I eat M & M's, I have to eat them 2 at a time & they have to be the same color. And I won't eat the blue ones. I'm ticked off that they got rid of the light brown ones (my favorites, tho who knows why since they all taste the same) & substituted the new blue ones. So I give them to the dog. How weird is that????

It's only the empty container. And they don't even squash it down so it's smaller in the trash.

Yes! Everyone should clean up/fix their own mess. I'm not the maid!!!

Chocolate is not good for dogs.

http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/guide/dog...-get-the-facts

Depending upon the size of dog and type of chocolate, it can be deadly.

I've been um, guilty of such at times if I've had caffeine, too much salt or just jubiliant.
I do tend to be a happy mouse often, LOL! :D
I have worked on not interrupting dh, but had to make him understand that when he goes on a bit, I can't "stay with"...I need pictures, not flat words (my own term for talk that does not give me pictures).
I will HAVE to finish if dh has his say and tries to walk off...
"uh? are you kidding me...uh-uh...get back here or suffer the consequences you monkey!" :D

:thumbup:...I'm just making a joke bc I save boxes.
I hate for the bag to fall in too. It makes a horrible mess to clean up and you have to spray the can out or it will stink to high heaven! :thumbdown:

Yikes! I don't want my baby doggie to go {poof} so I guess I'll just have to save the blue ones for DH! Thanks for the info!!! I knew raisins were bad for doggies...

My doggie loves sweet tarts and bottle caps (the candy not actual caps!). She doesn't get many but she just "dances" around if she can see a box of em lol

Raisins and grapes, chocolate, garlic and onions. I didn't know about the onions, and my dog LOVED onions, especially the Walla Walla variety. When the vet found out he scolded me. Onions and garlic are cousins.

My mom made a batch of brownies once, put it on the windowsill to cool and left the house. Their teacup poodle (itty bitty) somehow managed to figure out a way to get up on the counter and ate the entire pan. She got really sick and upchucked the whole thing. To this day, we cannot figure out how she managed to get up on the counter.

my dd has one out of six cats that comes a running if she hears the cheez-its box/ppr.
She loves any kind of crackers.
The other kitties run if they hear a plastic bag :eek:

Ummmmmm ROL -- you sure you want to say that???? ROL! were you alone?????

I had the opposite problem with my late DH!!!! He'd be thinking of something and then out of the blue, he'd finish his thoughts out loud. How many conversations we had with him starting in the middle of a sentence and I'm looking at him with a bewildered look on my face wondering what the heck he was talking about!! ROL!!!

There is pretty much NOTHING Leo won't do for Cheerioes! He LOVES them!

You'd be amazed at the lengths I would go to for a pan of freshly-baked brownies! So I can identify with the poodle (hey, poodles are extremely intelligent & this just proves that!)!!!