For one, I like my food cold. Not just picnic stuff but main meals. Eat my veggies, pasta...whatever....cold! Coffee must be HOT, soup must be hot. The rest tastes much better cold.
Also like to eat at unusual times. Always hungry at 11am and 4pm.
Well since you mentioned food...I do not mind if my food touches each other on the plate, at all, but, I enjoy eating one thing at a time...like if there are potatoes, green beans, and steak...I will eat all of the potatoes first, then the green beans, then save the best for last...the steak...always do that...once in awhile I become aware I am doing it and try to eat a bit of this, then of that...but it makes me feel funny...lol.
..and I am a person who puts their socks on left first, then right, and repeat with the shoes.....also the toilet paper has to be on there and be dispensed from the bottom rather from over the top...I know the important thing is that we have toilet paper at all, and should not make any difference.........let's see...I always switch both switches on that are side by side cause I cannot remember which one is for what.........and I am compulsive about my keys...I look in my purse at least 3 times for them before going out......ok, ok...I'm compulsive, now you know...
I don't dine, I wolf... always been a wolfer... my mother was a wolfer and my father was a wolfer... all my brothers... wolfers... in my family we wolf...
now my wife has a problem with it... we go out to eat, she is still in the middle of the main course and I'm finishing up the carrot cake...
Actually, I like a lot of my food cold too. It just tastes better. Meatloaf is far better out of the refrigerator. So are brown beans and fried potatoes and about everything else I can think of. The worst may be that I don't mind room temp soda. As I cook, I also eat whatever comes up first. I may have a small bowl of vegetables, then a hamburger, and a salad for dessert. Is that not normal, : )) Girls, I think it is the rest of the world that is out of step. Rest easy.
Don't have the "Monk" quirks but I tend to be very habitual in my own ways. I don't like to "tweak" traditional or comfort food recipes. For example, don't want any raisins in my meatloaf, just to making it "different" or "exciting". Just slap me a slice with some mash and thank you very much. (Old school, not cutting edge cuisine.) I also like salad with my meals, just to fool myself that I'm not too carniverous and attempting to eat a balance meal. Other than that, I'm fine...thanks for asking.
Too many quirky habits to list. But on food, I am the opposite: If it is not hot enough to hurt, I don't want it! Same with washing dishes - which I do a lot of around the house - if I am not really uncomfortable with the heat of the water, it ain't hot enough!
Well, Judools, I get hungry at 10:30 and 5, so that's when I eat. I don't think that's quirky. I get up early so I eat "earlier." I too put my socks and shoes on left foot first! And I put the socks on, then the shoes. Not socks then shoes. We're creatures of habit.
I don't think it's strange to eat at odd times. I eat my lunch at work about 10:30-11 people go by and ask if I'm eating breakfast, no!! I eat breakfast before you all wake up and I'm hungry. I want to eat dinner about 5 at the latest then a good snack later in the evening. Cold food doesn't bother me, I like it really room temp. Don't like ice in my coke. I eat fast, because when we were in public school we were told to eat fast to let the next group in, that's one of the many reasons I dislike public schools.
I am always early for an appointment. I can be up, dressed, have my make up on, be coiffed, parfumed and out the door in thirty minutes. It drives people I live with crazy, they are ALWAYS late so that I will give a ten minute warning and if they aren't ready, I'm out the door without them...They will have to drive themselves.
Ironically this is my worst quirk. I am relatively laid back about most things. If I don't like the menu at home, I cook what everyone wants, and make myself a sandwich.
I don't have to compulsively straighten lampshades but I am known to knock off the cobwebs to avoid spiders... :)
Quirks...I never really thought about how many I do or don't have...I guess its what makes us all such interesting personalities, huh? Singingheart
My clothes have to arranged by color alphabetically and season[sleeveless, short sleeve, long sleeve, etc} My spices in my kitchen are alphabetical. I cant go to sleep unless I first put vicks menthol on my upper lip. I double check if I locked the doors before going to bed. I cant stand a dirty dish or glass in the kitchen sink and wipe out the water from the sink. I double lock {double beep} my car.
Did I mention that I'm "CDO"? Thats "OCD" but the letters are alphabetical, as they should be. {obsessive compulsive disorder}
