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Collimator

(1,875 posts) Sun Nov 17, 2024, 06:11 PM Nov 17

Ways by which I know that I'm weird. [View all]

When the microwave package instructions read, "cut a small slit in film to vent", I plunge my knife into the plastic like I'm reenacting a scene from Psycho.

Today I removed a very real looking rubber snake from a wall sconce in my hallway so the painter coming to discuss project costs doesn't run for the hills and refuse to work for me. (I also put away my collection of fake lizards.)

I think about the fact that while there are mint-flavored toothpastes and mouthwashes and lemon-scented toilet bowl cleaners, there are no lemon-flavored mouthwashes and we currently have no means for making our toilet bowls minty fresh.

What's your tell?

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Ways by which I know that I'm weird. [View all] Collimator Nov 17 OP

There is a real, 6' long airplane propeller in my living room Ocelot II Nov 17 #1

Love the plastic insects. Collimator Nov 17 #2

"no lemon-flavored mouthwashes and we currently have no means for making our toilet bowls minty fresh" Intractable Nov 17 #3

I don't lock anything up. My reasoning is 1) it is not my job to keep someone from stealing from me, kelly1mm Nov 17 #4

I believe you have hit the nail on the head. Sneederbunk Nov 17 #5

I have a little 2-foot tree on my mantle piece. My nieces and nephews have been making Scrivener7 Nov 17 #6

I had Twizzlers and cheese puffs for breakfast Skittles Nov 17 #7

Your user name is "Skittles" Collimator Nov 17 #9

my cat was named Skittles Skittles Nov 17 #10

"Twizzlers just sounded.....weird" [for a cat] Collimator Nov 18 #13

too many to name The Wandering Harper Nov 17 #8

Yep. Weird. OldBaldy1701E Nov 17 #11

Those traits don't strike me as establishing you as weird. Collimator Nov 18 #15

i second that motion . being wierd. AllaN01Bear Nov 17 #12

I prefer "strange" to "weird" True Dough Nov 18 #14

Nicely played, True! Niagara Nov 18 #17

When the shoe fits... True Dough Nov 19 #20

A few strange and unusual habits that I have: Niagara Nov 18 #16

Paper money kept tidy and organized. . . Collimator Nov 18 #19

I post erratic things in DU Lounge sometimes. UTUSN Nov 18 #18