Weird and/or wonderful things that you and yours do

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Anonymous wrote:Hum when I eat.

Referring to another thread, are we?

Well... My real hobby is annoying others.

I just have to come here and brag.

My kid is soooo gifted at this.

The humming while eating or annoying others or both?

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Anonymous wrote:I remember details about people and can tell what matters to them. When I see them, I inquire about whatever I remember. They are sometimes surprised at what I recall about them. Overall, I think people feel special after talking to me and they should, because I really do like people. I developed that skill to avoid having to share info about myself. Most people don't even notice, but one or two people have remarked that I know so much about them and they know very little about me. I tell them, "What you see is what you get!"

You sound annoying af and I bet you’re not as smooth as you think you are.

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I remember things in a weird way. At work I can find anything in email or stored archives but in a roundabout way. I'll remember that it went down on a Tuesday in March because I remember I was planning to go home for my Dad's birthday and it was on a Tuesday because we all were on the Project Strange Bird weekly status call gossiping about it right afterwards. So I start by looking at my calendar for the meeting it must have been at and see if there are notes, then I will look for emails on that day or the day after. That's usually enough of a little thread to get us going and find the receipts. The way I keep my to do list also let's me find anything. AI will catch up with me soon, and I'm saving my money for that day when I am out of a job, but until then, I remember and find things at work in a way that is extremely helpful.

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All the women in my family have perfected balancing a spoon on their nose. It’s a holiday tradition. Usually during desert.

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Anonymous wrote:I sing my message to myself or my kids all the time, often using Beethovens Fifth (“empty the dishwasher!” Instead of “duh duh duh DuH”) or Taylor Swift’s Blank Space as the melody (“So you wanna take a shower? Be sure to wash your ha-air”)

I love this. Might have to copy ya. Hoping it will confuse my tween enough to pitch in with less ire!

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I somehow got in the habit of singing in the shower the random made up baby songs I used to sing for the kids when they were babies. They are teens now and they cringe when they can hear me but it makes me happy.

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Anonymous wrote:When I’m on the phone and seated (like working in my office), I doodle and take notes-pretty much subconsciously. Done this my whole life. Saved me so many times though when I’ve had an important client call and needed to remember important details.

If I know you in real life, I guarantee I can imitate you - your voice, mannerisms- I’m a mimic. Also done this my entire life starting with my mom. So convincing that I used to leave voicemails for my siblings in our mom’s voice as a prank!

I am obsessed with handwriting-my own and everyone else’s. I can write cursive and for fun and for years will create a fictional roster of maybe 25 names and make each name/signature look as if written by different people.

I have been able to forge my late mom’s signature since I was very young. Never really used it for anything nefarious and my mom was always amused by this. With her permission and full knowledge I used to sign credit card slips so I go go shopping by myself in high school( back in the day I guess clerks checked signatures).

Literally the day she died, my sibling had a pile of checks that needed to be deposited - I was asked to sign all and all cleared successfully. We laughed in the midst of grief because I had trained my life for this moment!

This is a normal thing people do in work meetings.

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I drink only from mugs that are white inside, and the handle must be comfortable.

I can't handle Styrofoam.

Sometimes when my kids ask me a question, I answer in a very high-pitched voice and then continue to maintain that voice throughout the conversation. Sometimes I use the Michelle Duggar voice, just for fun.

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When I was a receptionist, I'd answer the phone for an entire week in one accent, then decide "Yep, I've nailed it," and the next week do a different accent.

Wisconsin
Chicago
Boston (Southie)
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Puerto Rico
Texas
Random other Southern state
(posh) London
Doncaster
Indian

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Anonymous wrote:When I’m on the phone and seated (like working in my office), I doodle and take notes-pretty much subconsciously. Done this my whole life. Saved me so many times though when I’ve had an important client call and needed to remember important details.

If I know you in real life, I guarantee I can imitate you - your voice, mannerisms- I’m a mimic. Also done this my entire life starting with my mom. So convincing that I used to leave voicemails for my siblings in our mom’s voice as a prank!

I am obsessed with handwriting-my own and everyone else’s. I can write cursive and for fun and for years will create a fictional roster of maybe 25 names and make each name/signature look as if written by different people.

I have been able to forge my late mom’s signature since I was very young. Never really used it for anything nefarious and my mom was always amused by this. With her permission and full knowledge I used to sign credit card slips so I go go shopping by myself in high school( back in the day I guess clerks checked signatures).

Literally the day she died, my sibling had a pile of checks that needed to be deposited - I was asked to sign all and all cleared successfully. We laughed in the midst of grief because I had trained my life for this moment!

I love this story!
(Signed, a beloved daughter whose wonderful mother died years ago. Your post made me laugh!)

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I wear a favorite dress-up item when I clean (makes boring chores more interesting) - like a headband or funny hat.
My mom used to call people on their birthday and sing ‘Happy Birthday,’ so I do that with my kids now for people’s birthdays. It’s just fun and different.

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Anonymous wrote:I wear a favorite dress-up item when I clean (makes boring chores more interesting) - like a headband or funny hat.
My mom used to call people on their birthday and sing ‘Happy Birthday,’ so I do that with my kids now for people’s birthdays. It’s just fun and different.

It’s actually very typical to sing happy birthday. If your kids like it by all means continue, but personally I hated that.

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Anonymous wrote:I wear a favorite dress-up item when I clean (makes boring chores more interesting) - like a headband or funny hat.
My mom used to call people on their birthday and sing ‘Happy Birthday,’ so I do that with my kids now for people’s birthdays. It’s just fun and different.

It’s actually very typical to sing happy birthday. If your kids like it by all means continue, but personally I hated that.

This is hilarious, OP! Gonna copy you!

Ever since my 3DC were very little, while I’d fold laundry (often) I’d plop a pair of their clean underpants atop my head and proclaim that it was my “work hat” to protect my hair & would wait to see how long it took until one noticed. Gales of laughter if I walked around the house with my work hat while unloading the dishwasher, vacuuming, etc. Sometimes I’d make the head wrap more elaborate like a turban or use it as a scrunchie.

I still do this and they’re young adults now!

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Anonymous wrote:I am a vegetarian, almost vegan, very health- conscious regarding food and lifestyle. However, I would kill for a bag of Cheetos on occasion, which looks like a puffed up chemical substance covered in another dyed chemical substance. I love them and can't wait to have more. Yeah, I know it's weird.

I have synethesia- colors and sounds come with ideas, concepts, conversations and people. I can intuit when something or someone is "off" or when something or someone feels right this way. I thought everyone had this sense.

I have to laugh, because my godchild has synesthesia and hates cheetos. They are, in her perception, a deep muddy green. She hates seeing something orange that she knows will taste brownish-green.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember things in a weird way. At work I can find anything in email or stored archives but in a roundabout way. I'll remember that it went down on a Tuesday in March because I remember I was planning to go home for my Dad's birthday and it was on a Tuesday because we all were on the Project Strange Bird weekly status call gossiping about it right afterwards. So I start by looking at my calendar for the meeting it must have been at and see if there are notes, then I will look for emails on that day or the day after. That's usually enough of a little thread to get us going and find the receipts. The way I keep my to do list also let's me find anything. AI will catch up with me soon, and I'm saving my money for that day when I am out of a job, but until then, I remember and find things at work in a way that is extremely helpful.

Me too. It creeps my boyfriend out when I say "we talked about getting a new phone when we were on our way to dinner with Barb and Ed, and that was before April, because Barb cut her hair short in April (remember we saw it for the first time the same night we talked about getting tickets to [that movie that came out in April]) so that conversation about the phone upgrade happened in March."