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20. Okay...here we go...

Thu Jun 19, 2025, 02:16 PM

Jun 19

Dressing: Michael Stivic (All in the Family) - sock and a shoe, sock and a shoe.
Eating: Please keep my peas out of my mashed or mac & cheese. I try to eat things in the order of how long they'll stay hot.
>>> Mixed vegetables...NO THANK YOU!
Shower: dry myself starting at my head and going downward.
Getting in/out of the car: I readjust the steering wheel each time. (Don't mess with my seat.)
Traveling: Compulsively empty my pockets and change clothes when I get home.

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Edited What quirk do you have--dressing, ketchup on french fries or dipped. potato chips on sandwiches or not, [View all] debm55 Jun 19 OP

I prefer to eat my salad with my entree SheltieLover Jun 19 #1

Me, too! SARose Jun 20 #55

Lol SheltieLover Jun 20 #57

Thank you very much, SheltieLover. debm55 Jun 19 #2

Word to the Wise: no_hypocrisy Jun 19 #3

I don't think it is, no-hypocrisy. It's people doing things a certain way. I put potato chips on my sanwiches, that is a debm55 Jun 19 #12

I only put potato chips on tuna fish sandwiches. beveeheart Jun 19 #13

I put potato chips or Doritos on my ham and cheese sandwich. 2MuchNoise Jun 19 #19

I am glad I am not the only quirky one. Thank you beveeheart. debm55 Jun 19 #44

Only answer for that and it is all. Thank you beveeheart. debm55 Jun 19 #45

Don't the chips get soggy? SheltieLover Jun 20 #51

Double checking Emile Jun 19 #4

Thank you Emile. debm55 Jun 19 #8

I arrange my pantry so the "pretty side" of the box or can is facing out. 2MuchNoise Jun 19 #5

Thank you 2MuchNoise.for sharing with us. debm55 Jun 19 #9

Nothing quirky about that. 3catwoman3 Jun 19 #18

I do the same. LoisB Jun 19 #36

I check my doors to make sure they're locked 3 to 4 times a day. s TommieMommy Jun 19 #6

Thank you TommieMommie. debm55 Jun 19 #10

Every night Josephine justaprogressive Jun 19 #7

Thank you very much justaprogressive. debm55 Jun 19 #11

You want to hear about my quirks in the shower? True Dough Jun 19 #14

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH. thank you very much, True Dough. Is that you???? debm55 Jun 19 #31

Yeah, True Dough Jun 19 #39

HAHAHAHHAHA.Thank you, True Dough debm55 Jun 19 #40

I smell everything before I taste it, food or drink. Even something as simple as a soda. Runningdawg Jun 19 #15

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Runningdawg.. Your aunt sounds very interesting. debm55 Jun 19 #30

I squash sammiches Dorothy V Jun 19 #16

OMG, Dorothy V, I squish my sammiches too. MUST BE SQUISHED. Somehow to me, it tastes better. Agree with the hot dogs. debm55 Jun 19 #29

We have a few light fixtures that have multiple switches at opposite ends... 3catwoman3 Jun 19 #17

HAHAHHAHHAAHHA. Thank you 3catwoman3, I would wash my dish towels too. debm55 Jun 19 #28

Okay...here we go... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 19 #20

Thank you very much discntnt_irny_srcsm. I love your list. debm55 Jun 19 #25

I do the same thing, but for a reason Polybius Jun 19 #21

Thank you very much, Polybius. debm55 Jun 19 #23

I do the opposite. Zackzzzz Jun 19 #33

I dip my Potato Chips in Ketchup. beemerphill Jun 19 #22

Hahahahahhah, Thank you beemerphill, Ketchup must be Heinz, debm55 Jun 19 #24

No matter what I'm eating, I need to have milk with it Cloudhopper Jun 19 #26

Thank you very much for sharing. Cloudhopper debm55 Jun 19 #27

I do not dislike mayo, however, it must never be on a Polly Hennessey Jun 19 #32

Thank you Polly Hennessey. And yes it does count as quirky. debm55 Jun 19 #43

Like the nerd I truly am peggysue2 Jun 19 #34

HAHHAHAHHAHA. I did the same when I was teaching. Now that I am retired I stay in PJ s until noon. Thank you peggysue2 debm55 Jun 19 #35

Too many to name. The big one is, I cannot sleep with my ears uncovered, next is that I LoisB Jun 19 #37

Thank you LoisB, I have the one about the plane or theater headrest---afraid of lice. debm55 Jun 19 #42

Yep. That is also my fear. LoisB Jun 19 #47

LoisB I have to have my hair covering my ears in bed at night too Diamond_Dog Jun 20 #54

Oh, thank you. I thought I was alone in this. Your reasons make perfect sense to me. LoisB Jun 20 #63

Grilled cheese sandos need bacon. Wolf Frankula Jun 19 #38

Thank you very much Wolf Frankula. My quirk--grilled cheese sammies with Heinz ketchup. debm55 Jun 19 #41

I put butter and ketchup on my baked potato LogDog75 Jun 19 #46

I see your point, LogDog76. Thank you for sharing your quirk with us. debm55 Jun 20 #49

No dressing on my salad av8rdave Jun 20 #48

Thank you very much av8rdave. I agree , people think that they are eating a low calorie meal. Then they put globs of debm55 Jun 20 #50

Sriracha sauce on French fries. boonecreek Jun 20 #52

Thank you very much boonecreek. That sounds good. debm55 Jun 20 #60

I'm insanely picky about bagging groceries. LisaM Jun 20 #53

Thank you very much, LisaM. I agree. debm55 Jun 20 #59

I eat peanut butter with my pancakes SARose Jun 20 #56

Thank you very much for sharing your quirk.SARose, That sounds kind of good. debm55 Jun 20 #58

Reading all the answers explains a lot. Srkdqltr Jun 20 #61

Butter and peanut butter on bread fargone Jun 20 #62

thank you for sharing you quirk with us fargone. debm55 Jun 20 #64