For birthdays and holidays, my daughter invariably gives me something with Sanrio's Chococat on them: notebooks, coin purses, mousepads, cell phone holders, pencil cases, etc. Everyone thinks this is so sweet of her, and have no idea that I actually adore Chococat and I don't care if I'm too old for this stuff.
I have some sort of natural aversion to purple-colored food, because I can't stand beets, turnips and eggplant. I don't care how nutritious or good for you they are; they're not allowed in my house. All of my favorite flowering plants, on the other hand, are purple.
I grow my own oregano, basil and cayenne peppers. I love to cook with fresh herbs instead of dried, but I mainly grow the peppers because they're so damn cute (this will only make sense if you've ever watched cayenne peppers grow.)
I rarely own more than two or three pairs of shoes at any given time. I hate shopping for shoes so much that I only buy new shoes when I wear holes through the soles of old ones. I am crazy about fuzzy socks and slippers, though, and probably have fifty pairs of them.
A palm reader at a fair once pointed out that the lines at the base of my left hand thumb and fingers form a W, X, Y, and Z (and they really do, in that order.) Under my left pinkie, the lines form a star. She had never seen anything like it and no idea what it meant.
What are some of your oddities?
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I have a great many oddities, including liking bananas and strawberries a lot but hating most things flavored like bananas or strawberries, but those close to me always point out one physical oddity: I have no uvula. It was cut out when I was eleven.
ReplyDeleteI never buy smoothies outside unless I can tell them what I want in it myself. Pureed bananas are just disgusting--though I like banana cake and fritters.
ReplyDeleteI have tiny feet. I wear size 2/3, if I'm lucky. When I'm out shoe-shopping, I always feel like a child trying on her mother's shoes. One would think that I would be like PBW and her 2-3 shoes oddity, but thankfully, that's not the case.
I'm a writer, and I never ever want to write full time.
I wonder how many people reading your post are earnestly checking the lines at the base of their thumb and pinkie.
ReplyDeleteI have runner's toes (2nd toe longer than big toe). Which is not uncommon in runners.
ReplyDeleteI hate leaving anything incomplete, so partials for proposals make me twitch.
I am a Capricorn. My four best friends are all Geminis. Since the odds are only one in twelve for each person, and multiplied by four, it goes into very long odds, I think that counts as an oddity.
ReplyDeleteIt almost makes me think there is something to this astrology business.
Oh, Lynn, you're not the only adult over 30 Chococat lover! I have a purse and cell phone holder. Sometimes Choco is very hard to find, but there is a great toy store here in Jax at The Landing and I call them for updates!
ReplyDeleteOther oddities in my life could include the amount of books I own. Hmm, well, maybe that's not odd to this group of people. However, my niece did just ask me the other day why I had so many vampire books. Hard to explain to a nine year old.
Tami
Jacksonville
I hate having my picture taken.
ReplyDeleteI don't handle compliments very well, but I love to talk about myself, my kids... ;)
I don't much care for eggs.
I only eat hamburgers if I make them.
I love burnt...or at least very well browned cheese...
Drool...
I'm glad I'm not the only woman completely devoid of the supposed feminine love for shoes. That said, I do own more than two or three pairs of shoes, but I'll wear them literally until they fall apart and will be furious when they do.
ReplyDeleteBut I utterly loathe shopping for shoes. If I am ever arrested for rioting in a shop, it will be a shoe shop and I will probably have been caught hurling unwearable shoes with ridiculous heels and pointy toes at patrons and staff.
I don't' know if this comes from playing too many video games in my youth but, when I make the thumbs up hand gesture, I can bend the top joints of both my thumbs back until they are completely horizontal.
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