Strange / bad habits - a thread for those having a slow day.

I bite my nails and drink too much coffee.

I have other strange habits but I'm far to embarrased to share.

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Originally posted by joe90:
I have other strange habits but I'm far to embarrased to share.

When i'm eating i do very small piles of crumbs.
Destroy them and make it again dozens of times.
I'm plagued by the fact that my ears could be dirty and use tons of ears' stick.
So far that one day i did hurt and had to go to a doctor.
And..................i can't remember now.

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
When i'm eating i do very small piles of crumbs.
Destroy them and make it again dozens of times.
I'm plagued by the fact that my ears could be dirty and use tons of ears' stick.
So far that one day i did hurt and had to go to a doctor.
And..................i can't remember now.

Gianluigi,

It is natural and beneficial to have a thin layer of wax lining the ear tube. It is not at all beneficial to use 'ear sticks' as this just pushes the wax down and the tube and it impacts and builds up against the ear drum which is jolly painful. I know, I did the same thing myself. My doctor said 'never ever put anything down your ears that is smaller than your elbow'. I have observed this excellent advice and I have never been plagued with ear ache since.

Cheers,

Erik

I've taken to painting the nail of the big toe on my left foot bright scarlet. Painting all of my toes would be weird, but painting just one is just damned decadent. It also neatly covers up the fungal infection, until such time as the nail falls off.

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Originally posted by erik scothron:
It is natural and beneficial to have a thin layer of wax lining the ear tube. It is not at all beneficial to use 'ear sticks' as this just pushes the wax down and the tube and it impacts and builds up against the ear drum which is jolly painful. I know, I did the same thing myself. My doctor said 'never ever put anything down your ears that is smaller than your elbow'. I have observed this excellent advice and I have never been plagued with ear ache since.

I've spent years trying to get my elbow into my ear as a result of receving similar advice. Have these doctors any idea of the trauma they cause by their throwaway remarks?

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Originally posted by David Legge:
Wondering if anyone has any strange or bad habits they'd like to share.

I hoard books and can never bring myself to give/sell/throw any away. A recent survey revealed that I now own four copies of Jane Austen's 'Persuasion'. I also recently discovered a pile of books that I have no recollection of buying.

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I've spent years trying to get my elbow into my ear as a result of receving similar advice. Have these doctors any idea of the trauma they cause by their throwaway remarks?

Nope. Obviously they don't even know basic anatomy. You know the joke: what's the difference between God and a doctor? God knows he is not a doctor.

My bad habit is that I don't think that my bad habits are actualy bad

Oz

Just thought of another one. I habitually tear beer mats into very small pieces when taking a jar or two at my local. I do tidy up afterwards, so no harm done...

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Originally posted by erik scothron:
My doctor said 'never ever put anything down your ears that is smaller than your elbow'...

This is what i call evolution!

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Originally posted by Ozren Herold:
My bad habit is that I don't think that my bad habits are actualy bad

Oz

Damn right!

I used to bite my nails when I was younger but stopped that now thankfully. Used to be really bad, bleeding etc, not nice!

I have an awful habit of trying to finish other peoples sentences before they have, which annoys my gorgeous other half no end! I think I get it from my Mum......

And I HATE labels, of any description!!!!
Especially the ones you get on cd/dvd covers that strip away the paper top part when you try to gently peel them off leaving the glue/pulp there to dement me until its clean....so as a matter of habit I have to remove all labels on most things......

But hey, at least I don't pick my nose and eat it like one of the guys out here - aged 44, and the worst thing is - he doesn't care who's watching!!!

Cheers,
Ali

I've had times when I finished other people's jokes. Very annoying. It's not that I knew the jokes, I just guessed. The jokes were more predictable than they thought. One learns to shut up.

I have this awful habit of

of?

.....oh, sorry, erm, becoming distracted whilst I'm talking.

Mark

Yes but "of" what?