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While sticking stickers on my daughters new toys she got for her birthday it occurred to me how anal I am. Every sticker had to be perfect and I got the right arse if one stuck down when i didnt want it to and it was not straight, hell I even made sure when sticking the stickers on the wheels of a car that the brake callipers lined up on the wheels.

So here is a list of things I do or have done in the past.

Never open a packet of crisps upside down. (I actually stapled a packet shut and opened the other end once)
All my shirts used to be in colour order White, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green and so on with Black at the other end.
All screw heads have to line up.
Cans and tins must have label at front.
Notes in my wallet have to be in order and face the correct way. I also do this in the till of the pub I work in.
If i step on a crack in the floor with my left foot I have to also step on one with my right foot.
Air vents in the car are always facing the same way.
I hate odd numbers so the volume on the TV/amp/radio is always an even number. Though I am not to fussed about 5, 15, 25 and so on.
Same routine every morning in the same order.
Same routine in the shower.
Cant stand being late or others being late.
Have been known to line up all my twiglets in size order before I eat them.

I am sure there are more and I will add them when I think of them or if someone else adds one I recognise/do.

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The Jackal

This item was edited on Thursday, 27th November 2008, 16:56

Don`t forget about the order in which you eat your fruit pastilles Carl :p



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Don`t forget about the order in which you eat your fruit pastilles Carl

lol, forgot about that one. :D

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I tend to do the cracks in the pavement thing.

A mate of mine keeps his remote controls in the little bags they came in.

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I miss the honky tonks, the Dairy Queens and Seven Elevens...

& I thought I was bad, but apparently I`m not now. :p




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Extremely, but it doesn`t extended to timekeeping (oddly). I swear I have mild undiagnosed OCD, although the Mrs jokingly says I have `autistic tendencies`. I do the odd/even numbers thing as well, but like you I don`t have a problem with multiples of five. Strange eh? My big thing is that stuff has to `balance`. The trouble is that in recent years this has started to extend to money, so if I spend something somewhere I have to save it somewhere else or I get very anxious. It`s also why I`m militant about things like proper acronyms (it`s BD not BR dammit!). When I was a kid if I touched something with one hand, I had to touch it with the other, and the same amount of times, but I`m not so bad on that one now (relatively speaking). Stupid brain.

This item was edited on Thursday, 27th November 2008, 16:52

If I`m dividing food up I obsess about accuracy - this comes from my parents` rule that whichever child cut cake etc the other one got to pick a slice first.

I don`t like even numbers - I`d rather have 3 M&Ms than 4. God knows where this came from but I remember when I was little once I was down to the last few dozen Wheetos in the bowl I`d always eat them in 5s, 3s or 1s.
The volume control on my Archos goes up in 3s from 00 to 99, OK every other step it`s on an even number, but still... lots of odd numbers to choose from. :D

At home I won`t drink out of any mug other than one of my own. If someone else uses my mug by accident I don`t say anything, I just don`t use it again.

If someone keeps their place in a book by leaving it open and pages-down I can`t stand it.

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Never open a packet of crisps upside down. (I actually stapled a packet shut and opened other end when I done this once)

I do this, well apart from the stapling. You should be more careful! :D




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When I was a kid if I touched something with one hand, I had to touch it with the other, and the same amount of times, but I`m not so bad on that one now (relatively speaking). Ditto!

See, I`m not owning up to mine till someone else does so I don`t look a sandwich short of a picnic.

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I`m militant about things like proper acronyms It ain`t an acronym unless it spells another word therefore BD ain`t an acronym it is an initialism. So there.

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I miss the honky tonks, the Dairy Queens and Seven Elevens...

This item was edited on Thursday, 27th November 2008, 17:01

Lol, think this is going OCD rather than anal.

Of course, we all have routines.

Only sometimes it can take over.

Never underestimate your sub conscious either.

It is amazing what influences us.

Even I had a thing about acrostics for a while.

Stupid, I know, and glad I grew out of it.

This item was edited on Thursday, 27th November 2008, 19:03

borderline OCD here...

The keys on the hooks have to be lined up so...

Work & Door Keys
My Car Keys & Spare
Wifes Car Keys & Spare
Datsun Keys & Spare
Keys to Parents houses...

MrsMarksparks999 sometimes moves them around or mixes them up just to wind me up...



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