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I Smell My Fingers While I Read...

Posted by lotusb • 10/29/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: human habits

I smell my fingers when I'm reading or concentrating hard. I ball my fists when I'm sleeping. I twist my hair around my finger almost constatntly...

What inane little thing do you do without even thinking?

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10/29/08

Anok

Why do you smell your fingers?

I'm a pen clicker.

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1. 10/29/08
  
  lotusb
  
  Lol...I have NO idea. I think I'm one of those people who just really likes their scent. Not like the one you spray on, but that scent that everyone has that's different for everyone...? Like the sound that only dogs can hear.
10/29/08

SweetViolet

I click my fingernails together. Makes my husband nuts!

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1. 10/29/08
  
  lotusb
  
  How do you manage to do that without breaking them?? Thats amazing.
2. 10/29/08
  
  SweetViolet
  
  I have acrylic nails. My own nails are like baby's nails...soft and bendable, so I have acrylics (or whatever it is they do these days...gel?) because otherwise I have to keep my nails cut down to the quick to prevent them from being bent or torn.
  
  My husband hates me clicking them, but it is one of those subconscious things that, unless he calls it to my attention, I don't even realize.
3. 10/29/08
  
  Sebastyne
  
  If you can find this stuff, get it:
  
  That stuff is amazing, and I went from braking and flaking excuses of fingernails into strong and long in just couple of weeks using that. In Switzerland it is classified as medicine, but in Finland at least you can buy it from the super market. Seriously, get that if you get tired of fake nails!
10/29/08

melindaville

I twist a curl around my finger and also twist my wedding ring around--both done subconsciously. My mother hums and this drives me crazy!

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1. 10/29/08
  
  lotusb
  
  Hummers are almost as bad as gum-poppers.
2. 10/31/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  Ilike both!!! heh heh heh
3. 10/31/08
  
  lotusb
  
  My third eye senses a nasty little joke....
4. 10/31/08
  
  RTBjr73
  
  Your third eye has keen vision!!!
10/29/08

faithsju243

Ha ha I knew you were a whack a dooddle.....as am I so you are in good company!

Personally I am a leg shaker and a hummer. It drives people batty.

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1. 10/29/08
  
  lotusb
  
  Lol...leg shakers...I forgot to tack that onto my resume. I shake my leg constatly as well. However...hummers...well you can read my comment to mtyler above..lol.
  
  Us whack a doddles (and leg shakers) must stick together.
2. 10/29/08
  
  SweetViolet
  
  My husband does that leg shaking thing!
  
  I spent 30 years in earthquake country and although I've been out of there for 5 years, whenever he starts shaking his foot or leg on the bed, I get that pit-of-the-stomach clench that says "earthquake coming!"
  
  Hmmmm...maybe I should offer him a deal: if he quits giving me earthquake fits, I'll quit clicking my nails!
3. 10/29/08
  
  lotusb
  
  Lol...I'm so mad you said "earthquake fits"...thats hilarious. As a Californian I am always earthquake ready. The first NYC thunderstorm had me seeking cover under the nearest door frame, because I thought it was shaker. I hope I grow out of it...cause it's quite embarrassing.
4. 10/29/08
  
  faithsju243
  
  ROFL.....I would def think you were troubled if you ran to hide when it started thundering...earthquake fit you guys are too much!
5. 10/29/08
  
  lotusb
  
  Yea ok....live through the quake of '89 and then come talk to me about somthin..the freeway fell down. THE FREEWAY....!!!!
6. 10/29/08
  
  faithsju243
  
  Ok I stand corrected, anything that can bring down a freeway deserves it's own personal fit!
10/29/08

SweetViolet

wrong spot

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10/29/08

calais50

I tense up my leg muscles. I don't even know I'm doing it until my daughter is sitting on my lap and says, "Mommy, why are you moving your leg?"

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1. 10/29/08
  
  lotusb
  
  Thats actually a pretty awesome little habit, you must have some killer legs!
10/29/08

kassnoel

I’m a knuckle cracker (which I really have to stop) and a nail tapper. The guy in the cubicle next to mine is always asking me to stop tapping my nails on my desk.

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1. 10/29/08
  
  lotusb
  
  Lol...well nail tapping IS a little annoying but tell him he should be glad you don't have the habit of silent farts like my old cubie neighbor used to have.
10/29/08

midjam

I smoke and bite my finger nails to very bad habits I know.

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1. 10/29/08
  
  lotusb
  
  Smoking isn't really a the kind of habit that creeps up on you for no reason. But biting the nails....awful..must stop that.
10/29/08

Arcticulates

I constantly have my foot moving in circles, even in my sleep, according to my hubby!

I also chew the inside of my cheek when I am really concentrating on something... Don't even realize I am doing it until my cheek gets sore.. usually too late!

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10/29/08

kat822

twist my hair,

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10/29/08

DaneMorgan

I feel so frackin normal all of a sudden

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1. 10/29/08
  
  rainforestrobin
  
  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  DaneMorgan you are a serious riot.
  
  You have this real deadpan serious expression on your avatar and you are actually very funny!!!! I like that.
  
  Nice avatar by the way!
10/29/08

kat822

lol dane

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10/29/08

Sebastyne

I used to bite my nails, but I don't do that any more... I have moved into biting the sides of my fingers, which is not any better really. Especially when I'm watching a movie that makes you nervous... A good thriller or something. You can tell by my fingers if I've been watching a movie...

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10/29/08

rainforestrobin

I'm like DaneMorgan, perfectly normal!

Mawhahahahahahah! Mawhahahahaha!!!

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1. 10/30/08
  
  Arcticulates
  
  @Robin
  Define Normal ???
2. 10/31/08
  
  lotusb
  
  Because "normal" is practically unheard of...that would make you a weirdo.