Does everyone have a personality quirk, or are we just weird? And why?

Pirates kick ass.

Just watch where you step when going without shoes! :-) Everyone has quirks, just some of us hide ours better. And don’t forget what one person would consider normal, another person would consider a quirk. My kids say I laugh at the stupidest things. I see the funny in everything (except people getting hurt or hitting each other like the 3 Stooges) and I do so howl at British comedies which most Americans don’t understand for some reason. And my middle son loves pirates – so he shares a quirk with you.

Sure! We all like and do different things that make us happy. We are all individuals. :)

I have lots of quirks. I can’t remember any offhand except my peculiar humor. It definitely doesn’t make sense via text – it depends entirely on my voice and context. The simplest way I can explain it is deadpan humor; for instance if a coworker drops a stack of papers (and we are all in a jovial mood) I’ll say “You dropped something” without stopping what I’m doing.

Some (read:most) people don’t get it, but others laugh. I guess you could say I am also someone who takes pride in corniness :P

I have a bad temper and I like the PITTSBURGH Pirates.

My partner (who does not Fluther) is absolutely phobic of wet bread. Physical contact with wet bread makes her vomit.

Everyone, without a doubt, has little things that are unique only to them. Sometimes they share them with others to varying degrees. Personally, when I make sandwiches, everything has to meet the edge of the bread, I don’t care what it is. It’s allowed to hang over, of course, but the crust must be met. I also wash my dishes very carefully, whereas my husband has left a lake in the vicinity when he’s done. My quirk amuses him and his quirk bothers me. Not enough to get divorced over, though.

Then there’s the perpetual, “which way should the toilet paper hang, over or under” issue. It is, oddly enough, some of these smaller things that feel like they’re almost part of our character.

Some can be repulsed by outie belly buttons and others are turned on by them, and it’s a darned good thing because not everyone has an outie belly button and if there wasn’t someone in the world who didn’t like innie belly buttons I’d be up the creek.

Have you noticed that I’m rambling, and that’s one of my own little character flaws, some love it and some want to just smack me because of it.

@squirbel we definitely must have the same sense of humor because I would have laughed at your deadpan humor (especially if I was the one to drop the stack of papers). And @DeezerQueue, I ramble too, as you can see that I save my comments for when I am on my computer and not my iPhone as it would take me forever to type it on my iPhone (especially with these darn high-maintenance fingernails I insist of having!). So, I guess you could say that, no matter what our “quirk”, there is always somone out there who shares it with us. And now that I am visualizing soaking wet bread…..ewwwww

I bend *spoons and forks at restaurants in order to have the bowl of the spoon or rake of the fork parallel their respective handles. I started doing it when I was about ten. Its to the point now where I am not even conscience of the action. I have been accused by waiters of damaging the utensils and have embarassed friends family and relationships. In France I was asked to leave having not even been told what I did until I was a block away from the offended restauarant.

A lot of it has to do with my hatred of picking up a spoon and seeing that its bowl tends to point at an incline. This shouldn’t be therefore modifications must be made. My shrink laughs. I digress.

*Not with my mind

Who doesn’t love pirates and going barefoot? Seriously, we are all a little weird in our own ways but I like to think that’s just what makes us unique!

As a note to all who respond/have responded. I will be adopting all said “quirks” and will try to keep you posted. As far as the inny/outy belly button goes, I’ll see if I can pull it out halfway through the day.

Hmm. I was kind of hoping that more people would talk about their own quirks…

I’ve always had a quirk about parking my vehicles in a parking lot. I want to park in the center of my space, and parallel to the lines. And over the years, by paying attention, I’ve gotten the habit of nailing it almost every time. Harmless enough, except for the fact that I get ticked off at the people who can’t even park between the lines. Guess that is their quirk.

I’m fine, it’s you who have the problems.

I don’t understand the fascination with pirates, given the historical facts of their actions. But then, some people are fascinated with serial killers, cannibals, and celebrities, which I don’t understand either.

As for my own quirks, I love going barefoot, I am a perfectionist about traffic laws, and I have a passion for debunking myths, urban legends, and other nonsensical things that people too often accept as fact.

Can’t I be both? Pick me, pick me!

I too have a fascination with Pirates… But I think everyone has little personality quirks, it makes life and relationships interesting.

I sing to my animals…but, I live in the middle of lots of space so I CAN!

I like waking up for a piece of chocolate in the dead of night.

I have way too many funky garage shoes, but I wear them all. haha

I have a fetish for lighting, I can amuse myself for hours arranging lamps and changing bulbs of various exotic design.

I just bought rubber squirt fish for my hot tub.

I turn off the phone at bedtime, if your dead at 1a.m you will be just as dead at 6a.m.

Don’t wake me up. lol