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Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:04 am
by Mark Deeks
Obviously I realise this question is posed to a room full of Countdowners, so try to limit yourself to only your top 50 or 60 hang-ups.
I get a bit funny about kettles. I distinctly remember when I was young that on one of my Sooty tapes, Matthew Corbett was adamant about the dangers of mixing water and electricity. And now you're telling me we're supposed to put all that water right next to a plug and then zap it. Nah man, I'm good, you can handle that certain death yourself.
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:06 am
by Mark Deeks
I also get into these cycles of saying the same thing over and over again. Not just in the sense that I only have about three jokes, but I mean, literally repeating things to myself dozens of times, because it feels nice. Just now in the kitchen for example, I got stuck on saying "welcome to the Dallas Buyers Club" in the voice of Matthew McConaughey. Didn't HAVE to do it, it wasn't a compulsion, but it felt nice, so I did it. Yknow? Just me? Yeah. Aight cool.
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:58 am
by Marc Meakin
I like to make up songs to sing to my dog.
The weird bit is I'm on vacation atm and I'm singing it in her absence.
I remember getting weird about kidney beans if you don't cook them properly they are poisonous ( thanks Esther Rantzen from That's Life)
Also I think I watched on QI that Daddy Long Legs are the most venomous I sect in the UK but as they don't have fangs can't harm you.
But what if you accidentally swallow one so I freak out if one comes in the house for mine and my dogs sake
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:00 am
by Marc Meakin
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:04 am
Obviously I realise this question is posed to a room full of Countdowners, so try to limit yourself to only your top 50 or 60 hang-ups.
I get a bit funny about kettles. I distinctly remember when I was young that on one of my Sooty tapes, Matthew Corbett was adamant about the dangers of mixing water and electricity. And now you're telling me we're supposed to put all that water right next to a plug and then zap it. Nah man, I'm good, you can handle that certain death yourself.
I'm guessing Electric showers are also on your list
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:52 am
by Marc Meakin
I can't take a dump , I get stage fright as it were if someone is talking to me whilst I'm in the toilet.
In fact I can only take a dump at work if I use the disabled toilet ( I figured ADHD is a disability ) to minimise risk of conversations during a dump
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:27 am
by Mark James
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:06 am
I also get into these cycles of saying the same thing over and over again. Not just in the sense that I only have about three jokes, but I mean, literally repeating things to myself dozens of times, because it feels nice. Just now in the kitchen for example, I got stuck on saying "welcome to the Dallas Buyers Club" in the voice of Matthew McConaughey. Didn't HAVE to do it, it wasn't a compulsion, but it felt nice, so I did it. Yknow? Just me? Yeah. Aight cool.
I wouldn't have to repeat it multiple times but I can't select shut down on my computer with singing "shut down" to the tune of Shakedown by Bob Seger.
Every time I shave I think of the scene from Father Ted where Dougal has the shaving cream all over his face and I have to say to myself, sure I didn't even shave this morning.
If I ever, say "Ah yes", in any context, I have to follow it up with "right in the drawer" like Homer Simpson's Mother once said.
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 11:10 am
by Adam S Latchford
When there's a cheers, you all clink glasses and then someone immediately puts their drink down without taking a sip. Infuriating and I can't even justify why!
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:04 pm
by Marc Meakin
Most the time that I say silly things repeatedly it's in my head.
I worked with a guy that stammered , some times he would say I, I , I , I (In my head I'm singing mad about the boy )
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:50 pm
by Elliott Mellor
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:58 am
I like to make up songs to sing to my dog.
The weird bit is I'm on vacation atm and I'm singing it in her absence.
I remember getting weird about kidney beans if you don't cook them properly they are poisonous ( thanks Esther Rantzen from That's Life)
Also I think I watched on QI that Daddy Long Legs are the most venomous I sect in the UK but as they don't have fangs can't harm you.
But what if you accidentally swallow one so I freak out if one comes in the house for mine and my dogs sake
There's a difference between venomous and poisonous. Venomous bad if injected, poisonous bad if ingested. You'd be fine if you ate one.
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 6:19 pm
by Gavin Chipper
I don't think daddy long legses are either. Whatever creature they call daddy long legses in America might be though.
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:08 pm
by Fiona T
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:52 am
I can't take a dump , I get stage fright as it were if someone is talking to me whilst I'm in the toilet.
In fact I can only take a dump at work if I use the disabled toilet ( I figured ADHD is a disability ) to minimise risk of conversations during a dump
I wave to mine when I flush
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:26 am
by Gavin Chipper
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:50 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:58 am
I like to make up songs to sing to my dog.
The weird bit is I'm on vacation atm and I'm singing it in her absence.
I remember getting weird about kidney beans if you don't cook them properly they are poisonous ( thanks Esther Rantzen from That's Life)
Also I think I watched on QI that Daddy Long Legs are the most venomous I sect in the UK but as they don't have fangs can't harm you.
But what if you accidentally swallow one so I freak out if one comes in the house for mine and my dogs sake
There's a difference between venomous and poisonous. Venomous bad if injected, poisonous bad if ingested. You'd be fine if you ate one.
People always give this distinction but I'm not sure it's quite right. I'd say venoms are a subset of poisons. Venoms have to be injected but poisons are more general. Venoms also have to come from biological organisms (generally some animal but maybe a plant or something would be reasonable). If someone kills someone by injecting a synthetic substance into them, you'd get some strange looks if you called it a venom. But it is a poison.
Biological + injected = venom (and poison)
Biological + non-injected = poison
Non-biological + injected or not = poison
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:55 am
by Marc Meakin
Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:08 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:52 am
I can't take a dump , I get stage fright as it were if someone is talking to me whilst I'm in the toilet.
In fact I can only take a dump at work if I use the disabled toilet ( I figured ADHD is a disability ) to minimise risk of conversations during a dump
I wave to mine when I flush
Lol so do I
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:58 am
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:26 am
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:50 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:58 am
I like to make up songs to sing to my dog.
The weird bit is I'm on vacation atm and I'm singing it in her absence.
I remember getting weird about kidney beans if you don't cook them properly they are poisonous ( thanks Esther Rantzen from That's Life)
Also I think I watched on QI that Daddy Long Legs are the most venomous I sect in the UK but as they don't have fangs can't harm you.
But what if you accidentally swallow one so I freak out if one comes in the house for mine and my dogs sake
There's a difference between venomous and poisonous. Venomous bad if injected, poisonous bad if ingested. You'd be fine if you ate one.
People always give this distinction but I'm not sure it's quite right. I'd say venoms are a subset of poisons. Venoms have to be injected but poisons are more general. Venoms also have to come from biological organisms (generally some animal but maybe a plant or something would be reasonable). If someone kills someone by injecting a synthetic substance into them, you'd get some strange looks if you called it a venom. But it is a poison.
Biological + injected = venom (and poison)
Biological + non-injected = poison
Non-biological + injected or not = poison
As a foot note to this I think I have mixed up crane fly with daddy long legs .Edit they are the same thing
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:12 pm
by Tal Lessner
Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:08 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:52 am
I can't take a dump , I get stage fright as it were if someone is talking to me whilst I'm in the toilet.
In fact I can only take a dump at work if I use the disabled toilet ( I figured ADHD is a disability ) to minimise risk of conversations during a dump
I wave to mine when I flush
On the subject, I always feel like I've wasted my time if I go at home on days I work from the office.
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:05 pm
by Elliott Mellor
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:26 am
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:50 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 3:58 am
I like to make up songs to sing to my dog.
The weird bit is I'm on vacation atm and I'm singing it in her absence.
I remember getting weird about kidney beans if you don't cook them properly they are poisonous ( thanks Esther Rantzen from That's Life)
Also I think I watched on QI that Daddy Long Legs are the most venomous I sect in the UK but as they don't have fangs can't harm you.
But what if you accidentally swallow one so I freak out if one comes in the house for mine and my dogs sake
There's a difference between venomous and poisonous. Venomous bad if injected, poisonous bad if ingested. You'd be fine if you ate one.
People always give this distinction but I'm not sure it's quite right. I'd say venoms are a subset of poisons. Venoms have to be injected but poisons are more general. Venoms also have to come from biological organisms (generally some animal but maybe a plant or something would be reasonable). If someone kills someone by injecting a synthetic substance into them, you'd get some strange looks if you called it a venom. But it is a poison.
Biological + injected = venom (and poison)
Biological + non-injected = poison
Non-biological + injected or not = poison
Yeah it's maybe a bit oversimplified but you'd certainly not come to serious harm through eating a crane fly (or at least not from any supposed venom, you might get ill if they'd been in a particularly unhygienic place and were carrying bacteria from it but that's the same with anything).
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 10:07 pm
by Fiona T
Tal Lessner wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:12 pm
Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:08 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:52 am
I can't take a dump , I get stage fright as it were if someone is talking to me whilst I'm in the toilet.
In fact I can only take a dump at work if I use the disabled toilet ( I figured ADHD is a disability ) to minimise risk of conversations during a dump
I wave to mine when I flush
On the subject, I always feel like I've wasted my time if I go at home on days I work from the office.
Pretty sure there used to be an app/website specifically to work out how much you were earning whilst taking your dump. Google only returns sensible stuff like freeagent
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 9:32 am
by Marc Meakin
More recently, the screw cups on diet coke etc that stay attached I have to take them off properly even if I clumsily end up dropping the lid negating the reason behind it being attached.
The nanny state gone mad
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 9:49 am
by Gavin Chipper
I've seen a few people complaining about those lids. Mostly Nigel Farage types. You're obviously the exception! (I think I pulled it back.)
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 11:02 am
by Mark Deeks
The daddy long legs thing, while a myth, isn't entirely off base. Daddy long legses are venomous but unable to penetrate human skin.
HOWEVER.
Those are the American daddy longlegses. They use the word for something different over there. The cellar spiders. The British daddy longlegseseses (crane flies) are (a) not venomous and (b) not spiders.
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:58 pm
by Marc Meakin
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 6:25 am
by Marc Meakin
It's amazing how long I can keep a saying going in my vernacular.
In the 80s or 90s there was a politician called Walid Jumblatt. I've referred to my wallet as my Jumblatt ever since
Edit: not only is he still alive he was still in the Lebanese Socialist Party until last year
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 8:05 am
by Thomas Carey
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Sep 29, 2024 6:25 am
It's amazing how long I can keep a saying going in my vernacular.
In the 80s or 90s there was a politician called Walid Jumblatt. I've referred to my wallet as my Jumblatt ever since
Edit: not only is he still alive he was still in the Lebanese Socialist Party until last year
Not quite as long but when we moved in to our current flat in June 2023, we fostered a cat for a few days named Ben. Ben had feline HIV so we had to keep him trapped in the little spare room so there was no chance of him infecting our cats. To this day, we refer to that room as the Ben room
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2024 8:22 am
by Marc Meakin
I've recently got into the habit of using the milk left from my cereal in my coffee.
It started by accident as I forgot the milk in my coffee one day and couldn't be bothered to go back to the fridge.
Re: Things you get a bit weird about
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2024 8:26 am
by Marc Meakin
When someone does a large sneeze I can't stop myself from saying there she blows (usually quietly if it's a stranger )
