What "strange" habit do you have?

[Kidlicious]

I'm the guy who pisses all over all the seats. In fact, I make a purpose of using all the toilets each time I visit a restroom.

.... Well it's not me, but someone does that.

[MrFun]

It might be one of your mean in-laws, Kid!

[MrFun]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
That is strange, considering I piss on a bush.

You piss on President Bush!?

[Alinestra Covelia]

I like to scratch my fingers gently along the lateral sides. It gives me a buzz that's mildly erotic and I don't know why. It's especially pleasant on either side of the fingernail bed.

The buzz is not hugely erotic, just a little bit. It's like a backrub or a footrub... definitely a bit of a buzz but doesn't have to be overpowering.

I used to wait until I really really had to go, before going for a pee. Then I was told that this is bad for your bladder muscles and could lead to leakages when you're older. So I stopped doing that.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Originally posted by MarkG
well i posted on apolyton on new year's eve. on apolyton time (7 in the morning in greece)

I posted on Apolyton during the "millennium" New Year (2000 January 1st).

I remember it well because I was playing an anagram game using my own name, and I managed to get

ICE STILL - A NOVA ERA

which I thought was pretty neat, given the occasion.

[Dis]

not sure I feel comfortable revealing my strange habits. You guys might think me a freak (well more of one perhaps).

I do have the strange habit of watching sensationalist news stories such as the Casey Anthony case. Which is strange because several years ago I railed against reporters exploiting victims and suspects for these stories. I'm a hypocrite, I know.

I do like to remove ear wax from my ear. I hate ear wax in my ear. I do worry I may damage my ear though. I heard you could go deaf from ear wax buildup or removal, is this true? Hearing is one of those sense I could not stand to lose, along with sight. I love music too much. I stick my pinky in my ear far too much.

[Alinestra Covelia]

I also remove earwax a fair bit. From what I can tell, in most cases it is not necessary to remove it from the actual canal. It serves a purpose in cleaning dust and other contaminants out of your ear, and preventing infections.

Given time and the natural progression, it just makes its way out of your canal and ends up in the whorls of your earlobes. Then it's safe to clear away.

But yeah I do dislike the idea of wax in my ears and I will clean them out with a Q Tip (even though you're not supposed to). There's a sense of pride whenever I yank a hunk o' wax out and throw it away.

I have dry earwax, as part of the Asian side of my genes.

[Dis]

yeah that's what I do. I don't actually go into my canal. don't think my pinky can fit. Though I do worry about pushing it up there. And it only seems to be my right ear that produces excess wax and comes out of the canal. It seems dry as well, though I have no asian genes.

[Theben]

AC reminded me of a perverted thing I do (I'm sure she does this to many people). Sometimes I get these bumps in the webbing of my hands (bleach/sanitzer is often the culprit). They itch. Once I notice the itch the only way to stop it is to run them under increasingly hot water. At the point where I'd get a 1st degree burn I take my hand out of the water and rub the spot briskly, and then Immediately run cold water over it. For some reason instead of activating the pain nerve endings it activates the pleasure ones (IIRC, they're the same nerves and why some people get into S&M). Anyway it stops the itch and gives me a euphoric high at the same time.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Dis
not sure I feel comfortable revealing my strange habits. You guys might think me a freak (well more of one perhaps).

I do have the strange habit of watching sensationalist news stories such as the Casey Anthony case. Which is strange because several years ago I railed against reporters exploiting victims and suspects for these stories. I'm a hypocrite, I know.

I do like to remove ear wax from my ear. I hate ear wax in my ear. I do worry I may damage my ear though. I heard you could go deaf from ear wax buildup or removal, is this true? Hearing is one of those sense I could not stand to lose, along with sight. I love music too much. I stick my pinky in my ear far too much.

Actually, wouldn't using your pinky finger to "remove" ear wax make it worse as you're simply pushing most of it and packing it tighter in your ear?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Theben
AC reminded me of a perverted thing I do (I'm sure she does this to many people). Sometimes I get these bumps in the webbing of my hands (bleach/sanitzer is often the culprit). They itch. Once I notice the itch the only way to stop it is to run them under increasingly hot water. At the point where I'd get a 1st degree burn I take my hand out of the water and rub the spot briskly, and then Immediately run cold water over it. For some reason instead of activating the pain nerve endings it activates the pleasure ones (IIRC, they're the same nerves and why some people get into S&M). Anyway it stops the itch and gives me a euphoric high at the same time.

sadmochosism through first degree burns

[Alinestra Covelia]

Originally posted by MrFun
Actually, wouldn't using your pinky finger to "remove" ear wax make it worse as you're simply pushing most of it and packing it tighter in your ear?

Yes. Same goes for Q-tips, which is why they say you shouldn't use them. In fact, there's a certain point in your ear canal which is "too far in" for the wax to come out naturally, and if you push the wax into there by using Q-tips, it's worse than if you just left it alone.

[Alinestra Covelia]

I also find that lying down on a soft surface in a dark room with some sort of covering over my body provides me with the ideal situation in which to fall asleep after a long day's work.

[Dry]

Freaking weird.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
I also find that lying down on a soft surface in a dark room with some sort of covering over my body provides me with the ideal situation in which to fall asleep after a long day's work.

You sleep on a . . . .


BED!?