Ten weird things I do that nobody else does...

[Manfred Belheim]

Does your cereal float on the surface of the milk?

 

[Kyriakos]

They all float down here. And when you are here, you'll float too...

 

[warpus]

Does your cereal float on the surface of the milk?

Of course, as it should. Once it gets soggy enough it'll sink, but I only put in a handful or two handfuls at a time, so that this doesn't happen. Once all the cereal is gone from my bowl, I add more.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Why not just eat dry cereal from a bowl with a glass of milk?

 

[warpus]

Well that's just silly. Besides, it dirties two things instead of just one.

 

[dusters]

Don't 14 year old girls all have young-looking faces by definition (barring weird medical conditions)?

No. Some girls start smoking, drinking or even doing drugs by age of 11.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Well that's just silly. Besides, it dirties two things instead of just one.

Is it silly? It sounds like you have an extreme aversion to your cereal coming into anything other than the most tenuous contact with milk until it's actually in your mouth, so keeping them entirely separate until that point would seem the ideal solution. Fair point about the increase in dirty objects though, although it's only a 50% increase rather than a 100% increase if you factor in the spoon.

No. Some girls start smoking, drinking or even doing drugs by age of 11.

Well that got dark pretty quickly. I do still wonder exactly what proportion of 11 year old girls take up any of that to such an extent that they are haggard by the age of 14. I can't think it's really all that high. But maybe you live somewhere pretty dank.

 

[warpus]

I like the cereal being in the milk though. As long as it's crunchy.

 

[Traitorfish]

No. Some girls start smoking, drinking or even doing drugs by age of 11.

"Aren't all dogs furry?"
"Not the ones who have been HORRIBLY BURNED WITH NAPALM."

 

[dusters]

"Aren't all dogs furry?"
"Not the ones who have been HORRIBLY BURNED WITH NAPALM."

You have an excellent sense of humour, sir.

 

[civvver]

I eat cereal dry. I hate soggy cereal but beyond that the combo just never did much for me anyway, the textures class I guess. I do actually eat the cereal plain and drink milk from a glass.

You know there is green tea flavored ice cream and it's awesome, so I can imagine green tea with vanilla ice cream would be spectacular. Of course it has to be good egg based vanilla ice cream like hagen daz, not the fake emulsified non-egg crap all the cheap brands use now.

I love bitter, sweet and salty combos. Like how most people enjoy beer or wine with salty snacks? I like chocolates/deserts and beer. I think wine and chocolate is a pretty accepted combo, as is of course coffee and desserts, but I love a more bitter beer like an ipa or stout with chocolate cake, brownies or just chocolates like truffles. Even though wheat beers are on the sweeter side they pair nicely as well, like hoegarden + chocolate is a good combo.

I don't think I do anything else too weird food wise but I put black pepper (fresh ground of course) on everything in copious amounts. Pasta whether it's white or red sauce, any meat, sandwiches, salad, soup, eggs, garlic toast, vegetables, even desserts like ice cream. I think the only thing I haven't peppered is fruit.

When I was little I used to play a game where you could only step on the black asphalt of parking lots for equal time that you stepped on the white parking lot lines. For some reason in my head I called this charging up my white knight power. So I'd stand on the white lines for ~5 seconds, then book it to the next row so I was only on asphalt for less than 5 seconds. Eventually this drew the ire of my parents, not sure if I actually explained to them what I was doing, so I had to add a multiplier to white knight charging. I decided on something like a 10 to 1 ratio so now as long as I just stepped on all the lines walking into a place I was good to go. I still will step on the lines on purpose to this day.

I also talk to myself... a lot. Most of the time it's in stores. I'm basically thinking out loud about what I need next like I will say audibly, ok chicken for dinner monday, should we have pork chops tuesday or wednesday? People sometimes look at me weird.

 

[warpus]

I'm not sure what y'all call this type of cheese:

Spoiler :

Somebody told me it's cottage cheese, but I've had cottage cheese here in Canada, and it doesn't taste like that. Plus it was runny - this isn't.

Anyway, I eat sandwiches with cheese like that on it, and I put ketchup on it.

 

[civvver]

It looks like queso fresco/blanco.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queso_blanco

It's a white cheese made in mexican cuisine.

Maybe they called it cottage cheese cus of this:

"It is sometimes made by pressing the whey from cottage cheese, but more often it is made by heating whole fresh milk to near-boiling, adding an acidifying agent such as vinegar, stirring until curds form, then draining the curds in cheesecloth for three to five hours."

Doesn't seem that weird, I love ketchup on grilled cheese and you can make grilled cheese with any type pretty much. Muenster is one of my favorites.

 

[Hygro]

When I was a kid walking on a checkered tile floor or ground, I would walk on the tiles in the pattern of a chess knight.

 

[Kyriakos]

I'm not sure what y'all call this type of cheese:

Spoiler :

Somebody told me it's cottage cheese, but I've had cottage cheese here in Canada, and it doesn't taste like that. Plus it was runny - this isn't.

Anyway, I eat sandwiches with cheese like that on it, and I put ketchup on it.

Looks a lot like a local and cypriot cheese that i don't like at all. It is grainy and soft goat (iirc) cheese that breaks apart very easily. Very different from feta, obviously.

A pic of it:

Apparently it is mostly known as "Manouri".

 

[warpus]

Doesn't seem that weird, I love ketchup on grilled cheese and you can make grilled cheese with any type pretty much. Muenster is one of my favorites.

This type of cheese tastes nothing like yellow (i.e. cheddar, swiss, etc.) cheese though. It doesn't melt either. I've never seen anyone ever put ketchup on it. I just started doing it because I randomly tried it one day and I liked the contrast between the sweet ketchup and the texture of the cheese.

I've had queso fresco before, and it was white, but it tasted more like yellow cheese, not this cheese that I'm talking about. But maybe there's different kinds of queso fresco

 

[Perfection]

When I was a kid walking on a checkered tile floor or ground, I would walk on the tiles in the pattern of a chess knight.

 

[Akka]

3. I think I am the only mid-aged healthy male who can manage to hurt the ankle of his foot with the heel of his shoe from his other foot while walking casually on the street.

Already did that !
Not on a regular basis though.

5. I always look for the most beautiful female face in any given setting, almost automatic "beauty" contest my eyes and brain conduct when I enter to some room with many people. Almost obscene, I know, but thaaaaaats me. Other body parts matter too, but much less when I silently crown the winner in my mind.

I'm pretty sure a majority of males do that. In fact, I'd even go on a limb and claim that a large number (and probably an outright majority) of males also try to picture said women naked too, even if talking with them.

 

[warpus]

When I enter a room I am mostly thinking about scenarios in which some of the people in the room jump out at me and attack me and I have to defend myself by ducking down and punching someone in the face in mid-air as I turn around. After getting settled and determining that there are no immediate threats, I scan the room again and do not really imagine people to be naked, but rather imagine how nice it would be if they were. Imagining people being naked never works for me, so I don't try to do it anymore.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm one of three people I know who have no qualms about drinking milk while eating fish. It's not like I always eat milk with fish, but most people I talk with seem repulsed by the thought, whereas I've done it since I was young and don't consider it odd.

Congrats, now you know four. I had milk with my fish just a couple of nights ago.

Chocolate milk, actually.

Somewhat like #6, I very rarely swear, especially the harsher swear words. Although I don't have a particular problem with other people doing so, as long as it doesn't seem like they're swearing just for the sake of swearing. On the rare occasions when I really am angry, tone of voice and being direct typically is just as effective, and by not using them often they still retain their impact when they are used. More than anything else though, I think it's not hearing them frequently while growing up (especially at home) that's responsible for my preference of other vocabulary.

Hanging out on certain websites has ruined my almost squeaky-clean vocabulary. I remember one time I accidentally said "damn" in front of my grandmother, and she was so shocked, she started to laugh. I think it was the look of mortification on my face that struck her so funny.

Nowadays... I try to keep my vocabulary civilized around other humans, but if some jerk in the library is going to run into me (he had plenty of room to go around) and then snarl at me with the "f-word" as though it's my fault, he's going to get it dished right back at him. Too many people these days seem allergic to the phrase "excuse me, please." I even say that to my cats.

I pour the milk in first, then put in the cereal. I hate soggy cereal and don't understand people who put in the cereal first and get it all soggy by pouring milk all over it.

Depending on the cereal, it's a good idea to remember Archimedes' Principle. If you don't, you'll end up with a mess all over the table.

I just skip the milk and scarf down the honey-flavored Shreddies right from the box.