5 reasons why I'm a bit weird (5 Reasons Why I Think I'm Strange)

Member Name: flutel

Product:	5 Reasons Why I Think I'm Strange
Date:	31/05/09 (44 review reads)
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Advantages: I'm happy

Disadvantages: I wish I could sleep longer

I'm just having a little wonder if some of these things are so strange that I will be deemed a Dooyoo outcast.....mmmmnnn........possibly. Never mind, here we go.


1. I like to pick spots.
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Not too strange I hear you say - but this is a habit that has got me into trouble with my lovely teenage daughter. She, like me, is prone to areas of rough skin and sometimes deep blackheads form. Often in conversation with her, my eyes will have a quick scan to see if there are any pimples on her arms. If there is, I usually ask if I can help her out and squeeze it. The answer is usually no. I sometimes see if she will 'sell' it to me for 50p/£1. I am often successful.

Also, sometimes when discussing things with a school student, I lose concentration if they have a bit of an acne or blackhead situation going on. It can be hard to refocus when I am wondering just why s/he hasn't dealt with huge pustules.

I am also fond of other areas of amateur surgery such as extracting splinters, ingrowing toenails etc.


2. I wake up extremely early
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I need six hours at the max but get tired in the evenings - so often go to bed at a reasonable time; this means I often wake up at 5am. At the moment, I am waking up at 4ish. In the Winter, this is horrible but in the Summer it is a lovely time with no other human beings about. If anyone else was awake to see me they might see the freaky sight of me wandering in the garden in my white nightie. Just me and the birds (& a watering can)
This may explain why I am an early hours reviewer; if I write a review at 6am it feels like lunchtime to me.

A bonus of this affliction is that I can get an easy job at a festival I go to, heating up hot water in a big cauldron at dawn . That sounds quite witch-like.


3. I don't feel pain on hair removal.
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Armpits ot legs it does not bother me. I invested in an epilator (small machine that rips out hairs from the roots) and don't mind using it at all. In fact, I quite enjoy it. My daughter called it a 'nipulator' because of the severe pain she experienced whilst using it; she felt it was ripping her skin off. After one go, she vowed never to use it again. I think she has a low pain threshold. I learned once that in ancient Greece (or was it Rome?) people were employed as 'Armpit Pluckers' - a sort of grim beautician role. That would have been the job for me.



4. I think the best part of camping is putting up the tent
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I think this is the bit that other people despise. It's been a long journey and you feel cream-crackered. It's evening and it all feels like a pressure. Everyone else is wilting but I am happily putting poles together, giving orders and unrolling pump up mattresses. Even in the pich dark, when everyone else has said "Let's finish it in the morning" and turned in, I am still arranging tables, the kitchen area and putting the curtains up. I have a bit of a grown up wendy house thing going on.

It must be stated that my early morning potterings (clatterings with the kettle) don't go down well in a tent.


5. I have long conversations with my cat in cat language.
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She is very communicative at times so we can go on indefinately. She sometimes follows me down the garden in my white nightie (me not the cat) in the early mornings having a little chat.


Have I overstepped the boundaries of weirdness? I feel slightly uneasy about pressing the submit button.


Does 5 stars mean super-weird?

Summary: I'm having one of those cat chats right now.