What do you do that's just not logical?

Pretty much everything!!

We do all sorts of crazy things! son has just spent a few days with us and reckons we should be on the tele!

I always used to keep my watch & clocks a few minutes fast, since I've retired I don't bother. I'm never late for appointments as I allow too much time in case of hold ups.

I can't go to sleep without reading a book even if it's only a page, doesn't matter how tired I am. I also have to have the radio on, can't sleep in silence

I used to set my watch and classroom clock 5 mins fast, as I always got carried away with the lesson and forget the time.
However, when I first started teaching, I took my Primary 1 children to lunch 30 mins early. It was only when I reached the dinner hall, which was completely empty, that I realised there was something amiss with my watch. It certainly did not make a good impression with the headteacher, who happened to be passing by.

Exist!

According to my husband very little I do is logical. Definitely need the clocks 5 minutes fast at least.

Your welcome Lewlew, living beside the sea is so special.

Years ago, when I was working, our smoke alarm went off in the middle of the night. According to my husband I said What was that? He replied that it was the fire alarm to which I reportedly said, Thank goodness, I thought it was the alarm clock. For months he kept muttering I don't believe you said that!
But then he was never a teacher, they need all the sleep they can get!

My alarm clock is always 5 minutes fast, as well - but I usually tap my head on the pillow the number of the hour I wish to wake, and it works every time then I turn the alarm off before it rings. I also write on my forehead if I have something important to remember, that works too. Just don't always remember to do it!!

grannypiper Mon 22-May-17 20:15:17 That's lovely and I totally identify with that. In the US I lived on the harbour. Whenever a big tanker went out, the lead tug captain always shined his light on our cottage as there were no onshore navigation beacons. It always woke me up in the wee hours, but it was a comforting awakening. The tugs also tooted signals to each other and I could lay there and know exactly where the 'flotilla' of tugs and tanker were in the channel.

THEN, I could go back to sleep. Thanks for tickling my own memory!

Hilarious!
I do the same with the clock in my car and my alarm in my bedroom. It must say something about our personality although what I'm not certain?!

My son, who does not have autism or anything like that, used to touch the door with one hand then touch It with the other before he left the house.

I have a mobile 'phone, but I never use it. I do not give out the number except to family but I would never know if anyone had 'phoned me because it is always switched off! Why do I bother?

I fill all my shelves and wall unit with books. So many I think I am running out of time to read them all! OK I am addicted to books :-)

Ive had the habit since i was a child of trying to 'even out' my footsteps ie if I step on a line with my right foot I have to do the same with my left (same for spaces, rugs, different surfaces etc)so my gait can be a nit weird walking on flagstones. It seemed important when I was little but now it annoys me when I realise I'm doing it and I deliberately stop. But still find i do it automatically sometimes! How silly!

I am usually not superstitious and I try to be rational but I have to fight off some 'OCD' habits such as, when crossing the road, never walking on a white line but going between them.

I have closed my fairly new ironing board by a very awkward method; press release button and them bend right over to floor level, with ironing board slowly folding and weight pulling me down, and then lifted cumbersome and ungainly board from its position flat on the floor to upright to store. Asked OH to close it the other day; he pressed the release button and simply shut the board upright, and then rolled it on the wheels that I have never used into the cupboard. I didn't know whether to kick myself or laugh.

I keep my watch a few minutes fast. helps get me out of the house on time for appointments.

I always leave a little bit in my cup when drinking, which stems from years ago, in case there are tea leaves at the bottom. I actually only drink coffee and use tea bags for other people's tea. My adult daughter does the same with her fruit juice!

lizzypopbottle , I don't think you're daft at all, because I do exactly the same, and like you if the clock is showing the right time, I feel totally under pressure. I'm such a pedant for good timekeeping , i think that has a lot to do with my stress if I don't keep a few minutes in hand!!

Head banging works for me.

H can't understand how when I flick channels during an ad break, I can turn back at exactly the right moment for the next part of what we're watching. I don't understand it either.

Paddyann I had forgotten about that. I don't knock on my forehead though I bang my head on the pillow an appropriate number of times ( Lightly!), and yes it works every single time. Odd isn't it?

The oddest thing though is that my Husband is profoundly deaf, and obviously does not wear his hearing aids for bed. He cannot hear the alarm clock. I CAN hear but sleep through it lol. He just asks what time I want to be up in the morning, and whatever time he tells himself he wakes up at that time!! no headbanging either

I like all my clocks a wee bit fast too ,though I never set an alarm.When I was very young a friend told me if I knocked on my forehead the number of the hour I wanted to wake at I would .So for 7am I knock 7 times ,if I have an early start at 5am its 5 times etc ....it has never failed me .Its not logical at all ,but it works ..lol

For some reason I like to watch the click on my bedside table rock round to 00.00
And when commuting I felt much better if I was the only one on the escalator - which actually was more often than you could imagine
I have no idea why I like these little rituals

When where??? Grrr, need edit function.