Idle hands....

[LolasLiger]

I was talking with a friend on YIM earlier when I excused myself so I could make a coffee, with the usual "back in a minute" that i am sure many of us say (i hate saying "BRB").

My kettle is a PoS and takes ages to boil, and so when I got back to the computer, the conversation went like this:

him: that was more than a minute, wtf you been doing, having a wank?.
me: nah, seeing if i could break my record*
him: record?
me: yeah, knife tosses in the time kettle boils
him: you're more fucked up than I thought, mate

That is when I realised that what I have been doing for YEARS maybe perceived as a little crazy by other people. When I am in the kitchen just waiting for the kettle or the toaster to do their thing, I will usually juggle with a very large and very sharp knife*. It is has become such a habit that I don't really think about it, just merrily, and absent-mindedly, toss it in the air over and over, till I hear the kettle click or the toaster pop.

So my question to fellow forumites is....is there anything you do absent-mindedly whilst waiting for something that maybe perceived as rather odd by other people?

* to add to the oddness, in my head I am scoring each toss like an Olympic gymnast's vault...height, spin, landing (in my case whether i manage to catch it by the handle). :?

 

[Evvie]

I'm sure I do lots of things, but I can't think of any xD I've come to view the BDSM lifestyle as extremely normal so I kind of get culture shock when I talk to people who are surprised at the things I do.

However, I do often grade random things I do as if they were events... not chores, but just random stuff like best tortilla fryer or best nail painter. I do fake announcer voices in my head and everything.

 

[LolasLiger]

However, I do often grade random things I do as if they were events... not chores, but just random stuff like best tortilla fryer or best nail painter. I do fake announcer voices in my head and everything.

Then you may understand when I say that I often imagine being the presenter of a cookery show when I am cooking. In my head I am explaining everything that I doing...."and now we saute the onions on a low heat until translucent" etc

People wonder why I am such a recluse, but I find things going on in my own head a lot more interesting than what's happening outside. :whistle:

 

[LadyLuna]

I run a commentary on minesweeper as though I'm teaching someone who doesn't know shit about logic how to play it.

I sometimes have a "Steve" commentary in my head about what I'm doing.

"And here, we see the elusive camgirl. Today it seems she is finding food. She searches in her cupboards, and her fridge, and finally her freezer, before determining that it's going to take a little effort this time. Oh! Look! She's found the ramen."

 

[AllisonWilder]

I can't think of anything I do specifically but something about putting food in the microwave automatically means that I have to pee and I try to 'beat' the microwave ding.

 

[Diana Blake]

When I suddenly realize I haven't really done anything in a while but I don't have anything to do I make claw fingers and say "rawr." I also have a bad habit of speaking in a soothing tone saying nothing of particular import, constantly. I developed it when my daughter was born and now, even if she's not in the house, I still just continue talking to myself.

If I'm not wearing pants I find my hands cupping my lady bits. Not in a sexual way; just because they're soft and squishy.

 

[Mirra]

Heh... I used to play with my pocket knife, opening it and closing it in quick succession, absentmindedly while waiting on things. It's a folding knife with a release for 1 handed opening. Then I noticed how uncomfortable people would look if they were nearby so I broke myself of the habit. Cannot think of any other past or current idle fidgety type things.