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Quirks?

 

We all possess them, don’t we? Only some of them we admit to owning. And most of us come just short of being categorized as quirky. I think.

 

Let’s see what terms can be used synonymously with quirk:

Eccentricity, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, trademark [as in behavior]

 

Our quirks live with us, and we’re often shocked when someone identifies them with a laugh or refers to them as odd. We retaliate with “Hey, what’s up with that? What about when you . . .”

 

Aah, the calamity of being found out.

 

So. In honor of quirks here are a few of mine:

 

My favorite place to read is in the front yard in the sunshine. However, I don’t live in a tropical climate so that pleasure is limited to the summertime. Instead I prefer to read in the bedroom on our bed. Why? I’m not sure since I have the entire house at my disposal.

 

Coca Cola is my preferred morning beverage. Not coffee which I don’t like. Nor tea which I do like—well, some certain kinds, and only hot tea. Coke is it, baby. Regarding Coke, I have cases of it in the garage, but I usually go to a specific gas station to fill up my personal container because their Coke is the best around with the exception of Taco Time’s, but it’s more expensive there. Sometimes the gals at the gas station let me fill up for free (with Coke that is). I will not order Pepsi in any establishment if they don’t have Coke. No. Way.

 

I must wear cologne. Must. Never leave home without it. Which is silly when I’m usually home more than I’m out, but, hey, I want to smell good. And it ain’t the cheap stuff.

 

Some character in each of my novels sports one of my quirks or lifetime experiences.

 

Do not tell me “You have to . . .” because I will find a way that I do not have to . . .

 

How ‘bout you? You got any “quirks”? Or any you’re willing to expose?

 

 

Father, I know you are The Creator. Therefore in your vast creation, I suspect humor was implemented in various ways. You’d have to have a sense of humor watching your creation. Thank you for that. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

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5 responses to “Quirks?”

  1. Brenda Avatar
    Brenda

    Don’t like coffee or tea (only choke down tea w/honey & lemon when I have a sore throat). I have to have some Cherry Dr Pepper (it has to be diet now in my old age) to start my morning.
    I have to have plenty of dawdle time in the morning before I leave for work b/c I’m a hard-wired morning person. I may not have to leave until 8:30, but I have tons of stuff I cram into my mornings before then (bible study and prayer time, email, writing, blogs, breakfast, walk the dog, you name it), and I get very discombobulated if that time is cut short. I just can’t do like the kids in my youth group who pop out of bed 20 minutes before they have to leave for school. EGADS!
    The quirk I seem to be most famous for is that I hate for messy stuff to touch my fingers. You will never see me eating barbecue spare ribs or chicken on the bone for that reason. And heaven forbid I eat something juicy that dribbles on my fingers. UGH!
    I crave silence far more than the average person.

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  2. Brenda Anderson Avatar
    Brenda Anderson

    Coke in the morning? What’s quirky about that? Make mine Pepsi, though.) I hate coffee and can’t stand even the slightest hint of coffee in food. I won’t eat or drink it.
    As for quirks, I have many, they probably define who I am. 🙂 But the oddest would probably be that I still subconsciously play with my blanket edge when relaxing.

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  3. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    Brenda and Brenda A., thanks for sharing some of your “quirks”. They gave me a good smile this morning.
    You know, I love the quiet, too. Silence is good.
    I don’t like “mocha” flavored anything either, but I love the smell of coffee brewing.
    I don’t like eating messy stuff with my hands either, but my real quirk is any kind of hand lotion or cream on them. Ick. I only use it when my hands get chapped/dry from the cold or cracked from water use (like when we used to bathe several horses every morning at the track). And I’ll only use certain kinds that penetrate or dissolve quickly.
    I love the blanket thing! I sucked my thumb way too long (as did my niece and second son), and I loved to caress the rayon edge of my blanket (as did my son). If I come in contact with that material, I tend to do the same thing sans sucking my thumb. 😉

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  4. Brenda Avatar
    Brenda

    P.S. Your mention of God’s humor reminds me of a verse that has always cracked me up. 1 Samuel 21:15, which says “Have I need of madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madmen in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”
    It’s comforting to know that although we think we live in a world full of crazies, the world has been full of crazies all along. 😎

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  5. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    Too true, B.

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