What do you NOT do that everybody else does?

I love the Big Bang Theory. I have watched it since the first episode. I have even gotten my sister into the show.

 

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I do not eat ham.

 

I do not check WA everyday. =x

 

I do not drink coffee either.

 

Absolutely!!! Sheldon is my hero.

 

I do not believe in global warming.

 

This is great. I did this exclusively as a child - so much that my family made many remarks about it. I still have a tendency to do this, but I'm not a fanatic. I definitely don't like it when you get one of those food sculptures in a fancy restaurant where the vegetables are on the bottom, the meat course is on top of them and some tall garnish (some sprouts or fried onion strings or something) is piled on top, standing straight up, all surrounded by some fancy sauce. No matter how good the restaurant is, I deconstruct it (I'm a deconstructionist), put everything side by side and eat them separately.


SW

 

I love that show as well... I call it "The Nerd Show"... very funny

I do not eat ham, either.

 

I do not put mustard on anything. Kinda went the other way of you no-ketchup people!

 

I don't say "God bless you" when someone sneezes. Now that we're aware that microbes cause disease, it's not necessary to invoke the blessings of a deity to frighten away the demons. Sometimes I say "Gesundheit" or "salud", which both mean "health".



SW

 

Go out to see movies. IMO, it's a waste of money.

 

Neither do I...don't care for the theater atmosphere and the draconian policies

 

lol. There is nothing more unappealing to me than the thought of one of those KFC "bowls".

 

Tailgate (and I don't mean party). Drove from Boston to NYC and back this weekend to attend a family event. Even though two of us shared the driving, it was still 10 hours in the car. I was once again amazed at how many people tailgate at highway speeds. I like driving fast and making good time as much as anyone, but I just never tailgate - it's too risky.

Now I may not always follow the rule we all learned in Driver's Ed (1 car length for each 10 mph) - I may not leave 7 car lengths at 70 mph, but I certainly leave 4 or 5. But lots of people will follow you less than 1 car length back, for mile after mile, at 60, 70 or even 75 mph!! You look in your rearview mirror and see nothing but their front grill.

Of course, if I'm in the left lane in light traffic, I'll just move to the right to let the idiot pass. But in moderate to heavy traffic, it's often not practical and somewhat unsafe to weave in and out, just to make way for the mentally challenged. Typically, when I let a tailgater go by, they just crawl up behind the next guy, and then another one comes up behind, and another, until there is a caravan of cars going 70, each a half car length back. All I can think of at this point is that I don't want to be anywhere nearby when the accident happens.

I'm sure some people do this because they aren't really paying attention while they are talking on the phone, singing along with the iPod, thinking about that big business deal, etc., And I know that all of us tend to habituate to speed, so it's easy, after an hour or so on the highway, to forget how fast you're going. But some of them also seem to do this intentionally, as a way of saying "Move over and let me pass". My feeling is, I'll move over if it's safe. If not, he (it's almost always a he) can just get steamed for a while until he passes me on the right. I silently wish him good luck in his pursuit of the Darwin Award.


SW

 

Nice post Steve. I absolutely 100% agree with you. I feel (and act) the same way. And if traffic is really crazy, I'll take a longer/slower route. That many people increases the concentration of stupid drivers & I like to lower that ratio as soon as I can.

 

I don't use facebook

 

I am anti-Text!!! I go as far as having a Text block on my phone. I pay good money for a voice plan, so if you need to hit me up... call me & don't text me!!! BAH!!!

 

I do NOT watch that crappy "Dancing with the Stars" mess...:thumbsdow

 

I don't use call waiting. Some people think it's the ultimate convenience, I know. I just think it's rude. If I'm talking to you, why should I ask you to wait while I have a quick word with a telemarketer who happened to call? I don't like it when someone I'm talking to says, "Oh, could you just wait a second?", and I don't want to do this to others.

It could be an emergency, but how likely is that really? What emergencies can't wait 10 minutes until I'm done speaking with you? People who think that every call is probably an emergency are a bit melodramatic, don't you think?

Most likely, the second person is a friend or family, who I really want to talk to. They'll get my voicemail (on my cell) or a good, old fashioned busy signal (on my home phone). I am busy, after all, and there is nothing wrong with a busy signal. That's Old School ;-).


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Concurred!!!

 

RE: Call waiting.

I will look at the incoming call. Most often I will reject the call and send it to voicemail (especially if I don't recognize the incoming number) . However, mom always gets answered, even if its just to say I'll call you back in 5 minutes. Voicemail still seems to trip her up.

 

I agree; immediate family always gets answered, everyone else waits.