Quirks

I love finding out about peoples eccentricities. Strange supersticions, weird sayings, odd phobias, and unusual beliefs.

I have a friend who every time she goes through an amber light scratches her car roof and taps on the windscreen. A few people I know lift their feet off the ground when they go over train tracks.

My grandmother on my father's side had some funny things she'd say. If it was raining but there were no clouds about she'd say 'it's a monkey's wedding'. My own Mother when I was a teenager in an attempt to drag me out of bed would yell down the house to me 'people die in bed!'. That one still confuses me to this day.

As for weird phobias a friend doesn't like the feeling of 'naked' foam, it gives him the creeps.

I find myself going into catholic school girl mode every time I see a hearse with a coffin in it. I cross myself and recite in my head the hail mary. My sister gets funny feelings every now and then and rings the whole family to make sure none of us are dead. So far her psychic abilities have been totally wrong, but if it happens often enough I'm sure the odds will eventually be in her favour.