What's your weirdest quirk?

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I don't know about everyone else but knowing I'm Asperger's has changed everything for me! Instead of hiding all my eccentricities, I've embraced most of them. And have been happier for it... However, there are still things I don't like about myself...stupid weird stuff that won't go away...

What's yours?

Mine are:
Asking for help while at a store.
I can't want / need something at wal-mart or gamestop or victoria's secret and just cannot manage to bring myself to ask for the help most of the time. If I'm having a "good" day, its not so bad but usually, I get my kids to ask for me. The guys at gamestop probably think I'm the weirdest lady ever. LOL

Not hearing what people say
They can be chattering away and I'll nod and laugh in the right places. Ask me what they said 5 minutes later and I couldn't tell you if my life depended on it. I've got an assistant at work who cracks up about it... She'll call me out on it "RITA!! You're not listening again! I'm coming back later when you're ready to pay attention"

HATE TO PUMP GAS
Everything about it
Parking
Paying for it (once again, store clerk crap)
The smell
The other people pumping gas
I have literally run out of gas before trying to avoid having to go. Thank goodness, one of the guys from work pumps for me a lot. I tell him I'm afraid of going by myself at night (after work) cause Im a girl

YOURS??

I sleeptalk! I don't know if that's considered strange/ weird but I say some pretty weird things apparently. The other night I was saying "omm nom nom nom nom" and "the cats on the rail again"

Hm. I have a lot of food quirks-

Dulled perception of taste, so condiments aren't just "extra", they're a necessity.
Eat things one at a time. (No particular order. I just can't "get" taking two bites of peas, one of potatoes, three of corn, another of peas, etc.)
It seems to me that when other people cook, they waste massive amounts of time and energy moving food from container to container, which seems so silly to me.
Ex:
Pasta- pot > big bowl > plate > Tupperware
Seriously. FOUR containers, for cooking, serving, eating, and storing.
If I were to cook it, I'd eat it right out of the pot/pan, and throw some Saran Wrap over it and put the pan in the fridge if there's any left.


I also can't tell time on an analog clock.

My weirdest and most wonderful quirk is, are you ready for this?











The Kinks!

Ice cubes in multiples of 3. This includes the tiny ones. In many restaurants I'll ask for ice separately or no ice at all because I can't trust them to take the time to do it right. My husband and kids already know that if they're getting a drink for me, it's 3 or 6 ice cubes.

Does he pump you a lot too?

Oh. Goodness!

gee, let's see...
oh yes, i talk to my toilet, and say "thank you for flushing for me!" when it flushes properly and doesn't flood my bathroom floor with yuckiness. when it does flood [too often] i clean up the mess and say to the toilet, "sorry if my voluminous junk made you choke." i've even been known to give it an affectionate pat now and then. i talk to all my inanimate objects and lavish affection on them.
i cannot ignore a penny or dime or other unit of money lying on the ground, even if it is in a mudpuddle. i will pick it up without fail. same for pens and pencils and paperclips and whatnot. i am reluctant to throw out empty food containers. i will clean them meticulously and keep them stacked up in the corners, just in case i need them to store some food or something. i also keep the boxes and wrappers of other stuff that has long since broken down and been consigned to the "as-is" bin at goodwill. i have a wrapper for an obstetrical vacuum extraction device" that has a gold sticker on it which reads, "35 millionth unit sold!"

Nah.. Pretty sure he's gay ... pretty sure he's aspie too Love him like a brother and not in the typical from-the-south style

I seem to sleep talk and have night terrors; and even "wake up" and have a convo with someone but not know about it in the morning. I also can't read a analog clock 'embaresing' . I loose track of time and constantly forget to do things. Also things go in one and out the other especialy if its long winded.

when i laugh, sometimes my right hand comes up to my mouth. i crack my knuckles 24/7. there's probably more

I do this too, I rarely ever switch between things. Sometimes I don't even switch between drinking and eating. Although I do have specific orders, like hamburger > fries > drink, which rarely ever varies.

Can't think of anything else right now, hopefully other people's posts will spark an idea for me.

Selective hearing (annoying)
Love the smell of gas
Love the smell of my baby's poo
I love sucking his cheeks and sniffing him
Eating things one at a time
Taking the same routes to places
Eating the same foods
Hating to ask for help at the store, too scared I will make myself look stupid
Hate talking on the phone
I don't miss my parents
I'm a hermit
I don't wear clothes in my apartment because I want to save on doing laundry
I can't stand unfinished food left on peoples plates or stand leaving some cake behind in the spot where I got my piece of cake, same as other sweets like pie.

I got a chuckle about the cake and pie. I so do that. and If filling oozes out from the pieces next to it I am compelled to put it back.

I also eat foods in a certain order, deemed by taste "value" why waste room by eating something less tasty and have to leave something more tasty

My wife says my most annoying quirk is pointing out "problems" with tv/movies/etc.

Gosh, I'm so annoying I don't know where to start....

I hate talking on the phone or to store clerks. I will NOT order from a drive-thru.
When I hear an unusual word or accent, I mimic it.
I talk during movies, usually when I notice a mistake. Also if I see any interesting object in the background.
I talk to myself a lot, even when my spouse is home. He'll hear me blabbing away in the kitchen and yell, "Are you talking to yourself again?" "Yeah." "Okay, just checking."
I crack my knuckles, my wrists, and one ankle.
I cannot stand the sight of anyone (real or on tv) brushing their teeth.

There's more, but those are the ones that pop into my head at the moment.

I'm so annoying:

-I talk too much and too loudly, everyone must think I'm so full of myself but it's really quite the opposite
-my clothes pegs to hang out the washing have to match, and preferably even match the clothes I'm hanging up
-all of my pantry items are categorised and have the labels facing forwards
-I have such a compulsion to learn things/prove myself worthy I'm currently doing 250% full time study load, another thing people get sick of hearing about
-I can recite things back word for word or get perfect scores on maths tests but have an anxiety attack when I have to write a report or say something I thought of myself
-I have a million unfinished project lying around the house, a doll house, a quilt, half read books, bought-and-never-read books
-I don't know what I do in job interviews, but I don't get the job. It must be bad