Two by Two and Other Odd Behaviours

By On May 3, 2009 · 3 Comments
I was out to lunch on Thursday when I suddenly became self-conscious about how I was eating my french fries.  Now I don’t usually pay attention to my process but for some reason it struck me at this time.  I laugh & joke about it on here but I do have some strange OCD (CDO for all those of you with the same problem) type behaviours. One thing that I must do is have an even number of things.  Odd numbers make me down right uncomfortable…I will do a lot of strange things to avoid odd numbers. When I’m eating something like french fries I will sort them according to size, match them into pairs & proceed to eat them two by two (taking an even number of bites). If there is an odd number they go to Hubby.  When cooking at home I always make an even number of items.  I will count out the number of french fries or anything else that is baked.  Then I must make sure that each of us gets an equal number—never 22 of anything either…must be 20 or 24 because then we get an even number apiece. I count all kinds of things and will do my best to find a way to make things come out even. I don’t like when I’m writing a blog post & the number of words is uneven.  Many times I will go back & rework parts to make the word count come out evenly. (Feel free to count…it’s not a hard & fast rule with words as I want my writing to show through & not the crazy). Another of my twitches is that I have to have ink to match my mood and/or clothes when writing at work.  Yep, I’ve got pens in every color imaginable…and there must be 2 matching colors, lined up parallel to each other & perpendicular to the keyboard.  It feeds into my love of office supplies…fresh clean paper, all square & unspoiled is my favorite. Of course there’s my M&Ms ritual too.  I do like M&Ms…especially the peanut ones. (Not peanut butter…ick).  When I do indulge in M&Ms I open the package, pour the contents out & begin organizing.  First comes the colors: brown, orange, yellow, red, blue & green.  Then I pair them up…two by two.  If I have odd numbers of colors they can be combined in the following manner: brown w/orange, orange w/yellow, red w/blue but nothing goes with green.  Green must always be last (they are the best…and no matter what argument you use I’ll remain convinced that green M&Ms taste different & better!).  If by some horrible twist of fate (like the universe hates me) and there are an odd number of green M&Ms then I must save the odd one, purchase more & do my best to make it even out.  This does get challenging at times…I hate when there are no green ones in a package. There’s also the no stepping on cracks in sidewalks etc (cobblestones get tricky but I can manage if I sing a song of some kind in my head); counting my steps if I’m walking a long way; counting stairs; and we won’t even talk about the grammar & spelling issues I have. (And yes feel free to screw with me in the comments…*looking pointedly at certain people* I will do my best to ignore them for a time or I will just correct them outright).  As I continue to write here you will notice I mention all my crazy on a regular basis….feel free to point & laugh.
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  • Just Plain Bill

    Funny. I count steps on a long walk also, but I lose count often, and have to start over.

  • http://littledailyescape.blogspot.com Megan

    And that’s exactly why I got you that bad grammar birthday card for your b-day a while back. :)

    • Nil17

      It is also why I keep that birthday card on my desk in the home office. :D

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