Comments on: My Tic

By: makakona

makakona — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:55:45 +0000

john mansfield, that’s an awesome excuse! and susan, i do the “multiples of five” thing, too! i’m fine with it in the car, but tv volume must be divisible by five. we don’t have a tv anymore, thank goodness!

By: Thomas Parkin

Thomas Parkin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:03:57 +0000

Whenever I walk through a self opening door, I make a wave of my hand, or sometimes something more dramatic, that suggests to myself that I’m opening the door with my magic powers. ~

By: Tatiana

Tatiana — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:20:05 +0000

I count things, like rivets on an airplane wing, or stairs or anything that’s repeated. I time things in my head, particularly the time between lightning and thunder, so I can estimate the distance of the strike.

Going over bridges, I notice how many other cars and especially big trucks are going to be on the bridge with me, and sometimes I try to speed up or slow down so as to minimize the total weight while I’m on the bridge. I’m not sure if this last is a tic or just comes from knowing too much about the current state of very poor maintenance of our bridges here in the US. =)

By: Latter-day Guy

Latter-day Guy — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:59:08 +0000

My fridge door closes on its own if you don’t hold it. So when I need something, I open the door, let go, and then force myself to grab all the items I need without letting the door touch me again as it closes. It gives me about 5 seconds or so.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:01:47 +0000

PS all blog posts should come with graphics from now on.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:01:11 +0000

I wring my hands. It just feels good.

My son can’t stand having the car stereo volume on anything that isn’t a multiple of 5. It gets really annoying because sometimes 10 is too quiet and 15 is too loud.

I don’t hand-write in my head, but I do fingerspell in my head, using sign language. Sometimes I’ll actually do the fingerspelling with my fingers. I’m not deaf and I don’t know any deaf people, but I learned some sign language when I was a kid.

By: Chad Too

Chad Too — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:55:19 +0000

Rusty, as any tailor would tell you, your imaginary lines are biased ;-)

By: Ben Pratt

Ben Pratt — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:35:06 +0000

Lol Matt!

Rusty, I crack my knuckles AND count stairs (though not necessarily at the same time). I at least like to know whether the number of stairs is odd or even, because that determines whether or not I should skip the first step when ascending.

Taking stairs two at a time is more comfortable for me. If there are an even number of steps and I start on the first step, by the time I reach the top I will have taken one more step than was strictly necessary. Waste not, want not!

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:14:32 +0000

Rusty:

I’m really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Teurets syndrome is the best tic of all time! of all time!

By: John Mansfield

John Mansfield — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:57:42 +0000

It sounds like makakona is the latest in the line of the women who invented writing. I hope you have a daughter so this gift to mankind won’t be lost.