Old habits die hard

AlmightyCushion

No it's not the new Bruce Willis film. :rolleyes: So what are your old habits? A couple of mine that I can think of off the top of my head are:

* I still look both ways when crossing O'Connell Street in Sligo even though it's been pedestrianised over a year ago.
* I still refer to the people I worked with in my last job as the gang from work or the lads from work even though I left there in February.

That's it for now but I'll try and think of a few more.

Edit: Grammar correction. Thank you mathie.

mathie

AlmightyCushion wrote:

No it's not the new Bruce Willis film. :rolleyes: So what are you're old habits? A couple of mine that I can think of off the top of my head are:

* I still look both ways when crossing O'Connell Street in Sligo even though it's been pedestrianised over a year ago.
* I still refer to the people I worked with in my last job as the gang from work or the lads from work even though I left there in February.

That's it for now but I'll try and think of a few more.

Correcting grammatical errors on the web.

User45701

Burning bridges, i still always burn my bridges behind me, always have because i dont like the idea of someone following...

Archeron

I still laugh at well timed farts.

TequilaMockingBird

My child goes belting down O'Connell Street, Sligo, saying "Look Mum I'm running on the road!" Scares the life out of me everytime!:o

As for old habits, anyone move a clock in their home/work, and look at the old spot for several years afterwards when wanting to know the time..

AlmightyCushion

mathie wrote:

Correcting grammatical errors on the web.

It was a long weekend and I think I killed all my brain cells so I think I did ok but it's fixed now. *Awaits mathie pointing out grammatical errors in this post*

Dord

User45701 wrote:

Burning bridges, i still always burn my bridges behind me, always have because i dont like the idea of someone following...

I do this also.

Ain't no goin' back....

Duggy747

I've a nasty habit of going into a shop in a daze and asking for a 10 box of Benson & Hedges. Keep forgetting they don't exist anymore.

If I burp, I have to burp really, really loud. A nasty habit I picked up in Sligo, as AC will tell ye.

Pooing in the urinals, a personal favourite.

Peeing in the kettle at work, it is great to see everyone's sour expression as they take a sip of their nice, hot tea.

Beatboxing to myself on the street, I always realise afterwards at how loud and crazy I look. Shít, I'd run the opposite way too if I saw me!

The Bollox

mathie wrote:

Correcting grammatical errors on the web.

he had it right.

your: something that you do / own

you're: you are

AlmightyCushion

The Bollox wrote:

he had it right.

your: something that you do / own

you're: you are

I had it as you're but mathie highlighted it in his post and I edited mine to your.

mathie

The Bollox wrote:

he had it right.

your: something that you do / own

you're: you are

He edited it.

Add 'Arguing about minutiae on the interweb' to mine.

mathie

Also add 'threadjacking' to mine.

The Bollox

add being a bollox to mine, but that's a given

zuutroy

The sugar HAS to go in the tea and coffee before the milk. I won't hear any arguments to the contrary.

The Bollox

if I was making coffee I would add the coffe and sugar, then the milk, then the water

if I was making tea I would add the bag, the milk, the water and then the sugar

zuutroy

The Bollox wrote:

if I was making coffee I would add the coffe and sugar, then the milk, then the water

Not one of those weirdos! I dont bother with instant coffee, but still, its just wrong.

BKtje

errr i rub the edge of my duvet's. Have done it since i was a kid. Am trying to stop though as i go through a duvet every two years atm (i also only accept feathered duvet's so it usually means feathers EVERYwhere wheni eventually wear it down ).

biko

I blow into an empty glass before pouring beer/milk/... into it. Always have.

Shadowless

The Bollox wrote:

if I was making coffee I would add the coffe and sugar, then the milk, then the water

if I was making tea I would add the bag, the milk, the water and then the sugar

Ugh! I feel physically ill.

The sugar must go in before the milk.
Otherwise it won't melt properly, you'll have to stir it for ages and you'll still be left with a load of sugar at the bottom of the mug. Disgusting!

Oh and I drink out of the milk carton pretty much 100% of the time.

AlmightyCushion

Shadowless wrote:

Oh and I drink out of the milk carton pretty much 100% of the time.

Only do that when I'm at my house and not at my parents house as my mum would kill me.

Smellyirishman

B-K-DzR wrote:

errr i rub the edge of my duvet's. Have done it since i was a kid. Am trying to stop though as i go through a duvet every two years atm (i also only accept feathered duvet's so it usually means feathers EVERYwhere wheni eventually wear it down ).

Ah-ha, this reminds me of mine. For as long as I can remember I have been picking at the feathers in duvets.

Alanthroneus

The Bollox wrote:

if I was making coffee I would add the coffe and sugar, then the milk, then the water

if I was making tea I would add the bag, the milk, the water and then the sugar

im a tea sugar water then milk person....... youre weird.....:D

jobonar

zuutroy wrote:

The sugar HAS to go in the tea and coffee before the milk. I won't hear any arguments to the contrary.

Amen!!!! Ya just know when the milk has gone in first, its just not the same no matter what anybody says....

Duggy747

I'm paranoid as fúck about the fridge in my flat. The milk lasts no length so now I always have to pour some down the sink to see if I can see any clumps of milk-balls, mank!!

I have a tendency to shout at people when they bad-mouth Arnie movies or any classic action movies.

"Oh, they're so juvenille and violent!"
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK OF THE GOD OF ACTION LIKE THAT!! RENOUNCE YOUR LIFE, PEASANT!!"

nice1franko

playing pool on my phone every time I go for a crap.

AlmightyCushion

nice1franko wrote:

playing pool on my phone every time I go for a crap.

Brings new meaning to the sentence pot the brown.

dodgyme

nice1franko wrote:

playing pool on my phone every time I go for a crap.

you always leave a soft brown on the cushion

AlmightyCushion

dodgyme wrote:

you always leave a soft brown on the cushion

I don't know what you are implying about mine and franko's sex life but it is nothing of the sort. *Thanks God that Degsy is banned*

Mimi3637

nice1franko wrote:

playing pool on my phone every time I go for a crap.

Peeing with the door open when no-one else is in the house.

classic.

Smegball

Mimi3637 wrote:

Peeing with the door open when no-one else is in the house.

classic.

Haha yeah, or peeing with the door open fully naked, when on-one is in just because you can Haha

Crumble Froo

dear heavens! :eek: it's teabag, sugar, water, milk, stir. and you take the teabag out before you put the milk in.

other than that, used to walk up to band practise iwth a bass on my back, and another one in a hardcase. used to weigh a tonne, so when we got to this certain crossroads, we'd ALWAYS wait for the green man, regardless of how much traffic on the road. band's broken up, and i rarely bring my bass out of my house now. but ill always stop at those lights til the green man shows.

nice1franko

dodgyme wrote:

you always leave a soft brown on the cushion

haha love gags like that. good work fella!

Smegball

Pulling out flowers or weeds when your walking.

Looking both ways for traffic on one way streets.

Tapping your feet when your thinking of something to write.

When a clock or something similar is moved, you continue to look to that old spot for the time but it's been moved!

The Bollox

narco wrote:

dear heavens! :eek: it's teabag, sugar, water, milk, stir. and you take the teabag out before you put the milk in.

that's gh3y! they sugar will stick to the teabag, then what! you have just wasted some perfectly good sugar! that's why I put the sugar in after I remove the teabag

AlmightyCushion

Some people are really anal about how tea is made.

Duggy747

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Some people are really anal about how tea is made.

Yea, Jesus Christ!! I always put the sugar in AFTER I take out the teabag, I just stir both ways so the sugar will dissolve. I don't care how it tastes (could be like creamy poo), as long as I have a fag to enjoy I'm swinging!!

The Bollox

Duggy747 wrote:

Yea, Jesus Christ!! I always put the sugar in AFTER I take out the teabag, I just stir both ways so the sugar will dissolve. I don't care how it tastes (could be like creamy poo), as long as I have a fag to enjoy I'm swinging!!

thank God, atleast SOMEONE speaks sense around here... other than me

Terry

The picking of various orifices never gets old.

Pighead

Our local priest came around to Pigheads mothers house for a cup of tea and a biscuit last week. Before you could say "Holy Traumatic Flashback Batman" Pighead was down on his knees whimpering with his trousers down by his ankles.

nice1franko

were you constipated

zuutroy

nice1franko wrote:

were you constipated

Why are you obsessed with sh1t?!

nice1franko

jaysus i didnt notice that i was. maybe it's a coincidence i just posted some shyte related posts in a row?

right i'll stop posting sh1t things for a while.

challengemaster

anal...teabag.... fag...

oh dear.

L31mr0d

I always leave the teabag in the cup with the milk and I never use sugar, the stronger and bitter the better.

I'll always crumple the tinfoil off my sandwichs in work into a perfect cube, I always rip beer mats into smaller and smaller squares also.

AlmightyCushion

I also never take sugar in my tea and people always find it odd. I'm glad to see I'm not alone l31mr0d. You reminded me of another habit I have ripping paper bit (the part that the pint rests on) of the beermats off.

Pighead

AlmightyCushion wrote:

You reminded me of another habit I have ripping paper bit (the part that the pint rests on) of the beermats off.

After chronic masturbation that is one of the most common signs of sexual frustration. Apparently.

Terry

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=929

remus808

Similarly to another poster, theres a game on my phone ("Lumines") that I constantly play when I get a free moment. It's purely out of habit, I don't know if I even enjoy it at this stage.. It's just massively addictive.. I even find myself turning it on subconciously in the middle of conversations and stuff.. Weird!!

I work in tescos, and spend so much time "facing off" (arranging the items on the shelf so they're neat) that I do it by mistake when I'm in another shop or on my day's off.

AlmightyCushion

Pighead wrote:

After chronic masturbation that is one of the most common signs of sexual frustration. Apparently.

*Awaits the Yore Ma joke*

The Bollox

L31mr0d wrote:

I always rip beer mats into smaller and smaller squares also.

I hate people who do that, mainly because I was the one who had to clean it up for 1 and a half years, but it still gets my goat seeing people ripping them. I mean why?

K-9

zuutroy wrote:

The sugar HAS to go in the tea and coffee before the milk. I won't hear any arguments to the contrary.

Thats because you want a cup of coffee or tea not hot milk with coffee or tea added. Nothing odd about that!