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Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things | Richard Wiseman
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Uncovers the secret ingredients of charisma, exploring how our personalities are shaped by when we are born and examining why people usually miss the obvious signs of their partner's infidelity, what a sense of humor reveals about the innermost workings of the mind, and other quirky aspects of human behavior.
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Aimeesue
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1. I refuse to eat canned soup, except for Campbell‘s Tomato Soup. I‘ve pressure canned my own chicken soup, for those times I‘m too sick to cook but NEED chicken soup 😁
2. I always drink from cups with lids, even at home, because I‘m a klutz.
3. I don‘t wear jewelry or makeup

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AlaMich Ha! I hear you on #2!!! I can‘t count the number of times I‘ve spilled a drink on my nightstand. Once it was cranberry juice over a stack of library books! 😱 9mo
Aimeesue @AlaMich OH NOOOOOOOOO! Given a chance, I will spill *everything* 9mo
dabbe @AlaMich Ha! Mine was also cranberry juice (w/ vodka + Cointreau)! 🤩 9mo
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dabbe #1: Campbell's Tomato Soup is the BEST! My quirkiness though is it has to be accompanied by a grilled cheese sandwich! 😂
#2: 🩶
#3: Now that I'm retired, I don't wear makeup. I wear jewelry, but only the white gold things my husband has given me. 🤩
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AlaMich @dabbe Cranberry is the worst! 9mo
dabbe @AlaMich You said it! 😃 9mo
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DebinHawaii
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Thanks for the #TLT tag @Cuilin 🤗

My quirk is having to explain my quirks so much!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

1️⃣ I have a *thing* about not ending my reading at Chapter 13 which means if I need to stop I either must do it at Chapter 12 or I read through to Chapter 14.🤷🏻‍♀️

2️⃣ The last bite of anything with a crust (sandwiches, pizza, bread, etc.) needs to be the center part or have no crust on it. Homemade pie with good crust is the only exception.🥧

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DebinHawaii 3️⃣ When I eat things like soup, stews, pot pies, etc. I eat the veggies/ingredients in the order I like them (least to most) & potatoes are always last (unless I like the protein more) unless they are sweet potatoes which I don‘t like as much.🥕🍠🧅🫛🥔🤷🏻‍♀️ (edited) 9mo
dabbe #1: Makes sense to me! That's why buildings usually don't even have a 13th level. I had a weird # thing as a teacher: all assignments/tests had to end with a 0 or 5 for points. If there were 9 questions, I'd give them 1 pt. for writing their name on the paper just so it would be 10. 😂
#2: 🤩
#3: I do this, too, except with everything. I'll eat my least favorite stuff first in order to “reward“ myself at the end. 🩶🖤🩶
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If you‘re quirky and you know it clap your hands 🎶 😂 I have an abundance of quirks, but here are three.
1️⃣ After I pour the dish soap into a pot or whatever I‘m washing, I squeeze it again for the cute little bubble shower. Every. Single. Time.
2️⃣ I can pretty much turn anything into a song. I think it‘s starting to bug my oldest son 😂
3️⃣ If I write something and don‘t like the way it looks, I‘ll totally do it again. Even a grocery list!

dabbe #1: #adorable 🫧
#2: Matt and I love to do that. We always try to rhyme, too! 🤩
#3: I love your handwriting. 😍
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CBee @dabbe aw thank you! And yes, I‘ll rhyme something and of course say the “I‘m a poet and didn‘t know it” 😂😂 9mo
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AmyG Ha….#1. I do that, too! 9mo
CBee @AmyG you DO?? We are not just book twins, friend 😂😂😘😘 9mo
AmyG @Cbee my cats used to love when I squeezed out the bubbles! 9mo
CBee @AmyG aw I bet!! Kitties and bubbles are so fun to watch ♥️ 9mo
vivastory 😂 😂 9mo
monkeygirlsmama Love 1 and 2! And I'm right there with you with 3. 🤪 9mo
CBee @monkeygirlsmama nice to know I‘m not the only one 😂🤪 9mo
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Cuilin
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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

This list is going to be a tell me you‘re ADHD without telling me you‘re ADHD lol

1 I only like to eat and drink from certain dishes and utensils. The spoons must be small, the lip of the cup must be thin. 🤷‍♀️
2 I will not eat any piece of fruit before 12 PM or after 5 PM. I‘ve a very small window for fruit eating. 🤷‍♀️
3 Noises irritate me, specially eating noises.

Want to play? Tagging

Crazeedi Thanks for the tag!! 9mo
dabbe I bet #s 1 and 2 are a texture thing. I feel the same way about certain foods and how they “feel“ in my mouth. Things that are slimy? #noway 🤩 9mo
Cuilin @dabbe absolutely it‘s a sensory thing!!! 9mo
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julieclair Thanks for the tag! I am totally with you on eating noises. 9mo
DebinHawaii Thank you for the tag! I feel you on some of the sensory stuff & eating noises! 9mo
Crazeedi #1is so me!! My coffee cups have thin rims too, utensils yes! And certain noises are excruciating! 9mo
Crazeedi And thanks for the tag!! 9mo
Cuilin @Crazeedi @DebinHawaii @julieclair thanks for commenting I‘ve just spent the day wondering if I‘ve just completely over shared. 🫶 but seriously, some people could crunch butter. 😊 (edited) 9mo
Crazeedi @Cuilin true that! 9mo
Reggie lol, I have relatives like you. My poor dad. Who could make soggy noodles sound crunchy annoys my mother to no end. It‘s a thunderous sound his chewing. Lolol 9mo
Cuilin @Reggie I‘m rather polite about it, but inward I‘m seething. 😤 😆 9mo
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#ThreeListThursday

1. I bite my nails and sides of my nails. Not even when I‘m nervous. Just because.
2. I sleep better on the left side of the bed. No idea why.
3. I do not completely close doors, closets, or bottles. I have no idea why.

C'mon and play! All are welcome!
A few tags to hopefully get the party going: @Bookwormjillk JessClark78 @CBee @swynn@Ruthiella @Aimeesue @TheBookHippie @TheLudicReader @Cuilin @AmyG @Catiewithac @AnnR

AmyG This is interesting. So much to choose from. 🤣 (edited) 9mo
CBee I bite my nails too. I actually stopped doing it last year and then started again 😭 9mo
AnnCrystal Number three! Me too (cupboards), and I'm not sure why either... (edited) 9mo
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Cuilin @AnnCrystal @dabbe oh, I do the same with all doors. I think it‘s got to do with object permanence. If I can‘t see it, it doesn‘t exist. Lol 9mo
dabbe @AmyG I had a hard time keeping it to 3! 🤩 9mo
dabbe @CBee I especially do it when I'm reading ... it gives my hands something to do, I guess. 😂 9mo
dabbe @AnnCrystal It drives my husband bonkers. 😎 9mo
dabbe @Cuilin Interesting! I never thought of it that way, but I think you might be right. 😍 9mo
CBee @dabbe same! Reading, watching a show, ughhhh I want to stop but it‘s SO HARD 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ 9mo
dabbe @CBee It is! My hands have to keep moving while reading, especially if it's a mystery! 😂 9mo
AnnCrystal @dabbe 😂. & My family too! 9mo
AnnCrystal @Cuilin ☺️👍.

I tell my family that it is for the little Borrowers who live in our house 😂.

Although there is a temporary cure for me, I close all if I'm watching a scary movie 😂 (the maniac kind).
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dabbe @AnnCrystal 😂🤩😍 9mo
Mimi28 I had a hard time keeping it to 3 also, lol. One of screen names on AOL was quirklinn lol. Quirky is cool 😎 My ex boyfriend thought it was hilarious! I don‘t know if that is good or bad, lol 😇 9mo
Mimi28 @CBee @dabbe I am always picking at my cuticles, especially when I am in my mom‘s room just watching tv, or when I am nervous. Sometimes I bite them too. Sometimes they bleed 🫢😪🥴 9mo
dabbe @Mimi28 #ihearyasista! 🩶🖤🩶 9mo
Mimi28 Thanks for understanding ❤️why does everyone I bond with live so far away? 💔❤️‍🩹 9mo
dabbe @Mimi28 That‘s what‘s so special about Litsy, my friend. 🩶🖤🩶 9mo
Mimi28 Thanks :) I don‘t even go on instagram anymore. Comparison saddens me. Sorry to babble to you I hope I am not bothering you. Look at my latest post. It explains why I am in this mood 🤬😉😇 9mo
dabbe @Mimi28 I did read it and am so sorry you're struggling. Any way you can get your mom to a doc to get those ears cleaned out? Thinking of you. 🩶🖤🩶 9mo
Mimi28 Thanks for your care and concern and understanding 🩷🩷😊😊 My mother just saw her primary care doctor about a week ago and the co-pays are killing us. She needs to see the podiatrist every 3 months or so for a callus that keeps growing back and the gyne specialist, and it‘s time for her mammogram and this time she wants to see the eye doctor. All those co-pays on her income hit hard. She promised next time she would ask for another ENT referral. 9mo
Mimi28 Next time, she sees her primary care doctor every 3 months. I have not let her go to one appointment since she beat cancer by herself, plus her hearing is bad and has had both knees replaced so it is hard for her to get in and out of the small cabs ( The CTA and Pace have a special low cost program for people with disabilities to get around.)The last time she went to the ENT he was being rushed and didn‘t get all of it out. That was 2 years ago. 9mo
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Are horoscopes actually predictive? How much does a person‘s beliefs play into how their life plays out? Are their components to certain jokes that make them funnier than others? Quirkology explores these types of questions by trying to study them scientifically. I really enjoyed this. My favorite bit was learning that some places where people get an unsettled feeling and think there are ghosts actually have subaudible sounds present. Cool!

vivastory The last comment about ghosts reminded me of this nf (I think you might have read it?) 3y
Hooked_on_books @vivastory I haven‘t read it but I have it! I actually have it prominently displayed to remind myself to read it, so hopefully that tactic will work soon. 😂 3y
vivastory I think you will love it! I read it years ago and still think about it 3y
LoverOfLearning Looks like a great light-hearted read! Added! 3y
shanaqui Ooh. This sounds like the kind of thing that I find super-relaxing to read... rarely surprising, but usually entertaining, you know? 3y
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I went to the mothership (Powell‘s) today and traded in some of my books then used the credit for this stack! My goal was to only spend as much as I received in credit and I succeeded. I do now have more books bought this year than read from MountTBR, so I better get cracking!

BookInMyHands Hooray! I‘m feeling the need for a Powell‘s trip soon, but yeah, we have to trade in books for that to work. 7y
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